What are you doing, Mr. President? I'm just an extra!

First floor, tool room.

Lu Li locked the door from the inside, then moved a chair behind it before finally letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Damn it, I'm exhausted."

Lu Li wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Lu Li placed the black stone on the worktable and turned on the overhead spotlight.

Under the bright light, the stone still looked ordinary, just like any pebble you could find anywhere on the roadside, only a little bigger and heavier.

The surface is pitted and uneven, and it's covered in dirt.

Who would have thought that this thing contained a treasure?

[System, how do I use this?]

[Smash it open directly?]

Lu Li asked in his heart.

The system's mechanical sound rang out:

[It is recommended that the host use an alloy hammer to strike the three most vulnerable points on the stone's surface texture.]

The node location has been marked on the host's retina.

Lu Li looked closely.

Three red spots of light appeared on the surface of the stone, arranged in a triangle.

"Okay, whatever you say."

Lu Li took a heavy alloy hammer off the wall and weighed it in his hand.

"Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!"

Lu Li swung the hammer and smashed it down.

"clang!"

Sparks flew as the first hammer blow landed.

A tiny crack appeared on the surface of the stone.

Lu Li felt a numbness in his hand; the stone was ridiculously hard.

"Again!"

"clang!"

The second blow.

The crack widened, and a faint, eerie blue light peeked out from within.

The temperature in the tool shed seemed to have dropped a few degrees.

"The final blow!"

Lu Li gritted his teeth and slammed his fist into the third node with all his might.

"Snap!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out.

The dark, grimy stone peeled away, revealing the true nature of what lay beneath.

It was a crystal the size of a fist.

It is deep blue all over, crystal clear, as if the entire starry sky is sealed inside.

Even under strong light, it still exudes a captivating, ethereal glow.

Lu Li only glanced at it, but felt as if his soul was being sucked in.

Is this the essence of extraterrestrial meteorite iron?

Lu Li couldn't help but reach out, wanting to touch it.

The moment my fingertips touched the crystal, a bone-chilling cold shot straight to my head.

Immediately afterwards, system notification sounds blared incessantly.

[Ding! High-purity energy source detected!]

[The Ancient Sacred Body (Incomplete Version) resonates!]

[Should it be absorbed immediately?]

Lu Li did not hesitate.

"absorb!"

He went through all this trouble just for this moment, didn't he?

[Absorption begins...]

Following the system's instructions, the deep blue crystal suddenly transformed into a stream of light, which burrowed into Lu Li's body through his palm.

next second.

Lu Li regretted it.

"ah--!!!"

A suppressed growl escaped from his throat.

pain!

It hurts so much!

That energy was too domineering; it didn't care whether his body could withstand it and just rampaged through him.

Lu Li felt like he was about to explode at any moment.

His skin turned bright red, with veins bulging and wriggling under his skin like earthworms.

Sweat poured out like water from a tap that had been turned on, soaking his shirt.

"hot……"

"It's so hot..."

The chill lasted only a moment, followed by an overwhelming heat.

Every muscle is burning, every cell is screaming.

He ripped at his collar, buttons popping off, revealing his bright red chest.

His originally slender figure seemed to swell up like an inflating balloon at this moment.

The muscle lines became clearer and more defined, exuding a wild and powerful aura.

But this force came too fast and too fiercely, making it impossible for him to control.

Lu Li stumbled and bumped into the worktable, knocking the tools off the floor.

"Clang—"

The loud noise sounded particularly jarring in the quiet villa.

[Ding! The Ancient Sacred Body (Incomplete Version) has evolved into the Ancient Sacred Body (Advanced)]

……

living room.

Su Feiyan was holding a glass of red wine, staring at Shen Weilan.

Suddenly hearing a loud bang, both of their expressions changed simultaneously.

What was that sound?

Shen Weilan jumped up from the sofa.

"It seems to be coming from the tool shed!"

"I hope nothing bad has happened to Brother Lu?"

Su Feiyan put down her wine glass, her brows furrowed.

"Let's go take a look."

Su Feiyan stood up and walked quickly towards the tool shed.

Not to be outdone, Shen Weilan followed barefoot.

As soon as the two entered the room, they felt a wave of heat hit them.

That kind of heat isn't the heat from heating or air conditioning.

Instead, it's a oppressive heat that makes your heart race and your mouth dry.

"this……"

Shen Weilan stopped and grabbed Su Feiyan's arm in fear.

"Cousin, what's going on?"

"There's no sauna in the tool shed, so why is it so hot?"

Su Feiyan didn't know what was going on, so she just knocked on the door.

"Lu Li!"

"What are you doing in there?"

"Open the door!"

There was no response from inside.

Only heavy, bellows-like breathing could be heard intermittently.

