After fusing and suppressing the time bone claws, Ye Zan now has a bone claw in each hand. It may be said that the hands are no longer his own. Of course, in fact, due to the suppression of the bone claws and the special shape of the bone claws themselves, this did not have as big an impact on Ye Zan's hands as imagined.
Although he came out of the laboratory, Ye Zan did not give up his research on bone claws, but he just stopped focusing on it. The auxiliary chip in his brain has now taken on the task of studying the bone claws, and is conducting in-depth research on the divine substances in the bone claws all the time.
Ye Zan came outside the laboratory, originally planning to do other research, but saw several clones that had been left as a way out.
Previously, Ye Zan was worried about accidents with the fused bone claws, so he specially cultivated several clones, preparing to seize them if there was a serious problem with the physical body. But now that the fusion of the bone claws has been completed and there are no problems with the physical body, these clones are naturally of little use.
These clones do not have any self-will, they are just for the convenience of Ye Zan when he seizes the body. And without a will, it means that they are just "it" and not "he", just clones instead of clones. Therefore, even if it is destroyed now, there is no ethical issue, it is no different from destroying a few corpses.
However, when preparing to destroy the clones, Ye Zan suddenly thought of another problem, or another use of these clones.
You know, Ye Zan is now at the Yuanshen realm, and can split his soul and place it on other objects, refining the so-called external incarnation. However, so far, Ye Zan has not had an external incarnation. At most, he is just distracted and possessed, just like the first time he saw Ye Ping'an.
The external incarnation is, to put it bluntly, a kind of clone. It is not restricted by distractions and can share many things just like another self. As for the strength of the incarnation outside the body, in addition to depending on how much power the original deity has, the things used in the incarnation are also very important.
In this world, many ascetics practice external incarnation, basically using magic weapons as the basis for incarnation. The reason is very simple. Most magic weapons are much stronger than the physical body, and they often store a certain amount of magic power themselves. This means that the external incarnation cultivated with magic weapons not only has a stronger body than the original body, but also does not require the original body to divide too much mana.
Of course, the magic weapon as the basis for external incarnation is not the most perfect.
The first problem is that such an external incarnation based on magic weapons will be very limited in terms of Taoism and magic. A magic weapon with the power of water, after being refined into an external incarnation, can still only cast water spells. Unless you can find a magic weapon that has all five elements, the incarnation you make can have all five elements. However, magic weapons that have all five elements are either extremely rubbish or extremely rare. No matter which one it is, it is not suitable for use as an external incarnation.
The second problem is that the strength limit of the external incarnation will be limited by the quality of the magic weapon. For example, this magic weapon that serves as the basis for external incarnation is like a bucket used to hold water. The size of the bucket determines the maximum amount of water it can hold. If it's a big bucket, you can fill it with a little water, or you can fill it with water. However, when faced with a small bucket, even if you want to fill it with more water, it is impossible.
After all, as the saying goes, nothing in the world is perfect.
In addition, external incarnation is only one type of clone method. There is also a more famous clone method, which is called the second soul.
Back then, Ye Zan went to Tiandao Mountain for the first time and participated in a black prison activity, and also benefited a lot from it. In addition to the monarch-level evil bead secretly sent by Lord Linghua for activating the formation in advance, he also obtained a general-level soul bead by virtue of his own ability.
That general-level soul bead is, for most cultivators, the most suitable material for cultivating the second soul.
Moreover, later in the Fairy Palace world, Ye Zan used the soul bead to purify the Netherworld Sea of the small world, and even promoted the soul bead to the monarch level. Using the monarch-level soul bead as the material for the second soul can no longer be said to be appropriate, but can be called a luxury.
However, in order to use the special abilities of the soul beads to provide smart chips for the smart products he made, Ye Zan did not engage in any second souls. In his opinion, the use of the second soul, apart from giving him an extra life, is not very attractive. It might as well be used to make smart chips.
At this point, we need to talk about a very important difference between the external incarnation and the second spirit.
It can be said that the external incarnation is just another puppet clone controlled by one's own distraction. If something happens to the original deity, no matter how strong the external avatar is or how safe the place is hidden, it will also die together. On the other hand, if something happens to the external incarnation, the impact on the main body will be the loss of a distraction. And the loss of a distraction will also cause considerable damage to the original spirit of the deity.
This is why, although the cultivation method of external incarnation is not a secret, few people will try it. After all, the bonus in terms of strength that the external incarnation can provide is not enough for everyone to be willing to ignore such risks.
As for the second soul, as a kind of clone method, it seems that it just creates a clone. However, the connection between this second spirit and the main body is not a simple master-slave relationship. Although there are differences between the two, they are more like an equal relationship, just like giving me an extra brother. Although the two brothers have a close blood relationship, if the eldest brother dies unexpectedly, the younger brother will definitely not be taken with him.
