Seeing the Three-Legged Golden Crow agree, Ian Song told him not to resist, then directly fired three strands of Puppet Mastery Divine Art into his sea of consciousness.
The Three-Legged Golden Crow truly deserves to be a son of the ancient Heavenly Emperor. Even while sealed, three Puppet Mastery Divine Arts were not enough to subdue him, so Ian simply fired in seven more.
With all ten Puppet Mastery Divine Arts unleashed together, he finally managed to barely enslave the Three-Legged Golden Crow.
Next, the Three-Legged Golden Crow transformed into human form, knelt on the ground, and addressed Ian as 'Master.'
"I'm planning to seize control of the Exquisite Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. Do you have any good suggestions or methods?" Ian asked the Three-Legged Golden Crow.
The Three-Legged Golden Crow replied, "Master, seizing control of the Exquisite Demon-Suppressing Pagoda is extremely difficult. First, you must subdue the seven artifact spirits of its seven layers. Second, you need to obtain the controlling formulae for the pagoda. Only then can you truly control it. Actually, Leon Lee's own strength is very weak— even if he knows the control formulae, he can only draw out about one percent of the pagoda's true power!"
"Oh, is this Exquisite Demon-Suppressing Pagoda really that powerful?" Ian was surprised, but after thinking it over, he felt it made sense. After all, this pagoda was comparable to an Immortal Artifact.
By his estimation, Leon Lee using the Exquisite Demon-Suppressing Pagoda could at most capture late Tribulation-stage cultivators, while Leon Lee himself was only at peak Soul-Split stage— even weaker than Jason and Mark, and far behind Nate.
If he could get his hands on the Exquisite Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, Ian would be able to unleash at least eighty percent of its power. At that point, his own strength would soar again.
So he continued to ask the Three-Legged Golden Crow, "Do you have any good suggestions for subduing the other seven artifact spirits?"