Journey to the West: A clone sacrifices to the heavens, possessing boundless magical power.

Chapter 138 Refining the Void

He sat quietly for a while, until his aura completely calmed down, and then the divine light in his eyes gradually faded, returning him to the mundane world.

"Early stage of void refining."

Fan Yuan slowly clenched his fist, feeling the spiritual energy surging through his meridians like a river flowing into the sea, vast and endless.

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the originally illusory divine soul image had completely solidified, sitting cross-legged amidst the starlight, its features clear, as if it were a second version of itself.

The surging power within him subsided like the receding tide.

He took a deep breath, and starlight flickered in his eyes. At this moment, it seemed that he had everything in the world under his control.

With a thought, Fan Yuan once again immersed his consciousness in the [Primordial Myriad Manifestations Mirror] to check his current state.

[Host: Fan Yuan]

[Cultivation Level: Early Stage of Void Refinement]

[Techniques: Green Wood Nourishing Spirit Technique, Wind Control and Cloud Flowing Technique, Breathing and Cloud Exhalation Technique, Corpse Dissolution Method (Fragment)]

[Supernatural Power (Prototype): Third Level of "Mountain Collapse Force"]

Lifespan: 649 years remaining

Number of clones that can be created: 9

Fan Yuan's gaze swept quickly across the front; the increase in lifespan was as expected.

However, when his gaze fell on the last line...

[Number of clones that can be created: 9]!

Fan Yuan was initially startled, because before breaking through to the Void Refinement stage, he could only condense a maximum of three clones at the same time.

He originally speculated that breaking through a major realm might increase the number of clones by two or three.

But to his utter surprise, it tripled in value, skyrocketing to nine!

After a brief moment of shock came an overwhelming sense of elation.

Nine clones!

This means his efficiency in obtaining feedback will increase dramatically!

"Nine clones—"

Fan Yuan took a deep breath, suppressing his rapidly beating heart, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"The road ahead is much wider now —"

However, there are still a few things that need to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Fan Yuan sat cross-legged back on the couch, quickly gathering his composure.

The worst thing to do after breaking through a realm is to be impatient and restless, but he didn't have time to consolidate his cultivation at the moment.

His divine sense, through the [Primordial Myriad Appearances Mirror], instantly connected to an underground location outside the city.

Thirty miles outside the city, deep within a hidden cave.

The fox clone was curled up in the mud, holding its breath, and between its two front paws it was tightly clutching a purple-gold gourd.

Fan Yuan carefully examined the gourd through the fox clone's gaze.

"A quarter of an hour has passed."

He silently calculated the time in his mind.

According to the plot of "Journey to the West", this purple-gold gourd is the magic treasure of Laozi (Taishang Laojun) for storing elixirs. As long as someone puts it into the gourd and affixes Laozi's urgent decree to it, it will turn into pus and blood in a short time.

Even though the Wind Patrol Envoy was highly skilled, he was unable to withstand the power of this supreme treasure.

Logically speaking, at this point, there should only be a pool of blood left in the gourd.

But Fan Yuan did not move.

He manipulated the fox clone to remove its paws from the gourd's stopper.

"It cannot be opened."

Fan Yuan was cautious by nature. After all, the Wind Patrol Envoy was under the command of Bodhisattva Lingji. Who knew if he had any life-saving trump cards bestowed by Bodhisattva Lingji?

If, at the moment the stopper is opened, the Wind Chaser is not completely dead, or if a sliver of his soul manages to escape, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The safest way is to throw the gourd, along with the blood inside, directly into the [Primordial Myriad Appearances Mirror].

However, the fox clone is a demon, making it too conspicuous and unsuitable for directly infiltrating the capital of Baoxiang Kingdom with such a treasure.

Fan Yuan's consciousness returned to his physical body.

He opened his eyes, reached down and pulled off the storage bag at his waist, probing it with his divine sense.

"I'm broke again."

The storage bag was empty; he had already exhausted most of his savings to create clones and buy blood-nourishing pills.

At this moment, in the corner, only a few low-grade magic artifacts that had been snatched from the hands of rogue cultivators and a few pieces of broken copper and scrap iron remained.

The number of clones has skyrocketed to nine, creating a bottomless pit of demand for spiritual materials.

"Let's use these low-grade magical artifacts for now."

Without hesitation, Fan Yuan formed hand seals and connected his divine sense with the [Primordial Myriad Appearances Mirror].

Put the low-grade magical artifact from the storage bag into it.

The mirror surface rippled slightly.

A moment later, a figure appeared in front of Fan Yuan.

This was an ordinary-looking young man dressed in coarse linen clothes, radiating spiritual energy fluctuations of a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

They're the kind of people you'd glance at and forget about if you put them in a group of casual cultivators.

Fan Yuan nodded slightly, casually took out a small celadon bottle from his robes, poured out a few Blood Nourishing Pills, and slowly swallowed them.

Where qi and blood are deficient, a warm and moist sensation immediately arises.

"Go outside the city, meet up with the fox clone, and bring back the Purple Gold Gourd."

Fan Yuan gave the order and at the same time took out five empty storage bags from his pocket and hung them on the waist of his human clone.

The human clone didn't speak, took the storage bag, and went out through the door.

He blended into the bustling streets outside the inn, appearing like an ordinary mortal warrior, and followed the flow of people toward the city gate.

The process of leaving the city was exceptionally smooth. Baoxiang Kingdom was a major country in Xiniu Hezhou, and there was a constant stream of people coming and going without any obstruction.

After leaving the city, the human clone immediately used the Wind Control and Cloud Flowing Technique to traverse through the forest.

Half an hour later.

Above the cave thirty miles away.

The human clone stopped, scanned the surroundings with its divine sense, and after confirming that no one was following, it lightly touched the ground with its toes and slid into the cave through the hidden passage.

Deep inside the cave, the fox clone had been waiting for a long time.

The two clones exchanged a glance but did not communicate; they shared the same consciousness as Fan Yuan's original body.

The fox clone pushed the purple-gold gourd over.

The human clone carefully stored the purple-gold gourd in his chest. This gourd is a divine object that conceals its power. As long as it is not actively activated, no magical power will leak out, and it is not easy to attract the divine sense of high-level cultivators.

Then, the human clone took off the five empty storage bags from his waist and threw them to the fox clone.

The handover is complete.

Next, we split up and acted separately.

The human clone, carrying the purple-gold gourd, returned to the capital of Baoxiang Kingdom by the same route.

The fox clone then put away the five storage bags and turned to dart into the deep mountains in another direction.

That direction leads to Wanzishan Mountain and Boyue Cave.

Previously, Fan Yuan saw through Yun Zhongzi's clone that the lesser demons in the Wave Moon Cave had all died or been injured.

The current Boyue Cave is just an empty cave!

However, Kui Mulang was one of the Twenty-Eight Constellations. He had been entrenched in the mortal realm for thirteen years, and there must have been many precious resources left in the Wave Moon Cave.

For Fan Yuan right now, this is a resource he desperately needs.

He needs high-grade spiritual materials to create nine clones, and the relics from Wave Moon Cave can solve this urgent problem.

The fox clone moved with lightning speed and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

An inn in the capital city of Baoxiang Kingdom.

The human clone pushed open the door and walked in.

He respectfully placed the purple-gold gourd on the table in front of Fan Yuan.

Fan Yuan did not immediately destroy this clone. "From now on, you will be called Wang Ke. You will operate in the capital of Baoxiang Kingdom as a merchant, and be responsible for gathering intelligence in the city and purchasing supplies in the market."

The human clone nodded, stepped aside, sat cross-legged, and entered a meditative state.