Chapter 795: Parasitic Spirit Technique

"Old Monster, when you possessed the puppet, did you ever think about moving your primordial spirit away from the puppet? With your wisdom to create this technique, it shouldn't be difficult, right? After all, the Great Expansion Technique was created by you single-handedly." Han Li says indifferently after being silent for a while.

"Do you think the 'Parasitic Spirit Technique' I used is very simple? Back then, I relied on my own intelligence, thinking that no one in the world could surpass me, so I was distracted by too many things. Not only did I create secret techniques like the Great Expansion Technique that can strengthen spiritual sense, but I also single-handedly founded the Thousand Bamboo Sect and researched puppet techniques that had long been lost in Tiannan. Just these things consumed most of my lifespan. Moreover, I had to cultivate techniques to advance my cultivation base to the late Nascent Soul stage, so that I could run rampant and have no rivals."

"Run rampant? No rivals?" Hearing this, Han Li reveals a strange look.

"Why, do you think I'm bragging? When my cultivation was successful back then, because I was always low-key and arrogant, I only challenged those famous cultivators and never spread my battle achievements. Therefore, the cultivators who knew my name back then were only those top-tier existences. Not to mention other places, the two old guys who were known as the number one cultivators of the righteous and demonic paths in Tiannan back then were defeated by me. They were beaten into submission and even voluntarily gave up the Extreme West to me as the foundation for establishing the sect, and withdrew all their forces from this place. Otherwise, do you really think that a mere desert could make you Tiannan cultivators afraid to get involved in the Extreme West? You must know that the Extreme West has two countries, which is enough to accommodate quite a few large sects." When the Great Expansion Divine Monarch says this, his voice is full of pride.

"The Extreme West was fought by you?" Han Li is speechless upon hearing this.

"Not only that, I also forced those two old guys to take a poisonous oath personally that within ten thousand years, their disciples and grandchildren would not be allowed to enter the Extreme West." The old man becomes somewhat smug again.

"With their status, they would be so obedient?" Han Li's mouth twitches, finding it somewhat hard to believe.

"They wouldn't. I would have killed their disciples and grandchildren cleanly. You don't think I'm a mother-in-law-like person, do you? As for wanting to rely on their large numbers to besiege me, the thousands of puppets I refined are not to be trifled with either. However, it is somewhat strange that the righteous and demonic cultivators still haven't invaded the Extreme West to this day. I wonder if the righteous and demonic cultivators really abide by their ancestors' words to this day." The Great Expansion Divine Monarch feels somewhat strange.

Han Li is silent.

This old monster is either bragging, or he was really abnormal to the extreme back then. The thousands of puppets the other party mentioned, even if they were all Foundation Establishment stage, would be enough to scare people to death.

As for whether the righteous and demonic paths are limited by the oath of the year and do not snatch the Extreme West, or whether they really find the Extreme West too far away and lacking in resources, and really don't bother to ask, Han Li is too lazy to think about this matter.

This has nothing to do with him.

Han Li is feeling shocked, but a sigh from the old man comes into his mind.

"After I did all this, I thought I was at the pinnacle of the cultivation world, only to find that I had made a fatal mistake. My lifespan was running out. But I was still stuck at the late Nascent Soul stage. Even if my aptitude and intelligence were astonishing, the remaining two hundred years of time were simply not enough for me to break through from the late stage to the Spirit Transformation stage. But if I hadn't been distracted by puppet techniques and creating some techniques from the beginning, I believe that entering the Spirit Transformation stage would not have been very difficult for me. Otherwise, I would have ascended to the Spirit World long ago. Why would I be trapped in a puppet body for ten thousand years, and now be about to have my soul fly away and scatter?" The Great Expansion Divine Monarch's voice sinks, seeming somewhat dejected.

Hearing this, Han Li purses his lips, feeling extremely troubled in his heart, and even has a trace of jealousy.

Ordinary cultivators find it difficult to even reach Core Formation and form a Nascent Soul, while for this old monster, entering the Spirit Transformation stage seems not too difficult. If what he said is true, this person is really a heaven-defying existence.

Calling him a cultivation genius seen once in ten thousand years is a bit of an understatement.

"After knowing that there was no hope of entering the Spirit Transformation stage, I was unwilling to wait for death to descend. Although it is said that as long as the essence soul is not destroyed, there will be reincarnation after death. But for this old man, even if I could have a next life, without the memories and emotions of this life, would it still be me? It would simply be a stranger. Moreover, in the next life, I might become a mediocre person who accomplishes nothing. The chance of even having spiritual roots and becoming a cultivator again would be pitifully small. With this fear in my heart, I abandoned everything in the remaining two hundred years and began to painstakingly create a reincarnation technique that could maintain longevity or consciousness. After failing countless times, I finally created the Parasitic Spirit Technique on the basis of the Great Expansion Technique. This secret technique that has never been seen before." The Great Expansion Divine Monarch sneers as he says this.

"Which is to give up most of your cultivation base, just to float your spiritual sense on a puppet and be a living dead person for nearly ten thousand years." Han Li suddenly interrupts with a mocking smile.