"Uh...ah..."

The voice sounded extremely painful, yet also carried an indescribable sense of suppressed emotion.

Shen Weilan's face flushed red instantly.

"This...this voice..."

"Could Brother Lu be inside...?"

"Shut up."

Su Feiyan glared at her, but her ears also turned slightly red.

That little rascal, I asked him to carve stones, what was he doing in there?

Could it be that he was consumed by lust before the stone could be carved?

"Lu Li! I'll count to three!"

"If you don't open the door, I'll have it torn down!"

"three!"

"two!"

Before Su Feiyan could even count to one...

There was a loud "boom".

The heavy, solid wood door was actually smashed open from the inside!

A blast of scalding air, mixed with wood chips, shot out, making Su Feiyan and Shen Weilan's long hair dance wildly.

The two instinctively raised their hands to cover their faces.

When the smoke cleared, they could see what was inside.

Both women were stunned.

The once tidy tool shed was now a complete mess.

The worktable was overturned, and tools were scattered all over the floor.

Lu Li was standing in the center of the room.

His shirt was completely torn to shreds, hanging as strips of cloth around his waist.

He revealed a physique that could be described as perfect.

It's not the kind of dead muscle you get from working out in the gym, but every muscle is full of explosive power, with lines as smooth as an ancient Greek sculpture.

At this moment, his skin turned an eerie crimson, covered with fine beads of sweat.

With each breath, beads of sweat slid down the lines of his muscles, gathering at the V-line and disappearing into the edge of his tattered trousers.

What's even more shocking is that a thin layer of white mist swirled around him.

That's steam formed from the evaporation of sweat.

"Gulp."

Shen Weilan couldn't help but swallow.

That physique... those abs... that V-shaped waist...

That's so unfair!

She felt her legs were a little weak.

Even Su Feiyan, who is usually very composed, was stunned at this moment.

She already knew Lu Li had a good figure, but she never expected he could actually...

Moreover, the aura emanating from Lu Li at this moment made every cell in her body cheer with joy.

That was the fatal attraction of the Ancient Sacred Body to the opposite sex.

Shen Weilan stared wide-eyed at Lu Li's neatly arranged abdominal muscles.

My gaze followed that deep V-line downwards until it disappeared into the tattered strip of cloth that was barely hanging on my hip.

"Cousin...cousin."

Shen Weilan's voice sounded a little unsteady.

"This is what he meant by...stone carving?"

"This is sculpted so well! It's so lifelike..."

As she spoke, she uncontrollably reached out her wicked little hand, her fingertips trembling as she tried to poke the still slightly heaving pectoral muscle.

"This level of hardness... is it free to watch?"

"I want to touch it and see if it's really a stone..."

Snapped!

A slender, fair hand ruthlessly slapped away Shen Weilan's claws.

With a cold expression, Su Feiyan stepped to the side, blocking Shen Weilan and Lu Li.

"Shen Weilan, wipe your drool."

Su Feiyan's voice was cold, but if you looked closely, you would see that her ears were also bright red.

"These are my employees, not male prostitutes from a club."

Shen Weilan rubbed the back of her hand, looking aggrieved, and pouted.

"What's wrong with me just touching it? It's not like I'll lose a piece of flesh."

"Besides, Brother Lu hasn't said anything yet..."

She tiptoed, trying to look over Su Feiyan's shoulder at Lu Li, and even blinked, oblivious to the danger.

"Brother Lu, say something!"

"They're just checking you out, in case you were injured in the explosion."

At this moment, Lu Li was clutching the pitiful strips of cloth around his waist with both hands, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

[System! Why didn't you say so sooner!]

[And if it's an upgrade, then what's with the "clothes ripping" thing?]

This is a light novel, not Food Wars!

Are you trying to make me look bad enough?

He pleaded in a somewhat humble voice.

"Um...bosses."

"Could you please step outside for a moment?"

"I think... I need to change my pants."

"Besides, it's very dusty here, which is bad for your skin."

Su Feiyan first glanced at his bare upper body, then took off her black silk shawl.

A shawl, carrying a faint warmth and cool fragrance, was draped directly over Lu Li, completely covering his dazzling muscles.

"Put them on."

Su Feiyan said.

"Go back to your room, wash up, and change your clothes before coming out."

"Don't embarrass yourself here."

Lu Li felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and quickly grabbed his shawl, wrapping himself up like a rice dumpling.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Su is right to reprimand me."

After saying that, he bypassed Shen Weilan, dashed out of the tool room, and headed straight for the bathroom upstairs.

Watching Lu Li's retreating figure, Shen Weilan sighed regretfully.

"Hey...why are you running?"

"I'm not going to eat him."

"At most, it's just... a couple of licks."