My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 332 Two Things
The afternoon sun shone down, casting a golden veil over the garden.

Beneath the golden gauze, Xia Tian focused intently, freely displaying her talent on the canvas with her paintbrush.

Unbeknownst to him, Xia Lin had already unknowingly come to his side.

He looked down at the canvas.

Vibrant colors, bold lines.

Unfortunately, it's an abstract painting...

Xia Lin slowly narrowed his eyes, remaining silent until Xia Tian finished the painting before speaking.

"Brother, what you've drawn is..."

Xia Tian then noticed Xia Lin, turned around and smiled at her, saying while tidying up her paintbrush and drawing board, "It's just something that doesn't have any real meaning."

Xia Lin spoke slowly, "But you like it, and that's the most important thing."

Xia Tian smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's the most important thing."

No need to practice martial arts, no need to bear the burden of the family, even just doodling on the canvas is enough to make Xia Tian happy.

The greatest significance of this painting is that it makes him happy.

Xia Lin only reached out and touched the easel in front of her after Xia Tian left.

As he brushed past the intricate lines, Xia Lin sighed.

"Soul reincarnation..."

"Subconscious projection".

……

If that incident hadn't happened, Xia Lin definitely wouldn't have been able to glean anything from this painting; she would have simply considered it a purely abstract work.

But once he understood what had happened to Di Yun and used his blood essence to pinpoint his elder brother Xia Tian's true identity, the painting immediately took on a different meaning.

Because the painting that Xia Tian created is by no means an abstract painting, but rather a realistic painting to some extent.

What he depicted was the scene of Di Yun fighting against the deceitful evil god!

With rich colors, it depicts the unleashing of energy waves.

The figure is depicted in a strange line, showing the general shape of the deceitful evil god.

With a more bizarre and abstract composition, it depicts the reasons for the defeat in that war.

Xia Lin looked down at the edge of the canvas.

Seventy-two touch points are clearly visible, not one more and not one less.

However, about ten spots were deliberately painted black.

"The inner world has rebelled."

"I felt frustrated and resentful after the defeat. Even now, I still subconsciously remember this scene."

The struggle between the Creator of Heaven and the Super Star can, to some extent, be understood as a great struggle between immortals and martial arts.

The path of immortality transforms the heavens, while the path of martial arts seizes them; their conflict is irreconcilable, leading only to a life-or-death struggle.

The person who understands you best is inevitably your mortal enemy.

In response to the martial artist's ability system, the group of cultivators actually came up with quite a few tricks—one of which was how to turn a martial artist's inner world against their will.

This method is actually quite sophisticated. Although the conditions for its execution are demanding, preventing it from becoming a decisive factor or a trump card, it is incredibly effective at catching unsuspecting martial artists off guard.

And this trick seems to have been learned by the deceitful evil god—the evil god who is known for deception is good at this very thing.

That's roughly what happened to Di Yun.

"Afterwards, this person was reborn as a citizen of the Inner World, but because his condition was too poor, or perhaps it was a negative effect of the resurrection method, he was unable to have his past memories and could only reincarnate in the Inner World. In this life, he was reborn as my body's original owner's older brother, Xia Tian."

Thinking of this, Xia Lin couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

The identity replacement card (high-level) is indeed quite impressive.

Xia Lin originally thought that the purpose of this thing was to give him the upper hand—and the identity of the second young master of the Xia family had indeed fallen into the eye of the storm in the main storyline.

It turns out that the greatest significance of this identity is actually that of Xia Tian, ​​the younger brother of Di Yun's reincarnation.

"Good, good!"

The relationship is too distant for us to talk.

Directly replacing Xia Tian's identity would be too burdensome due to the heavy karmic burden, and would instead restrict her actions.

Xia Lin's identity is just right; she has a close relationship with her destined person, Xia Tian, ​​but won't get too entangled in karma.

After a brief moment of thought, a series of ideas arose in Xia Lin's mind, only to be repeatedly rejected by him.

He was thinking about how to maximize his own interests.

Standing in the garden from afternoon until dusk, Xia Lin's eyes flashed before she made up her mind.

"It seems like we could try this..."

