Demonic Demoness Training Project

After that, Lu Li went to the Heavenly Pavilion and ordered a gold spirit core and an earth spirit core, both of which were three-stage, nine-type, and he planned to replace them later.

With the heart, liver, and kidneys complete, only the spirit core remains to be embedded to complete the process. With nearly two months left before the loan expires, the simultaneous development of the four cores has yielded remarkable results, significantly reducing the time he spends on deductions.

Having timed it so well, Lu Li had gained two months of breathing room. He didn't intend to waste it. He took out an ink box and twenty-two fragments of the Guixu Seal from his storage bag.

With the accumulation of experience over the years, Lu Li's mastery of the art of puppetry has advanced by leaps and bounds. As a result, he gradually developed some ideas about the Boundless Blessing Return to the Void Seal.

The information recorded in the ink box can be corroborated by the material and array patterns of the fragments. He is destined not to be able to forge the Six-Turn Weapon, but that does not prevent him from comprehending its intricacies. If all else fails, he can forge a smaller version.

However, the difficulty of this task exceeded Lu Li's imagination. Twenty-two fragments seemed like a lot, but in reality, they were far from enough. Many key array patterns were not recorded in the ink box, and these fragments alone were insufficient to restore the structure.

To refine the Boundless Blessing Return to the Void Seal, he needs more fragments.

However, Lu Li did not come away empty-handed. At the very least, through this comprehension, he basically confirmed that one of the key spiritual materials for the Guixu Seal was actually a mere second-level Guiyuan Lead.

"The Guixu uranium is wrapped with Guiyuan lead and supplemented with a specific convergence array, thereby protecting the other parts of the Fusheng Wuliang Guixu Seal from being deteriorated by the influence of the immeasurable kalpa."

"I am immune to the negative effects of the Boundless Realm, so this method is not very effective for me. It only protects spiritual materials from deterioration, but cannot protect flesh and blood from erosion, so it has great limitations."

"Well, if we use this method to forge a puppet armor from the Primordial Lead and put it on the puppet, perhaps we can call it the 'Primordial Lead Armor'. In that case, wouldn't we be able to freely enter and exit the Boundless Realm?"

With this in mind, a bold idea gradually took shape in Lu Li's mind.

Chapter 167 Want to Empty the Boundless Realm

"With the Returning Origin Lead Robe, the puppet can freely enter and exit the Boundless Realm at other times. Well, the Boundless Realm is a natural barrier. For ten months of the year, no one from either sect can enter. For the remaining two months, only deacons and disciples below the Spirit Pivot Realm dare to enter."

“I can send people… no, I mean send Yan'ou to collect the fragments of the Guixu Seal and various spiritual materials over these ten months.”

Due to the influence of the immeasurable calamity, the spiritual plants in the immeasurable realm grow rapidly, and the spiritual minerals are also generated at a very fast rate. The first year they are emptied by the disciples of the two sects, and they will grow again in the second year.

This year will be the last year for these two windfalls. After that, Lu Li will send people to steal the spiritual materials from them.

It's impossible to consume all the spiritual materials in ten months, but at the very least, you should dig up and move the most precious and best few spiritual materials.

When winter comes next year, once the two cases are in, they'll be left with nothing but empty eyes.

The more Lu Li thought about it, the more excited he became, and he immediately began to refine the Returning Origin Lead Armor.

The crafting of this Guiyuan lead armor was not complicated. Lu Li consulted ancient texts and directly applied a set of shaping templates commonly used in lightweight mechanical armor, striving for lightness while ensuring the most basic defensive capabilities.

Its brilliance lies in the magic array. This magic array can completely absorb the immeasurable eons from the outside world, and then resist them with the Returning Origin Lead, basically reaching the level of a second-stage Qi Refining Weapon.

It took Lu Liming half a day to finish engraving the first set, which was ranked as second-tier overall. The cost price was about eight hundred spirit stones, which was a reasonable price, belonging to the normal price of a second-tier artifact.

Considering the limited hardness of Guiyuan lead itself, the Guiyuan lead coat is divided into two layers, an outer layer made of Kongming stone and an inner layer made of Guiyuan lead.

The defensive power of this Guiyuan Lead Armor is quite average. Compared with ordinary second-level defensive artifacts, it has no advantage. Its greatest function is to resist immeasurable calamities.

"It wasn't originally intended for killing enemies, so it should be enough. The Boundless Realm will open in another month. Speaking of which, the Boundless Realm is opening really early this year."

Lu Li couldn't help but sigh; more than half a year had passed in the blink of an eye.

Outside the Boundless Realm, disciples will explore for a long time. As long as the Boundless Kalpa reaches its low point, it will be the time to organize disciples to enter the Boundless Realm.

This timing is not fixed, but it usually occurs at the end of each year or the beginning of the following year. The duration of the trough is also uncertain, but it is usually around two months.

Lu Li remembered clearly that last year's loan lasted for fifty-seven days. He took out a loan in the last few days before the Boundless Realm was about to close. He paid off that loan in the first half of the year, and another loan in the second half of the year was about to end.

