They are just a thought that exists based on their essence.
Although I knew this fact, when the gem cracked, Zheng Qing couldn't help but ask: "Sir, in the future, I can only 'sacrifice' myself... or my own clone? Is this the price of using the forbidden spell?"
"Of course not."
The gentleman gave a very clear negative answer: "It's just that your cultivation is limited now and your understanding of the forbidden mantra is not perfect enough. The so-called "self-destruction" is essentially your forced interpretation of the forbidden mantra. Or in other words, you forcefully release the forbidden mantra that is one with you by "dissociating" yourself... In the future, if you have a deeper understanding of the world, you will not be so simple and crude when using the forbidden mantra."
These words comforted the young wizard a little.
But he was still a little unsatisfied: "Can you use other 'sacrificial products'? I mean, besides 'blasting me', is there any other way to drive this forbidden spell?"
The gentleman looked at the magic book in his hand. Perhaps because he absorbed a clone spirit, the originally milky white cover burst out with a shallow light. At the same time, Zheng Qing also felt a faint hint of hunger from the book, as if the spiritual power provided by the black gem cats just now did not satisfy its appetite.
“There is, in theory.”
This time, the gentleman's answer was not so sure: "As long as your Dharma book is not rejected and is willing to 'eat', then you sacrifice other powerful souls and can also release the forbidden spell... After all, this Dharma book now carries a rich enough forbidden spell style. But I doubt whether you can hunt a powerful soul to sacrifice it. From another perspective, I actually don't really agree with your use of other souls."
"Why?"
“Two reasons.”
The gentleman unbuttoned his buckle and flipped through the magic book in his hand calmly, as if he was checking whether the automatically generated spells in the book were qualified. At the same time, he was slowly answering the boy's confusion:
"...First, other souls may pollute your Dharma books, especially many powerful wizards will be exposed to knowledge from the starry sky to more or less. Those knowledge is poisonous. Your Dharma books are polluted by the starry sky. Some details of this forbidden spell may be known by the starry sky, which is not a good thing for you. Second, wizards of your age are easily disturbed by the outside world and have distracting thoughts... Or, in the words of old-school wizards, they can be called "demon thoughts", which will drag down your practice. The clone transformation technique can reduce the related risks. Every time you 'separate' a clone, you can take away some of the distracting thoughts in your heart, which will be completely killed as the clone is annihilated..."
"Then after I eliminated the clone deformation surgery, have those demonic thoughts returned to me?" Zheng Qing immediately noticed some inappropriate details in his husband's answer.
“Very sharp.”
The gentleman's eyes left the Dharma Book and looked at Zheng Qing with satisfaction: "After removing the clone deformation surgery, those distracting thoughts will indeed come back. But when you use them again, there will be more distracting thoughts taken away. I remember that you have taken the occult this year, and there is a 'mysterious aggregation principle' in it. Do you still have the impression?"
The boy nodded repeatedly and was about to speak, but the gentleman didn't give him a chance.
“——The wizard’s ‘distracting thoughts’ will also follow this principle.”
The gentleman looked down again and read the Dharma book, and speeded up his speech: "The pure thoughts and distracting thoughts in everyone's soul are clearly distinguished, but they are like a cup of turbid water on weekdays. When you successfully extract the first thread of distracting thoughts, the distracting thoughts that come into contact with the essence of heaven and earth will grow stronger than other distracting thoughts. Therefore, when it returns to the wizard's body again, other distracting thoughts will be absorbed on it according to the principle of "aggregation". This is repeated many times, and the more distracting thoughts gather, the more spirituality of the clone will become stronger and stronger, until finally, the clone will have the idea of "autonomousness"..."
Zheng Qing subconsciously glanced at the blue alien dragon on the edge of the cave that was happily playing ball.
“——So, clones are a very dangerous type of magic.”
The gentleman seemed to be unconscious, and his tone did not fluctuate: "In ancient times, some wizards specially nourished their bodies, absorbed the demonic thoughts born from the body, and cut them off when they were completed in order to achieve a perfect state of mind. However, this path is very dangerous. If you are not careful, the clones filled with distracting thoughts will retaliate against the body and occupy the nest. So now few wizards have used it. More wizards choose to keep distracting thoughts on themselves to facilitate control nearby... I remember you have seen Professor Yao's true body, right?"
Zheng Qing nodded with a very small ambition.
The three-headed and eight-armed giant ape left a very deep impression on him on the battlefield of the Black Prison. A few days ago, when the sun above the island of Phuket was stolen, he had seen the real body appear in the horizon.
"——Professor Yao's 'Three Songs' are generated by separation of distracting thoughts." The gentleman nodded slightly: "It's just that his situation is more complicated, so the state of the three songs is a little special."
"Will the clone deformation technique we practice backfire?" Zheng Qing raised his hand carefully.
The gentleman raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and snorted: "Zhongshan, the Jiang family has a deep foundation, you don't need to worry about Jiang Yu's troubles in this kind of thing... As for you, with this Dharma book to consume you, I only worry that you have too few distractions on weekdays and will not be able to condense your clones in the future. Well, but judging from your indecisive personality, distractions should not be missing... Yes, the mantras in the book are very clear and complete enough. Now I need a little introduction..."
As he said that, he grabbed Zheng Qing's arm and shook it gently.
A few drops of bright red blood oozed out from Zheng Qing's fingers and dripped onto the cover of the Dharma book. The blood-red color looked particularly dazzling on the milky white cover. In just a moment, it blew open and penetrated into the Dharma book.
Does the spirit body also have blood?
Zheng Qing was suspicious of his condition, silently retracted his fingers and looked at the wound, but saw that his skin was as smooth as before, without any trace of injury.
As the blood dissipated, four tadpole-like small characters slowly swam out of the blank space and finally stayed in the center of the cover, with its head and tail connected, which seemed very regular.
Book of Order.
Zheng Qing whispered the four words he didn't know. After reading them, he suddenly came to his senses and realized what he had just done.
“Are you ready?”
The gentleman did not give him more opportunities to ask questions. He held Zheng Qing's shoulder and raised his legs. When he was about to step out of this solidified space and time, he suddenly stopped and looked back at the boy: "———Well, finally, I need to remind you."
He shook the Dharma book in his hand: "I use this book, the effect is different from the one you use... So, what I can do, you may not be able to do it. I hope you will not cause unnecessary psychological burdens to you in the future."