……

The following day, Xia Lin held a martial arts lecture at the ancestral land of the Eight Guardian Sword Clan.

This time, Xia Lin explained the subsequent logic of the path of martial arts without reservation—but mainly the logic of cultivating from thirty-six acupoints to seventy-two acupoints.

Boundary cores are hard to find. This world is Di Yun's inner world, and there is almost no way to obtain a boundary core to achieve the third rank. There is no point in talking about it.

After three hours of martial arts instruction, Xia Lin made another important promise before the meeting ended—he would help each family complete their family martial arts traditions. Although he still couldn't help anyone reach the third rank, he could certainly increase their strength and extend their lifespan several times over.

After the meeting, Xia Lin went directly to Xia Tian.

"Brother, I want to talk to you about something."

Xia Tian was taken aback: "You tell me."

Xia Lin feigned hesitation and asked, "Are you sure you don't want to practice martial arts anymore in this lifetime?"

Summer has a negative reaction to martial arts...

This is also a projection of Di Yun's subconscious.

We don't know why an eleventh-level martial artist wouldn't like martial arts, but Xia Tian certainly showed that tendency.

Xia Tian paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'll listen to you."

Whether she likes it or not is another matter, but if her younger brother asks for it, Xia Tian definitely won't refuse.

Upon hearing this, Xia Lin breathed a sigh of relief: "Practicing martial arts is good. It can strengthen the body and prolong life. With a longer lifespan, we can have more time to pursue art, right?"

As Xia Lin spoke, he handed Xia Tian a pre-written manual of martial arts techniques.

Xia Tian took it and glanced at it; a line of large characters caught his eye.

【Fission Divine Skill】

After quickly flipping through the manual, Xia Tian's eyes widened in surprise.

"This cultivation technique..."

Xia Lin chuckled: "It was prepared especially for you."

……

Fission Divine Skill.

It is a fundamental principle recorded in all martial arts.

All products from Wanban Martial Arts are guaranteed to be of the highest quality!

This technique is actually a bit embarrassing to talk about.

It is a martial arts manual compiled by a martial artist inspired by observing an earthworm regenerate after it was severed.

The technique itself is nothing special—it's weak in terms of offensive power, defense, and speed; it's bad in every aspect…

But the only two advantages are the recovery ability and the fission ability cultivated through the technique!
This is also the reason why Black Star took a liking to this technique—it does indeed have some merit.

That afternoon, Xia Lin pulled Xia Tian into the Xia family's cultivation room.

With a flick of his hand, Xia Lin took out a large number of pills from his personal space.

—As his power was unsealed, Xia Lin's personal space was also unsealed, allowing him to use all of his items.

Summer was truly amazed by her younger brother's ability to retrieve objects from thin air.

But considering Xia Lin's extraordinary behavior lately, Xia Tian didn't ask any more questions, and just listened to Xia Lin slowly say.

"I will help you retrace your martial arts path."

"It will be quick. I'll try to help you regain your current strength within three days."

This was by no means a difficult task for Xia Lin, whose strength had been unleashed.

The strength of this realm is ultimately too weak...

……

Redispersing one's cultivation and starting over is extremely harmful to the body.

Unfortunately, Xia Lin's elixir was simply too potent.

If you take medicine immediately after dispersing your internal energy in the summer, your injuries will heal within three seconds.

Then Xia Lin used his blood and qi to nourish Xia Tian's body, combined with spiritual medicine, and within a single day, he helped Xia Tian climb to the sixth rank of cultivation.

Upon reaching the sixth rank, the Fission Divine Skill can already demonstrate some of the power of fission.

With a "clang," a flash of sword light appeared, and Xia Tian voluntarily severed his little finger.

As blood and qi flowed, the severed finger rapidly regenerated, while the little finger on the ground also wriggled and quickly swelled up.

"Next, you need to fill this finger with blood and other substances, slowly cultivate it, and eventually transform it into your flesh and blood clone."

Yes, the greatest effect of the Fission Divine Skill is to create millions of clones and countless incarnations. As long as the clones live, the main body will not perish, thus becoming immortal and living as long as heaven and earth!

