Sage walked across the top of the dais towards the huge stone casket. He couldnt help but admire the masterful craftsmanship that went into creating the extrely lifelike and highly detailed stone statue on top of the lid. It looked just like a person lying in repose upon a stone slab, but it had the texture of stone. The stone had the sa color as a flesh tone might, but he rely comnded the artist for their excellent choice of material. Hed seen stone with bright black and white patterns, vividly colored red and greens with complicated spatters and many other types of stones back on Earth, so a stone with a skin-like color was no big deal.
It was the sa regal face he rembered, with pointed eyebrows and a well trimd mustache. Sage examined the stone face for a mont before he rembered himself and kneeled down on the ground. He lowered his forehead down to touch the ground and paid respect to his ancestor. Hed been in this life many many tis longer than Earth, and hed rged with many different beings. Hed long ago co to terms with being many things at once. His identity included many different individual personalities and he was all of them at the sa ti. He no longer worried about being discovered as an imposter or being unworthy of carrying the na of a person whose body he took over. As soon as he stood back up, that deep voice echoed around him.
You finally return. Didnt I say to co back once you ford a core, why did you wait until you coalesced your Nascent Soul?
Forgive Ancestor. I ran into many difficulties along the way. I also felt guilty because of the assistance you gave last ti. I didnt want to ask for more before keeping my promise.
Before keeping
The ancestors voice trailed off and then Sage felt a pulse of Qi wash over him. It was washed past him and then he lost track of it. It didnt disappear, but once it left the small area that he had his Spiritual Sense covering it was like the wave of Qi had never existed.
Interesting! So many of them with my blood. What did you do? Theyre all beasts. How can there be so many generations this quickly, did you choose a weak Spirit Insect that breeds quickly?
Sage felt a slight overtone of rage in the ancestors words and without any resistance at all he felt himself cowering backwards. He stopped himself after taking a step back and he gave the ancestors casket a low bow, Forgive ancestor, we are no longer humans. I chose to use the Colossal Iron Mantis and modified it to give us unique advantages. Every clan mber is now born with ancestral mories of how to apply a Human Seal. Each of them acts as a human from birth and only releases their true form for ergencies. They arent living and breeding rapidly as insects.
The ancestor cut him off while he was still explaining, Then how is there so many generations already? Its only been a few decades since last ti!
I have a Green Core, he bowed low again before continuing, I stumbled upon a Seed of Life when I was young and used the accelerated ti to raise the clan on my Inner World, err thats what I call it. Ive heard it's known as a World Core to others.
World Core? What!? Who would have thought my Lang Clan would be so lucky! Excellent! Thats comndable of you to raise your family without being able to interact with them directly, youve sacrificed much for the clan.
Sage held up his hands, not wanting to get rewarded for sothing he didnt do, Oh no, I didnt sacrifice like that. I have a clone body that has been with them on my World Core the whole ti.
To demonstrate his point, Sage brought out the Soul Clone. The two of them were identical in their human form, but their true bodies were different. Sages was still a gigantic amalgamation of Genesis Spider, Sea Locust, and his favorite abilities, while the Soul Clone was a Jade Sky Mantis. After letting the ancestor examine the clone with his Qi, Sage sent it back into the Inner World. Just that few minutes of ti in the real world was equivalent to being gone for a few days.
It was also because it was the first ti hed brought the Soul Clone out since first sending it inside and he hadnt realized how vulnerable it made him feel. Sage had grown very used to being able to view the world in slow motion. His consciousness was shared between two different bodies, and because one of those bodies was moving at many tis faster speed, he almost felt like the Inner World was the real world and the outside world was like a turn based ga. He had so much ti to make every decision that he could carefully deliberate on the best course of action even in the most hectic and stressful situations. What was a split second instinctive reaction with ones life on the line for others beca akin to a turn tir. A decision that others had a second for turned into more than eleven minutes for him, giving him ample ti to plan the optimal course of action. It was even more absurd when he entered combat and used Foresight to see what was going to happen.
The mont of bringing the Soul Clone back into the outside world felt like stripping off all his clothes. He felt utterly vulnerable and only when the Soul Clone was returned to the Inner World was he able to relax once again.
The ancestor was speechless. He had examined the Soul Clone with a tendril of Qi, but said nothing. Then the tendril retracted and Sage put his clone away. Then he waited cautiously for a few monts before adding details that he felt the ancestor might want to hear, Including the Seed of Life Ive been able to collect ten Heavenly Materials so far. Once the clan has settled in I plan on seeking revenge against those who wronged us, and after that I will be hunting for more Heavenly Materials. Please forgive for being so weak, Great Ancestor.
After what seed like an eternity of silence the ancestor let out a sigh, After you chose to be a monster, I was worried for the future of the clan, but it seems you have extrely strange luck. Ill just have to hope that you survive long enough to truly bring us back to prosperity. You seek to avenge the wrongs perpetrated against the clan. That is good, but you must be cautious. Do not ever offend the Imperial Family. If we have to act to protect you, that will squander what precious ti we have remaining. Dont disappoint us.
Imperial Family? Is that the Royal Family?
The royals answer to the imperials. The Dou Family are subordinates of the Tianxia Family. The Tianxia Capital is quite a ways from here, the tower rises to the heavens to signify their power and ties to their nasake, under heaven. Its a bold claim to declare ownership of all under heaven, but their ancestors did a pretty good job. Dont try to go against them or youll ruin the clan again. Anyway, Ive wasted enough ti. Youve done well so far, but dont get complacent. You have to protect the clan and keep improving your strength. If you beco a saint then getting the revenge you seek will take just a flip of your hand.
Sage was startled by this command, All cultivators dream to beco saints, but how can I do that? All I know is that we must advance our understanding of the laws, but nobody has any idea how to do that. This ungrateful descendant begs for your help.
He bowed to the casket again, but the ancestor just laughed at him, Hahaha. So quick to change your tune. Well done, but Im afraid youre out of luck. Only the Imperials are allowed to pass down a cultivation technique that can take you to sainthood. Heh, I can see that look in your eyes, but dont even think about it. Even if you steal their thod it only works with a specific cultivation technique tailored to match the imperial bloodline and it requires very rare materials to take to completion. Those materials are expensive even for them.
Oh ho! Did I hear soone ntion expensive materials?
At that mont, they were interrupted by a third voice. A swirl of smoke appeared next to Sage and a slovenly dressed fellow with his robe hanging off one shoulder was standing there with a long tal pipe in hand. His whole arm was out of the sleeve of his robe, exposing half his chest and exposing the fact that despite his amazingly beautiful and attractive face he was in fact a man.
Mmm, I can always sll a heavy purse. So, who wishes to conduct a deal?
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