Immortality Starts With Investment

Manjusaka felt a little embarrassed.

After all, the process of reshaping a physical body would leave her without any immortal robes to cover herself. Wouldn't that mean she would be completely exposed in front of Ye Chen?

But she quickly realized that since she was already planning to offer herself to him, he would see everything sooner or later. It made no difference whether it happened now or later. In that case, there was no need to mind it.

Thus, Manjusaka lowered her soul body's head and said, "Since that's the case, I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Ye…"

Seeing that her master had agreed, Su Yuxuan excitedly pulled Ye Chen into the formation.

Manjusaka was slightly stunned, but then she smiled with relief. Her disciple truly cared about her so much.

Thinking that she was about to regain a physical body, Manjusaka felt excited even if it meant being ravaged by Ye Chen right away. She followed closely behind the two and drifted into the formation. For a moment, only the four quasi-immortals still refining the Black Tortoise Undying Fruits and Yan Ruyu remained outside the formation.

Seeing that Ye Chen had not even glanced at her, Yan Ruyu felt increasingly uneasy and anxious. Was Ye Chen really so indifferent toward her now? Had he truly given up on her?

She could see that Ye Chen was not lacking female companions around him. The soul body earlier had even offered herself as repayment, proactively wanting to become his Dao companion.

As for Su Yuxuan, she had almost burrowed into Ye Chen's robe right in front of everyone. There was even less need to mention the other female cultivators. Perhaps Ye Chen really did not need her anymore… It seemed she had truly missed her chance.

Thinking of this, Yan Ruyu's heart grew even more restless. For the first time, a look of loss appeared in her clear eyes…

…

Inside the formation.

Su Yuxuan took out all the materials she had prepared in her cave heaven for her master's physical body reconstruction in one go.

Manjusaka was about to instruct Su Yuxuan to help when Su Yuxuan threw herself back into Ye Chen's arms and flew with him to the side. "Master, you can reshape your body first. Senior Brother and I won't disturb you. We'll go over there and have a little private talk…"

Watching the two fly away, Manjusaka's soul body trembled.

Weren't they supposed to help? Were they actually here to have a private session?

The wave of gratitude she had felt earlier suddenly felt misplaced. But seeing that Su Yuxuan had already found a spot to sit, Manjusaka turned her head away and stopped looking. Besides, reshaping a physical body could indeed be done alone. It was not a big problem…

On Su Yuxuan's side, she was indeed very open about it. After all, her master had been hiding in her mind before and had already seen everything there was to see. One more time did not matter.

Ye Chen felt a little embarrassed and half-heartedly resisted, but he was no match for Su Yuxuan's strength and could only helplessly give in…

Thus, inside the formation, Manjusaka had to listen to her disciple's soft moans and gentle cries while preparing everything amid the distracting sounds. She then summoned the precious Origin she had just received from Ye Chen, her eyes filled with excitement.

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The next steps were simple. She would activate the origin, stimulate the power of new life within it, and use that power to drive the origin to reshape her physical body. During the reshaping process, she would also need to shatter her own divine soul and reconstruct it together with the body. Only then could the physical body and divine soul fuse perfectly without any flaws.

The process would be very painful. But for a perfect physical body, everything was worth it.

However, right at the beginning, Manjusaka ran into trouble. The immortal corpse's origin was of too high a grade. Even with all her strength, she could not activate it…

Manjusaka had never expected to be stuck at the very first step. After hesitating for a moment, her gaze turned toward Ye Chen, who seemed to be both resisting and actively pressing forward. She felt fortunate that she had brought Ye Chen along. Her disciple was clearly very happy and in high spirits. But at this moment, she had no choice but to inconvenience them a little.

"Senior Ye, I am unable to activate the immortal corpse's origin or stimulate the power of new life within it! Please lend me a hand."

Manjusaka was very straightforward at heart, but she was too embarrassed to approach. She simply stood where she was and bowed as she made the request.

Ye Chen opened his eyes upon hearing her.

She needed help?

Since he had already given away the origin, Ye Chen naturally would not be stingy with assistance. Besides, he was also quite curious. Manjusaka already had a three-thousand-times multiplier even as just a soul body. Once she reshaped her physical body, how much higher would her multiplier rise?

Thinking this, Ye Chen comforted the little demoness a couple of times, gently moved her small feet away, straightened his robe, and drifted over.

After a brief conversation with Manjusaka, Ye Chen understood what needed to be done. He then pointed a finger lightly at the immortal corpse's origin that carried the power of new life.

In an instant, the origin that Manjusaka had been unable to activate no matter how hard she tried began to circulate smoothly. Green light danced as it transformed the origin.

Joy flashed across Manjusaka's face. Without further hesitation, her soul shook. The moment pain appeared on her face, her soul body exploded with a boom. After the explosion, it turned into countless red particles that surged into the origin. It was like sprinkling salt on a dish and then stirring thoroughly to distribute the flavor evenly.

At first, Manjusaka's soul particles did not merge with the origin at all, remaining clearly distinct. But as Ye Chen continued to activate it, the immortal corpse's origin turned into a vortex and shook violently.

At the same time, the various treasures Manjusaka had prepared were constantly thrown into the vortex.

In the blink of an eye, half a day passed.

Manjusaka's soul had begun to merge preliminarily with the immortal corpse's origin. A faint human-shaped silhouette slowly appeared. At this stage, his help was no longer needed. The rest depended on the natural evolution and condensation of the physical body.

Ye Chen withdrew his power and retreated slowly. Together with Su Yuxuan, he watched Manjusaka condense her new body.

As time passed, the soul and origin fused further. The human-shaped figure gradually became more solid. The outline of her figure and facial features could now be seen clearly.

However, after looking a few more times, Ye Chen frowned. "Why does it look like a Heavenly Human Clan member?"

Because behind Manjusaka, six wings had appeared. This was a characteristic of the Heavenly Human Clan. Ye Chen had thought it would take the appearance of Manjusaka's original self.

Upon hearing this, Su Yuxuan explained, "After all, it is the origin of a Heavenly Human Clan True Immortal's corpse… This Origin is clearly far stronger than Master's. When using someone else's Origin, the new body's bloodline, talent, divine abilities, and so on will naturally lean more toward the original owner. Master has already mentally prepared herself. She only wants to resurrect and doesn't care about race or anything like that."

Ye Chen nodded upon hearing this. In such matters, there was indeed no choice. Encountering a female corpse was already extremely fortunate.

Moreover, the Heavenly Human Clan was considered a high-tier race among the myriad races. They were powerful in every aspect. Manjusaka was actually not losing out on this deal.

Manjusaka was currently in the critical stage of evolution. Su Yuxuan was worried that something might go wrong during the process. As for Ye Chen, he was curious about Manjusaka's multiplier after reshaping her body. Therefore, neither of them busied themselves with anything else. At most, they dawdled a little as they patiently waited on the side.

Another two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Manjusaka's body became even more solid. It was now clearly visible. Perhaps because the Asura Clan immortal remnant thought had used it for resurrection and refined the Blood Sea Immortal Scripture, even as the new body took shape, the six wings behind Manjusaka remained three white and three red. Her appearance was also very close to that of the previous Heavenly Human Clan immortal corpse.

However, compared to before, there was now a touch more gentleness mixed with the holiness.