Demonic Demoness Training Project

Everyone's lips twitched, and they swallowed hard. Remembering the Grand Elder's orders, they had no choice but to risk shortening their lifespans and growing little tails, and brace themselves to walk in.

"You all stay here and don't move around. I'll go and fetch some spiritual materials."

Everyone felt uneasy, and the smoke in the room grew thicker and thicker. In just a short while, the thick smoke from the Heavenly Fire Cauldron filled the entire refining room, choking everyone and causing them to have tears streaming down their faces.

At this moment, a disciple suggested:

"How about we ventilate each other? I remember there's a ventilation mechanism in the weapon-refining room."

The disciples all agreed. They groped along the dark wall and finally found the key to the Qi-activating mechanism. The disciple pressed the button.

The air passage mechanisms located throughout the refining room operate simultaneously, sucking away the thick smoke inside and drawing in fresh air from the outside.

At that moment, everyone felt refreshed and invigorated, and even the air felt sweet and clean.

"Wait, why does the air taste sweet?"

Crackling sound~

Then, a soft popping sound rang out.

"Did you hear anything?"

Following the deacon's finger, everyone saw that the Heavenly Fire Cauldron was crimson red, emanating a terrifying heat.

"Croak! Oh no, it's going to explode!"

Chapter 216 That silly roe deer really got us into trouble.

At the same time, Lu Li hummed a little tune as she walked in from outside the entrance. She turned her head to the side, covered her ears with her small hands, and listened to the roaring sounds coming from the weapon-refining room.

boom!

A magnificent burst of flames erupted, accompanied by screams of agony from the crowd, and the earth trembled slightly.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Li clenched his fists and activated his blood pump, causing his blood and qi to surge upwards, which made his face turn red. He then angrily rushed into the room.

Just then, a group of disciples burst out of the door, their bodies engulfed in flames. She activated the Eternal Freeze Machine, using its extreme cold power to drench them thoroughly, and then angrily rebuked them.

"What are you doing!"

"It's exploded inside!"

Lu Li frowned slightly, as if she didn't understand the situation at all, and continued to ask:

"What did you say exploded?"

"The Heavenly Fire Cauldron! That Heavenly Fire Cauldron exploded!"

"Ah!? My uranium core!"

"Your Majesty, you're in danger! The explosion isn't over yet!"

"Go away!"

Lu Li pushed aside a deacon blocking his way and rushed into the weapon-refining room, disregarding the danger. He saw flames soaring into the sky, explosions continuing, and the earth trembling. The situation was escalating rapidly.

The outer defensive array of the weapon-refining room had already been activated, and the explosions continued to impact the array, creating ripples on it.

Ignoring everyone's attempts to stop him, Lu Li rushed into the magic array, simultaneously mobilizing his extreme cold power to extinguish the fire.

After a while, the explosion stopped and the fire finally went out. Lu Li searched through the ruins and finally found a grayish uranium pill. Her delicate body trembled slightly.

At this moment, a deacon cautiously approached and tentatively inquired:

"Holy Maiden? Oh no, Master Lu? Are you alright...?"

Lu Li suddenly turned his head and glared at the crowd behind him.

"What have you all done?"

"No, we didn't do anything. We just turned on the air duct mechanism, opened the ventilation, and then..."

"Before I let you in, did I tell you not to touch anything? Now look what's happened! I was just about to refine the Return to Nothingness Seal, and you've ruined it all!"

"us……"

Everyone was speechless. Thinking of the explosion just now, they were all still shaken. After all this, one of the thirteen people was seriously injured and seven were slightly injured.

……

The next day, apart from the one who was seriously injured, the remaining twelve people came to Wuliang Hall as usual.

However, in the following days, no one had a peaceful day. The weapon-refining hall experienced small explosions every three days and large explosions every five days, and the disciples suffered both new and old injuries.

Finally, the group couldn't hold back any longer and banded together to complain to the Grand Elder.

"Elder, we really can't take it anymore. We were bombed seven times last month, and this is already the third time before the first ten days of the month are even over."

