Demonic Demoness Training Project

This process is divided into four stages. The first stage is to set up a micro-array, and the second, third and fourth stages are to set up a small-scale array, a medium-scale array and a large-scale array.

The first three stages follow a standardized process that can be directly copied. However, in the fourth stage, the specific structure of the array needs to be adjusted according to the different Dharma bodies that need to be refined.

The initial miniature puppet array consisted of only six puppets. Five of these puppets were quite common, such as the Earth Fire Cauldron. Lu Li already possessed these puppets, but their models were not as advanced as Mu Qingque's.

The sixth artifact is a third-tier artifact called the [Spirit Evolution Tower]. In magic arrays, there is a concept of an array eye, and the Spirit Evolution Tower is equivalent to the array eye of the puppet array.

It not only provides spiritual power to all the puppets, but also, when the spirit resides in one of them, it can coordinate the other five puppets, making them operate on their own.

This is just the most basic small puppet array. Apart from the Spirit Evolution Tower, the rest are all first and second-tier puppets, so the cost is not very high. Even with mid-range prices, it only costs 30,000 spirit stones.

Among them, the core spiritual material of the Spirit Evolution Tower is the Spirit Evolution Core, which accounts for the majority of the cost, worth 25,000 spirit stones, and the configuration requirement is at least the third stage of transformation and the sixth stage.

Lu Li originally thought that she would have to wait several more months to buy it.

Who would have thought that when she arrived at the sect's shop, paid the spirit stones, and received the goods on the spot, Lu Li couldn't help but feel a little emotional looking at the brand-new Spirit Core in her hand.

“Back then, when I bought third-tier spirit cores from downstream suppliers, I had to place an order, pay a deposit, and then wait in line for restocking. When it was my turn, I had to pay the balance. It took three to five months for the cores to be delivered. What are the hardships I endured before compared to this!”

As expected, Duan Xuanyuan would not miss any opportunity to mock her.

"So you're good at enduring hardship. The purchase limit on third-tier spirit cores only applies to you low-level bumpkins. For mid-level young masters, buying a third-tier spirit core is a piece of cake."

Duan Xuanyuan didn't care at all; the word "country bumpkin" had also included herself in the insult. Lu Li thought about it again and realized that the other party's words were somewhat self-deprecating.

The gap between the middle and lower reaches is evident from this. There is a reason why the development of the downstream Yandao civilization is slow and the overall cultivation level of its cultivators is not as high as that of the middle reaches.

She was not allowed access to the forbidden area of ​​Lingxi Sect, but she had all the other privileges she was entitled to, including the right to purchase some rare resources.

These rare resources can be purchased with spirit stones or contribution points.

Unlike the contribution point system of the White Moon Palace, the contribution points of the White Moon Palace are only used to advance to the inner sect and improve purchasing privileges.

The contribution points of the Lingxi Sect also have purchasing power, and quite a high purchasing power. For example, a Spirit Core can be bought for 25,000 spirit stones, but can be exchanged for only 500 contribution points.

In other words, the exchange rate between contribution points and spirit stones is one to fifty.

In addition, Lu Li also learned that very few people are willing to exchange contribution points for spirit stones. If it were a private transaction, even eighty spirit stones might not be enough to buy a single contribution point.

The reason is simple: a few rare resources can only be bought with contribution points. For the powerful families who joined the Lingxi Sect, spirit stones are common, but contribution points are not.

……

Afterwards, Lu Li returned to her cave and began to set up the puppet formation, which took her a week to complete.

After finishing all this, Lu Li dusted off her hands and looked at the slowly operating sleigh array, feeling quite satisfied.

"Speaking of which, the next step is to prepare a small-scale puppet formation. My cave dwelling is more than enough to set up a miniature puppet formation, but a large-scale one might be a problem."

At this moment, Duan Xuanyuan asked in return:

"Then let me ask you, what about your Taiyin Palace? What's your Taiyin Palace for?"

"I forgot about this."

The Taiyin Mansion has a storage function, so Duan Xuanyuan and Lu Ling are also inside her body and can keep an eye on this miniature automaton array in real time.

Lu Li never dreamed that one day she would have a production line inserted into her body.

Lu Li inserted the various artifacts into her abdomen, feeling a swelling sensation in her lower abdomen.

"This space isn't very big either."

"That's because you haven't adapted yet. After a while, once you adapt, it will naturally expand. Not to mention large, it will be more than enough to accommodate a small erhu formation."

Having solved the space problem, the second issue was cost, so Lu Li began to take stock of the storage bags.

"Including what I stole from Ying Wange, I have a total of 300,000 spirit stones on me. Adding the 2,000 contribution points Elder Zou gave me, well, let's conservatively say 100,000 spirit stones for now, I have a total of 400,000 spirit stones on me."

