Liu Lu's withered hands held a brush, and she was clumsily recording on paper, just as Changqing had instructed.
"Master, this Soul Shifting Spirit is very special. It will dissipate an incense stick's worth of time after being refined, so it must be refined and used immediately."
Liu Lu wrote this down on the paper, then asked, confused.
"I, your Master, also have some understanding of Refining Methods, but I've never heard of an Imperial Spirit with such a characteristic. You aren't... deceiving your Master, are you?"
"Master, how could I dare to deceive you? During this time, your Disciple has been diligently translating for you, not daring to have the slightest deception. If this Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method fails and angers you, your Disciple will certainly not have a good end. I still have that much self-awareness."
Ever since he decided to cooperate with Luo Hongyan, he had no opportunity to meet Luo Hongyan alone again. He had been staying in Liu Lu's Dan Room, translating the Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method for Liu Lu.
He firmly memorized the method Luo Hongyan described that could make Liu Lu self-detonate when refining the Soul Shifting Spirit.
While translating for Liu Lu, Changqing broke this method down into many details, translating a Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method that was half-true and half-false, subtly making Liu Lu slowly believe it.
Actually, Luo Hongyan had even more foolproof methods.
As long as Changqing told Liu Lu that performing the Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method required the cooperation of some special Cultivation Techniques and the long-term refining and use of some special Imperial Spirits on herself, Luo Hongyan was confident she could make Liu Lu slowly die without her noticing.
However, her suggestion was rejected by Changqing, simply because he knew in his heart that his Rebirth time was limited.
The time limit for the previous Rebirths was three months. As soon as three months were up, he would be forced to Rebirth and start over.
This time, the beginning of his Rebirth had been delayed by a month. He couldn't be sure if he still had three months or only two months. If he slowly killed Liu Lu according to Luo Hongyan's method, Changqing couldn't wait until that day.
A spectacular explosion would be much more satisfying.
"Master, the method for refining this Soul Shifting Spirit is also very particular. It's not like ordinary spirit refining, which only requires refining in a furnace. Refining the Soul Shifting Spirit requires Soul Refining both within the body and within the furnace, refining both internally and externally to succeed."
"Refining both internally and externally? Hmm... truly profound."
Liu Lu nodded thoughtfully.
"Changqing, during this time, I, your Master, have followed your instructions to use several different Ores, combined with some medicinal powders, and refined them separately within my body. I've distinctly felt changes in my body, and my Soul seems indeed less stable than before, with a feeling of floating like an immortal. It seems this Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method is truly infinitely profound."
"Congratulations, Master! This immortal medicine recorded in the book is specifically for those with Acquired Prime Yin, helping to consolidate the Soul. With this immortal medicine, Master will surely comprehend the Great Dao early."
Changqing quickly flattered her from the side, but in his heart, he thought.
"Floating like an immortal? This is Five-Stone Powder, a poison that has been passed down since ancient times in my great Huaxia. Such a large dose, it will surely make you feel incredibly good."
Luo Hongyan's method did not completely reassure Changqing.
So he also "smuggled in private goods" into the techniques he taught Liu Lu, relying on his chemistry knowledge from Earth to make Liu Lu use her body as a beaker and ingest many poisons and drugs he knew, in super-large doses that he thought could knock out an elephant.
It must be said that a Cultivator's body is powerful. Changqing dared not imagine what would happen if an ordinary person consumed these.
However, the effect was still outstanding. During this time, he could clearly feel Liu Lu's mental state getting worse and worse.
When she didn't take the medicinal powder, she was depressed. Once she took the medicine, she became mentally agitated and disoriented, muttering about achieving Dao and ascending to immortality.
It seems that what his teacher said, "Learn math, physics, and chemistry well, and you can go anywhere in the world without fear," is also reliable in the Otherworld.
But it was clearly impossible to kill her with just these, so it seemed he still had to rely on Luo Hongyan's method to create a big explosion within her body.
"Changqing, have you seriously practiced the Cultivation Technique I taught you during this time?"
"Reporting to Master, besides helping Master translate books every day, your Disciple has been practicing diligently, not daring to slack off in the slightest."
This was indeed true. For more than ten days, besides this Dan Room, Liu Lu did not allow him to go anywhere else. Besides practicing Cultivation, he had nothing else to do.
These days, Changqing had formally become Liu Lu's Disciple, and they referred to each other as Master and Disciple.
Although Liu Lu taught him an evil Cultivation Technique that relied on harvesting and supplementing, Changqing learned it diligently.
