Demonic Demoness Training Project

"So men can be this beautiful too?"

Chapter 30: Excellent skin makes me smell good.

Lu Li stared blankly at the young "girl" in the mirror. She had jet-black hair and skin so white it was unbelievable, shimmering with a porcelain-like glow.

Due to poverty and chronic hunger, Lu Li's skin was originally sallow. It is said that fair skin can cover up three flaws. Lu Li's features were already delicate, and now with a fair and tender new skin, his appearance became even more striking.

Lu Li stroked the "girl's" face in disbelief. Her skin was delicate and smooth, and even when he got very close, he couldn't find the slightest flaw.

Perhaps it was a blood connection, but Lu Li suddenly felt that the girl in the mirror was gradually overlapping with Lu Ling in his memory, as if they were made from the same mold.

If one had to point out any difference, it would be that Lu Ling's face was pale due to being bedridden for a long time, while the "girl" in the mirror was even fairer.

The former's eyes showed a hint of weakness and illness, while the latter's gaze was resolute.

Apart from that, Lu Li really couldn't find any other differences. Perhaps it was because they had been separated for too long. Three years had passed in the blink of an eye, and it had been three years since the other person was sold. The face in his memory had become blurry.

Finally, when he saw the girl's face in the mirror, he was inexplicably dazed.

"I will definitely find you."

Lu Li clenched his fists, his brows gradually relaxed, but a hint of worry appeared on his face. With a new look, Lu Li felt that his facial expressions had become much richer.

"If we ever meet again, will you still recognize me?"

Shaking his head, Lu Li smiled wryly. He moved the bronze mirror a little further away and took a few steps back, so that his entire body was reflected in the mirror.

Continuing down her slender neck, a zipper resembling a shrimp vein divides her unremarkable chest in two. The small zipper head rests quietly on her xiphoid process, adding a touch of otherworldly allure and sensuality to her body.

Speaking of painted skin, Lu Li couldn't help but recall a passage from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio—

Peeking through the window, he saw a ferocious demon with a green face and jagged, saw-like teeth. It had spread human skin on a couch and was painting on it with a colored brush. Then it threw down the brush, picked up the skin as if shaking out a garment, draped it over itself, and transformed into a woman.

In his past life, he only regarded it as a story, but now, upon seeing it, he realized that he was exactly like the painted-skin demon described in the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, as if a hideous demon with a blue face and fangs would emerge from the zipper on his chest.

However, reality is more fantastical and more explicit than any of the stories in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.

Lu Li knew, of course, that when he unzipped the chain, there were no evil spirits inside, only stark white bones, rumbling vessels, and a pile of remaining flesh and organs.

Continuing downwards, her flat, delicate abdomen and slender, jade-like feet, were not for a certain abrupt feature, the girl's body in the mirror would be considered perfect.

It's as if that thing shouldn't be here.

"Old Duan, tell me honestly, do mechanical puppets come in male and female versions?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can you distinguish between male and female cymbals?"

Lu Li pinched the "girl's" cheek. The delicate skin slid between his fingertips, making him unable to suppress his impulse to pinch it a few more times until he left a red mark.

Lu Li was somewhat doubtful; could such skin truly offer any protection?

To verify his conjecture, Lu Li picked up a saw used for cutting spirit ore. The saw blade was forged from a mixture of Void Stone and Black Iron, making it hard and sharp enough to cut most first-grade spirit ore.

Lu Li carefully aimed the saw blade at his wrist and gently cut down. As expected, the saw teeth dug into the flesh.

"Be bold, saw harder. Your saw isn't even a proper tool; it won't damage it in the slightest."

"Well……"

Lu Li gradually increased the force, pulling the saw blade back and forth, but no matter how hard he tried, the saw teeth only sank in without causing any real damage. When he moved the saw away, he found that there was not a single mark left on it.

"Although it is soft, it is very resilient."

Yes, the Azure Netherworld Painted Skin is, after all, a first-stage puppet. Using a pair of pliers to test it is really underestimating a first-stage puppet.

Among the first-stage mechanical artifacts, the Qi-Harmony Cauldron, when combined with spirit ore, ranks among the top in attack power, while the Azure Nether Painted Skin is second to none in defensive capabilities.

If we use this spear to attack this shield, what should we do?

Thinking of this, Lu Li activated the Qi-Harmony Cauldron, picked up a wisp of Azure Netherstone powder, condensed it into a milling cutter about the thickness of a finger, and carefully pressed it against his wrist.

hum~

The milling cutter spun rapidly, creating slight ripples on her fair wrist. Through the blue mask, Lu Li felt a little pain, so she loosened her grip and rubbed her slightly reddened hand.

On the surface, it seems that the Aikido has won, and the Azure Nether Painted Skin isn't as powerful as imagined. Perhaps it's because the Aikido's power is too great.

