
Faced with the situation where they were both injured, Yan Xu still maintained his composure. He had absolutely no concern for his bloodied mouth due to the more important thing, the other party had mimicked the movements he randomly made in such a way as to look like he was attacking.
In fact, the move Yan Xu had made was a divine spear technique that he had intentionally deformed in order for the other party to suffer internal injuries, while he was already preparing pills to treat his internal injuries.
'It is easy ... Just make a movement that can damage the internal organs, so he will imitate it without knowing the consequences of the movement, while I have made preparations.'
Yan Xu immediately threw the healing pill into his mouth, with the blink of an eye the injuries he had suffered had disappeared.
As hard as he tried to attack the forest guards, Yan Xu would not be able to win with a direct clash. The habits possessed by the monster were still the same as before, he would let his opponent attack first then imitate the entire essence of their technique.
From the beginning Yan Xu had indeed deliberately made the first move, then the habit was already confirmed by how the forest guards continued to buy time until there was a technique that he could replicate.
After knowing there was a limit to the techniques that could be imitated, Yan Xu deliberately changed the movements of the divine spear technique - the Lili Waves. There are a hundred defects in the technique, where the person using it will get internal injuries.
While Yan Xu had only used that technique with optimal movements, the forest rangers had used it as much as twice as much as him, which was why the injuries within the rangers were more severe than Yan Xu.
'This is why, parents always teach their children not to cheat during exams. Fortunately, I prefer to answer anything, rather than cheat. Otherwise, it's possible gorilla—no, I mean, he'll hit me.'
"And the most important thing here ... This is just the first step of the horror of the hundred defects I've made."
Continues to? What's gonna happen next?
The forest guard's face was deathly pale, he had almost lost the strength to speak as the pain that spread throughout his dantian was now growing stronger. Like cancer cells, the pain continues to eat away at both his body and his mind.
Yan Xu walked up to the forest guard and pressed down on the few dantian points on his body then said, "Now the pain will lessen as long as you don't move or do unnecessary things."
"T-Master, why are you so evil?! I admit, I unintentionally offended you, but as a cultivator on the path of truth, aren't you being too ruthless?" protesting the forest guards who were already crying in pain.
"Road truth? Me? Are you blind?" yan Xu asked back with his confused looking face while tilting his head.
Gee!
The forest guard spewed out a mouthful of blood due to his mounting anger.
'Your mother! Your father, your entire family is a perverted demon cultivator!' the forest ranger swore in the middle of his dying life.
Ever since the first step, the other party had rendered him helpless. The forest ranger was out of his mind to survive, while the other party had delayed his death.
"The "Illusional forest has long existed on this plain. As a forest ranger, you've done your best by absorbing most of the qi energy in the victim's body and giving them a chance to survive. However, the fatal mistake you make is to assume what has been done to them is one form of lightening from you. What difference do you have with a violent creature that has killed many living things?"
Yan Xu turned around while talking about the actions of the forest guards.
"Give them a chance to survive? But, you will still leave them on the verge of death until another cultivator helps him. Are you the kind of person who believes in the name of destiny?"
Pluck up!
Yan Xu flicked his index finger to the forehead of the forest guard who was unable to move. There were bruises on the foreheads of the forest guards, but the other party was unable to move with a sharp eye gaze. If only that gaze could tear Yan Xu's body apart, he might have been scattered into thousands of pieces.
"Then, you have correctly interpreted morals according to mortal beings or cultivators on the path of truth. Merely, the value of morality to me is a little different to what you can imagine."
Yan Xu once again flicked his finger at the forest guard's forehead while laughing out loud.
He released a sizable amount of pure qi energy, formed an energy hand, then tore apart the body of the forest guard and took out his internal organs.
A loud scream filled the entire empty air on the illusionary forest. However, no one dared to look as they knew, the voice came from the forest guards. Just a little misstep, their lives would be at stake.
Now, the corpse of the forest guard had been lying on the ground and had lost its shape. Yan Xu who had obtained his internal organs, kept the part inside his dimension storage bag to hand over to Su Yinfeng after completing the mission this time.
He crouched down near the corpse of the forest guard and said, "The real cultivation of this girl is Soul Condensation, where she still has an additional life. Unfortunately, he could not bring out his full strength as it was still starving. This one-time death will set him back, meanwhile ...."
Hup!
Yan Xu grasped something in the empty air, which was the additional soul of the forest guard!
Yan Xu smiled faintly and said, "It is time to cleanse this soul and give it a new life. That way, it would create a reincarnated cultivator from a being that could copy all the techniques he had seen."
Gathering the remaining pure qi energy in the surroundings, Yan Xu created an array of formations that he had learned and developed through a new understanding.
Performing the reincarnation technique against the soul was one of the new steps for Yan Xu to prepare himself, if there was one of their members whose soul he could still save. That way, the members of the Wind Peak were almost said to be immortal as long as Yan Xu or the other members could perform the reincarnation technique he was trying to develop.
The first test subjects Yan Xu was finally able to find in the Illusory Forest!
Smiling happily, Yan Xu was still setting up the formation array while Xia'er who was on Ziu Long's back massaged his forehead as if feeling pity for the man's opponent.
'You deliberately look for problems with others so that they can be used as your test subject. Indeed, that was the way it was implied since you were looking for an excuse to be able to fight with the weak rangers due to restraining his appetite!'
...
First, he had to make four formation arrays according to Xuanyuan realm windshield gate.
At the North corner, Yan Xu made a formation array with a dragon pattern that soared into the sky. This meant that the Northern Continent was the origin of the power of the dragon race.
