Chapter 576 Two Old Men
Just after Zhong Cai finished refining that batch of pills, the doors to Wu Shaogan's secluded meditation hall remained tightly shut.
He then used a wooden fire to scorch the alchemy furnace, cleaning away the impurities in the medicinal materials and the mixed aroma of the pills.
Zhong Cai's mind was in turmoil.
—Huh? Old Wu still hasn't come out. Nothing must have gone wrong, right?
He was still thinking to himself: Old Wu said he needed several days, and this batch of pills of mine took more than three days, which is also several days... But maybe Old Wu's several days will be even longer than mine...
Zhong Cai herself didn't know what she was thinking anymore; she was rambling on and on, spouting nonsense.
After waiting for several more hours, the alchemy furnace was cleaned, but the palace door still remained closed, so he prepared to continue refining the next batch of pills.
Zhong Cai took a deep breath, took out several grade-eight rare herbs, and put them into the alchemy furnace.
Then he closed his eyes and tried to clear his mind of distractions.
Don't scare yourself!
Zhong Cai had already finished refining one batch of pills with a blank mind, but he decided to concentrate more on the second batch.
Start refining!
This time, Zhong Cai was indeed much more focused than before.
Moreover, the medicinal herbs he used this time were even rarer, and the types of pills he refined were the kind that would easily cause him to make mistakes if he were distracted.
More importantly, this elixir, taken after his elder brother Wu's breakthrough, would greatly help stabilize his cultivation...
Perhaps because she forced herself to calm down this time, and even after closing her eyes for a while, she simply turned her back to the palace gate to refine pills, Zhong Cai's attention was much more focused this time, and she no longer kept staring at the palace gate.
Forcing himself to wait until the refining was complete and the pills were collected, Zhong Cai let the wood fire clean the furnace again while looking behind the palace door.
Then, Zhong Cai met a pair of gentle eyes.
It's his old man, Wu!
The tall, handsome young man leaned against the palace door with his arms crossed, looking over with a smile.
Zhong Cai was instantly delighted, but then suddenly asked with a hint of reproach, "Old Wu, when did you come out? Why didn't you call me?" After the initial complaint, he was also a little worried, "How long have you been waiting for me?"
Just as Zhong Cai asked this question, a familiar presence suddenly came from his side. Zhong Cai dodged and was about to speak to Wu Shaogan when he felt someone tap his shoulder.
Zhong Cai frowned, raised his hand to slap, his gaze fixed on Wu Shaogan. However, his hand was grabbed by another slender hand, and that familiar touch... he was 100% sure it was his old Wu!
Well.
Zhong Cai glanced at the young man at the palace gate, then turned to look to the side...
It was another smiling, familiar old man, so familiar that he often rolled around on the kang (heated brick bed) with him!
Zhong Cai suddenly came to her senses.
Old Wu created a clone, resulting in two Old Wus.
It's normal, it's normal.
only……
Which one is the real one, and which one is the clone?
Zhong Cai looked around carefully, trying to make a proper identification.
It was separated after all.
Although logically speaking, the original body and the clone should be exactly the same, the clone is newly born, and its aura is not as strong as that of the original body.
Zhong Cai turned her head and stuffed a pill into the mouth of Wu Shaogan beside her. Then, she happily took the hand of the person next to her and quickly ran towards the person in front of the palace gate, pinching his arm.
He recognized that the one he was holding was the real person, and the one opposite him was a clone.
Therefore, the pills that stabilize cultivation must be put into the mouth of the main body. Once the main body is stabilized, the clone will naturally follow suit.
The relationship between the main body and the clone is very peculiar. Before the clone has taken over the life, the two can act separately and be controlled by the same primordial soul. Changes in the main body can drive changes in the clone. Therefore, the stronger the main body is, the stronger the clone will become when it is nurtured in the vortex of profound energy in the Dao Palace. After the primordial embryo undergoes Nirvana, the clone will enter the primordial embryo for nurturing, and the speed of change will be even faster.
Wu Shaogan, now in his clone, allowed Zhong Cai to manipulate him at will.
Zhong Cai exclaimed, "There really isn't any difference! The feel is exactly the same!"
No sooner had he said that than Wu Shaogan, the real person beside him, raised his hand and pinched his cheek.
Zhong Cai chuckled.
Wu Shaogan's aura was indeed stabilizing at a visible speed, which greatly relieved Zhong Cai, as his old man Wu had once again overcome a difficult challenge. Furthermore, the experience Wu Shaogan had gained this time would be carefully shared with Zhong Cai when he reached the mid-stage of Nirvana.
At this moment, Wu Shaogan slightly raised his eyes.
The clone Wu Shaogan opposite Zhong Cai was instantly absorbed into the Dao Palace by the main body.
Wu Shaogan put his arm around Zhong Cai and led him into the ancient city.
In the days leading up to this, he secluded himself to break through his cultivation barrier and really missed his Ah Cai.
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Unsurprisingly, the two spent many days rolling around together.
This breakthrough meant that Wu Shaogan hadn't seen Zhong Cai for quite some time, so he naturally missed her and wanted to feel her presence... Although his cultivation level was already so high, he couldn't say he was completely satisfied after all these days, but he was certainly in a very good mood.
For Zhong Cai, her initial anxiety was gradually soothed as the two became deeply affectionate.
Then, the two snuggled together.