The theoretical upper limit of this skill is extremely high; if mastered to its highest level, one can be reborn from a drop of blood.

But Xia Lin certainly doesn't have that ability right now, so he can only resort to some underhanded methods.

For example, feeding the severed finger with the flesh and blood of livestock could achieve the effect Xia Lin needed in a short period of time.

During this time, Xia Tian was still force-fed food without interruption. After three days, Xia Tian's cultivation level had recovered to its original fifth-grade strength, but Xia Lin's focus was on Xia Tian's Fission Transformation.

“I can feel that I can put my will into this clone at any time… but the problem is that this rift doesn’t have any cultivation.”

Summer stood before the fission variant that looked exactly like her and said this.

Xia Lin chuckled: "It doesn't matter if you don't have cultivation. What kind of cultivation you have is not important."

"The important thing is... we still need to take some additional steps."

As he said this, footsteps sounded from the side.

Xia Tian turned his head and saw a stunningly beautiful woman with long, flowing hair slowly walking into the cultivation room.

The appearance of this person surprised Xia Tian. He was about to ask who this person was when he saw the woman walk up to Xia Lin with a smile and affectionately take Xia Lin's arm.

The sight of the perfect couple left Xia Tian at a loss, when Xia Lin smiled and began to introduce them.

"This is Scarlett, my..."

Xia Lin couldn't think of a way to address Scarlett for a moment, but Scarlett spoke up confidently: "Partner."

Xia Lin opened her mouth but didn't refute. Instead, Xia Tian looked at Xia Lin and Scarlett with a strange expression, hesitated for a long time before saying, "I remember you are thirteen years old this year, right?"

Xia Lin: "..."

If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have completely forgotten about it...

So, this is called puppy love?

Ignoring these minor issues, Xia Lin continued.

"Next, Scarlett will help you with some treatment and disguise of your fission variant. Don't be afraid, there will be some pain during the process, but that's normal."

Just as Xia Lin finished speaking, Scarlett raised her hand.

In an instant, a strange fragrance wafted over, and Xia Tian felt dizzy and fainted on the spot.

A mysterious radiance rippled from Scarlett's hand, quickly connecting Summer's true form with the Fission variant.

This is the immortal technique of dividing the soul.

……

Soul separation is neither a good term nor a good phenomenon. The human soul is unique, and once it is separated, it will inevitably cause great damage to the soul body, with side effects that may even surpass those of resurrection.

But the most abnormal aspect of the Fission Divine Skill lies here.

The technique is inspired by the regeneration of an earthworm after it has been severed. This technique takes this concept to its extreme, causing the soul to also be tainted by the characteristics of an earthworm!
Even a small number of fragmented souls would be a huge injury to anyone, but for practitioners of the Fission Divine Art, it is only a temporary pain and will not damage their fundamental health.

A slight pain awakened summer.

When summer opened her eyes again, she found that her perspective had been split into two parts.

One part remains within the main body, while the other part clearly shows the main body lying on the ground.

"What a novel experience."

In summer, both bodies move around together, having a great time.

Xia Lin then said, "It's not over yet."

Meeting Xia Tian's bewildered eyes, Xia Lin slowly began to speak.

"Next, we two brothers might have to take some risks..."

He was about to explain further when he saw Xia Tian nod: "I'll go with you. I feel at ease with you here."

The trust between this family...

Without exaggeration, what moved Xia Lin the most in this Ash Zone was not Di Yun or the deceitful evil god, but rather the original owner of the body's parents and brothers.

Xia Lin was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry about me."

Having said that, he immediately took Summer's Fission variant and went out the door.

Scarlett, however, remained in the training room with Summer.

The Soul Splitting Technique and Scarlett were both safety guarantees that Xia Lin prepared for Xia Tian.

Although Xia Tian could project his main will onto his body and the fission form at any time after practicing the Fission Divine Art.

However, considering what needs to be done next, with Xia Tian's current strength, it would be difficult to react effectively to a high-ranking figure quickly.

Now that Xia Lin has completed her preparations, Scarlett can immediately sever the connection between the mutant and the main body should things go wrong, thus ensuring Xia Tian's safety.

