Demonic Demoness Training Project

"Oh no, this is terrible!"

"After some repairs, it should be usable, albeit barely."

Even though this spirit core is second-hand and in a dilapidated state, it is still a third-rank spirit core. Its deductive power is quite terrifying, comparable to a low-grade fourth-rank spirit core. Even cultivators in the Creation Realm would covet it.

Lu Li patted his head, suddenly remembering something.

"The Spirit Core I have in my head right now is a first-stage Spirit Core. After I transform, all the Spirit Cores in my head will be third-stage. Should I use the one I have now to refine the Great Dream Profound Pivot, or should I buy another first-stage Spirit Core?"

"Don't overthink it, just go for the third job advancement."

"But I only have a first-stage spirit core in my head. If I use a third-stage spirit core to refine the Great Dream Profound Pivot, can that be considered a successful repayment of the loan?"

“As I have said before, the loan I gave you is only a possibility for the future, not a certainty. The puppet you forge can be better than this, but it cannot be worse.”

"I see... You're not lying to me."

"Why would I lie to you? I have never lied to you. I have always been open and honest in sharing my knowledge."

"I heard about it before, what is the Reversed Heavenly Dipper Instrument?"

Upon hearing this, Duan Xuanyuan was speechless and changed the subject.

"Tsk, even your master doesn't know everything. What is this 'Reversed Heavenly Dipper Instrument'? I've never heard of it before."

"That's what the spirit said."

"I don't know, I've never heard of it. But the heavenly tribulation just now was most likely caused by this. It's a warning from the heavens. I advise you not to investigate this matter too much."

"Ah."

Lu Li feigned agreement, but he felt things weren't that simple. He sensed a hint of cover-up in Duan Xuanyuan's tone. He decided to look up more information about this matter when he had more time.

Afterwards, Lu Se dispersed his divine sense and scanned the entire cave. The hiding place of a Creation Realm cultivator must contain many good things.

Sure enough, Lu Li found six jade slips in the corner, which contained more than ten Soul Dao Diagrams, as well as more than two hundred spirit stones.

"So poor, this old man."

“How could a cultivator at his level possibly carry all the spirit stones on his person?”

"if not?"

"They would deposit the spirit stones, hand them over to banks, or simply entrust them to the Tongxian Sect for safekeeping. In short, they would earn interest. Without his divine imprint, those spirit stones would inevitably become a bad debt."

"So, there are others above the Venerable One?"

"You underestimate the Tongxian Sect. Its sphere of influence is far greater than you imagine. Its origins can be traced back to the midstream cultivation world, and he is merely a Venerable who is in charge of the Liubao River area."

Lu Li lowered his head silently. He originally thought that as long as he killed the Venerable, he could avenge Lu Ling. However, he did not expect that the other party was just a small leader.

It's true that there's always someone better.

"What are you thinking? That's enough. At least you avenged your sister. You don't want to be enemies with the entire Tongxian Sect, do you?"

"Um……"

Old Duan's voice suddenly turned serious.

"Hmm? I advise you not to have such thoughts. Don't think that you are invincible just because you rely on the Uranium Pill. The waters here are very deep, and you can't kill them all."

"Who is above the Venerable One?"

"I don't know about other river basins, but at least the one in the Blood Spirit River has the Dharma name of True Lord of Retreating Fire. When he was young, he won the championship in the Midstream Weapon Forging Competition with his self-created Retreating Fire Refining Method... Don't even think about it, you can't even beat Ying Wange, let alone him."

Lu Li continued searching and suddenly discovered that the spirit of the artifact had disappeared.

Did they escape?

"died."

"Dead? He was fine just a moment ago! How could he be dead?"

"The spirit lingers because the obsession in one's heart remains. Once the obsession is extinguished, the spirit of the artifact will also dissipate."

"Obsession..."

Lu Li silently murmured the word "obsession," lost in thought, and secretly clenched his fist.

"The reason your sister can remember you is perhaps because of her obsession. On the one hand, cultivators hope to erase the memories of the artifact spirit so that it is easier to control. On the other hand, cultivators do not want the artifact spirit to dissipate due to the loss of its obsession."

Speaking of Lu Ling, Lu Li recalled the hallucinations he had experienced, including the Pure Heart Pear and the Primordial Wild Beast. He wished those things were real.

