Chapter 169 Trade Fair

"Although personal strength is the most important thing in the world of cultivation, being alone and without help also brings many inconveniences and dangers."

"At the very least, the news will most likely be blocked, and we won't be able to learn some useful intelligence in a timely manner."

"No one took the initiative to inform us of things like the trade fair that will be held in Yu State in two years."

"Although I estimate that the two elders will inform us by then, we cannot prepare in advance."

"I think that although Liu Yu's cultivation is not high, she doesn't seem like someone who only knows how to practice hard. After she enters Luoyun Sect, I think she will work hard to develop her own power."

"Liu Yu was cast into a forbidden magic by the master. Unless her cultivation level exceeds that of the master, she will not be able to betray him."

"Her power will naturally become the master's power. This is much more reliable than the disciples accepted under normal circumstances." Yin Yue added with a smile.

Yin Mo glanced at Yin Yue and said lightly:
"It's good that you understand."

Then his gaze turned to the iron rhinoceros.

At this moment, the spirit beast stood up staggeringly. Its ferocity had greatly diminished, and it looked at Yin Mo with fear in its eyes.

"For me, this spirit beast is of no use."

"But because it is the family's spiritual beast, there is no need to refine it. You can directly command it with magic tools. It is the best object for trading."

"When you have trained it well enough, lock it in the spirit beast room and wait until the Yu Kingdom Trade Fair to see if you can use it to exchange for some rare items."

"I'll go cast the forbidden magic on Liu Yu." Yin Mo took out a black token from his storage bag, threw it to Yin Yue, and gave the order.

"Yes, master!" Yin Yue took the token and answered respectfully.

Yin Mo stood up, stopped talking, and left the hall.

Yin Yue was fiddling with the token in her hand alone, with a thoughtful look on her face, silently thinking about what Yin Mo had just said.

But after a moment, she suddenly raised the token with a smile on her face and shone it at the spirit beast in the light shield.

Suddenly, a large yellow light shot out from the token, covering the iron rhinoceros.

A sharp scream was heard in the hall.

The next day, after Yin Mo cast the forbidden magic on Liu Yu, he took her to the silver-haired old man.

Of course, he did not tell the whole truth, but just said that this woman had some connection with him, so he brought her back to Xiguo from Yuling Sect, and planned to accept her as his disciple and take good care of her.

The silver-haired old man was a little surprised at first, but then he suddenly understood and laughed:
"It turns out that Junior Brother Yin came to the Demonic Sect's territory for Junior Brother Liu. It was not in vain."

"Very good, very good! Our sect welcomes another female cultivator in the Jindan stage."

The silver-haired old man immediately agreed to let Liu Yu join the Luoyun Sect.

Yin Mo was satisfied with this. He chatted with the old man for a while and then left with Liu Yu.

Afterwards, Liu Yu officially changed her name to Liu Mei and became a formal disciple of Yin Mo.

Although Yin Mo said that he would not personally teach Liu Mei how to practice, he was not stingy in the apprenticeship ceremony.

He gave Liu Mei two magic weapons and several bottles of monster pills used by Jindan stage cultivators on the spot.

If Liu Mei had been a little hesitant about becoming Yin Mo's apprentice before, then seeing her master so generously giving her such a valuable gift, she was immediately overwhelmed with joy and thanked him.

At this moment, she felt for the first time that leaving Yuling Sect and becoming Yin Mo's disciple did not seem to be a bad thing.

Liu Mei was very well-behaved. She copied the secret insect repellent technique she knew onto a jade slip and handed several six-winged frost centipedes to Yin Mo.

Yin Mo naturally accepted the gift of apprenticeship calmly.

After Liu Mei left Yin Mo's cave, she moved into Baifeng Peak of Luoyun Sect and opened her own cave, becoming one of the high-level cultivators of Luoyun Sect.

Perhaps it was for Yin Mo's sake that the silver-haired old man appointed Liu Mei as the deputy peak master of Baifeng Peak and the deputy of the woman surnamed Song.

When Yin Mo learned about this, he just smiled.

He used the rainbow grass to ripen the centipedes. If it works against the gold-eating bugs, it should also be useful against the six-winged frost centipedes.

He entered the secret room by himself and began to comprehend the newly acquired insect repellent technique and the Xuanmu Infant Transformation Technique taught by Xin Ruyin.

Three months later, Yin Mo sat cross-legged in the secret room, motionless, with his eyes slightly closed, green light flowing on his body, as if he was practicing some kind of martial arts.

After a while, he opened his eyes with a clear vision. He quickly grabbed the spirit beast bag at his waist, threw it high into the sky, and uttered the word "fast".

