"My lady, can you discern this demon's origins?"
Xu Xuan voiced the doubt in his heart and quietly waited for her answer.
"It cannot be spoken."
Xi En's voice held boundless compassion, along with a faint solemnity that completely shut out Xu Wugui's words.
"If I were to pass judgment, it would be tantamount to granting this demon an investiture, affirming his existence."
These words made Xu Xuan's heart sink a little. Could even this mistress of water transformation not discern Xu Wugui's true origins? Or... had she discerned them, only for grave consequences to follow if she spoke?
"Was it... Qiyong?"
Xu Xuan gradually gathered his thoughts, then began answering Xi En's question.
At this point, he could indeed reveal the matter of his dragon body. Only this mistress of water transformation could truly be trusted.
"Mu Youdu is indeed me."
Xu Xuan said softly, "Using a dragon scale from Mist Marsh and the art of reincarnation, I severed this clone from myself. Normally, I control him by dividing my attention between two bodies. In refining this medicine now, I also intend to complete his nature and life, allowing him to seek Thunder-Shock."
Water transformation posed its question amid lustrous white light.
"I remember that when Mu Youdu first appeared, you were still at Foundation Establishment. How could you have produced a clone that even a True Lord would struggle to see through?"
Xu Xuan sighed again and said, "Allow me to introduce an Eastern Radiance Cultivator to you, my lady."
He stirred his clear qi and reached out across the distance, bringing a streak of golden-white radiance down into this place.
Tiantuo had already received Xu Xuan's instructions. Seeing the Immortals and Deities before him, he bowed and respectfully paid his obeisance. "[Shao Hua], of Complete Yang's inheritance