After leaving the Tianzong Back Mountain, Ling Chen and Xiao Muyu descended, and their view became much wider. In front of them was a spacious plaza. Ling Chen took a few steps forward and suddenly noticed some blackened, limb-like objects on the ground. He picked up a piece and had a look—it seemed to be a severed human arm, except it was entirely black and incredibly heavy, forged from fine iron. Moreover, there were some indecipherable talismans engraved on it.
When he took it apart, he saw pieces of metal resembling components and some curiously shaped gears inside.
Xiao Muyu, who also knew something about Puppet Mechanisms, studied the internal structure of the arm, her beautiful eyes lighting up slightly. "This is a Puppet Mechanism," she said, "a technique for controlling puppets using special mechanisms. It has been decades since these Puppet Mechanisms were last seen in the Jianghu."
"A Puppet Mechanism?"
