Demonic Demoness Training Project

Elder Che shook his head and smiled bitterly, then turned his gaze to Lu Li again.

“I’ve already heard about this from Steward Zhong. Your performance in the assessment was good. If you were to hang out with those disciples, it would be a waste of your talent.”

"However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed. From now on, you will be exempt from night shifts and will follow Elder Ying to cultivate. You can do some field missions on weekdays. Once you have accumulated enough contribution points, you will be promoted to the inner sect. Do you have any objections?"

"Thank you for your kind words, Elder, but..."

"Just what?"

Lu Li felt displeased. The other party actually wanted him to become a disciple of his enemy's clan. Not only was he unable to accept it psychologically, but it would also easily expose his identity. So he made an excuse and deliberately refused.

"As a newcomer to your sect, and with limited knowledge and skills, I am unworthy of such kindness."

"No need for that. I am an old acquaintance of the Mo family head. Just make yourself at home."

"Uh……"

Lu Li's lips twitched. He didn't understand what Steward Zhong had said, and why he had brought up the Mo family head again. But seeing the other party's eager eyes, Lu Li knew that if he continued to refuse, he would be somewhat ungrateful.

"Then thank you both for your kind words."

"Take this jade slip first. It contains my cultivation experience in the Yan Dao. Take a look at it yourself when you get back. My cave is in the back mountain. It's marked on the jade slip. If you don't understand anything, come and ask me."

Elder Ying took out a jade slip and tossed it to Lu Li, his voice devoid of any emotion.

Lu Li accepted the jade slip, bowed respectfully, and quickly left the cave, fearing he might expose himself.

……

After watching Lu Li leave, Elder Che glanced at the young woman beside him and tentatively asked:

"Your Excellency Xinwu, what stage has your spiritual cultivation reached? Of course, if Ying Wange doesn't want you to say, that's fine too. I'm just asking casually."

The woman looked at the wooden carvings on the ceiling of the cave, pondered for a long time, and then said:

"I'm stuck at Grade B, Upper Rank. The sect leader told me to continue my training in the mortal world, but he wouldn't let me leave the sect. That's why he let me try taking on a disciple within the sect."

"According to Steward Zhong, this Lu Li might also be a member of the Mo family. The Mo family head is still in the lower reaches of the river, and he sent Mo Shuhan to the middle reaches, but sent this Lu Li to us. His attitude is unclear. Lu Li and Mo Shuhan happen to know each other, so I'm entrusting you to get to know her better. This is my consideration."

"Hmm, who is this Mo Shuhan?"

"Huh? You don't remember this either? The disciple you took in half a year ago, the young lady of the Mo family."

"Oh... I don't remember."

Chapter 70 The Factory Girl's Cultivation

Being able to skip night shifts is always a good thing for Lu Li, as it can save him a lot of time.

However, Baiyue Palace's attitude truly puzzled him.

Something unusual must be going on. I have no background, and the other party is being unusually nice to me for no reason. There must be something fishy going on!

He made up his mind that he would never go to Elder Ying's cave, even if it meant death. He would rather trust Elder Duan than that guy.

However, Elder Ying's voice gave him a familiar feeling, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

After returning to his quarters, Lu Li took out the jade slip, checked it, and found no poison before recording it into the Great Dream Pivot.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the jade slip did indeed contain some information, including three books on puppetry that were not available on the market. These books mainly concerned the crafting of puppets and were of great help to him in his current situation.

Putting this aside for now, Lu Li used his divine sense to examine himself and, combining what he had recently learned, organized the diagram of the suspensory ligament. Once he had the remaining few spiritual materials, he could begin refining it.

At dawn, the door was suddenly pushed open. Lu Li heard the sound in his sleep and immediately woke up. Feng Xiaoman walked in, her cheeks still wet with tears.

The dorm rooms were for two people each. Feng Xiaoman shared a room with him. She glared at Lu Li angrily and was no longer as enthusiastic as she had been during the day. She was even more furious when she saw Lu Li lie down on the bed.

"Why are you sleeping again!"

"Oh, what's wrong with me sleeping?"

Didn't you sleep during the day?

"I'm sleepy again."

"What makes you so great? One day I'll surpass you and trample you under my feet! Humph!"

After saying that, Feng Xiaoman's face puffed up like a pufferfish, and she hugged her pillow and sobbed. As she cried, her voice grew softer and softer. She was so tired that she eventually fell asleep while cursing.

After being inexplicably rebuked, Lu Li slapped his forehead and suddenly realized the reason behind it.

The other party might not know about the apprenticeship, but they probably guessed about the exemption from night shifts, especially considering he previously said he was only a low-grade fitter...

Oh no, in their eyes, I've been categorized as one of Hongjun's people, and a rather lazy one at that.

The other party studied hard for years and finally entered the sect, only to be assigned to make parts. If it were Lu Li himself, he would definitely feel resentment towards the rich and powerful at this time, and wish he could compose a poem.

