Demonic Demoness Training Project

"However, it's not entirely without a chance. If your Taiyin Palace were a little larger, you could fill it with flowers, plants, spiritual seeds, and the like, and it might even become a small paradise... Ah, land."

"You'd better refer to Little Blessed Land."

Lu Li's Taiyin Palace is still small, and she doesn't have the corresponding advanced Yan Dao diagrams. Her Yan Dao skills are not good enough. She can manage to build a production line, but expanding it into a blessed land is still too far away for her.

Afterwards, Lu Li found a place to sit down and began to deduce the large-scale automaton formation. Half an hour later, the cold, mechanical meow sounded again.

"Meow, your simulation has been completed, consuming a total of 382 units of spiritual energy. 28 units of spiritual energy remain, meow."

"Wow, they even left some for me."

Then, a flood of information rushed into Lu Li's mind like a tide; it was a surging diagram.

"Let me see what exactly this 'Yan Tu' diagram, deduced by the Heavenly Realm Artifact Spirit Avatar, is all about."

Lu Li rubbed her hands together with anticipation. She opened the diagram and quickly browsed through it using the Great Dream Pivot. The number of turns marked after the title at the top of the homepage was not three turns, but... four turns!

[Four-turn welding torch - Prototype 1]

"My god, it's actually a fourth-level puppet! It takes half an hour to generate a fourth-level puppet map, isn't that a bit... too exaggerated?"

If it were Lu Li trying to deduce it herself, even with the deductive power of the Great Dream Profound Pivot, it would take several months to deduce the Four-Turn Yan Diagram.

All of this is on the premise that there are no unexpected events along the way, and that Lu Li fully understands this mechanical device, similar to a light welding gun. The core mechanical array and process are completely controlled by the Fan family, so Lu Li has no way to start in a short period of time.

A strong sense of crisis and a faint sense of powerlessness rose in Lu Li's heart.

At this rate, she felt she was about to be replaced by the spirit of the artifact.

"Don't you even look at what level that artifact spirit is? Don't you even look at how much Dao thought you poured into it? Nearly four hundred Dao thought, and that's what you got by killing several Yan Kings. What's wrong with exchanging it for a fourth-level Yan Diagram?"

"But I didn't create those Yanwang. I don't produce Yanwang. I'm just a transporter of them."

"That's true. You were indeed lucky this time. But getting the blueprint is only one thing; being able to refine it is the real skill."

"Hmm, I know. After all, it's a tantric diagram generated by a spirit. Whether it can achieve its specific effects remains to be seen."

Lu Li carefully put away the painting and left the ancestral altar, then immediately announced that he would be going into seclusion.

……

In the blink of an eye, another half month has passed.

In the past two weeks, she made a total of six attempts, constantly adjusting the diagram and simplifying it. After five failures, she finally mastered the four-turn laser welding gun.

On average, it takes two and a half days to forge a fourth-rank puppet. Although it fails five out of six times, the complexity of a fourth-rank puppet is undeniable. In the past, such a speed would have been unthinkable.

This was entirely due to the medium-sized sculpted array within the Taiyin Palace.

Aside from a few core mechanical components and magic arrays that Lu Li had to craft himself, the remaining relatively simple, repetitive components and magic arrays were mass-produced by medium-sized mechanical arrays.

In the past, most of the ergonomic components were produced and sold by the ergonomic system itself. The components produced were used to refine ergonomic tools, which were then used to upgrade the ergonomic system itself.

To this day, Luli has tasted the benefits of automated arrays for the first time.

Lu Li couldn't help but sigh. Mu Qingque really hadn't tricked her. At first, she had some regrets about exchanging the Blessing Return to the Void Seal for this thing, but now it seemed like she hadn't lost out at all.

Automated arrays are really great; I wonder where that girl got them from.

Both the Lingxi Sect and the Xuegong Sect have production lines for the Yanzhen (a type of magical array), but they can only achieve semi-automation. Even with the assistance of Douqizi (another magical array), a large number of disciples are needed to maintain its operation, making it impossible to achieve such a level of automation.

With this artifact, Lu Li solved the key problem of conquering the Blessing Return to the Void Seal and had the opportunity to repair or refine the Void Returning to the Void Array Plate.

Moreover, the multi-layer array stacking process achieved by the photowelding gun has a wide range of applications and can significantly reduce the size of the device, achieving miniaturization.

This will greatly benefit Luli's future spiritual practice.

