I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

"scarecrow?"

"The Scarecrow's House?"

"Lu Jun? Who is that?"

When information about Lu Jun and Scarecrow House spread, it immediately sparked a lot of discussion.

When everyone turned on their phone projectors, they were indeed able to find Scarecrow's House on them.

Looking at its information, everyone couldn't help but sigh, "Times have changed."

The first person in the common people to break through to the realm of immortality was actually just a farmer, and the basis for his breakthrough was just a craftsman.

In the past, this would have been the lowest of jobs.

Now, however, craftsmen are subtly elevated above many other professions.

For no other reason than that in today's Celestial Empire, every industry and sector is inseparable from rune machines, and naturally, they are also inseparable from craftsmen.

After all, the manufacture and repair of rune machines all rely on craftsmen.

In addition, the speed at which craftsmen improve their skills is among the fastest of all folk professions.

Because the craftsman's creations are basically governed by fixed logic and frameworks, and can even delve into the rules of the world.

The process of them creating items is a continuous process of adapting to their professional position, becoming familiar with manufacturing techniques, and deeply analyzing the underlying principles.

In this way, it is naturally easier for them to break through their rank, and a higher rank naturally leads to a greater breakthrough in cultivation.

As for other professions...
Like farmers, who cultivate and harvest, this process aligns with their own social status.

However, there's no deep-seated principle behind this.

To transform its own status, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on biological habits, create better crops, and even new species.

This is certainly not an easy thing to do.

For example, in the practice of literature and Taoism, one needs to constantly read the works of the sages and understand their essence.

However, everyone is different, and it is not easy for later generations to fully understand the mindset, thoughts, and so on of their predecessors.
Not to mention, after gaining a thorough understanding, one must break free from the intellectual framework of the sages and derive one's own principles from it.

Throughout China's five thousand years of history, how many scholars have forged their own paths and created their own schools of thought?

Some might say there are many.

However, those are people who have emerged from countless individuals over five thousand years of history.

Craftsmen, on the other hand, can be said to create objects according to the inherent rules and logic of the world. With existing logic and framework, they can naturally go deeper.

Well, the inherent rules and logic of this world can be called science and technology, or it can be called the investigation of things or the Tao.

As for farmers' research on crops, it also follows science and technology, as well as the principles of Tao.

However, crops are, after all, living things, and the reproduction and development of life are subject to too many uncertainties, making them difficult for humans to truly control, and thus improvement is naturally slower.

As for literary cultivation, it relies entirely on the mind and will.

Those so-called literati who cling to the past and refuse to look to the future are destined to be abandoned by the times, and their path to self-cultivation will be even more arduous.

The strongest among them has only just entered the realm of supernatural powers, and it is unknown how long it will take before they reach Lu Jun's realm of immortality.

What I'm saying is that for a long time to come, the status of craftsmen and those who study things will rise dramatically.

Even most of the longevity realm experts in the Celestial Empire, apart from the civil and military officials of the court, probably come from among the craftsmen.

It's always faster to follow established rules and patterns.

Until one reaches an extreme, the rules of the world are completely in one's grasp.

When that time comes, it will be necessary to develop one's own way.

In this respect, the cultivation of literature and Taoism actually has a greater advantage.

As time went by, some people began to use their mobile phones to visit the Scarecrow House and learn how to make scarecrows.

Among them, craftsmen and farmers were the most numerous.

Farmers do this to drive away birds and animals that damage their crops.

The craftsmen, on the other hand, valued the craftsmen's ability to have a certain degree of self-awareness and judgment.

They hope to use it for other purposes.

Suddenly, all sorts of scarecrows began to appear in farmlands across the country.

In the final years of the Celestial Dynasty, some craftsmen who researched autonomous machines and ancient legendary mechanical beasts applied some of their ideas to mechanical devices, creating mechanical dolls that resembled those with autonomous judgment capabilities.

At this time, a man named Meng Fanzhong combined all the technologies and completely perfected the production technology of mechanical puppets, achieving the final sublimation and instantly breaking through to the realm of immortality.

In addition to obtaining the rank of Craftsman, he also obtained the rank of Mechanic.