Lu Li also plans to go this time, with the aim of finding the fragments of the Boundless Tribulation and asking Xiao Hanyan for the Soul-Returning Pear.

Of course, she couldn't do it herself; she could leave it to Hong Xian and others whom she had previously subdued.

Considering that mass-producing Guiyuan lead armor would be troublesome, as it would require a large amount of Guiyuan lead, and given that she was a holy maiden of the sect, her purchase records were being closely monitored by the sect.

If Lu Li were to buy a high-level spirit core, he could claim that he was a saintess and needed to be equipped with a third-level puppet. This thing was not for his own use, but was given to the puppet to use. There was no guarantee that it would fall into the hands of someone else in the future, which might arouse suspicion.

"Let them handle the procurement as well. If we gather resources from various sources, we should be able to buy some second-tier spirit materials."

……

One hundred miles away from the White Moon Palace, there is a town called Tiger Fall City.

In the first half of this year, a new security escort agency opened in the city. Rumor has it that the agency has several unassuming masters who are swift in action and extremely steady in temperament. However, the escorts are all aloof and rarely interact with others.

Of course, these are just rumors. In reality, the security escort agency rented an old shop with dilapidated furnishings and a slightly crooked plaque at the entrance, looking like it might close down at any time.

The shopkeeper seemed to be the only scholar in the shop, dressed like a scholar, and managed to do some business with his silver tongue.

On this day, a young man walked into the shop.

Judging from her figure, she seemed to be a woman, not very tall. As soon as she came in, she looked up and down, and the shopkeeper immediately came to greet her.

"Miss, is there something you need?"

The newcomer remained calm and composed. She merely glanced at the door frame and casually brushed away the dust. However, this simple action caused the shopkeeper to raise an eyebrow and his heart to skip a beat.

There are defensive array patterns that he specially arranged at the entrance of the shop. The storefront looks ordinary, but there is actually a defensive array that can withstand the attack of a cultivator in the Open Source Realm for a short time.

And coincidentally, the spot where the woman was touching was right at the heart of the formation!

Without a doubt, the person before me is no ordinary person!

Even if an ordinary cultivator could break through this defensive formation, it would take considerable effort. However, the opponent touched the core of the formation at the very first glance, indicating that the person's mastery of the art of manipulation far surpassed his own.

However, although the opponent had found the key to the formation, they did not break it. The shopkeeper smiled as he brewed tea, while secretly sending a message to others to come over.

The shopkeeper was suspicious. He pretended to chat with the woman until he heard several hurried footsteps coming from the backyard. The newcomers were three or five burly men, each with a powerful aura.

squeak~

With a thought, the shopkeeper slowly closed the shop doors, activating the defensive array within.

Several passersby outside the door avoided the scene, having heard the rumors and whispering among themselves.

“Last time, a cultivator from the Open Source Realm came to the escort agency to cause trouble, and the same thing happened – the gate was closed, and he never came in or out again.”

"Wow, they're so fierce. No wonder business is bad."

"Let's go quickly, or we might get caught in the crossfire if a real fight breaks out."

Lu Li could hear the commotion outside and could see that the bodyguards around him were up to no good. He sat in his seat and sipped his tea.

As soon as the door closed, the light inside the room dimmed instantly, and pairs of small, mechanical lamps suddenly lit up, like the eyes of beasts in the night—the eyes of these bodyguards.

These bodyguards are not human.

Lu Li put down his teacup, shrugged, and looked around. The burly man at the head of the group got straight to the point.

"Are you a member of the Tongxian Sect?"

"I knew you guys were so nervous, now I understand. I only had two words to say..."

Before Lu Li could speak, the leading burly man activated the puppet in his chest cavity, his skin began to turn red and hot, and the surrounding temperature rose steadily. At the same time, the others also picked up their puppets.

The atmosphere instantly became tense, and Lu Li simply uttered two words.

"Uranium Girl".

The moment those two words were uttered, the men who had been so fierce just a second ago deflated like punctured balloons, collapsing to their knees with a thud. Their bodies trembled slightly, and their expressions were respectful yet tinged with fear.

"We were unaware of Lady Uranium's presence and have been greatly offended. Please punish us, Lady Uranium!"

Chapter 168 Investment and Hidden Dangers [Happy Lantern Festival]

Lu Li slowly rose, glancing at the crowd kneeling below. The burly man at the head of the group was taller than Lu Li standing. He spoke calmly:

"If the real senior were here, she would certainly not let me off easily this time. As for me, I am just a puppet clone under her command, so there is no need for such formalities."

The leading scholar shifted his knees, took a half-step forward, and said:

"Since you are an incarnation of the senior, we should be treated equally. We deserve to die. Please punish us, senior."

Lu Li said that he was a puppet clone with two purposes.

Firstly, it's to give the other party a way out, hoping they won't be too reserved.