"Stop calculating, it's definitely not enough. According to the process requirements, a miniature puppet array costs 30,000 spirit stones, a small puppet array costs 120,000, a medium puppet array costs 500,000, and a large puppet array costs at least 2 million, depending on the person who created it."

"Two million..."

Upon hearing this number, Lu Li was momentarily dazed. As her cultivation level increased, she gradually lost her concept of spirit stones.

Two million spirit stones—the word "many" is insufficient to describe this number; it should be described as terrifying. It's equivalent to 666,666 and 66% of the kidneys.

Back then, three spirit stones would have been enough for her to live extravagantly for several years, but in just four years, her needs have increased six hundred thousand times.

At this moment, Lu Ling, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke:

"Sister, you can't think like that. Setting up the Array Formation is equivalent to investing in a weapon-refining hall. You know how much of an investment that is..."

"So you mean?"

"Yesterday I saw a message on Xuan Shu Tian. The patriarch of a mid-level family told his spendthrift son, 'You can do whatever you want in the future, but never invest.'"

"This kind of news actually exists in the Heavenly Realm of Great Disparity?"

"Oh, didn't you know, sister?"

"I didn't notice. I don't think this happened when I was downstream."

After listening to Lu Ling's words, Lu Li suddenly understood.

What ordinary cultivator would have the time to set up a magic array or invest in a weapon-refining hall?

This is something only cultivators at the Heavenly Crafting Realm who possess a powerful force would consider. She is only at the Spirit Pivot Realm now, so starting preparations ahead of time would naturally make her feel that the cost is frighteningly high.

Someone like Mu Qingque, who started refining the Heavenly Crafting Body at the Spirit Pivot Realm and completed it just as she reached the late Creation Realm, breaking through as easily as drinking water, clearly cannot be classified as an ordinary cultivator.

Let alone her, even among other core disciples, very few could come up with two million spirit stones.

Chapter 272 The Holy Maiden Will Take You to the Midstream to Enjoy Bliss

History always repeats itself in such an astonishing way. Lu Li felt as if he had returned to Liubao River and become that boy who used to dredge miscellaneous minerals again.

The question remains the same—making money.

Based on Hong Xian and others' mining efficiency, she could earn 20,000 spirit stones a month, which was far too little for the entire production line.

Even if she stopped eating and drinking, and stopped eating the Hundred-Year Jade Pear from then on, and only ate premium large pears to make ends meet, it would still take her eight to ten years to save up two million spirit stones.

This is obviously impossible, because in the meantime, Lu Li would have to collect spiritual materials and sculpting diagrams, and he would also have to cultivate, each of which would be a huge expense.

Therefore, improving the mining efficiency of Hong Xian and others has become Lu Li's current goal, which is also one of the reasons she came to the midstream—to introduce a batch of advanced mining equipment.

After making some inquiries, Lu Li returned to the Lingxi Sect's shop.

"【Second-Tier Mining Machine】Yan Tu costs 80 contribution points, 【Third-Tier Mining Machine】Yan Tu costs 300 contribution points, 【Third-Tier Mining Machine - Automatic Version】Yan Tu costs 800 contribution points..."

Lu Li took a liking to several types of mechanical implements and silently made a note of them.

Buying just mechanical artifacts is fine, but purchasing mechanical diagrams is much more expensive, as mechanical diagrams belong to the Lingxi Sect's technology and can mostly only be exchanged using contribution points.

The only saving grace is that Lingxi Sect's ergonomic diagrams are quite advanced, far surpassing the ergonomic tools currently used by Baiyue Palace. If they can obtain them, they will surely double the logging efficiency of Hong Xian and the others.

Many high-level spiritual materials that were originally inaccessible can now be collected through these artifacts, thus maximizing the potential of the Boundless Realm.

Mu Qingque said she could set up the siege formation within six months, but she also said that the prerequisite was that there would be enough resources.

Right now, Luli is not only lacking spirit stones, but also contribution points.

He left the sect shop dejectedly and went to the mission hall to see if there were any missions he could do.

After indulging in a pipe dream of winning two million spirit stones, Lu Li looked up at the quest log and was suddenly slapped hard by reality.

[Refining a third-tier weapon costs five contribution points per attempt, charged per attempt.]

[Management of the Heavenly Fire Cauldron in the Alchemy Room: 18 contribution points per month, settled monthly.]

[Guarding the Hundred Demon Mountain of the Lingxi Sect, 30 contribution points per month, settled monthly.]

Come on.

With this kind of money-making efficiency, she'd be better off going back to the Boundless Realm to mine instead of spending her free time doing sect missions.

The tasks that Lu Li saw were only available to core disciples; the rewards for inner and outer disciples would be even lower.

No wonder the onlookers were so envious when Elder Zou compensated her with 2,000 contribution points, because that was equivalent to six or seven years of hard work by an inner disciple.

