The surface of the water was as calm as a mirror. Even the raging waterfall was unable to create a single ripple.
Li Qingshan lowered his head, and his reflection in the water suddenly smiled at him. It was even more unrestrained than the smile on his face.
He bent down and extended his hand. When the tip of his finger touched the surface of the water, ripples spread out in all directions endlessly. From the very centre to the edge of the pool, they did not disperse at all.
The spirit turtle's daemon core constantly flickered. The surging daemon qi constantly rose up, constantly being depleted. It was almost completely depleted.
This attracted Little Ann's attention as well. In the centre of the ripples, two hands, one real and one fake, actually clasped together.
A hand extended out of the water, followed by a wrist, an arm, and a similarly handsome face. Pearl-like droplets of water dripped down.
Li Qingshan dragged his other self out of the mirror in the water bit by bit. Their appearances were exactly the same, without the slightest difference.
Little Ann was slightly surprised. Her eyes could see through the real and the fake, but she was unable to see anything fake at all. It was like she was Li Qingshan's twin brother.
Innate ability: Watermirror's Image.
This was the name that Li Qingshan had given it. It was like taking a flower from a mirror and scooping up the moon from the water.
It was also known as a clone technique. There were so-called water clones among water techniques, but they were actually just condensed from water. Coupled with some illusions of water, they seemed like real people. However, when it came to actual battle, apart from attracting the enemy's attention, they also served as a punching bag. They did not have much battle prowess to speak of.
As for this Watermirror's Image, it seemed fake yet real, and it was completely under Li Qingshan's control.
Li Qingshan felt like his mind had split into two. He was currently looking at the world from two different perspectives. The feeling of seeing his own appearance was rather strange. Moreover, he was rather unaccustomed to controlling it.
In Little Ann's eyes, it was even stranger. The two Li Qingshan stood face to face and reached out to touch their own faces at the same time, as if they were looking at a mirror.
Li Qingshan raised his hand. Every single line was so real that he could even feel the beating of his heart and the flow of his blood.
This was not a dummy made from water or clay, but a real clone. It was said that one could not attend to two things at once. Now, it could be said that he had the Doppelganger Technique, but he preferred to call it a Mirror Image.
However, it was not an easy task to separate the mirror image from the main body. He could not help but control it as if it was his own body, advancing or retreating together.
Little Ann covered her mouth and snickered. She didn't look like a Daemon General at all.
When Li Qingshan glared at her, she raised her head and glared back at him.
Li Qingshan had no choice but to close his eyes. He tried to experience the feeling of drawing a circle with his left hand and a square with his right.
After a moment, Li Qingshan used his Demonic Qi and bent his knees to step on the water. Only his clone shot up into the sky.
He arrived above the clouds. He looked down at the thousands of mountains and the clouds in the distance.
On the earth, the mountain peaks gathered and the waves raged. It was a vast expanse.
Suddenly, at the end of this vast expanse, he saw an insignificant little undulating, like a crouching bull.
Beside the crouching bull was a quiet little village. Many people were working near the village. It was so peaceful and quiet that it was like a small painting. It suddenly awakened all of Li Qingshan's memories.
So his hometown was not far away!
For a moment, he forgot the hardships of living under someone else's roof, forgot the pain of hunger and cold. Perhaps his memories had beautified everything, or perhaps he had already let go of these things. In his heart, there was only a child playing a shepherd's flute, riding on a big Oxen, walking slowly on the mountain road. That's right, that was his only wealth.
He suddenly had a strong thought. He wanted to go back and see his old neighbors.
However, he immediately dispelled this thought.
There was no need to bury one's bones in mulberry fields. This was the promise he had made to himself!
There was nothing he was reluctant to part with there.
If there was something he could not give up, one was on the ground, one was in the Bai clan, one was in the sky.
He looked up at the sky and smiled. A feeling of incomparable freedom was deeply reflected in the heart on the ground.
On the ground, Li Qingshan walked out of the deep pool and came before Little Ann. He half-knelt and hugged the only one who shared his happiness, the eternal supporter, tightly in his arms: "Little Ann, do you see? I have become so powerful. From now on, no one can casually bully us anymore. Laozi will definitely make them all pay the price. "
Little Ann felt that the current Li Qingshan was somewhat different. This was not a change in his appearance, but in his temperament. Compared to his human form, he always had a kind of unbridled arrogance in his demon form.
She liked him like this. Because, at this time, he always looked a bit happier. But no matter which he was, he was still her Li Qingshan.
One Li Qingshan stepped on the ground and hugged the most important person to him in his arms.
The other Li Qingshan flew into the blue sky and opened his arms towards the sky.
I want freedom! I want freedom to do whatever I want! I want unlimited freedom!
Nine provinces, I am coming! Nine heavens, wait for me!
"Can you wait for me for a moment?" Little Ann tilted her head and smiled.
Li Qingshan fiercely kissed her on the cheek: "As long as it takes!"
From that day onwards, Little Ann entered a meditative state.
Li Qingshan left behind a mirror image to protect him in the deep pool.
