Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 513 is complete!

This is based on experience, just in case.

After all, Wei Xi was going to use his memories for experiments, and if something went wrong, it could very likely cause him to lose his memory.

Having carefully selected a memory of practicing runes, Wei Xi precisely manipulated the Yin-Yang energy of his origin to cut the tree of memories.

Thanks to the refiner's years of training, this memory was cut very neatly, without causing any additional damage to the Tree of Memories.

It was that tearing feeling again. Wei Xi had once again successfully guided the memory to break free from the Qi Palace and become a brand new split entity.

The new split entity, dressed in a gray Taoist robe, with a pale face and a gloomy expression, was practicing runes on a piece of iron with great concentration using a carving knife.

If you look closely, you'll notice tiny sparks of spiritual energy flying at the point where the blade tip touches the metal sheet.

This is a set of runes for fire-attribute magical artifacts, consisting of eight runes that can be combined to create 256 possible combinations.

For weapon refiners, mastering this set of runes can greatly aid in controlling fire and smelting various materials. Not to mention, customizing magical artifacts for cultivators with an affinity for fire inevitably involves the use of this set of runes.

Wei Xi had practiced diligently before, but he still couldn't draw this set of runes well.

When Wei Xi is serious about something, he has a certain tenacity, as evidenced by his numerous attempts to memorize the Eight Diagrams of Flame.

The memories captured this time were from the journey to Dongyi, and there were no important memories before or after that.

After the cutting was completed, Wei Xi clearly felt that a piece of her memory was missing, but with the reminder in the notes, she did not panic.

“This cutting was clearly more difficult and requires further verification.” Wei Xi picked up a pen and carefully wrote down the process of this experiment on paper. “The next step is to explore the effect of the length of memory on the mitotic figures.”

After all, Wei Xi's memories extracted by the Great Wall Wood were quite long. Assuming that the Everlasting Wood only used the [Annual Rings] at the time, then the difference between Wei Xi No. 2 and the previous separate entity lies in the length of the memories.

Wei Xi tried to communicate with the split entity again, but the other party did not respond to either his incessant chatter or his indifferent shoving.

Such behavior is no different from that of a puppet.

Dry-mouthed and suffering from the cold treatment, Wei Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead and angrily thought he might as well just use [Thread Pull] to control it!

It saves us the trouble of buying those expensive materials ourselves!
Training a weapon refiner is no different from burning spirit stones. Wei Xi has spent countless spirit stones over the years, but has never seen any return.

【Tethering Silk】I was woken up in the middle of the night, full of resentment that I made no attempt to hide.

Wei Xi didn't care at all—she still had a lot of grievances to vent, and who had more bitterness than whom?
In reality, common puppets are often decorated with runes and have built-in formations to facilitate cultivators using spiritual power to drive them.

The advantage of this is that it's easy to get started, but the disadvantage is that anyone can get started.

Xian Hua's notes contain a story of a puppet ruler losing control to his opponent and being betrayed.

Furthermore, controlling puppets with spiritual power occupies some of the cultivator's attention, so whether it becomes an aid or a burden in battle is another matter.

Therefore, the audience for puppets in the cultivation world is extremely narrow. They are often used to form protective systems in conjunction with formations, or to perform logistical work in various sects. But Wei Xi felt that this thing had a huge market.

Puppets are well-suited for handling heavy but simple tasks. The lack of exclusivity for cultivators becomes an advantage, since ordinary families can't afford them. Having them deployed in the mortal world—armies, mines, and government offices—allows for convenient rotation.

Similarly, these customers can afford the supply of spirit stones, making it a vast blue ocean market.

However, this business can only be realized after Wei Xi has the capacity for mass production and can reduce the cost, not to mention the long-standing issue of technology infringement in the cultivation world.

Getting back to the main point, compared to other weapon refiners, Wei Xi's advantage is [thread drawing].

Through the [Threads of Connection], Wei Xi can wield puppets with unparalleled skill. Now that she has reached the Core Formation stage, her Qi Palace can no longer be closed by her opponents, allowing her to use them with even greater impunity. If she could truly use her split bodies as puppets, releasing a dozen or so "Wei Xis" would be enough to terrify many opponents.

Moreover, judging from Nanjiang's experience, the death of the split body only results in the loss of the main body's memory.

At least Wei Xi has not experienced any other long-term effects so far.

"This split entity can practice the Eight Diagrams of Flame, so it seems it can also use spiritual power."

Thinking of this, Wei Xi hurriedly rummaged through his Qiankun bag for a while before finally finding the technique he wanted.

That's right! Master Wei has achieved the Core Formation, but he hasn't learned the corresponding techniques yet!
No one could have imagined that Wei Xi, who had the worst aptitude, would be the first to form her core; even she herself was completely unprepared.

It's heartbreaking to say, but when Wei Xi was adrift at sea, she relied solely on her strength to kill the monsters chasing her, using techniques that were learned by Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Fortunately, this technique is somewhat similar to the technique of observing fate, and Wei Xi mastered the technique of spying in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

This technique is used to observe a cultivator's Qi Palace and thus ascertain their cultivation level. Of course, the accuracy of the result depends on the comparison of the cultivation levels of both parties.

Wei Xi made a hand seal and peered into the split body's energy center.

Wei Xi was all too familiar with this Qi Palace; it was the same dilapidated, leaky Qi Palace she had before she formed her Core. It's worth noting that the Qi Palace of the split body wasn't entwined with [threads].

It is the "original" mentioned in words, and the thread spun by Yin and Yang energies in Wei Xi's understanding.

Wei Xi's speculation was not entirely unfounded, but it wasn't very reliable either; it stemmed from the name of the Sky Weaver.

“It seems that memory is not the same as me,” Wei Xi quickly concluded. “But what is the relationship between [Threads] and [Primordial]?”

"But this is good too. The [thread] has become a distinguishing feature. If they were exactly the same, then who would be Wei Xi?"

Wei Xi spent the entire night studying the splitting organism, only stopping at dawn.

Wei Xi, who had stayed up all night, had made a great harvest and made the following record with satisfaction:
1. Cutting memories of different spans requires mobilizing different amounts of primordial Yin and Yang energy; when using [Replacement] to recover memories, the corresponding Yin and Yang energy is consumed based on the amount of memory being recovered;
Second, the split entity lacks consciousness and can only repeat actions from memory (including using spells). After the memories are retrieved, the accumulated experience will return to the original entity; however, since the split entity cannot use [Threads], all content involving [Threads] cannot be performed.

Third, when the splitting organism repeats the process, it can be provided with new materials, and while accumulating experience, it can produce additional products.
Fourth, the number of clones that can exist at the same time is limited; at least for now, I am already struggling to handle three.

"The Everlasting Wood has unexpectedly given me such a great gift," Wei Xi thought to himself as he retrieved all the split pieces. "It's a pity I don't have Yu Xianzhou's abilities. If I could separate the [Growth Rings] from this piece of wood called [My True Self] and store them directly in my Qi Palace, wouldn't that be more convenient?"