Thousands of three-colored gold-eating insects swarmed out, forming a huge cloud of insects, circling and buzzing above Yin Mo's head.

Yin Mo stood up, stepped on Xuanji, muttered something, raised his hands, and a blue cloud flew out, covering the cloud of insects.

The gold-eating bugs shuttled through the blue clouds but did not collide with each other, which seemed extremely strange.

Yin Mo stared at the insect cloud, changed his gesture, and reached out to grab the insect cloud with his other hand, growling.

The cloud of insects fell down, covering Yin Mo in it. The spirit insects spun around Yin Mo wildly, forming a thick insect cover.

Yin Mo smiled and a profound sound came out of his mouth.

The spirit insects rushed towards the center with Yin Mo as the center, bursting out with dazzling green light.

After the light disappeared, an ancient armor with three-color patterns appeared on Yin Mo.

The armor was shining with green light, with flowing luster. It was extremely strong and difficult to break.

Yin Mo smiled and stroked the surface of the armor, which felt extremely smooth and without any abnormality.

"I never thought that the Yuling Sect had already figured out how to use gold-eating insects to condense shields and armor."

"Their deworming skills are really amazing, far beyond my imagination." Yin Mo murmured to himself, feeling deeply moved.

Practicing the art of expelling insects is not a difficult task. With Yin Mo's current realm and cultivation level, it is natural and easy for him to comprehend these secret techniques.

The study of these secret techniques opened his eyes, and he was amazed by the various methods and means of repelling insects and attacking enemies recorded in them.

Especially the spell of "Insect Armor Technique", which perfectly realized his previously vague concept.

In the past, he was able to command the three-colored gold-eating insects to condense into simple items such as swords.

But when it comes to something as complex as armor, it seems a bit overwhelmed and unable to solve some problems.

Now, with the spell of "Insect Armor Technique" recorded in the jade slip, after just over a month of practice, he can skillfully condense armor.

This is incredible!
However, while Yin Mo was delighted, he was also secretly glad in his heart.

He believed that the master who created the "Insect Armor Technique" could not easily possess a spiritual insect as powerful as the gold-eating insect to condense insect armor.

Therefore, the defensive power of this spell is naturally far inferior to that of a real armor-type treasure. In addition, insect cultivators are rare, so this technique is not well-known.

However, this spell was different in his hands. The armor of the three-color gold-eating beetle was originally very tough, and coupled with the unique ability of deformation and condensation, the protective ability of this armor was second only to ordinary armor, which was very suitable for him.

Moreover, when those golden gold-eating insects have mastered the new insect-controlling techniques and use them proficiently, they will naturally be able to transform into even better armor.

Yin Mo is full of confidence in this.

When Yin Mo thought of the mature gold-eating beetle that had finally evolved, he could hardly suppress his excitement.

After a while, Yin Mo finally regained his composure.

He stroked the insect's armor, pondered for a moment, and then blew it away with one breath.

The insect armor disintegrated again and turned into many spirit insects. He waved his hand lightly and put them all into the spirit beast bag.

Then, he sat cross-legged on the ground again and took out a green jade slip from his storage bag. It was exactly what Xin Ruyin had left behind.

Yin Mo held the jade slip in both hands, squinted his eyes, and quickly immersed his consciousness in it.

Ignoring the ancient formation in front of him, he directly found the mantra of the final Xuanmu Huaying Dafa.

It was unknown which ancient magic cultivator had created this technique. The formula was obscure and profound, and every sentence contained profound meaning. Yin Mo had to comprehend it word by word, and the process was extremely slow.

After half a year, Yin Mo barely understood most of the skills.

However, even so, Yin Mo still admired the ancient cultivator who created this technique and felt deeply shocked.

Indeed, this technique looked a bit like the Taoist secret technique of transforming one qi into three pure ones. But how much difference there was between them, Yin Mo had never been exposed to the mysteries of Taoism, so he had no idea.

But it is completely different from the ordinary magic "incarnation" secret technique. This is definitely a heaven-defying magical power to truly create a second incarnation.

Once the cultivation is successful, one will have two completely independent Nascent Souls. Although there is a distinction between the main and auxiliary Nascent Souls, no matter which Nascent Soul dies unexpectedly, the other one will continue to survive.

But if something goes wrong with the main infant, the second infant will lose a lot of vitality, and it will take a long time to transform into the main infant.

If the second Yuanying is damaged, the main Yuanying will be almost unaffected and can be ignored.

What makes Yin Mo even more excited is that once the second Nascent Soul is cultivated, he can choose an outstanding cultivator's body to merge into it and become his incarnation.

Once the incarnation is successful, it can become a true second existence outside the subject.

Even if the original body disappears, as long as the incarnation is still there, Yin Mo still exists.