He was not an ambitious person and never considered himself a Child of Luck who had Transmigrated and must have some Heaven-Defying top-tier Cultivation Technique.
Besides the evil Cultivation Technique of the Joyful Union Sect, he had no other Cultivation Technique to Cultivate. His current strength was low, and he needed to quickly improve his Cultivation.
Evil was never the Cultivation Technique, but the person. As long as it could improve his Cultivation, practicing an evil Cultivation Technique was not out of the question. Although he was not sure what the consequences would be if he never Dual Cultivated or harvested from others.
But in these more than ten days, his Cultivation had advanced from Suddenly One Turn to Shūhū Second Level, and another acupoint had opened in his mind.
From Changqing's current understanding, the process of a Cultivator's Cultivation was a continuous process of opening acupoints.
Suddenly One Turn only had one acupoint. Each Rank increase would open one more acupoint.
By the time he reached Suddenly Nine Revolutions, he would have nine acupoints. At this point, he would need to rush through the acupoints and Breakthrough to the Chana Realm.
A Cultivator at Chana One Turn Cultivation had ten acupoints. Each Rank increase would open ten more acupoints.
By the time he reached Momentary Nine Revolutions, possessing ninety acupoints, a Breakthrough to the Qingke Realm would grant him one hundred acupoints, and each Rank increase would open one hundred more acupoints.
By analogy, Luo Hongyan was at the 4th Tier of the Moment Realm, meaning she had four hundred acupoints.
And Liu Lu was at Instant Six Turns, which meant she had a full six thousand acupoints.
Of course, the Realm and the number of acupoints were only standards for measuring Cultivation. The true function of acupoints was to carry Imperial Spirits.
And what truly determined a Cultivator's strength was the Imperial Spirits he possessed.
Different Imperial Spirits had different functions. Some were used for attack, some for defense, some for supply, and even some possessed incredible and endless means.
But to use an Imperial Spirit, one must have enough acupoints to carry it. Then, the Cultivator's internal spiritual power is used to activate the Imperial Spirit.
The number of acupoints required to carry different Imperial Spirits also varied.
For example, spiritual power is equivalent to a power source, acupoints are equivalent to charging plugs, and Imperial Spirits are equivalent to electrical appliances.
Based on the number of acupoints occupied, Imperial Spirits were also divided from strong to weak into four different Ranks: Heavenly Spirit, Earth Spirit, Mystic Spirit, and Yellow Spirit.
Each Rank, when further subdivided, could be divided into High Grade, Medium Grade, and Low Grade, three grades.
For example, the one Changqing used to kill that group of demonesses in Huanyi Hall was a Low Grade Yellow Spirit, occupying only one acupoint.
The Bone Spike Spirit's only function was to transform the bones within the body into spikes, which would pierce out for attack. After one use, it required a Moment of rest before it could be used again.
This Imperial Spirit was also the only Imperial Spirit Changqing currently possessed. As for where it came from, he didn't know.
Thinking this, he became even more aware of the severity of his situation. He was only at Shūhū Second Level, with two acupoints. His only convenient ally, Luo Hongyan, was at the 4th Tier of the Moment Realm, with four hundred acupoints. The two of them combined probably didn't have many powerful Imperial Spirits that could be brought out.
Moreover, Luo Hongyan was a Spell Cultivator, and Changqing heard that Spell Cultivators were not good at combat.
And the target they wanted to overthrow, Liu Lu, possessed six thousand acupoints. There would be countless powerful Mystic Spirits, and perhaps even Earth Spirits. Her massive reserve of spiritual power was also completely incomparable to Changqing and Luo Hongyan's.
Not to mention she also had her Four Guardians, each with Cultivation at Qingke Eight Turns or Nine Turns. The total number of acupoints these people had was almost ten thousand.
The disparity between the two sides was so vast that it was no exaggeration to say it was like ants trying to shake a tree.
But he was not disheartened. He had already found Liu Lu's weakness. As long as he prescribed the right medicine, even ants could shake a tree.
This was information he had obtained through several Rebirths, allowing him to know his opponent's thoughts and weaknesses.
In Changqing's view, if there was a "Mind Reading Spirit" that could directly perceive the opponent's true thoughts, it would definitely be the strongest High Grade Heavenly Spirit. Obtaining it would make one invincible.
Of course, whoever obtained such a thing would probably live a very painful life.
After all, if there were no lies in this world, it would probably be as cruel as Hell.
Now, with the strength of an ant, he was shaking a great tree, and it was showing initial results. Changqing couldn't help but be full of anticipation for his success.
"It seems I need to add more fuel to this great Possession drama."