Chapter 289: Bewitching "So in order to find me as quickly as possible, you...
"So, in order to find me as quickly as possible, you forcibly split yourself into eight?" Xu Hui couldn't believe it, and her high-pitched voice became sharp and piercing. "Do you know that doing this will most likely cause your three souls to dissipate and your seven spirits to separate?"
This is different from the ordinary clone technique. The clone technique uses the natural resources and treasures of the cultivation world to refine a puppet similar to the body, and then place the divine consciousness on it.
In the final analysis, it is still an advanced version of the puppet, which can copy some of the original body's abilities. If it dies, the original body will be injured, but it will not affect the soul.
The soul-splitting technique is to split his body and soul into several parts, each of which is his original body.
As long as one of the bodies is in danger, it is equivalent to losing part of the body and soul.
Think about Senior Han Yueyan, whose soul and spirit were imprisoned in the underworld by the Heavenly Dao. Even though she was a Mahayana cultivator, she still almost died.
Of course, her situation is special. Generally speaking, if there is a problem with the soul, the soul-replenishing technique can be used. The world of cultivation has developed for tens of thousands of years, and coupled with frequent connections with the fairy world, there are all kinds of techniques.
However, the weather is unstable nowadays and any kind of accidents may happen.
Wei Mubai forcibly split his body and soul into eight parts. It would be fine if nothing happened, but if one of them really happened, it would not be easy to repair it.
Xu Hui's eyes were moist and her voice was a little trembling, "You can wait a while," why be so anxious.
But she couldn't say the following sentence no matter what. Why was Wei Mubai so anxious? Wasn't it because he was worried about her safety?
For a moment, she felt like she was doing something wrong.
What does other people’s life and death have to do with her?
To her, the most important person in this world is Wei Mubai. Why should she harm her lover for those who are just passing by?
If Wei Mubai really gets into trouble because of this, then...what's the point of her doing all this?
Xu Hui looked confused and struggling, and there was even a hint of instability in her heart.
Wei Mubai grasped her hand, staring into her eyes with a serious expression, "It's just that your cultivation has regressed, it's okay."
"It's not that simple," Xu Hui said with a choked voice.
The soul-splitting technique can allow all clones to retain all the skills of the original body to the greatest extent possible, and each one is himself, and all thoughts, ideas, and feelings can be shared.
This is equivalent to the main body and the Nascent Soul that has left the body. As the only way to practice, countless cultivators are stuck at the out-of-body stage and cannot advance.
This is because the separated main body and Nascent Soul are each prone to different problems and face different challenges, which leads to the inability to merge and restore integrity in the later stage, and the inability to advance to the Spirit Severing stage, resulting in loopholes in the Taoist tradition.
Ninety-nine out of ten cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of the Out-of-Body Stage cannot be promoted to the Spirit Severing Stage. This is the reason, which shows how dangerous it is.
But now, in order to find her as quickly as possible, Wei Mubai actually split himself into eight, which was equivalent to increasing the difficulty of the original task by eighty times.
Because the souls in the out-of-body stage need to grow separately until all of them reach perfection, and then find a way to merge.
But the problem is that the soul-splitting technique caused Wei Mubai to drop down a major realm, and now he is in the early stage of Nascent Soul.
In other words, it is extremely difficult for each of the eight clones to cultivate from the Nascent Soul stage to the Out-of-Body stage.
Originally, the process from Nascent Soul to Out-of-Body is the process of Nascent Soul separating and walking on its own. Now it is divided into eight petals, how to separate them?
It was originally one-eighth of the soul, which dissipated immediately after being separated from the body.
But if it is not separated, it is impossible to advance to the out-of-body stage. This is simply a vicious circle.
Xu Hui couldn’t think of what to do?
What's more, if an accident happens during the process and one or more of the bodies have problems, it will be extremely difficult to replenish the soul and repair the body.
Even if nothing happened and one has already reached the great perfection of the out-of-body stage, it is not an easy task to reintegrate.
Once they have been separated and they want to merge back together, it is not a simple merger, but a question of who has the dominant power.
Everyone has their own thoughts and is the same person, but in the process of cultivation from the Nascent Soul stage to the Out-of-Body stage, they will inevitably experience different perceptions, produce deviations in thoughts and emotions, and thus disagreements.
They are not puppets, but living people. They will have insights when they see a flower, a blade of grass, or a tree, let alone the long years of cultivation.
At that time, no one will submit to anyone else, and they will kill each other until the final winner is decided.
Thinking of that scene, Xu Hui shuddered.
Wei Mubai saw her frowning, knowing that she was worried about him, and reminded her, "In the Spiritual Severing Stage, the Spiritual Soul is only split out, but the main body still occupies the majority, so you don't have to worry about them taking the dominant position."
But Xu Hui didn't feel comforted. She widened her eyes in shock and asked, "Then how are you going to take it back?"
If it is directly divided into eight petals, there is still a chance that all eight bodies can find a way to advance to the out-of-body stage.
But if from the beginning, Wei Mubai only cut out a small piece of his soul, it would be equivalent to that except for the body he retained, the three souls and seven spirits carried by the other seven bodies would be missing.
For example, some clones only have two souls and three spirits, and those two souls and three spirits are just small pieces separated from the complete soul.