The reality is incredibly cruel: Lu Ling cannot be found for the time being, and the Primordial Wild Beast will not be able to make a comeback in the short term.

"Leaving aside the distant future, my disciple, what are your plans for the future?"

"I... I'd like to eat a pear first."

After saying that, Lu Li immediately took out a fine pear from his storage bag, took a big bite, and for the first time found it tasteless. Ordinary pears could no longer satisfy his appetite.

So, Lu Li chewed the pear flesh in large bites while mumbling:

"I really want to eat a pure white pear..."

Chapter 85 Seeking the Dao Without Roots

A biting mountain wind swept in, and the rolling mountains were buried in snow. Lu Li hunched his shoulders, munching on a premium pear, and as he ate, a faint sadness crept over him.

"My disciple, since you're bored, shall I tell you a story?"

"Old man, you really are a master storyteller."

“My disciple, listen carefully. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a mortal boy who had nothing. He had neither talent nor money.”

"I suspect you're cricketing at me."

"How could that be? Don't take it personally. He was raised by his uncle and aunt when he was young and suffered a lot of bullying. He was mediocre in school and everyone thought he had no talent for cultivation. Until one day, he was bullied by his classmates, and a fairy stepped forward to help him and even took him into the immortal sect."

At this moment, Lu Li was listening quietly. After finishing a pear, his cheeks were full of pear flesh, and he chewed like a squirrel. Before he could even swallow the previous bite, he took out a second premium pear from his storage bag.

"That penniless boy gradually fell in love with his senior sister, but she was already engaged to the sect's holy son. Not long after he began cultivating, the boy developed hysteria and often saw a guy who claimed to be his brother."

Lu Li's mouth was full of pear flesh, and he mumbled:

"Coo, you're just tickling me, aren't you? Cough cough cough..."

"You choked while you were talking... Back then, during the great war between humans and demons, my senior sister was captured by the Demon Lord and her life was hanging by a thread. My brother told the young man, 'As long as you offer up a quarter of your lifespan, I will help you kill that Demon Lord.'"

"The boy once thought it was his hysteria. Even he himself did not expect that he would use his lifespan to gain four chances to defy fate."

The first time, he killed the First Demon Lord and saved his beloved senior sister.

The second time, he killed the Second Demon Lord and saved his close senior brother.

Lu Li finally swallowed the pear in his mouth and suddenly interrupted to answer.

"The third time, he killed the Third Demon Lord..."

"No, the third time, he encountered a young saintess from another sect. This young saintess greatly admired him, but she was used as a sacrifice by the Demon Emperor. In a fit of rage, the young man used his third quarter of his lifespan to avenge the young saintess and killed the Demon Emperor."

"and after?"

"I don't know, but what I want to say is that it is not easy to seek the Dao without any foundation. There are only a few chances in life to defy fate. My disciple, seize them well and cherish every moment."

Old Master Duan's voice was earnest and profound. If a passerby who didn't know the inside story were to overhear it, they would really think she was a master with good intentions.

Lu Li's lips twitched. He still felt that Elder Duan had made up a story to tease him. Others used a quarter of their lifespan to defy fate, while he consumed half of a demon pill each time.

This damned, immeasurable calamity, why is it only targeting his demon orb?

In other words, he still has one more magic pill, which means two more chances, provided that he can find a way to get the uranium pill first.

After finishing the pears, Lu Li quietly went down the mountain. He didn't continue looking for Tie Kaoshan, but went straight back to the post station and found Miao Ergou kowtowing to the Mountain Goddess.

"Since you're so energetic, go prepare the car. I'll set off now and head back to White Moon City."

"Shouldn't we wait until daytime?"

"Let's go."

As he spoke, Lu Li tossed a spirit stone to the other person. It was late at night, and of course, he had to pay them for working overtime.

"Miss, this is too valuable, I can't accept it."

"Just take it."

The guy rubbed the spirit stone in his hand, looked around for a while, and showed a struggling expression on his face.

Should I donate it to the Tongxian Sect or keep it secretly? Sigh, I'm so reluctant to part with it. It's a whole spirit stone. If I don't donate it, will it be considered disloyal and cause his old illness to relapse?

Seeing this, Lu Li felt sorry for his misfortune and angry at his lack of self-control, wishing he could go up and slap him twice.

"Don't bother looking, they've all run away. Why don't you return the spirit stones and I'll go find someone else?"

