495: Chapter 495: Account Boosting is Now Online

"Holy Brother, you... you're alright?"

Qing Xuan appeared in the main city, carrying a box on his back.

As soon as he returned, he saw Zhou Yan sitting silently by the pool, looking as if he were barely suppressing a smirk.

Seeing that Zhou Yan was fine, Qing Xuan hurriedly looked him over but found nothing wrong; he could even sense that the other's cultivation seemed to have improved further.

"That shouldn't be possible?"

Qing Xuan rushed closer, lifting Zhou Yan's arm and tilting his head to examine him for a long time until Zhou Yan grew somewhat impatient, only then stopping.

His Face was then filled with disbelief.

"How can a dao wound be fine, and heal so quickly?"

It wasn't surprising that Qing Xuan was shocked; a dao wound was different from simple damage—it was an injury to one's Origin.

Generally speaking, if an arm suffered a dao wound, the Cultivator basically lost the concept of that hand. It wasn't that the arm couldn't move anymore, but that its output efficiency dropped, which manifested externally as the arm no longer being flexible.

The same applied to damage in other organs.

So in Qing Xuan's eyes, Zhou Yan announcing he had a dao wound was no different from a doctor seeing a pale patient with an axe in his head coming in to register, who then nonchalantly made way for the patient behind him, saying he could hold on a bit longer.

"Alright, alright, anyway, it's enough that you know I'm fine."

"Now I need to tidy up. You go prepare as well, arrange the personnel, and come with me to Dream City tomorrow."

As he spoke, Zhou Yan pushed Qing Xuan out, but Qing Xuan still remembered to shove medicine into Zhou Yan's hands, reminding him not to forget to take it. Finally, after Qing Xuan left, Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

After casually setting up a barrier, a small pink slime crawled out from behind Zhou Yan's neck.

"Original Body, why didn't you let Qing Xuan know about my situation?"

The corner of Zhou Yan's mouth curled up as he explained casually.

"Qing Xuan loves to pry into everything. Time is short now, and I don't have time to explain it to him."

"Next, we should prepare to set off for Dream City."

"Okay, Original Body, I understand."

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yan pulled out another body and reverted to his male body, while Lord Canglan occupied Zhou Yan's female body. Seeing this, Zhou Yan finally broke into a smile.

"This way, both bodies can be looked after."

Watching Lord Canglan head out using his female account while he maintained a connection felt incredibly novel to Zhou Yan.

Just now, when a Body Integration Stage boss had suddenly spawned and Zhou Yan was at a loss, Lord Canglan—who didn't know what was happening himself—had inexplicably sent him a connection request.

Through its connection, Zhou Yan could analyze that it wanted to establish something similar to a master-servant link; the difference was that it had actively applied to be the subordinate.

Because the situation was urgent, Zhou Yan subconsiously agreed to the request, and thus inexplicably gained an Incarnation.

At the same time, after the connection was completed, he gained a preliminary understanding of the other's condition.

Strictly speaking, that small pink jellyfish that just left wasn't entirely Lord Canglan, but only a part of him.

Through the feedback information, Zhou Yan learned that the Silk Sea Guest race was both a species and a single individual.

Most of the time, they were closely linked like neurons, commanded and acting under a single primary consciousness, somewhat similar to the concept of a hive mind.

And the one he encountered was one such individual.

The reason it established a connection seemed to be that it had lost a massive amount of information and its subjective initiative; in plain terms, it had been formatted and needed to reconnect to the master brain.

Since he was the only living person near it, this fellow seemed to have mistaken him for the master brain.

Based on the principle of not letting a Body Integration combat power that delivered itself to his door go to waste, and since he had felt the trip to Dream City might be unstable, having another safety net meant he naturally had to make good use of it.

Thus, Zhou Yan selflessly shared the principles of his Spells, Cultivation Techniques, and Divine Abilities.

And because he was the master brain, the other could also share many of his Powers of Law, though there were some minor side effects.

That is, after bearing too many related memories, it had already been molded into Zhou Yan's shape, losing the chance to Awakening an independent consciousness.

Though it was a pity, to be safe, Zhou Yan still set up a whole family NPC package; since Silk Sea Guests could actually count as pets, he didn't forget to put it in a pet slot.

This way, with a Body Integration level Incarnation heading to Dream City that he could also control remotely, he truly didn't fear the danger of exposure.

When the time came, he could find an opportunity to enter the Desire Realm with his Original Body. Who would be able to tell who was who? He could completely use a feint to distract them.

