"Say, Righteous Talisman, when did you manage to refine an External Incarnation?"
Watching the Bamboo Body Cheng Xinzhan merge back into the flesh-and-blood Cheng Xinzhan, Song Jishu asked curiously. Everyone else looked over as well. An External Incarnation was no commonplace thing; even among those in the Third Realm, it was exceedingly rare.
Zhou Qingyun also looked over. Though her face remained cool and composed, she could not conceal the unusual light in her eyes.
Cheng Xinzhan merely smiled. "A secret art passed down by my sect."
Everyone understood and asked no more.
"Then how did you know Yang Xuanla would try to escape with his Primordial Spirit, Righteous Talisman?"
Cheng Xinzhan shook his head. "You give me too much credit, Jishu. How could I have known? I've simply always been cautious and left my incarnation some distance away. This time, the direction Yang Xuanla's Primordial Spirit fled in happened to be where my incarnation was hiding."
"Then we have Xinzhan's care to thank. Otherwise, he really would have escaped."
Shen Zhaoming said, "It's a pity. There was nothing we could do about Long Youpo fleeing so quickly, but we actually let that Yao Kaijiang escape too."
By now, Hong Changbao and Liu Tian Fang could see that they could no longer catch Yao Kaijiang. They seethed inwardly and found it hard to save face. A few lower-realm juniors had managed to kill Yang Xuanla, yet the two old veterans had actually let Yao Kaijiang escape. What a laughingstock they had made of themselves.
In truth, however, after reaching the Third Realm, cultivators gained all manner of spells and Dharma Treasures, Golden Core Dharma Forms, Primordial Spirit secret arts, and even abilities such as a Second Primordial Spirit or External Incarnation. They had a great many means at their disposal,