82: 82.

Heart Blood 82: 82.

Heart Blood Calming Incense doubled as mosquito repellent, and the minor injuries resulting from excessive depletion of Spirit were healed by the second day.

The daylight was just right, Lu Li held three newly acquired books and began to study them.

The first one he looked at was naturally “Mystic Yellow One Qi Capture.”

This spell was both offensive and defensive with boundless ingenious uses – Lu Li had personally experienced it and already understood its principles –

Use Metal Balls as a skeleton to give “substance” to the Spirit!

The Spirit Power of cultivators is like air, formless and intangible.

But once it acquires a physical form, its force can increase exponentially!

It’s like a torpedo; the same explosive above water might merely scratch an itch for a warship.

But underwater, with water to provide a substantial medium, it can easily tear apart the ship.

The book also explained why it must be shaped into a “hand.”

When controlling Spirit, it is the “mind” that issues commands, but it’s the subconscious that does the actual work.

Familiar limbs move more flexibly and smoothly, and they can also perform various “Martial Arts.”

Feeling a bit impatient through reading, Lu Li recalled Xiao Cha had casually brought back some “Copper Balls, Iron Balls” yesterday.

He took these Metal Balls out and focused his eyes, activating his Spirit.

Following the methods in the book, using copper for the best conductivity as the core, iron with excellent magnetic properties for the framework, and Spirit as the muscles…

Several Metal Balls arranged and combined in mid-air, congealing into a “Metal Hand” as large as a pot lid!

Lu Li controlled it and toyed with it for a while, then suddenly thought:

“Using Copper and Iron Balls is too much of a hassle, I should get some ‘Titanium Alloy’ when I return to Blue Star.”

“Titanium Alloy” is strong and lightweight, and it can have the characteristics of various metals at the same time.

Like, Lu Li had heard of a “Tungsten-Titanium” alloy, specifically used for cutting steel.

With such an alloy, his combat power would surely double!

Noting this down, Lu Li then dispersed the spell and picked up the second book he was most interested in – “Confining Spirits and Commanding Generals.”

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This book detailed how to create Puppets similar to “Papermen.”

At first glance, it seemed simple – craft a fake person, install a “battery,” and it could move.

But in practice, it was extremely difficult!

First came the “Divine Soul,” the power source for driving the Puppet, so one must know “Soul Extraction” to proceed.

This was a delicate job, akin to pinching a bubble with fingers, one careless move could disperse the Divine Soul.

Moreover, one needed the ability to do this without being killed afterward.

This “Confining Spirits and Commanding Generals” was quite wicked, openly suggesting the practitioner extract the Divine Souls of common people to avoid too intense resistance and retaliation.

After overcoming this stage, what followed was even more problematic – creating the Puppet.

The “Divine Soul” was the power source, but this cluster of miraculous energy extracted from the human brain only drives human-shaped devices, the more human-like, the better!

This wasn’t a matter of just melting some iron into a human shape; the design of the joints, balance, stability …

without certain metallurgical and mechanical design abilities, one shouldn’t even think about it.

Therefore, since ancient times, the creation of Human-shaped combat Puppets has usually been mastered by only a few powers.

Most Cultivators merely make do with subpar “Papermen.”

However, all these troubles were no issue at all for Lu Li!

He already possessed two Cultivators’ Divine Souls; if that wasn’t enough, he could simply take from two worlds’ scums.

As for building the Human-shaped Puppet, he could perfectly use Blue Star’s technology to create “Terminator” robots!

All it would take was a steel body, with Transcendent power as a source; he believed it would not be difficult to achieve.

Lu Li couldn’t help but envision it; a Metal Giant Hand suspended in midair, numerous “Terminators” wielding Gatlings…

“It truly is a picturesque scene~”

As he was reflecting, suddenly the sound of wind came from the door, and a long-legged girl walked in.

“You really are neglecting sleep and food for reading; it’s nearly noon and you’re still buried in books.”

