Inside the Spacetime Secret Realm.
Jun Changxiao sat cross-legged like an old monk entering meditation.
At this moment, his sea of consciousness was filled entirely with mental cultivation technique formulas, sometimes scattered like stars, sometimes gathered together.
“Whoosh!”
No one knew how much time had passed when radiance gradually gathered around Jun Changxiao’s body.
“I understand now…”
He opened his eyes, a flash of enlightenment passing through them.
Under the hundred-fold time acceleration, Jun Changxiao had been constantly researching the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art, and today he finally achieved substantial progress.
“Swish!”
He stood up, pulling both fists back to his waist.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
As the formula of the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art circulated, rolling waves of energy suddenly surged around his body, then gradually gathered into a human figure beside him.
Whether in height or form, it was extremely similar to Jun Changxiao, as if carved from the same mold, but rather ethereal—merely a shadow separated out, different from shadow clone techniques in certain anime, so please don’t force inappropriate comparisons.
Don’t underestimate this shadow—it could cultivate martial dao, comprehend martial techniques, and refine heaven and earth attributes to benefit the original body.
If one had to find a comparison, it was similar to a life contract.
However.
The shadow’s abilities weren’t limited to just cultivation.
It could also comprehend pill dao, medicine dao, and other secondary professions, and could even be used to refine pills and equipment—truly an all-purpose little helper for home life.
“Sit down.”
Jun Changxiao commanded.
Shadow Number One Gou Sheng sat down.
Why call it Number One? Because according to the secret manual’s records, as long as one comprehended the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art to higher levels, one could gather two, three, or even more shadows!
The secret manual was a system reward, belonging to the shop’s secret manuals, so Jun Changxiao couldn’t cheat using Insight Talismans. Therefore, he had only temporarily comprehended the first level, barely able to gather one shadow.
“Swish!”
Sitting cross-legged, both the original body and the shadow began comprehending together.
After about half a shichen, Jun Changxiao said joyfully, “Cultivating with two together is so fast!”
“Obviously.”
The system said, “If you refined ten thousand shadows, your cultivation speed would definitely be ten thousand times faster than usual!”
“I’m not that greedy.”
Jun Changxiao said, “I’d be satisfied with refining eight or ten.”
…
The Great Thousand Shadow Division Art was given not only to Yuan Feng and Feng Guichen, but also distributed to the sect disciples, who were all actively comprehending it at this moment.
The most excited was naturally Ye Xingchen, because this type of martial technique that gathered shadows to help with faster cultivation was simply what he needed most right now!
“As long as I refine one shadow, my cultivation speed will only get faster!” A Niu had a life contract beast, and with the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art to assist, he was full of expectations for the future.
“Too miraculous!”
“Simply too miraculous!”
He Wudi, who was also in the Spacetime Secret Realm, looked at the shadow with a form similar to his own, the shock in his heart growing increasingly intense.
He had seen shadow-type martial techniques before and had even cultivated them, but most were used for combat and confusing enemies. This was his first time seeing one that directly helped with cultivation!
“Sect Master!”
He Wudi thought to himself, “Just how many good things did Senior Qixuan give you!”
Both members of the Brain Supplement Trio were shocked by the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art, so naturally the Purple Scaled Demon King couldn’t be left out. At this moment, it sat cross-legged in a room, scratching its ears and cheeks, saying, “This is too difficult!”
Demon races couldn’t learn human martial techniques, and the latter almost didn’t need to cultivate—just breathing in and out could make them stronger. But when Jun Changxiao obtained this martial technique, it came with a note—all beings with self-awareness can cultivate it.
And so.
Throughout the entire sect, except for the beast races that couldn’t speak human language, everyone was allocated the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art and forced to cultivate.
Beast races that weren’t good at thinking might find cultivation very difficult, but as long as they refined shadows, they would definitely bring enormous benefits.
Actually, speaking of the present, the biggest beneficiaries were still the Medical Herb Hall and Pill Hall—the two halls. After Sun Bukong and others successively comprehended it, one could always see the original bodies with their shadows in the medicine fields responsible for planting medicinal herbs.
Before.
One job, one person.
Now.