Therefore, Lu Li continued his seclusion, attempting to refine the Guixu Array Plate.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the Guixu Array Plate was finally completed.

Thus, the Fivefold Return to the Void Seal

……

Currently, this is only a medium-sized puppet formation. If it were a large-scale puppet formation, it would be enough to forge a fifth-rank puppet weapon, or even a Heavenly Crafting Body.

Unfortunately, Lu Li lacks the necessary spiritual materials to forge a large-scale array for the time being. Spiritual materials worth at least two million are no joke.

Thinking of this, a wicked thought suddenly arose in Lu Li's heart.

"How about... we take some more from the treasury of the Azure Vein Royal City?"

So, Lu Li found Zeng Yue and explained her purpose under the pretext of cultivating and restoring her strength.

"My lord, our national treasury is empty, and we really don't have many spiritual materials left."

“But when I went to the ancestral altar last month, I saw you pouring spiritual materials into it…”

“Those are all first and second grade spiritual materials. The highest level of clansmen born from them is only second grade. You know the current situation of the Green Vein. The Yan King's strength is far inferior to that of the other three veins, and that is the reason.”

"Oh……"

"Sir, what kind of spiritual material do you need? I'll look for it for you, and if I find it, I'll definitely bring it to you."

Lu Li reported more than a dozen kinds of third-grade spiritual materials, but could only produce two or three of them. Admittedly, this was due to the special environment of the Divination Saint Cave Heaven, which limited the types of spiritual materials available, and the fact that some spiritual materials could only be produced outside the local area.

However, the main reason is that the Azure Vein is currently weak, with a small territory and limited production of spiritual materials.

In other words, only by expanding territory and controlling more resource points can one obtain more spiritual materials.

"Then... what about the uranium from the void?"

Lu Li asked tentatively, having already given up much hope, but Zeng Yue's answer was unexpected.

"This seems to be a bit more, but it's raw ore and needs further refining. Sigh, this kind of spiritual material has huge drawbacks, none of us know how to use it. It seems we can't refine any magical artifacts with just this one kind of spiritual material. Why are you asking about this, sir?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Li was overjoyed, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

"Since we have the uranium from the Ruins, that's enough."

Chapter 293 Jubilation

After taking ten vats of raw ore from the national treasury, Lu Li returned to his residence.

These ten vats of raw ore represent the entire inventory of the current royal city. It seems like a lot, but based on the output of the White Moon Palace at that time, each vat could only produce two uranium pills. If you were lucky, you could also extract a small amount of Guixu plutonium.

There are also differences between the raw ores, and Luli was greatly disappointed after actually handling them.

Perhaps the environment of the burial mound was not suitable for the birth of uranium from the void. After some refining, Lu Li found that the content of uranium in this batch of raw ore was extremely low.

Ten vats of raw ore yielded only twelve uranium pills and one plutonium pill.

Lu Li thought about it again and realized that these uranium pills were basically free, so she felt relieved. Eleven uranium pills were barely enough, at least solving the immediate problem.

Lu Li took out three Guixu uranium from these spiritual materials and refined them into three Fuqi Guixu Seals. She then took out five Guixu uranium and one Guixu plutonium and refined them into one Fubao Guixu Seal. Finally, she kept three more to activate the Daofan Tiangang Instrument when necessary, in case of emergency.

When asked if there were any more raw ore, Zeng Yue once again looked hesitant.

The mountain range, which was originally rich in Guixu ore, is now occupied by the Huangmai Yan tribe. Just as Lu Li made up his mind to attack and seize the resource point, a strange movement came from the royal city.

Boom!

When Lu Li broke through the barrier, he was immediately attracted by this extraordinary phenomenon.

A blue light swirled around, auspicious clouds filled the sky, a breathtaking sight. Occasionally, thunder rumbled, and high in the sky stood a woman.

The woman was dressed in a light blue and white ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with her light blue hair styled in a low ponytail that reached her waist. Her features were exquisite, like a doll, but she bore a resemblance to the original appearance of Lu Li's body.

The woman held a blue umbrella, with forty-nine blades arranged in a row to form the umbrella surface, gradually changing from dark blue to light blue from the center outwards.

The woman tossed her blue umbrella upwards, and it hovered above her head, its surface spinning rapidly to form a protective shield against the lightning strikes from the sky.

Lu Li could clearly sense that the aura emanating from him was extremely terrifying. At first, he was only at the early stage of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Realm, but this aura continued to rise.

