Recruit black physique to start practice in wasteland

Chapter 2493 Are you worthy?
Qu Jianlei really didn't believe it. No matter how strong the other party's methods were, could they be stronger than the Dao Stele?
Even if the Dao Stele cannot completely conceal cause and effect, at most it will only expose his own identity.

Is Qu Zhenzun afraid of revealing his identity code? If the other party dares to investigate, does he really think the Lingyun Sect has become a vegetarian?

As he expected, the other party did indeed want to investigate him by reversing cause and effect.

Unfortunately, the faint yet incredibly fast causal lines collapsed a great distance from the Dao stele.

Qu Jianlei, on the other hand, pinpointed the other party's location, "Good heavens, they're actually next to Zhan Meng Er, not at all near the Wine Immortal!"

However, at the same time, not far outside the Wine Immortal area, inside a meteorite, a figure sitting cross-legged was vaguely visible, and suddenly trembled.

The meteorite is roughly cylindrical in shape, over ten kilometers high, and about two kilometers in diameter.

As the figure shuddered, the massive meteorite instantly shattered, and the figure slowly opened its eyes.

There was no emotion in his eyes, only confusion and a faint hint of doubt.

Then, the figure moved slightly, stood up straight, raised its hand to pick up the rubble, and then reached out to tear open space and slipped inside.

After entering subspace, the figure moved billions of kilometers before attempting to sense the clone that was far away near Zhanmeng II.

This is the true form of Na Hong Zhen Zun, who usually takes great care to conceal his existence.

The cultivation technique he practiced had a unique characteristic: his true body was indestructible, and his true soul was unharmed.

As long as the true body can be preserved intact, the extent to which the clone is destroyed is basically not a loss.

The Thousand Illusions True Venerable also has many avatars, but without the protection of Mount Ling, the karmic curse could affect the true avatar.

Even the true form of Nahong Zhenzun is not entirely immune to karmic curses.

However, he can make his clones take more damage to protect his main body as much as possible.

He just sensed that his clone had been subjected to causal perception, triggering a response mechanism, and his protective treasure had been destroyed.

He doesn't have many clones, only two in total. It's not that he can't create more, but that there's no need for him to.

The Du family isn't particularly high-profile in the Jia'er area, nor are they particularly keen on competing for resources, but they certainly don't lack financial resources.

As... well, even if he's not the true venerable one, he won't lack operating funds, right?

Na Hong's two clones can be divided into a main clone and a secondary clone in terms of their functions. The main clone is also rarely used, while the secondary clone roams the Houde Realm.

The secondary clone is not his true form; its main purpose is to gather intelligence, and its combat capabilities are not high. It has been destroyed twice.

He usually only uses his main clone when the true venerable one needs to appear, and that's enough. Creating more clones would be too high-profile.

Nahong was well aware of what his clone had been doing recently, so he abandoned his usual laziness and kept a close eye on it.

Who would have thought that the situation we faced this time would be so dangerous, that we could sense it even without paying attention.

"What kind of investigation could this be?" he wondered to himself. Surely it couldn't be the work of a Nascent Soul Grandmaster?
The Heavenly Secret Talisman he used for protection was obtained after he had applied multiple times after advancing to the True Venerable realm.

No one thought he could become a True Venerable before. After leaving his body, he couldn't make the corresponding Heavenly Secret Talisman in a short time.

It's kind of funny that he infiltrated the undercover operation and became the true master...

The Heavenly Secret Talisman, which was obtained after a long time, has obvious effects; it can conceal heavenly secrets and trace back the cause and effect of True Venerables.

The fact that the Heavenly Secret Talisman was now damaged was a huge surprise to him.

Na Hong Zhenzun did not believe that it was the Divine Lord who made the move. As a Zhenzun-level undercover agent, he was quite familiar with the methods of the Divine Lord.

If it were truly a True Lord making a move, he could take down both the clone and the main body with a single thought, without any further trouble.

But now his situation is also quite dangerous.

It wasn't a split-body attack, but at least a peak-level Nascent Soul cultivator, and likely possessed a powerful magic weapon.

Na Hong himself wandered through the sub-layer space, constantly pondering: How should this matter be handled?

First, he needs to send the message out. If the main clone sends it directly, it will affect others. So he can only send it through the secondary clone.

Then, the causal connection between the two clones needs to be severed... The effect probably won't be very good, but it's better than nothing.

What he is considering now is whether or not to destroy his main body in order to cut off the other party's investigation as much as possible.

However, can destroying the main clone truly prevent the opponent from detecting it? That's hard to say.

The key issue is that he still doesn't understand what methods the other party is using.

As a qualified undercover agent, how could I not find out such important intelligence?
Na Hong Zhenzun was well aware that his combat strength was not very strong, because that was not his main focus of development.

Although he was secretly improving his combat strength, he did not receive much support from his hometown in this regard.

Moreover, he was well aware that with a sharp blade in his heart, the desire to kill would arise, and in order to better complete the mission, he had to try to suppress his desire to become stronger.

