But even so, it was worth it.
Splitting his soul into two made him feel as though there were two of him. Even though his fighting prowess wouldn't increase at the moment, once he fully recovered, he would be able to double his strength in an instant.
More importantly, the two of them would be able to communicate with one another through telepathy. This wasn't something as simple as one plus one equals two. It could even be three, four, or even more.
Furthermore, the split soul would be able to cultivate like an ordinary person, and as time passed, it would grow stronger and stronger.
"Let's begin!"
The soul glanced at the main body, and with a faint smile, it charged straight for the Nine Hearts Lotus.
Hu!
As soon as it arrived, it felt a powerful suction force pulling it in. In the next instant, it was pulled into a dark space.
"Master..."
Standing firmly, it saw a middle-aged man shrouded in black aura standing not too far away. The middle-aged man clasped his fist and bowed respectfully.
Mo Hunsheng!
Zhang Xuan had thought that as a 6-star soul oracle who had lived for so many years, the other party would have the appearance of an old man. Who could have thought that the other party would have a fair, beardless face and a frail body, reminiscent of a scholar?
After signing the soul contract, even if he were to escape, he would still be Zhang Shi's subordinate. Thus, he dared not disobey the other party's orders. Otherwise, the other party could easily crush him with a thought.
"Is this your original appearance?" The clone asked doubtfully.
Souls were unstable, and they could change freely. Thus, it was possible that the appearance before him was an intentional one.
"Yes, the soul of a soul oracle can maintain the appearance it takes when drawing it out. Back then, this was my appearance. Even if I were to live for another ten thousand years, it wouldn't change!" Mo Hunsheng hurriedly said.
The soul could transform into thousands of different forms, even changing its shape. However, it would always maintain the appearance of the soul when it was drawn out of the body, never changing even after ten thousand years.
"Un, I'll take your place now. You can leave now!"
The clone waved his hands. "However, since I can't find a suitable body for you at the moment, you can stay in the Soulless Metal Humanoid for the time being. Once I find a suitable body, I'll let you possess it immediately!"
Even though Mo Hunsheng was powerful enough to stay in the outside world for a period of time, as time passed, he would still suffer from the Five Soul Declines.
In order to prevent this, he would have to find a suitable body.
As a master teacher, it was impossible for Zhang Xuan to allow the other party to possess him freely. Thus, he could only enter the body of the Soulless Metal Humanoid for the time being.
In any case, this artifact was forged by the soul oracles to possess one's body. It was extremely easy for one to enter it, and it wouldn't result in the Possession Curse.
"Yes, as long as I can get out, I don't mind staying there …"
Mo Hunsheng hurriedly nodded his head, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
After being trapped here for tens of thousands of years, Zhang Xuan was already on the verge of going insane. Putting aside entering the Soulless Metal Humanoid, as long as he could get out, he would be willing to shorten his lifespan by a few hundred years.
Furthermore, Zhang Shi had already promised to help him find a body to possess, so there was nothing to be conflicted about.
"I'll go out first!"
Gritting his teeth, his body glowed with a special light as he charged out.
Sensing that Zhang Xuan was about to leave, a powerful force seemed to come from the dark space, trying to stop him. Zhang Xuan's clone harrumphed lightly and stood in front of Zhang Xuan.
Hu!
When the energy stopped, Mo Hunsheng made use of this opportunity to leap out of the Nine Hearts Lotus Embryo and land outside.
"He's out!" Zhang Xuan looked over from outside.
"Yes!" Feeling that he had regained his freedom, Mo Hunsheng scanned his surroundings in agitation.
"Let's go in first!"
With a slight smile, Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist, and a coffin containing the Soulless Metal Humanoid appeared before him.
Mo Hunsheng nodded. He opened the coffin and dived in. The next moment, the eyes of the Soulless Metal Humanoid opened, and it stood up.
The soul returned to its body.
"Master!"
The towering Soulless Metal Humanoid walked up to Zhang Xuan like an armored general.
