Chapter 243: 3rd Clone (1/2)

”It seems you have a real talent for teaching, Long Wang.”

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Su Lingxi made Zhao Pan and Bai Fan go through the first 7 steps again, just to make sure that they could actually do it properly before going on to the next step.

In the meantime, Xiao Fang was cross legged as he tried to use the [ Clone Vessel ] technique with 2 clones instead of one. Alas, it was too difficult. He figured that if he couldn't even use the [ Clone Vessel ] technique without going into a meditative state, then it made sense why he was unable to use the technique with 2 both his clones at the same time.

Despite being unsuccessful, he eventually realized how easy it was for him to control 2 clones at once. Usually it would take some effort to maintain their form, but he's been using the technique so much, controlling them felt as easy as using his own 2 hands.

'I wonder if I could make a 3rd,” Xiao Fang thought.

Just a week ago, that idea would've seemed impossible to him, but now he felt like it was within his ability.

Illusory Qi escaped his body as he attempted to create a 3rd clone. Su Lingxi eventually noticed what he was doing, so she started to pay attention to him as well.

'Has he already given up with the [ Clone Vessel ] technique?' She thought, not knowing that he had already learned it the other day.

She knew it was extremely difficult for someone who hadn't reached the [ Illusory Body ] Spirit Refinement realm to make a 3rd clone. So she was about to tell him not to waste his time, but then she saw him complete the first step.

Next to his 2 clones, Illusory Qi glowed as it formed an outline of Xiao Fang's sitting body.

'How did he...'

Su Lingxi's eyes widened in disbelief as she watched his clone slowly form. A few seconds later, his Illusory Qi filled in the gaps, completing its image.

'He actually did it, how is that possible?' Su Lingxi thought in disbelief.

Although what he did couldn't be considered a 3rd clone yet, it was still impressive.

At some point, Zhao Pan and Bai Fan started watching too, but they didn't share the same shock Su Lingxi did. All they could think was that they needed to train harder to catch up to him.

The 3rd clone's figure seemed unstable, almost as if its body was made of water. What Xiao Fang was able to do just now was just the easy part. Learning how to make its image stable and control it alongside his other clones was going to take some time to learn. Thinking about it was already giving Xiao Fang a headache.

To Xiao Fang, this wasn't anything to be proud about, but to Su Lingxi this made him seem like a once in a lifetime genius.

Xiao Fang scratched his head thinking about whether he should waste his time trying to learn how to use a 3rd clone. Although it would only take him a few days to learn, he felt like his time would be better spent learning something else.

As Xiao Fang was thinking about his options, Su Lingxi tried to make sense of what just happened.

'Could it be that he's already in the [ Illusory Body ] Spirit Refinement realm? That has to be it. But how could he already make a breakthrough to that realm? Wasn't he only given the Complete Method Scroll after passing the Inner Court Exam last week?'

The [ Illusory Body ] Incomplete Scroll only allowed Outer Court disciples to learn up to the 9th stage of the [ Illusory Body ] Spirit Foundation realm. So for Xiao Fang to already be in the [ Illusory Body ] Spirit Refinement realm, meant that he made at least one breakthrough in a week.

What Su Lingxi didn't know was that Xiao Fang wasn't only in the [ Illusory Body ] Spirit Refinement realm, but he had also broken through to the 2nd stage not too long ago.

”Elder Su, there's something I would like to ask you?”

”Yes, of course. What do you need help with?” Su Lingxi replied thinking it was about his 3rd clone.

”I've been practicing the [ Clone Vessel ] technique, but I've been having trouble with the final step. Is there any other way I can learn how to perform the technique without being in a meditative state?” He asked.

”I'm afraid not. Splitting your consciousness is not an easy thing to do, so only a few people in the sect have been able to do it,” she answered.

”It seems you were able to do it.”

”Haha, you can say that I'm a rare case,” she smiled proudly.

In the Black Paradise sect, the number of people that could split their consciousness only numbered in the dozens. However, only a few in the Black Paradise sect's history had ever managed to do so under the age of 30 like Su Lingxi did. That was the reason why she was given such a prestigious role in the inner court despite her only being in her 30s.

Xiao Fang wasn't too happy to hear that, but as long as it was possible, he wasn't going to give up. For now, he just pushed it to the back of his mind, and tried to think of something else he could practice during his time in class.

”Elder Su, would it be alright if I joined the other girls in the training room. I would like to start practicing the [ 10 Step Clone Maneuver ] technique,” Xiao Fang asked.

”Sure. When you're ready, I'll be waiting for you on the other side of that door,” she replied.

Xiao Fang had practiced the technique last night, but he didn't spend too much time on it because it required him to move in a way his body wasn't comfortable with. From what he could tell, it was more of an attack maneuver than an escape. He found it a bit interesting, because it required him to be more flexible than he was. Since training the Divine Sword method made his body so rigid, this wasn't a technique he could easily learn.

When Xiao Fang opened the door to the training room, he found that the whole place was organized into a moving obstacle course. No one seemed to notice him walking in because they were all too focused on the moving terrain in front of them as they ran.

The girls did acrobatic flips, kicked off the walls, and spun through tight places, never stopping for even a second. Although it seemed like fun, he didn't think he could do any of it. Being a swordsman required him to always have his feet firmly planted on the ground in an unshakeable stance, so his body shuddered as he watched all the girls' bodies flipping and bending in ways he's never done before.

'Perhaps this wasn't such a good idea, after all.'