There's no problem with steadily improving one's cultivation level; no one can criticize that. However, there's a limit to how much one should increase their combat power.

So after thinking it over, he decided not to destroy his clone for the time being, but to see what the other party was capable of first.

Ultimately, although he was an undercover agent from another realm, he did not do anything outrageous in Houde.

This scheme by the All-Encompassing Realm is not aimed at destroying this particular world, and its subjective malice is not very strong.

Once we join the joint development of the other world, although Houde's interests will be harmed, it is still an external benefit, isn't it?

According to the rules of the martial arts world, everyone gets a share. If you're generous enough to enjoy the meat, is it really so wrong for others to just have a sip of soup?
Furthermore, he is, in any case, a True Venerable.

Even if Houde really wanted to take action against such a top-tier being, he would have to weigh the damage it would cause to the relationship between the two realms.

Based on these calculations, his main clone not only did not destroy itself, but instead took out another Heavenly Secret Talisman.

The effect of this backup Heavenly Secret Talisman is definitely not as good as the first one.

He just wanted to test whether the other party's corresponding methods were also a one-time thing.

In addition, he also wanted to take the opportunity to divine how his clansmen were doing.

Nahong's true form is closer to his people, but it is clearly not appropriate for his true form to intervene in this matter.

After calculating the fate of his clansmen, Na Hong was instantly enraged: How dare they capture all five Nascent Soul cultivators?
Besides the Nascent Soul cultivators, two other promising Golden Core cultivators have also gone missing.

"The calamity will affect future generations..." After his initial anger subsided, Na Hong calmed down: "The Lingyun Sect has finally made its move."
At first, he couldn't be sure that his opponent's divination was definitely motivated by recent events.

The Wine Immortal region is already quite chaotic, so it's quite possible that some situations he's unaware of might arise.

However, he has an excellent reputation in the area, so even if someone wanted to scheme against him, they wouldn't go to such extremes.

Upon discovering that seven of his most cherished descendants had gone missing, Na Hong felt not only anger but also a complete loss of any remaining hope.

He could accept the consequence of it affecting his descendants; he had mentally prepared himself for this when he took on the task.

But when he actually encountered this situation, he still felt quite bad: It's such a small thing, is it really worth making such a fuss about?

He was well aware of the pressure exerted on Houde by the Realm of All Things; at most, it was just some intimidation, plus the addition of some True Venerables in the void.

It's not wrong to say that Chen Bing was a threat, but the original intention of those True Venerables was nothing more than to share some of the opportunities!
Which True Immortal doesn't want to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and doesn't want to accumulate more resources for future generations? This is only human nature.

In fact, even Na Hong Zhen Zun might not realize that he had invested a lot of emotion in his descendants.

His life was already like this. When he returned to the Realm of All Things to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he thought he might as well die there.
Being able to advance to the True Venerable realm was a wonderful surprise, like a pie falling from the sky. He didn't think he could even attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

A hometown he can never return to, a place of no identity in Houde... He only hopes that his descendants, who know nothing about this, can live better lives.

Influenced by these emotions, he decided to have a serious talk with the other party: Is what I did really that serious, that it would affect my family?

Nahong was well aware that his ideas were somewhat wishful thinking, and might even be seen as him talking to himself.

But if he doesn't argue, his thinking won't be clear: at worst, it's just self-destruction, what's the big deal?
However, the moment his clone saw... sensed the other's aura, he regretted it, "It was you, wasn't it?"

"I hate these unfriendly nicknames the most," Qu Jianlei appeared a moment later with a dark face, "You made me unhappy!"

"I hope you won't resist, and that you'll be dignified. I don't want to accidentally kill you."

This is also why he dislikes similar missions, because Nahong's life or death should not be decided by him.

This is a conflict at the boundary level, and if not handled properly, it could escalate into a boundary war.

Qu Jianlei is not afraid of inter-regional wars, and has participated in them more than once or twice.

But a war between the two cultivation worlds? Sorry... he didn't want to see human cultivators killing each other.

To be honest, if he hadn't come into contact with the Realm of Virtue first, he might have been more supportive of the Realm of All Things.

Faced with a vast alien world, how much difference is there between developing it alone and developing it with two people?

He came to arrest people; he didn't kill the other seven, but took them all back to Baiqiao for processing.

Although he wanted to take matters into his own hands, he didn't intend to attract much hatred at the moment—he just wanted to divert attention from his teammates.

Therefore, he doesn't need to rack his brains over such troublesome matters.

"You accidentally killed me?" Nahong was somewhat unconvinced. "Are you sure you could do it?"

“Oh,” Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, “No wonder, it’s just an avatar… How about we make a bet?”

"You're divining my fate again?" Nahong's clone smiled slightly. "The renowned Years, I'd love to see for myself."

"I can see that you're determined to die," Qu Jianlei said calmly, "but if I may ask, do you... deserve it?"

“That’s true,” Na Hong nodded. “I’m just Ling Yun’s dog anyway. Would you dare kill me without my master’s permission?”

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