In the West corner, he made a formation array with a turtle pattern along with his shell. This signifies that the Western gate is the origin of the formation of an element that includes the body, blood, blood essence and that will include the container for the reincarnated soul.
At the Eastern corner, Yan Xu described an array of formations with the shape of a Phoenix. At the gates of Eastern life, souls that had yet to be cleansed, would be cleansed through the sacred Phoenix life flames. That way, the reborn soul will become holy and free from the sins of the previous life.
At the Southern corner, Yan Xu made a formation array with the shape of a tiger. The purpose of the Southern gateway to life is to impart common sense, morality, ability and talent to the soul that is ready to be reborn.
Beres with the creation of the four life gate formation arrays, Yan Xu placed the forest guard spirit right in the middle of the four formation arrays.
Now, all he needed was a birthstone and giving a little life essence as well as qi energy to activate each formation. That way, the process of turning the life cycle that would create Yan Xu's version of reincarnation technique would be complete.
Having no birthstone, Yan Xu was willing to pay with his life essence. If this continued, he knew most likely that he would be dying. However, he preferred to continue since he was basically an immortal being and the rest, just left for the other party to not find that fact after the trial was over.
Taking a deep breath, Yan Xu gathered the pure qi energy within his body while saying, "From today on, you are no longer a forest guard nor a monster. Use my skills, the knowledge that I have put down and your loyalty just for the sake of the Peak Wind. I, Yan Xu, will give you a name, Yan Mei Xiang, which means elegance will always accompany at your every step. As the First Master of the Peak Wind, I decided to raise you as my second direct disciple!"
After uttering his declaration for the soul to be reborn, Yan Xu made a hand seal and his body was filled with a bluish light that emitted a high divinity.
Yan Xu's age, qi energy and life essence began to be absorbed drastically by the four life gate arrays he had made.
With his life essence being absorbed by the four life gate formation arrays, Yan Xu could feel a cold sensation creeping from the tip of his foot.
Carefully, Yan Xu carried out the process of making containers, purifying spirits, giving blessings and inheritance to Yan Mei Xiang who was about to be reborn.
The soul, which was originally just a beam of light, now turned into a baby and gradually began to develop into a 12-year-old child with a beautiful look and maximum charm.
Yan Mei Xiang's growth only stopped when he stepped on the appearance with the age of 13, signaling Yan Xu had reached his limit. In fact, he could have made Yan Mei Xiang reborn into a full-grown girl, just that it would probably have left the innocent girl who was unfamiliar with this world confused. Not only that, he also did not want to die and then rise again in front of Xia'er and Ziu Long who did not know the secret.
Thug!
Yan Xu fell down on the ground exhausted, while Yan Mei Xiang was still sound asleep on his lap. He immediately gave Yan Mei Xiang the typical immortal dress and robes of the First Master of Wind Peak direct disciples along with the extra dimensional storage pouch he was carrying. On the dimensional storage pouch, Yan Xu had given some spirit stones and cultivation technique books that he had written himself on Yan Mei Xiang's possession.
A deviant smile could not be spared from the handsome man's face.
'Successful!'
The pleasure of successfully using the reincarnation technique he had finally felt. Just needing an adjustment in the process, it would make some people other than him able to use the technique.
Basically, the experiment this time around actually ate too much of Yan Xu's life essence. Therefore, in this world, other than those who possessed immortal bodies like the ones he possessed, it would be impossible to use reincarnation techniques. If there are still desperate to try, it is tantamount to suicide or wasting lives.
Xia'er who was watching from above, jumped from Ziu Long's back towards Yan Xu.
Taps.
He fell to the ground lightly and said, "What should we do with the boy?"
"Hm ... You send him with Ziu Long back to the Peak of Wind, while I will continue this journey myself. There are only two more places left, if you ask for more, then I will not have a face to face with Aunt Yueyin."
"Related?" xia'er asked.
"Un, of course. Oho! After the child wakes up, please teach him the manners and rules of life that have been learned by every member of the Peak Wind. Don't teach him a difficult technique since his cultivation realm fell too much to condensate qi."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
Approving Yan Xu's request, Xia'er did not say much and directly lifted Yan Mei Xiang's body. They flew towards Ziu Long's back and rushed back towards Luo Immortal Sect.
Making sure Xia'er had been far away, Yan Xu used an energy spear to stab his own heart.
"Ughh! I hate pain. However, failure for the sake of a long-term plan is more painful, than having to endure death again."
The temporary loss of consciousness, the excruciating pain he felt had disappeared and his body had been reconstructed as if it had no internal wounds or lack of life essence.
Letting Xia'er go was not Yan Xu's wish, but he could not divulge the secret that he was an immortal being. If it was leaked to his own allies, their lives might be in danger while Yan Xu still had to increase his combat power. He did not want to let the slightest flaw happen to the long-term plan, before they would finally face the great calamity that had been predicted.
Not long after that Yan Xu woke up with a healthy body. The Illusory Forest that had stood for a long time, was now destroyed and left only the ruins of trees and leaves scattered, while the mist of illusion had disappeared.
Without wasting any time, Yan Xu left using the flying clouds towards the nearest city before heading to the next region.
'Huft, the trip this time was not in vain. Merely, I should also pay attention to the souvenirs for Su Yinfeng as per our agreement. That way, he wouldn't be too suspicious of any gains we've gained while his attention was fixed on those useless objects.'
Given how Su Yinfeng had made things difficult for her, Yan Xu vowed to give her the worst souvenir that the old woman would not forget for the rest of her life.