Lu Li was not surprised by this, because they were not puppets to be manipulated, but people in the true sense of the word.

Since we are human, we will have personalities, selfishness, and our own considerations and plans.

The former is capable of undertaking great tasks and commanding heroes, while the latter is calm, not blinded by hatred, and not swayed by the words of others.

If he had to choose, Lu Li felt he leaned towards the latter.

The Order of the Past merely awakens these puppets to their past memories, making them realize that they were born as human beings, but it does not allow the Order to completely control these puppets.

They share a common goal and can be considered like-minded, but a certain opportunity is needed for these puppets to be truly convinced.

"Very well, very well! I have spent a great deal of resources and painstaking effort to create you all. You have all grown powerful and become arrogant. You want to rebel? I will dismantle you all and start over from scratch!"

After saying that, a large mechanical hand suddenly appeared from behind Jia Yixin, swatting away several puppets that rushed up. His aura continued to rise, and he broke through to the Spirit Pivot Realm in an instant.

hum!

The surrounding air was distorted, and Lu Li could clearly feel that countless calamities were rapidly converging on this place, surging madly toward Jia Yixin.

Jia Yixin's face was contorted, his flesh churning and surging, and the blood vessels under his skin bulging out.

Spiritual Pivot Realm cultivators have to pay a huge price to enter the Boundless Realm, not to mention that the pear orchard where they are currently located is in the core area of ​​the Boundless Realm, and the intensity of the surrounding Boundless Tribulation is terrifying.

"Very well, you've managed to push me to this point, so you've certainly made it worthwhile!"

The mechanical hand behind Jia Yixin thrust out horizontally, easily knocking away several puppets. Seeing the other puppets suffer setbacks, the cracked puppet, fearless of death, charged forward instead of retreating, wielding the Dragon-Slaying Mace.

Bang bang bang!

The two clashed, the mechanical giant hand and the Dragon-Slaying Mace collided, bursting into dazzling sparks. After several rounds of fighting, the mechanical giant hand shattered the Dragon-Slaying Mace and then seized the Cracked Puppet.

"You are my most prized creation, having reached the peak of the second stage and the half-step into the third stage. If you had remained obedient, I originally intended to spare no effort in refining you to the third stage, but—you chose the wrong path!"

"I'll give you one last chance. Will you surrender willingly, or will I subject you to another soul-extraction and refinement?"

"Even if I had to do it once, twice, three times, even ten thousand times, I would still choose this path, you old fool! Gentlemen, we were once human, and we are human now. We can die standing, but we cannot live on our knees!"

More and more heat was leaking from the cracks in the puppet's mask, and there were even flashes of fire.

"You bastard, you're insane! You actually want to destroy your own spirit core! That's a second-stage, eighth-type fire spirit core that I went through so much trouble to obtain! How can you waste it like this! Stop! Stop right now!"

Jia Yixin cherished his reputation and was heartbroken over his Fire Spirit Core. He used the mechanism to pry open the cracked puppet's breastplate, trying to salvage the Fire Spirit Core.

呲~

Smoke billowed, the breastplate glowed red-hot, showing signs of melting, and the cracked puppet continued to roar:

"Gentlemen, please lend me a hand, I'll be going first, hahaha!"

Seemingly summoned by the Cracked Puppet, the other puppets stepped forward and used their bodies to pry open the fingers of the giant mechanical hand, preventing it from dismantling the Cracked Puppet.

"Old fool, it's too late! Fellow Daoists, I'm taking my leave first! Hahahaha!"

The Rift Puppet laughed wildly, the blazing light on its chest reaching its peak, about to explode. But just then, an ice lotus arrived from afar, floated above everyone's heads, and spun around.

Wow!

As snow fell heavily and a chill descended, the temperature on the Cracked Puppet plummeted, and its Fire Spirit Core immediately went silent under the cold, daring not to utter a sound.

"hiss--"

The Cracked Puppet was horrified, its eyes almost popping out of its head. The chance to self-destruct that it had finally managed to secure was gone just like that.

Jia Yixin wanted to laugh, but when he saw the ghostly figure not far away and felt the terrifying pressure, the smile on his lips froze instantly, replaced by endless fear.

"Creation Realm! You're actually at the peak of the Creation Realm! How dare you enter this Boundless Realm? Who exactly are you?"

The ice lotus slowly pressed down, landing lightly on Jia Yixin's head. The bone-chilling cold spread from top to bottom, permeating his entire body.

"Spare me, fairy, spare me!"

"enough."

