Their commission was suspicious.

Is that person really a puppeteer? Then this invitation is quite impressive.

But how did that puppeteer make his appearance again? Chen Luo forgot again.

Just like dreaming, if you still feel attached to the dream when you wake up and try to deepen your memory of the dream, you might leave some impressions in your mind. But if you simply wake up and go to eat after having a dream, it's almost impossible to recall the dream by noon.

The rate at which this forgetting happens is even worse than the rate at which knowledge is learned; at least when you learn something, you retain some impression.

However, knowledge about the skills of a puppeteer seemed to have become second nature to Chen Luo.

Chen Luo pulled down the talent panel to check his puppeteer skill level.

Superb

Upon seeing this, Chen Luo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Looks like I'm pretty smart after all, breaking through two realms in one go.

From the original 99% (about to advance to Grandmaster) directly to 201% (after reaching the highest level).

"Let me think, how long exactly did I study in that consciousness space? Three months?"

Information about how long you've studied is generally useless, but if you try to recall it immediately after waking up from a dream, you can still remember some of it.

"Heavens have mercy! I've only been a gifted individual for less than three months. Is this puppeteer's skill really that difficult?" Chen Luo couldn't help but say.

But why does Chen Luo feel like he's had similar feelings before?

Alright, you've become a master puppeteer in just three months, you should be secretly thrilled.

"But it only took me a few days to become a master blacksmith."

"...How can that be the same? Your 'superb' forging skill was just something you stacked up with rewards, okay? Even if you had superb forging skills, you'd still be the worst superb forging master."

Moreover, Chen Luo had basically never used that superb forging skill; it was practically just for show.

Too much to chew.

Although this statement seems somewhat ironic when applied to Chen Luo, whose talents are so numerous that they can hardly be counted on ten fingers, even someone like Chen Luo needs a foundation to stand on.

Clearly, the current profession is puppeteer.

From the very beginning, the skills, items, and talents related to puppeteers permeated every aspect of Chen Luo's life.

We can just make do with the Herrscher powers. Anyway, Chen Luo lost his Herrscher powers recently and replaced them with other abilities. It's just a bit troublesome, but it's not like we can't survive.

But without the skills and talents of a puppeteer, Chen Luo was truly at a loss.

Alas, it has already turned into the shape of a doll.

"In short, let's review what we've learned first and then carve a puppet." Chen Luo took out a piece of wood, and then countless threads flowed from his fingertips, weaving an extremely sharp carving knife.

If the thread is fine enough, it can be a sharp blade.

Although much useless information from that small class flashed through Chen Luo's mind without leaving much of a trace, the information about the puppeteer's professional skills was crystal clear.

"Chen Luo! You heartless bastard! I..."

The consciousness of the Abyss Passage had been holding back its anger since Chen Luo tricked it yesterday, and was planning to get revenge today. But when it suddenly saw Chen Luo carving a simple wooden puppet, its voice grew softer and softer.

It wasn't until more than ten minutes later, after Chen Luo placed a lifelike figurine that even seemed to possess a hint of spirituality beside his bed, that he realized the arrival of the Abyss Passage consciousness.

"Hey, long time no see." Chen Luo showed no remorse for having tricked and ambushed Abyss Tong's consciousness yesterday, greeting him quite familiarly.

"Long time no see, see you again."

"Sigh, why did they leave so soon?"

"Because it's already been 14 minutes, my vacation time is only 15 minutes. I originally wanted to ask for an extra 5 minutes to yell at you, but I see you're working instead." The voice of the abyss passage consciousness was full of helplessness.

The consciousness of the abyss passage could indeed wake Chen Luo from his previous state of focused carving, but Chen Luo's state just now resembled an epiphany he had heard someone else talk about.

What if I wake him up and Chen Luo grabs the God-Slaying Whip and fights me to the death?

"Thank you for your hard work. Here, this is a gift for you. Is there any way to take it with you?" Chen Luo held up the lifelike figurine.

This is a figure imbued with a spirit. Even though it is carved from ordinary wood, it possesses magical abilities, such as... being able to enlarge it and turn it into a huggable pillow.

Once a puppeteer reaches the master level, the level of detail in their carving will not improve significantly.

The Grandmaster and Transcendent levels focus more on infusing souls into puppets and transforming all sorts of strange things into puppets.

For example... stealing the world.