"You just said 'normal state,' does this Azure Netherworld Skin also have other states?"

"You are teachable. Aside from the normal state, which is just your usual condition, it is more than enough to deal with ordinary mortal weapons. When you infuse it with spiritual power, the Azure Nether Painted Skin will enter a steel state and become as hard as iron."

"I see."

Lu Li lacked cultivation aptitude and had little spiritual power of his own. In addition, his dantian was not yet fully opened, so he could only mobilize the spiritual power in the Qi-Harmony Cauldron to power the Azure Netherworld Painted Skin.

As Lu Li infused his spiritual power, he immediately felt his skin harden, as if he were wearing a close-fitting suit of scales.

Lu Li once again conjured a spinning milling cutter, using it to stab at his own arm. The two collided and immediately burst into dazzling sparks, and for a short time, it was difficult to determine who was stronger.

At the same time, Lu Li's spiritual energy was also being consumed rapidly. If this stalemate continued, a winner would eventually emerge, and the outcome would depend on which side's spiritual energy would be exhausted first.

When a sharp object strikes a hard object, there are only two possible outcomes: either the hard object is pierced, or the sharp object becomes dull.

Blunt weapons, on the other hand, are different. Blunt weapons don't have the concept of being dulled. Even if they don't penetrate a hard object, they can still cause damage to the inside of the object through the hard surface with their enormous force.

"This Azure Nether Skin is not bad, but what if it encounters a blunt weapon?"

"It also has a certain degree of resistance. As I said before, the Azure Netherworld Skin and the Ice Skin are originally one. The Azure Netherworld Skin wins by being hard, while the Ice Skin wins by being resilient. Only when the two work together can they exert their greatest effect."

"And what level of craftsmanship does the Ice Skin technique involve?"

"For the second transformation, the main ingredient is lotus root powder from the Xuanbing Lotus Root, supplemented with extremely Yin water, and then twenty other spiritual materials are added to create the body's flesh and blood."

"Lotus root starch sounds delicious."

"It wouldn't be accurate to say it's delicious, but it does have a subtle, pleasant aroma."

"Huh? No?"

The Aikido made his voice higher and the Azure Skin made him white and soft. Lu Li could tolerate these two things, but the Ice Skin also made him exude a fragrance. What kind of person would he become?

This is so fragrant and soft... Is this the right pair?

It really is the armory of the Southern Liang Dynasty!

Chapter 31 Boundless Star Chariot

When it comes to lotus root body shaping, the first thing that comes to Lu Li's mind is the Third Prince. Legend has it that he used lotus root as bones, lotus flower as flesh, and lotus root silk as meridians. Golden pills or immortal magic were injected into his soul, and finally a physical body was formed. He wore a lotus flower skirt, his face was as white as powder, and his lips were as red as cinnabar.

It is said that a boy looks like a girl.

Without a doubt, the first person Lu Li encountered in his previous life was Nezha from the Southern Liang Dynasty.

Lu Li roughly calculated that there were at least eight types of puppets mentioned by Elder Duan alone. According to the other party's intention, his internal organs could be used as collateral in exchange for puppets.

Based on this calculation, the other party could provide nearly twenty types of mechanical artifacts, which is far more complex than the structure of Nezha's body.

But these magical artifacts were all incredibly sinister and effeminate, and coupled with the fact that he kept having those kinds of dreams lately, Lu Li gradually realized that something seemed off.

My body... my body is starting to feel strange.

At that moment, Lu Li seemed to have discovered something!

"Hey, I mean... cough, what exactly is this assembly of your mechanical artifacts? Something seems off to me."

"When combined, it's undoubtedly a top-tier physical body that everyone would covet!"

"God, everyone's drooling over it, is your drooling over it legitimate?"

"Heh, my disciple, let me tell you something. What I mean by 'craving' is not lust, but the pursuit of the ultimate cultivation and Dao."

At this point, Old Duan became increasingly excited, his voice gradually turning fervent.

To put it bluntly, this body is incredibly powerful, so powerful that it's unmatched. Duan Xuanyuan's original creation was only a half-finished product.

Although she removed the Demon Orb, she lost the crucial Taiyin Palace. If it weren't for the special circumstances, she wouldn't have been able to escape death at that critical juncture.

However, Lu Li fell into deep doubt. If one day he replaced all his flesh, blood, bones, and internal organs with puppets, would he still be himself?

"You know that's not what I'm asking."

"Not only is it coveted by thousands, but it's also incredibly beautiful, my disciple. Have you ever heard of the Boundless Star Raft?"

"Is it a mechanical device?"

"That's right. It was a magical vessel crafted by Wuliang Zun in ancient times, also known as the Wuliang Ship. Wuliang Zun once used it to fight in various battles. In the thousands of years after his death, the star raft gradually decayed. His disciples and followers constantly repaired the star raft in order to maintain the image of their sect."