"Just call me young master like everyone else!" Zhang Xuan waved his hands.
"Yes, young master!" The Soulless Metal Humanoid clasped its fist.
Looking at the Soulless Metal Humanoid before him, Zhang Xuan asked calmly, "How much of your current strength can you wield?"
There was a limit to the strength of the Soulless Metal Humanoid, but Mo Hunsheng's cultivation was much higher than Zhang Xuan's.
"I personally forged these Soulless Metal Humanoids back then, so I can wield about a hundred percent of their strength!" Mo Hunsheng said.
"A hundred percent? Transcendent Mortal 9-dan? "Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
Mo Hunsheng was a 6-star soul oracle, and his cultivation had reached Transcendent Mortal 9-dan pinnacle when he was alive. He was just a step away from reaching Half-Saint. Even though he had expended quite a bit of his strength over the years, there was no doubt that he would still be able to reach Transcendent Mortal 9-dan.
Didn't this mean that he would have a Transcendent Mortal 9-dan subordinate by his side in the future?
With such an expert by his side, even without the threat of 'Yang shi', no one would dare to cause trouble for him!
"Un!" Mo Hunsheng nodded.
"Indeed. Stand guard outside and don't allow anyone to enter. I'm forging my clone, so don't disturb me!" Zhang Xuan instructed.
Mo Hunsheng replied and turned around to leave.
On the other hand, Zhang Xuan stared at the lotus before him with a grim expression.
"Let's begin!"
With a flick of his finger, a surge of zhenqi gushed into the lotus.
Mo Hunsheng was extremely fearful of Heaven's Path zhenqi, but his clone didn't care about it. As more and more zhenqi gushed into the lotus, the black color of the lotus gradually turned whiter and whiter.
It gradually matured.
The zhenqi consumption of the lotus was immense, but Zhang Xuan had sufficient middle-tier spirit stones to spare, so he didn't mind it.
After an unknown period of time, with a slight jolt, the entire lotus turned milky white, reminiscent of a firefly, and a warm glow emanated from it.
"As expected of … a God artifact!"
With just a single glance, Zhang Xuan felt his body jolting, as though his entire being had been drawn in by it.
The previous lotus was as black as ink, and it was incomparably bizarre, reminiscent of a demonic artifact. However, the current one felt as though it had descended from the Nine Heavens, making it inviolable.
It was indeed extraordinary!
If others were to learn of it, they would surely vie for it. Even a 6-star, Seven Star, or even 8-star master teacher wouldn't be able to escape the temptation.
Master teachers were humans as well, and they had emotions and desires as well. Even if they came across a treasure, they would try to claim it for themselves. They couldn't possibly be like saints, who had no desires at all.
Besides, even Kong Shi was a person who was protective of his disciples. He had once destroyed an entire country in a fit of rage for his disciple, let alone others.
"Assimilate it!"
Knowing that this was an incomparably precious artifact, Zhang Xuan didn't hesitate at all. Grabbing the lotus, he infused a surge of zhenqi into it.
Mo Hunsheng had already imparted the method to forge a physical body to her, so it wasn't too complicated.
Her zhenqi wrapped around the lotus, allowing it to fuse perfectly with her soul. The lotus gradually fused together with her soul, forming a clean and flawless physical body.
After a long period of tempering.
The soul and body fused together perfectly, and she slowly opened her eyes.
"It's done!"
Seeing his clone stand up, Zhang Xuan smiled.
The two of them stared at one another, and in an instant, Zhang Xuan felt an indescribable sensation. It was as though he was looking into a mirror, and at times, he would feel as though he was the other party.
A clone was a split of the main body's soul. Regardless of whether it was in terms of thoughts or thoughts, it was identical to the main body. In fact, the knowledge and battle techniques that the two of them cultivated could be shared as well.
In other words, as long as the clone was reading books, the main body would be able to obtain the knowledge easily. But of course, that was all. The cultivation that the clone absorbed was different from that of the main body.