If Chen Luo were given a good piece of material, and given enough time to go to the Abyss Passage and prepare, he could indeed cut off a portion of the Abyss Passage's consciousness and stuff it into the puppet.

Chen Luo's puppeteer talent is called Manipulation, which allows him to manipulate any tool, and even things that are not tools, with greater precision. This makes him more adept at using various conceptual talents.

This talent is especially useful for puppeteers. For example, when Chen Luo really cut off the consciousness of the Abyss Passage and stuffed it into a puppet, he could really turn the consciousness of the Abyss Passage into a puppet that belongs to him and will not betray him.

The consciousness of the abyss passage cannot be personified because it has no physical form.

And why would Chen Luo provoke the consciousness of the Abyss Passage if he had nothing better to do?

After Chen Luo's puppeteer skills reached a superb level, he gained an additional advanced talent: Feedback.

[Feedback]: You can often get far more feedback from the puppets you control than other puppeteers can.

Chen Luo vaguely remembered that in that Little Sunflower class, the puppeteer seemed to have commented on his talent in the profession of puppeteer:

[While talent is meant to be squandered, your development in the puppeteer field is undeniably unorthodox. You possess the same talent as me, [Manipulation], but after advancing, it's not [Conversion] but [Feedback]... But perhaps it's for the best, since you can't walk the same path twice. Although you were never really destined for the puppeteer path in the first place.]

[A puppeteer isn't a profession that relies solely on puppets. Simply receiving feedback from puppets can actually be confusing, as this feedback includes not only power but also various insights and emotions. Too few puppets yield little effect, while too many puppets can negatively impact the puppeteer's mindset. However, this advanced talent seems quite suitable for you.]

Having the same talent as the puppeteer greatly encouraged Chen Luo, but the subsequent divergence in their paths did not discourage him.

Chen Luo felt that this feedback might be more suitable for him to take on commissions, especially large-scale group tasks.

Chen Luo has never forgotten that his EX-level talent is the foundation of his success!

However, Chen Luo was still in class at the time and did not have any puppets at hand, so he could not test this ability and could only wait until later.

"I'll accept this gift as compensation for all the terrible things you've done to me. But by the way, can I have that candy next to your pillow? It looks delicious."

After the consciousness of the abyss passage finished speaking, Chen Luo's puppet, which already possessed initial spirituality, vanished without a trace.

After hearing the reminder from the Abyss Passage Stone, Chen Luo looked at his hand and actually saw a piece of candy.

"When was this candy... Oh, right, it's my graduation gift." Chen Luo remembered.

Chapter 1531 Chen Luo: Seize the Young Master? You want 5000 raw stones to appraise a candy wrapper?

The graduation gift is also one of the possible rewards from the Little Sunflower Classroom invitation.

The reason it's described as a potential reward is because it's not fixed. It might happen, but it might not.

The operating logic of this Little Sunflower Classroom invitation is that it is sold through mysterious channels, and the medium is the invitation itself.

All the cards you see in the classroom space are actually from outstanding scholars and teachers in various fields who have entered into a contract with the issuer of this Little Sunflower Classroom.

Signing their names and generating cards signifies that these individuals are willing to accept the summons and impart their knowledge.

Scholars who can become lecturers must at least have outstanding achievements in a certain field.

However, this is also a matter of luck, because some teachers are not willing to share their knowledge. Although the publisher's main intention is to spread the knowledge, some teachers simply want to receive the reward.

So Chen Luo was actually quite lucky to have met a good "teacher".

A graduation gift is a present given by a teacher when the teacher has a special fondness and appreciation for the student they have taught, and the teacher pays for it out of their own pocket.

Teachers are paid a fee for imparting knowledge to students, with their salaries paid by the Little Sunflower Classroom publisher. However, this graduation gift is entirely self-funded.

"Little Sunflower Classroom? I feel like I've heard of it somewhere before. Since I have a vague impression but can't quite place it, it must be an organization from the Dimensional Sea," the Abyss Passage consciousness said confidently.

Because knowledge about the Dimensional Sea is kept secret within the world. The resulting turmoil if this knowledge were to spread would be highly unpredictable from the perspective of the world's consciousness.

"It does seem to be an organization from the Dimensional Sea, and the publisher is... a subordinate organization of the Tree of Wisdom."