"Rotten spirit wood will be replaced by new spirit wood, and corroded spirit ore will be replaced by brand new spirit ore. Time flies by, and one day people suddenly discovered that the Boundless Starship had already been renovated, and not a single component was made by the Boundless Venerable himself."

"In fact, the replaced mechanical components were not discarded, but were collected by the disciples of Wuliangzun. They used these decayed and rusted components to reassemble another Wuliang Starship."

"At this point, some disciples and followers may ask, which one is the Boundless Star Chariot? Is it the one that everyone renovated, or the one that everyone pieced together using the components that were replaced?"

Old Master Duan paused slightly. Upon hearing this, Lu Li felt that the story seemed familiar, but he still couldn't help but ask:

So which one is the real one?

"Just as the disciples were arguing, the spirit of the Boundless Star Raft awoke and said, 'This new one is the true Boundless Star Raft. I say it is, because I am the spirit.'"

"Wow, that's so domineering."

"The spirit resides within the artifact, just as a cultivator's soul resides within their physical body. Just as a cultivator's soul governs their true nature, the spirit can also govern the true nature of the artifact. Who is right and who is wrong is, of course, up to the spirit."

"My true nature..."

"If you were a spirit of a vessel, and faced with a precarious, wrecked ship on one side and a sturdy, new ship on the other, which would you choose?"

"Of course, it's a new ship."

"That's right. The mortal body is so inconvenient. Only by relying on the Dao of Transformation, turning external things into our own, and seizing the creation of heaven and earth can we prosper for ten thousand years and attain the Great Dao."

Lu Li didn't trust Elder Duan. He would subconsciously question anything Elder Duan said. This was his habit and his principle in life.

He constantly reminded himself not to believe the other party's lies, that the other party was definitely trying to scam him and lead him astray.

After listening to what the other party said, Lu Li thought about it again and again, but he couldn't find any logical flaws, so much so that he felt that what the other party said made a lot of sense.

"Therefore, as long as I stay true to myself, I will remain myself."

"Your understanding is not wrong."

"Alright, stay true to your principles!"

Putting everything else aside, at least sticking to one's principles is something that can't be wrong.

Lu Li clenched his little fists, his eyes sparkling. He was determined that no matter what happened, no matter what his appearance changed, he would stick to his original intentions, uphold his masculinity, and resist bad temptations.

Next, they considered how to refine the Azure Netherworld Skin.

There are a total of twelve kinds of spiritual materials needed to refine the Azure Nether Painted Skin. Eleven of them can be bought directly. Lu Li calculated that these materials would cost about fifty spirit stones in total.

He still has some spare money, so he's not in a hurry to make money. In terms of cost price, the Azure Netherworld Skin is much cheaper than the Heqi Cauldron.

But the difficulty lies in the fact that the twelfth spiritual material, which is also the most crucial spiritual material for the Azure Netherworld Painted Skin, is the skin of the Azure Netherworld Fox.

Lu Li spent half a day visiting all six Wanbao Pavilions in Fengxiang City, but still couldn't acquire this spiritual material.

The general situation has been figured out. The Azure Fox is a first-stage demon beast. Because its entire body is made of spiritual materials, the two sects have been hunting it extensively in recent years, which has led to its near extinction.

Even if someone is lucky enough to come across one or two, they would quickly be bought up by the two major sects, White Moon Palace and Azure Sun Palace, and would never enter the market.

Lu Li overheard a saying that there are hundreds of towns and cities of all sizes around Liubao River, and hundreds of Wanbao Pavilions. Nine out of ten Wanbao Pavilions belong to the two sects. Whenever they encounter precious spiritual materials, these Wanbao Pavilions dare not keep them to themselves and must report to the sects immediately.

Even spirit ore with a purity of over 90% is not allowed to be sold privately. The two sects not only possess the most advanced smelting technology, but also control the right to sell high-purity spirit ore.

Finally, Lu Li found a privately owned Wanbaoge in an alley on the west side of the city, and spent a kidney to post a reward for the purchase of the Qingming Demon Fox's pelt.

If there is any news, it will be sent to him via a crow.

To be honest, Lu Li didn't have high hopes for this and could only take it one step at a time.

As evening fell, Lu Li walked through the empty alley, the cobblestones clattering under his feet. A light rain was falling. He ate the pear in his hand, peel and all, and then threw it away.

After working hard for most of the day without any results, Lu Li was inevitably a little discouraged. Just then, Old Duan poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"There's something I need to remind you of beforehand, lest I be unable to help you when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Lu Li let out a long breath, which dissipated into mist in the rain. He said impatiently:

"Speak, what is it now?"

"You need to get your hands on the double seals of the fitter and the welder immediately."