Wu Man's situation was terrible.
When Wang Ji Xuan saw Wu Man, the thin young man was already pale and breathing weakly, looking just like he did when he first came out of the nutrient tank.
Using his spiritual sense for a rough scan, Wu Man seemed to be suffering from a loss of soul.
But when Wang Ji Xuan took his pulse, questioned him, used soul-searching techniques, and carefully observed Wu Man's soul, he quickly realized…
Wu Man's Celestial Soul had become extremely faint.
Humans have three souls and seven spirits, which blend and complement each other. Cultivators in the Gathering God Realm condense the three souls and seven spirits into a nascent soul, preparing for the transformation into a primordial spirit after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm. Souls and spirits, nascent souls, and primordial spirits continuously transform with the improvement of one's cultivation level.
Those with spiritual abilities naturally do not cultivate this.
Wang Ji Xuan had previously used the Memory Peering Technique on Wu Man.
At that time, Wu Man was on the verge of death due to the mottled aura in his body corroding him, and the Terrestrial Soul among his three souls and seven spirits was weak.
But at this moment, the two souls and seven spirits besides the Celestial Soul were clearly visible. The Terrestrial Soul and Mortal Soul were in their respective places, and the seven spirits were condensed in the five internal organs. Only the Celestial Soul was so faint that only a mark remained.
'Is it because he is a clone of the Beast Speaker? Was he plotted against by the Beast Speaker?'
Wang Ji Xuan took out a silver needle and inserted it into Wu Man's forehead, using a strand of his nascent soul power to stabilize the boy's faint Celestial Soul. Then, he had Zheng Shi Duo ask the D5 war zone if there were any other clones, and had Ji Xiao, who had escorted Wu Man back, step forward to compare and investigate.
Ji Xiao was fine.
Because Ji Xiao had the foundation of an A-grade telekinetic spiritual ability user, his three souls and seven spirits were much stronger than Wu Man's.
Thus, it could basically be ruled out that the faintness of the Celestial Soul was due to the telekinetic spiritual ability user himself.
A few minutes later, Zheng Shi Duo hurried back.
"There are several laboratories in D5 with clones. As soon as I asked, and they heard it was you who wanted them, they said they would send them over immediately! It'll take two hours!"
"Okay."
Wang Ji Xuan leaned against the wall of the medical room, crossed his arms, and stared at Wu Man, thinking carefully.
"Was there anything unusual in the area you were guarding at that time?"
"Nothing unusual," Zheng Shi Duo muttered. "I was always on guard, and Wu Man was reading in the back."
Ji Xiao also said, "The front line knows that the seven of us can fight against S-class combat power, so they've organized us into an emergency reserve team. Except for participating in the defensive battle when we first arrived at the front line, we basically haven't participated in any battles since."
"You two should rest first. I'll keep an eye on Wu Man here."
Wang Ji Xuan instructed:
"Team Zheng, don't leave for the time being. I have something to give you."
Zheng Shi Duo frowned and asked, "What thing?"
Of course, it was the special medicinal pill that Uncle Tai had sent out, which was still on its way.
Wang Ji Xuan really wanted to see if Zheng Shi Duo would have any effect after taking it.
"It's just a Blade Beast crystal core," Wang Ji Xuan joked seriously. "Don't you always feel that your strength is too low, only C-grade? Jin Gu Gang gave me some inspiration. Do you want to try putting the crystal core into your body?"
Zheng Shi Duo was stunned.
In the short span of three seconds, his expression went from shock and astonishment to a look of sudden realization, followed by a hint of hope.
He showed a slight smile, tiptoed slightly, and his slightly wretched face revealed longing as he asked softly:
"Can I administer the medicine rectally?"
"Get lost!"
"Hey, how do you think I should roll to be more rounded?"
Wang Ji Xuan almost summoned his flying sword!
A few hours later.
Wang Ji Xuan checked the souls of the two clone soldiers and found nothing unusual. Their Celestial Souls were complete.
He asked the black shell instructor to inquire about the front line's spiritual energy monitoring reports.
During the time when Wu Man showed abnormalities, no large-scale Blade Beast swarms were detected.
The matter seemed to have reached a stalemate.
But fortunately, Wang Ji Xuan's soul-stabilizing methods worked, and Wu Man's condition did not continue to deteriorate.
Wang Ji Xuan used several methods to help Wu Man stabilize and strengthen his soul, but Wu Man's Celestial Soul did not improve at all, while his Mortal Soul showed obvious growth.
He thought carefully.
According to the words of a certain orthodox cultivation scripture, when living beings are born into the world, the three souls and seven spirits are transformed from the primordial spirit. The Celestial Soul resides at the top of the three flowers gathering and senses the clear air, while the Terrestrial Soul is located at the place where turbid air gathers and discharges turbid air.
A certain demonic scripture also had special cultivation techniques, placing the Celestial Soul in the Milky Way and hiding the Terrestrial Soul in the Underworld Sea, while the Mortal Soul absorbs the power of heaven and earth.
