"The reasoning is very simple. As I just said, the essence body is made by randomly refining male and female together, taking the meaning of yin and yang complementing each other. So please think about it, Immortal, what should be the result of yin and yang complementing each other?" Seeing Wang Yao's surprised expression, Master Lu asked with a satisfied smile.
"The result of yin and yang complementing each other? Could it be nourishing yin and strengthening yang... yin and yang in harmony? It will... it will be very... very powerful?" Wang Yao answered uncertainly. He really didn't know much about this stuff, after all, neither the system nor the divine and demonic forging had taught him these things.
"No, no! The result of yin and yang complementing each other is neither yin nor yang! Immortal, do you think this makes sense? All things have yin and yang, just like day and night, north and south of a mountain. If the sun did not distinguish between day and night, and the mountains did not distinguish between north and south, what would that look like?" Master Lu laughed.
"Yin and Yang should not complement each other at all. Their relationship has always been one of mutual generation and mutual restraint. When the day is long, the night is short, and when the night is long, the day is short. Day and night generate each other, and a new day begins. The same is true for male and female. Male and female restrain each other so that they can each be in their proper place. Male and female generate each other so that new life is born."
“If neither female nor male, the result is that the male and female can neither restrain each other nor generate each other, and it will inevitably not last long,” Master Lu said decisively.
"So...?" Wang Yao's heart skipped a beat as he listened to Master Lu's words. His old profession was to arrange marriages, and he felt that what Master Lu said was quite enlightening. For a moment, he even had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. He just hoped that Master Lu would not stop and would continue to speak.
"Therefore, the fragile balance formed by the mutual complement of Yin and Yang in the essence body is extremely easy to break. Once the Yin-Yang balance is broken, the twin puppets formed on that basis cannot be established," Master Lu continued.
"There are many things in the Six Realms that nourish Yin and strengthen Yang. For the essence of the body, either increase its Yang energy or increase its Yin energy, and the effect will be immediate." As he spoke, Master Lu took out a small porcelain bottle from his bosom and handed it to Wang Yao.
"This is a Nine Yang Pill that I casually made. The materials used are just ordinary herbs and trees from the divine realm. Immortal, take a look. When it encounters a spirit, you only need to use your divine power to activate it so that the spirit can absorb it. Its yin and yang balance will be broken immediately, and the spirit will split."
"Even the split twin puppets have difficulty surviving, so they are naturally not worth fearing," Master Lu said calmly.
Wang Yao picked up the porcelain bottle, uncorked it, and peered inside. He felt a burst of scorching heat gushing out. He quickly put the cork back in and handed it back to Master Lu, thinking to himself that Master Lu's method of dealing with the spirit body was somewhat similar to his own method of arranging marriages for the spirit body.
“Actually, it’s not just my Nine Yang Pill. Anything in the Six Realms that is purely Yang or purely Yin can be used as medicine. With such medicine in hand, even a child’s essence can be easily destroyed,” Master Lu said with a smile to Wang Yao.
"I have learned a great deal." Wang Yao stood up and respectfully bowed to Master Lu. This master was able to provide a simple way to deal with the spirit body, which removed a major hidden worry from the immortal realm. As a member of the immortal realm, Wang Yao naturally had to express his sincere gratitude.
“Since you can create twin puppets once you reach the Void Refining Realm, but only after advancing to the Body Integration Realm, like Master, can you create companion puppets, it seems that companion puppets are even more advanced than twin puppets?” Wang Yao then asked.
"Yes, the characteristic of True God-level Puppetry is that it has a second life. The companion puppet is that second life. It can move and act like the original body. As long as the original body exists, it can be immortal. Only when the puppetry is cultivated to the True God level can it truly have the power to protect itself."
Master Lu nodded and sighed.
Wang Yao clicked his tongue in amazement. This was what he called having the ability to protect himself? What about the twin puppets, flesh puppets, corpse puppets, and mechanical puppets before? Were they all cannon fodder? He then frowned and thought of another question.
"Does the master know the characteristics of puppetry in the Mahayana stage? Also... does the master know anything about a type of puppet called Shadow Puppet?" Wang Yao asked.
"A shadow puppet!" Upon hearing Wang Yao's question, Master Lu gasped in shock. "Has the Immortal seen such a puppet before?"
"No, I just heard about it," Wang Yao hurriedly shook his head.
"That makes sense." Master Lu seemed relieved upon hearing this. He looked up at the uneven cave ceiling for a moment, lost in thought, before slowly speaking again.
"I have been immersed in the True God Realm for a long time, and occasionally I have the opportunity to glimpse a trace of the Main God Realm. In fact, the longer I study puppetry, the more I can realize that the level of puppetry is closely related to the intelligence of the puppets created."
"Mechanical puppets, corpse puppets, and flesh puppets are essentially inanimate objects, their actions entirely dependent on their masters' control. But twin puppets are different. A large part of their power comes from their ability to make independent judgments and to be flexible and mobile when fighting enemies, but they don't yet possess intelligence."
"Companion puppets are essentially identical to the original body. They certainly possess intelligence, but it is a manifestation of the original body's intelligence. It cannot be said that companion puppets have their own independent thinking. I often feel that puppets at the level of a main god should be puppets with independent thinking abilities."
"This may seem contradictory. If it can think independently, how can it be called a puppet? But if it cannot think independently, where does the superiority of such a puppet lie? It wasn't until I heard the legend of the Shadow Puppet that I finally realized the truth."
"I have devoted my life to puppetry, so I am particularly sensitive to news about puppets. To be honest, the Six Realms have only heard of shadow puppets, but have never actually seen their form, because you simply cannot determine who the shadow puppet is."
“Each shadow puppet has the ability to think independently. From the outside, they are completely independent lives. Their lives and cultivation are no different from ordinary people. They probably don’t even know that they are puppets.”
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