Demonic Demoness Training Project

Mu Qingque made it sound easy, but it was quite difficult to do in practice.

The Dharma Body must be compatible with oneself. The leap from the Spiritual Pivot Realm to the Creation Realm is too great and there are too many variables. Only after it is cultivated will one find that it is not compatible with oneself. Plans cannot keep up with changes.

Besides, didn't this girl run off to the lower realms back when she was in the Spirit Pivot Realm?

Could it be that an elder helped with its preparation?

Just as Lu Li was wondering, Mu Qingque walked to the futon. There was a palm-shaped groove in front of the futon. Mu Qingque stretched out her small hand and pressed it into the groove, and it fit perfectly.

The futon slowly moved aside, forming a downward passage, from which the faint sounds of mechanisms operating and colliding could be heard, but its destination was unknown.

"Elbow, come down with me, I'll show you something good."

"Is it some new mechanical device?"

"You've come, you'll know once you come to see me."

Lu Li looked puzzled, activated her Cloud Threads Three Thousand Threads, and flew into the passage, intending to find out what was going on.

The passage was narrow at the outside but wide at the inside. After descending a hundred feet, a faint cosmic fluctuation slowly spread out, and then a magnificent scene suddenly appeared before Lu Li's eyes.

This is a square underground space, hundreds of feet high and thousands of feet long and wide. Various stamping mechanisms, heavenly fire cauldrons, mechanical lathes... dozens of kinds of mechanical devices, totaling hundreds of units, are arranged in an orderly manner.

These mechanical devices are connected by mechanical tracks, forming assembly lines.

The spirit ore is first sent to the Heavenly Fire Cauldron for refining, then sent to the stamping mechanism to be refined into a rough blank, and then processed by the mechanical lathe for fine processing. After several processes, it is finally formed into a mechanical component.

In the center of the entire underground space, there is a small tower ten feet high. Spirit stones are thrown into the tower and transformed into spiritual power to power all the magical artifacts.

Each of these puppets is of exceptional quality, mainly three-stage puppets, but there are also quite a few four-stage puppets. Take the Heavenly Fire Cauldron, for example; Lu Li also has one, but its model is far less advanced than these.

Most importantly, the only living thing in this underground space was the mechanical wooden kite lying next to the assembly line. Before Lu Li and Mu Qingque arrived, the place was deserted.

Lu Ling cheered with joy, her face full of curiosity.

"Sister, look! This underground factory for creating mechanical artifacts is completely automated!"

The White Moon Palace needs to recruit a large number of disciples every year to maintain the operation of the weapon-refining hall, because many delicate components cannot be refined by mechanical means alone and require human operation.

Even Duan Xuanyuan, who was always arrogant, couldn't help but admire him at this moment.

“These mid-level cultivators have hidden too many things. Many of their 'Yan Tu' have been updated and iterated countless times, but downstream cultivators have difficulty accessing them.”

"Is this underground space unique to you, or do all the elders of the Lingxi Sect have it?"

“They also have them, but they’re not as big as mine, and their stun formations need disciples to maintain them.”

A magic array is a large array composed of array elements, which are usually inscribed inside the puppet.

As the name suggests, a puppet formation is a large formation composed of puppets, which is a higher level than a magic formation. This requires consideration of the coordination between different puppets.

Whether it's a production line or an assembly line, these are terms used by mortals and represent typical mortal thinking. Cultivators don't use the terms "production line" or "assembly line" but instead refer to it as "Yanzhen" (偃阵).

The minimum requirement for a puppet formation is that it consists of three puppets. Lu Li's puppet body is also composed of a large number of puppets, which also falls under the category of puppet formation in a broader sense.

Hearing Mu Qingque's words, Lu Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If all mid-level cultivators had such automated arrays, their productivity would be terrifying.

The disciples need rest, and might even rebel, while the production line operates around the clock.

Lu Li blinked, seemingly trying to memorize the entire layout of the sculpted formation so she could replicate it later, but instead she was met with Duan Lao's merciless mockery.

"It's ridiculous. You cultivate the Ice Path, while she cultivates the Flame Path. Your paths are different, so the diagrams of your Dharma bodies are different, and the spiritual materials and components you need to refine are also different. The diagrams she uses may not be suitable for you."

"That... is true."

While Lu Li was having a mini-meeting in her head, she was also having a major meeting with Mu Qingque.

"You summoned me here not just to demonstrate the slewing formation, but for more than just that, right? Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"That's a rather formal way of putting it," Mu Qingque said with a hint of resentment. "Then I'll be blunt. I want your Five-Turn Return to Void Seal Diagram. In exchange, I will give you the diagrams of all the mechanical artifacts used in the mechanical formation."