But who could have guessed that a classmate who seemed to be sleepy all day was actually secretly practicing cultivation in his dreams?

……

Lu Li cultivated in his dream for another two hours, and then it was noon. The steward shouted loudly at the door of the dormitory, waking up all the disciples.

"Wake up! It's time for your morning exercise. You're all so lazy, what are you doing cultivating immortality? Get out here!"

Only two hours have passed since they got off work, and most of the disciples haven't had enough sleep. They struggled to get out of bed and began another busy day.

At this moment, Lu Li finally understood why the senior sister sitting in the back row would sleep during class.

For the people at Qingzhou, a day consists of twelve two-hour periods: two hours of rest, two hours of classes, and the remaining eight hours are spent on the assembly line.

If you can't handle it, you can only sleep in class, and the teacher won't care. But if you dare to doze off on the assembly line, you'll get whipped.

Thanks to the scheduling system left behind by a genius elder a hundred years ago, the weapon refining hall operates day and night, with mechanical artifacts always running, and human and material resources are fully utilized.

Considering the lifespan of the artifacts, they cannot be used continuously. For example, the Earth Fire Cauldron needs to be cooled for three hours every day.

In summary, the disciples and the puppets are not always in operation, but there are always disciples and puppets in operation.

As for the training missions mentioned by Che Wenjun, this is a lucrative job exclusively for Hongjun people. Not only does it offer a lot of contribution points, but most of them are also quite easy, such as going to mortals to collect debts.

A dignified puppeteer seeking to collect a debt from a mortal—would he really be killed instead?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

However, whether they are Hongjun people or Qingzhou people, they cannot escape morning exercises. The disciples must form an impenetrable battle formation by school and run in the academy square while shouting the slogan "Qingyang shall perish, Baiyue shall reign supreme."

However, this caused Lu Li a lot of trouble.

The main disciples were too close together, with the chests of those behind pressing against the backs of those in front, and the female disciples behind him pushing him forward, forcing him to rub his chest forward as well. In addition, the female disciples were running and sweating profusely... Under these repeated stimulations, Lu Li was in a dangerous situation for a time.

"Hmph... The Azure Sun shall perish, the White Moon shall reign supreme... Ouch..."

The girl was panting heavily as she shouted slogans, and couldn't help but groan softly. He suppressed his distracting thoughts amidst the myriad flowers and silently admonished Xiao Luli.

Hold on, don't look up, absolutely don't look up! If you poke someone, you'll be beheaded and made into an inner sect pill!

Unfortunately, Xiao Luli was courting death, like a moth drawn to a flame, relentlessly pushing forward.

After going through many hardships, Lu Li finally mastered the trick. He only needed to partially activate the Azure Netherworld Skin into a steel state before the start of his morning exercise, fix its shape and direction, and thus transform it into a tangible seal.

At this moment, Lu Li was extremely grateful to his past self who had worked hard in the glue injection machine, and grateful to the ancient genius Liu Si for the bloody lesson he had learned. Fortunately, the Azure Netherworld Skin covered his entire body, which allowed him to unleash his killing move and seal his own brothers.

……

After finishing his morning exercise, Lu Li rushed to the mission hall to check the mission and reward redemption list.

The rewards from the White Moon Palace can be directly exchanged for spirit stones, but the exchange privileges are limited by contribution points.

Lu Li scanned the exchange list. Common spiritual materials that could be bought outside were priced slightly cheaper here, and rare spiritual materials that could not be bought outside could be bought here, although some required special privileges to exchange.

Seeing this, Lu Li couldn't help but sigh.

"This can be considered a perk for sect disciples. This is good. At least they've done something decent. I won't curse the Immortal Clan today."

Unexpectedly, Old Duan made a nonchalant remark.

"Hehehe, the spiritual materials outside are not only expensive, but also incomplete. As for why they are expensive and incomplete, don't worry about that."

"Uh, now that you mention it, I remember. I couldn't buy fox fur anywhere else, even if I tried my hardest, but I can buy it here. Sigh, the Immortal Clan is still damned."

Lu Li spent 130 spirit stones to gather the remaining spiritual materials needed for the suspensory ligament. He will start refining it as soon as he gets back today. As for the spirit core used in the Great Dream Profound Pivot, he can afford it, but he doesn't have enough contribution points (less than 20) to buy it. He can only wait until he returns from some missions to discuss it.

Lu Li continued to check the exchange list and saw several good Hongjun Spirit Sources. Although they were a bit expensive, he could still afford them if he gritted his teeth. Lu Li wanted to exchange for one to try, but Duan Lao stopped him.

