Borrowing a sword

Chapter 265 One Body, Two Souls? [Third update, please vote!]

The Imperial Pool and the Imperial Mausoleum are two treasured sites of the Yue Kingdom's royal family.

Only citizens of the Moon Kingdom who have received special awards from the royal family have the opportunity to enter.

Each generation of the Moon Kingdom's "Guardian" merges all their power into the Imperial Pool before their death.

Legend has it that the Emperor Pool also contains the imperial power of the founding emperor of the Moon Kingdom.

Qin Xuanxiao's wisp of imperial divine thought, which could forcibly elevate the [artistic conception], was obtained from the Imperial Pool.

As for the imperial mausoleum, it contains the remains of all the emperors of the Moon Kingdom, including the founding emperor, as well as powerful members of the royal family.

The Moon Kingdom is unique; its royal family possesses a secret method for absorbing the nation's fortune.

This makes the national fortune contained within the imperial tombs particularly strong.

For example, the old imperial advisor Ming Xuanji once entered the imperial tomb and received the blessing of the Moon Kingdom's fortune.

This allowed him to merge with the formation, becoming closely connected to the imperial formation in the capital of the Moon Kingdom.

As long as he is in the capital, he possesses strength no weaker than that of the Ninth Realm.

Chu Huaixu was aware of all this information.

Comparatively speaking, Dichi would be more helpful to him.

His main area of ​​activity has always been Dongzhou.

He absorbed the fortune of the Moon Kingdom, but it only works within the Moon Kingdom's territory.

Chu Huaixu had no intention of "immigrating." He was almost a Daoist disciple in the Daoist sect; only a fool would go to the Moon Kingdom.

Therefore, his answer at this moment was: "This disciple wishes to enter the Emperor's Pool."

Xiang Yan and the others nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, the Imperial Pool would be more useful than the Imperial Mausoleum."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi scoffed at it.

"The Moon Kingdom's royal family has always been stingy with their rewards for the people of our Eastern Continent. Despite it being an act of saving the world, they only gave us such a paltry reward."

"Chu Huaixu is not a citizen of the Yue Kingdom. Whether he enters the Imperial Pool or the Imperial Mausoleum, the benefits will be minimal. It's just a formality."

"On the contrary, it makes their two holy sites in the Moon Kingdom seem extraordinary!"

The old man let out a cold snort.

The other Taoist elders also seconded the motion.

Li Chunsong pondered, "Entering the Emperor Pool will probably allow me to advance one minor realm, which would be quite good."

Zhao Shuqi then offered advice from the side: "Huai Xu, remember to activate your body-refining divine power and absorb it freely when the time comes."

Nangong Yue listened to their words with a helpless expression: "No matter how much he absorbs, there is still a limit. Do you really expect him, a person from the Mirror Kingdom, to drain all the power in the Moon Kingdom's Imperial Pool while being rejected?"

Chu Huaixu listened to the conversation among the high-ranking members of the Daoist sect, simply standing in the center of the hall, maintaining a smile.

"Once I'm inside the Imperial Pool, I wouldn't mind being a Yue Kingdom person for a while while taking a bath," the dead fox thought to himself.

Dongzhou is the border area between the Daomen region and the Chunqiu Mountain region.

In a secret underwater realm, a man shrouded in a black cloak and wearing a bronze mask sat cross-legged.

His left arm had been severed, and black smoke was still emanating from the wound.

After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes and glanced at his severed arm.

"Jiang Zhi, you really have some tricks up your sleeve!" he said through slightly gritted teeth.

"This sword not only severed my arm, but it also retained traces of sword energy, demonic energy, and baleful energy."

"Without erasing it, even if I take the most powerful elixir, I will not be able to rebuild my physical body!"

He had been hiding here for the past few days to resolve this problem. Otherwise, walking the world with a missing arm would be quite conspicuous.

The Taoist sect has lost an elder; it's impossible to just let it go like this.

Since the arm couldn't be restored, that narrowed down their search area.

Strangely, when the leader of the Black Moon Cult wiped away the aura from his severed arm, he was emanating spiritual energy fluctuations of the eighth realm.

It wasn't even at the Nascent Soul stage!

After finally managing to remove some of the demonic and malevolent energy, he couldn't help but snort coldly and say, "Look at the trouble you've caused me!"

Then, something even stranger happened.

The leader of the Black Moon Cult spoke again, but his tone and manner had changed: "A few setbacks have damaged your spirit? You have truly disappointed me."

As he uttered that sound, his aura instantly changed, transforming him from the eighth realm of the Xuanhuang Realm to the Nascent Soul stage of the Kunlun Cave Heaven!
He seems to have a split personality, or rather, he has two souls in one body?
"You said it was foolproof, but now you've caused me to lose an arm, and even more so, the loss of a great general and Zifan! Do you know how much I sacrificed and how many resources I invested in nurturing him to help him reach the eighth realm!"

The man beneath the bronze mask had a different aura.

He kept having this internal dialogue with "himself".

The vice leader of the Black Moon Cult follows a legitimate path of evil cultivation, which requires constantly "eating people" to advance.

“He is extremely talented, but he only wants to take shortcuts and cultivate that evil path. I have said long ago that he is not of great use and can only be used as a side pawn.” He spoke again.

"Hmph! You make it sound so easy!"

"Don't be impatient. Follow the method I taught you, and in three days at most, you can erase the chaotic energy from the severed arm. At that time, take the elixir I gave you, and the severed arm will regenerate. It will also transform your body and bloodline, so you won't be tracked down just because one of your severed arms was taken away."

The leader of the Black Moon Cult calmed down somewhat.

What he was most worried about was that the Taoist sect would use that severed arm to trace his identity.

Without his public identity, he would not be able to live peacefully in Dongzhou.

At that time, he will face a joint pursuit by the four major sects!

At that point, there will truly be no way to escape to heaven or hell.

"You seem scared?" A different tone rang out, tinged with sarcasm.

"I was almost exposed this time, how could I not be afraid!" The Black Moon Cult leader's voice rose several decibels.

"Don't make a fuss. I've roamed the Kunlun Grottoes for thousands of years. What storms haven't I seen? This situation isn't even considered dangerous."

He continued, "The path to heaven lies right before you! All you need to do is find the lost [Nascent Soul Fruit], and the two of us can attain transcendence! At that time, what will you have to fear?"

Upon hearing this, the leader of the Black Moon Cult's gaze darkened slightly.

Now, he possesses two souls in one body, having both the power of the Eighth Realm and the might of the Nascent Soul stage.

It's as if he only has one mouth, but he has to speak the words of two people. Every time they talk to each other, it's like he's talking to himself in a crazy way.

These two forces can only be switched freely, but cannot be used simultaneously.

Now, he possesses the power of the source.

However, because he possessed cultivation from the Kunlun Cave Heaven within him, the primordial power was somewhat incompatible with it, preventing him from fully refining it; he only succeeded in refining half of it.

In this way, his own path to the Nine Realms will be blocked, and he may not be able to enter the Nine Realms!
However, if one were to obtain the [Divine Transformation Fruit], perhaps one could merge these two powers and attain the highest realm in both!

At that time, perhaps he will truly be able to transcend, just as he said!
but
"Nascent Soul stage, Nascent Soul stage, all you can talk about is the Nascent Soul stage! This time, didn't you return empty-handed again, still without finding a trace! Are you sure that the aura remaining on Chu Huaixu is that of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?"

"Since they are from the same source, how could I possibly misperceive them?"

The leader of the Black Moon Cult was well aware of the cultivator's power and believed it.

"Is it possible that the Nascent Soul stage is within him?" He narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

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