Stone Tablet

When Li Yuan saw the text in front of him, he was slightly surprised.

As someone that had spent years reading cultivation novels, Li Yuan knew the existence of clones and their various uses.

But for a technique to be so highly praised by the system, the Time Clone Technique should be somewhat different.

With that in mind, Li Yuan clicked to read more information.

Soon, he digested all the information and understood what made this technique so special.

The Time Clone Technique can create three clones, namely: the Past Body, the Present Body and the Future Body.

Each body can cultivate on its own and its strength can even be above that of the main body.

Even if one of the clones die, the main body can actually create a new clone by spending some time and resources.

Of course, all the bodies share the same consciousness in real time, meaning that even if the main body dies, the clones can actually re-create the main body too.

Practicing this technique can help in understanding the Dao of Time, one of the strongest and most rare Daos.

Li Yuan's cultivation didn't allow him to come into contact with the concept of Dao at the moment, but from the information he had collected, he knew that at higher realms, cultivators increased their cultivation by understanding the Dao.

'System, how much does the first chapter of the Time Clone Technique cost?'

[First Chapter of Time Clone Technique. Price: 100 Million HS Points.]

Next, Li Yuan continued asking the prices for the other chapters too.

The second chapter costs 100 Billion HS Points and the third and final chapter 1 Trillion HS Points.

Just by looking at the price, Li Yuan knew that he wouldn't be able to buy this technique anytime soon.

But compared to the other option, getting 100 Million HS Points is obviously not only easier, but way faster too.

"Even if I buy the Time Clone Technique and are able to create a clone, I will not be able to leave the Dark Mirror Forest with my current strength."

"In the next period of time, I should focus on improving my cultivation."

Don't look at the fact that there were various people coming to the Heaven's Secret Pavilion lately.

Most of these people were either very strong, or had very good luck.

Li Yuan didn't believe that his luck was as good as that of Xiao Huo.

Back on Earth, Li Yuan was just an ordinary person that had never even won the last place in his city's lottery.

How could he suddenly become lucky after transmigration?

"Moreover, since Xiao Huo, the protagonist, is roaming around the Dark Mirror Forest, there is bound to be huge changes."

From his experience of reading novels, Li Yuan knew that the protagonist was simply a troublemaker.

Wherever he went, he would bring disaster to every place and every person around him.

Awakening a hidden expert, unsealing a demon, opening up a place of inheritance and even bringing a great calamity to the whole world.

All of these things are just considered ordinary actions for a protagonist.

Only by increasing his strength could Li Yuan ensure his safety until he was able to leave this dangerous place.

Li Yuan was ready to enter the golden pagoda to start practicing, when he remembered that he had taken in a new pet.

At the moment, the little fox was curled up, sleeping soundly next to the door.

Even during the fight with Emperor Wu, the little fox didn't wake up, as if it didn't care at all.

Glancing at its carefree appearance, Li Yuan was a little jealous.

With a wave of his hand, the little fox woke up and was thrown into the golden pagoda.

Rubbing its eyes, it looked around curiously until it saw Li Yuan staring at it with a slight smile.

For some reason, the little fox felt that his smile was very dangerous.

With a move of its paws, it tried to run away in a hurry but was soon caught again.

"Little Su Qi, from today onward you have to practice for at least 20 hours every day."

"Only by becoming a strong monster can you protect me."

Li Yuan patted it lightly on its head and looked into the little fox's teary eyes.

However, he didn't care whether it agreed or not.

He was doing it for its own good.

'Yes. As its master, I have to bring it back to the right path.'

Li Yuan's fists clenched tightly and he showed a heavy expression, as if he had taken up an important responsibility.

'Even if I'm misunderstood, I have to do the right thing.', he strengthened his resolve.

Li Yuan would never admit that it was just because he didn't want his pet to enjoy itself while he was busy working hard.

***

In a dark forest, an old man wearing black clothes was running through the densely packed trees.

The old man's black eyes were filled with fear and he used every ounce of his strength desperately, hoping to increase his speed.

Suddenly, his movements stopped.

In front of him, out of nowhere, a beautiful woman dressed in a blue dress appeared.

At other times, the old man would be excited when faced with such a scene, but now, his eyes widened and he knelt on the ground.

"Plop."

"Senior Mu, I didn't want to hurt your disciple. It was an accide..."

Before he could finish his words, the beautiful woman waved her hand and a spear made out of ice appeared.

The next second, the ice spear appeared in front of the old man's forehead.

The old man wanted to beg for mercy, but the spear pierced right through his head, nailing him to the ground.

Looking at this scene, Mu Bingyuan didn't feel anything.

As a powerful cultivator, the people that had died in her hands were numbered in the hundreds, if not thousands.

Besides, this old man was the person that had attacked her precious disciple and sealed her cultivation, putting her in danger.

How could she be willing to show any mercy?

After she lit the corpse on fire, Mu Bingyuan left this place.

Her current goal was to find the treasure that the Heaven's Secret Pavilion Owner mentioned.

Meeting this old man was just an accident, and since she met him, she just killed him on her way.

With Mu Bingyuan's cultivation, her speed was extremely fast and soon after, she reached the location marked on the map.

She was slightly on guard against any traps, but what she didn't expect was there was no danger at all.

The location marked on the map was an almost completely empty plain, with none of the trees or plants that could be found everywhere else in the Dark Mirror Forest.

The only object in the plain was a tall, ordinary stone tablet that stood alone at its center.

There was no words on the stone tablet and if Mu Bingyuan didn't have the map, she wouldn't have noticed anything special about it.

Mu Bingyuan took a step forward bravely and landed next to the stone tablet before staring at it.

Instantly, her vision went blank and the next second, she seemed to see a huge tree traveling in the starry sky.

The tree was extremely large, larger than the Sun Empire, larger than even the Xuan Continent.

It was not only larger in size, but also 'higher' in essence.

Facing this tree was almost the same as facing an entire world.

Its massive trunk and every one of its branches and leaves seemed to be a manifestation of Dao, with densely packed runes shining on their surface.

"Pffftt!"

Just taking a glance caused Mu Bingyuan to spurt out blood and unknowingly, she return back to reality.

Sensing the new injuries on her body, she could only smile bitterly.