However, just as he was about to get up, he was called back by his daughter.
"Wait a minute, there’s one more thing. We need to quickly spread faith in His Highness below, and it’d be best to secretly recruit for His Highness’s church.
Also, the ’selection’ needs to be completed quickly..."
The ’selection’ she was referring to was a discussion she once had with Lao Jiang to figure out which people in the group were suitable for conversion into witches and which needed to consume the needle.
This is why Lao Jiang was not converted; some people need to appear frequently, and converting them indiscriminately might easily alert the outside world.
Having readily agreed, Lao Jiang was not called back this time and quickly went down to make arrangements.
Xiao Teng continued to ponder the details of the plan for a while before also leaving the room. She had to complete her own task to find Ji Lu and stall him.
Using the building’s system, she looked up Ji Lu’s location and felt suspicious.
"Strange, why isn’t Uncle Ji Lu at the training ground?"
As a strong ally bound to the group, Ji Lu naturally had a dedicated residence and various supporting facilities within the group.
Normally, Ji Lu would be found at the training ground, but today, according to the system’s instructions, not only was he not at the training ground, but he hadn’t even left his room?
"Could he be injured in this battle? But that doesn’t make sense; how could someone get injured in the neutral zone arena?
And it’s not just this time, Ji Lu’s behavior was strange yesterday as well...
Or maybe he’s engaging in some unusual cultivation..."
As Xiao Teng walked there, she pondered but arrived at no potential reasons before reaching Ji Lu’s room. She decided to let it go for now and find the answer in her future interactions with her mentor.
"Uncle Ji Lu? Uncle Ji Lu?"
Emulating her past personality as she remembered, she didn’t wait at the door but directly pushed it open.
However, upon opening the room, Ji Lu wasn’t engaged in any peculiar cultivation. Instead, he stood solemnly at the desk, with a screensaver on the screen behind him.
"Ahem, um, Xiao Teng, you’re here...
This, I was just looking for a suitable training method for you, don’t get the wrong idea!
You know your situation is quite special..."
If Xiao Teng hadn’t thought much at first, this explanation only piqued her curiosity further. She immediately probed with a sentence aligned with her former personality:
"Uncle, I once too...
I understand, there’s no need to cover it up..."
"Ahaha, this, it’s just because...
But Xiao Teng, you mustn’t tell anyone!"
Xiao Teng originally thought he might hide something, but little did she expect, Ji Lu not only didn’t deny it but went along with the explanation, admitting it outright.
Something’s off, there’s definitely an issue here!
Going so far as to admit this just to cover it up—very suspicious!
As a former man, she understood this perfectly!
It’s something men would conceal at all costs, and if it could be revealed, there must be heavier secrets hidden behind it!
Considering the long delay after losing a duel in the neutral zone...
Is it because he signed some strange contract during the duel, requiring so long to process?
And then, after trying it out, he opened up a whole new world?
Xiao Teng brainstormed further but returned to the main topic, saying:
"Uncle Ji Lu, I’m ready! I’ll leave the upcoming training to you!"
Inside the Imperial Instance, the research time quickly passed, and in the blink of an eye, Bai Yi had spent two weeks studying in the instance.
This genetic enhancement wasn’t particularly complex, but the number of genes extracted from the Starry Sky People was surprisingly large, consuming a lot of time.
From the most basic gene for enhancing the Four-Dimensional Attributes to those essential for fortifying specific organs, it added up to dozens in total.
However, this round of enhancement gave Bai Yi a much deeper understanding of her superpower post-advancement, and even her ability to edit genes improved significantly.
In the final genome enhancements for certain organ types, Bai Yi was even capable of making some fine-tuning, adding a bit more effect on top of the enhancement.
Integrated onto herself, purely in terms of attributes, there wasn’t much increase compared to before.
After all, her various genes were already way ahead in numerical value before this.
Others are only specialized in the top Specialized Attribute, while the rest are weak. Her genes have already raised all attributes to the level of a specialized attribute of the same tier.
Even the core talents that come with it are fitted inside, making the extent of enhancement relatively minimal, with the strength, spirit, and constitution improved by less than twenty percent, each having only an average of 70 points.
Ironically, the agility attribute, which initially had a much lower cap, exceeded expectations this time, increasing without losing a single point.
Moreover, this gene entry confirmed her previous hypothesis regarding nerve modification—it seems that enhancing agility truly requires biological nerve modifications!
But this enhancement not only cleared up perplexities but also brought forth several issues.
Or rather, it raised questions she had when extracting these genes.
Back then, Bai Yi neither had the time nor sufficient information to deduce further, but now, having completed all the gene enhancements, she does.