Demonic Demoness Training Project

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The next morning, the starship landed safely in the plaza in front of the sect.

Lu Li couldn't wait to get off the ship and head straight for his master's cave. After so much perseverance and effort, he was finally seeing a glimmer of hope. Although he couldn't be completely sure yet, there was at least some hope.

On the way back, Lu Li had already thought about his words and rehearsed them countless times in his mind.

The grass on the mountain path was two inches taller than it had been two months ago. Lu Li walked to the entrance of the cave, took a deep breath, and eased the tension in his heart.

He wanted to knock on the door directly, but then, as if remembering something, he awkwardly took two steps back and finally bowed.

"Disciple Lu Li greets Master."

After a long silence in the cave, a familiar yet cold female voice rang out.

"Enter."

Although it was just a single, simple word, it relieved Lu Li. The voice was certain, and the other party didn't seem to have any doubts about who it was, which meant that his master still remembered him.

"call--"

Lu Li took another deep breath and strode into the cave. There he saw a large goose sitting cross-legged, with hot water simmering in a wooden basin beside it.

Before Lu Li could speak, Elder Ying spoke first:

"The intelligence sent back from the front indicates that you should be back around today. Even if you don't come, I'm still going to find you."

"Is this another medicinal bath?"

"Yes, this was specially prepared. The Immeasurable Tribulation is extremely harmful to the body. You went to the Immeasurable Realm without telling me. This medicinal bath can help you resolve and absorb the Immeasurable Tribulation within your body."

"I'm sorry to have worried you, Master..."

At this moment, Lu Li searched through his mind for the speech he had written earlier, but none of the scenarios he had rehearsed happened. Instead, his opponent threw him a royal flush.

"Let's not talk about that. Take off your clothes first so I can check you out."

"Ah? Master! No, no, no, that won't be necessary. I feel fine."

"That won't do either. I am your master and I am responsible for you. The influence of countless eons is subtle and gradual. Once a problem occurs, you may not be aware of it now, but it will affect your foundation in the future."

Lu Li was a little anxious this time. In the past, he always felt like he was walking on thin ice during medicinal baths, and he always managed to sneak through by clenching his legs. Although the other party had tried to examine his body more than once, Lu Li always refused.

However, this time, the other party's attitude was surprisingly firm, leaving Lu Li no room for rebuttal.

"No need, Master!"

“Cultivation is a matter that cannot be taken lightly. The immeasurable eons are extremely strange. My dear, let your master take a look.”

Looking at the goose that just reached his waist, Lu Li thought that he was already at the Open Source Realm, while the other party was only a third-stage puppet master, and hadn't even used his full strength. If he wanted to run away, the other party might not be able to stop him.

But his purpose in coming here was to test her identity. If she really was Lu Ling, he could then take the opportunity to reveal his own identity.

If the other party is merely using Lu Ling's face and does not possess Lu Ling's soul, then Lu Li will act as if nothing has happened and continue to hide his identity within the sect.

"Master, during my time away from home, I heard some rumors about you. I heard that you have a bad memory, you are..."

"Don't change the subject, let me see! If you have something you can't say, you can tell me directly. Don't be afraid, I won't tell anyone."

"Oh dear, that's not it!"

Chapter 134 Bean Hyperplasia

"Master, can you please let me finish what I have to say?"

"No, you need to let me check it first."

After saying that, the goose let out a honking cry and pounced like lightning, wrestling with Lu Li. Lu Li kicked it away and turned to run, but halfway there, a graceful figure flashed in front of him and blocked the entrance to the cave.

The moment Lu Li saw that figure, his heart stopped in fright, because it was a headless puppet, or in other words, it was Elder Ying's true form.

Nobody told him that this puppet could move even without a head!

The goose hopped quickly to the headless puppet, ripped off its own head, and slapped it onto the puppet's neck.

bass!

Get your head back in place!

In an instant, the aura emanating from that puppet surged, reaching the peak of the third stage!

Lu Li was almost in tears. He couldn't just say, "I've completed the open source outside and am now a member of the demonic path," regardless of whether the other person was Lu Ling or not. Revealing his body's secrets would be inappropriate.

Besides, if Lu Ling saw his ancient beast cub, she would laugh herself to death.

"Let me see!"

"I do not!"

The next moment, the two started fighting. Neither dared to fight seriously for fear of hurting the other. Lu Li was on high alert, but his opponent was aiming for his pants. Lu Li felt he was at a disadvantage, so he switched from defense to offense and targeted his opponent's mask.

After this exchange, Elder Ying was indeed hesitant to act rashly, and could only protect his mask with his left hand while engaging Lu Li alone with his right.

A moment later, there was a soft sound of fabric being torn, accompanied by the soft sound of a mask breaking.

stab~

pat~

The ancient beast cub that Lu Li had been guarding and trying to hide on his person was finally revealed to the world along with Elder Ying's true appearance.

"not good!"

At that moment, Lu Li felt as if he had been hit by a sudden, loud buzzing sound.

Lu Li stared at Elder Ying's head, and Elder Ying stared back at Lu Li's head. The temperature inside the cave suddenly dropped to freezing point, and the air instantly froze.

"what!"

"Huh?"

The face before him was indeed a familiar one to Lu Li, the face of Lu Ling, but the problem was that his ancient beast cub had been exposed!

"Ugh!"

"My disciple..."

