mesbooks Chapter 315 Assimilation
Chapter 315 Assimilation
After compiling all his gains, Liu Xing felt incredibly proud. He knew such opportunities were rare, and investing in the area above his mouth was the right decision. He now had a clearer vision of his future, and was more comfortable battling other opponents.
"The master's clone has arrived!" said the puppet expressionlessly. He led his external incarnation to the cave and stood quietly aside.
Looking at the pretty and cold Qing'er puppet, Liu Xing felt melancholy.
"Brother, thank you for your hard work during this period!" Liu Xing bowed to the clone and carefully looked at the changes in the clone.
The appearance and cultivation level of his external incarnation have not changed at all. It seems that he has been busy with the affairs of the Economic Hall during this period and has no time to practice at all.
However, the clone's eyes were more flexible and his thoughts seemed more active. The next thing Liu Xing had to do was to assimilate.
"You are me and I am you. We have all worked hard, so why should you be polite to me?" The clone said in return with a smile.
So the two of them sat cross-legged facing each other, with their four palms pressed together, and together they practiced the secret technique of clones, and the clones' souls entered the main god's sea of consciousness.
As soon as the clone came in, Fatty woke up suddenly from his sleep, took a lazy look, and fell asleep again.
In the sea of consciousness, the clone and the main body's soul also sat cross-legged like the physical body outside, with four palms pressed together, and the memories and thoughts of the two began to assimilate.
As time went by, Liu Xing discovered that his clone had lived a wonderful life for the past twenty years.
Liu Xing had met nearly every Jindan-stage disciple of the Qianji Sect. Of the brothers who had fought alongside him in the Southern War, a third had successfully reached Jindan and possessed their own magical weapons, but none had reached the middle Jindan stage. The other two-thirds had reached the end of their lifespan and passed away, leaving him with a deep sense of loss. His good friend, Yue Qianjun, had also reached the late Foundation Establishment stage. Once, while treasure-hunting in Huangshan, he had become trapped. His junior sister, who had married him, had gone out to look for him, but they both never returned, and it was likely they were in grave danger.
Another great event was the successful fertilization of the infant by the former sect leader, Hou Youyuan. This added another member to the Thousand Machine Sect's Council of Elders, strengthening the sect's external influence. Thousand Machine Sect disciples were now more confident when traveling abroad.
In recent years, the clone has held a high position of power, attracting a constant stream of merchants seeking to curry his favor, and countless banquets and dinners. To gather more information on elixir recipes and elixirs, the clone has toiled tirelessly, meticulously negotiating with various individuals. Finally, he has made some progress, collecting several bottles of elixirs that can enhance cultivation. While these elixirs could certainly boost other cultivators' cultivation by a small realm, for Liu Xing, they are still a drop in the bucket. However, given several reliable pieces of information, for safety reasons, the clone has not actively searched. Now that the main body has returned, they can begin planning.
However, there were also some concerns. His reputation for alchemy and weapon-making had spread far and wide, and many fellow practitioners sought him out for alchemy and magical artifacts. Although his clone had inherited the master's experience, it had never actually practiced them, so it wasn't entirely confident. Consequently, the clone always refused, citing busy official duties as the excuse. This resented some of his peers, who felt that Liu Xing, now wealthy and powerful, was no longer as friendly toward them as before. Upon receiving this information, Liu Xing could only shake his head helplessly.
The Qianyuan trio made slow progress in their puppet development and later separated, either undertaking missions within the sect or traveling. Over the past few decades, no substantial progress has been made. Liu Xing invested in this project, achieving initial success, but it's now considered aborted and without further development. However, Liu Xing didn't mind. His decades of study, drawing on the strengths of various schools, had enabled him to achieve significant advancements in his calculations of restrictions, his refining skills, his alchemy techniques, and his mastery of the spirit. Now, he only needed to find the right materials to realize the many more advanced ideas he had in mind. He estimated that a puppet of the middle Jindan stage should be within his reach.
After taking over the clone's memories, the main body also passed on the gains of the past few decades to the clone. The clone absorbed them silently, and was particularly interested in the skills and secrets of the Corpse Refining Sect, the Soul Spring Sect, and the Demon Cult. He was even more happy to get the improved version of "Magic Infant Transformation Technique".
The assimilation process lasted half an hour, and the clone's spirit returned to the main body. The two exchanged a smile. Through the assimilation, Liu Xing clearly felt that the clone and he were more united in purpose, though there were still slight differences before assimilation. This made Liu Xing feel a chill in his heart, and he felt that he needed to strengthen his assimilation with the clone in the future, otherwise the clone would develop a different mind and cause endless trouble.
"This is what we have gained over the past twenty years. Please keep it well." The clone handed Liu Xing a storage bag.
Liu Xing took it and scanned it with his spiritual sense. Nearly ten million spirit stones and countless medicinal herbs and precious materials were found. Particularly valuable were the bottles of cultivation-enhancing elixirs. He nodded with satisfaction and sorted the contents of the storage bag into his storage bracelet. It seemed his decision had been wise. Having his clone travel on his behalf to gather his own cultivation resources was essential.
Liu Xing also put some magical instruments and skills suitable for his clone, as well as some spirit stones, into a storage bag and handed it to his clone.
Next, Liu Xing said hello to Sect Master Lu and left Qianji Sect heading north.
A year later, Liu Xing returned, dusty and exhausted, riding atop a dragon. This time, he first sent his clone to the Ten Thousand Bone Pit, where he continued his retreat, drawing on the Yin Sha energy. He then visited several locations where his clones had gathered information about elixirs. After some setbacks, he even slew a peak-level six Semu ancient beast and finally obtained the elixirs he was looking for.
After Liu Xing returned, he reduced his social engagements. Aside from a trip to Wanshan City for a major shopping spree, he began to practice intermittently in seclusion. He refined the spiritual herbs he had harvested into elixirs and began to practice with them. With the stimulation of the elixirs, his mana, which had been dormant for a long time, began to steadily increase again, giving Liu Xing a feeling of happiness, like a long-awaited rain.
In addition to cultivation, he also began to comprehend the secret techniques of various major sects that were useful to him. If he could practice these techniques to perfection, his combat effectiveness would be greatly improved. He was secretly looking forward to it.
Whenever he had free time, he would refine a puppet of the middle Jindan stage according to his latest concept. He had failed several times in a row, wasting a large amount of precious materials. These high-level puppet materials were already scarce and expensive, and the loss of at least two million yuan was heartbreaking. After repeated research and continuous improvement, his hard work paid off, and Liu Xing finally succeeded in refining a puppet of the middle Jindan stage.
The puppet had three heads and six arms, wielding six magical weapons. Powered by mid-grade spirit stones, it was powerful enough to instantly kill an ordinary cultivator in the early Jindan stage. Liu Xing was delighted with the puppet's combat prowess, and he invested heavily in purchasing the necessary materials to create another puppet in the middle Jindan stage.