No hope for eternal life

Chapter 477 Secret

"I see. Brother Mu has suffered a lot too. Leave the matter of finding out about the Xutian Divine Lotus to me. It is not too rare. In addition, with the revival of spiritual energy, all kinds of rare spiritual objects have appeared. We should have news soon." Ji Youmu agreed.

Just like that, Mu Changsheng's black-clothed clone moved to the Tianyou Realm with the Ji clan.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng and his entourage arrived safely at the Tianling Realm. After a simple settlement, Mu Changsheng and his clone in white finally met.

This time the tribulation was unexpectedly interrupted. Not only did nearly seven million top-grade spirit stones go down the drain and his cultivation was damaged, but the Thundergod Fruit of the White-Cloaked Avatar was almost burned out in order to suppress the backlash of the spiritual tribulation. Without the Thundergod Fruit, the White-Cloaked Avatar's body refining realm could not be improved and reach the final realm of the Five Thunders Perfection.

But there is always a way out. Mu Changsheng himself still has a perfect seventh-level Thunder God Fruit on his body. He has no need for this Thunder God Fruit anyway. He and his clone are of the same origin, so he can directly graft his Thunder God Fruit onto the clone in white.

“The Thunder God Fruit that the white-clothed clone had before was not perfect due to a mistake during the tribulation. Now that the old and new Thunder God Fruits are fused together, not only can they make up for the defect, but they are even better than before.” Mu Changsheng sighed in his heart. He was somewhat grateful now. He was grateful that the Black Demon did not attack his Thunder God Fruit after catching his original body.

“Perhaps the Black Demon simply doesn’t like this Thunder God Dao Fruit.” Mu Changsheng laughed at himself in his heart: “But what you dislike today may become your life-claiming sickle in the future.”

So, after bidding farewell to his relatives and friends, Mu Changsheng immediately began to retreat to graft the Thunder God Fruit.

During this process, the Skyfire Realm became lively again.

The Great Emperor Changsheng once again came to the ruins of the Eternal City in the Skyfire Realm and met the Black Demon, who couldn't wait any longer: "I have waited so long for you to finally come, Senior. I believe you will not forget your promise before."

The promise that Black Demon mentioned was naturally that the Great Emperor of Longevity promised to pass on his own secret body-refining technique to Black Demon after the task was accomplished.

"Of course I haven't forgotten." The Great Emperor Changsheng directly threw a jade slip to the Black Demon.

The Black Demon took the jade slip and began to examine it carefully, somewhat impatiently.

After a long while, Black Demon said with endless aftertaste: "So this is the secret body-refining technique of the senior, using the true fire of the sun as a guide to temper oneself. So, the senior is also an expert in playing with fire, we are really destined to meet."

"Don't talk about these useless things." The Great Emperor Changsheng said calmly: "Now the two sects and three clans have all retreated to the Heavenly Spirit Realm and the Heavenly Nether Realm, making them even more difficult to deal with. Moreover, they have lost two great Ninth Realm cultivators, Shangguan Qiong and Ao Guang, in succession. They will definitely think about training new Ninth Realm cultivators. Fortunately, it will take at least three months for new Ninth Realm cultivators to survive the Wind and Thunder Tribulation. These three months are the best time for us to take action."

"Senior, your analysis is absolutely accurate." Black Demon smiled and clapped his hands, "But you also said that now the forces of the two sects and three clans have gathered together, unlike before when they were scattered, and it is more difficult to deal with. Therefore, the risk of this second attack has become higher, and my reward should also be increased. But the problem now is that you have already given me your own body refining secret technique. Can you still offer a reward that exceeds this body refining secret technique?"

The Great Emperor Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said domineeringly: "I still have top-grade spirit stones. How many do you need? Just tell me the number."

The Black Demon smiled, shook his head and said, "Senior, you control the entire Heavenly Saint Realm by yourself, so you naturally have a lot of top-grade spirit stones, but you really don't understand me. I lack everything except top-grade spirit stones. I don't even need a single top-grade spirit stone to cultivate my clone."

“So, if you can’t offer me any more conditions that will make me excited, then I can only say that I can’t help you.” The Black Demon said, and made a gesture of extending his hand to invite him to leave.

The Great Emperor Changsheng certainly did not leave. He and the Black Demon stared at each other, and it seemed that neither of them was willing to give in, and the situation came to a standstill for a moment.

After a long while, it was the Great Emperor Changsheng who spoke first: "In that case, I have another secret that you will definitely be interested in."

"Oh!" Black Demon's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Senior, you know me well. I am most interested in secrets, especially secrets that you call secrets. They must be very interesting."

"My secret can explain why Yang Wuji and You Wushuang are so powerful, and why they can defeat the Ninth Realm with their Eighth Realm cultivation. Moreover, this secret is also closely related to you." Changsheng Emperor said lightly, whetting the appetite of the Black Demon, but then changed the subject and said: "But since it is a secret, I naturally cannot speak it lightly, let alone tell you in advance, lest you take the secret and do nothing. Just like last time, after this matter is accomplished, I will naturally keep my promise and tell you the secret."

"Is it still related to me?" Black Demon smiled and shook his head and said, "Senior, oh senior, we two are very clear about each other. You just said that without telling me any secrets, and you want me to work for you. If I help you kill two more ninth-level monks, the power of the two sects and three clans will be weaker than the demon clan and you joining forces. By then, you won't need me. Will you still keep your promise and tell me the secret?"

"In a word, I just ask you whether you still want to know the secret?" The Great Emperor Changsheng asked with a sneer, as if he had already expected that the Black Demon would be attracted by the secret.

"Of course I want to know." The Dark Devil replied: "But before we start the cooperation, you must at least tell me part of the secret so that I can judge whether the secret is worth my effort?"

"It's okay to tell you." Changsheng Emperor suddenly changed his mind and said, "The reason why I said this secret is related to you is actually related to your clone. I have never seen your original body, nor have I fought with you, but I know that your original body's strength must not be as good as mine and You Wushuang."

The Black Demon nodded in agreement and said, "That's true. I have studied for many years, but I always feel that I am lacking something compared to you two, like a shackle."

"Let me remind you that neither Yang Wuji nor You Wushuang have clones." Emperor Changsheng said lightly.

Hei Mo's pupils shrank when he heard this, and he realized something in an instant. He knew Yang Wuji. Yang Wuji did not practice clones, but he did not know that You Wushuang did not practice clones either. If it was a coincidence, it was too much of a coincidence that the two most amazing eighth-level cultivators in history did not practice clones. There must be some connection between them.

"You mean to say that cultivating a clone will weaken the original body's strength?" The Black Demon asked back with gradual enlightenment, his tone mixed with disbelief.