“I am not your disciple, I am not. You have never seen me before, and I do not know you.”

As he spoke, Lu Li hurriedly pulled up his pants, but Elder Ying's reaction was surprisingly calm.

"You can tell me what's wrong. I thought it was something serious, like you're avoiding medical help. I may not be a doctor, but I am your master. Tell me what's going on, I won't laugh at you, pfft~"

Elder Ying, abandoning his usual indifference, suddenly chuckled softly, as if ice and snow were melting.

"Hey! Are you misunderstanding something? I'm just..."

"It must be due to the influence of countless eons."

"..."

"Look, it's all swollen."

"What's swollen?"

"Immeasurable eons will cause changes in living beings, and in your case, it should be..."

At this point, Elder Ying paused, seemingly pondering what words to use to describe Lu Li's current condition. After a moment, she clenched her fist to her lips and coughed lightly.

"Well, you probably have bean hyperplasia."

"what?"

Soy hyperplasia?

Upon hearing this term, Lu Li was stunned. Even with the deductive power of the Three-Turn Nine-Type Tai Xu version of the Spirit Core, his system was frozen for a full ten breaths.

Beans... hyperplasia?

To come up with this word requires an astonishing level of deductive power, something that no ordinary Spirit Core could accomplish. Lu Li's Spirit Core was almost fully equipped, yet the opponent's deductive power was even stronger than his.

However, upon further reflection, Lu Li realized something was amiss.

Upon seeing this object, the first reaction from the other party was not that it was a degenerate ancient beast, but rather that it was a bean-like growth.

So, the other party never doubted his gender from beginning to end... Damn it, he, the dignified incarnation of an ancient beast, has become so weak?

Slander! This is blatant slander!

"I won't laugh at you, pfft~"

"Hey, hey, hey, you've been covering your mouth and laughing since the beginning, and it's not funny at all."

This was the first time Lu Li had ever seen his master smile so happily. Uh... from that face, Lu Li really saw Lu Ling's shadow, not just her appearance, but also the way she acted when she was playing around with him.

Lu Li was in a daze, and Elder Ying also stopped smiling. Just then, a clear female voice came from outside the cave.

"Inner disciple Xie Lingyin requests an audience."

"I'm going to get something. Don't move around here."

"Well……"

Lu Li stood there blankly, feeling completely out of sorts. He hadn't yet recovered from his extreme grief and indignation. He only regretted that he was too ignorant to compose a poem to express his resentment and unwillingness as a former ancient beast who had now fallen into ruin.

At this moment, Elder Ying took out a small notebook and glanced at it. Then she came to the outside of the cave. Xie Lingyin took out a large burlap sack from her storage bag and handed it to her. Elder Ying opened the sack and glanced at it briefly, somewhat surprised.

"so much?"

"A very kind rogue cultivator gave it to me; it contains Ghost Face Flowers and some spiritual materials from the third-tier Ghost Face Flower King."

"Well, take these three-stage puppet diagrams. Also, some information I compiled a while ago about the reverse crafting of puppets might be helpful for your sister's condition."

"Alright, then I won't bother you any longer. Thank you, Senior Xinwu. Sis, quickly say thank you to Senior Xinwu."

Xie Xiao, standing behind Xie Lingyin, leaned slightly forward and said, word by word:

"Um, thank you."

"Not at all, I should be thanking you this time."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xie Lingyin left with Xie Xiao. Elder Ying closed the cave door again, took out a few dried Ghost Face Flower petals from the sack, rubbed them in his palm, and nodded in satisfaction.

The Ghost Face Flower is born from the Boundless Calamity. With the assistance of several other spiritual materials, it can fight poison with poison, allowing cultivators to digest the Boundless Calamity within their bodies more quickly.

Soybean hyperplasia may seem like a minor issue, but if left untreated, it can pose a significant health risk. The immediate priority is to reduce the swelling.

Lu Li, on the other side, snapped out of his extreme grief and indignation. He collected his thoughts, took out the old token and secretly tucked it behind his back. For some reason, he felt a chill down his spine, and his right eyelid had been twitching non-stop since earlier.

Hiss—is something about to happen?

"What are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought. Come on, let's go take a medicinal bath."

As he spoke, Elder Ying took Lu Li's arm and led her deeper into the cave.

"I almost forgot, Master. Now you can hear me out of what I was going to tell you earlier."

"what?"

"They say you have a bad memory, and they also say... you used to have an older brother."

Upon hearing this, Elder Ying paused, a look of confusion in his eyes.

"It seems like that happened, but it must have been too long ago, I can't remember clearly."

After saying that, Lu Li took out the Past Token that he had prepared beforehand from behind his back, handed it to Elder Ying, and activated it with the Spirit Core.

"As I thought, Master, may I take a look at this?"

Chapter 135 Opens the Heavenly Eye for Today

Lu Li poured his divine sense into the token, and a light immediately rose. Elder Ying's delicate body trembled. She seemed to have her soul instantly pulled away, and she stood there dumbfounded. Her clear, mechanical eyes also quickly lost their luster.

We were once human beings too!

"How could this be...? Did it not work?"

Lu Li hesitated for a moment, put away the Token of the Past, and finally uttered two words, his voice tinged with a hint of doubt.

"Master...Master?"

"..."

After a long while, Elder Ying trembled slightly, his hazy memories gradually becoming clearer, and he finally reacted, muttering: