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Sacrificial Tools The next morning,
Wanqing had prepared a lavish spread of fish and meat to replenish the hardworking souls from the night before.
But as it was already 9 a.m.
and neither had gotten out of bed, Wanqing let Tong Shao eat first.
She, on the other hand, brewed a pot of Spiritual Tea and wrapped the rich aroma with her spirit before sending it towards Lu Li’s room.
In fact, Lu Li and Xiao Cha had already awakened.
“Turn your head away, I need to get dressed.”
Xiao Cha’s cheeks were flushed as she held her clothes in front of her.
Lu Li shrugged and said, “I’ve seen it all before, what’s the difference?”
“You just can’t look~”
Xiao Cha extended a smooth arm, turned Lu Li’s face away, and hurriedly slipped into her clothes.
Once she was covered, her embarrassment slightly subsided.
But when she suddenly caught sight of the bed, she covered her face and said:
“Oh no, it’s so dirty, what do I tell Wanqing…”
“We could just throw it away,”
Lu Li said as he rolled up the stained sheets and quilt, intending to discard them.
But he accidentally shook out a crumpled “tiger doll,” covered in hardened glue residue.
Xiao Cha snatched it up and pinched Lu Li, “It’s all your fault, you got it dirty!”
Lu Li looked at it and defended himself, “It looks more like you’re the one who made it dirty.”
“It was you~” Xiao Cha retorted with a playful pout, and then she smelled the strong aroma of Spiritual Tea wafting in from outside.
“Oh my, look at the time, we have to get up quickly!”
She hurriedly put on her shoes and was about to run out.
But halfway there, she turned back, pulled out the balled-up sheets, and handed them to Lu Li, saying,
“I, I had…
you know, Luo Hong…
Can you see it?”
Lu Li nodded, “I saw it yesterday.
Does it still hurt?”
“I’m fine.
It’s just that I have to show you…
it’s the rule.”
Xiao Cha spoke softly, her eyes lowered:
“Yesterday, my lifelong wish was fulfilled, and I got so excited that I gave you everything…
Don’t think I’m light-hearted or fickle.”
Lu Li smiled and said, “Of course not, I’m well aware of the kind of person Heroine Luo is.”
Xiao Cha lifted her head, speaking with embarrassment:
“Lu, Lu, Mr.
Lu…
Oh, this is so embarrassing.
I can’t say it…”
She ran off with the tiger doll in hand, and Lu Li called out with a laugh, “Keep the doll, I need it.”
The “Feijian Refining Notes” mentioned a method called “Blood Refinement,” where one uses the owner’s blood or other bodily fluids to soak the Magic Treasure embryo, greatly accelerating the process of the Magic Treasure’s formation.
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Xiao Cha followed the fragrance to the dining table and sat down without greeting Wanqing, immediately starting to wolf down her food with her head lowered.
Wanqing poured her a cup of Spiritual Tea and teased with a smile, “You must be starving after a whole night’s work.”
Xiao Cha covered her face with her rice bowl, her voice tinged with embarrassment, “It’s all Lu Li’s fault for making such a big fuss over me.”
Wanqing chuckled and said,
“You, being a whole Great Realm higher, and still making such a fuss, anyone would think Lu Li performed Marrow Cleansing on you.”
Xiao Cha kept her head down as she ate, muttering, “You have no idea, he’s no ordinary man…
Only I can stand it.”
Wanqing was curious about just how “extraordinary” he was?
But just then, the door sounded, and Lu Li appeared in the courtyard.
He placed a gold bar, a Titanium Alloy Ball, and a piece of jade in front of his face.
Then he used his spirit to fetch the tiger doll and broke off a tree branch.
“He’s attempting ‘Soul Object Transfer.’
Both girls instantly understood what Lu Li was up to and curiously walked out to watch.
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“Flying Sword” is a core skill in the Fetal Breathing Realm, and naturally, Lu Li wished to forge his own as soon as possible.
Under the watchful eyes of the two girls, he infused a small amount of spirit and inner breath separately into five objects.