The visitor was Xiao Cha, and only upon hearing her did Lu Li realize that noon had unknowingly arrived.

Xiao Cha leaned closer, peering curiously as she asked,

“What’s so engrossing…

Oh~ Puppets, huh?

Ever since cannons became common, these things have become quite rare.”

The girl was very close, allowing Lu Li to clearly smell the fragrance of her body.

The pheromones instinctively emitted by a youthful girl accentuated her beauty, offering an irresistible temptation to the opposite sex.

Lu Li remembered that the girl had kissed him yesterday, so she wasn’t a stranger anymore, right?

Thus, he reached out to wrap his arm around her waist.

He had long been curious about it, why was it so slim?

Not only was it slim, but further down there was a sudden transition to a peach-shaped, large bottom, creating a striking contrast.

But just as he was about to touch, Xiao Cha swiftly dodged to the side, her face full of wariness, “What are you doing!”

Lu Li honestly replied, “I wanted to feel your slender waist.”

He was a straightforward person and had spent 5 years in Moxico; at the moment he spoke bluntly.

But in the Otherworld, that was straight-up flirtation.

Immediately, Xiao Cha’s face flushed red as she chastised him, “You…

you’re indecent!”

A girl’s feelings are hard to guess; seeing that he was rejected, Lu Li simply shrugged and said, “If I can’t touch, then never mind.”

Right on time, he had looked through just two of the three books, so he picked up the last one, “Corpse Refining Technique,” and started flipping through it.

He had read just the first page when the girl pinched him hard on the side.

“Hiss!” Lu Li instinctively cried out in pain before righteously demanding, “Why did you pinch me?”

“Because you were being forward!”

“But I didn’t even touch you?”

“You still say that!”

As Xiao Cha went to pinch him again, Lu Li quickly employed the “Mystic Yellow One Qi Capture,” coalescing a metal hand as large as a pot cover to block her.

“Your spells won’t save you!”

Instead, Xiao Cha became more energetic, pushing against the metal hand and reaching straight out for Lu Li.

The commotion between the two was quite loud, and Wanqing walked over, asking, “What are you doing?”

Without looking back, Xiao Cha answered, “Teaching a lecher a lesson!”

Wanqing smiled, saying, “Stop fooling around, go buy some donkey-hide.”

“Donkey-hide?

Are you planning to make donkey-hide gelatin!” Xiao Cha quickly let go of Lu Li, her face full of anticipation.

Wanqing nodded and said, “You’ve lost some ‘Heart Blood’; I’ll help you replenish it.

How did you lose ‘Heart Blood’?”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Cha had a flicker in her eyes and glanced inadvertently at Lu Li, then promptly changed the subject,

“Donkey-hide, right?

And buy some donkey meat as well, let this guy pay!”

Xiao Cha grabbed a bundle of “Calming Incense” from the box, then gave Lu Li a fierce glare before heading out the door.

Lu Li, rubbing the pinched spot on his body, inwardly complained about how wild the girl’s temperament was…

At that moment, Wanqing rarely showed a smile that wasn’t quite a smile and said,

“Young Master, a martial artist’s ‘inner breath’ is stored in the five viscera, especially in the heart where it’s the purest and most precious, known as ‘Heart Blood.’ Xiao Cha mysteriously lost a lot of it and can’t practice martial arts for half a month.”

“Heart Blood…”

Lu Li suddenly recalled the especially pure internal energy he had consumed yesterday and instantly understood.

He also vaguely realized what he had consumed… To consume the internal energy from a particular area, one must be closer to that area’s acupoints.

Having learned some knowledge about acupoints from Wanqing, Lu Li thought about the acupoints near the heart… Breast Center, Heavenly Pool, none of which he was supposed to touch.

Wanqing covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, “Xiao Cha is quick-tempered but not a bad person; Young Master should not rush things.”

Lu Li scratched his head, suddenly feeling that he had indeed been presumptuous just now.