My Endless Life.

Chapter 599 The Main Sect and the Formation

Lucy couldn't sense any familiar aura from Richard.

Logically speaking, this is something that should be impossible.

The Heavenly Craft Soul Transfer technique was created by Li Qi, and Hu Bu'er created the Soul Sect's universal cultivation technique based on the Heavenly Craft Soul Transfer technique.

As long as the Soul Sect's general cultivation techniques don't deviate too much from the Heavenly Craft Soul Transfer technique, Lucy should be able to sense the same aura on Li Qi's body after he uses the Heavenly Craft Soul Transfer technique.

But the reality is that Lucy couldn't sense anything at all.

"Give me a copy of your cultivation technique."

Li Qi felt that the problem was likely with the cultivation technique, so he asked Lucy for it.

Since it involves the core of the Soul Sect, Lucy shouldn't have given it to them.

But in reality, Lucy gave it very decisively, almost without any hesitation.

Just kidding, right now Li Qi has the biggest fist. If she doesn't want to be killed by Li Qi on the spot, she'd better agree to any of Li Qi's requests, no matter how unreasonable they are.

It took Lucy a little time to transmit the information about the cultivation technique to Li Qi using soul power.

The application of soul power is not much different from that of consciousness power in some respects; what consciousness power can do, soul power can also do.

Lucy could use soul power transfer techniques like this, which allowed her to do so on the spot, almost effortlessly.

Li Qi, who received the soul power technique from Lucy, frowned involuntarily after briefly glancing at it.

"This is not a divine soul transfer..."

Li Qi, who was able to independently create his own cultivation techniques and personally improve "Nine Lives Soul Stealing," and based on "Nine Lives Soul Stealing," created "Heavenly Craft Soul Transfer," is absolutely a master in terms of cultivation techniques.

Even in the interstellar era, Li Qi would be a first-rate martial arts master, with a thorough understanding of the characteristics of most martial arts techniques.

Therefore, when Li Qi saw Lucy's technique, he immediately realized that it was not the Heavenly Craft Soul Transfer at all.

There is absolutely no trace of divine intervention here!

Ultimately, the foundation of the Heavenly Craft Soul Transfer is the martial arts techniques created during the flourishing of martial arts.

Mental cultivation is only one part of it. Even if Li Qi removes most of the unnecessary elements later, there are still some traces of martial arts techniques within it.

However, the cultivation manual that Li Qi took from Lucy at this moment did not contain any trace of martial arts techniques. It was a cultivation manual that used soul power as the main method of cultivation!

It's not even consciousness, and it's completely contrary to the methods of cultivating consciousness.

This is a special cultivation technique that doesn't belong to the category of consciousness cultivation methods!

Could it be that Hu Bu'er created this technique all by herself?

No, it's definitely not Hu Bu'er.

Although Li Qi believed in Hu Bu'er's talent, he was certain that Hu Bu'er's knowledge alone was insufficient to create a cultivation method completely different from the original cultivation system!

This has nothing to do with talent; it's purely a matter of knowledge reserves.

It is impossible for a person to create something that has never been seen before. Even if Hu Bu'er is exceptionally talented and can innovate from the techniques left behind by Li Qi, the techniques he creates should at least bear some resemblance to the previous techniques.

Unlike the one in Li Qi's hand, which is completely different from martial arts techniques.

But if it wasn't Hu Bu'er, then who could it be?

That said, is Hu Bu'er really the sect leader of the Soul Sect?
Where is Hu Bu'er now?

Sensing something amiss with the technique, Li Qi looked up and asked Lucy.

Lucy paused, thought for a moment, and replied, "I...I'm not quite sure. When the Soul Poison broke out, the higher-ups of the Soul Sect went into hiding, and the Sect Master was the first to disappear...So, I don't know where the Sect Master is now."

The Soul Poison first broke out among the high-ranking members of the Soul Sect, which is why the Soul Sect was the first organization to collapse. Members of the entire organization either died or fled, and even the Western Branch where Lucy was located was not spared.

As the leader of the Western Branch and a large corporation under her control, it wasn't difficult for Lucy to come up with a way to save her life. However, after barely managing to stay alive, Lucy fell into a long slumber.

To this day, she wasn't really sure whether the former Soul Sect disciples were still alive.

But she was certain that there were other Soul Sect disciples still alive in this world.

At least the elders of the Soul Sect's main branch who hold the position of hall master are definitely still alive.

