"Mystical power... can ignore the rules of the Imperial Prison"
Xu Chong looked at the two Lin Kuangs in shock.
At the same time, something felt wrong the second time.
"As you can see."
One of the Lin Kuangs nodded and said, "This is what was written on a strange stone I accidentally found at the bottom of the sea when I was young. It is called the Incarnation."
"Ignoring the rules...why don't you run?"
Xu Chong calmed down and asked.
"Mystical power is just the ability to ignore the rules and activate it."
Lin Kuang explained, "Even though the separated incarnation has a complete body, it is still subject to the restrictions of the Imperial Prison Rules... Moreover, the real external incarnation is not used in this way."
"What's the meaning?"
Xu Chong asked curiously.
"The external incarnation is based on the soul. If you want to avoid splitting the soul, it is best to cultivate the Dao in the Purple Palace, and to be in the Yang God Realm."
After a pause, Lin Kuang continued, "Because there is only one Yin God in the Yin God Realm, incarnation will also split the soul, and the Yang God Realm breeds two Yang Gods."
"There are only two Yang Gods in the Yang God Realm..."
Xu Chong was stunned.
As expected, the deeper one's Purple Mansion Seed Dao is hidden, the better.
"In short, only a god in the Yangshen realm can separate an incarnation without causing any harm to himself."
Lin Kuang added another sentence.
"damage?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows and looked at the two Lin Kuangs suspiciously, "I don't see any signs of injury..."
"Not injured."
Lin Kuang shook his head, raised his hand, and lifted up the messy long hair of his other self, "Do you see any difference?"
"It seems... you deserve a beating more?"
Xu Chong asked after thinking about it.
Lin Kuang, whose hair was lifted up, had a very ferocious expression on his face. He stared at Xu Chong with his scarlet eyes, as if he would rush up at any time.
“…”
Lin Kuang was choked and said unhappily: "I only have one Yang Shen left. After using my magical powers to split it, this incarnation inherited all my evil thoughts."
"Although the memories are the same, the result of doing this is a certain degree of loss of self."
"Think about it, if all your evil thoughts are gone, are you still yourself?"
That's true.
Xu Chong nodded in agreement.
Good or evil, it is all in the human heart.
Losing any one of them is equivalent to becoming a different person.
“That’s not all.”
Lin Kuang said one sentence first, and then, just like before, he made seals with his hands one after another.
After a moment, the vicious Lin Kuang gradually disappeared.
After doing all this, Lin Kuang continued, "If a clone like this, whose soul is severed, leaves the original body for too long or too far away, it may escape the control of the original body and become a separate individual."
Another self, who has all of your memories but is completely out of your control?
Xu Chong shuddered, "...This is a bit scary."
“It’s terrible.”
Lin Kuang nodded, and then changed the subject: "But the Yang Shen clone is different. It is completely under my control. There is no actual difference between the original body and the clone."
"It's like you have an extra body that can help you resist lethal damage and can be retracted into the Purple Palace at any time."
"Like the explosion of the cave heaven back then, if I hadn't had my clone to block the disaster, I would have died at that time."
Is that so...
After listening for a while, Xu Chong raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me these...you want to teach me?"
"That's right."
Lin Kuang's face turned serious, and he said, "I'm dying soon, and I can't pass my magical powers on to Emperor Qing. It would be a pity to just take them into the earth like this... If I pass them on to you, you'll have a better chance of killing that son of a bitch."
“…I’m willing to learn.”
Xu Chong nodded and said slowly: "But you, really believe me so easily?"
"How could someone who can become the leader of the Taiping Dao trust others so easily?"
Lin Kuang smiled, "It's just that, firstly, I have no choice, and secondly, I can see that you are extremely wary of Emperor Qing."
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"
"You can go freely in the imperial prison, which proves your identity. It should be very important... At least, it is important to Dou Tianyuan."
Lin Kuang said without hesitation, "Even in this situation, you still need to use the Faceless Cloth to hide your face. Why?"
"…How did you figure that out?"
Xu Chong pondered for a moment and asked instead of answering.
"If you eat fire moss as frequently as you do, the toxins will accumulate and your skin color will gradually darken, or even turn black."
Lin Kuang pointed at Xu Chong, "And you didn't."
"I see……"
Xu Chong looked at his still white hands.
How could such a huge mistake occur due to the information asymmetry?
It’s funny that I thought I hid it very well.
"Also, it just so happens that the means I used to sneak into the capital included a Wuxiang Yi... After using it once, you will know how special Wuxiang Yi is."