One person, two jobs!
“Sect Master!”
Standing on a mountain peak, Old Wei looked at the disciples manipulating shadows to plant and prune in an orderly manner, exclaiming in admiration, “This way, efficiency in planting will increase twofold!”
Jun Changxiao said, “Twofold is too little. In the future, we want fourfold, tenfold, or even more!”
No problem.
As long as disciples comprehended more shadows, one person doing three or four jobs would be a piece of cake.
996 could no longer satisfy Jun Gou Sheng—he wanted disciples to achieve: when work piles up, send shadows to do it!
A modern sweatshop exploiter!
However, Sun Bukong and others not only didn’t feel tired, but were extremely excited, because the existence of shadows could not only be used for planting, but could also cultivate pill dao, which would definitely lead to rapid progress in understanding and refining.
The one with the most experience in this aspect was Feng Guichen. After returning to Linyuan City and successfully comprehending the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art, he sat in a rocking chair drinking tea and sunbathing while the pill refining work was handed over to his shadow.
The condensed shadow had no combat power, but inherited the master’s strengths—whether cultivating or refining pills, there was no difference from the original body doing it personally.
“Clack clack clack!”
At the counter, Young Master Yuan skillfully worked the abacus, tallying today’s pill sales, while his shadow held a brush recording pill inventory—truly one person doing two things at once!
Also discovering this wonderful use were Zhen Dejun and Shangguan Xinyao. The two didn’t use their condensed shadows for cultivation, but for comprehending formations—equivalent to one brain doing double duty.
“Hahaha!”
“Hahahahaha!”
Old Man Taixuan, sitting cross-legged in his room, laughed loudly.
After cultivating the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art and condensing a shadow, two brains thinking together, he finally came up with a way to improve Zhushan Number One!
If he had known this guy’s sect had powerful cultivation facilities and powerful mental techniques, he would have secretly descended to the lower realm even at the risk of taking on all the blame he shouldn’t have carried.
A certain reader surnamed Duo once complained that Jun Changxiao ruins people without caring about their lives, even describing it quite unfavorably, but in fact, as long as one joined the Eternal Sect, the benefits obtained far exceeded carrying the blame.
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
On a certain mountain peak, Zhou Hong rapidly drew and sheathed his sword, his shadow making the same movements, his gaze immediately shining with understanding.
As one of the sect’s extremely rare sword dao geniuses, he had almost never experienced the benefits brought by cultivation facilities, but the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art was an exception, because it could help him comprehend sword dao faster.
…
The entire Eternal Sect set off a wave of cultivating the Great Thousand Shadow Division Art. Although some disciples hadn’t yet comprehended it, it was just a matter of time, and in the future, everyone was destined to start with double cultivation speed and double comprehension.
Just ask—isn’t that terrifying!
“Hall Master Feng.”
After some time passed, Jun Changxiao came to Linyuan City and said, “Sun Bukong and the others have all condensed shadows. In pill refining, one person equals two. We can open a branch store now, right?”
“We can, we can.”
Feng Guichen said, “However, we can only open one.”
“No problem.”
Jun Changxiao drank a sip of tea and asked, “This Sect Master heard that the Pill Hall still has seven Chief Pill Refiners, each one a master in pill refining?”
“Correct.”
Feng Guichen nodded.
Jun Changxiao said, “Are they usually at the Pill Hall? This Sect Master wants to go visit them and ask if they’re interested in joining the Eternal Sect.”
“Huh?”
Feng Guichen’s eyes immediately widened.
“Oh, right.”
Jun Changxiao slapped his forehead and said, “Since the Pill Hall is an authoritative organization in the pill dao field, they should have quite a few pill refining grandmasters. If we recruit them, we should be able to open more branch stores, right?”
“…”
Feng Guichen’s facial expression became increasingly vivid.
This Sect Master of mine has rather grand ambitions!
…
Pill Hall, headquarters.
“Everyone.”
An old man in long robes sitting in the head seat frowned and said, “Recently, for some reason, my left eyelid keeps twitching.”
“Left eye twitches for wealth, right eye twitches for disaster.”
Another old man said with a smile, “This is a good thing!”
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