Legend of the Great Sage

g my revenge.
It’s just not time yet!”

Gu Yanying shook her head in disbelief.
She was speechless.
She felt like she could not stoop down to his level in front of so many people.

“But will your main body really be unaffected by your clone? Let’s hope you don’t assimilate with the world.”

After all, no matter how great of a power he grasped in this world, he could not bring it back with him to the nine provinces.
If he assimilated with the world, that was even more terrifying than being rejected by the world.

“It’s like a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water.
It’s all just a reflection.
Of course, I won’t be affected.”

“Sigh, given that it’s you, you probably won’t be affected anyway.”

Gu Yanying sighed.
Who would still peep on women when they were in this state!? They would have submerged themselves in the endless laws of the world a long time ago, viewing everything in the mortal world as fleeting like clouds.
She almost felt some admiration towards his disposition.
How was he so thickheaded and stubborn?

“Though, you have no idea.
This really is great fun.
It’s basically like a game!”

It reminded Li Qingshan of the sandbox games from his past life, but even at their largest, it would be a city while the realism would be very limited too.
This was an entire world, and it was detailed down to each grain of sand, each speck of dust.

“I’ve never heard of a game like that, but your ability sure is wondrous!” Gu Yanying praised.

“Really?”

Li Qingshan was slightly surprised.
Apart from in the very beginning, when the Mirrorwater’s Image helped him hide his identity, the assistance it had brought actually diminished as time went on.
As his identity was exposed and the enemies he faced grew stronger and stronger, his clone could be used as a meat shield at most.
It truly felt rather useless.

But this was because of his lack of understanding.
Actually, clone techniques were not a particularly high-level move.
Even Qi Practitioners could use them, but normally, they only used them in battle.
They were all limited by distance, almost like puppets.

Only extremely powerful cultivators would possess true clones that could replace the main body and wander the world.
However, clones like that would definitely influence the main body.
On top of that, there was a risk, which was a disunity between the main body and the clone.
It might even develop a consciousness of its own and break away from the main body, which would be a huge loss.

His mirror clone was almost like an extension of his body, and the issue of disunity did not exist.
Instead, it had a wondrous self-defence system, preventing the main body from being influenced by the clone.
No matter how twisted the reflection became in the mirror and water, the flower and moon would remain independent and unaffected.

If his main body became the god, then his disposition would definitely be heavily affected.
How could the immensity and breadth of an entire world not leave behind a mental impact?

This was an innate ability that existed within the bloodlines of spirit turtles.
When spirit turtles submerged themselves in the ocean and controlled their clones to go travelling, a clone would be meaningless if it could break away with ease or if their main body could be injured through the clone.
Why would they take this risk at all?

Only by creating a mirror clone like this could they ensure they remained in the safest position possible the entire time.

If Li Qingshan learnt about this, he would definitely lament over how spirit turtles were basically natural damned shut-ins.
The Watermirror’s Image was basically like a computer screen, forming a barrier that isolated them from the world.

Everyone gathered over again and asked what had happened.

A young man stepped forward from the crowd.
His back bulged slightly, and his figure was very wide and thick, but his appearance was extremely handsome and delicate, bearing some resemblance to Li Qingshan.
He clasped his hands.
“Father, mother has asked you to meet her in the Abstruse temple.”

“What’s happened?”

When Li Qingshan asked that, he already saw Yang Miaozhen in the Abstruse temple, and he already knew the answer to that question.
Finally, someone would be leaving him!

The matters of the world progressed and people were on the move.
He was not the only one that could leave those around him.

Yang Miaozhen suddenly sensed something and stood up, looking around at the surroundings.

How sensitive.
Is it because you’re about to ascend? Li Qingshan praised inside.

Yang Miaozhen was the greatest among all the women, whether it came to her talent and comprehension or her disposition and willpower.
Over the years, she had focused on cultivation without missing a single day, completely disregarding the conflicts of the world.
Even Hu Xian’er, who was not weighed down by any clans or sects, would try to fight for his favour.
Only she remained indifferent, seeking nothing.

However, it was exactly because of this indifference that they had gradually grown apart over the years.
Even when Li Qingshan summoned her, she would regularly ignore the summonings.
By now, she had reached the highest realm of the tenth layer, only a single step away from ascension.

The reactions from the heavens that night had given her quite the inspiration.
She noticed a wisp of the laws of the world from within.
Now, she was about to ascend, so she ordered her son to ask Li Qingshan to come.

Xuanwu city of the past had now become the Central capital.
It was not far away from the Abstruse temple.
Li Qingshan did not make her wait for too long.
As soon as day broke, he arrived before her, smiling.
“Congratulations, congratulations!”

“You really haven’t changed one bit, while I’ve aged.”

Yang Miaozhen stared at the man before her.
He did not seem like he had changed at all compared to many years ago.
It was not just his appearance.
Even his mentality was the same, while she felt like she had witnessed many shifts of times.

Li Qingshan said, “Yeah, you have aged.”

Actually, her appearance had not changed by much either.
The Yi Wood Method of Living Qi had the effect of preserving youth, so there was not a single wrinkle on her face or a single strand of white hair on her head.
Her figure remained as slender as before, but she had still aged after all.

After all, she was only a mortal.
She did not possess some powerful bloodline, and the world did not have a lot of medicines that could prolong life.
Once she aged and declined to a certain point, that was death! Even if she still resembled a young woman, dying was still dying after all.

If she refused to part with him through death, then she could only part with him through life.
Now was a time of parting.