"Good treasure!" Huang Guiren chuckled.
Just this amplification function alone, the hongyin copper horn could save him a lot of Qi.
"And there's more."
Qian Duoduo took out dozens of Chicken Puppets, Cow-herding Puppets, Planting Puppets, and Feeding Puppets.
Huang Guiren was immediately dumbfounded.
"These, these, these are the top-secret weapons of our Purple Gold Manor."
"With them, Purple Gold Manor will be a chicken that continuously lays Golden Eggs."
"Junior Brother, you are too amazing."
Qian Duoduo handed Huang Guiren a Storage Pouch.
"They are all Senior Dan Artifacts. This is the Magic Treasure; you can study it when you have time."
Huang Guiren used his Spiritual Awareness to look inside, and indeed, it contained the refining methods and materials for the dozen or so types of Puppets he saw before him.
"Junior Brother, I cannot accept this."
He returned the Storage Pouch to Qian Duoduo.
"Why?"
Qian Duoduo was a little surprised.
"It's too precious."
"Between us, why talk about precious or not precious?"
"We must," Huang Guiren said with a serious face, devoid of his usual playful demeanor.
"My personality is soft; with a little suppression, I easily yield."
"This is my nature. It's hard to change. When Junior Brother is out or in seclusion, I worry especially, because once there is no Junior Brother, this vast Manor will fall apart."
"The larger the scale of the Manor, the heavier my worries."
Huang Guiren's eyes were filled with sincerity.
Qian Duoduo patted his shoulder; he also had this kind of worry.
"Sometimes, I think about how to solve this problem."
Huang Guiren looked at Qian Duoduo, "Actually, there's a ready-made solution in this world."
"You mean—"
"Soul Imprint."
Huang Guiren turned around. "If one is not ruthless, one cannot stand firm. As long as a Soul Imprint is left, one can obtain loyalty guaranteed by life."
"This applies to me, and it also applies to others who wish to obtain the Puppet refining technique. One obtains, one pays; it is natural and right."
"He makes sense," Liu Boli nodded to Qian Duoduo from inside the Golden Toad.
He casually taught Qian Duoduo several types of Soul Imprints.
A Soul Imprint is equivalent to an Advanced version of a Soul Contract, a common control method in the Immortal Cultivation World.
It involves actively opening one's Upper Spirit Sea, allowing others to leave a Soul Formation within it.
If the agreed-upon matters are violated, with a single thought from the other party, the Soul Formation can be destroyed, thereby destroying the Upper Spirit Sea and simultaneously taking one's life.
The Clan Chief and main Elders of the Families affiliated with the Refining Spirit Sect must leave a Soul Imprint to ensure their loyalty to the Refining Spirit Sect.
"But, will the Sect agree?"
Qian Duoduo hesitated a little, feeling that exchanging one's life for the Puppet Magic Treasure was a bit too much.
"This doesn't violate the Sect's interests, so they won't interfere. After all, the Puppet Magic Treasure is Junior Brother's private property, not the Sect's public property."
Huang Guiren extended his forehead. "If you want me to accept the Puppet Magic Treasure, first leave a Soul Imprint in my Upper Spirit Sea. Otherwise, I won't accept it."
Qian Duoduo chuckled.
There was actually someone who actively requested a Soul Imprint.
"Then I'll leave it?"
"Hurry. With a Soul Imprint, my life and your life will be tightly bound together, and I won't be afraid anymore."
Huang Guiren shook his head.
Qian Duoduo touched his forehead with a finger, and a Spiritual Awareness entered his opened Upper Spirit Sea, leaving an Imprint Formation within it.
With this Soul Imprint, no matter how far Qian Duoduo was from Huang Guiren, as long as he had a thought and made the Formation explode, Huang Guiren would die.
"Now you can confidently accept these Magic Treasures and Puppets."