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Chapter 1285: Chapter 974: Everything Awaiting Restoration

Jiang Yuan hurried back to the small courtyard without stopping.

When Yun Shu and Yun Ying heard that Sir was going to send them to the Undersea World, they both felt it was novel and exciting.

After hearing the detailed situation, Yun Ying also brought along two puppet servants she had just refined. They had no intelligence and could only do simple tasks such as serving tea, pouring water, and carrying goods.

When the five "people" stood in front of Meng Tangzhou, this workshop chief who had held the line in the Market for many years and could be considered well‑informed was stunned.

"The ancient records say there is a miraculous method comparable to that of an Artifact Refiner, able to refine a Magical Treasure indistinguishable from a living person."

She circled around the four puppets, looking them over again and again, her eyes wide as she exclaimed, "Since I had never seen it with my own eyes, I actually thought it was a story made up to trick children. Now my horizons have truly been broadened; the outside world really does have such wondrous figures!"

Then Meng Tangzhou looked at Jiang Yuan with a face full of expectation and asked in a low voice, "I wonder how valuable these puppets are? Can they be sold?

Though most of the Sea Demons in this Jingbo Bay Market have not yet reached Foundation Establishment or have only just done so and are of average strength, there is no lack of High Realm Sea Demons in their clans, and many Noble Families and Sects have deep foundations.

If we can sell puppets, I am willing to look for customers for Mr. Jiang’s grocery store in this Market and accept custom orders. What do you think?"

The Sea Demon Race, forced by circumstance, could only live within this closed shard of the world, having been completely cut off from the outside for many years. Now that a legend recorded in ancient books abruptly appeared before her eyes, Meng Tangzhou realized that an Outsider recognized by the Sea God was bound to bring a tremendous upheaval to the Undersea World!

And the source of this upheaval would be the Market under her jurisdiction!

She was so excited she could hardly contain herself, her eyes shining as she stared at the Puppet Beauty;

Yun Ying was also very excited—her Puppetry Technique could finally contribute something to the small courtyard!

Since gaining new life in a puppet body, she had forgotten her past, acknowledged Sir as her master, and taken the small courtyard as her home. Everyone was kind, and she even had a good sister of the same kind, Yun Shu.

Yet there was one thing—everyone else could use their own skills to find ways to earn Spirit Stones to hand over to Sir, making the small courtyard better day by day. But she, a Puppet Master, had so far not only failed to earn Spirit Stones; many times, the Refining Materials for making puppets had to be supplied by Sir.

She very much wanted to seize this opportunity, return to her old trade, and sell all kinds of puppets she refined.

With Spirit Stones earned, not only could she buy materials at will, she could also make some small, insignificant contribution to the small courtyard.

Jiang Yuan did not answer directly, but instead asked in return, "Can they help out in the grocery store? If they can, I’ll have to discuss it with the Puppet Master before giving the workshop chief an answer."

"Of course they can!" Meng Tangzhou agreed without even thinking it over. "They are all in puppet bodies, without the slightest trace of Demon Cultivator aura, and since they have been granted permission by the Sea God, they can naturally move freely in the Market.

Just remember, you must never casually go into the city. There are vast numbers of Sea Demons; naturally, there are both good and bad among them. Should you encounter someone with ill intent, I fear the Puppet Beauties would be doomed."

Yun Shu and Yun Ying exchanged a tacit glance, then nodded and replied, "Please rest assured, workshop chief. We will only help Sir manage the business in the grocery store and the Market. We will not leave the Market to wander the city."

Even if they were allowed to go, without Sir to lead them they wouldn’t dare!

This was the Undersea World; even the pressure of the seawater outside the Market posed a great test for their puppet bodies, let alone in a place where everything and everyone was unfamiliar—how could they dare to wander about?

"My, my, what an ingenious and exquisite method—who could imagine they’re not living people?" Meng Tangzhou was endlessly astonished.

Even when she released her Divine Sense to probe them, she could only sense a faint, pure Spirit Stone aura on them; in both movement and speech they were no different from real people.

After much thought, she could only judge them to be a type akin to Artifact Spirit.

Using Refining Materials as the basis to create a human‑shaped "Magical Treasure," and then giving birth to an Artifact Spirit, they would have intelligence no different from ordinary people.

Thinking this way, Meng Tangzhou reckoned that the price of such puppets would definitely be sky‑high; she would have to use her connections to approach some powerful figures from Noble Families, who alone would be able to purchase such rare goods.

"There are also two more I’d like the workshop chief to look over." With a thought, Jiang Yuan summoned the two swords, Qingfeng and Bright Moon, and their Sword Spirits, whose forms were as solid as real people. He introduced, "These are the Sword Spirits Qingfeng and Bright Moon. If necessary, they will also help out in the shop. Is that acceptable?"

In all her years, Meng Tangzhou had never seen such powerful Sword Spirits. They were like a pair of twins, their expressions full of Spiritual Movement as they bowed in unison, no different from real people!

Stunned for a moment, she suddenly understood, thinking that Mr. Jiang must be worried that the young and beautiful Puppet Beauties in the shop would attract covetous eyes.

With such powerful Sword Spirits sitting in town, even a High Realm Sea Demon would have to weigh things carefully before daring to stir up trouble.

No wonder he was an Outsider acknowledged by the Sea God—his strength was formidable!

Not to mention anything else, merely being the master of these two Sword Spirits and having gained the recognition of the Treasure Sword meant that Mr. Jiang was unfathomable!

Once again realizing that having such a shopkeeper in Jingbo Bay Market would be a tremendous aid to her as workshop chief, Meng Tangzhou expressed her warmest welcome on the spot.

At the same time, she had already begun planning in her heart how to make use of such a good opportunity to help Jingbo Bay Market reach a higher level!

With his goal achieved, Jiang Yuan returned to the Cloud Grocery Store, closed the door, and asked, "Yun Ying, are you willing to forge puppets to sell in the shop? For the sake of safety, I can leave Qingfeng and Bright Moon in the shop to sit in town. Any Sea Demon that dares to make trouble will be handled by them."

"I’m willing! Sir, I’m more than willing!" Yun Ying couldn’t wait to pull a puppet ledger from her Storage Bag, saying excitedly, "Studying the blueprints you gave together with Leng Yutang, not only have I become proficient again in the Puppetry Technique I had neglected before, but my skills have improved a great deal in recent days.