Secondly, he didn't want to use the Uranium Pill casually, so he interacted with her as someone one level weaker, maintaining the image of the Uranium Woman as unfathomable.

If she were to encounter a situation where she needed to take action, and if the opponent was a cultivator at the Spirit Pivot Realm, and she failed to instantly defeat them, it would inevitably make the title "Uranium Woman" seem less prestigious.

On the contrary, it would be reasonable for him to say that he was an avatar and exchanged a few blows with a Spirit Pivot Realm cultivator.

Unexpectedly, these people still acted with great fear and trepidation.

"No need for formalities, get up, all of you. It's good that you're on guard. What, are you saying that the Tongxian Sect has come looking for you?"

"It's like this. After we parted ways with you last time, we found some work, but we happened to run into some members of the Tongxian Sect. They were looking for Protector Jia's whereabouts and recognized us, which led to a conflict."

So they found out after all.

The people of the Tongxian Sect are everywhere. With so many Open Source Realm puppets running around on the streets, it's impossible to hide them. Lu Li had anticipated this, which is why he has always been careful to conceal his identity, wearing one disguise after another.

"Do they know you've awakened your memories?"

"No, those people weren't very powerful back then. We killed them all to silence them. At most, they just thought that someone had killed Protector Jia and taken control of us. They probably didn't realize that we had awakened our memories."

"Ah."

Lu Li nodded slightly. As long as the Tongxian Sect had not yet determined that the puppets would awaken their memories, and had not yet confirmed that it was him, then the situation was not bad.

"Then?"

"After that, we encountered a protector of the Tongxian Sect. In that battle, we suffered heavy losses, losing four brothers. After that, Brother Zhuge studied the art of disguise, which made us look like we do now."

Lu Li looked around and examined the makeup on everyone's faces. There was basically no trace of puppetry. If he hadn't had a mid-grade second-level divine sense back then, he wouldn't have been able to see anything either.

The opponent's disguise technique was quite sophisticated, not as good as a specialized artifact like a stranger's, but more than enough to deceive a cultivator in the Open Source Realm.

He parted ways with several people here, and then followed the rumors circulating in the neighborhood to find his way here.

At this moment, Hong Xian said again:

"Although we are puppets, we have suffered serious damage to our bodies after several major battles and need to be maintained and repaired. We are also short of money, so we changed our names and opened this security escort agency in order to make some money."

"I see. How much do you earn in a month?"

"It depends on luck. On a good month, you can earn seven or eight hundred spirit stones, and on a bad month, three or four hundred."

All those present were second-stage puppets. Four had perished, leaving nineteen people. Seven or eight hundred spirit stones, divided among each person, amounted to thirty or forty spirit stones, which was far from enough to cover the repair costs of a second-stage puppet.

The strength of a second-stage puppet master is equivalent to that of the Open Source Realm, which is a considerable force even in the lower mortal realm.

To fully utilize the skills of a second-stage puppet, one often needs to rely on a powerful family or sect. Their identities are sensitive, and they cannot reveal too much, which limits their development.

Especially Hong Xian. When Lu Li first met him, he was already at the peak of the second stage. Now, a year later, not only has his cultivation level not improved, but his aura has become even weaker than before.

Aside from the repairs needed after the great battle, advancing to the third rank of puppet also requires a large amount of spirit stones to purchase various spiritual materials in order to refine and replace the body.

The reality is that these people are really short of money, which is why they are stuck at the second job advancement and unable to break through.

The grand pronouncements of the past have now been reduced to the mundane realities of daily life, and all the hardships have turned into a long sigh.

"Ugh--"

"I have a job here that can earn money, do you want to come?"

"Even if there's no money to be made, we will never refuse Senior Uranium Girl's request!"

"I'm afraid my job will be quite tough."

"Please speak, senior."

"I need you to go to the Boundless Realm and do things for me."

"it is good."

"Before that, help me acquire a batch of spiritual materials. Here are 20,000 spirit stones."

As he spoke, Lu Li took out a storage bag, which startled everyone. Hong Xian's hands trembled as he took the storage bag.

"Take the young master?"

"Several kinds of spiritual materials are listed here. You can help me purchase them in batches, and it's best not to let anyone find out. Deliver them to me within a month, is that alright?"

Zhuge Jin glanced at the spiritual materials recorded in the jade slip and nodded slightly.

“Alright, our escort agency has dealings with several wealthy merchants. If we can gather all the spiritual materials, it should be done in half a month.”

The materials needed to refine twenty sets of Guiyuan Lead are approximately 16,000 spirit stones. The remaining 4,000 spirit stones need to be collected to refine the tools needed for mining and logging.

These erhu diagrams are not open to the public; one must purchase the erhu directly from the sect. It is inconvenient to explain their purpose. Over the years, many disciples have made a fuss about these erhu in order to advance their careers. Inner disciples can access these erhu diagrams.

Four thousand spirit stones is not much; at most, it can only be used to refine some first-stage artifacts. Therefore, many spiritual materials cannot be mined.