I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 180: Clone

After refining the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill, Xiao Wuji did not rush to refine the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill. Instead, he lay down in the main hall and fell fast asleep.

He was exhausted and needed a good rest. He also needed to give Ancestor Ao Xiao some time to prepare some "Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk" and a kind of spirit-nourishing incense that could quickly restore divine consciousness. Only with the help of these two things could he be confident in refining it.

A year later, after a bronze-colored whip swallowed a thundercloud, the alchemy project finally came to an end.

Ancestor Ao Xiao looked at the pill that was constantly pulsating in his palm and couldn't help but sigh:

"Every time I see this kind of elixir, I feel it's a miracle!"

After such a long time, Xiao Wuji had only successfully refined three pills: one Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill and two Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pills. The entire refining process was completed on the first try, an unexpectedly smooth success.

Xiao Wuji, dragging his weary body, slowly walked to Ao Xiao's side and said:
"This Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill can not only help you cultivate your second primordial spirit, but it is also a holy medicine for healing injuries."

"With the help of this elixir, your chances of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation should be greatly increased!"

"Moreover, the process of cultivating the second primordial spirit is inherently extremely dangerous, and you are not using the most orthodox method, so the danger is even greater!"

"Furthermore, you must prepare items to nourish your soul in advance. After all, once your primordial spirit splits into two, your spiritual power will be greatly reduced, which will be extremely detrimental to your physical body's future tribulations!"

Seeing Xiao Wuji's exhausted appearance, Ancestor Ao Xiao abandoned his idea of ​​beating him up. He bowed deeply to Xiao Wuji and said, "I won't thank you for your great kindness. As long as I live, no one in these Three Realms and Seven Lands will be able to touch you!"

Xiao Wuji was overjoyed, but he didn't show it on his face. He simply smiled and said, "Alright, we're father-in-law and son-in-law, why say such things? It's rather sad!"

"After I have a good rest, I will help you cultivate your second primordial spirit!"

"No rush, just get some rest!"

……

Three months later!

In the same hall, a huge gray-white wolf corpse lay on the ground. During this time, Xiao Wuji had refined the wolf corpse several times, expelling all the spiritual imprints belonging to the Heavenly Wolf King. He had even dug out the demon core cultivated by the Heavenly Wolf King.

Then he poured a bottle of Ao Xiao's blood essence onto the wolf demon's corpse, which had been refined once.

The last thing needed for resurrection could be provided by Ancestor Ao Xiao himself, which saved him a lot of trouble.

As soon as the red blood touched the grayish-white corpse, the crimson color spread rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the color of the skeleton changed from grayish-white to a dark crimson, and faintly, a rich energy fluctuation emanated from within the skeleton.

Seeing this, Xiao Wuji raised his hand, and the bright red skeleton automatically floated up. With a wave of his sleeve, black and silver flames burst forth, completely enveloping the skeleton.

Now, his strange fire has successively fused with five different kinds of strange fire: the Taiyin True Fire, the Taiyang Essence Fire, the Fallen Heart Flame, the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, and the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire. That's why it displays this strange color.

The essence and blood of Ancestor Ao Xiao contain enormous energy. He must use a strange fire to roast this energy deep into every bone of the skeleton so that the skeleton can truly absorb all of this amazing energy.

After a full day had passed, there was no longer any energy fluctuation emanating from the corpse. Xiao Wuji knew that the energy had completely penetrated into the bone marrow, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the monster's corpse had undergone a marrow replacement.

"Prepare!"

Ao Xiao, who was sitting cross-legged to the side, also knew that the time had come, and immediately and decisively began to attack his own primordial spirit.

This second primordial spirit is no ordinary soul-splitting technique. With his current level, he could easily split a hundred or so souls using ordinary soul-splitting techniques, but those split souls would only be a negligible small part of the primordial spirit.

However, this second primordial spirit method is a way to truly split the primordial spirit in two. Not only the primordial spirit, but also the true spirit within the primordial spirit can be perfectly split in two.

It is precisely because the true spirit was separated that this second primordial spirit could truly become an individual that is closely related to oneself, yet completely different.

"Humph!"

With a muffled groan, a small silver wolf suddenly emerged from between the eyebrows of Ancestor Ao Xiao, then snatched the elixir that Xiao Wuji had thrown over its mouth, and transformed into a stream of light that disappeared directly into the wolf's corpse.

The moment Ao Xiao's second primordial spirit entered the corpse, the corpse trembled violently. Light gradually gathered in the empty eye sockets, and at that moment, terrifying and strange energy emanated from the wolf corpse. Under this energy, flesh and blood began to miraculously appear on the broken bones. This miraculous effect of flesh growing from bones was naturally brought about by the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill.