Lin Kuang said helplessly, "Maybe it's the one you used."
“…”
Xu Chong was slightly stunned.
I have to say, this is really possible.
So far, he has only seen two pieces of formless clothes.
One piece was obtained by Xie Changqing from the water ghost, and the water ghost obtained it from the Third Master.
Before this, it should have been in the hands of the Third Master.
And his own piece of formless clothes was obtained from Wei Wuxie.
Wei Wuxie’s real name is Duan Wuxie… and he is the grandson of Duke Chengguo.
It is very likely that after Lin Kuang was arrested, the imperial court awarded the confiscated Wuxiang Clothes to Duke Chengguo.
Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, I met the original owner again.
"alright."
Lin Kuang clapped his hands, "It's time to teach you my magical powers."
"How?"
Xu Chong became serious, "Do you need me to come over?"
"Need not."
Lin Kuang shook his head, "It's just a formula with hand seals. You've already seen the hand seals, but you have to listen carefully to the formula and remember it after reading it once."
"good."
Xu Chong didn't ask why, and immediately closed his eyes and listened carefully.
The next moment, twelve mysterious, gray, and ancient syllables were blurted out by Lin Kuang.
“…”
Xu Chong opened his eyes and said, "I don't understand."
"Normal. I still don't understand it."
Lin Kuang was not surprised, "As long as you can remember it, it's fine."
Xu Chong thought about it again, confirmed that he had memorized the hand seals and the formula completely, and nodded.
"That's good. You can try to practice after you get out. Unfortunately, the risk of cultivating the Purple Mansion Dao is too great, otherwise I would have advised you..."
Lin Kuang breathed a sigh of relief, and as he was speaking, his legs suddenly went weak and he held onto the bars of the cage.
"Is it very costly to teach the formula?"
Xu Chong frowned and asked.
"It's a pity that the strange stone has been destroyed by me, otherwise you could just go find it and listen to it... If you recite the formula, each time you recite it, you will lose one year of your lifespan."
Lin Kuang smiled and said, "It is a magical power after all. The price is not that high."
“…”
Xu Chong's heart sank, "But I remember that you only have a little over a year left?"
"Yeah, there's only one month left now."
Lin Kuang nodded indifferently, then became a little confused, "But to be honest, logically speaking, even if I teach you my magical powers, I should still have one year left to live..."
One year?
Xu Chong frowned.
The third time, he felt something was wrong.
After thinking for a while, Xu Chong asked, "Why can you clearly sense your life span?"
"You haven't cultivated the Dao yet. Once you cultivate the Dao, as long as there is no improvement for a long time, you will be able to sense how many years of life you have left."
Lin Kuang sighed as he spoke, "Maybe the heaven and earth are urging us to keep working hard... Unfortunately, this is the Imperial Prison."
The feeling that something was wrong in Xu Chong's heart became stronger.
So he asked again: "How did you find out that you lost a year of your life?"
"Hmm... Let me do the math."
Lin Kuang thought for a moment, then spoke: "It should be twenty-three years ago. Because I was busy with Taiping Dao affairs, I didn't improve at all for a whole year. Then I felt that I had twenty-five years left to live."
"Later, I broke through the ninth level of Yang Shen, and this perception disappeared."
"Twenty-one years ago, I was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison and was unable to make any progress. So a year later, twenty years ago, I once again sensed my life span... and discovered that I only had twenty-one years left."
As he spoke, Lin Kuang also sensed something was wrong.
When he first entered the imperial prison, it was the darkest time in his life, so he didn't care.
Later, I completely recognized and accepted the current situation, and no longer cared about that one or two years of life.
However, if you look into it carefully, it seems that there is something hidden inside...
"In other words, your life span was reduced by one year between the time you broke through the ninth level of Yang God Transformation and the time you were imprisoned in the Imperial Prison for a year..."
Xu Chong lowered his head and muttered.
Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through my mind.
Several things went wrong, linking together multiple clues, and eventually leading to a surprising conclusion.
"I see!!"
Xu Chong was shocked, "Ji Qingzhi is the incarnation of Emperor Qing!!!"
"What?!"
Lin Kuang's face turned pale with anger.
"Emperor Qing, no, he was still the crown prince at that time..."
Xu Chong's face was grim, and his tone was extremely low, "If I'm not mistaken, the person who lured you with Changshengtian was him."
"This...why is he willing to give up Changshengtian?"
Lin Kuang couldn't believe it and asked, "As the crown prince, as long as he hides the existence of Changshengtian, he can become infinitely powerful."