In the past, she devoted most of her energy to deducing the erhu diagram and secondly to collecting spiritual materials. But now that she has reached this stage of cultivation, what limits her is not only the erhu diagram and spiritual materials, but also the craftsmanship required to refine the erhu.

In other words, it refers to the mechanical tools needed to craft mechanical artifacts.

Once upon a time, after Lu Ling was taken away by Ying Wange, she left her cave dwelling to Lu Li, which contained a complete set of auxiliary puppets. These puppets helped Lu Li a lot, and she still uses many of them today.

For example, the Guixu Array Plate has always been impossible for Luli to replicate because of the lack of a sufficiently precise optical welding device.

Perhaps all it would take is a sufficiently advanced three-turn welding torch to break the deadlock, refine the Guixu Array Plate, and then refine the complete Fubao Guixu Seal.

Thinking of this, Lu Li felt a surge of heat in her heart.

"A very good suggestion, but... please allow me to decline."

Chapter 270 Your mind is full of your sister

Mu Qingque's batch of puppets is not only technologically advanced, but also fully automated. If she could obtain these puppet diagrams, not only would her breakthrough to the Heavenly Craftsmanship Realm be twice as effective, but Lu Ling's body refining plan would also be secured.

As for Master Duan... well, let's just make do with a five-turn puppet; he probably doesn't need such high-quality craftsmanship.

However, Lu Li still refused Mu Qingque's request.

"why?"

“The lineages we follow are different, and your batch of magical artifacts may not be suitable for me.”

As she spoke, Lu Li pointed to the Heavenly Fire Cauldron.

“Take this for example. The temperature of your Heavenly Fire Cauldron is too high, much higher than that of an ordinary Heavenly Fire Cauldron. It is not suitable for refining ice-based artifacts.”

"This can be adjusted. Also... what you see are just the ones I use. If you want, I have a few other artifacts, such as the Cold Fire Cauldron, which is specifically used to process ice-based spiritual materials."

As she spoke, Mu Qingque handed Lu Li a jade slip, which recorded the names and specific applications of various mechanical artifacts, including eight four-turn mechanical artifacts, twenty-three three-turn mechanical artifacts, six two-turn mechanical artifacts, and eleven one-turn mechanical artifacts.

That's all there is to it; there are no specific refining methods.

Lu Li examined them carefully and indeed found several artifacts suitable for her.

"After all, everyone has their own expertise. Although I can't guarantee that you can build a complete puppet array that suits you using these puppets, you can definitely put together the main framework. I'll also give you an extra tutorial on how to make these puppets from scratch, which mainly focuses on automatic crafting."

The three-stage automaton cannot appear out of thin air; to build a complete automaton array requires a huge amount of manpower and resources.

What's the process?

Mu Qingque held up one finger and gestured to Lu Li.

"If you want to forge a puppet, you first need to gather the necessary materials for forging puppets. But to gather the necessary materials for forging puppets, you first need to gather the materials for forging puppets... *gurgle*"

Mu Qingque swallowed hard. She finished speaking in one breath, as if reciting a tongue twister. Seeing that she was about to say more, Lu Li quickly stopped her.

"Stop, speak like a human being!"

Lu Li couldn't stand it anymore, because if she kept talking, she suspected that Mu Qingque would get herself into trouble.

"Well, to put it bluntly, it's like Lu Li first makes a first-turn puppet, then uses the first-turn puppet to help make a third-turn puppet, and finally uses the third-turn puppet to make a fifth-turn puppet."

"Look, with a production line like mine, assuming sufficient resources, I can guarantee that you can produce it by yourself within six months."

Half a year!?

How could one person, in just six months, create a sculpting array comparable to that of an entire weapon-refining hall?

Lu Li was somewhat surprised, as all the puppets she had crafted in the past were mainly small puppets.

It takes several days or even more than ten days to forge a single third-stage puppet. Because her energy and time are limited, and she doesn't have many people to serve her, she simply cannot forge large puppets.

According to Mu Qingque, with her set of procedures, she could completely free her hands and create more and more puppets, like a snowball rolling downhill.

At this moment, Duan Xuanyuan was even more excited than Lu Li.

"If what this girl says is true, you will soon be able to refine a Dharma body for your master. Quickly agree and trade with her. You won't lose out. This is a golden opportunity."

Although the Blessing Return to the Void Seal is Lu Li's trump card, it is not impossible to trade it if the benefits are sufficient.

In fact, even if we take a step back, there are still problems with her so-called Five-Turn Return to the Void Seal Diagram. The most crucial issue is that the structure of the Return to the Void Array Plate is unclear, so it can only be considered a fragmented diagram.

"Lu Ling, what do you think?"