Chen Luo knew about the Tree of Wisdom. He had seen an introduction to the Tree of Wisdom in a book compiled by Xiao Jiu after she obtained the knowledge of the divine conch.

The Tree of Wisdom is a colossal tree renowned for its wisdom, and even in the dimensional sea, it is considered to be one of the largest trees, capable of blotting out the sky.

The Little Sunflower Classroom is the publisher that inherits the concept of the Tree of Wisdom.

I just don't know how they generate revenue... Do they rely on donations from others?

"But it seems I can also sign my name on this business card that disappeared after the lottery draw and become a teacher." Chen Luo examined the card that had disappeared from the Little Sunflower Classroom invitation.

This business card is like the strange survey that sometimes comes with the last page of a comic book, which you can mail back to participate in a poll.

After using the Little Sunflower Classroom Invitation, once one of your skills reaches the "Mastery" level, you will automatically obtain this business card.

If you wish to become a teacher, you can sign your name on it. After verification and review, you will become a teacher.

If someone uses the Little Sunflower Classroom invitation and is selected to teach Chen Luo, and Chen Luo delivers a satisfactory lesson, Chen Luo will receive a reward from the publisher.

The amount of the reward depends on the student's progress.

So how exactly do the publishers make money?

"Never mind, I'm not going to mislead anyone with my current level." Chen Luo hesitated for a moment, then put down the card.

However, Chen Luo did not throw away the business card, just in case he might need it later.

According to the introduction on this business card, teachers are quite respected in the Dimensional Sea, after all, every teacher is at least a highly skilled technical professional.

Every skilled job is valuable.

The entry requirements for teachers are too high, and the profession is also considered quite prestigious.

If Chen Luo becomes truly confident in his abilities in the future, perhaps he could become a teacher.

Even holding this business card serves as proof of identity.

Does it matter to you whether I've started teaching students or not? Having this business card means you're at least an exceptionally skilled technician, and generally speaking, such people are very good at surviving and are quite difficult to deal with.

In order to forge rare and precious irons, blacksmiths would train themselves to be extremely strong. It's not impossible for them to smash an entire planet into a glass ball with a single blow of their hammer.

The alchemists' various magical potions and artifacts are truly astounding.

"So after all that, what are you planning to do with that candy?" The consciousness of the abyss passage made no attempt to hide its desire to eat that candy. Although it didn't know why, the consciousness of the abyss passage knew that the candy must be delicious.

"Go play somewhere else. Your leave is almost up, you should go." Chen Luo waved his hand.

"Tch." A disgruntled voice came from the abyss passage.

The Abyss Passage's consciousness left the spiritual energy plane and returned to the Abyss Passage to continue its work the very first second after its vacation ended, while also keeping an eye out for Chen Luo twisting its neck.

However, Chen Luo waited for a long time but did not turn his neck, which made the consciousness of the Abyss Passage even more suspicious.

……

"What's the use of this candy?" Chen Luo couldn't help but ask, looking at the candy.

Don't ask me, I don't know either.

"You have investigative skills, who else should I ask if not you?"

【You took this candy out of a special space. Why are you asking me instead of the person who gave it to you? And if I can't tell, I just can't. Even if you beat me to death today, I still won't be able to tell.】

"...Aren't you going to try a little harder?"

This isn't about how hard you try; if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Besides, I'm used to things going wrong.

They are not ashamed of their user-friendly plugins, but rather proud of them.

"You're supposed to have investigative skills, yet you can't see through this thing's true nature. Shouldn't you feel ashamed?" Chen Luo was shocked.

Even if you crash and burn every day, you still have SSS-level abilities, don't you have any ambitions at all?

This was the first time Chen Luo had ever seen an SSS-level talent so content with mediocrity.

[No, this isn't about settling for mediocrity; it's about simply admitting defeat. Besides, if I can't understand something, doesn't that just prove its value? In a sense, this is a form of reconnaissance for me.]

"...Those you can see through are ordinary goods, and those you can't see through are high-end goods, is that what you mean?" After understanding the meaning of the humanized plugin, Chen Luo sighed.

What could possibly cause such a formidable SS-level talent to become so stagnant?

[Once you accept my weakness, I am invincible!]

"..."

Chen Luo was even more troubled.

If the user-friendly plugin has truly deteriorated to this extent, then Chen Luo has nothing to say.

However, Chen Luo also understood that it would be unbearable for anyone to have an SSS-level talent constantly failing.