Chapter 266: Convenience and Versatility in One Small Package

Chapter 266: Convenience and Versatility in One Small Package

Zhi Ahn froze in midair. He turned and looked at the mysterious seniors body. Was he not actually a senior? For him to die in one blow

He hesitated, then dropped down to the ground and squatted there, examining the mans small body. Maybe he was a lower-realm cultivator trying to bluff me. But then, why charge at me? No most likely hes a clone of some sort, and his real body is elsewhere!

Zhi Ahn stood and looked around. He licked his lips, then stepped back.

Sword light flew through the sky. Ding Qinwen appeared over him, brows furrowed. Zhi Ahn, What happened?

A second later, Lu Lintei appeared beside him, yawning. She looked around, found the small body, and frowned. Does that guy look familiar to anyone else?

I think its someones clone. I couldn't sense his cultivation, but then I killed him in one stroke... it's too strange for this to be his real body. Lets split up and patrol the border. The real cultivator may have been waiting for us to come here and let our guard down to break in! Zhi Ahn said earnestly. He knelt and picked up the head by its ponytail.

Green blood streamed down. Splatters fell over the grass and earth.

Hui laid there quietly, limp and still. Internally, he beamed. This body is so convenient! I dont have to breathe, I dont have a heartbeat to slow I can lose my head, and its the same as losing any other limb.

I need to protect my core my lotus seed. But as long as I do that, they can maim me to pieces, and its nothing! How convenient.

And with the size-changing feature, its versatile, too! I can masquerade as a normal cultivator, a child, a doll I can shrink down and use it to sneak into small places. Hmm, and I wonder could I grow extra-large as well?

The most important part, though, is that when it comes to death faking, this body is unrivaled. Limbs, huge wounds As long as I suppress my cultivation and bleed the right color

Its a bit too late for that now, but it was a spur of the moment situation. In the future, Ill have to fix that. Anyways, for this time, theyve already decided Im a clone.

Me, a clone? Its not wrong, but its not exactly right, either.

If Senior says so, then Ill go ahead and take my leave first, Zhi Ahn said. He looked at the head in his hand one last time, then turned and ran, hopping onto his sword mid-stride.

Go on, everyone go! Hui cried silently. His life qi continued to dwindle as green blood seeped out of his neck. If I start shrinking again, they might go investigate my body, and then!

Ding Qinwen wandered over to Huis body. He kicked it lightly. Hui rolled with the kick, falling onto his back. Ding Qinwen scanned over his body, searching for something.

What? Whats he looking for? Hui wondered.

Lu Lintei yawned again and nodded at Ding Qinwen. She gestured behind her and in front of her. Ill take that half, you go that way?

Junior Sister, be sure to actually check, okay? Ding Qinwen said gently.

Lu Lintei waved her hand, wandering off. She scratched her head and yawned again , then hopped onto her sword and flew off.

Ding Qinwen shook his head at her retreating figure and turned himself, heading off toward the boundary of the sect where Sis Mei had been lying.

Thank goodness I moved her, Hui thought, internally sighing with relief.

Hui waited for another few minutes before sitting up. He stretched, then surged his life qi toward his severed head. A green bud pushed through his neck, then grew into a new head. Hui grew slightly smaller. He cracked his neck and patted his cheeks, looking around. Not having a head was weird.

Especially since I could still sense my surroundings with my mental energy I dont always feel that Im in a cultivation world, but I definitely do right now.

He glanced ahead and backward, where Lu Lintei and Ding Qinwen had vanished off to, then turned and ran toward his Masters peak. The familiar paths and forests of the sect passed him by. The bodies of cultivators laid here and there along the path, stuck in the state of playing dead. He tried not to look at them too hard, biting his lip. Im going to fix this. Starbound Sect will rise again. Sis Mei, Xixing Ill bring you back.

Ill cultivate some life qi from Mount Mu, then head off. Sis Mei and Xixing will be safer on the peak than anywhere else. Theyll stay safe there until I can bring everyone back.