The situation where the Celestial Soul is lost is very rare.
He called Shen Qiong Lin and asked Professor Shen to help with a consultation to see if there were any spiritual energy methods.
If Shen Qiong Lin couldn't help, then he would have to use some unorthodox methods.
"Beast Speaker's clone…"
Shen Qiong Lin looked at Wu Man's data. The two female assistants she brought skillfully attached various sensors to Wu Man's body.
Wang Ji Xuan went aside to meditate with peace of mind.
Half an hour later, Shen Qiong Lin walked to Wang Ji Xuan with a solemn expression, put her hands in the pockets of her white coat, and squatted in front of Wang Ji Xuan.
"Is this clone a very important friend of yours?"
"Pretty much. I quite like this young man."
"Then I may have to tell you some bad news."
Shen Qiong Lin pursed her lips:
"His situation is very consistent with a phenomenon that may occur in an experiment."
"What experiment?"
"Preparation experiment before a spiritual ability user advances."
Shen Qiong Lin pushed up her newly fitted glasses and explained succinctly:
"Spiritual ability users who advance, only A-grade and above spiritual ability users are qualified to participate. The main method is that the strong devour the weak. This devouring should be a comprehensive devouring."
"I've only obtained some information. The specific way to advance is not my topic."
"This is also a technology derived from the Spirit Cultivator civilization."
"Generally speaking, the clones of A-grade and S-grade spiritual ability users are experimental materials prepared for that spiritual ability user, because the genes are almost identical, and the devouring seems to be smoother."
"The Six Elders advanced to SS-grade through this method."
Wang Ji Xuan frowned tightly: "You mean, that Beast Speaker devoured part of Wu Man's soul?"
"I can't be sure of that either."
Shen Qiong Lin said:
"I've only seen an incomplete paper that seems to write that, in the preparation work before the advancement ceremony begins, it is extremely easy for the clone material to fall into a deep coma and die within twenty-four hours, but the dead clone can also play its due role in the advancement ceremony."
"Before Wu Man fell into a coma, he was said to have seen a figure, like some kind of illusion."
"Hmm…"
Shen Qiong Lin pondered with her head down.
Daoist Wang looked up at Wu Man's figure, turned the corners of his mouth down, and sighed:
"This child is too pitiful. His emotions were frozen by surgery, and his body was defiled by a perverted female researcher… But even with so many hardships, his heart is still very pure, and he has also helped the war zone encircle Blade Beasts, and he also has a special ability—influencing Blade Beast swarms on a small scale."
"I've always wanted to cultivate him into a talent."
Shen Qiong Lin blinked: "You seem to be trying to convince yourself?"
"Pretty much."
Wang Ji Xuan's eyes were no longer hesitant, and he said directly:
"Mu Dan, take the usable universal array bases to the Red Serpent's hangar, let the Shell Instructor prepare a hundred of the best quality crystal cores with Blade Beast remnants souls, and heavily guard all places."
Mu Dan outside the door immediately responded: "Yes, sir."
Shen Qiong Lin whispered: "I'm actually not very busy, I can be your… assistant…"
"Huh?" Wang Ji Xuan was a little confused.
She turned her head to look aside, recalling the 'skills' she had learned from her students, raised her hand to brush her hair, and the dark hair with a fresh fragrance swayed slightly. She opened her cherry mouth slightly and used a bit of self-developed and self-created affected voice:
"P-please…"
Wang Ji Xuan calmly agreed: "Alright, then try not to cause trouble."
'I've actually resorted to such inferior means of academic moe.'
She thought somewhat depressed.
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… …
Before dawn again.
In a corner of the hangar where the Red Serpent was located, the eighteen array bases modified by Wang Ji Xuan were arranged in order by Mu Dan.
The mechanical maids were busy before and after, setting up a simple altar here.
Zheng Shi Duo found a nutrient tank—he had already swallowed the medicinal pill, and no abnormalities had been found in his body, and his degree of mental perversion remained the same.
They put emerald green Blade Beast blood in the nutrient tank, and set up a simple frame to place Wu Man flat on the frame.
At the head of the nutrient tank, Mu Dan placed a long table, incense candles, and blank talismans. Wang Ji Xuan took a newly refined peach wood sword, sat cross-legged in front of the incense table, and chanted scriptures in a low voice.
Wang Ji Xuan's idea was also very simple.
Since Wu Man's Celestial Soul may have been taken away by the Beast Speaker;
Then he would set up a Soul-Gathering Array, use some non-orthodox methods, and see if he could take Wu Man's Celestial Soul back!
However, Wang Ji Xuan was not proficient in everything.
At this moment, he was carefully recalling and constantly pondering. With the blessing of his knowledge in the Great Ascension Stage in his previous life, he quickly gained some confidence, and the Soul-Gathering Array became clear in his mind.
It seems, maybe, perhaps…
His speed of comprehension of these demonic methods was a little faster than that of orthodox methods.