Xu Hui was so angry that she almost laughed. Under this situation, there was absolutely no way this clone could be promoted to the out-of-body stage.
In other words, Wei Mubai simply treated the seven bodies he had separated as consumables!
Because it is impossible to advance, and if the main body wants to complete the transformation from the out-of-body stage to the spirit separation stage, it needs to... destroy the other seven clones, and then perform the soul-replenishing technique to make its own soul complete again.
Otherwise, it would be like what happened to Senior Han Yueyan, who had clearly restored his soul, but was restrained because one of his soul and one of his spirit had not dissipated, and almost died.
"Wei Mubai, how dare you?" Xu Wei shouted angrily.
She couldn't understand. Wei Mubai didn't see that she was in danger, so why was he so desperate as to use such a dangerous and painful method!
It would be so painful to cut the soul alive!
Why on earth makes him so impatient? Is it necessary?
Wei Mubai paused slightly, his voice still calm, "I'm sure..."
"That won't do!" Xu Wei interrupted angrily, "What's wrong with you? Why are you doing things so recklessly? Do you know that this can easily cause trouble?"
As she spoke, her voice choked and she couldn't speak, "Why is this happening?"
Wei Mubai's eyes flashed, but he said nothing.
Why? Of course, it was because Taoist Qingchenzi said that only one of them could survive this trip.
But he and Xu Hui had a Heavenly Dao Contract. If he died, even if Xu Hui survived, half of her path would be ruined.
Wei Mubai was also worried that with her personality, she might not be able to hold on.
Even if she held on firmly, she would probably walk on the so-called 'road of inheritance' and become a lonely soul walking in the world.
How could Wei Mubai bear to do that?
So he chose to fight to the death, forcibly advancing to the Spirit Severing Stage, and then splitting into seven clones.
In this way, even if he had to die, he would use secret methods to leave behind a clone to accompany Xu Hui, ensuring that she could successfully ascend to become an immortal, and then the contract between the two would be terminated.
There is an essential difference between humans and immortals. If his clone cannot become an immortal, the Heavenly Dao Contract will collapse instantly without causing any harm to either party.
But he would not tell Xu Hui about these, so he chose to use the excuse of being anxious to find someone, just to leave her a reason so that she would not indulge in the past and concentrate on cultivating the great way.
"Ah Hui! Listen to me!" Wei Mubai said in a serious tone, "I've thought this through carefully. You know, we had a Heavenly Dao Contract before. As long as nothing happens to you, even if my three souls and seven spirits dissipate, I will have a way to re-condense them."
"There is no such magic weapon in the world," Xu Hui denied.
"Yes," Wei Mubai confirmed, "There is a divine beast in the fairy world that can condense immortal soul beads, which are objects that can condense and nourish the soul. Before coming here, I asked Taoist Master Qingchenzi to place a curse on me. Once my soul dissipates, a residual soul will be drawn into the Nether Mountain and degenerate into an evil spirit."
Xu Hui's face turned pale instantly, "And then endure the pain of being eaten by evil spirits and vengeful spirits every day in the Dark Mountain..."
"But you can preserve a trace of my soul. Don't worry, I will wait until you come to rescue me with the Immortal Soul Pearl. By then, Venerable Lotus will have already become one of the spirit world's ghosts and gods. You can ask her for help and travel to the Dark Mountain to bring out my remaining soul. After that, you will help me eliminate the evil resentment and concentrate my spirit. But you must remember that you must wait until you become a Daluo Jinxian before you can do this. Otherwise, even if you obtain the Immortal Soul Pearl, it will not be able to protect me! I still want to be with you for a long time and enjoy eternal immortality. So don't be reckless."
Xu Hui's eyes were red as she heard this. "I don't understand why it has to be like this?"
She was very suspicious that Wei Mubai was lying to her. There were no immortal soul beasts in the immortal world. He cursed himself just to retain a trace of his soul so that the Heavenly Dao Contract would not affect her.
But Wei Mubai's tone was extremely serious and the plan he described was comprehensive. What was the problem?
"You know, if anything happens to you, even if I become an immortal, I will never live alone, so Wei Mubai, you don't have to lie to me!" Xu Hui stared at him intently, trying to see through his guilty conscience.
Wei Mubai laughed and said softly, "Do you think I'm willing to let go of your hand?"
"I..." Xu Hui was momentarily stunned, sensing the madness and paranoia beneath his gentle tone. The Wei Mubai before her had always been bright and clear, as bright as the moon, handsome and noble, and he had never had such a dark side.
This made her feel frightened, but at the same time, she felt a sense of relief.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch the corners of his slightly red eyes. From those dark and deep eyes, she caught an irrepressible burning love and possession, crazy yet restrained.
Her heart trembled, and her voice trembled, "Really?"
"You are mine, and only mine. Do you understand?" Wei Mubai emphasized each word, his voice clear but with a special kind of paranoia.
Xu Hui nodded blankly, feeling a little at a loss.
"So," Wei Mubai put his forehead against hers. The two of them were very close, their eyes met, their breaths mingled with each other, "Listen to my arrangements and wait for my return!"
"......Okay!" Xu Hui felt that she was bewitched by Wei Mubai's sexiness at this moment, and she could do nothing but nod and agree.
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