"Light Splitting and Shadow Transformation... It's worthy of being called a side technique!"
Xu Chong felt it and felt excited.
The ability to split light and transform shadows can be broken down into four categories.
First, it is a step up from greed for light to invisibility.
Greed for light is to cover the body surface with strong force and deflect light, so as to achieve an effect similar to invisibility. If there are too many light sources and their intensity is very high, this invisibility will be flawed.
The spectroscopic shadow absorbs light and becomes more invisible.
Second, use the absorbed light and combine it with strong force to create phantom bodies, up to a maximum of one hundred.
The phantom body completely possesses the current appearance and aura of the original body.
When used in battle, unless the opponent is a Purple Mansion Seed Dao, who wraps the battlefield with the Yin God or Yang God, it is impossible to tell which one is the real one.
Third, the unknown rules communicated by the split light and shadow can allow the phantom to inherit some of the power! And it is completely controlled by the original body!
Depending on the amount of strength carried by the phantom body, with Xu Chong's current total strength, he can create up to four phantom bodies of the ninth level of body cleansing!
It’s okay to die in my place!
You must know that before entering the Imperial Prison, Xu Chong's physical body was only at the ninth level of cleansing.
Moreover, if there is no interference from stronger external forces, the phantom body can last until the force naturally dissipates!
As for the fourth point...
"Break the sky with one hand!"
Xu Chong muttered to himself.
One of the hundred phantoms suddenly took a step back and disappeared.
Then he appeared ten steps away!
Yes!
The phantom body can also use one hand to break the sky!
“…It’s really a bit too much.”
Xu Chong was surprised. "This is simply a weaker incarnation... No, if used well, it is not even worse than an incarnation!"
After all, the phantom body only consumes energy, so it doesn't matter how many of them die.
"With the ability to split light and transform shadows, I have more room to maneuver..."
Xu Chong thought so and opened the panel.
【Name: Xu Chong】
[Purple Mansion: Yangshen Transformation]
[Huang Ting: First Grade Dan Formation]
[Jade Pond: Copper Skin Turns]
[Side skills: Breaking the sky with one hand (for beginners), Splitting light and transforming it into shadow (for beginners)]
[Rule: Immortality (consumes 10,000 spiritual energy to activate)]
[Spiritual Source: 186]
1011 points of spiritual energy were almost exhausted in just one night, leaving only 186 points.
One tenth of the progress towards immortality has been reset to zero again.
"So, magical powers can't be recorded into the panel..."
Xu Chong sighed slightly.
From obtaining the cultivation method of the incarnation, to spending a year in the imperial prison, and then to being released from the prison.
The magical power column never appears on the panel.
Obviously , supernatural powers cannot be forcibly cultivated using spiritual energy.
"According to Lin Kuang, there is no distinction between high and low levels of magical powers. If you can practice it, you can practice it. If you can't practice it, you can't practice it."
"But I'm not really worried about that..."
Xu Chong waved his hand.
All phantom bodies disappear, and the energy returns to one's own body.
Then he sat cross-legged, chanted the formula silently in his mind, and made seals with his hands repeatedly.
Time passes by every second.
The sky gradually brightened.
At the moment when the sun rose in the east, inside the purple hall, the white-robed Yang God and the black-robed Yang God, along with the huge throne beneath them, suddenly disappeared.
The number of figures sitting cross-legged on the top of the mountain suddenly became three.
One Xu Chong wore a white robe, one Xu Chong wore a black robe, and the last Xu Chong wore a fake robe with no appearance.
The three Xu Chongs opened their eyes at the same time and smiled at each other.
"It is worthy of the name of supernatural power!"
Xu Chong felt that the term "incarnation" was inappropriate and that "One Qi Transformed into Three Pure Ones" was more appropriate.
Because these three him now are all him.
It's a bit difficult to say.
But that's the way it is.
The external incarnation is based on the soul, ignoring the composition rules of flesh and blood, and even the composition rules of the land of seeds, and forcibly splits the original body into three.
These three Xu Chongs are all at the first level of Yang Shen, first level of Jindan, and first level of Bronze Skin!
It's nothing more than that the three Yang Gods are scattered among three bodies, causing the strength of Zifu Zhongdao to decrease.
But this can be completely ignored.
After all, Zifu Zhongdao's strength is not reflected in frontal combat.
Coupled with the two shared side skills, overall, the strength has definitely increased instead of decreased.