"I, I, I'll go, I'll set off right now."

Lu Li had his own reasons for rushing back to the sect at this critical juncture. Firstly, his purpose in leaving home was to obtain the Spirit Core, and now that he had it, there was no need to continue completing the sect's mission.

Secondly, the relationship between the Tongxian Sect and the Baiyue Palace is ambiguous. With such a big incident happening to the Tongxian Sect, as a disciple of the Baiyue Palace, he has an obligation to go back and report it as soon as possible, so as to clear his name as much as possible, make himself appear very loyal, and achieve the effect of "the darkest place is under the lamp".

At the time, Lu Li was only focused on chasing down the Venerable One and let several disciples of the Tongxian Sect escape. These people had seen him before, but due to the influence of this artifact, which they had never met, they did not know who she was.

However, news from Tiemu Mountain will eventually be relayed back to Baiyue Palace through these people. If he can go back and deliver the intelligence first, there will be a lot of room for maneuver.

Lu Li had also carefully considered his choice of Miao Ergou as his coachman. This guy had watched him go up to the second floor of the post station. If he slipped out of the post station without being discovered by others, and the sect really wanted to investigate, the other party could provide him with an alibi.

To some extent, the spirit stone that Lu Li gave away was also intended to win people's hearts. According to Lu Li's observation, this person was simple and honest and was almost fooled by the Tongxian Sect. Giving him a little sweetness would prevent him from talking nonsense later.

……

He rushed along the way, only taking short breaks along the way. Three days later, Lu Li returned to the sect and rushed into Yushui Girls' School. He wiped away his tears and spoke urgently.

"Disciple Lu Li requests an audience with Elder Che! I have urgent news to report."

"Junior sister, what's wrong?"

The gatekeeper disciple recognized Lu Li, but seeing him in such a hurry, he was somewhat puzzled. The girl's messy hair was enough to show her panic at the moment, and she had a faint sense of a fallen beauty's brokenness.

"Junior sister, don't worry, I'll go and inform the elder right away."

Before long, Elder Che Wenjun emerged from the cave, and Lu Li hurriedly reported this.

"Reporting to the elder, it's Tiemu Mountain, that Venerable One from Tiemu Mountain..."

"Venerable One? You mean that old bastard Wei Guanhuo? What happened to him?"

Lu Li then learned the name of that Venerable One. At that moment, he was crying with tears streaming down his face, as if he had suffered a great injustice and had barely escaped death.

“I met him once by chance. He was preaching in the town. He was killed. That night I was resting in the guesthouse when I heard a loud noise from the mountain. I woke up and saw someone fighting with the Venerable One.”

"Go on, and then what?"

“This disciple…it was all due to my cowardice. I didn’t dare to step forward and intervene. I could only watch helplessly as the fellow Daoists of the Tongxian Sect went up the mountain to provide support. When it was over and I went up the mountain to search, I found that they were all dead.”

"You saw it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, I searched the mountain and finally found Senior Wei's body in a cave. His body was cut up and scattered all over the ground. Waaah... It was so scary and cruel."

"Alas, poor child, do you know who that villain is? Or did you even see what she looks like?"

Chapter 86 Master can change size anywhere

"Well, I can't see their face clearly, but I'm guessing they might be from the Qingyang Palace?"

“It’s not entirely impossible. Ironwood Mountain is located at the border of the two sects,” Che Wenjun frowned. She looked at Lu Li’s heartbroken appearance and sighed. “Alas, never mind. You should go and rest. I will handle this matter myself.”

"Yes."

"By the way, you made a good report this time, so I'll give you ten contribution points."

"Thank you, Elder."

Lu Li bowed respectfully, then turned around and walked unsteadily out of the elder's cave. He was overjoyed; the reward of ten contribution points was a complete surprise.

Lu Li accepted the reward without a second thought. It was Lu Li who killed the person; what did it have to do with him, Lu Li? He was just a disciple who was loyal to the sect and rushed back to deliver intelligence.

Afterwards, Lu Li returned to his room to take a shower. He was exhausted from the long journey and finally had time to take a bath.

He submerged himself in the water, a light mist rising from the surface. The water rippled gently, and the reflections on the surface made the chopsticks appear even shorter...

"what!"

Lu Li was startled and quickly got out of the water. He measured the length with his thumb and forefinger and finally breathed a sigh of relief.