Demonic Demoness Training Project

"A sixth-tier Ice Spirit Core? What's its quality? Take a look."

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingque rummaged in the pocket on her abdomen and finally took out an ice-blue sphere.

"Here you go, a level 6 Ice Spirit Core, with the suffix 'Frost and Snow Through the Ages'."

The moment the Ice Spirit Core appeared, the temperature inside the entire cave suddenly dropped. Lu Li cultivated the Ice Path, and this body was also an Ice Path puppet, which was extremely resistant to cold.

However, on this ice spirit core, Lu Li felt a long-lost chill, an extreme chill originating from the depths of her soul.

As Lu Li took the spirit core, she felt a burning sensation in her chest and her blood pump pounding wildly, dispelling the extreme cold.

Both are sixth-order spirit cores, but in terms of the number of Dao traces, the ice spirit core in Lu Li's hand has three times more than the gold spirit core in her body.

If one were to use this to unleash a single drop of the ocean, Lu Li dared not imagine how powerful it would be; even the Blessing Return to the Void Seal would likely be incomparable to it.

At this moment, Lu Li even felt a strong urge to stuff the ice spirit core into her body and then run away.

"Is this for me?"

"If you can win the championship, you can trade me the Primordial Breath Soil."

After saying that, Mu Qingque grabbed the Ice Spirit Core and stuffed it back into her pocket.

"I have a fragment of a sixth-stage puppet diagram here, and I'd like to exchange it for this Ice Spirit Core."

"A fragment of a map? What kind of fragment of a map?"

Lu Li took out the jade slip and showed Mu Qingque the shape of the six-turn puppet.

"This picture was generated by the Cat Fairy, right? And you still say you've never been to the Divination Cave Heaven."

Now that things have come to this, there's no point in hiding it any longer. Lu Li asked curiously:

"How did you know that?"

"I'm very familiar with the art style of the Cat Sage, oh no, I mean the Puppet Technique."

"There's even a difference in art style."

"Of course, because different artifact spirits have different memory banks and master different puppet techniques. You can tell at a glance if you use them a lot. It's just a sixth-level incomplete diagram. You're just lucky."

Lu Li's lips twitched slightly. If she were really lucky, she wouldn't have gotten this sixth-turn fragment. She would rather have a fifth-turn divination map that suited Lu Ling than this sixth-turn fragment.

So, are you going to change it or not?

"No, I still want the Primordial Breath Soil. If it were just an ordinary Ice Spirit Core, then so be it. After all, yours is just a fragment and can't compare to my Ice Spirit Core. But we can exchange it for something else."

"for example?"

"For example, a complete five-turn puppet... Let me think, there aren't many suitable for you. Let's see if this one of yours will be useful?"

After saying that, Mu Qingque reached into the pocket in her abdomen. Lu Li could tell that this pocket was also a storage device, and its principle was similar to that of a storage bag. She was very curious about how many good things were in this pocket.

A moment later, Mu Qingque seemed to have suddenly grasped something, and her eyes lit up.

"I've got it! This one!"

Mu Qingque took out a large square cauldron. The cauldron was emerald green all over, three feet long and three feet wide. A blue lotus phantom slowly rotated on the top. The temperature inside fluctuated, sometimes as hot as the sun and sometimes as cold as the dead of winter.

"This is a fifth-rank artifact, the Ice and Fire Dual-Element Cauldron. It can freely adjust the temperature and melt almost all spiritual materials below the seventh rank, as well as a few seventh-rank spiritual materials. Perfect, you can use this when you go to the competition."

"This... doesn't seem to be of much use to me either."

"No, it works, it absolutely works. If I remember correctly, the Ink Box of the Boundless Realm is on you."

"exist."

The ink box originated from the Boundless Blessing Return to the Void Seal, which records the complete information of the Return to the Void Seal from its launch to its explosion. It was also with the help of the information in the ink box that Lu Li was able to deduce the Five-Turn Return to the Void Seal.

As time went by and Lu Li's realm advanced, she gained a deeper understanding of the Dao of Returning to the Void, and she had already deduced the information in the ink box thousands of times.

Now that things have come to this, the inkwell has completed its mission and its significance to Luli is no longer what it once was.

If I had to pinpoint the only thing that still puzzles Lu Li, it would be the material of the ink cartridge itself.

The power of the Six-Turn Boundless Blessing Return to the Void Seal is comparable to that of the Seven-Turn Weapon, capable of destroying heaven and earth with a single move, leaving behind countless realms and influencing future generations for thousands of years.

As a component within the Boundless Blessing Return to the Void Seal, the ink box would have been the first to face its power when it exploded, yet it remained unharmed, and the information within it has been preserved to this day.