"It's time to go back."
Xu Chong stood up, opened the panel and took a look.
He wanted to see whether the supernatural powers he had already cultivated would be reflected on the panel.
"Well, there really isn't..."
Xu Chong shook his head.
Just as he was about to turn off the panel, his whole body suddenly trembled and he stood there in a daze!
At this time, he has three bodies.
And in the vision of all three bodies, there are panels!
The panel is exactly the same, even the number of spiritual sources is the same!
"The panel... was copied into three?"
Xu Chong's throat felt a little dry.
What concept?
If the panel is copied into three, it means that the spiritual source is also copied three times!
As long as we improve separately, you improve the Jade Pool and I improve the Huangting, it is equivalent to obtaining twice the spiritual source out of thin air!
You know, all three bodies are my true self, completely synchronized and sharing all abilities!
Xu Chong's heart beat fast, and his mind suddenly focused on the plus sign behind the copper sheet.
A moment later…
The three bronze skins’ first-level skills were indeed transformed into second-level skills, but their spiritual energy was also reduced by 50 points.
"That's right, how could there be such an obvious bug?"
Xu Chong was a little disappointed. "It seems that just like the three bodies' strengths are shared synchronously, the three panels are also shared synchronously... Wait!"
"shared!!!"
Xu Chong grasped the key point.
Suppose the panel is regarded as a water pump with a tube for absorbing spiritual energy to generate spiritual source.
And under the magical power, the panel is shared by three bodies.
So if the three bodies are all in the cave... does it mean that the number of tubes on the panel that absorb spiritual energy has also become three?
I have to say.
Very likely!
"Looks like we need to change our plans."
Xu Chong pondered.
His original plan was to have one of them, after practicing to form an external incarnation, stay on the seventh floor of the Imperial Prison to generate spiritual energy, one enter the Spring and Autumn Tomb and use the rules of the stars to practice and improve his strength independently, and the last one walk around outside and show himself in front of people.
But now it's different.
Since the three panels can absorb spiritual energy at the same time, why not stuff all three bodies into the cave?
After all, the Imperial Prison is ready-made, so there is no need to run around...
Xu Chong thought about it and quickly rejected the idea of ​​sending them all to the imperial prison.
The Spring and Autumn Tomb is also a cave heaven, and it is a mid-grade cave heaven, which can also generate spiritual source.
Moreover, the rules are so powerful that it would be a pity not to take advantage of them when there is an opportunity.
The only thing that needs to change the plan is the body walking outside.
"So, as long as I can find a government office with a cave and serve in the cave, I can make perfect use of the three panels."
Xu Chong made up his mind, "Let's go back first, put one of them in the imperial prison, and then go find Lord Dou."
So, the Wuxiang Clothes was handed over to the black-robed Xu Chong.
Xu Chong in black robe transformed into Lin Kuang. His yang spirit left his body, wrapped around his physical body and left.
Xu Chong in white robe took a step forward and overlapped with Xu Chong, who had lost his false appearance and regained his true face.
Then, he split the light into shadows and became invisible. His soul left his body, wrapped around his invisible body, and flew towards the capital.
When there was only a hundred miles left to the capital, Xu Chongyang's spirit returned to his body, and he controlled the clouds to float, then reached out and pushed the door open from high in the sky.
He took one step forward and arrived at the backyard of the main government office.
"No one ?"
Xu Chong looked around.
The backyard was as empty as it had been the night before.
It seems that Dou Tianyuan has been very busy recently.
But that's just right.
Xu Chong walked to the side of the pond, bent down, and put his hands into the water.
A vortex appeared in the center of the pond, lasting for a moment before disappearing.
In just a moment, Xu Chong in white robe had entered the imperial prison without anyone seeing him.
After doing all this, Xu Chong's tense spirit relaxed a little, and he just sat by the pond, waiting quietly.
…
…
At about the hour of You, Dou Tianyuan stepped out from the void and saw Xu Chong at a glance.
"Hey, what a rare visitor."
"grown ups."
Xu Chong stood up and saluted.
"It's not even three years yet, and you're willing to come out so soon?"
Dou Tianyuan said with a hint of meaning.
"I have gained something in the imperial prison."
Xu Chong said seriously.
"Harvest?"
Dou Tianyuan was stunned. "In the imperial prison, you can only eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep. Even I am no exception... What can I gain?"
"My subordinates went to the seventh floor."
