Chapter 1408: I Went Easy on You

"You..."

Looking at the neatly arranged puppet before her, the girl's teeth chattered.

Her fastest carving speed was a day and a night; how long had he taken?

Ten breaths?

Eight breaths?

Carving so many swords simultaneously, how could he control them with such precision, down to the finest detail, without the slightest error?

"No, this puppet of mine has no clothes on it. Yours... how does it have neatly dressed..."

After the shock, the girl was full of doubt and couldn't help but look over.

This Nebula Puppet, under normal circumstances, was naked. But the one before her was fully dressed, even with ornaments on its chest, and the texture of the clothes looked no different from real silk, completely unlike the blueprint!

"Oh, you're a girl. Having a male puppet naked is really embarrassing. I saw there was still time, so I made him a set of clothes. That way, it doesn't seem so abrupt..."

Zhang Xuan smiled elegantly.

Although this was a puppet, having it appear naked before a girl was also indecorous. He was a civilized man, so naturally he wouldn't do such a thing.

"Time left? Made a set of clothes?"

Her body stiffening, Jiang Feifei couldn't help but come closer and look carefully.

The puppet before her had clothes perfectly integrated with its body, showing no signs of being carved from parts. Every joint was flawless, without the slightest gap, undetectable even by divine sense.

"You... how did you do it?"

Eyes wide, the girl felt her mind couldn't keep up.

Her carving speed was among the top of the Eight-Star Artisans, yet even so, she needed a day and a night to finish. He... succeeded in a few breaths, and in appearance, it was even neater than hers, without any difference...

Too strong!

"I took a look and found using a carving knife too troublesome, so I used swordsmanship... Oh, right, my swordsmanship seems pretty good!"

Zhang Xuan nodded.

For an Artisan to carve quickly, there were only three requirements: first, good memory, to remember every detail of the blueprint without error.

He had the Library of Heaven's Path, with unlimited memory, so no need to worry.

Second, precise control.

The Flowing Water True Solution, with its unmatched defense, could block even the finest divine sense, showing its control.

Third, prolonged precision work required a strong soul and keen eyesight.

Soul power went without saying, and the Eye of Insight was rare in the world. Carving quickly was only natural.

"Don't be too happy too soon. Carving quickly doesn't mean the puppet is useful..."

After hearing the explanation, Jiang Feifei snorted.

Puppet making required not only speed but also that the various structures didn't deviate too much from the blueprint. Otherwise, how could a pile of materials possess extraordinary power?

"Don't worry about that. How about this: suppress your cultivation to the peak of the Domain Realm and spar with it..."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

"I personally take action?"

Jiang Feifei was startled.

Was he crazy?

She was a Saint Realm seventh layer Void Ascension Realm peak expert. Even if she suppressed her cultivation to the sixth layer Domain Realm, she was still invincible. A puppet carved in a few seconds wanted to fight her...

What was he thinking?

"That's right. Don't be nervous. I'll tell it to be careful and try not to hurt you..." Seeing her hesitate, Zhang Xuan smiled.

"You..."

Jiang Feifei was so angry she nearly exploded.

She meant that the puppet was definitely no match, but this guy instead feared it might hurt her...

Such arrogance.

Originally, his making clothes for the puppet had given her a good impression, making her think he was polite. Now, it all vanished.

"Fine, I'll suppress my cultivation and try with this puppet. I won't deliberately make it hard for you. If it can last three moves against me, you pass this level!"

Lifting her pretty face, Jiang Feifei snorted coldly.

Though she didn't know the puppet's combat power, lasting three breaths against her was already quite good.

If it could really do that, she would admit he was something.

"Please!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, walked a few steps to the puppet, and whispered a few words in its ear.

The puppet nodded, stepped forward, and looked at the girl with eyes like lightning.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that he actually dared to let the puppet challenge her, Jiang Feifei snorted, circulated her true qi, suppressed her cultivation, and in moments became a Domain Realm peak.

Whoosh!

Just as she finished suppressing her cultivation, she saw a fist whistling toward her.

It was the puppet!

It had already made its move.

"Hmm!"

Originally dismissive of the puppet carved in a few seconds, she now saw the speed and power of this punch and couldn't help but change expression. As a Void Ascension Realm peak expert, she actually sensed a hint of danger in this move!

She quickly raised her hands and met it.

Bang!

Fist and palm collided. A crushing force surged over, like a waterfall's impact. Before Jiang Feifei could react, her arms went limp, and like a ball struck hard, she flew backward!

Pfft!

She spat blood, her back hitting the wall.

Fortunately, at the last moment, she burst out her suppressed cultivation; otherwise, the entire wall might have shattered.

"You lost..."

Pale-faced, she was about to speak when she saw the puppet nearby wave its hand, looking as if it were lonely at the top.

"You... can talk?"

Eyes wide, Jiang Feifei's teeth trembled.

Although the Nebula Puppet was immensely powerful, under normal circumstances, it couldn't speak. This one he made actually spoke human language—what was going on?

Being able to speak versus not being able to speak was a whole level apart.

"Oh, after assembling it, I found there was still time, so I gave it some intelligence..."

Zhang Xuan explained.

"..." Jiang Feifei.

After who knows how long, she finally felt her breathing steady: "You carved this puppet, made it clothes, and gave it intelligence in less than ten breaths?"

Ten breaths. Even at her speed, she could at most carve two parts. This puppet had tens of thousands of parts...

Wasn't this too much?

"Well, I'm a Saint Son of the Enlightener Guild, so my enlightening speed is a bit fast..."

Zhang Xuan explained and smiled: "Does this count as passing?"

"Of course it counts..."

Jiang Feifei's face was full of bitterness.

She had thought the puppet lasting three moves against her would be good, but never dreamed she couldn't even take one move from it...

Thinking about it was frustrating.

But before she could be frustrated for long, she saw the young man nod in satisfaction and was about to continue upstairs when he suddenly stopped, looked at the puppet, lowered his voice, and said with displeasure.

"I told you to go easy. Why didn't you listen?"

"I did go easy, really! How was I to know she was so weak she couldn't even take one punch..."

The puppet was full of grievance.

"..." Jiang Feifei was exasperated.