Chapter 257: The Importance of Clones

"Summon. Let's talk properly."

Inside the great formation, Sui Ying watched Suo Huan step closer, finally setting aside the pride of being a descendant of the Dragon Lord, lowering his dragon head, and speaking in a humble tone:

"My father is, after all, the Dragon Lord of the Four Seas Gate, and I am his direct heir. If you kill me, my father will surely sense it; by then, you will be dead with no place to bury your body. You set up this formation to trap me only because you want some benefit. Spare my life, and you can take whatever you want from me."

When one is under someone else's eaves, one must bow one's head.

Sui Ying actually had the heart to be tough, but Suo Huan simply did not follow the martial code; with the cultivation of a Great True Person at the late Foundation Establishment stage, he actually set up a formation to deal with him.

Under the suppression of cultivation, he was completely unable to react.

By the time he came to his senses, he had already been suppressed by Suo Huan within the formation, his magic power difficult to wield; if not for his dragon body, he would have already died suddenly.

Plus, hearing that Suo Huan truly intended to kill him, Sui Ying naturally dared not pretend to be tough anymore, decisively chose to bow his head, and only hoped to keep his life.

Such a flexible attitude made Suo Huan unable to help but clap his hands and laugh: "The True Dragon clan truly lives up to its reputation. No wonder the True Dragons once claimed to be the masters of all rivers, lakes, and seas under heaven; yet when the four Dao Lords arrived, the Dragon Lords promptly abandoned the inland, coiling their dragons overseas, leaving the rivers, lakes, and seas with nothing but the sea."

"You!"

Hearing this, Sui Ying immediately showed an angry expression; the Dao Lords founding sects and the True Dragons retreating overseas were a taboo in the Four Seas Gate that could not even be mentioned.

After all, it truly damaged the face of the True Dragon clan.

Helplessly, since the opponent's strength was too great, he still had to suppress his anger and said in a deep voice: "Suo Huan! Do you, an outsider from beyond the heavens, really want to destroy us both?"

"Daoist friend, you overestimate yourself."

Suo Huan's smile gradually faded, his magic power gradually expanded; without displaying any divine powers, a long river suddenly appeared, hanging high in the firmament and stretching across north and south.

In an instant, the status and magic power of the Great True Person merged with the formation, truly creating a magnificent scene; rippling water light scattered wildly across the six fields, densely covering a thousand suburbs, like the silver river from heaven, flying down to the blue sky, and falling steadily upon Sui Ying, wrapping his dragon body, looking like a piece of exquisite amber.

"Aaaah!"

Sui Ying still had the heart to struggle, but Suo Huan suppressed him with the status of a Great True Person, bullying the small with the big and adding a formation, truly leaving him not a single path to survival.

The faint dragon roar quickly vanished into silence.

Finally, the entire great formation was also retracted by Suo Huan; no strange phenomena were revealed outside, transforming into a glowing pill that fell into Suo Huan's palm.

Only then did he turn to look at the mirror surface.

"A purebred True Dragon, cultivating the 【Great Sea Water】, should be more than enough to refine the 【Heavenly Water Kan Combination Treasure Pill】 needed by the Daoist friend."

Hearing this, far away in the Holy Sect, Miao Yin True Person felt a chill in her heart; Suo Huan displaying such powerful means was, on one hand, certainly to capture Sui Ying alive, but on the other hand, was it not also showing off to her? This Great True Person from beyond the heavens possessed cultivation that could be called vast and powerful!

Thinking of this, Miao Yin True Person again felt deep resentment toward Master Chongguang.

'If only he had not refused to listen to me, insisting on seeking that so-called Gold; if there had been one Foundation Establishment at completion to guard for me, how would Suo Huan dare to show off his power like this?'

Although she said this, her face showed not a trace of it; instead, she smiled charmingly and said:

"Then many thanks to Daoist friend Suo Huan. The Qi you requested, I have already arranged; it won't be long before you should be able to find his traces overseas."

Hearing this, Suo Huan smiled: "Oh? Who is it this time?"

"Zhongming."

Miao Yin True Person spoke indifferently; Zhongming was originally a means she used to imitate the Patriarch of the Sky-Mending Peak, but now that Chongguang was dead and Zhongming himself was useless, he could not help her cross the Tribulation Crossing, forcing her to seek another method for Tribulation Crossing; she might as well make use of the waste and give him to Suo Huan as a reward.

Such a mindset made Suo Huan shake his head upon hearing it:

"Jiangbeimo Sect truly lives up to its reputation. The offspring of a naturally born Immortal Spirit, its roots are also not ordinary; if struck down and refined, it would at least be mid-grade Qi."