"What do you know? I didn't have enough time. I only completed half of the Parasitic Spirit Technique before I was forced to use it. As a result, I became what I am now. After attaching to the specially made puppet, I didn't expect that my entire cultivation base would be exhausted. Only the magical powers of the spiritual sense could be barely used. But wanting the primordial spirit to leave the body was simply a pipe dream. And that secret room was guarded by an extremely powerful magic formation and over a hundred puppet people. Without a physical body and magic power, I didn't even have a way to open the restriction or summon the puppets. Moreover, for fear of being sought out by enemies, I had never told anyone about that secret room. Those disciples and subordinates who only had Core Formation cultivation base couldn't find that place at all. As a result, I was trapped for ten thousand years. If I weren't a puppet body and hadn't stored quite a few spirit stones in that secret room, I would have long since turned to ashes." Speaking to the end, the Great Expansion Divine Monarch's voice becomes icy cold.

Han Li frowns, feeling somewhat suspicious in his heart. But after his expression softens slightly, he still asks:

"Old Monster, why are you so talkative today? In the past, whenever I wanted to ask you about things from back then, you were always indifferent and lazy. Why are you so detailed this time?"

"Humph! If I don't talk to you, who should I talk to? Since you have cultivated the Great Expansion Technique, you can be considered half my disciple. Moreover, if you hadn't broken into the Thousand Bamboo Sect's secret room and found me, who was on the verge of death, I'm afraid I would have had my soul fly away and scatter immediately. The Parasitic Spirit Technique is not a true longevity technique after all. Even if the puppet body doesn't rot for ten thousand years, my primordial spirit has not been nourished by a true physical body for a long time, and it has reached the end of its rope. What I didn't expect was that you, kid, were quite clever. You saw the difference between me and other puppets at a glance and took action against me first, almost killing me." The old man says this, as if he is angry again.

"I took action first? If you hadn't suddenly attacked me with that bullshit Seven Emotions Technique. Even if I felt that the puppet you transformed into was a bit strange, I wouldn't have done anything. As a result, caught off guard, the second Nascent Soul and you became a situation of being afraid to throw a rat for fear of breaking the vase. It is true that you could use the Seven Emotions Technique to make my second Nascent Soul go wild and become uncontrollable. But I could also use the main Nascent Soul to manipulate the second Nascent Soul to use the assimilation technique, causing your essence soul and the second Nascent Soul to fly away and scatter together." Han Li retorts unceremoniously.

"How would I know that you, little monster, had actually cultivated a second Nascent Soul at such a young age? You must know that I had no magic power at all except for my spiritual sense back then, and my attack was just for self-preservation." The Great Expansion Divine Monarch feels that he is not in the wrong at all, and instead speaks righteously.

This time, Han Li is directly speechless, not wanting to continue this conversation.

"Alright. Let's not talk about this matter for now. I didn't expect that you would actually have a supreme treasure like Soul-Nurturing Wood. Otherwise, even if I had restrained you, I would have disappeared from this world in a year or a half. This can be considered a blessing in disguise." The Great Expansion Divine Monarch pauses, somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"Lending you the Soul-Nurturing Wood was because you promised to pass on the last three layers of the Great Expansion Technique to me. Moreover, I am also very interested in your puppet manufacturing techniques. After all, for these nearly ten thousand years, apart from sleeping for a long time in the secret room, you have been researching puppet techniques. Since I have cultivated your Great Expansion Technique, I won't let go of the puppet techniques either. This is just a transaction between you and me." Han Li stops walking and says calmly.

"Haha, Han kid! I find you more and more pleasing to the eye now. I didn't think much of those hypocritical guys back then either. If it weren't for the fact that your aptitude is too poor, my techniques couldn't be cultivated at all. I would really like to take you as a disciple and pass on everything I have learned to you." The Great Expansion Divine Monarch laughs wildly in Han Li's mind.

"I am already overwhelmed by the few techniques I am currently cultivating. Even if your techniques were a hundred times better than what I am currently learning, I wouldn't go back to start cultivating from scratch. However, I am somewhat interested in your secret techniques." Han Li is startled, then blinks his eyes and says, a faint smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Secret techniques! I'm afraid you will be disappointed. My secret techniques are all related to my main cultivation technique. If you don't cultivate my technique, you won't be able to cultivate any of my secret techniques." The old man says dismissively.

"Then forget it. I will be very satisfied if I can get the Great Expansion Technique and those puppet techniques. It won't be a wasted trip to the Extreme West. However, I am somewhat puzzled. Why didn't you pass on the true last three layers of the Great Expansion Technique to your disciples, but instead passed down a fake incantation?" Han Li, although somewhat disappointed, changes the subject and asks about the old man's affairs.

"Disciples? None of the disciples from back then advanced to the Nascent Soul stage after hundreds of years. Not one could inherit my mantle. Leaving the last three layers of the Great Expansion Technique to them would only bring disaster upon them. Look, aren't you not a disciple of my Thousand Bamboo Sect, yet you still obtained the Great Expansion Technique from the front? It seems I really had some foresight." The Great Expansion Divine Monarch says with a click of his tongue.

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