"The current clone is just an embryo. Even if it possesses cultivation, it comes from its soul energy. I should raise its cultivation first!"
His clone was formed from the Nine Hearts Lotus, so it didn't possess any cultivation at all. Even if it did possess strength at the moment, it came from the soul energy that had fused into his body. Thus, he had to raise his zhenqi cultivation as soon as possible.
Putting on his clothes, Zhang Xuan sat at the center of the Spirit Gathering Formation.
Geji! Geji!
With a thought, the Heaven's Path Divine Art began to circulate according to the instructions in his head.
"Hmm?"
A moment later, a frown appeared on Zhang Xuan's forehead.
He had already cultivated the Heaven's Path Divine Art once, so it should be easy for him to circulate it. Yet, why was he unable to do so with his clone?
As soon as he started to circulate the Heaven's Path Divine Art, he felt an immense pressure pressing down on him, threatening to crush his body into dust.
"Could it be that … no one other than my main body is able to cultivate the Heaven's Path Divine Art, not even my clone?"
An idea popped up.
Previously, he had tried to impart the complete Heaven's Path Divine Art to his students, but it was a pity that none of them were able to cultivate it. Left with no choice, he could only modify the Heaven's Path Divine Art, leaving some flaws in it.
He had thought that only the others were like this, but now it seemed that even his doppelganger was the same.
"I'm afraid it's related to the Library of Heaven's Path!"
Zhang Xuan's heart skipped a beat.
The Library of Heaven's Path accompanied him in his rebirth and appeared in his body. Perhaps it was because of the existence of this thing that he could cultivate. On the other hand, even if his clone possessed his soul, it would not be able to cultivate the Heaven's Path Divine Art without the Library of Heaven's Path.
The Heavenly Dao could not be pried into, and the Great Dao could not be flawless. With the Library of Heaven's Path, one could hide from the Heavenly Mysteries and not be discovered. One could cultivate however they wanted, but without it, it would be impossible.
"Since it doesn't work, let's modify it!"
Since Zhang Xuan was unable to cultivate the Heaven's Path Divine Art, he decided to leave some flaws in it. In any case, Zhao Ya and the others were already familiar with it.
Gugugugu!
Following the flawed cultivation technique, Zhang Xuan's zhenqi flowed smoothly, and his aura gradually grew stronger. His cultivation continued to rise.
As expected of a physical body forged from a God artifact. The cultivation speed of Zhao Ya and the others paled in comparison.
In just three short days, he had advanced from Fighter 1-dan Juxi realm to Transcendent Mortal 3-dan Yin-Yang realm pinnacle!
His cultivation was on par with his main body.
Even though it was because he had plenty of spirit stones, his speed was still shocking enough to scare countless people to death.
"Since my cultivation has reached a certain level, I don't need to cultivate battle techniques anymore. I can just share my soul with my clone!"
Cultivation techniques required one to cultivate, but battle techniques were unnecessary. As long as one shared one's soul, one would be able to do so. In other words, even if this clone didn't cultivate battle techniques, its Heaven's Path Sword Art, fist art, movement technique... would be on par with the main body.
"Let's see how strong I am... Come, punch me!"
With a smile, Zhang Xuan turned to his clone.
There was no Strength Measuring Rock Pillar in the room, so it was impossible for him to determine the other party's cultivation. However, he was well aware of how strong his main body was. Thus, he should be able to easily determine the other party's strength with a single punch.
Hu!
As his clone charged forward with a punch, Zhang Xuan chuckled softly and retaliated with a punch of his own.
The two fists collided.
Peng!
Before Zhang Xuan could process what was going on, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm, as though he had been struck by a mountain. His head smashed through several walls before crashing into the rocky ground of the courtyard.
"The heck... What is going on..."
Zhang Xuan burst into tears.
(The third update is for the 34th alliance leader, Misty Rain of Red Dust Rain!)
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