His original body wandered around. He even recovered his identity as Li Qingshan and went to complete a few missions. His face was exposed so that no one would suspect that he had disappeared.
After his experiments, he had a more concrete understanding of the various abilities of his doppelgangers. The existence of the doppelgangers would not be affected by his original body returning to human form. However, the demonic aura of his original body was constantly dissipating. It could be maintained by meditating and communicating with the spiritual aura of heaven and earth. But if there was an intense battle, it would probably not be maintained for too long.
And to create a doppelganger, he needed to consume all his demonic power in one go and have 30% of his original body's battle power. Don't underestimate this 30% battle power. Because of the three great supernatural powers left behind by Brother Ox, his strength, speed, and demonic aura far surpassed that of ordinary Daemon Generals. The overall battle power was even more shocking.
According to his estimation, his doppelgangers would not have too much of a problem dealing with Foundation Establishment cultivators like Begonia who were not good at fighting. And, according to his past experiences, the effects of this innate ability should increase as his cultivation increased. If he could pull out even more doppelgangers from the water, just what would the effects be?
After completing another mission and obtaining a few corpses, Li Qingshan used the Glazed Mirror of Invisibility to hide himself and returned to the edge of the Boundless mountains. Little Ann still had not emerged from seclusion.
He had nothing to do, so he crossed his legs and sat down. He took out the high grade spiritual artifact he had bought below the Green Vine mountain. The Whale's Ingestion of Water!
He still did not have a suitable weapon right now. After becoming a Daemon General, he could refine human spiritual artifacts and turn them into so-called daemon armaments.
A powerful wave of Demonic Qi was injected into it. Perhaps it was because he had already refined this Spiritual Weapon, but the process was unexpectedly simple.
Gradually, the shape of the Whale's Ingestion of Water changed as well. It became a more regular hilt, but the price was that it lost many of its original functions. It could no longer shoot out Gui Water lightning or ice spikes.
However, these two functions that were originally very practical were completely useless to Li Qingshan in his Daemon General form. There was no need for him to keep them. He only had two requirements for his weapon: sharpness and toughness.
Although Li Qingshan was only a beginner in the art of artifact forging, he used his powerful control over water to force large quantities of water spiritual energy into the Whale's Ingestion of Water. The hilt spat out a blade inch by inch.
A few hours later, Li Qingshan raised the blade in his hand in satisfaction. The narrow, sharp blade shone with rainbow light under the sunlight. Standing before the cold pool, he swung his hand casually, and the waterfall before him was cut in half. He could not help but laugh aloud.
If someone were here, they would see a naked man standing on the edge of a cliff with an extremely beautiful ice blade on his shoulder. He smiled in a flamboyant manner.
Yes, Li Qingshan was not wearing any clothes. He was truly naked.
After transforming into a Daemon General, he felt that wearing clothes was not very comfortable. He was born this way, so there was no need for clothes to cover himself. Hence, every time he transformed into a Daemon General, he would take off his clothes and walk around naked.
At this moment, the smell of blood wafted over. The smell of human blood was accompanied by the soft sounds of killing.
Li Qingshan immediately looked back. His gaze passed through the layers of trees. Although he was far away from the mountains and could not see the exact situation, it still piqued Li Qingshan's curiosity. With a flash, he disappeared from where he was. After passing through a few mountains, he saw an extremely familiar small village. More accurately, it was a village.
This was also an old place, the place where hunters lived, the Drawn Reins Village.
Only then did Li Qingshan remember that the place where he cultivated was actually closer to the Drawn Reins Village, which was deep within the Vast Mountain Range. However, at that time, there were huge mountains in the way, and the mountain paths were rugged and difficult to traverse. That was why it felt so far away.
At this moment, the Drawn Reins Village was being surrounded and attacked by a large group of soldiers. There were quite a few experts among them. If not for the protection of the high walls and the advantage of bows and arrows, the village would have already been breached.
Huang Binghu stood on top of the sentry tower, holding a large bow in his hand. The bow was like a full moon, and the arrows were like shooting stars. Every arrow would kill a person, greatly damaging the enemy's morale. However, he was also almost exhausted. His brows were tightly furrowed. Was my Drawn Reins Village going to fall here?
At this moment, a voice came from the sky. It was as relaxed as if someone was taking a stroll after dinner, greeting a neighbor. "Hunter Huang, long time no see!"
Huang Binghu was currently extremely nervous. Upon hearing this, he shot an arrow without saying anything. Only then did he realize that the voice was somewhat familiar.
At this moment, the battlefield quieted down. The people inside and outside the village all raised their heads in a daze. All they saw was a white cloud descending from the sky.
Li Qingshan returned to his human form. Of course, he had also put on his clothes. He easily brushed aside the incoming arrow and lowered the cloud until it was parallel to the sentry tower. He smiled at the dumbfounded Huang Binghu. "Is this how you welcome an old friend?"
This was a remote place. It was not like the Clear River prefecture, where they had seen many cultivators. In the eyes of the people, cultivators were no different from immortals. Li Qingshan's current behaviour only confirmed their suspicions.
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