After browsing through them once, Lu Li suddenly discovered a special mission.

[Introduction to branch disciples: 50 spirit stones per person, calculated based on the number of disciples, with possible increases at the discretion of the organizers.]

Seeing that the profits were good, Lu Li became interested and began to investigate carefully. The Lingxi Clan was a large and powerful family with influence covering the entire Blood Spirit River Basin.

Branch stations are set up in many areas in the middle reaches of the river. These branch stations are often located near major resource points and require manpower to guard and maintain them on a daily basis to ensure their normal operation.

The status and treatment of disciples in branch sects are far inferior to those in the main sect. However, due to the shortage of people in branch sects, the entry threshold is much lower. Some time ago, Lingxi Sect discovered a blessed land called Shilin Blessed Land, where a variety of precious spiritual materials were found, and disciples were urgently needed to go there to mine resources.

However, this blessed land is teeming with demonic beasts of high rank, and one cannot enter without sufficient cultivation and strength.

Introducing a Spirit Pivot Realm cultivator will earn you fifty contribution points upon successful completion of the task. In contrast, a single headshot from an Open Source Realm cultivator is only worth five contribution points.

As for the Yanshi realm... they won't accept it.

"Could this be the legendary intermediary mission?"

After careful consideration, Lu Li immediately decided to accept the task.

"Now that the White Moon Palace has suffered a crushing defeat, countless fellow disciples have been displaced and are suffering from the siege and devastation of the Azure Sun Palace. I have brought them to the Middle Reaches to enjoy a better life."

Old Duan's lips twitched; even she couldn't stand it anymore.

"You'd better let them enjoy the good life."

They say they're disciples of a branch of the Lingxi Sect, but they need to help recruit people, and they don't even have enough manpower. What kind of good job is that?

"What do you know? Mining in a blessed land, isn't that just enjoying life? You've been pretending to be a saintess for a thousand days, but you only need her for a moment. It's time to make use of my saintess connections!"

"You've ruined people! Not only did you kill the sect leader and destroy the sect, but you didn't even spare the remaining elders. You even planned to sell them to the blessed land. Are you even human? Huh? They call you a demonic witch, and I think they're not wrong about you at all."

“You misunderstood. What do you mean by ‘sold to the blessed land’? They were being hunted down by the Qingyang Palace. I rescued them and sent them to a branch of the Lingxi Sect to receive the sect’s protection. They then lay low, accumulated strength, and prepared for revenge.”

"Alright, alright, it's good that you've convinced yourself. I don't care about you anymore. Anyway, it's not me who's being sold off to enjoy a life of luxury."

Now, Old Master Duan was at a loss.

Having made up his mind, Lu Li immediately packed up his storage bag, purchased a batch of supplies, left the sect, bought a ticket for a low-class private room on a starship, and flew back downstream overnight.

……

Downstream, the iron mountain.

Dozens of people got off the oxcart and temporarily stopped here. They were all dressed in rags, injured, and looked extremely miserable.

Among them were four elders at the Spirit Pivot Realm and dozens of disciples, all of whom came from the White Moon Palace. However, some time ago, their sect was destroyed and their patriarch perished.

Adhering to the principle of eliminating all traces of the problem, Qingyang Hall launched an extremely bloody purge, with inner disciples and elders being the primary targets.

Moreover, most of these elders and disciples come from powerful families, but as the defeated side, their enemies have joined the Qingyang Palace camp and are now seeking to settle scores with them for their past actions.

On the contrary, those independent disciples, because they had no background, were not the main targets of Qingyang Palace.

This group of people fled all the way here, encountering several ambushes by the Qingyang Palace. They had long been targeted, and the pursuers were right behind them, waiting for their resources to run out before launching a fatal attack.

They may have once been incredibly wealthy, or they may have been respected elders who were served by others.

But now, they have reached a dead end.

A disciple with a severed hand threw himself into the old man's arms and burst into tears.

"Oh no, Master, what do we do? Are we going to die?"

"Don't be afraid, I still have a third-stage Returning to Emptiness Seal. If all else fails, I'll... I'll just explode with them!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than a sneer came from the top of Iron Back Mountain ahead.

"Hahaha, Elder Cheng Bing, we meet again. You can't escape now."

Everyone looked up and saw several elders of the Qingyang Palace appear one by one on the mountaintop.

"Damn it, how did they catch up so quickly?"

Chapter 273 Where fellow disciples' blood stains the mountains and rivers, they shall be punished no matter how far apart we are!

"Master, it seems we're doomed."

“Disciple, do not be afraid, your master still has the Return to Nothingness Seal.”

The Seal of Return to the Ruins!

The moment those three words were uttered, everyone in Qingyang Palace was startled. Everyone knew the power of that thing, especially the cultivators who had witnessed the battle in Canglan Mountain Range, who had a deep impression of this kind of mechanical artifact.