"But did I forget something?"

"Forget it, it's probably not important."

Zhou Yan then left the main city and headed out of Taiyi City, intending to first return to Qingxu Grotto-Heaven to take a look, and incidentally report his safety to spread the news of his return.

As for those who knew Kong Xuan was also him, hearing that Zhou Yan had returned to Qingxu Grotto-Heaven while Kong Xuan was still in the Desire Realm would make the situation very subtle.

Zhou Yan didn't know that this move he thought of randomly would bring immense pressure to his good brother, Mu Qianqiu.

Southern Desert, Truth Cult underground base.

King Dong strode into it, and a group of researchers lowered their heads in greeting one after another.

He merely waved his hand casually, indicating no need for formalities, and finally walked to the very center of the laboratory, standing beside a blonde youth.

In this most important position, two broken bodies were currently placed.

One was charred all over, still bearing some withered plant branches, while the other was surrounded by a faint yellow light and had a rocky texture.

King Dong then spoke to the youth beside him.

"Arthur, I really didn't expect the person coming would be you."

This blonde youth was none other than the Arthur who had brought Ma Hao out of the Northern Territory in the past.

At this moment, his entire gaze was drawn to the two bodies in the jars before him.

The arm covered in machinery was slowly rising, as if stroking the bodies inside through the two jars.

"This was my project to begin with. I poured too much effort into it, even losing an arm for it."

"Now that it's about to succeed, how could I have the heart to give it up?"

King Dong curled his lip.

"I'm not asking about your mental journey; I'm asking if you can still do this with one arm wasted."

"If you can't, it would be better to swap in an ordinary Body Integration Stage person. I don't want to take extra risks just to cater to your emotions."

Arthur turned around, showing an awkward smile.

"Don't expose me like that, okay? I'm a Sword Cultivator after all, give me some Face."

"Although this arm was burned by an old friend and hasn't recovered yet, I still have plenty of confidence among those in the Body Integration Stage."

King Dong ignored him upon hearing this, only looking at the two bodies in front of him and saying,

"Having confidence is your business, but if you don't meet my expectations, I will still propose a replacement."

Arthur shrugged, not caring at all.

"Two Body Integration Stages, that should be enough no matter what, right?"

King Dong put a hand to his forehead; with just this one sentence, he realized that this guy losing an arm wasn't innocent at all.

"Arthur, are you an idiot?"

"This plan was jointly organized by the Six Demonic Sects. According to the rules, other forces can only send Soul Transformation Cultivators, while our six Sects can mobilize Body Integration."

"But have you thought about what the Truth Cult's share in this plan is, and what the other Sects' shares are?"

"The success of the plan is inevitable, but complete success is only what we want to see."

"The Body Integration Stage Cultivators of the other 'good brother' Sects will definitely come too; at most, they just won't be so blatant about it."

"Not to mention those far away, my old employer is definitely the type who will put in effort as long as money is involved. Don't you know the Origin of this body yourself?"

King Dong pointed at the headless body surrounded by withered grass.

If anyone who had participated in the Battle of Kaifeng were here, they would immediately discover that this was the body Alias used when briefly resurrecting with the help of Zhou Yan's remnant body.

Arthur frowned, seemingly deep in thought.

True, he had bought this body from the Lianxing Pavilion.

At that time, everyone thought the body had been reduced to ashes, but they didn't know there was an expert from the Lianxing Pavilion present who quickly preserved the body. Only then was there this transaction and the subsequent plan.

But Arthur still couldn't quite believe that the Lianxing Pavilion would do something like backstabbing an ally.

They clearly valued profit most. If this matter succeeded, it would also be a good thing for the Lianxing Pavilion; there was no need to sacrifice one part of the profit for another.

King Dong saw through Arthur's thoughts and felt even more disdain for this assistant.

"Sword Cultivators are already enough of a headache, and adding a researcher identity on top... I really detest you gifted people. How did natural selection not weed you out?"

"Merchants are always selfish. Don't look at how their system is more complete than ours and their rules more rigorous; once profit is touched, internal fighting is common."

"The faction of the Lianxing Pavilion currently in contact with us will naturally gain a lot, so why would they be willing to share the profit with other departments?"

"And what would those who don't get a share think?"

"Take that fellow who sold you this body; that old geezer probably already thought of how to take back the profit before he even sold the item to you."

Arthur gave a sigh, finding these trivial matters quite a headache.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, according to you, we'll lose out no matter what, so we might as well just wait for everything to arrive."