"It's unnecessary and inappropriate. Your five internal organs will all need to be replaced by the puppet in the future. Each organ will be embedded with a corresponding attribute spirit core. When the five organs operate at the same time, it is equivalent to a five-in-one spirit source that surpasses the two traditional crafts. If you implant a spirit source now, it will affect your spiritual root and disrupt the balance of the five elements. It will do more harm than good."

"real or fake?"

"Why would your master lie to you? If you want to improve your strength now, there are other ways besides spiritual cultivation. You can also choose to temper your body. For example, you can buy a few Nine Dragon Pills to try."

Chapter 71 Nine Dragon Pill!

Nine Dragon Pill?

Upon hearing these three words, Lu Li's mind stirred slightly. He looked at the list of exchange items, specifically the section on pills, and found a type of body-tempering pill.

"Qiuniu, Yazi, Chaofeng..."

Looking down from top to bottom, there are nine kinds of pills, collectively known as the Nine Dragon Pills. As the saying goes, the dragon has nine sons, and these nine pills are named after the nine dragons.

These nine pills, with a total of nine different effects, completely cover all aspects required for body refinement. Upon seeing this, Lu Li couldn't help but feel doubtful.

"Since I've used the Puppet Technique to modify my body, will these pills still be effective?"

"Hmph, I told you long ago that all the artifacts you're borrowing money from are carefully selected by me... Take the Azure Nether Painted Skin for example, it's not an inanimate object. It's integrated with you and will grow on its own."

"Growth?"

Lu Li thought for a moment. On the way to Baiyue Palace, he had a head-on confrontation with the experts of the Zou family and suffered some scratches. His torn Qingming Painted Skin had completed its self-repair.

Furthermore, due to the influence of the immeasurable calamity, he had gained two ounces of flesh on his chest. The Azure Netherworld Skin on his chest was too small and wrapped too tightly, causing Lu Li to feel a tightness in his chest at the time.

After a few days, the feeling of suffocation gradually disappeared. Lu Li didn't pay much attention to it, assuming that the Qingming Painted Skin had been stretched.

That's not actually the case; this thing has been quietly growing while he wasn't paying attention.

Thinking of this, Lu Li pinched the delicate, fair skin on his wrist and couldn't help but sigh:

"The tunnel is truly amazing."

"But then again, since you don't have the Glazed Bone or the Ice Skin right now, you can temporarily hold off on taking the Fuxi Pill for strengthening your bones and flesh. Once you have those two, then you can take the pills that strengthen the corresponding areas."

"Right now, you can take Bi'an Pills. These are used to strengthen the skin and ligaments. If Qingming Huapi wants to advance to the second stage, it will need a lot of Bi'an Pills."

"So that's how it is. I thought we had to refine it again."

Lu Li nodded slightly. He looked at the section on the effects of the Bi'an Pill, where it was clearly written.

[The Bixie Pill can strengthen the body; when refined to its ultimate form, the skin becomes impervious to blades and spears.]

"Actually, my skin is already practically invulnerable to swords and bullets."

Lu Li muttered a curse to himself as he noticed a tiny line of text below the drug's effects.

Side effects: Mild muscle pain may occur after taking the medication. Long-term use may lead to an imbalance of yin and yang in the body, affecting physical appearance.

"Affects physical appearance? Does it mean the top of the head will become pointy?"

"What do you mean by 'pointed top'? Who told you that? This stuff has some side effects. See those disciples over there? Which way are you looking? I said your left."

Following the direction Duan Lao described, Lu Li looked and saw several burly female disciples standing about ten meters to his left. Lu Li had seen many female disciples like this before, especially the female disciple with the knife who was in charge of the execution, who had left a deep impression on him.

At first, he was surprised that all the female disciples in the academy were so robust; it turned out that it was due to drug use.

"Actually, it's not just Bi'an Pills; all Nine Dragon Pills have similar side effects. Long-term use will cause the body's yang energy to accumulate, leading to changes in physical form and a more irritable and easily angered personality."

Upon hearing the words "gathering of yang energy," Lu Li's eyes lit up and his heart surged with excitement. Thanks to the blessing of the uranium pill, the yin and yang in his body were out of balance, his lower body was weak, and all the flesh was growing on his chest.

To protect his brother, he needed to replenish his yang energy, and this Bi'an Pill could also strengthen his Azure Netherworld Skin, so it was a win-win situation.

Lu Li walked to the counter and said:

"Okay, it's decided, I want to buy it! Boss, oh wait, senior sister, how much are the Bixie Pills here?"

"Eight hundred coins per pill."

The disciple watching over the counter looked up at Lu Li, his eyes lingering on his thin body.

"You haven't taken any of the Nine Dragons series pills before, have you?"

"Yes, Senior Sister has excellent insight."

"That's right. The Nine Dragons Pill is generally not taken alone; it needs to be taken in combination with other pills. The Prisoner Ox Pill is used to relieve pain, and the Suanni Pill is used to calm the mind. These two pills are needed to counteract some of the side effects of the Bi'an Pill."