"No, you don't."
Xu Chong shook his head and said, "People with the bloodline of Emperor Qing cannot prolong their lives through the rules of longevity. "
"this!!!"
Lin Kuang stood there in a daze.
This was the first time he heard of this matter.
But he knew that this was very likely true...
Otherwise, after Changshengtian appears once, no one except the royal family will know about his existence.
"Moreover, at that time, he knew that you were the Ninth Transformation of Yangshen."
Xu Chong continued, "And you know how tempting the Immortal God plus the Eternal Heaven will be to you."
"So, he gave up controlling Changshengtian, leaving it ownerless, and lured me to the capital."
Lin Kuang laughed miserably, "Hehe, as for why my life span has been shortened by one year, and why I don't even remember it..."
"It's because he has long mastered a magical power that is not restricted by rules."
Xu Chong clenched his fist tightly, "That is the... bewitching magical power!"
The two of them talked back and forth, completely filling in the details of what had happened that year.
"Emperor Yongtai, what a great Emperor Yongtai..."
Lin Kuang's hands and feet were cold, and his heart was filled with chills. "I lost, it's not unfair!"
The strength is so terrifying, and the mind is also so terrifying.
This made him no longer feel the slightest bit of resentment.
"No, I have to go back immediately and tell ..."
Xu Chong gritted his teeth and opened the cell door immediately.
However, after taking only one step, he stopped.
Tell Dou Tianyuan and Lou Youzhi that Ji Qingzhi is the incarnation of Emperor Qing?
What's the use...
They had already guessed that Ji Qingzhi was Emperor Qing's man.
In a sense, this is not much different from a clone.
Even if you don't tell them, they will still be wary.
It is meaningless to just give Ji Qingzhi an additional identity as a 'clone'.
Xu Chong was extremely dejected and returned to the cell and sat down.
The seventh level of the imperial prison fell into silence.
After a long time, Lin Kuang sighed, "I remember that Prince Qing was only less than 40 years old back then, right?"
"Um?"
Xu Chong looked up in surprise.
"He's less than 40 years old, yet he's able to make me, a Taiping Dao leader who has reached the ninth level of Yang Shen and possesses many skills, unable to even think of resisting."
Lin Kuang was distraught, "Now that twenty years have passed, how strong should he have become?"
"How strong can one be... Have all three paths reached the top?"
Xu Chong's mood sank again.
If he reaches the top three times, even if he has the panel, it will take him at least ten years to catch up.
And he was in the imperial prison for more than ten years.
"No, it's impossible."
Lin Kuang flatly rejected it, “I don’t know about Yu Chi and Huang Ting, but his Zi Fu cultivation is definitely not that fast.”
"Why?"
Xu Chong was puzzled.
"It's the same rumor about the immortal god, 'worship of the soul'."
Lin Kuang explained, "It is rumored that when the Purple Mansion Seed Dao is about to reach its third great realm, the spirits of all living beings will pay homage to a certain existence."
"This rumor... is a bit exaggerated."
Xu Chong shook his head secretly.
"I used to think it was exaggerated, but about ten months ago, I was in the Imperial Prison with my Purple Mansion confined, but I could clearly feel my soul trembling... If it was just me, it would be fine, but the other two people here at the time had the same reaction as me."
Lin Kuang thought for a moment and said, “It should be the night three hundred and twenty days ago… That is to say, even if Emperor Yongtai had the hope of breaking through to the Immortal God, it would be less than a year from now, and it would be impossible for him to reach the ninth transformation of the Immortal God.”
"Three hundred and twenty days ago, at night?"
Xu Chong counted them and was suddenly shocked.
Wasn’t that the day when I successfully cultivated the Tao?
Could it be that the so-called worship of spirits was something that he had created himself?
"What's wrong?"
Lin Kuang asked curiously, "You seem to have thought of something."
"Well...if I'm not mistaken."
Xu Chong hesitated for a moment and said, "That day, I succeeded in cultivating the Tao."
"Did you succeed in cultivating the Tao?"
Lin Kuang didn’t understand at first, but he soon reacted and his eyes widened: “Are you a Purple Mansion Seed Daoist?!”
"Yes."
Xu Chong nodded, "In addition, the rules of immortality are also here with me, but they require a lot of spiritual energy to repair, so they are of no use at all."
"????"
Lin Kuang froze completely. He slowly raised his hand and scratched his ear: "Say it again?"
"I said, the rules of immortality are with me."