This shows that this thing is no ordinary object; its defensive power may even have reached the seventh level.

"You mean to say that this Ice and Fire Dual Cauldron can melt the Ink Box?"

"The outer shell of the ink box is made of a seventh-grade spiritual material called [Formless Profound Iron]. It is difficult to melt Formless Profound Iron with just high temperature."

Lu Li nodded slightly. The high temperature brought by the explosion of the Boundless Blessing Return to the Void Seal was unimaginable. Even so, it did not destroy the outer shell of the ink box, which is enough to show how strong the heat resistance of this spiritual material is.

"The true method of forging the Formless Mystic Iron is to rapidly apply high and low temperatures alternately. Only the Ice and Fire Cauldron can do this. As long as you are patient enough, you can definitely succeed in a year or two."

"After you succeed, you will get the Formless Mystic Iron Water. I don't need to teach you how to use it, right?"

Lu Li suddenly realized.

With the formless molten iron, she could integrate it into her Heavenly Craftsmanship Body, making its defense even stronger. The ink box was only the size of a palm, and the amount of molten iron it produced was not much, but even just integrating that little bit could play a crucial role.

"Oops, I accidentally said too much... The Ice and Fire Dual Cauldron, plus the smelting technique of the Formless Mystic Iron, in exchange for this set of sixth-level incomplete diagrams, would you like it?"

"……it is good."

"As usual, I bought this Yan Tu outright. Once you sold it to me, you can't sell it to anyone else."

"Ah."

Mu Qingque activated the Dao Oath Machine and made a Dao Oath with Lu Li, which included the sale of the Yan Tu and related matters of the Midstream Refining Conference.

After doing all this, Lu Li was filled with excitement.

Whether it's the Formless Profound Iron or the Six-Turn Ice Spirit Core, both will greatly enhance the power of the Heavenly Crafting Body. Even Ying Wange would find it difficult to achieve such conditions, and Lu Li looked forward to the final product even more.

Chapter 329 This woman is probably guided by a master.

After leaving Mu Qingque's cave, Lu Li went to the sect's exchange pavilion, used contribution points to purchase some spiritual materials, and finally returned to her own cave.

It had been almost a year since she left, and the furnishings in the cave were covered with a thick layer of dust. She had only stayed in the cave for two or three days at most, as she spent most of her time outside since joining the sect.

Looking out from the entrance of the cave, one can still vaguely see the Nine-Tiered Mysterious Light Pagoda on the distant mountain.

"I just realized that the location of this cave seems a bit remote. Oh well, it's not important."

The sect wasn't a good sect, and she wasn't a good person either. The sect used her, and she used the sect in return; that was all.

The closer one gets to the sect's forbidden area, the denser the spiritual energy becomes. Lu Li's cave dwelling is located in a remote area, so the spiritual energy is relatively thin.

Lu Li activated the spirit-gathering array set up inside the cave, only to find that it was out of service; a line of small blue text was projected into the air.

"You are in arrears of two hundred spirit stones. Please pay the outstanding amount before attempting to activate this array again..."

"No, I haven't used it much. Ugh, this damn continuous monthly subscription, I remember turning it off back then."

Lu Li felt a wave of dizziness. Two hundred spirit stones wasn't a lot, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt cheated. This sect was a trap inside and out.

After thinking about it, Lu Li decided not to pay the fee. So what if the spiritual energy was a little weak? She was leaving in a couple of days anyway.

With this spare money, you might as well buy a hundred-year-old jade pear to eat.

Thinking this, Lu Li crushed a few spirit stones, directly absorbing the pure spiritual power within them. Then, she took out the Human Escape Mechanism given to her by Mu Qingque, and fumbled around in it, trying to find a place to install it.

Her head was basically filled with mechanisms. She would then modify her body according to the Yan Diagram of Qingling Yanhuang. The original Xuan Shu was much larger than her Great Dream Xuan Shu. Lu Li used the extra space to fit a third Ice Soul Spirit Eye and a Spirit Diagram Instrument.

If we were to replace it with Qingling Yanhuang's Xuan Shu, the space would clearly be insufficient.

After much thought, Lu Li didn't touch the original brain, but instead refined an extra Qingling Xuan Shu. The Qingling Xuan Shu uses a fourth-stage spirit core, and Lu Li happened to have some extra spiritual materials, which was just enough to refine one.

Then, Lu Li stuffed the newly refined Qingling Xuan Shu, along with the Human Escape Mechanism, into the Taiyin Palace.

The latter works as soon as it's installed inside the body, while the former is a bit more complicated, requiring connection to the Great Dream Pivot.