These people all have stronger soul power than Lucy. If Lucy has survived until now, there's no reason why those people should have died.

After asking Lucy a few more questions, and making sure he had asked them all, Li Qi gave Lucy his orders:

"You, take me to the main sect."

"what?"

Lucy froze, looking at the tubes connected to her body with a troubled expression, and hesitated, "...Senior, I...I can't leave here right now."

"why?"

"I need these things to help me absorb soul power and sustain my life, otherwise... my soul power will keep being depleted, unless... unless you can help me find a perfect puppet body..."

Lucy's voice grew weaker and weaker as she spoke.

By the end, her voice was so faint it was almost inaudible; if Li Qi hadn't had exceptional hearing, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear what she was saying at all.

"A perfect doll body?" Li Qi looked Lucy up and down, then raised his hand and pointed at the doll remains next to him.

Using alchemy, countless doll fragments were disassembled and reassembled under Li Qi's control. In the blink of an eye, a doll resembling Lucy appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them.

Lucy's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as she witnessed this amazing scene.

She stared incredulously at the doll that appeared before her, rubbing her eyes repeatedly, wondering if she was dreaming.

A perfect doll... at least in the eyes of the Soul Sect disciples, a perfect doll appeared right in front of her!
It took less than an hour in total!
How did you do it?
How was it made so quickly?

What kind of ability did he use? Am I dreaming?
Lucy was shocked one after another. The methods Li Qi displayed completely destroyed her common sense and worldview.

Li Qi didn't care what she was thinking.

The doll's body was finished, and he tossed it onto Lucy like trash, urging her to hurry up:

"Is this doll alright? Hurry up and put it on, then lead the way."

"Yes...yes! Absolutely! Please wait a moment, senior! I'll change it right away, I'll change it right away!!"

After the initial shock, Lucy felt a surge of joy.

A greedy glint reappeared in her eyes, making her look like a lecherous old man who had seen a beautiful young girl. She was utterly despicable, and even her otherwise cute appearance became ugly.

Li Qi gave her a disdainful look, and then witnessed Lucy changing into the doll's body.

The process is actually quite simple: use soul power to 'pull' your own soul out of your body and then insert it into a new body.

The body replacement was completed just like that.

However, this method was too simplistic and crude, and most of the soul power was wasted.

The most significant point is that Lucy originally had a peak fourth-tier soul power level, but after moving to her new body, her soul power level was only at the mid-fourth tier, and she was still a long way from the high-fourth tier.

"Changing bodies consumes the maximum amount of soul power?"

Li Qi asked curiously.

Lucy nodded: "Yes, that's why we don't usually change bodies easily, unless the potential of the new body is much higher than the previous one."

"So, by your standards, what is your current strength?"

"First-Rank Martial Saint".

Lucy answered seriously.

……

The journey to the main sect is long, as it is located in Yu Kingdom. Lucy said that if they were to travel by land, it would take them at least two or three months to reach Yu Kingdom, which is significantly different from the one-month timeframe Li Qi had previously estimated.

The fundamental reason is that the weather at sea is unpredictable. Without a suitable ship, let alone reaching the mainland where Yu Kingdom is located, they would probably lose their way along the way and drift to who knows where.

In order to get to Yu Kingdom as quickly as possible, Lucy came up with an idea.

She has a private jet parked at an airport outside the city, and if her private jet doesn't suffer any major damage, they can easily fly to Yu Kingdom by air.

As for the driver, Lucy said there was no need to worry.

She can fly a plane.

"No need to bother."

Having confirmed that Lucy could fly a plane and knew the route, Li Qi no longer stubbornly chose to walk by land.

Right in front of Lucy, he conjured up a small airplane with enough space inside to accommodate three people.

Lucy, seeing Li Qi conjure up an airplane on the spot: o(Д)っ!
She had probably never seen anything like it before, where an airplane was handcrafted from various parts on the spot.

Not to mention she had never seen it, probably very few people in the interstellar era had ever seen it.

Li Qi's alchemy, in a sense, already possessed the rudiments of the mechanical field of mechanics, and it was not limited to just mechanics.

Take this plane for example; it looks like a sci-fi device controlled by machinery.

But in reality... the internal structure was a complete mess. Li Qi didn't put any effort into replicating the entire structure of the aircraft; he only replicated a rough outline.

The rest were all things built with magic.