This was not difficult for Scarlett, who had cultivated to the eleventh level of Celestial Immortal.

……

Xia Lin's target was undoubtedly the ancestral land of the Eight Guardian Sword Clan.

Following the original route, they descended underground and soon the two Xia brothers arrived at the Seven-Colored Vortex, also known as Di Yun's Acupoint.

Seeing Xia Lin stop, Xia Tian also stopped, only to find that Xia Lin turned around and looked at him.

"Did you recall anything?"

Xia Lin's question left Xia Tian completely bewildered...

"Should I try to recall something?"

After saying that, he pointed to the acupoint in front of him: "Does this thing have anything to do with me?"

Bringing Xia Tian here, and even leaving the Eight Guardian World to go inside Di Yun's corpse, is absolutely necessary.

Xia Lin wanted to see if the "familiar" environment could awaken Di Yun's will and memories.

As mentioned before, the biggest challenge in completing the mission lies in the lack of information.

Xia Lin had grasped the general information, but he knew nothing about the details.

But it is the details that determine success or failure.

At present, simply focusing on acupoints wouldn't produce any effect. Xia Lin nodded slightly, took Xia Tian's hand, and stepped out, leaving the Eight Guardian Ashes Zone.

The slippery sensation was fleeting.

When the two Xia brothers opened their eyes again, the scene of the vascular sky bridge and cell city wall came into view.

Xia Tian was stunned for a moment, staring at the bizarre scene before her. She then turned to look at Xia Lin, and was so shocked that she couldn't say a word.

Instead, Xia Lin asked again, "And now? Have you remembered anything?"

Xia Tian shook his head blankly, and Xia Lin sighed in disappointment.

What I'm saying is, what's the difference between your method of resurrection, Di Yun, and actually being dead?

However, considering that the methods of resurrection in the current main universe are generally very costly, it is reasonable for Di Yun, who was defeated and died, to end up in this situation.

After waiting for a long time, the surrounding flesh and blood did not react further.

Zhen Diyun did not take the initiative to visit.

Instead, a low, mournful call came from afar once more.

"Over here...over here..."

The fact that the fake Di Yun made the first move also means that in this round, the deceitful evil god has an absolute advantage and initiative over the real Di Yun.

Xia Lin shrugged slightly.

"Let's go."

……

Follow the guidance of the voice and move forward.

After traveling for several hours, the two Xia brothers finally arrived at the location of Di Yun's heart.

Here, Xia Lin retrieved the blood essence.

The blood essence glowed faintly, and it resonated with Xia Tian beside Xia Lin, revealing a faint blood-red light emanating from Xia Tian's body as well.

Suddenly, the voice of the fake Di Yun echoed in his heart.

"Good! Good!"

As its blood surged, it took shape again, emerging from its heart and standing before the two Xia brothers.

Looking at Xia Tian beside Xia Lin, the fake Di Yun's smile was almost overflowing.

It turned its head to look at Xia Lin and nodded slightly.

"You did a great job, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

Before Xia Lin could respond, it instantly disintegrated, turning into countless black snowflake-like spots that swept towards Xia Tian!

Xia Lin made no counterattack, while Xia Tian's cultivation level was too low to react in time. He let the black snowflakes fall all over him and quickly merge into his body.

Only then did Xia Lin turn to look at Xia Tian.

Then, Xia Tian's eyes turned completely black in an instant. It turned its head to look at Xia Lin and spoke slowly to Xia Lin in a strange, mechanical, synthesized voice.

"A generous reward will be given..."

Xia Lin grinned.

"I am looking forward."

The very next second after those words were spoken, "Summer" felt a burning sensation on her chest.

A book-shaped ray of light suddenly burst forth from Xia Tian's chest, sweeping over the black snowflake-like spots and quickly absorbing them!

Xia Lin clearly saw the black light in Xia Tian's eyes quickly dissipate, which even affected Di Yun's heart.

His heart pounded and trembled, and more snowflake-like spots gushed out from Di Yun's heart, falling into the book of the spirit world.

Xia Lin stared in astonishment at everything that was happening before her eyes.

About 10 seconds later, the light completely disappeared, and the place returned to calm.

