The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 51 Rebuilding My True Self

Few people can endure the pain of being struck by lightning.

Chi Yuan fainted from the pain three times before he gradually got used to the feeling and barely regained his spirits.

His memory remained of being elbowed in the throat and then struck by the thunderbolt he summoned.

If nothing unexpected happened, he should be dead.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Wu Chang, who was as embarrassed as he was, sitting not far from him grilling meat.

This guy, with such an enviable sense of relaxation, would rather die than starve to death.

"Heh, did we die together in the end?"

Hearing Chi Yuan's voice, Wu Chang turned around and gave him a blank look.

"I am still alive and well, but you will not live long."

Chi Yuan endured the pain and forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "If I'm not dead, I must be kept alive by the pain. You didn't kill me just to let me experience this?"

Wu Chang said dissatisfiedly: "I didn't say anything to you when I was hit three times. You got hit once, what do you have to complain about?"

"The meat is ready, would you like a piece?"

"Yes, I can't be a starving ghost."

Needless to say, the source of the meat on the grill is the three animals offered as sacrifices during the New Year's Eve festival.

What they were offering sacrifices to and appeasing was the evil spirit, and Wu Chang had done a favor to the evil spirit, so it was not excessive for him to eat some of its offerings.

While the two were eating, Wu Chang said, "I have a few questions that I can't figure out."

Chi Yuan said, "You ask."

"Since you are a survivor of Huaigu Village and support the evil spirit in seeking revenge on the Black Mountain bandits, why did you lend me the Soul Cleansing Banner and let me suppress the demon?"

The Soul-Cleansing Flag can be said to be the nemesis of ghosts and evil spirits.

If there was no Soul-Cleansing Flag, even if Wu Chang could find a way to pass the level, it wouldn't be so easy.

Chi Yuan was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe it was just a spur of the moment."

"Four years ago, I found Huaigu Village occupied by the Black Mountain bandits. My relatives, friends and neighbors were slaughtered and transformed into evil spirits under evil magic. At that time, there was only one year left before the spiritual energy reappeared. My cultivation was low and I was powerless to resist the bandits. In order to gain power quickly, I had no choice but to take the evil path."

Wu Chang asked, "Transform into a demon?"

Chi Yuan nodded, "Transform into a demon."

"At first I wanted to transform myself into a demon and use my demonic power to seek revenge. I hid in the mountains and observed the demons there, but I found that hidden practitioners were springing up like mushrooms after rain, and their target was Huaigu Village."

"These practitioners have varying strengths, but they are all dull-witted and don't know as much about monsters as I do. They can easily die in the mountains. So I changed my target, lured and ambushed these practitioners, and turned them into monsters."

Wu Chang: “…”

You look down on players, right? Today I’ll show you what a dirty trick is.

Chi Yuan seemed to sense something, and a stream of blood flowed from his nose. He wiped the blood off his nose and asked, "What kind of skill did you use to elbow me like that? It was so unavoidable."

Wu Chang shrugged, "If you want to learn, I'll teach you."

Chi Yuan shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, I don't have time."

"The evil path is a road of no return. Even if you numb yourself by saying you have no choice, you still feel uneasy."

"Our meeting that day was an accident. The Mountain Blocking Ghosts are monsters that I control, and they have not yet been refined into weapons. They were hunting freely, and they happened to meet you. I saw that you have an extraordinary demeanor, so I wanted to use them to test your quality. If you are qualified, I will refine you into a Yin-Yang Jade Pendant."

"You killed a mountain ghost so easily that I changed my plan and wanted to refine you into a stronger magic weapon."

Wu Chang shrugged, "I'm really flattered that you think so highly of me."

"Your state at that time reminded me of myself before I embarked on the evil path. If the incident in Huaigu Village had not happened, I could also be like you, openly announce my sect and be proud of it. At that time, I was thinking that perhaps letting the evil spirits take revenge would not be a relief for them, but would make their souls, like mine, become heavy and twisted in the revenge."

"So I chose you, and wanted you to free them for me."

Wu Chang nodded without comment. Chi Yuan asked him to perform the ritual of salvation, not only because of a whim, but also because of the effect of his title.

"The second question is, since you want the evil spirit to take revenge, why did you help the villagers complete the New Year's Elimination Formation and place the four-sided New Year's Fire Lanterns?"

