241: Chapter 241 Clone Forging Technique

"I was originally at the Void Refinement Late-stage. If it weren't a last resort, who would be willing to commit Possession on someone else? Palace Master Mu Wanqing is my favorite Disciple, and I have been grooming her as my successor."

Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue wept bitterly, as if she truly had unspeakable hardships.

"But you ended up committing Possession on Palace Master Mu Wanqing anyway." Xiao Yuchen's attitude was cold; he did not understand why Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue would do such a thing.

"It's not like that. Wanqing was willing to be possessed by me. More than a decade ago, I encountered a mishap while Cultivating and unfortunately perished.

Originally, I intended to pass the position of Sect Master to Wanqing, but she refused. She said her strength was insufficient to support the entire Sect. Once others found out I had perished and the Sect Master was only at the Unity Stage Great Perfection, the status of Piaomiao Palace among the Four Great Sects would be shaken.

We don't care about these empty titles, but Piaomiao Palace consists entirely of women. Once other second-rate Sects find out, they will definitely attack Piaomiao Palace, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

In the end, Wanqing threatened me with her life, forcing me to commit Possession on her. I had no other choice but to take this step.

After the Possession, I continued to manage Piaomiao Palace in Wanqing's identity, then announced to the outside world that my Master was in seclusion. This way, everyone would think Piaomiao Palace possessed two Dongxu experts, and no one would dare to invade.

Of course, just in case, we set up a Level 7 Maze Array on the outskirts of Piaomiao Palace to hide the Sect and minimize contact with the outside world, at least until I recover to the Void Refinement Late-stage strength, at which point I will reopen the mountain gate."

Hearing Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue's explanation, Xiao Yuchen's attitude softened slightly. What Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue said made some sense; if Piaomiao Palace had no Dongxu experts to hold the fort, it would definitely be coveted by others and likely destroyed.

"Fine, I hope what you say is true, otherwise I won't help you with Alchemy."

"Of course, I, Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue, swear to the heavens that every word I said is true, otherwise let me be destroyed in body and Soul." Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue quickly gave her assurance.

"Fine, I believe you. But I have one more thing I don't understand: why did Former Sect Master Fan Yao and Valley Master Huo Yun fight over you? Did you use the Charm Technique on them?"

"No, I clearly rejected them both. Former Sect Master Fan Yao thought I rejected him because of Valley Master Huo Yun, and Valley Master Huo Yun thought I rejected him because of Former Sect Master Fan Yao. As a result, the two of them started fighting.

I tried to persuade them, but they wouldn't listen. I did not use the Charm Technique on them, because my previous Physique was naturally a Charm Physique, which I couldn't control myself."

"Fine, get up. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about your identity. You should leave first; I need to perform Alchemy."

Having learned the truth, Xiao Yuchen did not continue to speak. After Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue left, he set about performing Alchemy.

After successfully refining all the Medicinal Pills, Xiao Yuchen took out the Black Gold Dragon Plate Artifact Refining Furnace and the god-devouring stele. When he helped upgrade the lie ri bow earlier, there was still some liquid left from refining the divine crystal stone.

Xiao Yuchen's zhu xian sword and lightning locking tower had already been upgraded to Top Grade Divine Artifacts, but the god-devouring stele was only a High Grade Divine Artifact. Now was the perfect time to upgrade it to a Top Grade Divine Artifact.

Pouring all the golden liquid into the god-devouring stele, Xiao Yuchen began to calcine it with the Sacred Fire. After the god-devouring stele absorbed all the golden liquid, it was directly strengthened into a Top Grade Divine Artifact.

Nowadays, Xiao Yuchen had four Top Grade Divine Artifacts in his hands: the zhu xian sword, the lightning locking tower, the god-devouring stele, and the taiji diagram. However, only the taiji diagram had been refined into his life-bound Divine Artifact.

After finishing all this, Xiao Yuchen left the practice room and handed all the Medicinal Pills to Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue, which included a Soul Fusion Pill.

The Rank of this Soul Fusion Pill was not high; its function was to allow the Souls of the possessor and the possessed to fully fuse, so that the possessor could recover the strength she had before death.

