Ch 428: The Perfect Clone
Since I started managing the Qingfeng Tavern.
Zhou Qianlin only then understood that there were many intricacies in this business.
But clearly this is irrelevant to the guests who come to eat and drink; even if they knew, they wouldn’t care. They only care about whether it’s worthwhile for them to come here.
“This damned sky, it’ll kill us sooner or later!”
“I think it won’t be long before I die suddenly one day, either from starvation or freezing to death!”
“I heard that the Dragon Court is also having a hard time recently, even His Majesty the Emperor is stressed out.”
“Could it be worse than our suffering? Even with the current natural disasters, they can still live well. Damn it, we can only endure hunger and cold, finding no way out…”
“Be careful what you say, be careful!”
“…”
Some guests who had drunk too much couldn’t control their mouths, venting their frustrations, which earned the agreement of some.
Zhou Qianlin watched this scene, feeling rather uncomfortable.
As the Senior Disciple Brother of the Longevity Temple, he naturally knew what was happening in the Dragon Court, and the truth of the matter, including the fact that his Martial Uncle didn’t die.
But knowing is one thing, but faced with the current situation, he could only watch, unable to do anything, unable to go anywhere.
After all, besides himself, there were also a crowd of junior brothers and sisters in the Longevity Temple who were dependent on him.
He had to stay here, keep the tavern going, and allow them to live more comfortably.
Zhou Qianlin silently returned to his counter, lay down on the table, gazed at the ceiling, and murmured: “Martial Uncle, how are things there? Is there a solution to this matter?”
At this time, Li Hanzhou had already begun refining the Spirit Treasure Mirror Flower in the secret chamber.
After melting all the materials, when it came to the final step of carving the inscriptions.
Li Hanzhou suddenly thought of a problem, and his heart became entangled.
If he refined the Mirror Flower, he could create a clone to stay in the Dragon Court as the Crown Prince of the Divine Palace, while his True Body, possessing his full strength, could safely go to the Western Ting to retrieve his original body.
Retrieving his original body would probably take a lot of effort and time.
But the clone left behind would have no strength whatsoever.
And his current Crown Prince identity meant that in this situation in the Divine Palace, he couldn’t remain indifferent, he had to do all sorts of things.
Some things the clone could do, such as going out to the streets and alleys to spread the word and stabilize the people’s hearts – these things just involved talking.
But some things the clone couldn’t do; for example, what if a rebellion broke out somewhere and Xiao Tiansheng asked him to personally solve it?
If that were the case, even if he could deceive them for a while, he couldn’t deceive them forever. One day, Xiao Tiansheng would discover the flaw.
And Xiao Tiansheng was not a hesitant person; otherwise, he wouldn’t have planned the rebellion long ago.
Although Li Hanzhou no longer needed to use Xiao Han’s identity for revenge, if Xiao Tiansheng discovered that he was a fake and investigated further, it would cause trouble for the Longevity Temple.
At that time, the Longevity Temple would certainly have no place to stand in the Divine Palace.
“Things have come to this; the Spirit Treasure is almost finished. I can only take things one step at a time.”
Li Hanzhou thought for a moment and quickly made up his mind.
Instead of worrying about the future, it’s better to finish my current goal first.
After all, as the saying goes, when you get to the mountain, you will find a way; when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally straighten itself.
Immediately, Li Hanzhou calmed his mind and began to concentrate on carving the inscriptions.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed, and Li Hanzhou in the secret chamber finally finished making the Spirit Treasure Mirror Flower.
“It’s time for the results.”
Li Hanzhou left the secret chamber, took the Mirror Flower back to his room, and checked the surroundings again to make sure no one was around.
Only then did he look at the blue lotus in his hand, wondering what would be different about this Mirror Flower.
As he channeled a strand of True Qi into the Mirror Flower.
The Mirror Flower immediately emitted a profound and mysterious purple light, and then it suddenly fell to the ground in front of him, slowly enlarging at a visible speed.
As the petals slowly unfolded, a figure exactly like him slowly walked out.
In terms of appearance, figure, and demeanor, they were exactly alike; the parts that should be big were big, and the parts that should be thin were thin.
Even Zhao Qing’er, his closest maidservant, would find it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.
“Thankfully, at least the Mirror Flower I made can still create a clone, and not some strange thing.”
A smile appeared on Li Hanzhou’s face.
He knew that his constitution was special. If the Mirror Flower had created a deformed clone, it would have been terrible, but luckily nothing went wrong.
Then Li Hanzhou carefully examined the clone inside and out.
Just as he transferred his consciousness to the clone, he suddenly discovered an anomaly in the clone’s appearance.
“Hmm?”
The clone controlled by Li Hanzhou slowly raised its hand, and a stream of True Qi slowly flowed out of its body, finally transforming into a sword Qi as thin and sharp as a breeze.
A look of excitement appeared on Li Hanzhou’s face.
He now knew the unique effect of the Mirror Flower he had made.
The clones created by the original Mirror Flower should be ordinary people with no cultivation level, only identical appearances.
But the clone he had created was the same as his current body, Xiao Han, possessing all the strength of his original body and the combat power of a Sword Immortal.
It was a perfect one-to-one replica.
But at that moment, the suddenly enlarged Mirror Flower dissipated at a visible speed.
Finally, it turned into a purple spot of light, flickered in mid-air, and completely disappeared.
Li Hanzhou was slightly stunned and immediately used his Domain to investigate.
He then confirmed that the Spirit Treasure Mirror Flower had truly dissipated after being used once.
In other words, he used one Mirror Flower, which was equivalent to using nine.
However, Li Hanzhou did not feel regretful and was still very happy.
The Mirror Flower he made had an effect comparable to an Innate Spirit Treasure, and even more miraculous than some Innate Spirit Treasures.
It was understandable that the Mirror Flower would dissipate if it couldn’t withstand the strain.
In short, Li Hanzhou was very satisfied.
He could now confidently leave his clone here without fear of being discovered.
“Next, I’ll prepare some things, and then I can go to the Western Ting.”
Li Hanzhou left the room, intending to go to the Treasury to get some things he needed.
Just then, a figure suddenly passed through the corridor on the other side and came before him, kneeling on one knee.
“Your Highness, your subordinate has an urgent matter to report!”
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