Chi Yuan's answer was somewhat unexpected to him.

"That palace lantern was not placed by me. It was placed by a foreign cultivator who took advantage of the fact that I was out looking for materials for refining equipment." Foreign cultivator?

Are they natives of the copy plane, or other players?
As a C-level copy, if one does not explore the plot as thoroughly as he did and just passes it normally, the value of the reward for "Sui Sui Ping An" may not be higher than that of the Sifang Sui Huo Deng.

But if the other party is a native of the plane, then how could he not be able to completely suppress the evil spirits if he can take out the Four-Directions Fire Lamp?

Can't figure it out.

Chi Yuan coughed twice, interrupting Wu Chang's thoughts.

"Young Master Wu, I don't have much time left. While I can still move, give me the two halves of the mask you got from the Ghost Weeping Forest."

Chi Yuan's request made Wu Chang hesitate.

At this moment, Chi Yuan's energy and spiritual power were leaking out like a dam bursting, and he couldn't stop it.

When his energy, spirit and spiritual power are gone, he will die.

It stands to reason that a dying person would speak well, but Wu Chang was a little hesitant to take the risk.

After all, the Shadow-Reflecting Mask once belonged to Chi Yuan. If this guy gets the Shadow-Reflecting Mask and kills him through unknown means, that would be a lot of fun.

When he meets other players again, when Chi Yuan talks about the stupidity of foreign practitioners, he will probably mention him specifically.

"There was a fool who had clearly defeated me, but he stupidly handed the magic weapon to me and stretched out his neck for me to chop. I was so embarrassed by his stupidity."

If the player at that time said, "He's stupid to begin with, and you're still lying to him!" that would be a sure win.

But what if Chi Yuan has no ill intentions and makes him miss a certain opportunity? What should he do then?
"Master Chi Yuan, please wait for me for a moment."

"Please, but please hurry up, I can't hold on any longer."

Chi Yuan yawned. His gradually cooling body and numb senses from the pain made it increasingly difficult for him to maintain consciousness.

Wu Changli moved a little further away, took out the favor of the goddess of luck, and started the loaded dice.

After rolling three 1s to activate his strong luck, he took out a coin and flicked it upwards.

"Give the literal meaning, but not the superficial meaning."

The coin fell into my hand, with the words on the side.

call!
Trust in the guidance of the goddess of luck.

He took out two halves of the mask and handed them to Chi Yuan, "Master, would you like some pointers on the techniques of refining the weapon?"

Chi Yuan took out a curved golden thread from his arms and embedded it into the two halves of the mask, unexpectedly making the two halves of the mask merge into one.

The black and white areas began to rotate and turned into a flowing Tai Chi.

"Young Master Wu, the way you re-cultivated the ritual was exactly what I had imagined at the time. Did you guess my arrangement in the forest?"

Wu Chang shook his head. "It just happened to happen. I didn't think too much about it."

Chi Yuan smiled and started talking without trying to tell whether it was true or not.

"My physique and talent are very poor, far inferior to those of you cultivators from the hidden sects; my body is weak, and can't even withstand the lightning from my own practice; I have fallen into the evil path, and my heart of Taoism has been damaged. The deeper I practice, the heavier my inner demons become. I have no chance of following the Great Dao in this life."

"If I want to change my fate, Young Master Wu, how should I do it?"

Wu Chang said: "Add some dark blue."

Chi Yuan: “?”

Wu Chang coughed dryly and changed his words: "What I mean is, to prove the truth with strength, all fear comes from insufficient spiritual power."

Chi Yuan smiled and shook his head, saying: "That is the way of thinking of you disciples of famous sects. How dare we, casual cultivators, fight against heaven and earth?"

"I was fortunate enough to obtain the technique of transforming into a demon, so I came up with a plan. Using the method of transforming into a demon as a guide, I can transform from a human to a demon and practice freely. I can use the Black Mountain bandits who can 'forget themselves' as my soul, forget my inner demons, and cultivate my heart of Taoism. I can use the minions of the outside world's cultivators as my bones, flesh, skin, and blood, and then reshape my flesh, bones, and physique."

"Since I am beyond salvation, I will plunder the common people and create a new true self."

"Young Master Wu, I will give you this opportunity."

After saying that, Chi Yuan waved his hand and threw the combined mask to Wu Chang.

(End of this chapter)