"Oh, so you can control two beasts at this age, impressive, indeed." Jin Ling said.
"It's indeed surprising, but you're not the only one who can do that. Even though they are mostly older than you, I have seen many do that." Liu Yang was the one to speak this time and he continued,
"Even though you can win a few rounds with this, you will eventually lose. Anyway, what's so special about this snake, that Yue Qing trusts you just because of this."
So, they want to know my secrets before the battle even started. Experts know how to play indeed. In the name of Yue Qing, they are trying to know what I can do. But I wasn't born yesterday either, Yang Zhai considered.
"Brother, that's just the tip…" Xiu Lan was about to say something when she was interrupted by Yang Zhai.
"Well, you are right; these two were the ones for which Yue Qing sought my help. Even though these are just two, they are a terrifying combination. You might have already felt that this snake is strange. Why don't I show you something…" Yang Zhai said this.
The others were curious as to what Tzu Yu was saying. They also felt that there was something strange about this snake.
Yang Zhai picked up the snake and tore it in half.
"Hmm,"
This left others flabbergasted. What was he doing?
Killing his own beast? Is he crazy…: Biu Le thought.
"Tzu Yu… what are you doing… you didn't need to do that." Yue Qing asked worriedly.
Even though she couldn't sense non-living things, this snake was made of void power. And this void power itself had its essence, so she could sense the essence of this snake.
Sun Jian and Jin Ling looked at this quietly.
"What's going on? Why does it have the same pattern even after being torn…" Liu Yang muttered with confusion.
His eyes were flickering constantly; others didn't notice this, though. This flickering lasted for less than a blink.
After a while, it turned into a black smog and scattered.
Then, Yang Zhai activated his void rays. The remnants returned to their original form and emerged again from his left hand in the form of the Damnation Snake.
It worked!
What happened here is what I like to call Connection. This is something I discovered in the past. In actuality, the toll left in a cultivator's body and the technique released are connected to each other. So, when we eliminate the toll from our body, this connection ends. However, if we don't eliminate the toll, the connection stays.
We don't feel this connection, but it is there. Even though the connection exists, we can't recall these techniques back into our bodies. The deeper the toll, the deeper the connection
However, Sun Jian just mentioned that the toll had deeply taken root in both my left arm and shoulder bones. This gave me an insight, a revelation.
The moment the Damnation Snake died, it scattered and I recalled it back into my left arm. Even though they scattered, they still existed in the form of scattered remnants, or to be exact, particles. So, what I just had to do was activate the void power to form it back into the Damnation Snake after the particles returned to my arm.
As I was just connecting the separate parts, it didn't leave any toll on my body. As a result, I managed to form this snake back into its original state without incurring any toll. I just had my speculations, but to think that it actually worked. This is a shocking revelation.
Even I would have eliminated the toll on my body because of its extremely negative effects. However, I couldn't do that and ended up giving it a chance.
After all, in the end, this snake is actually just a method, a technique, and not an actual living being. It has no soul. As a result, it's just a technique and a being, but not an actual being.
These were Yang Zhai's thoughts. These all came to his mind at once. Not even a few seconds had passed in the outside world.
The snake slithered on the table and hissed.
"What just happened?" Sun Jian muttered.
This was something he had never seen before. After dying, one's soul disappears and cannot be retrieved.
"In the history of this entire world, I have never heard anyone reviving. So, it's not possible. The moment you tore your snake, it should have died and never returned." Jin Ling stated.
"Even I am confused. Was it not a living being? If not, how was it moving according to its will? If it was, how come it scattered? On top of that, it formed back into its original shape. And why did you just activate a technique and a ka?" Biu Le asked.
She had many questions.
Confusion was what followed shock. Nobody understood what just happened.
Even though it was a technique, Yang Zhai had made it manifest as a being in Vulpia. Techniques that were formed like this or were made permanent had no aura after being formed. This was the reason the toll was so large for techniques like these.
In the end, it lived as a permanent being made from a technique in his left arm.
