Chapter 111: The Clone’s Ingenious Use
Chapter 111: Chapter 111: The Clone’s Ingenious Use
Zhu Ge was somewhat alarmed.
The owner of this skull was definitely no simple character!
Otherwise, how could any memories remain after so many years? The valley had long since turned lush and green.
Though the memories were fragmented, Zhu Ge knew they could very well contain useful knowledge.
However, with the formation of the Bone Monster, the few memories that remained seemed to be getting erased by some kind of rule.
’The person in these memories seems to have walked... What is this path? "Old Man"? What does that mean?’
’And this title... Great Witch? "Old Man" and "Great Witch" are parallel titles, representing two branches of the Gu Dao?!’
’To think such knowledge exists!’
Zhu Ge grew more and more astonished as he learned.
A new path, one he had never heard of before, called the Gu Dao. It was the legendary...
Miaojiang Gu Technique!
’Miaojiang is adjacent to Yunjiang. The Miaojiang Gu Technique is actually a branch of the Gu Dao—the path of raising Gu Insects.’
’The "Old Man" is the one who presides over internal affairs within a Witchcraft Gu Tribe, while the Great Witch is responsible for external matters like war and trade. Both are equivalent to the Great Realm in the Gu Dao, and they are incredibly powerful.’
’There are even Cultivation Techniques? Manuals? Secret tomes? Excellent, I need to record all of this...’
A windfall!
A massive windfall!
Zhu Ge had risked performing the possession, and for this knowledge alone, it was already more than worth it!
The only pity was that these memories were rapidly fading, and many of them were incomplete fragments.
Still, Zhu Ge was able to piece together some of the skull owner’s life story from what he could see.
The skull had belonged to an "Old Man" of a tribe. Years after he had taken the title, their Great Witch was killed by the Da Sheng Dynasty. The dynasty’s forces invaded their tribe, and the Old Man led his people in an escape, but they failed.
’The memories aren’t finished yet...’
Zhu Ge continued to record those memories that were about to disappear.
Had he not possessed it, the Bone Monster would have held these same memories at its birth, only to gradually forget them over time.
In the end, the Bone Monster would have become an entirely new being, and the "Old Man" who once was would have been truly lost to the river of time.
VMMMM—
The last fragment of memory was of a world filled with black mist, with countless insects swarming within it.
This was the domain of a Gu Dao Great Power like an "Old Man" or a Great Witch, home to their endless Gu Insects.
However, at this moment, a golden light suddenly broke through the darkness, like a drop of golden ink on a piece of black paper.
Immediately, a terrifying image appeared from that point of golden light.
A fiery red beak.
The next moment, cracks appeared around the golden light, tearing apart the domain formed by the black mist, then all the golden light entered it.
A giant rooster!
Its beak was crimson, its comb shone like pure gold, and its red and black feathers gave it a dazzling, imperious air.
"I am the Morning Star Immortal Monarch. Today, I answer the call to eliminate all who defy us."
The giant rooster spoke in a human tongue, its voice loud and clear.
This giant rooster was named the Morning Star Immortal Monarch!
As the Morning Star Immortal Monarch’s voice fell, the boundless black mist suddenly became scorching hot, turning into a sea of fire.
The original owner of the memory, the "Old Man," also let out a shriek. The endless black mist churned, and the Gu Insects within surged toward the Morning Star Immortal Monarch.
However, the Morning Star Immortal Monarch just stood its ground, and no Gu Insect could get near.
"Vile pests. You dare approach me?"
The Morning Star Immortal Monarch spread its wings, let out an ear-splitting cry, then its body blurred into an afterimage and vanished from the Old Man’s vision.
The next instant, the Old Man felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, and then he knew no more.
And with that, the memory finally faded away.
’A Great Power from ancient times...’
Having absorbed the memories, Zhu Ge couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
That was an "Old Man" of the Great Realm, a power who had been entrenched in Yunjiang for years, yet he was killed in a single blow.
’There are just too many powerful experts in this world!’
But that was precisely why Zhu Ge felt he had struck gold.
’Time to try controlling this body...’
After receiving the memories, Zhu Ge’s Kunpeng soul had completely taken over the Bone Monster’s body.
And because the Bone Monster had not yet developed consciousness, Zhu Ge and this body were a seamless fit.
K-K-K...
Zhu Ge tried to make the Bone Monster’s body stand, but it was an immense struggle, like a newborn trying to walk.
Meanwhile, Zhu Ge’s original body watched as the pile of chicken bones hobbled forward, the sound of clattering bones echoing from within it.
This was a strange feeling.
It was like staring at his reflection in a mirror, only to see a jumble of chicken bones looking back instead of a person.
"Master, did you succeed in the possession?" Liu Jianjian asked curiously.
"Yes." Zhu Ge nodded.
But this brief moment of distraction was all it took for the skeleton to suddenly collapse into a heap of bone fragments on the ground.
The others stared, stunned.
"It’s fine." Zhu Ge could feel the presence of every single bone fragment and began manipulating them to reassemble.
A moment later, the bone fragments reassembled.
’I’m still a long way from being able to control it as easily as my own limbs,’ Zhu Ge concluded.
This Bone Monster was like a newborn; even simple movements were a struggle!
’But as a Bone Monster, I should have some unique abilities.’
Zhu Ge stopped trying to move. Instead, he had the Bone Monster stand perfectly still, focusing on the sensations coming from every part of its new body, carefully sensing everything.
First was sight.
The Bone Monster had no sight!
Instead, it had an extremely unusual form of perception, like closing one’s eyes yet still seeing a three-dimensional map of the surroundings in one’s mind.
This perception was completely different from Zhu Ge’s naked-eye vision.
Additionally, Zhu Ge also felt a kind of hunger.
’Bones?’
Zhu Ge’s original body looked at the bones on the ground.
These bones were left over from the barbecue they had just eaten. Originally, Zhu Ge’s way of dealing with them was to bury them and let them turn into fertilizer.
But at this moment, the Bone Monster Avatar felt a sense of gnawing hunger.
So, Zhu Ge bent down, picked up a bone, and tossed it to the Bone Monster Avatar.
The Bone Monster Avatar sensed the bone’s presence. Zhu Ge immediately followed the Bone Monster’s instincts and used a kind of ability similar to bone manipulation.
That bone immediately floated up, shattered into fragments, and then the fragments attached themselves piece by piece to the gaps in the Bone Monster Avatar’s body.
’So it can manipulate bones...’
Zhu Ge was lost in thought.
One of the Bone Monster Avatar’s characteristics was the ability to manipulate bones.
And what’s more...
Zhu Ge could feel the bones being refined and smelted. Their volume was shrinking, but their hardness was increasing.
They were hardening to match the other bones of the Bone Monster!
This proved the Bone Monster Avatar’s second ability: refinement!
’This is a great ability!’
Zhu Ge was ecstatic.
It could manipulate bones to attach them to its body, and at the same time, refine those bones until they became an integrated part of it.
It could even refine its own existing bones, though the process of strengthening them that way was incredibly slow.
But over time, the Bone Monster’s body would become harder than ever before!
’And I can also refine bones and turn them into weapons...’
Zhu Ge’s thoughts raced, and he instantly thought of many uses.
He turned to Liu Jianjian and the others. "From now on, whenever we find bones out there, bring them all back. Give them to my avatar—I have a great use for them!"
"Now, Jianjian, dig a basement. Move my avatar and this pile of bones there."
"I’ll wait until I’ve had some time to adapt before I try using this avatar again."