Lu Li took out the remaining pure white yttrium and refined it into a meridian, first connecting it to Qingling Xuan Shu, then passing through Taiyin Mansion, and finally connecting it to Dameng Xuan Shu.

Thus, the two Xuan Shu were connected.

"That person really had foresight; the Taiyin Palace can hold anything."

"Sis, you have a brain in your lower body and a brain in your upper body. Does that count as 'upper and lower body thinking together'?"

"Hey, you know what, it's true."

The Great Dream Pivot has a unique function: it can deduce and simulate the Yan Tu in dreams, which the Green Ling Pivot cannot replace. Therefore, Lu Li retained both of them.

As for the remaining organs, Lu Li compared the two diagrams and found that the ones selected by Elder Duan were generally not as good as the originals. This was to avoid the internal structure being too bulky, so he planned to replace them one by one in the future.

Lu Li had previously purchased a lot of spiritual materials from the sect's shop, which were used to refine these artifacts. During the replacement process, the spiritual cores could be reused, which saved a large portion of the cost.

The forging of these mechanical artifacts will take some time, and Lu Li is not in a hurry. Apart from the core magic array, which Lu Li needs to do personally, the remaining mechanical parts can be produced using the mechanical array production line.

Roughly estimated, this update and iteration will take about a month, costing 300,000 spirit stones, 6,000 contribution points, and 100,000 kidneys.

"Now I'm out of spirit stones again... I'm still a third short of the large-scale slewing array. It looks like I'll have to wait until next month. Hong Xian and the others will send me the money at the beginning of the month."

Thinking of the spirit stones flowing into her account, Lu Li felt a surge of joy, but then she slapped her forehead and remembered something else.

"Oh no, Hong Xian and the others are probably still building the Shangtian Pavilion at this time. They don't have time to refine components or carry out escort missions. There's still this month and next month, so they probably won't have much spirit stone income."

"As for what comes after that... it seems like we won't be able to go out much."

Not long ago, Lu Li killed the bandits from Qingyang Palace. Although Hong Xian and the others had mastered the Qingmai Yanzhen, their strength was still very limited. Lu Li was not at ease sending these people out to escort goods.

There's no guarantee that Qingyang Palace won't send out even more experts once they find out, so it might be good to lay low for a couple of months.

Right now, all Lu Li can do is wait and prepare for the upcoming Midstream Weapon Forging Conference.

……

Midstream, the main altar of the Tongxian Sect, the Zhenjun Hall.

The True Lord of Extinguishing Fire sat in the head seat. To his left, on the chair, sat a bald old man holding a yin-yang fish-shaped array plate. The array plate spun rapidly as he made hand seals, and Dao traces of life swirled around his body.

If you look closely, you'll find that the bald old man is just a phantom; his real body is not there.

The True Lord of Extinguishing Fire suddenly spoke:

"You've been working on this for months, why are there still no results?"

"The information provided by the branch altar is far too limited, and it will take some time to deduce the truth. However, True Lord, rest assured, with my profound understanding of destiny, I will surely be able to deduce the whereabouts of that villain. Please... give me another month..."

"How far have you progressed?"

"I just deduced the other day that the villain had been here."

After saying that, the old man raised his hand and pointed, and a phantom map of the middle reaches of the river appeared in front of him. In the direction he pointed, there was a small red dot.

The True Lord of Extinguishing Fire raised his hand and grabbed at the illusory map. The location of the red dot was magnified, and after seeing the direction the old man was pointing, he narrowed his eyes.

"Isn't this a desert? You mean, she hid here."

"It is not a desert; there is a treasure trove of opportunities here. As for what exactly it is, I still need to deduce it further."

"Hurry up, this is a mission assigned by Xuan Gui Valley. If you miss the deadline, I won't be able to protect you."

"Yes Yes……"

Just as the old man was agreeing, a sudden change occurred. He suddenly widened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of blood.

puff!

"what happened?"

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, the old man's face was as pale as paper, and he said weakly:

"This is bad. I have just suffered a backlash. There must be a master behind that villain."

"Useless trash, what use are you to me!"

"I am incompetent, I am incompetent."

The chest of the True Lord of Extinguishing Fire heaved violently. After a moment's thought, a figure appeared outside the hall, which turned out to be a sixth-turn puppet.

"I am going to attend the Midstream Weapon Forging Conference and do not have time to spare. You take some followers and go to this place to investigate. If you find anything, report to me immediately."

Yan Ou remained silent, only nodding. The next moment, his body transformed into a wisp of black mist and vanished without a trace.

Chapter 330 When will my sister be strengthened?

If Lu Li wants to participate in the Midstream Weapon Forging Conference, the first hurdle is to stand out from the sects.