The three severed limbs are growing back at a visible rate, and the shattered skull is gradually becoming as perfect as before.

"Hold on!"

Just as all the wounds were about to heal, Xiao Wuji suddenly activated the strange fire in his hand, gradually refining away the newly formed flesh and blood. Under the burning of this flame, the newly formed flesh and blood tissue was actually burned to ashes. But as soon as the ashes dispersed, terrifying strange energy spread out again, and the speed of flesh and blood growth became faster and faster. In the end, almost only the rapidly wriggling buds could be seen, and the outline of a bloody wolf quickly took shape.

This burning and growth continued for nearly ten hours, and the flesh and skin tissue finally took shape completely under the scorching heat of the flames.

As the skin regenerated, the corpse on the ground gradually became fuller, resembling a plant wolf. Next, it was time for Ancestor Ao Xiao to complete the final fusion with this body.

Only after the fusion can this second primordial spirit be considered truly successful.

……

"Haha... Is this the second primordial spirit?"

"It feels really good!"

Inside the main hall, two Ao Xiao ancestors with identical faces stood facing each other. However, one was dressed in a white robe and the other in a black robe, and their auras were also different, making them slightly different.

Perhaps due to the different laws of heaven and earth, the second body of Ancestor Ao Xiao did not directly restore his cultivation like Elder Yao, but instead needed to cultivate again.

Fortunately, his new body was full of energy, and in just a few days, Ancestor Ao Xiao transformed back into human form. He then broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm with unstoppable momentum. If he were to fully refine the energy within his body, he would at least be able to break through to the Void Refinement realm.

"Here, this is for you to store your primordial spirit!"

Xiao Wuji stuffed a thumb-sized portable cave dwelling into the hands of the white-robed Ao Xiao Ancestor, once again attracting a wave of astonished gazes.

"Hey~ I've noticed you've got quite a few good stuff on you..."

"Alright, you'd better hurry up and find some spiritual medicine to enhance your spiritual power! Otherwise, you won't be able to use much of your supernatural abilities!"

"At most, the Soul-Nourishing Saliva can only restore about 50% to 60% of your primordial spirit. Any more than that is beyond the capabilities of a elixir of this grade!"

"I'm waiting for you to recover so you can help me expand my business!"

"Hahaha, just you wait. I'll be back to normal in a hundred years at most. When that happens, I'll introduce you to that guy Mo Jianli, and I'll definitely help you rip him off!"

……

After Ao Xiao and Linglong returned to their secluded cultivation places, Xiao Wuji finally had some free time. Every day, he led a team of wolf clan shadow guards at the Void Refinement stage to wander around the Silver Moon Wolf Clan's territory.

With the orders of Ancestor Ao Xiao, he could move freely within the Silver Moon Wolf Clan, and there were almost no places he couldn't go, except for a very few.

He is now completely immersed in the Silver Moon Wolf Clan's library, frantically absorbing knowledge about the spirit world.

With Ao Xiao no longer by his side, a huge weight was lifted from his heart. Although he spent every day with Ao Xiao with smiles on his face, he was under immense pressure.

Having read the original novel, Xiao Wuji wasn't naively convinced that Ao Xiao was an easy person to get along with; on the contrary, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was a ruthless and unscrupulous individual. In the original story, he allowed Linglong to cultivate the "Forgetfulness Technique," and claiming ignorance was merely an excuse!

Just like now, the fact that he dispatched a team of shadow guards isn't just for his own protection. He's probably seen more as a golden goose that lays eggs in Ao Xiao's eyes now.

This is a predicament, but also a form of protection. Xiao Wuji doesn't intend to think of any way to escape; he will simply wait until his second primordial spirit is strong enough before taking him away.

He didn't even plan to improve his cultivation level before his lifespan was nearing its end.

He's currently in the late Nascent Soul stage and is only undergoing a minor tribulation. Once he breaks through to the Void Refinement stage, he'll have to face a major tribulation. These are two completely different concepts.

He can now cultivate using the minor heavenly tribulation, but in the future he may only be able to survive the major heavenly tribulation.

"So, let's get enough benefits from Ancestor Ao Xiao first!"

With this in mind, Xiao Wuji continued to bury himself in the many books in the Howling Moon Wolf Clan's collection.

The old ancestor Ao Xiao was extremely generous to him, allowing him to browse through all of them except for a few secret techniques.

He was like a dried-up sponge, frantically absorbing knowledge...

(End of this chapter)