Yang Xuan coldly stared at Zi Shuang, who was lying on the ground, and didn't speak for a long time.
The atmosphere in the airship was quiet and strange. An inexplicable chill rose from the bottom of Zi Shuang's heart and tightly surrounded her like ice.
Uncle Ye appeared in the airship. When he saw the scene in the airship, he immediately became anxious and called out, "Profound Sage …"
"Get out!" Yang Xuan said indifferently. His voice wasn't loud and seemed very casual.
However, Uncle Ye shuddered and swallowed all the words he wanted to say. His face became pale, and he glanced at Zi Shuang worriedly. Then, he turned around and left, not daring to stay for even half a second.
He had a premonition that if he stayed for one more second, what awaited him would be extremely terrible consequences.
After Uncle Ye left, the airship was still silent. Zi Shuang, who was lying on the ground, had already begun to tremble.
After what seemed like a century, Yang Xuan slowly opened his mouth. "Do you know how many disciples of my Yang Family have died?"
Zi Shuang's body trembled and she lowered herself even more. She didn't dare to answer.
"You have to be responsible for these disciples of the Yang Family who have died," Yang Xuan continued. His voice wasn't cold and was instead very calm. "Therefore, you can't escape death."
Zi Shuang's face was ashen, but she heard something from Yang Xuan's words. She raised her head and smiled bitterly. "Profound Sage, I'm willing to use my life to atone for this."
Yang Xuan turned around and sat down. He didn't let Zi Shuang get up and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Zi Shuang let out a long breath, as if she was organizing her words. After a while, she said, "Actually, I knew your identity from the beginning. That time in 22 Yunhua, I deliberately approached you with the purpose of provoking the conflict between you and the Heiyun people."
Yang Xuan had already figured this out when he arrived at the Heiyun people.
Generally speaking, after a Saint revealed their identity, ordinary people would never dare to provoke them again. However, Zi Shuang still dared to attack Hua Hong, provoking Yang Xuan to kill his way to the Black Cloud Star. In a way, at that time, Yang Xuan already had doubts in his heart, so he let Zi Shuang go in the end. He wanted to see what she was up to.
After that, when Yang Jiaqiang reported to Yang Xuan about the Saint and learned that the Vice Hierarch of the Saint was someone called Emperor Zi, Yang Xuan immediately thought of Zi Shuang.
However, in reality, Zi Shuang had yet to become an Emperor. She was only a Heaven Level Immortal. That was something that she could not conceal.
"And then?" Yang Xuan asked.
Zi Shuang looked up at Yang Xuan and slowly said, "Profound Sage, do you know that Zi Yun and I are sisters?"
Yang Xuan nodded.
Zi Shuang smiled bitterly, her eyes filled with sorrow and hatred. "You're wrong. Zi Yun and I were originally the same person."
Yang Xuan was surprised. In an instant, he understood why he felt a sense of deja vu when he saw Zi Yun. So that was it.
"You're a split body?" Yang Xuan looked at Zi Shuang and asked.
"I'm the original body!" Zi Shuang said word by word, looking extremely miserable.
This time, it was Yang Xuan's turn to be surprised. Zi Shuang was actually the original body. That meant that Princess Ziyun was the split body? What was going on?
"Ten thousand years ago, the Saint of my clan discovered the mystery of body splitting. Through a secret method, the body could be split into identical individuals that were controlled by the original body. When this method was revealed, the higher-ups of the Heiyun people were all excited, and the secret method became popular. " Zi Shuang said tirelessly, "It was also at that time that I used the secret method to split myself into three."
Yang Xuan did not interrupt her narration and listened carefully.
Zi Shuang continued, "Originally, we thought that with this secret method, the Heiyun people would dominate the starry sky and become the overlords of the starry sky in one fell swoop. From then on, they would be free and unfettered. However, the good times did not last long. Just as we were about to push the secret method to the ordinary people, we suddenly discovered that the split bodies had developed their own consciousness."
Zi Shuang took a deep breath. "This is a terrifying thing. The split bodies have all the cultivation of the original body, but they have developed their own consciousness. This is equivalent to the higher-ups of the Heiyun people creating many enemies for themselves out of thin air."
A scene appeared in Yang Xuan's mind: countless copies of himself surrounding the original body, eyeing it covetously.
Such a scene was terrifying just thinking about it.
"In the beginning, we tried to destroy the split bodies, but it ended in failure. The split bodies had the same cultivation as the original body, but they had the advantage in numbers. Therefore, in the end, we had no choice but to negotiate with them and discuss about peaceful coexistence." Zi Shuang seemed to be immersed in her memories, and her eyes lost focus. "After the discussion, the split bodies agreed, and the Heiyun people were able to continue for the time being. It was also at that time that the Heiyun people sealed off the outside world."
Yang Xuan nodded. No wonder the Heiyun people had been biding their time for ten thousand years.
Zi Shuang continued, "But what we did not expect was that in the next thousand years, the split bodies actually plotted in secret and gradually came to the fore. They began to divide up the power of the Heiyun people, and the higher-ups of the Heiyun people were squeezed out. They were either imprisoned or dead. Now, there are not many left."
It was a tragedy.
Yang Xuan seemed to be able to somewhat understand Zi Shuang's feelings.
"It was also at that time that my split body, my good sister, after changing her appearance, came to the fore in the name of Father's daughter and became Princess Ziyun." Zi Shuang's eyes were filled with hatred.
Yang Xuan was a little puzzled and asked, "First, since Zi Yun is your split body, why is her cultivation so much higher than yours?"
Zi Shuang replied, "For some reason, the split bodies have a much stronger affinity with the power of the God Cloud than the original body. Therefore, after ten thousand years of cultivation, many of the split bodies' cultivation have long surpassed the original body's cultivation."
Yang Xuan nodded and asked again, "Since Zi Yun used the name of the Heiyun people's princess, does Heiyun The Great not care?"
Zi Shuang smiled bitterly and looked at Yang Xuan, but did not answer this question.
Yang Xuan was shocked. "You mean … the current Heiyun The Great is also a split body?"
Zi Shuang nodded sadly. "The real Father has long been locked up somewhere by them. I haven't seen him for thousands of years."
Yang Xuan took a deep breath and didn't know what to say.
If what Zi Shuang said was true, the Heiyun people had really encountered a great disaster.
After sighing, Yang Xuan asked again, "Well, even if this is true, why do you want to intensify the conflict between me and the Heiyun people's … um, split bodies?"
Zi Shuang looked at Yang Xuan and said after a long while, "The reason why I found Profound Sage was partly because of your cultivation, but more importantly, because Profound Sage already has a grudge against the split body."
Yang Xuan was a little surprised and asked, "Already has a grudge against the split body? Why do you say that?"
Zi Shuang also took a deep breath and said, "Profound Sage, do you know why my clan has this method of splitting bodies?"
Yang Xuan shook his head.
Zi Shuang continued, "Our clan's method of splitting bodies was not created by our ancestors, but came from the God Cloud."
Yang Xuan's body shook and he said in surprise, "You mean … the initiator of all this is the God Cloud?"
"Yes and no." Zi Shuang nodded and then shook her head. "In fact, the God Cloud is also in the same predicament as us."
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