Time flew by and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
The current Xuanjing was not much different from three years ago. The only difference was that there were many Hai Yue Country cultivators in Xuanjing. Most of them were Loose Cultivators, but there was also a small portion that were disciples of the Hai Yue Country Sect.
Most of the sects in Hai Yue and the other countries had been annihilated by the Sea Race when they had invaded.
Of the disciples that escaped to the Da Xuan Country, most of them joined the Heavenly Moon Sect and the other five sects. A small portion did not want to be restricted and became true Loose Cultivators.
The appearance of these foreign cultivators made up for the large amount of loose cultivators that had fled Xuanjing. Moreover, after a fierce battle, a few large factions once again appeared. They seemed to be even stronger than the old factions from three years ago.
However, all of this had nothing to do with Liu Ming.
In these three years, the five sects stationed a large number of disciples at the border between the Da Xuan Country and the Hai Yue Country. Not long after, they began to fight with the invading Sea Race.
According to the information that Liu Ming received from the Sect and some of the information that he had gathered, although both sides sent out many Crystal Level Cultivators, other than the earth-shattering battle at the beginning, there were no other battles between experts of this level.
However, with great tacit understanding, the battles between the Spirit Masters and Spirit Apostles from both sides became extremely intense and became more and more frequent. There were even twenty to thirty Spirit Masters that had fallen from both sides.
As for the lower level Spirit Apostles, there were countless of them.
What surprised Liu Ming was that not long after the battle began, both sides built a huge city at the border, as if they were planning to fight a long battle.
In these three years, the Barbarian Ghost Sect had also lost seven to eight Spirit Masters and many Inner Sect disciples. Some of them were even people that Liu Ming knew.
Luckily, because Nine Infants Mountain was relatively weak, there were only a few people who died. Martial Aunt Zhong and the other two Spirit Masters were also safe and sound. They had been guarding the sect and did not appear at the borders.
Originally, with Liu Ming's identity as a core disciple, there was a high chance that he would be called to participate in the war. However, due to the appearance of the Sea Race in Xuanjing, there was a need for a capable disciple to monitor the situation. Thus, he had never been called back to the sect.
Of course, in these three years, there were some things that made Liu Ming gloomy.
Gao Chong had successfully advanced to Spirit Master two years ago, and had even displayed his extraordinary abilities in the battle against the Sea Race at the border.
It was rumored that he had single-handedly killed a Sea Race Spirit Master who was also a beginner level Sea Race Spirit Master. The number of Sea Race Spirit Apostles who had died at his hands numbered more than ten.
It seemed that after Gao Chong became a Spirit Master, his strength was not something that a normal Beginner Spirit Master could compare to. Otherwise, he would not have been able to do such a thing.
However, such a thing was naturally not good news for Liu Ming.
In these three years, Liu Ming had been purifying his Fa Li and refining the Sword Spirit in his Dantian. In addition, he had gone to Fan Baizi to learn alchemy.
The progress of the first two was ordinary. It only made his spiritual power slightly purer than before, and it made the sword embryo spirit a little stronger. However, his learning of alchemy surprised Fan Baizi.
He did not know if he really had some talent in alchemy or if there was some other reason. In a short three years, he actually had some small achievements in alchemy. He could already independently refine a few Spirit Apostle level pills and his success rate was not low.
However, although his talent in alchemy made Fan Baizi click his tongue in wonder, after the three years, he did not hesitate to tell him not to go anymore.
Of course, at this time, Liu Ming had already learned the basics of alchemy. If he wanted to improve his alchemy skills, he could only practice more.
After all, it was impossible for Fan Baizi to impart his experience in refining high tier pills to an outsider like him.
On this day, when Liu Ming walked out of the coffin shop in the alley of Xuanjing, his face could not help but become gloomy.
Although the news from the Sect was ordinary and only a few trivial and routine reports, Liu Ming still felt that the sects' recent battles with the Sea Race did not seem to be going well. They should be at a disadvantage.
This was the result of the Sea Race dividing their forces and fighting with a few countries at the same time.
From this, it could be seen how strong the Sea Race was.
Of course, one of the reasons was that the Sea Race had started to send spies into the various countries a few decades ago. They set up many traps to weaken the human race and only activated them during the early stages of the invasion.
However, all of this was still too far away for the current Liu Ming.
The current him returned to the secret room in the cave. Just as he sat down and prepared to start cultivating, he suddenly felt the Fa Li in his body boil and rush towards his Dantian.
"It's starting!"
Liu Ming was stunned at first, but he was immediately overjoyed.
He then patted the two leather bags on his waist and immediately, two clouds of black gas came out, turning into the White Bone Scorpion and the Flying Head.
"Peng, peng."
