Li Shiming is in the Baolian Hall of Tianren Cave Heaven. He is preparing to condense an energy clone today.
This is also what many great monks will do. An energy clone can do almost half of the things that a great monk does, and can also represent the great monk.
The 'Heavenly Art' did not contain the secret method of energy clone, but he had obtained many copies of the secret method of energy clone, including the complete set of energy clone secret methods for Taoist, demonic and Buddhist practitioners.
He chose a secret method of clone from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, called "Phantom Clone".
'Phantom Clone' is not a top-notch secret technique. In fact, all energy clone secret techniques will ultimately produce similar energy clone effects.
Even cultivators in the early or middle stages of the Nascent Soul can use the "Phantom Clone", but the spirit that is cut out will affect the future practice of the cultivators in the early or middle stages of the Nascent Soul, so there are almost no cultivators in the early or middle stages of the Nascent Soul who can condense energy clones.
It is different for great monks. When they reach this realm, their spirits are strong enough. The subsequent realms still require an understanding of the rules, so the impact of the spirit cutting is not that great.
Of course, the cut-off spirit can still return to the main body after the energy clone is recovered.
But if the energy clone is destroyed outside, then the severed spirit will be lost forever.
Li Shiming recalled the contents of the secret method of 'Phantom Clone'. He did not call upon the spirit of his own main brain, but chose a brain and cut the spirit of this brain.
Precisely because he was not cutting the spirit of his own main brain, he was not affected at all by the most difficult step of cutting the spirit in the 'Phantom Clone' secret technique.
Under normal circumstances, when the spirit is cut, even a strong monk needs to endure the pain from the soul. This is a pain that goes straight into the soul.
To cut the spirit is to cut the soul.
The brain transformed by the CPU of his life magic weapon IBMz15 is equivalent to a virtual soul. To cut the spirit of a brain, as long as he blocks the perception of the brain, he can cut the spirit without any effect.
A mass of spirit is separated from the brain, but this physical separation does not affect its spiritual connection with the brain.
Li Shiming drew out the 'chaotic spiritual power' from his Nascent Soul body and introduced it into this group of spirit, allowing the 'chaotic spiritual power' to mix with the spirit, forming a being similar to the Nascent Soul fluid.
He then mobilized the secret technique of 'phantom clone', and this mixture of 'chaotic spiritual power' and spirit slowly transformed into a human form.
The bones, muscles, and internal organs of the human figure appeared one by one. These were naturally all composed of a mixture of spiritual power and spirit, but they also had corresponding functions.
The spirit that Li Shiming cut off was one-fifth of the spirit of a brain. After this part of the spirit was cut off, unless the 'phantom clone' was taken back, one-fifth of the spirit would be truly missing.
This is also the upper limit of the maximum amount of spirit cutting that the secret technique of 'Phantom Clone' can do. Few great monks would be able to cut so much spirit.
You must know that if you cut off one-fifth of your spirit, you will lose one-fifth of your total spirit, which cannot be made up.
Even if you try your best to improve your spirit, you can only improve the other four-fifths.
If a great cultivator really cuts off one-fifth of his spirit, if his 'phantom clone' is destroyed outside, his own strength will probably drop a lot in an instant.
It may even cause permanent damage, so no great monk would cut off so much spirit.
Li Shiming didn't care. Even if he lost one-fifth of his spirit, the impact on him would be minimal.
In front of him, a translucent body that looked almost identical to him appeared.
One-fifth of his spirit took effect at this time. As long as he focused his mind on the severed brain, two visions would appear, one of which was the vision of the 'phantom clone'.
The 'Phantom Clone' looked down at his body. He was not satisfied with it.
As the 'chaotic spiritual power' was transformed, part of it was transformed into body-refining energy. His body was no longer transparent, but quickly transformed into a physical body.
On the surface of the 'phantom clone', a small amount of 'chaotic spiritual power' changed again, forming a robe.
'Phantom Clone' rarely uses magic weapons, because 'Phantom Clone' is in a fully energized body. Unless it carries its own magic weapon and turns it into energy, the mobility advantage of 'Phantom Clone' will be lost.
Li Shiming thought about it, took out an empty soul crystal ring and threw it to the 'phantom clone'. As for the magic weapon, he found a top-grade fourth-grade 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer', which was the natal magic weapon of a great monk from the Yuqing Sect.
