A Little Trick! Soul Clone

Tian Ling raised her hand and drew a thin, milky-white thread from between Qing Lin's brows.

She then connected it to the spot between her own brows, from which an equally pure stream of Soul Origin poured forth.

A soul link?

Xiao Xuan raised an eyebrow.

Such a technique was uncommon, and having a magical beast perform it really was asking a bit much of her.

Connections between souls had always been profoundly mysterious.

Just as Tian Ling was about to take the next step, the soul power that burst forth instantly enveloped both of them.

Guarding against me too?

Xiao Xuan was somewhat speechless. How could a technique like that block the methods of someone in the Soul Emperor Realm?

Wisps of golden soul light slipped in beneath Qing Lin's feet.

Xiao Xuan had never truly felt at ease about that Ancient Heavenly Snake.

Soul power bearing an incomparably warm force settled inside Qing Lin.

Strangely, there were hardly any traces of foreign power within her.

Quite surprised, Xiao Xuan turned his gaze to the extraordinarily mysterious connection between their brows.

Does this lead to... the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils?

Xiao Xuan had a rough idea of the secret behind it.

The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were likely a kind of tool, used to exchange power and travel to a mysterious place.

The power of magical beasts should have been the driving force, but human power had inevitably been borrowed as well.

Or rather, even if the magical beast experts of the past had wanted to create a secret realm, they ultimately could not do without the human physique.

The magical beast race was indeed powerful, but when it came to all-around refinement, humans still led the way.

Thus, what Tian Ling valued most was the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Before, he had only known of the refining space unique to the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, used to store the snake-type magical beasts its owner had subdued. Now it seemed that was merely its most superficial use.

Deep within it lay an even greater secret!

As the bearer of this generation's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Qing Lin's potential role was surely anything but simple.

The soul link Tian Ling had performed also had Qing Lin at its core.

Having more or less understood, Xiao Xuan felt reassured.

Soon, the Soul Origin power vanished completely, and Qing Lin's presence gradually began to emanate from Tian Ling.

"All right. From now on, we're grasshoppers tied to the same rope."

Tian Ling was utterly exhausted, and even her soul core was somewhat unstable.

But the result was worth it. From now on, she had a stable place to reside, and her soul could gradually be nourished back to health.

Returning to her peak was only a matter of time.

"A method similar to that of a companion spirit beast?"

Xiao Xuan had discerned some traces of it. Aside from Tian Ling's earlier little scheme, she had simply entrusted her soul core to Qing Lin.

How bold!

If they wanted to deal with her in the future, it really would not be easy.

After all, she was an ancient variant beast at the Peak Dou Sheng level. Even Xiao Xuan felt this was a remarkably rare opportunity.

With Qing Lin's help, there would likely be little help before she reached the High-Level Dou Sheng stage.

Even the threshold of the Dou Sheng realm would have difficulty holding her back.

Someone who could definitely become a Dou Sheng!

Xiao Xuan was tempted.

But he still was not entirely reassured. A ray of golden light emerged from between his brows and joined what he had left inside Qing Lin earlier.

A tiny clone, reduced to its utmost limit like a miniature carving, was completed.

Soul Clone!

As for the danger, it was really only those who had just entered the Soul Emperor Realm who would not dare attempt such a thing.

At the soul realm Xiao Xuan had reached after his transformation, the solidity and endurance of the source of his power were not something anyone below Dou Di could easily fathom.

Having expended a little Soul Origin power, Xiao Xuan looked slightly pale.

But after going out and regulating his breath for a while, he would recover!

"You, what are you..."

"Are you throwing your life away?!"

Tian Ling's expression was exceedingly complicated. It was only a disciple; did he really have to care this much?

A Soul Clone absolutely counted as splitting one's soul in two. Even if only a tiny amount of the Origin was separated, it still meant one's own soul was incomplete, with serious consequences down the line!

That view was not wrong, but it overlooked the importance of one's soul realm.

Or rather, without reaching that stage, who could have imagined that the soul's wondrous uses were in no way inferior to those of the physical body?

The path of the soul was also a grand and righteous path.

Xiao Xuan even had a premonition that if his soul transformed a little further, he might be able to match even a Dou Di head-on; each would simply have their own strengths.

By then, the soul's mysterious and vast power would not be something a mere Dou Di, wielding power comparable to that of heaven and earth, could easily disregard.

One stood in the light, the other in the dark—that was the difference.

But actually taking that step would likely be even harder than breaking through to Dou Di.

At least there were precedents to follow for breakthroughs in Dou Qi and the physical body.

But the soul's mysterious transformation could only come through a lucky chance or a convergence of circumstances.

It was far too unpredictable.

Xiao Xuan cast Tian Ling an indifferent glance. "No more little schemes from now on."

"None of your business!" Tian Ling felt deeply aggrieved, but she had nothing else to say.

She really had no means of resisting at all.

"I'm going back to rest!"

With that, Tian Ling vanished between Qing Lin's brows. That would be her dwelling place from now on.

The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the mysterious vortex that appeared deep within her eyes—was the space concealed there connected to the sea of consciousness between her brows?

He set the question aside for now. Once Little Qing Lin grew stronger, everything would naturally be revealed.

Looking at the exhausted Qing Lin, Xiao Xuan reached out and patted her little head. "You weren't frightened, were you? Are you tired?"

"You don't need to worry too much from now on. I left some power inside you. If anything goes even slightly wrong, it will activate on its own."

If that were the only wondrous use of the Soul Clone, it would truly be an underestimation of it.

But there was no need to tell Qing Lin too much right now.

"Master, doesn't separating that Soul Origin cause you a lot of harm? Why don't you take it back? Sister Tian Ling probably won't hurt me."

After experiencing so much, Qing Lin seemed to have undergone quite a transformation, casting off her former pettiness.

"A little thing like that-how could it affect me? That little snake only throws her weight around in front of the weak."

"I also want to see if I can claim a share of the secrets you carry!"

"So you're not allowed to refuse!"

Having found a pretext, Xiao Xuan brushed Qing Lin's concern aside.

Besides, Xiao Xuan was also somewhat tempted by the secrets those ancient experts had spent so much effort constructing.

Whether they were useful or not, he only needed to take them all.

"All right!"

Qing Lin looked at Xiao Xuan with a determined expression. "I'll take you to explore that place later, Master. We can't get there yet."

Qing Lin felt somewhat unhappy about her own weakness, but when she thought about how she could help her master later, Little Qing Lin cheered up.

"Mm, we'll talk about it later!"

"Let's go out first. Your senior sister must be getting anxious from waiting!"

With a soft chuckle, Xiao Xuan's figure faded from Qing Lin's sea of consciousness, and her awareness returned to her body.

Outside.

With nothing to occupy him, Mo Xuan had even reinforced the Ancient Heavenly Snake ruins once more, incorporating quite a few spatial techniques into them.

Even an ordinary Low-Level Dou Sheng passing by would have no chance of noticing them.

It could be considered a little benefit left for Little Qing Lin!

He just didn't know whether that girl would be fortunate enough to enjoy it.

Just then, an immense presence spread out from Qing Lin.

Golden light flashed at the same time, and Xiao Xuan's figure appeared.