"I'm giving you time, but don't try to deceive me! I know your status in the Chen Kingdom."
Long Bo waved his hand, signaling the guards to open the gates of the Golden Palace.
"I will give you six months. After the gods descend to the mortal realm, if you still do not surrender with the Chen Kingdom, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
You must understand that the reason I haven't destroyed the Chen Kingdom yet is simply because I truly admire you and don't want your talents to be wasted.
But if in the future, even the Heavenly Court Court's deities get involved, then I won't be able to help you anymore."
"Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty!"
As if he had resigned himself to his fate, Chen Mu bowed deeply to Long Bo.
"Very well! That's all for today! Court adjourned!"
Although Divine Lord Xuanji had ordered Long Bo to keep a close watch on Chen Mu, as the saying goes, "The monk may run away, but the temple cannot." Chen Mu was the Grand Preceptor of the Chen Kingdom, and he was not alone, so he couldn't possibly run away.
Therefore, Long Bo felt at ease letting Chen Mu leave. Chen Mu still had the Soul-Devouring Insect on him. Even if he really ran away, when Divine Lord Xuanji summoned him in the future, he would still have to come back on his knees with a slinky gait.
After receiving the order to adjourn the court, the ministers faced the emperor and slowly withdrew from the Golden Palace.
Chen Mu, along with the ministers, left the Golden Palace.
After leaving the Golden Palace, many ministers looked at Chen Mu. Chen Mu originally thought he would see many disdainful looks, but to his surprise, many ministers were frowning and sighing, seemingly feeling sorry for Chen Mu.
However, these ministers did not dare to speak with Chen Mu. After glancing at Chen Mu a few times, they left.
Not wanting to be surrounded by onlookers after leaving the city, Chen Mu soared into the sky, flying straight into the clouds. He then released his space warship, boarded it, and left the Heavenly Emperor City.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Chen Mu's spaceship entered a deep canyon.
This canyon is only a little over a thousand kilometers away from the Heavenly Emperor City. It is an abandoned mine, usually deserted and rarely visited by anyone.
However, at this moment, this place has been transformed into a grand arena, with a large number of array flags neatly distributed around it, several metal machines flashing with rune light placed in the middle, and a huge Bagua-shaped array diagram at the very center.
A man in blue sat upright on a Bagua diagram, surrounded by several virtual panels. He kept tapping on the virtual panels until he heard the sound of a spaceship, then he stopped.
With a whoosh, Chen Mu, dressed in a robe adorned with runes, jumped off the spaceship.
The man in blue robes who was sitting cross-legged on the Bagua diagram also stood up, revealing his face. His appearance was exactly the same as Chen Mu's.
"Father, this stand-in looks just like you."
I think even if I ran into him outside, I probably wouldn't be able to tell you two apart.
In the snowy weather, Little White, who was hiding in the snow, seemed to have become invisible. At this moment, she leaped up and jumped onto Chen Mu's shoulder, looking at Chen Mu, who was wearing a robe with runes, and marveling at him.
"Of course, this is called cell cloning technology. From a biological point of view, he and I are exactly the same individual."
The only difference is that our Divine Soul are different. This body only houses one-third of my Divine Soul, while I retain two-thirds of it.
Chen Mu smiled and patted the Little White dog's fluffy head, then began to explain to her.
To ensure that the enemy wouldn't discover his use of a body double, Chen Mu went to great lengths this time.
This substitute was created by Chen Mu using his own cells in a culture medium over a period of more than a month. He consumed a massive amount of rare and precious materials, emptying half of his savings, just to give this body a Runic Body with a strength similar to his own.
To make it even more perfect, Chen Mu even used a forbidden secret technique to sever his own Divine Soul, giving one-third of Divine Soul to the substitute.
This substitute is far more perfect than the one Mingye used in the Netherworld. It won't break down after a period of use; as long as it's not destroyed, it can be preserved indefinitely.
If this body is indeed killed by Long Bo, although his true form will not die, it will be severely damaged and will take a long time to recover.
Therefore, Chen Mu's trip to the palace was not without risk, but relatively speaking, the risk was within a controllable range.
"This Soul-Devouring Insect is a bit troublesome!"
Chen Mu originally planned to retrieve the part of the Divine Soul in the substitute's sea of consciousness, but he found that the Soul-Devouring Insect would react as soon as the substitute's Divine Soul moved, which made him hesitant to act, so he had to give up for the time being.
He had just looked up information about the Soul- Soul-Devouring Insect Soul-Devouring Insect had gained some understanding of it.
The Soul-Devouring Insect is an extremely rare insect. Legend has it that even gods would suffer great damage if they were to be burrowed into their bodies by it, and cultivators below the God Level have never been known to be able to get rid of it.
The Soul-Devouring Insect cannot be killed from the outside, otherwise it will drag the cultivator down with it. The only way to kill it without harming the host is to refine it with one's own cultivation. However, Spiritual Power cannot kill it; only Divine Power can.
That's why Long Bo was so at ease, letting Chen Mu return to the Chen Kingdom.
It seems impossible for Chen Mu to break through to the God Level in a short period of time, no matter Heaven-Defying his talent is.
"Forget it, if we can't get it back, we won't take it back for now."
"Take it back to the Hall of Living Beings first, then I'll call Xuejun over and study it with me at my own pace."
Even though Chen Mu came from Earth, he doesn't actually understand the technical principles behind biological cloning technology.
But he only used the little biology he learned in high school and college to explain it to Chen Xuejun, and Chen Xuejun helped him to completely research this technology.
In this matter, Chen Xuejun is a true genius, but Chen Mu's contribution is equally indispensable.
In scientific research, having a definite research direction often makes things much easier.
For example, primitive people didn't know how to roast meat with fire, but if they frequently saw others roasting meat with fire, they could master the skill in just a few days.
Similarly, even after millions of years of human evolution, we have not been able to invent the atomic bomb, but once the first one is invented, many other countries will soon follow suit.
Chen Mu brought to the world was not just the technology he possessed, but a viable direction for the evolution of civilization—an invisible ability that others could not even imagine.
The inability to retrieve the Divine Soul from the substitute body will still have some impact on Chen Mu's strength, but he has already decided to set off back to the Chen Kingdom now.
After returning to the Chen Kingdom, he should not be fighting with anyone for quite some time, so even if his strength decreases slightly, it shouldn't have a significant impact.
After making his decision, Chen Mu in green robes used Sealing Talisman Technique Talisman-Robed Chen Mu seal himself completely inside the spaceship.