After a short while, he reached a conclusion:
“The branch and tiger doll lose spirit the slowest…
As they were originally plants, it’s no surprise that living things are more suited to bear spirit.”
“Next are the jade and gold bars, which are also essential burial items on Blue Star, with the effect of soul absorption.
It makes sense for them to store spirit.”
“Unfortunately, the most impressive hard alloy is the least suitable for storing spirit…”
Compared to other varied objects, Lu Li certainly preferred using hard alloy for the “sword embryo.”
Just its hardness alone was enough to cut iron like mud, not to mention when combined with various sword-controlling techniques!
However, the key to forging a Flying Sword was “Enlightenment,” which meant to “awaken spirituality.”
Once an object had spirituality, it was not only intelligent but also like an extension of its owner.
A perfect vessel for commanding and carrying its master’s spirit and inner breath, its power was far from just “a metal that could fly.”
But since hard alloy was not suited to store spirit, “Enlightenment” would be dozens of times more difficult.
This was the challenge Lu Li had to tackle:
“I want a perfect Enlightenment as well as the most durable Magic Treasure embryo, and I want it quickly.”
As far-fetched and overly ambitious as it sounded, there indeed was a way.
Wanqing suggested, “Then, sir must seek a sacrificial tool.”
A sacrificial tool was an object that has been prayed and worshipped with people’s wish power.
No matter the material, once soaked in wish power, “Enlightenment” would be incredibly simple, and it could even be directly turned into a Magic Treasure!
He would have to go to Blue Star for this, as only a tool bathed in the wish power of over 100,000 people could become a sacrificial tool!
[That is to say, he must first forge a Flying Sword out of hard alloy, then find a way for it to be “worshipped” by 100,000 people.]
[There was one method that could be tried…
Unsure if wish power refinement from a distance had any effect.]
And in an instant, Lu Li had an idea, but he had to return to Blue Star to test it out.
Moreover, many things needed to be dealt with, and it was time to fulfill his agreement with Mayor Maria.
Lu Li said to the two girls, “I need to make a trip back in a couple of days.”
Wanqing didn’t say much, but Xiao Cha was visibly reluctant, mumbling, “You’re leaving again…”
Lu Li pulled her close and said with a smile, “It’s just for a few days, we’ll spend more time together.”
Xiao Cha rolled her eyes at him, her gaze now carrying a few more hints of allure.
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Lu Li stayed for an extra two days, as he wanted to conduct an experiment.
Earlier, in Fan Shouyi’s study, that “nanmu cabinet” had been quite interesting.
It offered not only a layer of protection but also a warning signal.
Wanting to replicate it, Lu Li continuously infused the tiger doll with his spirit and inner breath.
This thing might look foolish and unsophisticated, but being held by Xiao Cha since childhood, it had touched the edge of becoming a sacrificial tool.
Plus, it had absorbed some mysterious stuff, making it quite suitable for storing spirit.
On the second day, when Lu Li felt that the doll held enough spirit to last half a year, he stopped the infusion.
Next, he began shaping these spirits into the spell of “Void Realm Six-colored Sky,” which was the Hive Shield.
This spell, made up of countless regular hexagons, had a very stable mechanical structure.
Not just beehives, but also turtle shells and fly compound eyes shared this structure.
And as spirit manipulation was Lu Li’s forte, he quickly completed the shaping.
Lu Li patted a big white bottom next to him and said, “Xiao Cha, take this.”
“Ah?” Xiao Cha squinted her eyes and reached out her hand, taking the tiger doll.
Lu Li continued, “You just need to touch the tiger’s nose twice, and a shield as strong as a steel plate will appear.”
“Okay, I got it,” Xiao Cha responded, hugging the doll and falling asleep again.
The girl seemed tall and strong, but she was actually quite vulnerable.
Lu Li guessed it was her high sensitivity that made her combat ability weak.
He kissed Xiao Cha’s forehead and looked at the doll she held in her arms.
This would be a trial, to see if he could sense the spirit housed in the artifact from Blue Star while in the Otherworld.