'Demonic path speed cultivation, it should be like this.'
Daoist Wang took a light breath, stood up from the incense table, and gently pulled with his sword fingers with his left hand. His five fingers opened, and the peach wood sword continued to vibrate and fell into his palm.
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Gossip imprints appeared on the ground, and eighteen cylindrical wooden array bases floated up, and a rich spiritual energy gathered.
Wang Ji Xuan waved the peach wood sword, walked in gossip steps, and quickly turned around Wu Man, chanting words that Shen Qiong Lin and others could not understand. The Blade Beast blood began to boil continuously.
'This looks incredibly scientific.'
Mu Dan only dared to complain in her heart.
At the same time!
Hundreds of kilometers away from the border watchtower where Wu Man's anomaly occurred, lies an underground cave teeming with various high and mid-tier Blade Beasts.
Deep within the cave is a circular chamber.
The circular chamber appears to have been carved out with the most precise instruments, its inner walls extremely smooth and covered with mysterious tadpole-like symbols.
Although deep underground, the pressure and air are not much different from the surface.
At the center of the circular chamber, a tall, thin man who looks only twenty-seven or eight years old, but is actually over forty or fifty, lies quietly on a platform constructed from nearly a thousand general-grade crystal cores.
If Wang Jixuan were to witness this scene, the Daoist priest's heart for exorcising demons and defending the Dao would probably be incomparably strong.
The man is the Beast Speaker.
The tadpole-like symbols flicker constantly, and the crystal cores begin to emit a little pure spiritual energy, nourishing the Beast Speaker's body.
In the corner of the circular chamber, more than a dozen A-grade spiritual energy users controlled by Brain-Devouring Worms kneel with their heads bowed.
They are waiting for the 'Beast God Envoy' to descend;
Waiting for a hearty awakening.
Dong, dong, dong…
Slow and powerful knocking sounds echo in the corner of the circular chamber.
There, a figure resembling a human elder is slowly emerging from a gap that only one person can pass through.
It is about meters tall, hunched over, with two strong hind legs supporting its body, and the front two pairs of blade limbs have degenerated into human-like 'three-fingered claws'.
It leans on a scepter emitting a cyan light, with a fist-sized king-grade crystal core embedded at the top.
Clearly, this is the 'Prophet Priest' of the Blade Beasts that Wang Jixuan previously discovered in the memories of the Beast God Sect's spiritual energy users, a king-grade evangelist who can use human language without hindrance.
It slowly walks to a position above the Beast Speaker's head, and an eerie three-fingered claw reaches forward, gently touching the Beast Speaker's forehead, and whispers:
"Are you ready?"
"Yes, Your Excellency."
The Beast Speaker reveals a faint smile, lying there with his eyes closed, and says easily:
"Although there was a slight anomaly before, my condition has now been adjusted to the best, and we can start the promotion ceremony at any time."
"Are you sure?" the 'Blade Beast Priest' asks.
"I'm sure, I've been waiting for this moment for too long."
The 'Blade Beast Priest' still says with concern: "The previous interruption of the ceremony has caused your body to have some strange sensations, which makes me worry about your safety… You are the human king I carefully selected, who will rule the remaining humans and live in peace with us, I don't want you to have any problems."
The Beast Speaker urges: "I really have no problems, hurry up and promote me, if I can step into SS-grade, plus the crystal core you gave me… Your Excellency, I will surpass the Six Elders and become the existence closest to God."
"You must describe in detail the hallucinations you saw."
"It seemed like I saw a young man sitting in a watchtower reading a book."
The Beast Speaker helplessly explains:
"It's really just like that, if I'm not mistaken, that might be my clone, I had many, many clones before.
"We had a thorough conversation all night before, and I once explained to you that making clones, letting clones accept infusion experiments, producing A-grade materials, and then devouring A-grade materials, is the only way to quickly reach S-grade.
"The Spiritual Energy Capital gave me a lot of A-grade materials before."
"Then, my genes were taken by the Spiritual Energy Capital for research, I don't know how many clones were made, but that's probably the case… That young man looks a lot like me when I was young."
"Clone?" The 'Blade Beast Priest' shakes its head, "The technological civilization of primitive humans also seems to have some merits."
"Start quickly, I am now fully prepared, ready to become the strongest among SS-grades!"
"The strongest are awakened spirit cultivators, and spirit slaves who have been blessed by spirit cultivators and awakened."
The 'Blade Beast Priest' calmly corrects, slowly raising the scepter in its hand.
At the same moment.
On the surface of Fortress 76, in the corner of the Red Serpent's hangar.
The Red Serpent and the soldiers guarding outside the hangar, watching the crimson blood sand overflowing from the corner, and listening to the constant sobbing and wailing, are a little afraid for a moment.
Within the Soul-Confining Array, Wang Jixuan raises the peach wood sword in his hand and points it at Wu Man, whose figure has already floated up.
Quickly capture him!
