Seeing Ren waver, Yun Zhongzi moved to press his advantage.
But Nezha took a drink and sneered. "Martial Uncle Yun Zhongzi... have you no shame? Is it right to talk Ren into this? It would be one thing if you focused on refining artifacts, but all you like making are replicas! Those knockoffs fall far short of the originals, yet you're so pleased with yourself, convinced you've done a fine job. You're always trying to talk Lei Zhenzi into learning your knockoff techniques, too. Aren't you embarrassed?"
Nezha's scorn made Yun Zhongzi flare up. "What's wrong with knockoffs? Who says a knockoff can't surpass the original? I have a grand ambition: to defeat the originals with replicas! Isn't that inspiring? But that little bastard Lei Zhenzi doesn't understand my ambition. He just looks down on it! And so do the rest of you, as though I could never succeed!"
As Yun Zhongzi ranted, Nezha smiled disdainfully. Even Four-Unlike burst out laughing. "Ha! Nezha may not know half the things you've done, Yun Zhongzi, but I do. Back when you first became a disciple, you were obsessed with the Artifact Refining Art and loved making replica Spirit Treasures. You even got it into your head to replicate Lord Tongtian's Green Duckweed Sword!
"And your luck was outrageous. You went for a stroll and found an Azure Lotus Seed! According to my master, it was lost when the Azure Lotus broke apart and became Spirit Treasures. Yet instead of treasuring it, you used it to make a Green Duckweed Sword!
"The sword you made even captured some of the original's charm. But then you got it into your head to test it against Lord Tongtian's Green Duckweed Sword! Lord Tongtian was easygoing enough to indulge you, but what happened? Your Replica Qingping