Xu Chong repeated it again.
This was the only time he took the initiative to reveal the rules of immortality to others.
But he wasn't worried.
Because Lin Kuang is dying.
Also because of the current seventh level of the Imperial Prison, he has absolute control.
“The rules of immortality… the worship of the soul… is this God’s will? Is this God’s will?!”
Lin Kuang began to pace in the cell, muttering to himself, crying and laughing.
“…”
Xu Chong was speechless for a while. "I have practiced for too short a time. It is very likely that Emperor Yongtai will die of old age before I can surpass him..."
Although Emperor Yongtai was suspected of prolonging his life by taking advantage of natural disasters, there must be a limit to this prolongation.
Otherwise, Emperor Wenchang was also doing this kind of thing, so why did he still die?
Emperor Yongtai might not be able to survive for another ten years.
If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Yongtai would become more and more crazy as time goes by, waiting for him to die of old age would undoubtedly be the best option.
"Death from old age?"
Lin Kuang stopped walking, his face uncertain, "Imprisoning me for twenty years, abusing the vision of Taiping Dao... dying of old age, isn't that too easy for him."
"Yeah, that's too cheap for him."
Xu Chong sighed.
"No!"
Lin Kuang looked at Xu Chong fiercely, with an extremely sharp light in his eyes, "There is still a way!"
"What is the solution?"
Xu Chong was stunned.
"Middle-grade cave heaven, Spring and Autumn Tomb!"
Lin Kuang slowly uttered a few words.
A mid-level cave?
Xu Chong suddenly became solemn, "What are the rules?"
"The world is changing."
Lin Kuang narrowed his eyes, "A hundred years in the cave is one year in the outside world."
"Where?"
Xu Chong stood up.
"The Fang family of Taiping Dao, the direct lineage of the clan."
Lin Kuang continued, "When I was the Taoist master, the Lin and Fang families had a fierce , and I killed several of the direct descendants."
"this……"
Xu Chong frowned, "As you said, the three major families are the oldest in the Taiping Dao. If you want to get in, even with Wu Xiang Yi, it's probably not that easy."
"It's true that it's not an easy thing...but now you have me."
Lin Kuang's mouth curled up slowly, "If I'm not mistaken, although Wu Xiang Yi can't change his false appearance in the imperial prison, it should be no problem to absorb corpses to create false appearances."
"You mean..."
Xu Chong's eyes became puzzled.
"After I die, you will use the Formless Robe to create a false appearance for my body, and then..."
Lin Kuang continued to speak, and in a short period of time, he proposed several different methods.
His tone was extremely calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
Xu Chong listened silently until Lin Kuang finished speaking, then he spoke, "This time, there is nothing left of you."
"hehe."
Lin Kuang was extremely calm, "If I can survive, I will naturally cherish my life, but if I am destined to die, it's just a shell, what's the big deal."
"In that case, I accept your favor."
Xu Chong looked at Lin Kuang deeply, "Any regrets?"
"It's a shame, that's a lot."
Lin Kuang laughed loudly, "For example, kill Emperor Qing, overthrow Daqing, take back Baicao Garden, and marry a hundred women..."
"besides."
After laughing for a while, Lin Kuang's expression darkened: "When there is peace and order, there will be no suffering in the world."
"I'll remember that."
Xu Chong nodded seriously, "If I can't complete it, I will pass it on to the next person."
"readily!"
Lin Kuang clapped his hands.
Next, the two stopped chatting.
Lin Kuang carefully recalled everything he knew and everyone he knew, and told it all without reservation, in order to create a perfect identity for Xu Chong as the 'former leader of the Taiping Dao'.
Time passed by carelessly.
One month later.
"I'm going to die."
Lin Kuang smiled weakly, looking at Xu Chong who was so close, "Hurry up, don't let the fire moss snatch my body away."
"Don't worry."
Xu Chong also smiled and said, "I happened to get an excellent piece of writing, I'll give it to you."
"oh?"
Lin Kuang's eyes lit up instantly, and a hint of color appeared on his face.
It turns out that warriors also have a last burst of vitality.
Xu Chong opened his mouth and hummed softly.
"Don't listen to the sound of leaves being blown by the wind. Why not just hum and walk slowly?"
"A bamboo stick and straw sandals are lighter than a horse. Who is afraid? A raincoat will protect me in my life."
"The chilly spring breeze sobers me up, it's a little chilly, but the slanting sunlight on the mountaintops greets me."
"Looking back at the desolate place, I return, neither wind nor rain nor clear."