"How would we know without trying!"
Another long laugh reached their ears. Nailong True Person's face no longer held that cheeky grin; instead, a bold and heroic bearing emerged from him.
Then his hands danced in a flurry, and profound, mysterious hand seals appeared one after another.
Following his movements, nine egg-sized balls of light flew out respectively from Nailong True Person's forehead, chest, sea of qi, four limbs, and two other acupoints.
Each one was crimson as blood, radiating astonishing baleful energy.
Then the radiance scattered, revealing nine Nascent Souls about an inch tall.
Though their size could not compare with Ancestor Shaming's Nascent Soul, they were dense and solid, clearly all cultivated to the level of perfected Nascent Souls.
And the features of every Nascent Soul were almost identical to Nailong True Person's.
Only their expressions were utterly different.
Joy, anger, sorrow, and delight!
Not only that—their bearing and temperament were also worlds apart. Some wore expressions of mature steadiness, while others grinned in that cheeky, irreverent way.
Some looked like immortals of transcendent grace, while others seemed slick, frivolous, and bored to the extreme.
In short, the hundred faces of life were almost all embodied upon these nine Nascent Souls.
"This is..."
Tian Xiang's pupils shrank, and for the first time, an astonished expression appeared on his face. "Could the Supernatural Power you cultivate be... the Nine-Transformation Infant Technique?"
Even when facing Li Yutong and Bingpo earlier, though one had become a True Immortal and the other a true demon, they had not shocked him this much.
Nailong True Person only smiled without speaking, while everyone watching showed astonishment.
The Nine-Transformation Infant Technique—perhaps present-day cultivators had never heard of it, but in ancient times, it had been illustriously famous.
Back then, the Three Realms fell into chaos,