However, although they created mechanical puppets, they were not much different from scarecrows in essence, except that they were made of different materials and had joints.

Therefore, it did not separate itself from Lu Jun's path, but rather completely integrated into it.

At the same time, after acquiring the knowledge of manufacturing mechanical puppets and completing the scarecrow manufacturing technology, Lu Jun also obtained a new rank: Puppet Master.

At this time, he still had some connection with Zhou Jie.

However, the part that became independent also grew further.

It has begun to have a faint connection with the Sea of ​​Spiritual Power.

Of course, Zhou Jie also benefited from Meng Fanzhong's breakthrough, and his connection with the Sea of ​​Spiritual Power became even closer.

After all, the mechanical puppets they created also involved rune arrays.

It can be said that Zhou Jie, who pioneered the path of rune arrays, was a comprehensive source.

Lu Jun's art of puppetry is one branch of that art.

Meng Fanzhong's mechanical engineer is a branch of the puppeteer.

As long as the creation of the puppet mechanism does not reach the level of independently creating a puppet mechanism outside of the rune array, all its applications to the rune array will provide feedback to enhance Zhou Jie's power.

After that, all sorts of puppets began to appear in the world, such as cloth dolls, wooden puppets, shadow puppets, paper figures, and so on.

These puppets are used for everything from guarding homes and property to dangerous coal mining and exploring secret locations.

With the enhancement of these paths, Lu Jun's puppeteer status finally became completely independent in the Celestial Dynasty after twenty years, transforming into a star in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Power, an anchor point that connected Lu Jun with the Sea of ​​Spiritual Power.

However, there is still an invisible thread connecting him and Zhou Jie.

After all, although puppeteers are very popular, they are ultimately driven by runes and magic arrays, so the connection between them cannot be severed.

As he established an independent connection with the sea of ​​spiritual energy, a powerful force of rules descended instantly, once again cleansing Lu Jun's body, mind, and soul.

Including its dwelling in the fairy realm, that scarecrow house.

No, it has now been transformed into the House of Puppet Masters, covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles. Rows of houses and courtyards are situated there, with plaques on them that read "House of Mechanisms, Puppet Masters, Cloth Puppets, Shadow Puppets, Paper Dolls, and so on."

Those who complete their respective research paths, develop new directions for puppetry, and thus transform their own status, will obtain a territory of their own in the Immortal Realm. Most of these will be their own residences.

However, regardless of the circumstances, they would spontaneously project a corresponding manor around the Puppet House.

This was both out of respect for Lu Jun, the founder of the puppeteer lineage, and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge about puppetry.

At this moment, as the power of the rules flowed back, the power emanated from Lu Jun's body, gradually spreading to a radius of a hundred miles, continuously strengthening this space.

As Lu Jun's strength gradually increased, his territory also expanded rapidly.

Ultimately, Lu Jun reached the peak of the Longevity Realm and was about to break into the Celestial Realm. His territory expanded by more than double, reaching a radius of over two hundred miles, and the spatial intensity also doubled.

In that instant, a clear difference in strength emerged between Lu Jun's puppeteer territory and the surrounding space.

This sudden and intense change immediately caused spatial ripples to appear in the surrounding area, and even the space itself seemed to be torn apart, creating spatial cracks.

The instability of space and the disruption of rules finally triggered a deeper reaction.

A hazy, illusory world began to emerge in the area of ​​spatial turbulence.

That land has mountains and rivers, and all living things, including humankind, the most intelligent of all beings.

Judging from their attire, it was clothing from the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, that was another world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, an illusion reflected from the turbulence of spatial rules.

The dynasty sensed its formation the moment it was formed and looked up in that direction.

At the same time, Lu Jun also sensed something and cast his gaze towards the area outside his territory.

"What's this?"

Having completed his breakthrough, Lu Jun appeared at the edge of the territory in a flash, gazing at the illusory world.

Although the territory of the Puppet Master's House has extremely high spatial strength, it still experienced tremendous fluctuations due to the intense spatial conflict.

Naturally, a portion of that illusory world also covered the territory of the Puppet Master's House.

