Perfect World

Chapter 522: Chapter 522 Second Body
 

The witch had a stunning figure, with curves that undulated as she walked, swaying gracefully. Her hair was lustrous and jet black, cascading naturally in front of her chest and down her back. Her skin was porcelain white, and she had large, crystal-clear eyes that sparkled with innocence. When she smiled, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing gleaming pearly teeth that gave her a slightly sly and playful appearance.

In the Vine Garden, the vegetation was fresh, and miniature Stone Mountains were situated around. Various rare and precious vines climbed the rocks, and the Spiritual Energy was very dense.

Shi Hao sat on a vine chair, watching her with great interest, wanting to know what news she had brought.

“Staring so intently like that can make a girl embarrassed,” the witch said with a brilliant and sweet smile. While she claimed to be bashful, her thick skin could match Shi Hao’s any day.

“Out with it, what good news have you brought?” Shi Hao asked, his eyes unabashedly roaming over her, appraising her from head to toe.

Today, she could perhaps be called the Sky Fox Fairy. She had come as a vixen, not to mention her impressive figure, but her several snow-white fox tails were particularly eye-catching and stirred the imagination.

Shi Hao had only seen her in two forms, and this was one of them—a figure that could captivate all living beings, a smile that could evoke untold charms, yet she was also full of vitality.

“I’ve completely unearthed Yue Chan’s secret.” Her smile was full of joy, her large eyes squinting slightly, her white teeth gleaming, making her seem a little like a mischievous devil.

Yue Chan was not the Rightful Master!

To be precise, the Yue Chan Shi Hao had captured was not the Rightful Master. When Shi Hao heard this, he was stunned, finding it unbelievable.

“Are you saying she is a Guardian Spirit?” Shi Hao pressed on. He shook his head, knowing that after capturing the Fairy, he had verified her personally, and she definitely wasn’t just a spectral figure.

“Have you forgotten what I said before? When we first fought that girl in Stone Capital, I said she wasn’t her True Body. You should have some inkling,” the witch replied.

Shi Hao frowned, feeling that something was amiss. He was sure that the person he had captured was a flesh-and-blood body.

“Haha, it seems you really trust your own senses,” the witch laughed. She sat down at the Stone Table, poured herself a cup of tea, took a small sip, and said, “I only said she wasn’t the Rightful Master, I never said she was a Guardian Spirit.”

“Is there a difference?” Shi Hao asked.

“If you just caught a Guardian Spirit, would you feel disappointed and regretful?” The witch looked at him with a mischievous grin and then feigned depth, “Men!”

“What exactly is her state then?” Shi Hao was also curious and wanted to understand what was going on. He had attempted to probe Yue Chan’s Divine Sense, only to encounter a pair of Golden Gates with an aura like that of Deities and a beautiful, flawless woman sleeping inside.

“The ambition of Yue Chan is grand; she seeks to detach herself and enact the Divine Fetus Plan. Now, she has divided herself into two: one as the Main Body, the other as the Second Body,” the witch explained.

Shi Hao gasped, many things suddenly becoming clear to him, and his heart was also shaken—could the Fairy from the Heaven Mending Sect truly defy the heavens in such a way?!

There was no doubt that the one he had Suppressed was the Second Body, also a flesh-and-blood figure, and equally important.

“She has this kind of Divine Skills?” Shi Hao found it hard to believe.

“Don’t ever underestimate Yue Chan; you can slight anyone, but not her. You know, her birth caused quite a sensation; anomalies descended from the sky, auspicious light soared, and the sky dimmed for a long time,” the witch said earnestly.

“She was born in the higher realms; how do you know so much?” Shi Hao believed the witch was not from the Lower Realm, and now he had indirect confirmation.

The witch sat there, her snow-white fox tails swaying captivatingly. Yet her expression was pure, her eyes bright. She ignored him and continued on her own accord, “Some speculate that her birth alongside those anomalies points to an unfathomable origin and foundation.”

The witch didn’t elaborate on Yue Chan’s extraordinary past and her birth, but she did tell him that inside the Fairy’s body lurked a mysterious and sacred potential that transcended her current state!

Shi Hao’s mind was stirred once again by the thought of that flawless woman laying beyond the golden doorway in the depths of Yue Chan’s Divine Sense—translucent and white, dazzling and splendid, almost like a Deity.

This time, the witch sought to understand and verify, and she was certain that Yue Chan had not vanished. To be exact, her Main Body was intact and had not been Suppressed.

The witch had found the place where she once went into seclusion and had seen clues, deducing that the Fairy from the Heaven Mending Sect had completed her Divine Fetus transformation and evolution there.

“Main Body, Second Body…” Shi Hao reflected, his expression alternating between clarity and doubt.

“It’s said to be two bodies, but they are actually one, both the True Body, with one just being stronger and the other slightly weaker,” the witch clarified.

“Why did she do this?” Shi Hao asked.

“Obviously to become stronger. With one body achieving nirvana and the Divine Fetus splitting into two, she essentially gained an extra life. If one dies, the other lives on, and furthermore, it could be used to revive its counterpart,” the witch said with some envy.

The rebirth from a Divine Fetus was an ancient technique, something the witch had also sought in the past but had never found. It seemed Yue Chan had not only obtained it but had mastered it.

“Turning oneself into two people is a bit strange,” Shi Hao commented.

“What’s strange about it? From then on, as long as the two bodies don’t come together, they’re difficult to kill—they are the Undying Body. And most crucially, both bodies can cultivate simultaneously, and when they eventually reunite, it will be her day of completion!” the witch explained.