Xu Chong said slowly.
"What?!"
Dou Tianyuan's face changed drastically, and he quickly waved his hand, blocking the surroundings with one hand.
After confirming that there were no omissions, he looked at Xu Chong and asked, "The people on the seventh floor are the most important prisoners in the entire imperial prison. His Majesty has clearly stated that no one is allowed to contact them...including me."
"Even the people who interrogated him were beheaded for various crimes not long after they were released."
"I once sneaked down there, trying to get some information out of him, but he kept making jokes and talking about other things."
"Because I was hesitant, I never got any useful information... Instead, he tricked me into giving him a lot of information."
Dou Tianyuan paused and asked, "Do you know who that person is?"
"I didn't know when I went in, but I found out later."
Xu Chong replied, slowly uttering a few words: "The new leader of the Taiping Dao is Lin Kuang."
"The new leader of the Taiping Dao?"
Dou Tianyuan's expression suddenly became serious. "What did he say to you that made you not doubt it but believe it?"
"He told me about the magical powers."
Xu Chong said bluntly.
"Magic power?!"
Dou Tianyuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he didn't ask any more questions. He just raised his hand and waved it towards the empty space, and then said to the inside: "Lou Heizi, come here quickly!"
Obviously, the door was opened directly into Wenyuan Pavilion.
"Fortunately, the rest of the people have dispersed."
Lou Youzhi stepped out and paused for a moment between the two of them. "What's the matter?"
"You may speak now."
Dou Tianyuan nodded to Xu Chong.
"Sir, the Prime Minister."
Xu Chong clasped his fists and said, "This time I went to the Imperial Prison and went all the way down to the seventh floor, where I met the former Taiping Dao leader Lin Kuang. He told me that there is a kind of ability in the world... called supernatural power."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Youzhi's pupils shrank to the size of needle points, just like Dou Tianyuan.
"Lin Kuang, Lin Kuang, it's not surprising that he knows magical powers."
After a while, Lou Youzhi took a deep breath and asked, "What happened back then?"
"Back then, when Lin Kuangyang's spirit reached its ninth transformation, he sensed that there were both great opportunities and dangers in the capital."
Xu Chong replied, "The danger is unknown, and the opportunity comes from Changshengtian... Someone used Changshengtian as bait to lure him into the capital, and finally Changshengtian and Baicao Garden collided and exploded, and Lin Kuang was imprisoned in the imperial prison."
"Twenty years ago... you were in your prime and you were thinking about prolonging your life?"
Dou Tianyuan curled his lips in disdain, "Let's talk about supernatural powers. In the past year or so, I have tried every possible way to look up a lot of information, and even went to the Hua family once, but I have found nothing."
"Um."
Xu Chong nodded and said, "After learning Lin Kuang's identity and confirming his attitude towards Taiping Dao and the court, I told him about Ji Qingzhi."
"He was shocked and angry, and told me that only divine power could do this."
"Because of the magical power, it can ignore all rules and be activated."
Ignore all the rules?
Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan looked at each other, and their expressions became more solemn.
"In addition, he told me that the leader of the Taiping Dao is usually a branch of the three major families, Lin, Zheng, and Fang."
Xu Chong continued, "And among the three major families, there is no surname called Ji."
"I know that."
Lou Youzhi nodded, “The foundation of the three families of Lam, Cheng and Fang can almost be traced back to the time of Emperor Qing Taizu… It is obvious that Ji Qingzhi is a rising star.”
"Lin Kuang thought so at first."
Xu Chong said, then changed the subject: "Until he told me that he was imprisoned in the imperial prison for so many years because he also had a magical power."
The two men's faces darkened as they thought of the millions of innocent souls in Yongzhou.
"The transmission of magical powers requires the loss of one's lifespan, so Lin Kuang did not pass on his magical powers to anyone..."
Xu Chong said to himself, "He thought he didn't pass it on to anyone."
"What's the meaning?"
Dou Tianyuan frowned in confusion.
"After he entered the Imperial Prison, he felt that his life span was one year shorter than before."
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes, "That is to say, someone taught him this magical power passively without his knowledge or memory."
"How is that possible?"
Dou Tianyuan wanted to deny it, "The Imperial Prison is a forbidden place, and his essence is a Yang God. Is there any way to circumvent the rules of the Imperial Prison and ignore the essence of a Yang God..."
"have."