"Look at my arm. I just got a second-level puppet, and it's already been blown up. You have to stand up for me and do something about that stupid roe deer."

Seeing the children crying and wailing, Rong Jing's brows furrowed even deeper.

"I'll reimburse the sect for the arm injury later. Your injuries are relatively minor. And you guys, weren't you uninjured? Why are you crying?"

"No, Elder, you don't know, their injuries are relatively minor. I, along with Senior Brother Huang and Uncle Zhao, came on behalf of others. There are six others who are currently recuperating in their caves and are still bedridden, so they couldn't come at all... This is what my junior sister asked me to bring to you."

A disciple stepped forward, wiping away tears, clutching a piece of cloth in his hand. Rong Jing took the cloth from him; a large character for "misery" was written on it.

The character "惨" (miserable) is twisted and looks like a group of worms crawling on cloth, which shows what kind of mental state the author was in when he left this character.

"My junior sister... her Xuan Shu (a type of internal energy cultivation technique) was destroyed in the explosion. Now she's completely insane, and all she left behind was this word. It's tragic, my junior sister, that roe deer has ruined her so much!"

"And us too! Although we weren't involved, our cave dwelling was the closest to the Boundless Hall, and it was also destroyed by the explosion!"

Rong Jing's face twitched. He suppressed his anger and turned to look at the elder beside him.

"Elder Cheng, you've been involved in this these past few days. What's your take on it?"

"I have been observing her these past few days. This woman can only be said to have a slight understanding of the Dao of Returning to the Void. She does not have any profound attainments at all."

"Oh? Then why are these explosions happening so frequently?"

“Every time we tried to refine the Guixu Seal, we had to think carefully. Back then, we could only deduce one yan diagram on average once a month, and then we would try to refine it and test it. But she, on the other hand, produced two yan diagrams on average every day. With so many of these, how could it not explode?”

As the saying goes, the more you do, the more mistakes you make.

At this moment, Cheng Bing coughed lightly and continued:

"Well, of course, in my opinion, her explosion rate is indeed a bit too high."

No, we have to teach this silly roe deer a lesson, no matter what.

Having made up his mind, Rong Jing led the few people around him to Wuliang Hall, ready to confront them.

But when he arrived, Lu Li was holding a plain pear, his cheeks bulging with pear flesh, making a smacking sound as he chewed.

She...she's still eating a pear!

Seeing Lu Li eating pears so leisurely, the seriously injured disciples and their representatives felt an indescribable anger.

Upon seeing the group approach, Lu Li's eyes lit up. He quickly finished the pear and then took out a jade slip.

"Hey, that's perfect! After much thought, I've come up with some new ideas!"

Upon hearing the words "ingenious idea," the disciples seemed to reflexively shrink behind the two elders in fright.

Whenever this silly roe deer has a clever idea, there's a 40% chance that Wuliang Hall will explode within the next three hours.

"You've gone too far. Wuliang Hall is not a place for you to cause trouble."

“I have never acted recklessly; all my plans have been carefully considered.”

"Then why do explosions occur every day?"

"because……"

Suddenly, as if by magic, Lu Li pulled out a thick calligraphy brush.

This is the mechanism of the mortal path—the [Sound-Retaining Brush].

Lu Li infused his spiritual power into the brush and pressed the button in the center of the brush. The brush then emitted the voices of the two people speaking.

"No, this won't do. What if it explodes? What if it hurts those people? No, no, I'd better take responsibility for this myself."

"If it explodes, then I'll take full responsibility."

"This...this is what you said."

"I said it!"

This was a conversation between Rong Jing and Lu Li. Rong Jing always felt that Lu Li was going against him, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong with him.

Especially after hearing the voice from the recording brush, he was furious. He deeply regretted what he had said and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he could only curse Ying Wange in his heart.

You, Ying Wange, so arrogant! Who can be more arrogant than you?