As lightning struck one after another, the woman's aura finally rose to the mid-stage of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Realm.

Without needing any introduction, Lu Li guessed the woman's identity. This woman was the only Yan Emperor of the Qing Clan, and also her nominal "sister"—Qing Kui.

Lu Li secretly grumbled to herself.

"She finally appeared. I thought she was going to abandon this mess... Wait, where's her Celestial Craftsmanship Body? Don't the Yan Clan have Celestial Craftsmanship Bodies?"

"The Yan Clan's method of advancement is different from our human race. The Yan Clan themselves are puppets, so they do not have the concept of a Celestial Craftsman's Body."

Lu Li had a brief encounter with Emperor Jin Yue before, and the giant hand that pierced through the void left a deep impression on her. Lu Li had a preconceived notion that the giant hand was part of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Body.

"The Yan tribe has different body sizes. The Golden Yue Emperor you saw should be the largest one."

"The difference is too big."

One was as large as a mountain, while the other was only the size of an adult.

"By the way, I've always wanted to ask, since we all come from the ancestral altar, where does the term 'sisters' come from?"

"I don't know. They might simply be god-sisters, but I'm more inclined to another possibility: they came out of the ancestral altar one after the other."

"Oh... the older sister came out first, and the younger sister came out right after."

Qingkui's successful breakthrough and advancement to the mid-stage of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Realm is a good thing for the Qing Clan, but not entirely good for Lu Li.

This guy is, after all, at the Heavenly Craftsmanship Realm, far superior to Zeng Yue and the others. He might be able to see through her flaws.

Just as she was thinking this, Qingkui cast a glance at Luli. The moment Luli was looked at, her heart tightened, and she almost couldn't help but throw out the Guixu Seal.

Qingkui didn't move her lips, but her voice rang in Luli's ears. Her voice was clear and gentle, like a babbling brook, which was very comforting.

"You're back, it's good that you're back—sister."

Is this considered passing?

Didn't she notice anything?

Or……

The next moment, the other party opened the umbrella, her delicate body disappearing under it. When she reappeared, she was already beside Lu Li.

Sniff sniff~

Its nostrils twitched slightly as it sniffed Lu Li, as if confirming something. Its words and actions showed no trace of any artificial mechanism.

"Zeng Yue and the others have already told me about your situation. When I was still the Yan King, I hid under your protection. Now that I am the Yan Emperor, it is my turn to protect you."

"Uh...it doesn't seem necessary."

Lu Li suddenly felt a little nauseous, after all, these words shouldn't have been said to her, but to someone else.

"You want to attack Black Rain Pool? Is there anything there that interests you?"

Black Rain Pool is a stronghold of the Yellow Vein Yan Clan, rich in Guixu Ore, and is also the next step in Lu Li's plan.

"Yes……"

She didn't say much, because too much talk leads to mistakes. Lu Li was still circulating her Spirit Core, quickly thinking about what excuse she should use if the other party pressed her for an answer.

After all, Lu Li's goal was to collect uranium pills and refine more Guixu uranium, while the Qingling Yanhuang of that time did not have such a weapon.

Unexpectedly, the other party did not press for further questions, and their attitude was exceptionally decisive.

"Let's go back to the palace. Zeng Yue and the others are already waiting there. We need to discuss the battle plan. We will send out troops in three days at the latest."

Afterwards, Lu Li prepared to return to the palace with Qing Kui.

Da Da Da~

Not far ahead, Yan soldiers arrived in mechanical chariots.

"We are late, Your Majesty, and hope that you will forgive us."

"It's alright."

So the two boarded the mechanical carriage.

With the power of that magical artifact, they could have easily teleported back to the palace, but instead, they boarded a carriage and slowly drove along the street.

Is this her way of announcing her return to the Yan people in the royal city?

Along the way, the Yan tribe members peeked out from the street, curiously observing the two "sisters." Qingkui had successfully broken through and Qingling had returned, and all the tribesmen's eyes shone with undisguised joy.

The Azure Vein had been suppressed by the other three veins for too long. Perhaps this would be a new beginning for the Azure Vein Yan Clan, and the streets were filled with a joyful atmosphere.

However, Lu Li sensed something strange amidst the jubilant atmosphere.

I have a feeling that things are progressing too smoothly?

Aside from sniffing me at the beginning, there didn't seem to be any strict checks before they identified me?