Water Clone Technique

[A Pill Recipe? Nalan Sheng really got a bargain! But that fellow isn't an alchemist, so he probably won't notice anything special about that Black Iron Fragment, will he?]

After learning that the Black Iron Fragment might contain a Pill Recipe, Xiao Yan couldn't help feeling a pang of regret.

Pill Recipes were precious things. Even a relatively common first-tier Pill Recipe could fetch over ten thousand gold coins on the market.

[Not necessarily! If my senses haven't deceived me, Nalan Sheng's soul perception is actually a little stronger than yours.]

[Teacher, you're joking, right? That fellow's soul perception is stronger than mine? Could he have been after that Black Iron Fragment from the very beginning?]

Xiao Yan's expression shifted slightly, and suspicion couldn't help creeping into his mind.

[Probably not. Although his soul perception is a little stronger than yours, he couldn't have detected anything extraordinary about that Black Iron Fragment from so far away.]

Yao Lao shook his head. *[I think he initially just wanted to snatch that first-tier Wood Attribute magic core out from under your nose and annoy you a little.*

*Only after he reached the stall and sensed something extraordinary about the Black Iron Fragment did he suddenly change his tune and buy everything there.]*

[I see. Too bad I didn't have enough gold coins on me. Otherwise, I definitely would've fought him for it.]

[All right, Little Yanzi, don't be too discouraged. Once you become an alchemist, you won't have to worry about gold coins anymore.]

[Mm!]

Xiao Yan nodded without betraying anything and continued searching for a first-tier Wood Attribute magic core.

Meanwhile, after returning to his luxurious room at the inn, Nalan Sheng brought up the system shop again.

Villain points weren't like money. Saving them wouldn't earn him any interest; only spending them would bring out their greatest value.

Soon, Nalan Sheng bought two more items from the system shop. Their attributes were displayed as follows:

[Name: Water Clone Technique Skill Card]

[Effect: Allows the user to master the Water Clone Technique and summon a water clone possessing one-tenth of the original body's strength.]

[Price: 300 villain points]

[Name: Infinite Desert Eagle]

[Effect: Comes with nine bullets in its magazine. Whenever an empty slot appears in the magazine, new bullets will automatically be generated at a rate of one per second.]

[Price: 500 villain points]

As eight hundred villain points were deducted from his character status panel, two objects appeared out of thin air before Nalan Sheng: a palm-sized blue card and a silver-and-black handgun.

Nalan Sheng first picked up the Desert Eagle and played with it for a while, then took the blue card and silently said, Use.

"Whoosh!!!"

The blue card immediately blazed with blue light, transforming into a mass of flowing, water-like radiance that slipped into the space between Nalan Sheng's eyebrows.

Nalan Sheng felt a slight swelling in his head. Then memories of the Water Clone Technique's specific cultivation methods and casting techniques appeared in his mind out of nowhere.

Once Nalan Sheng finished absorbing those memories, he had mastered the beginner-level Water Clone Technique.

"Whoosh!"

Nalan Sheng rapidly formed hand seals. One-tenth of the Dou Qi in his body vanished in an instant, and another Nalan Sheng appeared out of thin air in the room.

"Not bad!"

Looking at the water clone that appeared exactly like him, Nalan Sheng couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.

Although the water clone was rather weak, possessing only one-tenth of his strength, it was more than enough to confuse enemies or draw their fire.

Unfortunately, the beginner-level Water Clone Technique could only summon one water clone at a time.

Moreover, the straight-line distance between the water clone and the original body couldn't exceed twenty meters. Otherwise, the clone would slip out of his control and turn back into a mass of water.

"Huh?"

Nalan Sheng suddenly noticed something interesting and shifted his gaze to his character status panel.

[Host: Nalan Sheng]

[Age: 15]

[Cultivation: One-Star Dou Zhe]

[Cultivation method: Jinglei Formula (Beginner: 592/3000)+]

[Dou Techniques: Benlei Palm (Minor mastery: 1687/6000)+, Lightning Divine Movement Technique (Minor mastery: 2160/6000)+, Water Clone Technique (Beginner: 1/300)+]

[Summons: Shadow Ninja (10)]

[Items: Infinite Desert Eagle]

[Villain points: 333]

The Water Clone Technique, which should have been a ninjutsu, had actually been classified as a Dou Technique.

Clearly, the otherworldly skill cards Nalan Sheng bought from the system shop would probably all be converted into Dou Techniques he could use.

If the Water Clone Technique hadn't been converted into a Dou Technique, Nalan Sheng, who had no chakra in his body whatsoever, naturally wouldn't have been able to perform it.

However, compared to the Water Clone Technique being converted into a Dou Technique, what surprised Nalan Sheng even more was that his Dou Qi had gained another attribute.

Originally, Nalan Sheng had only lightning attribute Dou Qi. But after mastering the beginner-level Water Clone Technique, he possessed dual-attribute Dou Qi: lightning and water.

Although gaining another Dou Qi attribute couldn't directly increase Nalan Sheng's strength, it gave him more options.

For example, becoming an alchemist required possessing both Wood Attribute and fire-attribute Dou Qi, as well as soul perception far beyond that of ordinary people.

Perhaps because Nalan Sheng was a transmigrator, his soul perception was naturally much stronger than that of ordinary people.

Unfortunately, Nalan Sheng didn't possess wood-attribute and fire-attribute Dou Qi. Otherwise, the Nalan Family would surely have found a way to have him become Gu He's disciple.

Now, however, the situation was completely different. Nalan Sheng only needed to master otherworldly skills with Wood Attribute and fire attributes to obtain wood- and fire-attribute Dou Qi and become an alchemist.

[I never expected a windfall like this. Looks like I'll have to collect some alchemy techniques and Pill Recipes along the way.]

Nalan Sheng stared at the Water Clone Technique for a while, then silently said, Upgrade.

At Nalan Sheng's mental command, 299 villain points were immediately deducted, and the Water Clone Technique rose from beginner level to minor mastery.

Soon, new cultivation memories appeared in Nalan Sheng's mind. They were more profound than the previous ones.

When Nalan

Sheng finished sorting through those new cultivation memories, the corners of his mouth curled upward despite himself.

Judging by those cultivation memories, each use of the minor-mastery Water Clone Technique still consumed one-tenth of the user's Dou Qi, but it could summon two water clones simultaneously.

Moreover, the control range between the original body and the water clones had surged from twenty meters to fifty, making the technique far more practical.