What Does the Clone's Bad Luck Have to Do with the Original?

However, when Yun Luo looked at Wu Zhangkong, the young man merely shook his head before slowly getting out of bed and leaving the dormitory.

Inside the Spirit Pagoda, the three of them were already lying in cultivation pods. As their consciousnesses entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, they woke up simultaneously.

Leng Yaozhu glanced at her two disciples and stood still where she was.

This was a special Spirit Ascension Platform, not the kind used for simulated battles. They could fight each other directly here.

"Come on, both of you attack together. Let me see how much you've improved lately."

As Leng Yaozhu spoke, her gaze settled first on Chen Ye. After all, Chen Ye had already reached three Soul Rings.

In Leng Yaozhu's eyes, Chen Ye was naturally stronger than Gu Yue. And in truth, that was indeed the case.

Chen Ye stood there with determination in his eyes. He suddenly took a step forward, and a massive Dark Phoenix slowly emerged behind him.

As the phoenix's cry rang out, Leng Yaozhu still seemed somewhat dazed, despite having seen the Dark Phoenix countless times before.

Taking advantage of that opening, Chen Ye abruptly raised his hand. Three purple Soul Rings descended around him, and his third Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

When Leng Yaozhu saw the longsword in Chen Ye's hand, formed from Divine Flame, surprise first appeared on her face, followed by astonishment.

"Dark Phoenix Martial Soul—how can you wield Sacred Fire?"

Looking at the longsword condensed from pure flames, Leng Yaozhu was genuinely shocked.

She was exceptionally knowledgeable, and as the deputy tower master of the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, she had seen countless extraordinary things. Naturally, she knew of Sacred Fire.

It was a manifestation of Ultimate Fire, but it was also the purest and most radiant form of Ultimate Fire.

The Dark Phoenix was not truly an ultimate martial soul to begin with, much less one with darkness as its innate attribute.

Thus, Leng Yaozhu could not understand why Chen Ye possessed the ultimate Sacred Fire.

But Chen Ye paid no attention to Leng Yaozhu's question. With the Divine Flame sword in hand, he charged straight at her.

Terrifying flames surged forth, and searing heat swept over her.

The surprise on Leng Yaozhu's face was replaced by curiosity. Without hesitation, she raised a hand.

A clear phoenix cry rang out behind her as nine Soul Rings descended around her. Her second Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

"Second Soul Skill, Heavenly Phoenix Cry!"

The pleasant phoenix cry rang out, instantly invigorating Leng Yaozhu's spirit.

But to Chen Ye and Gu Yue, it sounded like terrifying noise.

The expressions of both immediately turned listless.

This attack was scarcely weaker than a spiritual attack, and it was an area-of-effect spiritual attack at that. Unfortunately for Leng Yaozhu, she had encountered Chen Ye and Gu Yue.

One possessed God King-level divine consciousness, while the other had more than ten thousand points of spiritual power.

With the strength of their spiritual power, Leng Yaozhu's phoenix cry had virtually no effect on either of them.

However, while Gu Yue merely stood there quietly and began summoning the elements without hesitation—

Chen Ye acted as if he had been controlled. He covered his head with one hand and pretended to have been completely affected.

Leng Yaozhu did not suspect a thing. Her own strength was formidable, after all.

Especially since, in her experience, even a Title Douluo would be affected by her second Soul Skill.

It was already absurd enough that Gu Yue had remained unaffected. She did not believe Chen Ye would also be entirely immune.

So, seeing Chen Ye like that, Leng Yaozhu did not hesitate and immediately struck him.

Flames ignited in the woman's hand as she attacked Chen Ye. Yet while Leng Yaozhu was not paying attention, Chen Ye suddenly thrust his sword at her.

Sensing the unexpected strike, Leng Yaozhu's face first showed astonishment. Then she looked at Chen Ye and sneered. "You brat, you think you can ambush me?"

As Leng Yaozhu spoke, she raised her hand. A clear phoenix cry sounded behind her, and then... there was no then.

Chen Ye was sent flying at once, crashing heavily to one side.

Gu Yue did not fare much better either. The two of them were thoroughly beaten up by her.

And that was not the end of it. Perhaps Chen Ye had truly annoyed her; after letting them rest for ten minutes, Leng Yaozhu beat them up again.

Only after seeing Chen Ye and Gu Yue battered black and blue in the Spirit Ascension Platform did Leng Yaozhu feel somewhat satisfied.

Meanwhile, in the Collective Sea of Subconsciousness, Chen Ye stood there with great interest, watching himself get beaten up.

"It's not over yet. I still have to eat vegetables tonight, and I'm not eating them."

"Once the clone finishes eating, I'll show up and head back to the cafeteria for something good."

"Just for avoiding a beating from that bargain-bin teacher, I'm having Grade A food today!"

Chen Ye wore a smug grin. This clone was his past self, though Chen Ye had no idea exactly which point in time it came from.

Anyway, his past self's bad luck had nothing to do with his current self. Living well in the present was what mattered most.

Under such circumstances, any clone Chen Ye casually summoned might be a version of himself from some future day, or perhaps from some day in the past.

But none of that mattered, because whether it came from the future or the past, it had nothing to do with his current self.

Just as Chen Ye expected, Chen Ye and Gu Yue did not leave until after they had been beaten up a third time. Leng Yaozhu then brought them to the cafeteria.

Sitting at the dining table, Gu Yue fell silent as she looked at the boiled greens, boiled tofu, and greens cooked with tofu before her.

Her gaze first flicked toward Leng Yaozhu, then shifted to Chen Ye. Seeing his calm, indifferent expression, she truly could not hold it together anymore.

"Teacher, aren't we eating anything else? It's just these three vegetarian dishes?"

Gu Yue blinked, her eyes filled with inquiry.

In response, both Leng Yaozhu and Chen Ye gave her affirmative looks.

Seeing their utterly resolute expressions, along with the three dishes before her that contained not a trace of oil, Gu Yue's mouth twitched.

"We don't have to eat this, do we, Teacher? I don't need to lose weight. It's fine to eat something better at night."

Gu Yue had actually wanted to say that she would not gain weight no matter how much she ate, but she regretted it the moment the words left her mouth.

Seeing the murderous look in Leng Yaozhu's eyes, Gu Yue suddenly understood.

Realizing that she had said the wrong thing, Gu Yue quickly changed her tune.

"Of course, eating vegetables is good too. More vegetables are good for beauty and fair skin, and they're good for girls' skin."

"But I remember Senior Brother always eats meat. He has at least three meat dishes every night."

"I wonder whether Senior Brother can stomach boiled greens, boiled tofu, and greens cooked with tofu."

Gu Yue smiled as she spoke, looking at Chen Ye with utter sincerity in her tone.

But as Chen Ye in the Collective Sea of Subconsciousness watched Gu Yue say such things with a perfectly serious face, the corner of his mouth twitched violently.