Chapter 115 Lu Li is a Uranium Girl

The heavy snow obscured the sun, and the biting cold was intense. The surrounding pear trees seemed to be summoned by something, and they began to sway gently and rhythmically.

Snapped!

The ice lotus above Jia Yixin's head gently burst open, and the petals floated down onto him. In the blink of an eye, this cultivator at the Open Source Realm lost all life force and his soul dissipated.

Lu Li emerged from the wind and snow, his ligaments taut, struggling to keep himself from shivering. Even he felt the chill emanating from his future self.

Unlike before, Lu Li personally activated the Reversal Heavenly Dipper Instrument this time, taking only three breaths from start to finish. Without Duan Lao acting as a middleman, the consumption was much less than expected, and the uranium pill was only slightly damaged.

After dispelling his transformation, Lu Li's aura of the Creation Realm instantly plummeted. He dared not maintain that state for even a moment longer, as the concentration of Boundless Tribulation around him was too high. Even with his Azure Netherworld Skin, he was still affected.

This move was astonishing to the puppets. Not only did the other party easily crush Jia Yixin, but he also managed to completely conceal his Creation Realm aura without revealing a trace of it. His identity and strength seemed even more unfathomable.

The Cracked Puppet shifted its body; the breastplate on its chest, which had nearly melted, had already solidified under the extreme cold. It lifted the breastplate with one hand, walked to Lu Li, and said:

"Just who is this senior?"

Lu Li paused for a moment, as if he was thinking, but in reality he was reciting a prepared statement.

"Hmm? I can't remember my name. I only know that they all call me Uranium Girl, from the deepest part of this Boundless Realm."

Uranium Girl!

Although I don't understand it and have never heard of it before, it seems very impressive.

This group of people are all second-stage puppets. They are a considerable help to Lu Li when he doesn't use the uranium pill. However, the best way to get them to obey his orders is to show his power in public while maintaining a certain degree of mystery.

Just as Lu Li had initially predicted, although Jia Yixin was a protector of the Tongxian Sect and his methods mainly relied on the soul-refining techniques of the Datong Daoist lineage, this was not his only method. If a Ling Shu Realm cultivator were willing to go to any lengths to attack, these second-stage puppets would be unable to resist.

"Thank you for your guidance and rescue, senior. My name is Hong Xian."

"Enlightenment? It is not my doing, but the doing of this world!"

"What Heaven and Earth do?"

"Indeed, your ability to recall the past is due to a series of coincidences under the influence of countless eons, and has nothing to do with me."

Lu Li had long since abandoned his past orders, spouting nonsense while maintaining a serious expression.

Hmm? What past order?

He had never heard of such a thing.

Does such a thing exist?

Lu Li's actions were another attempt to divert attention, subtly concealing the existence of the past order. If one day these people were to reveal what they had seen today, he would be nothing more than a senior with profound cultivation.

Even if the Tongxian Sect were wary, it could not stand against this world.

The most terrifying thing is that this world did not refute it.

“I am just like you, a mere wisp of soul in this boundless realm. Only after receiving enlightenment from Heaven and Earth did I begin to reflect on the past.”

"So that's how it is! Heaven has eyes, Heaven truly has eyes."

"Hong Xian, I ask you, what are your aspirations?"

"I want to go home and see the world, no, I want to kill all these beasts."

"Yes, they should have been slaughtered long ago."

Lu Li secretly recorded this in his Great Dream Profound Pivot: this puppet was named Hong Xian, and its obsession was likely related to revenge, which was basically consistent with his goal. Knowing this would allow him to address the problem more effectively in the future.

Then he asked each person their name and aspirations.

When it was the puppet holding the iron fan's turn, it simply shook its head and lightly waved the fan.

"Hehehe, my name is Zhuge Jin, and I have no ambition whatsoever."

"No ambition?"

"If I had to say, I am afraid of death and not good at fighting. I only seek to preserve my life in this chaotic world."

"What a cowardly and self-serving person he is, nothing more?"

There is nothing else.

Lu Li pondered to himself, the spirit of the artifact lived by its obsession, but the obsession of this puppet was life itself, living for the sake of living itself...

No, this Zhuge Jin is different from the other puppets. This guy is obviously very shrewd. He must have realized that Lu Li's question was purposeful, so he made up an excuse.

Since he wouldn't say, Lu Li didn't press him.

The pear trees here have the effect of interfering with people's spiritual perception. If one's spiritual perception is not strong enough, it is easy to lose one's way among them. It may seem like one is walking in a straight line, but in fact one is just going around in circles.

