Mei Xuan said, "Don't think I don't know. Once you modify my true body, it won't really be mine anymore-it'll be yours! It'll be turned into a Puppet completely and no longer belong to me!"
Li Chen said, "So what? We can't trust each other right now. This is the only way we can achieve materialization and Great Unity."
Mei Xuan sulked for a long while before saying, "Then forget it. We can talk about that later. But surely you can lend me this body for now? You've kept me locked up for more than half a year. I'm almost bored to death."
"You know False Persons have no sense of smell or taste. We can't enjoy fragrant flowers, birdsong, or delicious food, and we don't have any of the natural urges either. It's utterly boring."
Li Chen pondered. "Sensory limitations?"
The thoughts of the divine soul were sometimes influenced by the body. Absolute supremacy of mind over matter did not exist, unless one cultivated to the Nascent Soul realm or beyond and could send one's divine soul out of the body, or even perform soul possession on another person.
As a low-level cultivator, Mei Xuan certainly had reason to feel miserable. Her brain had been restricted, and her body had lost its various senses. She was like someone paralyzed or otherwise disabled, unable to do anything or enjoy anything.
Of course, there were benefits too. Some of the illnesses and troubles that plagued natural human beings had also disappeared.
This was, in fact, a subject Li Chen intended to research next: the connection between sensory stimulation and divine soul consciousness. Only by clearly discerning the nature of thoughts could he trace them back to the divine soul itself.
Before long, "Li Chen" was sitting at the large, antique desk,