But it can also be operated using normal methods; it all depends on my 'thinking power'.

In any case, everything was ready. After picking up Charlie, who was still waiting outside the city, the three of them flew the plane towards Yuguo.

The plane was fast, and with its straight flight without worrying about flight paths or air currents, Lucy estimated that it would only take them about eight hours to reach Yu Kingdom.

Lucy has good driving skills and no problem controlling the direction.

Without encountering any other unexpected events along the way, Li Qi and his group successfully entered the border of Yu Kingdom seven hours later.

The current situation in Yuguo seems to be no different from that in the Western countries where Li Qi previously lived.

Looking down from above, Li Qi could only see the remains of dolls scattered everywhere, and human bones buried among the doll remains, and nothing else but ruins overgrown with weeds.

There was no trace of human activity, not even any animals.

The puppet uprising targets not only humans, but anything with life. Except for tiny insects that cannot be eliminated, most creatures are killed by the puppets.

Therefore, Li Qicai rarely sees any animals.

If there were no soul power, and no Soul Sect disciples who could transfer their souls to puppet bodies using soul power, the civilization of this world would probably perish.

How far is the main sect of the Soul-Leaving Sect?

Li Qi turned his gaze back down to Lucy and asked her a question.

"We're almost there... At this rate, we should be able to see the main sect in less than an hour."

Lucy estimated the time before answering.

Li Qi nodded and looked out the window again.

With Li Qi's current five senses, even if the plane is far from the ground, as long as there are no clouds to obscure it, he can still see things on the ground.

Although it's difficult to see clearly from a distance, at least you can tell if there are any moving objects on the ground.

From Li Qi's current observation, there is absolutely no trace of humans on the ground except for the puppets.

Even the birthplace of dolls, Yu Country, is like this, so I believe other parts of the world are probably similar.

The only question now is how the Soul Sect's main sect is faring.

Is it that humans still exist, or... have all humans entered the doll's body like Lucy?

Just as Li Qi was thinking this, a sudden violent shaking brought him back to reality, and his attention was drawn to Lucy.

"what happened!"

Seeing that the plane seemed to have lost control, Li Qi questioned Lucy.

Lucy frantically gripped the controls, replying, "N-no... I don't know! I don't know! The plane suddenly went out of control!"

"..."

Lucy wasn't lying; at least Lucy was no longer able to control the plane's direction using the joystick.

Li Qi placed his hands on the side wall of the plane, attempting to control its direction using alchemy and magic.

But then Li Qi discovered that even alchemy could not stop the plane from falling downwards!

This isn't just a simple plane malfunction; it's more like a no-fly zone!

Realizing this, Li Qi stopped paying attention to the out-of-control plane.

As the plane plummeted toward the ground, and the buildings below grew larger, Richard grabbed Charlie with his left hand and Lucy's collar with his right.

He then kicked through the wall of the plane, came out through the gap, and created a barrier under his feet for himself to stand on.

However, the barrier only lasted for a moment before it seemed to be damaged by something and shattered immediately.

Due to the influence of gravity, Li Qi and his group fell to the ground along with the plane.

"As expected, it's a no-fly rule."

Their eyes sparkled and glowed, revealing their ability to see the rules.

Li Qi saw that some kind of rule was wrapped around the people and the plane, and it was this rule that prevented them from staying in the air.

The rules here have been altered, making it impossible for people to traverse this area by flying.

As his thoughts raced, Li Qi's hands never stopped moving.

He tore off his trench coat and Lucy's jacket, using these materials to create a parachute.

Although the puppet Li Qi created wouldn't suffer any damage from falling like that, he still chose to use a parachute for a safe landing just in case.

Fortunately, the parachute was still usable, and the three of them drifted down from the sky like giant mushrooms falling from the heavens.

During their time floating in the air, Li Qi asked Lucy again:

How far are we from the main sect?

"We have actually already entered the main sect's territory!"

Lucy answered immediately.

Li Qi looked down at the forest where no buildings were visible, frowned, and asked, "Are you sure?"

As soon as he asked the question, Li Qi sensed something was wrong.

The ability to see through the rules was still intact, and under the influence of this ability, Li Qi saw the differences between this forest area and the outside world.

The forest we see now is not a forest.

This is a formation.

A massive array that encompassed everything within Li Qi's field of vision!

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the main sect of the Soul Sect is located behind this formation.

(End of this chapter)