With a "bang," Summer's fission form collapsed to the ground, completely devoid of life.

Within the Eight Guardian World, long before all of this happened, Scarlett had already severed the connection between Summer's original body and the Fission variant, and Summer was safe and sound.

Then Xia Lin rushed to Xia Tian's side, patting Xia Tian's cheeks while shouting loudly.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

"How did you collapse?"

"Where's the reward? The generous reward?! Where is my reward?!"

Shouting, slapping.

The entire process lasted a full five minutes, and the summer fission variant remained inside the heart without any other reaction.

Xia Lin's tone suddenly changed.

"Oh, so this is where my reward is."

He yanked down the Spirit World Book that had been hanging on Xia Lin's chest beforehand, glanced at him, and chuckled.

[Current deception power: 256 points.]

……

With no reaction from those around her, Xia Lin naturally didn't need to put on a one-woman show anymore...

Looking at the 200+ fraud points absorbed by the Spirit World Book, Xia Lin chuckled.

"This is not the biggest gain."

Yes, this is by no means the biggest gain from this wave.

The biggest takeaway from this round was that Xia Lin confirmed two things!
One: The purpose of deceiving evil gods.

In this respect, it did not deceive Xia Lin.

It wants to find Di Yun's reincarnation, then possess this person, and thus obtain Di Yun's physical body!

This is the fundamental purpose of deceiving evil gods, and also a common tactic used to deceive them!
With a deep, thoughtful look in his eyes, Xia Lin recalled the information he had bought from the Crossing Sea Hall about the deceitful evil god.

[The evil god is without intelligence, but the deceitful evil god displays a certain degree of intelligence, which could even be called wisdom.]

[The true nature of the Deceptive God cannot be determined, but according to verification by powerful members of the Three Phases Gang, the source of the Deceptive God's wisdom is its clones.]

[The Deceitful God is the one among all the evil gods who most enjoys creating clones. Reliable evidence suggests that the Deceitful God's intelligence originates entirely from its clones.]

The number of its clones is unknown, but each clone possesses a portion of the original power to deceive the evil god.

The deceitful god can be viewed as a kind of swarm of creatures.

It is the clone, and the clone is it. Each clone is a part of the God of Deception, and the many clones together constitute the existence called the God of Deception—for example, Lucifer, whom Xia Lin encountered in the January Dream Ashes.

It was only after obtaining information about the deceitful god that Xia Lin realized that Lucifer could actually be considered part of the deceitful god.

Of course, there must be a "core" controlling these clones, which is the true form of the deceitful evil god. But its true form is hidden too deeply; neither the Ashes nor the Crossing Hall can locate it.

Right now, the whole scheme between Deception and Di Yun is nothing more than Deception creating a clone.

—It took a liking to Di Yun's physical body and cultivation, which were both at the level eleven.

That's why the scene just now happened.

"And the second one..."

Holding the Book of the Spirit Realm, Xia Lin slowly said, "The amount of fraud they invested in Di Yun wasn't much."

After all that, the Spirit World Book only absorbed 243 fraud points.

This number is far less than Lucifer's, and it's even less likely to satisfy Xia Lin.

But less has its advantages.

The most direct benefit is that the fraudsters did not invest enough power in Di Yun, which meant that after the Spirit Book exerted its power, it was no longer able to monitor the situation here.

Thinking of this, Xia Lin suddenly raised his hand and unleashed a Ghost Five Elements Black Blaze Slash, which directly reduced Xia Tian's Fission Transformation to ashes, leaving not a trace behind.

Just after Xia Lin finished doing this, a surge of black light suddenly appeared in front of him, and Di Yun's heart began to beat again. As his blood and qi surged, they re-condensed into the shape of Di Yun.

It walked out of the heart and came to Xia Lin, looking at Xia Lin with a puzzled expression.

"So, you came here because you found a suitable body?"

This is one of the drawbacks of gregarious organisms.

If Xia Lin acts quickly enough, the Deceptive God will be unable to effectively obtain crucial information.

Xia Lin's heart skipped a beat, but a troubled look appeared on her face.

"A suitable physical body is hard to find; I need your help more."

(End of this chapter)