Various puppet rules then invaded that illusory world.

"Eh~?"

Sensing the changes there, Wang Chao couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation, his mind instantly descending to carefully perceive the changes.

Gradually, a sense of enlightenment arose in my heart.

As time passed, the rules and forces of the Celestial Empire and the late Ming Dynasty world continued to intertwine, making it easier for these forces to enter each other's worlds.

Wang Chao thought that perhaps in the end, life in both worlds could travel to each other's worlds.

Of course, this is because China is stronger in the world.

Entering the Celestial Empire from that world is considered ascension.

Conversely, when life descends upon the Celestial Empire, it can be considered as a descent to the mortal realm.

The world at the end of the Ming Dynasty could only be considered a subordinate world to the Celestial Empire.

However, under normal circumstances, it would indeed take a long time to accomplish these things.

However, with the sudden increase in the spatial strength of the Puppet Master's Domain, the spatial rules here underwent violent fluctuations, evolving into an illusory world, and the dynasty gained new insights.

Perhaps they can arrive through special methods without waiting for the final rule fusion.

The sudden increase in the strength and activity of the rules may trigger the rule power that has seeped into the world of the Celestial Empire in the late Ming Dynasty, thereby causing the life projection of the Celestial Empire to descend.

However, this also has some drawbacks.

That is a projection of life in the Celestial Empire world, but it is just a simple projection. Currently, apart from the dynasty, no one else is able to bring their own consciousness down.

unless
Wang Chao looked at Lu Jun, as well as other mechanics, puppeteers, shadow puppeteers, and others who had also noticed the change and rushed over.

"teacher!"

"teacher!"

"Hello teacher!"

Upon their arrival, everyone immediately bowed and greeted Lu Jun.

After nodding in acknowledgment, Lu Jun looked back at that illusory world.

"Teacher, what happened here?"

"What is that? A mirage?"

"I'm afraid not. A mirage is just a reflection and projection of a distant scene."

The scene in the illusory world ahead resembled that of the Ming Dynasty.

"Indeed, judging from their clothing and demeanor, they are clearly from the former Ming Dynasty."
This is clearly not something a mirage could do.

"Hmm, could it be a mental illusion?"

"No way."

Someone hesitated before speaking:
"Although many people simultaneously have the same fantasy, it may cause turmoil in the rules of the immortal realm, and thus create mental illusions."

However, those were often just novels and stories, widely circulated in certain regions, and deeply ingrained in people's minds.

Who would fantasize about the days of hunger and cold in the previous dynasty?

The so-called mental fantasy refers to a large number of people fantasizing about a certain event or story at the same time or around the same time. Under the resonance of spiritual power, it further draws on the resonance of the power of national destiny.

In this way, fluctuations in the power of national destiny will immediately influence the rules of both the celestial and underworld realms, creating illusions within a certain range.

These are known as mental illusions.

Those who are inclined towards demons and monsters will create mental illusions in the underworld.

Those who prefer a normal life, but are accompanied by the presence of immortals and deities, will experience mental illusions in the immortal realm.

However, just as the previous person said.

The people of the Celestial Empire today are at their most spirited and optimistic, so naturally they do not yearn for or fantasize about the life of the former Ming Dynasty.

Even those literati who still yearn for the life of the elite in the past would not yearn for or fantasize about the life of ordinary people.

They only yearn for the past, for the bright lights and beautiful women, the days of pointing fingers and surveying the land.

Moreover, because of the involvement of the rules of the celestial realm, mental illusions, apart from being somewhat illusory at the beginning, will soon become completely solidified and almost indistinguishable from reality.

If you don't get involved yourself, it's almost impossible to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake.

The projection of the late Ming Dynasty world, being an image of the rules of the late Ming Dynasty world, transcends world projections. Furthermore, the Celestial Empire world is stronger, thus erasing and suppressing its rules.

Therefore, even if a projection illusion is formed due to the fluctuation of the rules, it will appear illusory and hazy.

Naturally, everyone quickly came to the same conclusion that what they were seeing was definitely not a mental illusion. (End of Chapter)