Bearing the blue sky

Watching the hedgehog girl follow him into the valley, Zhu Ge pointed to the pond:

"Please sit down. Let's talk about something first."

He then plopped down on the floor himself.

The hedgehog girl sat down, looking around the valley with curiosity in her eyes.

She didn't resemble a transformed demon beast; instead, she looked like a real seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.

"This is the territory of the long-bristled boar, it's so beautiful!"

The hedgehog girl looked surprised: "Master, you weren't this strong yesterday, how come you're so strong today?!"

Zhu Ge understood what the hedgehog girl meant, but he didn't want to say much more.

He was the one asking the question, not she.

After suppressing the restlessness within her body, Zhu Ge no longer harbored any evil thoughts.

What's in front of me is nothing more than a hedgehog.

A hundred years later, it will be just a pile of flesh and bones.

"Master, why aren't you saying anything?"

The hedgehog immediately moved closer, placed its paws on the ground, leaned forward, sniffed around Zhu Ge's face, and almost pressed its mouth against Zhu Ge's face.

"Pfft—"

Zhu Ge's nose started bleeding profusely.

"Step back, don't move!"

Zhu Ge wiped the blood from her nose, circulated her blood and qi throughout her body to suppress her agitation, and then scolded the hedgehog girl:

"Or I'll kill you!"

杀？

Upon hearing this word, the hedgehog girl quickly stepped back, sat obediently, and then looked timidly at Zhu Ge: "I won't move!"

Seeing that the hedgehog girl had become obedient, Zhu Ge breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "Tell me everything you said before, one by one."

The hedgehog girl whispered, "Yes!"

He then began to narrate:

"I was originally a hedgehog in the city, but by chance I gained sentience and entered the realm of spirits, and have been studying under a teacher ever since..."

The hedgehog girl's narration was very ordinary, but Zhu Ge still heard what she wanted to hear.

For example, when the hedgehog girl was on her deathbed, she said that she knew a lot of knowledge, including martial arts, Confucianism, Taoism, and so on.

Zhu Ge now wants to know these things.

"...Besides the three great paths of this era—the path of immortality, the path of Confucianism, and the path of martial arts—I also know the path of gods and ghosts."

"The first realm of the Ghost Path is the Lone Soul, the second realm is the Soul Stealer, and the third realm is the Demon Lord. The first realm of the Divine Path is the Shrine Prison, the second realm is the Moon Walker, and the third realm is the Fate Star."

Confucian scholars, immortals, martial artists, Buddhas, and inkstones; demons, ghosts, spirits, monsters, and gods!

Putting everything else aside, the highest realm is the end of all paths.

"...Therefore, when the Plague God Sparrow and the Red River Dragon Python attacked Yuanyang City, one was a great god and the other a great demon, and we could only obey their orders at any time."

The hedgehog girl sat upright, nonchalantly saying, "But in my opinion, humans are no different. Human food is even tastier! It doesn't matter who I listen to. Master, you're so amazing, you'll definitely be even more amazing than the Plague Sparrow in the future!"

"Let's not talk about that now." Zhu Ge waved her hand, immune to the hedgehog girl's flattery.

Zhu Ge had no idea what the hedgehog girl had learned in the human city, but he had heard these sycophantic words several times during the story.

"You just said that a person's soul is actually in human form?"

Zhu Ge asked again.

That's right.

Zhu Ge just heard a crucial point.

That is, the form of ghosts and gods depends on the form of the soul, and the form of the soul depends on the race.

In other words, a person's soul can only be in human form, not in an egg.

"That's right!" the hedgehog girl said matter-of-factly, "A person's soul isn't in human form, so what, it's still a bird, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ge took a deep breath.

It seems... to make sense?

What's with the big egg in his mind?

Zhu Ge immediately fell into deep thought.

How did his soul leave his body?

Shedding characteristics.

"Wait, could it be like this?"

Zhu Ge was deeply shaken.

Out-of-body experience!