The only time his aura actually appeared during all this was when he activated his void rays to form the particles back into their original snake form. However, Yang Zhai didn't care for this. Along with that, he had activated a rank 4 Ka as well.
"I am not sure if Yue Qing and others mentioned this to you, but this beast was formed from a technique. The toll on my left arm is from that exactly. So, it lives there…"
Yang Zhai knew that at least nobody had mentioned this to them for now. After all, if they had, these people wouldn't have been surprised by the fact that Yang Zhai was controlling two beasts. In actuality, this snake was just formed from a technique.
"That's why it scattered after dying. As for why it reformed back to its original state, I activated a ka that can restore any technique to its original form. I discovered both this technique and the ka from an inheritance I obtained in the past. However, this ka is only rank 4 and will become useless once I reach rank 5…"
"Since this snake was essentially a technique, it was restored. However, to restore a technique, I must activate it again, even if I don't fully activate it and leave it halfway…"
"Since this technique is dangerous, I only activated it partially and stopped halfway. It was enough for the ka, which is why I decided to use it."
Yang Zhai made a reason on the spot.
He wasn't worried if they would ask him to show them the ka. The reason was simple, this was a cultivation world. Asking about a cultivator's methods was considered taboo. Nobody, not even a friend would ask a cultivator about their methods.
On top of that, he had said that it was just a rank 4 ka, so it was useless to everyone present here. There were many rare kas, even more rarer than Second Life Ka. So, a ka like this was nothing special to them. Thus, they would not develop any greed for this Ka or this technique that was just at rank 4.
No wonder the auras of a ka and a technique appeared when the snake formed back to its original state: Jin Ling considered.
"No wonder, but if that is the case, you cannot use this snake in the competition. It means it is useless there." Lei Yong asked.
"Yue Qing told me the competition rules. According to the rules, it only needs to be a beast, nowhere was it mentioned that it must be alive or made by nature. Even though created by a technique, this snake is a beast. So, I can use this snake. After all, those beasts with souls are also created just like this snake. Anyway, with this, I don't think defeating me will be easy?" Yang Zhai refused politely.
"Well… you are right about that..."Sun Jian muttered.
If he had agreed, then nobody could refute him.
He's good at lying: Yue Qing thought, smiling as she placed her right hand over her mouth.
"And, why are you smiling? Are you so proud of something so small?" Xiu Le asked with annoyance.
Yue Qing didn't reply.
Yang Zhai extended his hand forward and grabbed the Damnation Snake. After that, it disappeared into his left arm.
Even though I accumulated a lot of toll and it's not disappearing, it does benefit me. I can use a snake-like Damnation Snake freely, giving me a lot of advantages. And according to Sun Jian, the toll isn't harming my body. So that means that the Aurora didn't harm me.
Ever since the start, it has only been benefiting me. And I am not someone who would store something so dangerous and harmful in my body.
Yang Zhai considered.
Now that I am going to stop using kas, techniques will become one of my main weapons, so I will be using them a lot. I am sure techniques are gonna leave a lot of toll on me after what happened to my left arm. If I am not careful, I might end up in a lot of trouble if an intense battle happens.
I knew before as well, but after this revelation, I know one thing for sure: techniques have infinite possibilities that I have not explored. Not to mention their ability to even turn cultivators into spirits. Let's dive into something new.
This will truly be a change.
With this Yang Zhai smiled slightly.
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So, here's the basic thing so that no confusion is left.
Let's keep it simple. 1- A beast is a living being created by nature. It has many complexities starting from cells to a whole soul. With literal flesh and all.
2- What Yang Zhai created is the same, but without flesh and soul. However, it is a copy of a being even though incomplete. It can slither, hiss and even eat.
1- So, it's not an actual being like flesh and soul, 2- But it is a being and can be killed like any other, just like how Yang Zhai tore it apart.
So, if he had eliminated the toll, the snake would have disappeared after being torn (literal death). Enjoy!