At this moment, Lu Li gracefully put away his brush and continued his relentless pursuit:

"Elder, I've said it before: I prefer to refine weapons alone. Having too many people around is not good."

Upon hearing this, one of the disciples was immediately enraged and pointed at Lu Li's nose, launching into a tirade of abuse:

"You silly roe deer, your plan is flawed, yet you're blaming us for it!"

"Didn't I warn you not to touch my things? You just wouldn't listen. You turned on the ventilation fan and the upper level blew up the weapon-refining room in a day. I haven't even settled accounts with you yet. That was clearly the closest I ever came to the Third Stage Return to Void Seal."

"You...you...you're just making excuses! And the last time you did that, you'll never be able to refine the Return to Nothingness Seal in your entire life!"

Seeing that the two sides were about to start arguing again, Rong Jing said:

"Quiet, you say that the people I sent influenced you and caused the explosion. Fine, from now on, you'll forge your own artifacts. Can you guarantee they won't explode?"

"It's impossible not to bomb, but it shouldn't happen that frequently."

"I'm under immense pressure to secure my monthly share of uranium from the Ruins. I'm giving you a heads-up: the Ancestor will personally inspect the progress at the end of the year. Don't blame me for not warning you then! Hmph, let's go!"

After saying this, Rong Jing led everyone away in a huff.

Then, Lu Li's gaze wandered around, as if deep in thought.

She wasn't worried about the old ancestor's inspection, but Ying Wange's Dharma body was becoming more and more perfect. Although the speed was slowing down, she was afraid that he would overturn the table and rebel before the end of the year.

Therefore, he must first refine the Five-Turn Blessing Return to the Void Seal.

Chapter 217 What kind of pear is "Bu Zao Chuo Li"?

This month, besides causing trouble for Cheng Bing and the others, Lu Li spent most of his time focusing on the crafting of the Sumeru Puppet Hand, giving Cheng Bing and the others a diagram every day and ordering them to craft it.

Previously, in order to deduce and refine the Lesser Return to Nothingness Seal, Lu Li had tried many times in the Immeasurable Tribulation, and these diagrams were all pitfalls he had encountered.

In reality, apart from the first day when the Heavenly Fire Cauldron explosion was a trap deliberately set by Lu Li, one out of ten subsequent explosions were intentional on Lu Li's part, and the other nine were accidental.

The reason why this has not yet been discovered is entirely due to Lu Li's understanding of the properties of uranium from the void, which far surpasses that of others.

If possible, Lu Li still didn't want to reveal the fact that he could refine the Guixu Seal.

Originally, they thought that after all this trouble, they could finally drive everyone away and focus on refining the puppets. But to their surprise, the next morning, Cheng Bing and the others arrived at Wuliang Hall as usual.

Why are you here again?

"What? Does Hall Master Lu not welcome us? Since we are too incompetent to help Hall Master Lu and have caused these accidents these past few days, then we will protect Hall Master Lu from outside this formation."

Lu Li could tell that although Cheng Bing appeared humble on the surface, he was actually extremely dissatisfied with the fact that he had become the hall master.

This is clearly a troublemaker. When the explosion happened before, Lu Li could make excuses, saying it was because someone disturbed him. But now that there's another explosion, the problem can only be with him.

This group of people were involved in the weapon crafting, but they were observing from outside the formation. It was unclear whether they wanted to learn from her or were simply monitoring her, which made Lu Li feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, Lu Li declined:

"I advise you not to do this."

"Why? Could there be some unspeakable secret? Hall Master Lu, refining the Return to Nothingness Seal is fraught with danger. If something goes wrong, we are here and can help you in time."

"Then you can stay here. Like I said, you're responsible for anything that happens."

Everyone took their defensive artifacts and hid outside the protective array. They were all on high alert, claiming to protect her, but if anything went wrong, they would probably run away faster than anyone else.

Lu Li snorted coldly, already having made up his mind.

At first, Lu Li simply continued refining the Lesser Return to the Void Seal as usual, acting as if no one else was around, and his refining techniques were not very skilled.