Because the memories and emotions of the two are exactly the same, they are just copied on the second Yuanying.

This is completely different from the Qu Hun clone that Yin Mo had cultivated before.

The Sha Dan clone he cultivated at that time was just a wisp of divine consciousness split from his original spirit. It had no memories, emotions, or autonomy. It was almost like a high-level puppet.

However, the incarnation created by the Xuanmu Infant Transformation Method is different. It can stay away from the main body, move freely, and even practice independently. It is no different from an ordinary cultivator.

Seeing this, Yin Mo couldn't help but take a breath.

However, in the subsequent contemplation, the jade slip finally mentioned the limitations and defects of practicing this technique.

Yin Mo suddenly came to his senses, and his original fiery excitement instantly dissipated.

The difficulties involved left Yin Mo dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.

Take the step of condensing the second Nascent Soul as an example.

Ordinary cultivators spend countless years to successfully break the elixir, so naturally they do not have so much time and conditions to condense a second Nascent Soul.

The only feasible way is to invade the Nascent Soul of other Nascent Soul cultivators, erase the other party's spiritual consciousness, and then assimilate it into one's own Nascent Soul.

Although the jade slip provides a method to invade and erase spiritual consciousness, the success rate is extremely low and the risk is extremely high.

Even if the invasion is successful, the process of assimilation is fraught with danger.

Because the Nascent Soul was snatched away by force, even if one succeeds in temporarily occupying it, if one wants to assimilate it, one will run the risk of backlash against the spiritual consciousness.

If the second Yuanying is really successful, the benefits of having two Yuanyings are obvious.

If you want to further cultivate into a second incarnation, you just need to find a suitable body for your Nascent Soul to take over.

It is best to have the body of a Nascent Soul cultivator, so that the second incarnation can play the greatest role.

However, it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to capture or kill a Nascent Soul cultivator alive.

However, Yin Mo knew that this was absolutely impossible for him now.

Even if you have mastered the "Xuanmu Infant Transformation Method" and successfully transformed, you cannot sit back and relax. You still need to be careful about the backlash of the incarnation.

The second incarnation is actually equivalent to refining another self. As time goes by, the memories and emotions of the two will differ, and they may be tempted by extremely powerful inner demons.

The avatar will try to break free from the subject's control, or even control the subject instead.

Therefore, although the avatar can execute the main body's orders thousands of miles away, it is best not to let the avatar leave the main body for too long.

Regularly perform the "Reunification" secret technique to eliminate inner demons, re-assimilate the two spirits, and strengthen control over the incarnations.

In addition to preventing the incarnation from backlash, the incarnation also has some minor flaws, but compared to the backlash, these are less important.

When you have a second Yuanying, the "Xuanmu Infant Transformation Method" is just completed. You don't need to practice the second incarnation. You can already gain an advantage in magic battles and use a variety of powerful magical powers to increase your chances of survival. And you don't have to worry about the danger of the incarnation backlash.

Yin Mo's face was gloomy as he seriously considered the possibilities and pros and cons of practicing this magical power.

Although it is difficult to practice this secret technique, it is indeed a real great supernatural power and he is unwilling to give it up easily.

As long as the practice is successful, it is equivalent to having an extra life. This is really very tempting!
As for how to obtain the Nascent Soul of other cultivators, Yin Mo lowered his head in thought, and took out a jade box covered with talismans and prohibitions from his storage bag, which contained the Supreme Wood Spirit Infant that he had imprisoned.

He frowned, stroked the jade box gently with his fingers, and was silent for a long time.

Yin Mo knew that the Supreme Wood Spirit Infant was different from an ordinary Nascent Soul, but since the Yuling Sect was able to use the Five Elements Spirit Infant secret technique to allow the Spirit Infant and the Jindan cultivator to merge into one, then most of the characteristics of the Supreme Wood Spirit Infant and the Nascent Soul should be similar.

There shouldn't be any problem in refining it into the second Nascent Soul.

He originally had no use for this Supreme Wood Spirit Infant, so there was no harm in giving it a try.

As for the risk of occupying and erasing the Nascent Soul, Yin Mo believed that his spiritual consciousness and other treasures would help him deal with it.

The only thing to worry about is the problem of Nascent Soul's anti-assimilation.

If this situation really happened, he could only sever the divine consciousness that had invaded his Nascent Soul, and then suffer a huge loss of spiritual awareness.

As to whether there will be any sequelae or affect mental health, it is difficult to say.

Thinking of this, Yin Mo's face was full of hesitation.

Holding the jade box in his hand, Yin Mo pondered for a long time, sighed, and slowly put it into the storage bag.

(End of this chapter)