The so-called completion would certainly mean a power formidable enough to look down upon the heavens and the earth, overlooking the nine heavens, truly possessing an invincible stance!

In the witch’s words, although Yue Chan seemed ethereal like an Immortal, she had great ambition and a bit of a wild streak.

“I’ve captured her Second Body,” Shi Hao chuckled mischievously.

“Whether you’ve captured a True Body or a Second Body, as long as you don’t kill both at the same time, if you kill one, another can be reborn.”

“That’s troublesome. So you’re saying, capturing a Fairy is useless as she can just transform into another?” Shi Hao felt a bit of a headache coming on.

“No, it’s very useful!” The witch laughed, like a cunning little fox, with a glimmer in her eyes, “As long as the captured Second Body doesn’t die, she won’t be able to transform into another.”

“There’s such a rule?” Shi Hao’s eyes lit up.

“Of course. Although that ancient technique is stunningly brilliant, it also has some minor flaws,” the witch laughed heartily.

“Where is her True Body?” Shi Hao asked.

“I’ve been looking for it, but there’s no sign of it. Unless there’s been an accident, she must have found a Land of Creation, where the True Body is cultivating in seclusion while her Second Body walks the earth for her,” the witch said.

Upon hearing this, Shi Hao felt an undercurrent of emotion. The way she put it made it almost sound as if a goddess was above in the ninth level of heaven while an embodiment was cultivating and experiencing the mortal world below.

“So, you’re saying that I must take good care of this Second Body, nourishing the Fairy tender and fair. That way, I’d also restrain her True Body and, perhaps, even interact with her in the future.” The witch’s laugh was rather sinister.

Shi Hao fell silent and then couldn’t help but burst into hearty laughter.

After the laughter subsided, the witch suddenly became serious and informed him that this embodiment was far from simple, and he must not take it lightly. She had come just to assist him with this.

“Just a beautiful captive, could she turn the tables?” Shi Hao said, laughing. His mood was really good lately, having been reunited with his parents and hearing such news from the witch.

“The Second Body being captured by you is an accident, I bet the chaste fairy didn’t mean for it to happen; she’s probably itching with irritation,” the witch said with a smile.

“Now that she’s been captured, what kind of trouble could she stir up?” Shi Hao asked with some skepticism.

“Being captured wasn’t her wish, but the fact that she didn’t fight desperately to escape means she’s biding her time, scheming,” the witch said.

According to her, Yue Chan wanted to uncover all of Shi Hao’s secrets, including the Kun Peng’s technique listed among the Ten Fierce Beasts, as well as his ultimate method that allowed for such rapid growth.

Shi Hao’s heart skipped a beat. Whether it was the Kun Peng’s technique, the Primal True Solution, or the precious symbol contained within his Supreme Bone, any of them could make the schools go mad.

“A prisoner dare covet my treasures, not afraid of feeding a tiger with her body, nor of playing with fire and getting burnt?” Shi Hao sneered.

“You should know, at birth she showed astonishing signs, her body possesses a mysterious Sacred Entity’s potential. Based on what you said earlier, there must be a power hidden behind that Golden Gate that transcends her current realm, which could strike you at a critical moment,” the witch said.

Shi Hao was startled; had he become the prey instead?

The witch shook her head with a smile, “I guess she can’t easily use that power now, and if she does, she’ll pay a heavy price. She won’t open that Golden Gate unless it’s absolutely necessary. I think she would only take such a risk if she gets injured or after discovering your secrets, and then she might use it to escape.”

“She’s indeed bold!” Shi Hao’s presence grew stronger.

“Even if we take a step back, since she’s a Second Body, she has nothing to fear. If she fails, she could end her Second Body and be freed, as the True Body can still resurrect the Second Body,” the witch said.

Shi Hao thought it over and felt that this method was indeed mysterious and terrifying.

“Of course, the reason it’s called the True Body is that it’s somewhat stronger. If close enough, it can sense everything the Second Body experiences, even controlling the Second Body,” the witch said.

The witch further speculated, “I have a feeling, the Second Body took the risk because the True Body, knowing she was in trouble, made a personal visit and guided her.”

She even guessed that the Second Body might not know everything, only the subconscious in the depths of the Divine Sense sea, behind the Golden Gate – the Immaculate Woman – would possess full knowledge.

“Though they belong to the same Fairy’s body and are completely identical, the soul force of the True Body should be stronger, able to control everything,” the witch stated.

“Find the True Body too and suppress them together!” Shi Hao said.

“She surely has drifted far away, not staying to take risks because she’s already done what she needed to. Now, she should be cultivating somewhere in a Land of Creation, quietly waiting for the outcome,” the witch asserted.

Hearing this, Shi Hao’s gaze became piercing, and he murmured softly, “Feeding oneself to a tiger?”

“Hehe, exactly, let her play with fire and burn herself,” the witch said confidently, her eyes twinkling with dawn light.

“What do you suggest?” Shi Hao asked.

“Obviously, keep the Fairy’s Second Body forever, nourish her well, let her marry; if you like her, you might as well take her yourself,” the witch said, pulling out a Stone Box with a sly smile. “I’ve brought the fabled God Suppression Pearl, which can suppress her Divine Sense, preventing her from taking action or ending herself, making it difficult for the Second Body to free itself.”

“Hehe…” Shi Hao laughed.

“In this way, the Second Body wouldn’t be a disaster anymore. In the future, she can be used to interact with the True Body,” the witch laughed wickedly.

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