Li Xuanxiao felt uneasy.
Fortunately, Jia Sidao and Zhang Haoran had only shown faint signs of it—mere sprouts.
Compared with Zhang Haoran, Jia Sidao's identity was far too special.
Great Sui's Chief Enshrinee, Great Sui's National Teacher.
To avoid being discovered, the clone did not possess Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivation.
Thus, more often than not, he could only let the Sword Spirit appear in his stead.
He had also all but severed his connection with Jia Sidao, retaining only enough divine awareness to ensure he could control Jia Sidao.
Otherwise, when facing the backlash of fortune, the Great Sui Imperial Observatory would notice.
The fortune did not flow into Jia Sidao, but elsewhere, making the flaw easy to spot.
As for Zhang Haoran, after the shattered stone stele broke apart, righteous qi surged into him from all around.
Confucian cultivators obtained a "literary gall" through studying the classics, also known as a literary heart.
At the pinnacle of cultivation, they could reach the realm of "subtle words bearing great meaning," using written characters to manifest the laws of heaven and earth.
Yet Zhang Haoran already had the rudiments of a literary heart within him.
As the righteous qi suppressed by the Old Emperor flooded into Zhang Haoran all at once,
Li Xuanxiao had no choice but to devote more of his attention to ensuring Zhang Haoran would not burst apart.
Although Li Xuanxiao had indirectly gained national fortune and the rudiments of a literary gall,
he had also given more of his attention to Zhang Haoran and Jia Sidao.
That attention was not something he could simply withdraw whenever he wished.
One careless mistake, and something would go wrong with Zhang Haoran and Jia Sidao's two clones.
All too easily, all his efforts would go down the drain.
So Li