During the process of impersonating a future body, Lu Li's divine sense briefly broke through to Grade A. In that instant, Lu Li found the way out and marked it.

He turned to look and saw a path covered with ice lotuses. Those whose spiritual level was insufficient would only see the path as winding and meandering due to the influence of this pear grove, but in reality, it was an almost straight road.

Just as Lu Li was about to leave, a gentle female voice rang out in his mind:

"Senior Uranium Woman, may I speak to you in private?"

"Huh? Who?"

"As you can see, I am this pear orchard."

Lu Li was shocked. He hadn't even noticed that the pear orchard was alive. He thought to himself that something was wrong.

He couldn't possibly even think in that direction. He had never seen such a strange spirit wood before. In terms of grade, it should be classified as a third-grade spirit material, but the sect's records had never documented such a spirit material.

"Don't move around here, I'll go pick a couple of pears and come right back."

"Senior, you can go ahead. We're not in a hurry."

After saying that, Lu Li put the uranium pill in his mouth and, guided by the voice, walked into the depths of the forest.

After walking for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the scenery suddenly opened up before us.

Lu Li saw a pear tree. This pear tree was different from the other pear trees. It was only as tall as a person, and its trunk was only as thick as an adult's arm. It was shorter than the pear trees around it.

Yet this single pear tree seems to grow in the very center of the entire pear grove, surrounded by a large open space, with the other trees acting as guardians of a monarch, forming a protective circle around it.

Even more strangely, a skeleton was found embedded in the roots of the pear tree, with roots protruding from the person's ribs.

Lu Li's doubts deepened. There were too many strange and uncertainties in the Boundless Realm. Trees were twisted, monsters were deformed, immortals dared not venture in lightly, but cultivators could use this to open up new avenues for demonic cultivation, and mortals could also evolve into evil ghosts with blue faces and fangs.

"Speak, what do you want with me?"

"I just saw that the senior was actually able to awaken the puppet's memories."

"It wasn't me, I don't have that ability."

"Senior, please don't be so quick to deny it. I saw it with my own eyes, but I won't tell anyone."

The corpse on the tree root had been dead for an unknown period of time; its flesh had long since rotted away, leaving only stark white bones. A few tattered pieces of cloth hung from the bones, and judging from the style and pattern of the cloth, it seemed to belong to a disciple of the White Moon Palace.

"Is the one beneath you a disciple of the White Moon Palace?"

"I do come from the White Moon Palace, and this is my original body."

"Ok?"

Chapter 116 Hey, Master, come out and eat a pear!

"My name is Xiao Hanyan. About three years ago, I was forced to come here by the sect. I thought I was dead, but the offerings I brought from home took root and sprouted under the influence of countless eons, and eventually transformed into this pear orchard."

"Is that so?"

While Lu Li was surprised, he couldn't help but marvel at how strange and wonderful the opportunities in this Boundless Realm were. Anything thrown into it could undergo unexpected changes.

Most of these mutations are harmful, with only a very few exceptions producing positive changes.

In comparison, the orthodox method of opening up new sources is relatively safe. As long as one absorbs and refines one Open Source Pill, one can become an Open Source Realm expert. The only difficulty is that Open Source Pills are not easy to refine, materials are scarce, the annual output is limited, and the entire refining process is completely controlled by the sect.

If you were to take a few seeds of the Pure Heart Pear and throw them into the Boundless Realm, and let them mutate through countless eons, would they become bigger, sweeter, and juicier?

Thinking of this, Lu Li couldn't help but salivate, inwardly cursing the sect for its lack of foresight in not bringing the Su Xin Pear into the Boundless Realm.

And so, this guy brought a few offerings, and they grew into a bewitching pear orchard.

If the sect brought in a few boxes of Suxin pears and cultivated them carefully, they might have already produced high-quality Suxin pears. They could then use this to get rich, strengthen the sect, and form a sect-specific industrial chain centered on Suxin pears, thus becoming a mid-level force in the industry.

A very small number of secret techniques can increase the probability of mutation. Lu Li obtained a method from Tan Mengzi that utilizes the Open Source Method of the Demonic Path. Its core is to utilize the Immeasurable Tribulation. However, the success rate of this method is too low. Tan Mengzi failed thirteen times before she finally succeeded in opening the source.

"So what exactly is your current state?"

"Given my current state, I am similar to the wood spirit described in ancient books. I possess a forest, yet I cannot leave this place. This is why I brought you here; I want you to do something for me."

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