State Preceptor's residence, underground chamber.
Yibai transformed into a fly and took off, the scent of exotic spices and the smell of blood assaulting his nostrils.
As he flew forward, he saw some scripture scrolls on the ground. He stopped to read them and found that the words on the paper scrolls were not scripture, but records.
The records detailed the making of a Magic Artifact called the 'Flesh Lotus.'
The process was extremely cruel, involving a pure maiden with a compatible birth sign engaging in intercourse with one hundred and eight monks continuously for nine days, known as the 'One Hundred Strokes Penetrating the Lotus.'
The second step involved using thirty-six kinds of poisonous insects and seventy-two types of herbs, both internally and externally, in a secret method to refine the maiden's genitals over eighty-one days. The maiden had to be alive for the process to be successful; otherwise, it was considered a failure, known as 'Poison Immunity.'