"I...I don't know, I listen to my sister everything."

Lu Li took a deep breath and finally nodded.

"make a deal."

"Happy cooperation!"

The two reached an agreement to compile the information the other needed, engrave it into a jade slip, and then check it in person before leaving Mu Qingque's cave.

Actually, this wasn't the first time she had worked with Mu Qingque.

She benefited greatly from each experience, much better than that greedy old geezer.

With that thought in mind, Lu Li returned to her cave.

Now that she has officially joined the Lingxi Sect and become a member, her temporary cave dwelling has been replaced by the official cave dwelling of a core disciple. Things like the Spirit Gathering Array require monthly fees.

With all the fees added up, it costs 120 spirit stones a month, but Lu Li doesn't care about that amount.

The only problem is that, as a core disciple, she is not as "core" as the other disciples, so the sect's higher-ups have concerns about her and have not yet granted her permission to enter or leave the forbidden area.

She was able to become a core disciple in one fell swoop simply because of her cultivation level at the Spirit Pivot Realm, plus because of Mu Qingque's influence.

This is not hard to understand. If it were Lu Li herself, she would do the same, because she is an outsider now, and the sect's forbidden area is where Douqizi's true form is located, so it is necessary to prevent others from tampering with it.

Every time Lu Li passed by there, she would walk around it to avoid being shot by the Ninefold Mystic Light Tower.

Besides, she has everything a core disciple should have, including the right to enter the Xuan Shu Heaven. It is worth mentioning that, unlike the Bai Yue Palace, the Ling Xi Sect does not need to gather its disciples in the Shang Tian Pavilion to connect to the Xuan Shu Heaven.

The entire Lingxi Sect is shrouded in the vast Great Disparity Heaven. As long as you are within the sect, you can enter the Great Disparity Heaven... Of course, the price is to pay money, with core disciples getting a 40% discount.

Her previous battle with Zou Guangzhao attracted a lot of attention from the shadows. In the eyes of the sect, she was a promising talent, but she needed to be observed.

……

After returning to her cave, Lu Li settled down and carefully examined the jade slip given to her by Mu Qingque.

It's called automation, but it actually requires the assistance of a spirit. Ordinary spirits won't do; they must be of grade A or higher.

The jade slip said that the sect's beanstalks could be used to consume the sect's contribution points so that she could be allowed to oversee the siege array.

Lu Li didn't plan to do that. First, she was worried about exposing her secret. Second, after experiencing the previous sect entrance assessment, she always felt that Dou Qizi, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, was not very reliable.

Lu Li still needs to consider the final puppet formation, because she hasn't figured out how to design her Dharma body yet. However, she can start refining the basic first and second-stage puppets first, so that she can snowball and set up a large puppet formation later.

"You have to train your own body. Old man, you'll be the one overseeing things from now on. If any problems arise, it'll just be your progress that gets delayed."

To everyone's surprise, Old Master Duan refused.

"I can't be bothered to do it for you. We agreed that you would be in charge of refining it for me."

"You said back then that you would do everything you could to help me."

"I wouldn't dare. Don't think I don't know. This task consumes too much of my spiritual energy. I can't withstand such a drain."

Seeing that the two were about to bicker again, Lu Ling cautiously raised her small hand and murmured with a laugh:

"Um... I can help. I'm pretty free anyway, so if I can help you, sister..."

"Yeah, let your sister handle it. You don't trust me anyway, so trust your sister."

"No need. The old man just said that this matter is extremely taxing on your spiritual energy. You need to rest well so that you can recover your memories."

Upon hearing this, Duan Xuanyuan rolled his eyes in anger.

She, a first-class cultivator, was made to work herself to the bone, and was used to the point of exhaustion. But when it came to her sister, who was clearly a spirit of the Yellow Realm, she was treated as weak, pitiful, and helpless, needing all sorts of care.

It's all about loving the young and not respecting the elderly, right? Is it really necessary to treat them differently?

"Your sister, your sister, all you can think about is your sister."

"Oh, you're right, my sister really is in my head. Why don't you move her out of my head?"

Chapter 271 The Privileges of the Midstream

"You want to kick me out, huh? You think you're all grown up now, you unfilial disciple! How could I have taken in such a wicked disciple!"

"Grandma Duan, please don't bully my sister."

"Which eye of yours saw me bullying her? Ugh, you two siblings, I've really had enough..."

Duan Xuanyuan let out a howl, and after some back and forth, it was finally agreed that she and Lu Ling would take turns overseeing the production line.

According to the process given by Mu Qingque, to create a complete large-scale puppet array, one needs to start by setting up the smallest puppet array and then gradually progress to create the various puppets required for the large-scale puppet array.