Zhu Ge's heart stirred, and her egg-shaped soul "emerged from its shell".

Fortunately, he has been trying to use traits without consuming his lifespan for a long time.

Now, we've finally achieved some results.

But the next moment, he used the molting technique again.

"Mwah~"

In an instant, another large bird sprang out of the giant egg.

Or rather...

"Kunpeng?!"

Zhu Ge was shocked.

He sensed the bird's message.

Is this his Kunpeng soul?!

At this moment, the hedgehog girl was also shocked.

"Wow, how come you have such big eggs and such big birds?!" The hedgehog girl exclaimed incredulously.

However, before the hedgehog girl could be surprised, Zhu Ge's giant egg soul trembled once again.

"Mwah~"

A form of soul appeared.

spider!

A gigantic spider, as large as the soul of the Kunpeng, with faint silk threads connecting its legs to the void.

Could it be... that Zhu Ge vaguely sensed something?

Could it be that each simulation grants him a new soul?!

"Master, Master...you have so many souls, doesn't that mean you can possess so many clones?!" The hedgehog girl's eyes were filled with shock.

Possession?!

Zhu Ge was startled and also thought of this method.

Yes!

If he uses the "unruly" trait to possess another body, wouldn't he be able to have two clones?!

It should be noted that his original soul was this giant egg; the Kunpeng and the spider were separated from it.

He had previously thought that the soul of the giant egg would eventually hatch into a Kunpeng.

It now seems that Zhu Ge's giant egg soul can only hatch into a human.

As for how they hatch?

It should be the path of cultivating immortality, as the hedgehog girl said.

The second stage of immortality is the Golden Core, and the third stage is the Nascent Soul Formation.

The current giant egg doesn't even qualify as a Golden Core cultivator, let alone a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Only by cultivating the giant egg's soul into a golden core can one successfully transform into a nascent soul.

Indeed, knowledge is power... Zhu Ge's soul returned to her body and looked at the hedgehog girl before her.

Without the hedgehog girl's guidance, Zhu Ge probably wouldn't have imagined that she could use the "shedding shell" trait to perform such an astral projection.

If I were to acquire new traits in the future, wouldn't that allow me to have a third, fourth, or even a fifth clone...? Zhu Ge's heart burned with excitement.

After her initial shock, the hedgehog girl spoke again: "I knew I hadn't chosen the wrong master!"

The hedgehog girl's expression was full of admiration: "Master's true form cultivates martial arts, so can't he use another soul to cultivate the great principles of Confucianism, Mohism, etc.? That's so, so amazing!"

"Wow, how come I didn't think of that..." Zhu Ge looked at the hedgehog girl with a hint of surprise: "Not bad, it seems you thought of that too."

At that moment, the character "囍" in my mind suddenly moved, and a wisp of yin energy floated out.

"Brother, that hedgehog just learned so much information; there's a risk of it leaking. I'll kill her for you!"

As it spoke, the red aura surged toward the hedgehog, exuding a murderous intent.

"Ah! A ghost!" the hedgehog cried out. "It's the vicious, monstrous ghost that was able to stop the Fisherwoman Clan before!"

Upon hearing this, Hua Liusha's yin energy intensified.

"Sister!!" At the critical moment, Zhu Ge hurriedly called out to Hua Liusha.

The yin energy of Hua Liusha stopped, and then all of it surged back into Zhu Ge's body.

"Hmph! My brother is biased!"

After saying this, the character "囍" stopped moving.

What's with this sour and vinegary smell...? Zhu Ge felt helpless.

The hedgehog girl, realizing what was happening, exclaimed in surprise, "Master, you actually keep a ghost? I thought this ghost was the wedding ghost under the command of the Plague God Sparrow!"

"Could it be that the master, like those aristocratic families, raises ghosts to act as 'sewing masters,' crafting soul garments to protect the soul?"

what?

Can this be done?

Zhu Ge felt like she had struck gold today, but on the surface she said solemnly:

"Hmm, you figured it out."

"That's right, that's what I thought from the beginning."