661: Chapter 661 Discussion of the Two Clones!

These skills are simply impossible for Martial Artists who focus on Qi Refining or Body Refining to Cultivate.

Because they do not have sufficiently powerful Mental Energy.

Only Spiritual Power Cultivators can do so.

Qin Yan still remembered that when he first started Alchemy, the first major obstacle he encountered was insufficient Mental Energy, making it impossible to even begin.

Back then, his Mental Energy was only a few dozen Hertz. To increase it, he made himself dizzy and listless, unable to recover for several days.

Therefore, a powerful Spiritual Power Cultivator can truly be an army of one, or hold a high status, sought after and revered by countless Martial Artists.

However, Spiritual Power Cultivators are not without weaknesses.

Their greatest weakness is that their own cultivation is very fragile.

Spiritual Power Cultivators focus on increasing Mental Energy and honing their skills, often neglecting the tempering of their Physical Bodies.

The strength of their Physical Bodies is far inferior to Martial Artists of the same rank.

Their blood qi is not vigorous, their bones and muscles are not strong, and their defensive power is low.

Once a Martial Artist launches a close-quarters sneak attack, they are very likely finished.

A Spiritual Power Cultivator with five hundred Hertz might fall even if a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist successfully ambushes them.

A single blade through the heart, a single palm strike to crush the skull.

Whereas if a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist were to ambush a Grandmaster, they probably wouldn't even be able to break through the opponent's defense.

A Grandmaster's blood qi is as surging as the sea, and their skin is as tough as steel; ordinary blades and swords wouldn't even leave a white mark.

This is the gap.

The advantage of a Martial Artist is strong survivability and direct combat capability; the advantage of a Spiritual Power Cultivator is a variety of methods and a higher ceiling.

This is also why Spiritual Power Cultivators like Yin Li and Su Qingwan also engage in Qi Refining or Body Refining.

The purpose is simple—to enhance their own survivability.

It doesn't need to be very strong, just enough.

Being able to hold out for a few more rounds during a close-quarters ambush and not being instantly killed at a critical moment—that's enough.

However, the power of a Spiritual Power Cultivator is still beyond doubt.

Every Martial Artist has a dream of becoming a Cultivator.

Who wouldn't want to control the power of heaven and earth with a single thought? Who wouldn't want to make an enemy's Soul Fly Away and spirit Scatter while laughing and talking?

Who wouldn't want to master miraculous arts like Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Formations?

But the problem is, there are too few people with the talent for Mental Energy cultivation.

One in ten thousand, or even one in a hundred thousand.

Even Qin Yan belongs to the category of people without talent.

The reason he has his current Mental Energy cultivation is not talent, but his Shadow Clone.

The Shadow Clone bore everything for him.

Comprehension, Cultivate, Breakthrough—all the hard and tiring work is done by the Shadow Clone.

While Qin Yan himself only needs to sit back and enjoy the fruits of its labor.

If not for the Shadow Clone, he might still be worrying about two hundred Hertz of Mental Energy, let alone four hundred and seventy Hertz.

However, Qin Yan estimated that even with the Shadow Clone's Comprehension Ability, it would be stuck at the five hundred Hertz threshold for a long time.

It's not that the Shadow Clone isn't good enough, but that this threshold is too difficult.

Xiao Hei inside him, despite possessing a large amount of Darkness Profundity, has been stuck at five hundred Hertz of Mental Energy for a quite a long time.

Who is Xiao Hei? The Nine Nether Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree, royalty of the Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree, and master of Darkness Profundity.

But even so, it has remained stagnant at the five hundred Hertz threshold for a long time.

This shows how difficult it is to Breakthrough the five hundred Hertz Mental Energy threshold.

That's right, Xiao Hei also Cultivates Mental Energy.

This was told to Qin Yan by Xiao Hei personally.

Xiao Hei belongs to the type that engages in Dual Cultivation of Mental Energy and Body Refining.

It has both the powerful physical talent of the Demon Race and no small attainment in Mental Energy.

The two complement each other.

This news wasn't exactly a surprise to Qin Yan.

The Demon Race is recognized as one of the races with the most outstanding Body Refining talent in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

They are born with powerful Physical Bodies and majestic blood qi, almost crushing all other races of the same level.

And as a royal Bloodline of the Nine Nether Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree, Xiao Hei's Body Refining talent is even more superior among its peers, which can be seen from its ten-zhang-tall, indestructible demon tree true form.

As for Xiao Hei also being able to Cultivate Mental Energy, it might seem incredible at first, but it's not hard to understand upon closer thought—after all, even the Four Secrets of the Heavenly Demon, a supreme secret technique centered purely on dark Mental Energy, is sealed within Xiao Hei's inherited memories, which in itself is enough to show that the Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree clan's foundation in Mental Energy cultivation is by no means simple.

Even if Xiao Hei's Mental Energy talent were truly poor, it wouldn't matter—because it also has a Shadow Clone.

Qin Yan sank his consciousness into the Blood Demon Nest. In that space shrouded in darkness, the demonic qi black hole was still slowly rotating, and countless chains condensed from Darkness Profundity stretched across the black hole like silent black rivers, emitting an ancient and profound aura.

And beneath these dark chains, two figures as black as ink sat cross-legged side by side, both looking up at that brilliant Sea of Darkness Laws, silently comprehending.

One of the figures was Qin Yan's Shadow Clone.

Pitch-black all over, his silhouette was exactly the same as Qin Yan's, and his entire body emitted a faint dark aura.

He sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, his Mental Energy turning into countless invisible threads that wrapped around those chains of Darkness Profundity, greedily absorbing the nutrients within.

Not far from him was another figure—its appearance was the same as Xiao Hei's—trunk, branches, leaves, every detail was identical.

But its size was much smaller, only about three feet tall, like a seedling that had just sprouted from the soil.

Moreover, the dark aura it emitted was even denser than Xiao Hei's main body.

Pitch-black as ink and deep as an abyss, it seemed capable of swallowing all surrounding light.

This was the Shadow Clone cultivated by Xiao Hei.

The dark aura was even thicker and purer than Xiao Hei's main body.

With this Clone, Xiao Hei's cultivation efficiency also skyrocketed, as the main body and the Clone could comprehend Darkness Profundity simultaneously, a two-pronged approach.

Furthermore, in the Blood Demon Nest, Qin Yan's Shadow Clone was not alone.

Besides comprehending Darkness Profundity, he also frequently discussed the various mysteries of the Dark Dao with Xiao Hei's Shadow Clone.

Two people—or rather, two Clones—sat together, exchanging words, corroborating and inspiring each other.

Sometimes Qin Yan's Shadow Clone would raise a doubt, and Xiao Hei's Shadow Clone would help him solve it;

Sometimes Xiao Hei's Shadow Clone would share an insight, and Qin Yan's Shadow Clone would help him appreciate it.

The understanding of both in the Dark Dao continued to deepen through this exchange.

Watching this scene, the corners of Qin Yan's mouth curled up slightly as he withdrew his Mental Energy from the Blood Demon Nest.

“Next, I'll first improve my Body Refining strength.”

He now has a hundred aperture awakening pills; after consuming all of them, his Body Refining cultivation will definitely improve significantly.