Hao Ren raised his head and crossed his arms behind his back as he watched the streaks of lightning flash through the clouds. Xiao Mei was using a spiritual quantum computer to deal with the impact of the lightning, and storing it in a reserve that Hao Ren had created inside the body. The force she stored could reach to the level comparable to a Dao Being realm expert.

However, the destruction she could create might put a World Human realm expert in a similar position because unlike humans, Xiao Mei would be harnessing the purest and the rawest form of spiritual energy. The impact would be drastically higher.

After a few minutes, the lightning booms continued, and the three elders were thinking that the puppet created by Hao Ren might not survive this ordeal. However, things didn't go wrong, and after ten minutes of intense lightning, Xiao Mei, descended from the clouds.

The spiritual fluctuations from her metallic body caused the people to gawk at her. She seemed like a wild being that descended on the world. Xiao Mei landed right before Hao Ren and bowed, to him. She said, "Thank you, Boss."

Hao Ren used his Yin and Yang eyes and said, "The purity of your body has increased and the channeling of lightning has strengthened your circuitry connections as well."

Xiao Mei nodded and replied, "Another thing that happened because of the lightning tribulation. I think something inside my processor has changed."

Hao Ren raised his brow and used the Eye of Insight. The young man opened his eyes wide as he was shocked. After a few minutes, he said, "Well, Xiao Mei, you have one task only, and that is to follow me and Lingshi and try to practice the data of cultivation that you have gathered. Got it?"

Xiao Mei nodded with a smile, and Hao Ren chuckled as he said, "We need to get you a skin, this metallic face is not suiting you all that well."

Xiao Mei chuckled and then she suddenly fell silent, as she turned around. She sensed the gaze of three old men locked on her body, and Hao Ren said, "Don't worry, they wouldn't dare to make a move with me here, they are just scrutinizing you as a high level Spiritual Artifact."

Xiao Mei sighed and replied, "Somehow I miss Blue Star."

Hao Ren smiled and stayed silent. After a few minutes, Sypher could not keep holding back and asked, "Grandmaster Ren, would you mind if the puppet you refi..."

Hao Ren replied, "Xiao Mei, she has a spirit of her own, and is not a normal puppet. I would appreciate if you address her by her name."

Sypher nodded and asked, "We would like to examine her, but we will not harm her and that I assure you of on my name. We just wish to see what are the things that she can do."

Hao Ren smiled and said, "Xiao Mei, go with them and I will come to find you when the results are declared."

Xiao Mei took a dramatic steward stance and bowed as she said, "Yes, Young Master."

That said, Hao Ren left the place, he returned to the house that was owned by Grandmaster Kar. Hao Ren found Sekai looking at a lump of metal in his hand. He asked, "Sekai, what are you doing?"

Sekai was a teenager and he had just reached the level seven master rank thanks to Hao Ren enlightening him. So, Sekai held him in great esteem and said, "Grandmaster, I was thinking if I can carve out a small flying knife with this lump of metal left from the past project."

Hao Ren smiled and said, "You will know when you try."

Sekai smiled and bowed his head slightly. Hao Ren asked, "Can I use the forging room?"

Sekai nodded and led him to the cleaned up forging room. Hao Ren could tell that Sekai had cleaned the place for himself, but the boy didn't even hesitate in handing the place to him upon asking. Hao Ren said, "How about you watch me refine the next artifact?"

Sekai was shocked, usually Grandmasters all treated their techniques a secret valued above their lives. Yet, here Hao Ren was asking him to come over and watch. How could he say no to something like this? The young man nodded and then he stood beside Hao Ren. The latter didn't hide anything, even if Sekai watched him with complete attention, there would be only so much that his brain could absorb.

Hao Ren began to take out the second set of material that he had bought from the market. He explained a few things about how to create a compound to Sekai, and the young man humbly learned all that Hao Ren spoke. Then Hao Ren said, "I am going to focus on refining so I will not talk. This is only the second time I am refining this artifact so I need a lot of focus. The supplies for this are rather costly."

Sekai chuckled and said, "I understand, Sir."

Hao Ren raised his brow and thought that Sekai was just being polite but he didn't know that the young man had taken him as a teacher. Hao Ren began to reforge the puppet but this time he made a smaller version. If the one from the conference was as big as a life size human than this one was akin to a dwarf.

While the forging size had reduced the complexity of the small parts fitting along with each other had increased. The smaller the scale the harder it was to make complicated systems. Hao Ren worked continuously for two days before he stopped. Grandmaster Kar had returned and he was also watching things on the side.

The old and young pair saw Hao Ren fitting the parts together and them placing a smaller cube inside the chest cavity of the object. After that the gears and cogs inside the body began to spin and the puppet came to life.

Grandmaster Kar was shocked and asked, "Grandmaster Ren, could you please tell me what is that palm sized square? I swear on my dao heart that I will never tell anyone about that."

Hao Ren was shocked to see that the old man was willing to make a vow on his Dao Heart, and he said, "That square part is a power source and a matrix of arrays that allow this puppet to learn from the human behavior and act similar to them so that the communication is fluent."

Grandmaster Kar could only compliment and exclaim. No way, was Hao Ren going to let this old coot look at the processor, saying it was a delicate thing and cannot be taken out once placed inside the chest cavity and while Xiao Mei wanted to rebuke, Hao Ren glared at her and she fell silent. The mini version of the steward and administrator was prepared, and now he can take Lingshi out to travel together.