Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 367 In a world where spiritual energy is reviving, is it wrong to be a capitalist?
In order to completely prevent the tragedy of being captured on the spot by Qin Shuangjiang and creating a carnage, Duan Huaige decisively chose to wait until he left Longhu Mountain to refine the Human Emperor Banner. In this way, he could also avoid the military discovering that he was secretly refining the Soul Banner and killing him as a villain.

After all, his Heavenly Demon Banner and the Heavenly Demon Emperor's Soul Banner of the Taiqing Demoness are exactly the same. Once discovered, there will be no chance to explain.

With everything settled, all that was left was to say goodbye to the Old Celestial Master! Duan Huaige headed alone to the Demon Subduing Hall, but unexpectedly, he was stopped by two people on the way.

The newcomers were none other than Gongshu Jiuyuan of Luban Dao and her second uncle, Elder Gongshu. Having not seen him for a long time, Duan Huaige looked at Elder Gongshu, who was walking with a limp, with great surprise and asked, "Elder, what's wrong...?"

"Oh, it's nothing. Yesterday, I was fighting against the Taiqing demoness's attack on the mountain with my fellow Daoists from Longhu Mountain. I was accidentally injured by a powerful vengeful spirit, but it's nothing serious." Elder Gongshu said casually, which made his niece Gongshu Jiuyuan twitch her lips.

What the hell? You were injured by a powerful vengeful spirit... Uncle, you must have tripped and fallen while you were running around, right?
"I see." Duan Huaige looked respectful. "May I ask what business you have with me, Elder?"

Elder Gongshu said solemnly, "Young friend Duan, have you forgotten? We agreed to cooperate before... regarding the inheritance of the Lu Ban Dao's puppet master's knowledge..."

"Oh~" Duan Huaige suddenly realized that so many things had happened recently, one after another, that he had almost forgotten about this matter.

Although the resources he received in exchange for Lu Ban Dao weren't exactly a lifeline, every little bit helps. So, he asked with interest:

"Elders, have you already made up your minds?"

“Indeed, young friend Duan… Our Puppet Master lineage has declined for a long time. Now, with the inheritance notes of that top-tier Puppet Master before us, I must consider whether this is the only opportunity I will ever have.” The elder said firmly, “I know that as the Supreme Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain and a favorite of the imperial court, you certainly don’t lack resources…”

"So I've thought about it for a long time and I think there's something you might be interested in." Elder Gongshu said, giving Gongshu Jiuyuan a wink.

Gongshu Jiuyuan revealed a very smug expression, then waved her small hand, and a spirit puppet dressed in a classic black and white maid outfit appeared in front of her.

The spiritual energy receded from its porcelain-white skin like a receding tide, revealing its improved bionic texture. It tilted its head slightly, scrutinizing Duan Huaige before it, its amber pupils seemingly recording something. After a moment, it uttered a sweet voice:
"Master, Tian Shang greets you. Would you like to take a bath first, or eat first... or... eat me first?"

Listening to her second uncle's insistence on joining the conversation, Gongshu Jiuyuan covered her face, feeling an inexplicable urge to die.

How could I, Gongshu Jiuyuan, a peerless master of Luban Dao, have fallen to the point of becoming such a strange puppet!

"Look, young friend Duan, this is a kind of autonomous spiritual energy puppet that my nephew Jiu Yuan has researched." Elder Gongshu began to introduce it with great pride: "Not only can it complete some preset commands, such as washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning, but the key is that it consumes very little energy and can recharge itself in places with abundant spiritual energy!"

"Look at its face. This is the result of multiple texture improvements; it's so smooth and delicate, and it maintains a constant temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius..."

Elder Gongshu began to launch into a long and detailed explanation of the puppet's various advantages, including but not limited to: it could be programmed with multiple languages, was delicate and easily pushed over... and could act out scenes...

Duan Huaige's previously nonchalant expression was suddenly drawn to the puppet. He looked around the maid puppet, revealing a thoughtful expression. Gongshu Jiuyuan, who was standing next to him, was completely dumbfounded.

Uncle, your theory is actually true! Men really are boys until they die!
"Can I have 5000 of these?" Duan Huaige suddenly asked out of the blue. "Five thousand? You might as well kill me!" Gongshu Jiuyuan rolled her eyes and said, "Do you know how hard it is to sculpt this skin? It's really difficult to make it so textured and elastic!"

"Can the skin not be sculpted so finely...? Is that even possible?"

Upon hearing this, Elder Gongshu gasped in surprise. He hadn't expected that Duan Xiaoyou would prefer a natural, technologically advanced maid-like face, and even more so one with a metallic texture.
"That's impossible. I'm a human being, not a machine!"

“If we don’t need to sculpt the skin, we can have the puppeteers from your Luban Dao lineage process them together. It shouldn’t be too slow, right?” Duan Huaige said, “I can accept giving you 500 first, and the rest can be delivered in batches.”

"What do you need so many maid spirit puppets whose faces aren't even properly sculpted?"

"Hey! Jiu Yuan, you're talking too much!"

Uncle Er quickly stepped forward and reprimanded him righteously. "After all, people's preferences are their own. If Young Friend Duan likes it, just do your best to satisfy him! Why ask so many questions!"
"How many storage magic items do you have right now? Give them all to me," Duan Huaige urged. "Hurry up, don't you want your puppeteer inheritance anymore?"

Gongshu Jiuyuan, looking completely bewildered, took out the remaining spirit puppets, each one exquisitely crafted, a true heartthrob for any otaku. However, Duan Huaige, devoid of such worldly desires, simply stuffed them into his storage space, uttered a single sentence, and hurriedly departed.

"Go and prepare the remaining puppets as soon as possible!"

"Second Uncle! Why did he run away like that?"

"Hehe, young man, it's understandable that you couldn't suppress your desires." Elder Gongshu stroked his beard and said, "Let's go back and tell them to work overtime to open the production line, and make sure to deliver 5000 puppets to young friend Duan as soon as possible!"

"Whether our puppet master sect can rise again depends on this!"

Duan Huaige hurriedly left with several puppets, not even bothering to look for the old master of the Demon Subduing Hall. He returned to his room, closed the door, and then summoned the Mountain and River Map to enter it.

According to Lu Ban Dao Gongshu Jiuyuan, these puppets can recharge themselves in places with abundant spiritual energy, and can also perform repetitive tasks according to preset instructions.
Isn't this a perfect mining artifact? My buddy has a Xuan-grade spirit stone mine in his map that's been sitting there untouched!

Thinking of this, Duan Huaige immediately turned his idea into reality. Ten beautiful maid puppets put on dirty miner's hats, carried pickaxes and worked hard to dig at the mine. After making simple reinforcements on the outside, they went deep into the spirit stone vein to dig for Xuan-grade spirit stones.

A short while later, as several maids and miners carried a full basket of high-grade spirit stone ore out of the mine, Duan Huaige's eyes involuntarily welled up with tears. A tall, round hat seemed to appear on his head, and two upturned mustaches appeared at the corners of his mouth…

It's getting cold; it's time to make the Duan family rich.

(End of this chapter)