Fortunately, he had obtained the medicinal herbs from the Monster Forest, otherwise he would have had no way to refine the Soul Fusion Pill.

"That Soul Fusion Pill is for you. Taking it should allow you to recover your cultivation at the Void Refinement Late-stage."

"Really? Can it really allow me to recover my cultivation?" Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue was somewhat disbelieving.

"Yes, the Soul Fusion Pill indeed has this effect. You can try it and see."

"Many thanks, Elder Yuchen."

Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue wanted to kneel to Xiao Yuchen, but was stopped by him.

"You don't need to thank me. I think you also know why I am doing this. I hope you will not disappoint me."

"Yes, we will work hard to Cultivate. Although it is a bit excessive, I have another presumptuous request. I have long heard that Elder Yuchen's Sword Technique is divine, and even Sect Master Hua is inferior. My Piaomiao Palace also primarily practices Sword Technique; could you please offer everyone some guidance?"

Thinking about how he had taught the Qingyun Sword Sect Disciples Sword Technique, the Fire Cloud Valley Artifact Refining, and also helped the Vajra Sect improve their Body Refining, Xiao Yuchen agreed.

"Sure, I will recover here. You have everyone go to the Arena, and I will guide everyone's Sword Technique at the Arena."

"Okay, thank you, Elder Yuchen."

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When Xiao Yuchen arrived at the Arena, hundreds of people had gathered. Looking at those hundreds of female Disciples, Xiao Yuchen felt his obsessive-compulsive disorder acting up. He felt like these people were all the same person, copy-pasted hundreds of times; he truly couldn't tell them apart.

Because he had the experience of teaching Sword Intent to the Qingyun Sword Sect Disciples, Xiao Yuchen used the same method to guide these female Disciples in comprehending Sword Intent.

It took an entire day, and Xiao Yuchen had already taught everything he could. As for how much they could comprehend, it depended on their talent in the Sword Dao.

Xiao Yuchen felt that many women's eyes clearly changed when looking at him; there was admiration and affection. Xiao Yuchen dared not linger, and after bidding farewell to everyone, he hurriedly left Piaomiao Palace.

Leaving Piaomiao Palace, Xiao Yuchen did not rush back to the Qingyun Sword Sect, but instead went to an uninhabited island. He was currently at the Unity Stage Middle Stage, and he wanted to make a Breakthrough here.

Before participating in the Five Provinces Grand Competition, he must raise his cultivation to the Dongxu Stage, because Xiyue Prefecture had been declining for many years. Apart from the people of Xiyue Prefecture, other prefectures certainly did not want to see Xiyue Prefecture rise.

Although the competition was fair and just, one never knew if someone would play dirty behind the scenes. The strongest person in Xiyue Prefecture was only at the Dongxu Stage, but other prefectures definitely had experts at the Mahayana Stage or even the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

Only by reaching the Dongxu Stage would Xiao Yuchen have absolute certainty in dealing with Mahayana Stage experts. As for Tribulation Transcendence Stage experts, they shouldn't be so bored as to watch this kind of competition.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuchen took a Top Grade void spirit pill and began to sit in meditation. Half an hour later, Xiao Yuchen successfully broke through to the Unity Stage Late Stage.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully breaking through to the Unity Stage Late Stage. Rewarded with the Avatar Forging Technique, 300 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and 100 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. They have been placed in the System Inventory. Please check, host."

Hearing the System's reward, Xiao Yuchen was visibly stunned. He quickly went to check the introduction of the Avatar Forging Technique.

The Avatar Forging Technique is a method to forge different Nascent Souls within the body into Clones. A Clone is an independent living being that can Cultivate on its own.

Seeing the introduction of the Avatar Forging Technique, Xiao Yuchen was overjoyed. This was a Cultivation Technique specifically prepared for him. Others only had one Nascent Soul and naturally could not condense Clones, but he had nine major Nascent Souls. Besides his main body, he could also condense eight Clones.

It's just that he had only awakened six attributes now, so he could only condense six Clones.