Time flew by, and a day passed.

The auction at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion officially drew to a close. Early in the morning, Shopkeeper Lin appeared at Ten Thousand Flowers Manor, greeting Li Mu with a beaming smile, "Master Li, you’ve been waiting for a long time!"

After speaking, Lin Baoqing took out two Storage Rings and a Jade Scroll, handing them to Li Mu with both hands. He introduced, "Master Li, one of these Storage Rings contains the items you auctioned, and the other holds what you acquired at the auction. The Jade Scroll records the detailed transaction accounts. After deducting the Spiritual Objects from your auction, there’s quite a bit of Spirit Stones still remaining. Please review to ensure there are no discrepancies!"

Feeling elated, Li Mu hurriedly accepted the Storage Rings and Jade Scroll from Lin Baoqing. With a slight sweep of his Divine Sense, he discovered that the account details recorded in the Jade Scroll were clear, with every auctioned item documented, even including the bidding prices, condition, and attributes.

All the Spiritual Objects acquired at the auction were intact within the Storage Rings, and what delighted Li Mu the most was the presence of the Celestial Puppet Spirit Token in one of them!

The other Storage Ring held the remaining one million seven hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones. This number surprised Li Mu, as he had originally estimated that the leftover Spirit Stones after the auction would be merely around one million. He hadn’t expected Lin Baoqing’s meticulous and thorough work, refunding tens of thousands of Spirit Stones from this auction! This made Li Mu greatly appreciate Lin Baoqing’s capability.

"Very good, no problems! Shopkeeper Lin, your work is so meticulous!" Li Mu couldn’t help but praise Lin Baoqing joyfully.

"You flatter me, Master Li. This is just what I should do. If there’s anything else you need assistance with, please feel free to ask." Lin Baoqing, hearing Li Mu’s compliment, showed a slight smile and respectfully replied.

"Not at the moment, Shopkeeper Lin. You’ve worked hard; get some rest early." Li Mu nodded with a smile, knowing that after the auction ended, there would be much work to be done, and during the auction, vigilance had to be maintained at all times to handle various emergencies. It was indeed quite exhausting.

"Alright. The auction just ended, and I have many things to handle, so I won’t disturb you further. I’ll seek you out for a chat another day." Lin Baoqing sighed with relief, departing with a relaxed smile.

After speaking, Lin Baoqing bade farewell with a bow to Li Mu and took his leave.

Watching Lin Baoqing depart, Li Mu eagerly took out the Celestial Puppet Spirit Token from the Storage Ring.

Beneath the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, the attributes and functions of the ’Celestial Puppet Spirit Token’ were fully displayed on Li Mu’s virtual panel.

[Celestial Puppet Spirit Token (One-Eighth)]

[Grade: Tier Seven Daoist Spiritual Treasure]

[Attributes: Cognition-controlling Celestial Puppet, Yu Gui Space, Celestial Puppet Heart Palace, Ten Thousand Puppets’ Deceit, Controlling Puppet Spirit, Thousandfold Divine Puppet]

[Status: Incomplete Equipment, Missing Artifact Spirit, Puppet Palace Closure.]

[Refined from Tier Seven Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Crystal, Tier Seven Chaos Beast Emperor Bone, Tier Seven Reincarnation Spirit Spring, Tier Eight Salo’s Soul... and other celestial destinies and life and death spiritual materials, this Tier Seven Celestial Puppet Dao Artifact—Eight-sided Puppet Suppressing Token. This Spiritual Token is embedded with the Celestial Puppet Heart Palace. Once fully completed through the Heart Palace – Divine Sense Refining, one can acquire its Puppet Dao Saint Tier Inheritance Technique – "Celestial Puppet Forging Dao Scripture."... By consuming the Power of Divine Sense, it can manipulate countless puppets via this artifact. However, as a Puppet-controlling Artifact, its Dao Principle is peculiar and has long been dormant, possessing a certain Mind Confusion Chaos. Use with caution.]

Holding the Celestial Puppet Spirit Token, Li Mu did not hesitate at all and immediately injected his Divine Sense into it.

The next moment, Li Mu’s Divine Sense appeared in a massive labyrinth, which seemed to be made up of countless giant Jade Tokens stacked together, densely packed and extending endlessly.

As soon as Li Mu’s Divine Sense entered, it was guided by a strange force to look towards the giant Jade Wall before him. This force seemed to be beckoning something, giving him an indescribable feeling.

Every Jade Token in the labyrinth was filled with mysterious energy waves, as if each were an independent space. On the Jade Wall were countless intricate puppet engravings, which were the patterns of puppets, the runes for controlling puppets.

Li Mu, possessing Level 6 Puppetry, immediately recognized most of the puppet spirit patterns engraved on the Jade Wall and understood their functions.

"Why do these puppet patterns seem so familiar? Hmm! This is spirit suppression, this one’s likely the suppressive function, this is amplification, ...," Li Mu silently observed, his Divine Sense wandering over these puppet engravings like a calligraphy master witnessing outstanding calligraphic works, unable to resist pondering and simulating them.

"Oh! What is this puppet engraving? It seems somewhat similar to the reverse-function pattern!" Li Mu’s Divine Sense stopped at a relatively unfamiliar puppet engraving, feeling it was slightly familiar but unable to recall where he had seen it.

Li Mu tried hard to remember, but his mind was blank, confirming he hadn’t studied this particular spirit pattern before.

Nonetheless, Li Mu didn’t pay much attention and continued injecting his Divine Sense into it, carefully ’mimicking’ the unfamiliar puppet spirit pattern.

Soon, as Li Mu invested his Divine Sense extensively, the puppet spirit pattern on the Jade Wall blossomed with spirit light, continuously moving, as if gaining life, jumping and rotating until it formed a complete spirit pattern.

Li Mu’s mind was shaken, instantly understanding what this ’Heart Palace’ trial was about. This trial required him to identify and inscribe the puppet spirit patterns to proceed.

These puppet spirit patterns were like gates, and only by accurately portraying the spirit patterns could one open the gate and proceed further. Li Mu immersed his Divine Sense into these puppet engravings, following the spirit pattern’s path, infusing the Power of Divine Sense, completing the Returning Spirit pattern’s path.