After being devoured by the Heavenly Ghost, the mark of recognition of the master in the natal magic weapon was completely cleared away.
He checked the endurance of the 'Phantom Clone' again, and injected the 'Divine Foot Power' magical rune and the 'Thunder and Lightning Rule Mark' into the body of the 'Phantom Clone'.
This is already the maximum endurance of the 'Phantom Clone'. If there is one more rune mark, this 'Phantom Clone' will collapse.
This is good for him. The 'phantom clone' is composed of one-fifth of spirit and 'chaotic spiritual power'. With his mental strength and the particularity of 'chaotic spiritual power', it can accommodate a magical rune and a rule mark.
You should know that even for great monks, many of them only have one rule imprint in their Nascent Soul bodies.
The soul crystal ring was transformed into energy, and the 'phantom clone' stored the fourth-grade top-level 'Sky Thunder Hammer' into the soul crystal ring, which allowed the 'phantom clone' to carry the 'Sky Thunder Hammer' magic weapon that could not be quantified.
After condensing the 'phantom clone', Li Shiming took the 'phantom clone' out of the Tianren Cave and appeared in his own cave.
Now, he no longer needs to be careful when using the Tianren Cave Heaven. Even if some cultivators know of the existence of the Tianren Cave Heaven, they dare not snatch the cave heaven from him.
Instead of robbing Li Shiming's cave, it would be more appropriate to rob the cave of a large sect.
Li Shiming's fighting power alone is equal to the combined fighting power of several large sects, so it is not cost-effective to rob him.
"Lan'er, you're back from your master!" Li Shiming greeted Yin Shilan with a smile when he saw her who had just entered the cave.
These days, Yin Shilan spends most of his time with his master, Master Li, but he comes back on time every day and shares with him what he has seen and heard with his master.
"Shiming, why are there two of you?" Yin Shilan was startled by the two Li Shimings and asked in surprise, pointing at the two figures.
With her eyesight, she couldn't tell which one was Li Shiming's real body.
It wasn't like she knew nothing before. In the process of studying with Master Li, she learned a lot about the Nascent Soul stage.
She also knew about the existence of clones, but when she saw the two Li Shimings, she did not recognize that one of them was a clone.
"This is my energy clone. I plan to practice in seclusion after a while, and the clone will be able to accompany you!" Li Shiming explained after making the 'phantom clone' more transparent, just like an ordinary clone.
"Refining an energy clone is too dangerous, you'd better take it back quickly!" Yin Shilan became anxious when she heard this. She knew from Master Li that energy clones required cutting the spirit, and cutting the spirit would affect the cultivator. Even a great cultivator would have to pay a certain price.
"I know what's going on. The Ten Thousand Beast Sect also needs a clone to handle some things. Besides, we said we won't separate again!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
"My master asked me to go to Luanfeng Palace in two months, and it will take at least three months for me to come back!" Yin Shilan thought of an important thing and said reluctantly.
"It's a good thing that I have my clone to accompany you, so I feel more at ease!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
A big part of the reason why he refined the 'Phantom Clone' was for Yin Shilan.
Yin Shilan joined the Luanfeng Palace and had to go to the Zhongzhou Continent.
However, Li Shiming could not set foot in Zhongzhou Continent. He was worried that if he did so, he would be targeted by some powerful people, who might even capture him directly.
But there is no need to worry about the 'Phantom Clone' going there. The monks who are capable and confident of capturing him will naturally see the origin of the 'Phantom Clone'.
As for Yin Shilan's safety, with the company of a great cultivator from the Luanfeng Palace, plus his 'phantom clone', there are not many cultivators who can threaten Yin Shilan with this kind of strength.
A cultivator with such strength would not do such a thing. As long as Li Shiming is still alive, if one really wants to take action against Li Shiming's Taoist partner, one would have to consider the revenge from Li Shiming.
A terrifying existence who can kill two peak great monks. Unless a powerful person appears, no monk can suppress Li Shiming.
Just three days after Li Shiming returned, Master Liu Ziyun, the head of Zhongzhou Trading Company in Dongqi Continent, rushed over.
Li Shiming did not send any message to Great Monk Liu Ziyun. He had originally planned to contact Great Monk Liu Ziyun after some time, and this period of time was just right for him to rest.
I didn't expect that Zhongzhou Trading Company's intelligence capabilities were so strong. Only three days after Li Shiming returned, Great Monk Liu Ziyun found out and rushed over.