Zhong Cai couldn't help but want to laugh: "Because my cultivation level is not as high as yours, and I haven't reached the point where my clone can separate from my primordial body, the companion treasure that we fused together is a copy of yours... Hahaha!"
While the two were rolling around together, Zhong Cai, while enjoying herself, did not forget to carefully observe the condition of Wu Shaogan's Taoist temple at that time.
Upon closer inspection, the state of the copied companion treasure was quite comical.
When the two's companion treasures first merged, they were interlocked, like an assembly. Later, probably because they had been upgraded over many years and become a unified whole, the couple's companion treasures, when they reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, manifested as... within each person's primordial embryo, there was one half of the ancient city that was directly split in two...
The way it was chopped was remarkably neat.
It is conceivable that when Zhong Cai reaches the later stage of Nirvana, a replica of the accompanying treasure will be "born," and Wu Shaogan will also summon the replica ancient city. The two territories, which are now only half-finished, will seem to have been summoned and will tightly merge into one.
I reckon that by then, those smooth cutting marks will be seamlessly healed.
Seeing Zhong Cai's radiant smile, Wu Shaogan was also in a good mood.
He said in a low voice, "Then A-Cai should break through quickly."
Zhong Cai readily agreed.
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In fact, the ancient city of the two is a very special companion treasure.
Normally, when other cultivators reach the later stages of Nirvana, they replicate their own companion treasures. These treasures are specifically for their clones, allowing them to possess a suitable weapon or other item from the outset.
However, the ancient city's effects are terrifyingly powerful in every aspect. Therefore, if the original ancient city itself is intact, the replicated ancient city cannot be separated from Zhong Wufu's Dao Palace and cannot be used.
If the original Ancient City suffered great damage, then the real damage actually came from the Ancient City clone within the Dao Palace.
Only after the ancient city was destroyed to its limit did the ancient city itself receive its own destruction.
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The Zhong and Wu couple got up as usual and left the ancient city.
During this time, a puppet came to report.
Zhong Cai leaned against Wu Shaogan's chest and asked, "What is it?"
The puppet replied, "Young Master Dongxiao's message just flew back."
Zhong Cai remained silent.
Could it be... that they're calling for help?
He and Lao Wu stayed in the ancient city for so long on a whim, and only received this message after they came out. That kid... could he be dead?
Zhong Cai quickly took something resembling a jade talisman from the puppet's hand and probed it with her spiritual sense.
This inspection...
Zhong Cai first breathed a sigh of relief, then his lips twitched as he handed the jade slip back to Wu Shaogan.
After "looking" at it, Wu Shaogan said with a smile, "It's just a coincidence that Dongxiao has made another friend."
Zhong Cai sighed, "He really has a lot of luck."
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Wu Dongxiao wasn't calling for help this time.
In fact, if it were truly an emergency, although the puppets lacked intelligence, they would still choose whether to send a message to the ancient city based on Wu Dongxiao's attitude.
Because Wu Dongxiao's matter was not urgent, the puppet waited for Zhong and Wu to come out before sending the message.
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Wu Dongxiao's message was mainly to inform Zhong Wufu that he had met Haoyang Daojun.
He hadn't noticed anything at first, only that this person's strength was comparable to his own. After spending some time together, he found that they both had good personalities and were people who kept their promises, so they decided to go on an adventure together.
The exploration route was provided by Haoyang Daojun.
Wu Dongxiao had some doubts at the time, but Haoyang Daojun's sincerity dispelled them.
Haoyang Daojun did not deceive him. The path he provided led directly to a very hidden large tomb, and he guided Wu Dongxiao through many dangers to find many precious treasures.
After Wu Dongxiao and Haoyang Daojun divided the spoils, he raised some questions—for example, he couldn't see through many of Haoyang Daojun's sword techniques, which was very strange.
Haoyang Daojun didn't hide anything from him. After explaining it to him, he told Wu Dongxiao that he was once an elder of an eighth-level force that was wiped out. Because the sect accidentally obtained news of a treasure, it was coveted and the sect was destroyed.
Later, he himself didn't fare well either. He was captured by the people who were exterminating his family. In order to prevent himself from revealing the information about the tomb, he destroyed his own mind. So even when his soul was searched, nothing was found.
Later, Haoyang Daojun was refined by the evil sects. Because of his strong will and righteous spirit, he was a rare and valuable material and was passed up the chain of command. Finally, he fell into the hands of the Poison Toad Ancestor and was refined even more carefully.
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Yes, Haoyang Daojun was one of those Yuanhun fragments that were almost beyond saving back then.
After many years of effort, Zhong Cai finally regained her memories and rebuilt her physical body.
Naturally, in order to recover his strength more quickly, Haoyang Daojun signed a lot of IOUs from beginning to end. Each one was worth a huge sum of money, which was unbearable to look at.
As a result, Haoyang Daojun recovered very quickly and successfully transformed into a spirit in less than a hundred years—although he was still quite far from reaching the initial Nirvana Realm he had entered in his previous life.
At this moment, Haoyang Daojun couldn't wait to leave the sect to train, his purpose being the location of the sect's treasure... This was perhaps because he had too much debt and had to go out and risk his life to get it back.
As a result, he met Wu Dongxiao, befriended him, and became good friends.
Whether it was the protagonist's halo or the fact that the two had faced life and death together, Haoyang Daojun found the location of the treasure, and with the cooperation of Wu Dongxiao and Xuan Bing, they all became incredibly wealthy.
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