Using Calming Incense as mosquito repellent, the minor injury from excessive mental strain healed on the second day.
As the daylight was just right, Lu Li began to study the three newly acquired books.
The first thing to look at is naturally <The Profound Yellow One Qi Great Capture>.
This spell combines offense and defense, with endless uses. Lu Li has personally experienced it and already understands its principles.
Using a metal sphere as a framework, it gives the mind and spirit "substance"!
Cultivator's Mind Power is like air, formless and intangible. But once it takes on a physical form, its power increases countless times!
Just like torpedoes, the same explosives on the water's surface can only tickle a warship.
But underwater, with water as the physical medium, it can easily tear apart warships.
The book also explains why it condenses into the shape of a "hand".
When manipulating the mind, the "thought" issues the commands, but the subconscious does the actual work.
Familiar limbs allow for more flexible and free manipulation, and also enable the execution of various "martial arts techniques".
Lu Li was itching to try his hand at it, and coincidentally, Xiao Cha had brought back some "Copper Ball and Iron Ball" yesterday.
He then took out the metal balls, his eyes narrowed, and he focused his mind.
According to the book, copper, with its best electrical conductivity, forms the core; iron, with its excellent magnetic permeability, forms the skeleton; and the mind and spirit form the sinews...
Dozens of metal spheres arranged and combined in the air, coalescing into a "metal hand" the size of a pot lid!
Lu Li manipulated and fiddled with it for a while, then suddenly thought of something:
"Both Copper Ball and Iron Ball are too troublesome. I'll go back to Blue Star and get some [Titanium alloy]."
Titanium alloy are strong, lightweight, and possess the properties of multiple metals.
For example, Lu Li had heard of a "tungsten-titanium" alloy, which is specifically used for cutting steel.
With this alloy, combat power will surely increase exponentially!
Having noted this down, Lu Li dispelled his magic and picked up his second most interesting book—<Spirit Binding and General Dispatch>.
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This book is about how to create puppets like "paper dolls".
At first glance, it seems simple: make a dummy, install a "battery," and it will move.
However, it is extremely difficult to implement in practice!
First is the "Divine Soul," which is the power source that drives the puppet, so you need to know how to "Soul Extraction."
This is a delicate task, akin to squeezing air bubbles with your fingers; one wrong move and you could shatter your Divine Soul.
Moreover, you also need to have the ability to do it without getting beaten to death.
This book, "Spirit Binding and General Dispatch," is quite bizarre, openly suggesting that users extract the Divine Soul of ordinary people to avoid excessive resistance and retaliation.
Having weathered this stage, the next step is even more troublesome—creating puppets.
The "Divine Soul" is the power source, but this magical energy extracted from the human brain can only power humanoid devices, and the more human-like they are, the better!
This isn't something you can just do by fusing a lump of iron into a human shape. The design of the joints, balance, stability... you can't even dream of it without a certain level of metallurgical and mechanical design capabilities.
Therefore, throughout history, the creation of humanoid combat puppets has usually been controlled by only a few forces.
Most Cultivator merely command insignificant "paper figures".
All these troubles are no problem for Lu Li!
He already has the Divine Soul of two Cultivators; if that's not enough, he'll go find scum from two different worlds to take some.
As for humanoid puppets, we can use Blue Star's technology to create "Terminator" robots!
With just a steel body and a superhuman power source, it shouldn't be too difficult to achieve.
Lu Li couldn't help but imagine: Metal Giant Hand hovering in mid-air, countless "Terminators" wielding Gatling guns...
"What a beautiful picture!"
Just as I was feeling sentimental, I suddenly heard a gust of wind at the door, and a long-legged girl walked in.
"You really are so engrossed in your studies, it's almost noon and you're still reading."
It was Xiao Cha who arrived. Only after hearing her words did Lu Li realize that it was already noon.
Xiao Cha leaned closer, craning her neck and asking curiously:
"What are you looking at so intently... Oh~ a puppet, these are rarely seen now that we have cannons."
The girl was very close, Lu Li could clearly smell her fragrance.
Young girls instinctively exude hormones, showcasing their beauty, which is an irresistible temptation for the opposite sex.
Lu Li remembered that the girl had kissed him yesterday, so they weren't strangers anymore, right? So he reached out and put his arm around her waist.
He'd been curious about this place for a long time; why was it so detailed?
It's fine that it's thin, but then suddenly you see a big, peach-shaped butt, creating a strong contrast.
Just as they were about to touch, Xiao Cha suddenly dodged to the side, her face full of vigilance. "What are you doing!"
Lu Li answered truthfully, "I want to touch your waist."
He's a straightforward person, and having spent five years in Mexico, he's speaking his mind now.
But in this other world, it's just standard flirting.
Xiao Cha immediately blushed and exclaimed, "You... you're so vulgar!"
A young girl's thoughts are hard to fathom. Seeing that he had been rejected, Lu Li shrugged and said, "Fine, if you won't let me touch you, then forget it."
Having only read two of the three books, he picked up the last one, "The Corpse Refining Technique," and began to read it.
I had just started reading the first page when the girl pinched my waist hard.
"Ouch!" Lu Li cried out in pain instinctively, then demanded righteously, "Why did you pinch me!"
"Because you made a lewd gesture towards me!"
"I didn't even touch it?"
"You still dare to talk!"
Xiao Cha was about to pinch him again, so Lu Li quickly activated the <Profound Yellow One Qi Great Capture>, which condensed into a metal hand the size of a pot lid to stop her.
"Even magic can't save you!"
Xiao Cha, on the contrary, became more energetic and stubbornly resisted the metal hand, stretching out her arm to reach Lu Li.
The two were making quite a racket, so Wan Qing came over and called out, "What are you doing?"
Without turning her head, Xiao Cha said, "Teach that lecher a lesson!"
Wan Qing smiled and said, "Stop fooling around, let's go buy some donkey hides."
"Donkey hide? You want to make Ejiao!" Xiao Cha quickly released Lu Li, her face full of anticipation.
Wan Qing nodded and said, "You've lost your [Heart Blood], I'll help you replenish it. By the way, how did you lose your [Heart Blood]?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Cha's eyes flickered, and she glanced at Lu Li casually before changing the subject:
"Donkey hide, right? While you're at it, buy some donkey meat too, and let this kid pay for it!"
Xiao Cha grabbed a strand of "Calming Incense" from the box, glared fiercely at Lu Li, and then left.
Lu Li rubbed the spots on his body where he had been pinched, inwardly grumbling that this girl was too wild...
At this moment, Wan Qing, with a rare expression that was neither a smile nor a frown, said:
"Young Master, a martial artist's [Internal Breath] is stored in the five internal organs, with the most refined and precious being in the heart, known as [Heart Blood]. Xiao Cha has inexplicably lost a significant amount of it and will be unable to practice martial arts for half a month."
"Heart Blood..."
Lu Li suddenly recalled the exceptionally pure Internal Breath he had consumed yesterday and immediately understood.
He also vaguely realized what he was eating... to absorb the Internal Breath of a particular area, he had to get as close as possible to that acupoint.
Having learned some knowledge about acupoints from Wan Qing, Lu Li thought about the acupoints near his heart... Ru Zhong and Tian Chi were not places he should touch.
Wan Qing covered her mouth and chuckled, "Xiao Cha is an impatient girl, but she's not a bad person. Young Master, please don't be too hasty."
Lu Li scratched his head, suddenly realizing... he had indeed been reckless just now.