Without any hesitation, Liu Ming grabbed the White Bone Scorpion's tail with one hand and grabbed a strand of the Flying Head's long hair with the other. Following this, black gas rolled out of his body and he began to do his best to control the speed at which the Fa Li in his body flowed out.
Time passed bit by bit and the black gas on his body became thinner and thinner.
When Liu Ming felt that the Fa Li in his body was only left with a tenth of his body, the suction force from his Dantian suddenly stopped.
At the same time, he felt a "weng" sound in his ears and his vision went black. His entire body was in a gray space.
After such a long time, he finally entered the mysterious space again. The Flying Head and the White Bone Scorpion were also following closely beside him.
However, when Liu Ming saw the scene in front of him clearly, his expression couldn't help but change greatly.
In what should have been an empty space, there was actually another figure sitting cross-legged on the ground. Whether it was clothing or appearance, it was impressively the same as him.
Liu Ming's entire person was completely stunned.
At this moment, the Flying Head beside him suddenly flew out and landed in front of "Liu Ming". It laid face down on the ground and stopped moving.
Seeing this, Liu Ming's heart thumped. Even though he was full of bewilderment, he hastily formed a hand sign and communicated with the Flying Head.
In the end, the information that came from the Flying Head was all "Master, another strong master" and the like.
This caused Liu Ming to be even more confused after hearing this. However, he faintly knew that the reason why the Flying Head was so easily subdued by him was most likely related to the "him" in front of him.
After thinking like this, he naturally didn't dare to be negligent. However, after carefully looking at the "Liu Ming" in front of him, his expression slightly changed.
The "him" in front of him didn't seem to have moved at all and there didn't seem to be any aura coming from his body. Could it be that he was just a dead object?
The suspicious Liu Ming immediately ignored the Flying Head and slowly circled around the "Liu Ming" in front of him a few times. Then, he pointed a finger at his forehead and released his mental strength, probing the other's body.
In the end, the moment his mental strength came into contact with the "Liu Ming", it was immediately repelled by an invisible force. No matter how much he urged it, it was unable to approach the other's body in the slightest.
This caused Liu Ming's heart to sink.
However, after a slight hesitation, he cupped his hands and slightly bowed to the "Liu Ming" in front of him, saying:
"I don't know senior's great name and why you have changed into this junior's appearance."
The "Liu Ming" in front of him still had his eyes tightly shut and didn't move an inch from the ground.
Seeing this, Liu Ming furrowed his eyebrows. After standing up straight again, he once again looked at the other person from head to toe.
There was a faint scar on his forehead that was about an inch long. When he was young on Savage Island, he was slashed by a fierce person with a sharp stone. The corner of his mouth slightly curled up. This was a habit that he developed when he was deep in thought and resting. There was a shallow bloodstain on the thumb of one of his palms. It was accidentally slashed by him yesterday when he was practicing a new technique of the Wind Blade Technique.
The more closely Liu Ming looked, the more he felt that the other person was basically a second "him". He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
"Since you don't want to speak, then I will have to offend you." Liu Ming's expression changed before he clenched his teeth and spoke.
Following this, he shook his sleeve and with a flash of silver light, a silver chain wrapped around the "Liu Ming".
After a series of clanking sounds, the silver chain actually successfully tied up the "Liu Ming" without any signs of resistance.
Seeing this, Liu Ming's expression relaxed slightly. Following this, he flipped one hand and a stack of glyphs appeared. With a wave of both his hands, they all shot out and stuck onto the "Liu Ming".
With this, when Liu Ming saw that "himself" was simultaneously trapped by the Demon Subduing Chain and many restrictive glyphs, he finally approached with a peace of mind.
He circled around "himself" two more times before he raised his arm and carefully touched "himself" on the shoulder with a serious look on his face.
During this process, Liu Ming's eyes stared at the "himself" in front of him without even blinking.
In the end, this "Liu Ming" still sat cross-legged on the ground and didn't move at all. However, when his palm really touched the other person's shoulder, he suddenly quivered. An indescribable strange cold force immediately surged out from the other person's shoulder and directly into his arm.
Liu Ming was shocked. With a move of his body, he appeared several tens of feet away and then stared at the other person's face with a serious expression.
In the end, the "Liu Ming" opposite him didn't have the slightest abnormality, as if the strange cold force just now was just an illusion in his heart.
However, when Liu Ming glanced sideways at the arm that touched the other person's shoulder, his expression became gloomy.
He saw that the arm had lost all feeling and was completely covered by a layer of black frost.
Liu Ming made a hand sign with one hand and black gas immediately surged out from his body. At the same time, it surged towards the numb arm.
In the blink of an eye, the black frost on Bergman's arm faded away, and he regained his senses.
However, at this time, Liu Ming naturally felt that the "himself" in front of him was even more mysterious.
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