"Then it is settled."

Miao Yin True Person paid it no mind, changing the subject and saying: "As for Duanmu Yuan Tu, recently I will go with him to a realm heaven named 【Wan Wu Jie】."

"After entering 【Wan Wu Jie】, I will find a way to guide you."

"At that time, beyond the heavens, Daoist friend, you kill him; neither gods nor spirits will know, and as long as you cover up the cause and effect well, even a True Lord could not trace it to you or me."

Hearing this, a trace of mysterious color flowed in Suo Huan's eyes, but he quickly returned to normal and nodded:

"Then I will wait for the Daoist friend's good news."

"As for this True Dragon, according to the old rules, I will give it to the Daoist friend first; we will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future, and I trust the Daoist friend will not break his word."

As the words fell, the brilliant light on the treasure mirror flickered; all images suddenly vanished, replaced by that pill sealing Sui Ying, which was actually transmitted by Suo Huan across ten thousand li to arrive; Miao Yin True Person took the pill and immediately showed joy: "After all, it was not a wasted journey."

"Wait until I find a way to refine this True Dragon."

"Obtaining a 【Heavenly Water Kan Combination Treasure Pill】, if I also have the 【Spirit Ruin Blessed Land】 to protect me, I will have a seventy percent chance of successfully crossing the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation."

"Hateful Chongguang; if he had been willing to sacrifice that 【Dongyang Blessed Land】 to help me break through that day, why would I have to go to such great trouble?"

In the empty hall, Miao Yin True Person's voice gradually grew low.

At the same time, Lu Yang walked out of the Manifested Dharma Pavilion.

Returning to Luofeng Mountain, he cast a spell to seal the cave dwelling meditation room he occupied, then took out the 【Nine Sons Mother Demon God-Slaying Sword】 and a scroll of golden scripture.

【Secret Records of the Immortal Fetus Governing the World】!

This was the suggestion given by the formation spirit in the pavilion after Lu Yang requested a method in the Manifested Dharma Pavilion to maximize the use of the 【Nine Sons Mother Demon God-Slaying Sword】.

The key to this secret technique lies in 【Immortal Fetus】 and 【Governing the World】; as the name suggests, one first nurtures a Dao seed with superior rare treasures, then cultivates it day and night with divine powers, finally transforming it into a Dao body, called 【Immortal Fetus】, and then uses the Dao body to represent the Dao in the human world, called 【Governing the World】.

"Simply put, it is the method of creating a clone."

However, unlike ordinary clones, because the 【Immortal Fetus】 cultivated by this method is essentially similar to an Immortal Spirit, its fate is self-sufficient after forming.

For actions done by the Immortal Fetus, calculating the cause and effect afterwards would only fall upon the Immortal Fetus; Lu Yang's original body hides behind the scenes, yet does not沾 a single bit of cause and effect.

Such a wonderful technique can truly be called a strange art for substituting disasters and avoiding calamities.

The only flaw is that it cannot be used to transfer calamities already existing in the original body; after all, although the Immortal Fetus and the original body share one mind, they are actually like two people.

"Regardless, it can be used."

Lu Yang smiled slightly; the 【Nine Sons Mother Demon God-Slaying Sword】, as a spiritual material, perfectly meets the standard for nurturing an Immortal Fetus, and the Immortal Fetus refined from it is of extremely high quality.

"Let it go to beyond the heavens on my behalf!"

Although he has the 【Book of Hundred Lives】 as a safety net, to this day, Lu Yang's conduct has always prioritized caution; even in magical duels, he only fights the old, weak, sick, and disabled.

Let alone that now his greatest backer, Chongguang, has fallen.

Qingcheng Feixue True Lord is also about to enter seclusion.

In this situation, running outside would only give opportunists a chance, so an Immortal Embryo Avatar is crucial for him right now.

"The main body takes the benefits; the avatar bears the drawbacks."

"If anything goes wrong, severing ties and fleeing immediately is the very purpose of an avatar."

Thinking this, Lu Yang immediately circulated the technique, extended his hand, and lightly tapped the Nine Sons Mother Heavenly Demon Sword of Slaying Immortals, stirring up a clear, resonant sword cry.

Then he calculated the time once more, and inwardly thought:

'At most three months, and everything will be ready!'

By then, he could head beyond the heavens to the Wan Wu Jie to gather Qi, test the true mysteries of a Second-Rank True Art, and prepare for the mid-stage perfection!

(End of this chapter)