Lou Youzhi interrupted Dou Tianyuan and said in a deep voice: "For example, another magical power... another magical power that can bewitch people!"
Dou Tianyuan exclaimed in shock: "Ji Qingzhi?!"
"Not really. Or rather, not entirely."
Xu Chong shook his head and slowly said, "The magical power that Lin Kuang has mastered is called external incarnation... Using part of the soul as a basis, it can split into another complete individual of oneself."
After these words were spoken, Lou Youzhi could no longer maintain his composure and his face turned pale with anger.
"I guess the person who lured Lin Kuang to the capital was the former Crown Prince Qing, now Emperor Yongtai."
Xu Chong spoke up, once again confirming Lou Youzhi's guess, "And Ji Qingzhi is another identity that Emperor Yongtai split off after he gained an external incarnation!"
Dou Tianyuan: “…”
Lou Youzhi: “…”
The two of them felt their hair stand on end and felt a chill down their spines. They didn't know how to describe their feelings at the moment.
"Yes..."
After a long while, Lou Youzhi slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, "The rules of immortality are far less important to the bloodline of the Great Ancestor than a magical power."
"Bewitching magical power, clone magical power..."
Dou Tianyuan's face turned pale. "How many tricks does he have?"
“It doesn’t matter how many means there are.”
Lou Youzhi regained his composure. "He dealt with the leader of the Taiping Dao for his own benefit. This incident doesn't prove much."
Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
"If we want to find the connection between the natural disaster and the throne, we must find out when he became what he is now."
Lou Youzhi narrowed his eyes, "Is it after he ascended the throne, or before he ascended the throne?"
"Before you ascended the throne... most of your deeds have been erased, right?"
Dou Tianyuan said in embarrassment, "What's more, after so many years, there aren't many people left."
"After all, it's an experience that lasted for decades. How can it be wiped clean?"
Lou Youzhi didn't take it seriously, "For example, isn't Yuan Shouyi staying well in Peidu?"
"Yuan Shouyi?"
Dou Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Yes, when Yuan Shouyi and His Majesty broke up, His Majesty was still the crown prince."
"That's right."
Lou Youzhi nodded and said, "We can try this as a starting point."
"King Qian asked him about this, but he refused to say anything."
Dou Tianyuan felt a little depressed.
"I know that."
Xu Chong suddenly spoke.
Swish.
They both looked at Xu Chong at the same time.
"Yuan Jianzheng's sister married in Bingzhou. In the year when Bingzhou suffered a drought, he was going to leave Beijing and go to Bingzhou to name his newly-spoken nephew and pray for his blessing."
Xu Chong explained, “But Prince Qing suddenly wrote a letter to the emperor, proposing to bring forward the imperial family’s grand sacrifice.”
"So, Your Majesty deliberately prevented Old Yuan from going to Bingzhou..."
Dou Tianyuan's face was as gloomy as water. "He was afraid that Old Yuan would affect the development of the drought in Bingzhou."
"That's obviously the case."
Lou Youzhi's expression became increasingly grim. "This shows that even before he was the crown prince and the drought in Bingzhou, he was not as caring and benevolent as we see him to be."
“Before the drought…”
Dou Tianyuan thought of something, "You mean?"
"He helped me kill the complainant and suppressed the impeachment... I really believed at the time that he had the world in mind."
Lou Youzhi laughed at himself, "But it's obvious that he did this for some other purpose."
"And this goal is our breakthrough."
Dou Tianyuan also understood it completely.
"No matter what you two want to do, please be very careful."
Xu Chong suddenly interrupted, his face solemn, "Lin Kuang said that as early as twenty years ago, he had no intention of resisting Crown Prince Qing, and that bewitching magical power can even bewitch the Yang God Nine Transformations..."
Lin Kuang said that the Purple Mansion cultivation path is that the soul is controlled by oneself, and even the rules of the cave cannot force anything out of it, but it is helpless under the magical power.
This shows the power of supernatural powers.
"I understand that."
Lou Youzhi didn't know what he was thinking of, he narrowed his eyes and nodded.
"You kid, why do I feel like every time I see you, I'll hear something frightening."
Dou Tianyuan let out a long breath, "After this trip, what are your plans for the future?"
"To be honest with you two adults."
Xu Chong bowed solemnly and said, "I want to find a position in the cave."
"Dongtian..."
Dou Tianyuan was stunned and turned to look at Lou Youzhi.
"That's what I meant."
Lou Youzhi laughed.