Li Shiming even suspected that when he returned that day, the great monk Liu Ziyun had received the news and only gave him three days to handle the affairs.
"I heard that Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Yin became a couple, so I came to congratulate them!" Great Monk Liu Ziyun certainly couldn't say that he came to ask Li Shiming to start refining the elixir. He held out a jade box and congratulated them.
"I didn't expect that my affairs would alarm Fellow Daoist Liu!" Li Shiming said with a faint smile.
He gestured to Yin Shilan, who smiled and took the jade box.
Ever since Yin Shilan became the hostess here, Li Shiming has handed over the daily affairs of the cave to Yin Shilan.
Look at the flowers everywhere in the cave. These were all arranged by Yin Shilan. She goes to Baihua Peak every day to select the most beautiful flowers for the cave.
With Yin Shilan's presence, the cave came alive, and Li Shiming would feel very happy whenever he smelled the fragrance of flowers.
Yin Shilan opened the jade box. Li Shiming glanced at it and found that the gift in the jade box was the resources of a fourth-grade early red-gold phoenix.
Li Shiming couldn't help but marvel at the strength of Zhongzhou Trading Company's intelligence network.
This gift was prepared for Yin Shilan. Although Yin Shilan has not yet obtained the Red-Gold Phoenix, the Luanfeng Palace has already agreed, so the Red-Gold Phoenix spiritual pet is indispensable.
Although this gift is not very valuable, it is very thoughtful.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, that's thoughtful!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
"As long as Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Yin like them. In fact, if Fellow Daoist Yin likes spirit pets, our Zhongzhou Trading Company can help keep an eye out for him!" Great Monk Liu Ziyun laughed when he heard what Li Shiming said.
"Thank you for your concern, Brother Liu. I believe that the Luanfeng Palace will handle the matter of the spiritual pets!" Li Shiming waved his hand and said.
Li Shiming was very clear about the relationship with Zhongzhou Commercial Bank.
He will not deepen his relationship with Zhongzhou Trading Company. Their relationship is just a business cooperation one.
He knew too well the moral character of Zhongzhou Trading Company.
If one day, some powerful force pays a sufficient price, Zhongzhou Trading Company will definitely not mind betraying him again.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I wonder if you have time to make pills recently?" Great Monk Liu Ziyun finally couldn't help but asked the question he cared about most.
He knew that refining the elixir required full concentration. Now that Li Shiming had a Taoist partner, it was hard to say whether he would have the mind to refine the elixir.
It took Li Shiming nearly thirty days to refine the great monk's elixir.
With the alchemy commissions from great monks that Zhongzhou Trading Company has accumulated, Li Shiming is afraid that it will take several years of continuous alchemy.
"I need your company to exchange the alchemy rewards for cultivation treasures used in the early and middle stages of the Nascent Soul. If this condition is met, I can accept the alchemy commission immediately!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
Cultivation treasures refer to special resources that can be quickly absorbed by Nascent Soul cultivators.
At the beginning, Li Shiming obtained the 'Purple Thunder Plasma' and 'Sword Spirit Liquid', both of which belonged to this kind of treasures. However, this kind of treasures are extremely rare. They are the top resources for each super power to cultivate its own core monks. This kind of treasures rarely appear in the outside world.
The reason why Li Shiming needed this kind of treasure was because of Yin Shilan.
The higher Yin Shilan's realm, the stronger his self-preservation ability will be, and his lifespan will increase accordingly.
The most important thing is that with Yin Shilan’s current level, Li Shiming must suppress his breath at all times in the cave.
The aura of the great monk could cause harm to Yin Shilan if she was not careful.
Yin Shilan stood quietly by, not saying a word, but the tenderness in her eyes could not be concealed.
The days with Li Shiming were better than her best dreams during the hundred years she was trapped in the Northern Shu Continent.
"I really envy your deep love for each other. Although it is difficult to obtain treasures for cultivation, I will still try my best to get it. It just takes at least half a year!" Great Monk Liu Ziyun said with a smile.
"I believe in Fellow Daoist Liu, and we can complete the alchemy commission in the next period of time!" Li Shiming did not make any further requests, he nodded and said.
"These are twenty-six portions of spiritual medicine for great monks. They are the most urgent batch. Please help, Brother Li!" When Great Monk Liu Ziyun heard that Li Shiming had relented, he took out the mustard seed ring that he had prepared long ago without any courtesy and said.