In other words, if the main body dies unexpectedly, the second soul will not disappear with the main body like the incarnation outside the body. Moreover, when the main body dies, the second soul actually becomes the new main body in a sense. The same is true in reverse. If the second soul is killed, it will not have any substantial impact on the main body. At most, it will only make the main body feel distressed.
Therefore, this method of cultivating the second soul can actually be said to be a life-saving method, which is equivalent to giving people an extra life.
However, as the saying goes, nothing in the world is perfect.
The cultivation of the second soul is more difficult than the external incarnation, and can even be said to be much more dangerous.
To practice external incarnation, you need to separate out a distraction, attach it to a certain object for incarnation, and then practice casting spells. This avatar spirit is not cut off from the main body. It is equivalent to cutting off a piece of the soul like flesh. Unless the external incarnation is destroyed by the enemy, the main body can take back the distraction in the external incarnation at any time.
But to cultivate the second spirit, you need to truly split your own spirit into two parts, in order to achieve relative independence in a certain sense. It's like cutting an earthworm into two parts, and then letting the two parts grow into two independent earthworms.
You know, if one of the divided gods is destroyed, it will cause heavy damage to the original soul, let alone splitting the soul into two like this.
Although cultivating the second soul is not as simple and crude as cutting up earthworms without regard to the consequences, the risks involved are still very high. Moreover, no matter how clever your methods are when dividing the soul, division is division, and anything less is less. This will lead to whether it is the original soul or the divided second soul, the future path will be more difficult, and there may even be no future at all.
Therefore, those who choose to cultivate the second soul are generally those who know that their future is hopeless and at the same time extremely cherish their lives. For this kind of person, there is no future at all. Multiple second souls can add one more life, so this business is still very cost-effective. Moreover, if you are really lucky, you may encounter some opportunity to make up for this shortcoming.
When Ye Zan faced the clones he had prepared before, he thought of ways to create clones such as external incarnations and second souls. His plan in his heart was obviously very clear, and he just wanted to create a few clones for himself. However, he neither intends to create an external incarnation nor a second soul, or rather, he wants to combine the two in order to obtain a clone that better suits his needs.
It's not that Ye Zan is out of his mind, it's not that people in this world are stupid and can't think of it, it's just that people in this world don't have the conditions like him. In this world, who can be like him, who can clone his own body and take his body without any burden.
Ye Zan just did what he thought of. Although he had planned to study other things before, but now that he thought of cultivating clones, he immediately changed his original plan. He gave the order to the artificial intelligence to put several clones into hibernation chambers and sent them to another laboratory arranged as a quiet room, and he followed there.
When he came to the laboratory, several clones had been placed. Ye Zan came to the center of the room. He did not start taking action immediately, but first deduced all the details in his mind. After all, even if you have the advantage of a clone, you can't just add a distraction and be done. There are still quite a few issues to consider.
In particular, what Ye Zan wants to do is to combine the advantages of the external incarnation and the second soul, rather than simply choosing a certain ready-made method.
If we simply use the method of incarnation outside the body, the incarnation of a cloned body cannot be compared to the incarnation of a magic weapon. Not only is the physical body weak, but it also wastes the advantage of sustainable development. However, simply using the method of the second soul will cause too much damage to the main soul, and there are many risks involved.
Only by learning from the strengths of the two methods can we obtain a clone that, although not necessarily perfect, is more in line with Ye Zan's needs.
The method of cultivating the external incarnation and the second spirit is well-known in this world, and Ye Zan naturally has no shortage of it here. He was sitting in the room, his true consciousness enveloped several clones, and the auxiliary chip also allocated most of its computing power to quickly calculate various envisioned plans.
After a long time, Ye Zan finally had a detailed plan. An instruction was sent to the artificial intelligence in the research center, and the dormant cabins of several clones were opened simultaneously. Immediately afterwards, Ye Zan pinched the magic formula with his hand, and a huge figure appeared in the real world. It was the original soul sitting cross-legged on the green leaf lotus platform.
As the magic formula in Ye Zan's hand changed, the body of the original soul sitting cross-legged on the green leaf lotus table suddenly trembled slightly, and an illusory shadow flew out. That illusory shadow has the same appearance as the original spirit, but it looks far less solid than the original spirit.
This distraction does not mean pulling a random piece of cotton from the original soul and throwing it away. If you want to achieve true distraction, the part that is separated must have a complete form of the soul. In other words, as much as the main spirit is present, the distracting spirit is also indispensable, but it is much weaker in all aspects.
At this time, Ye Zan raised his hand and pointed out a clone. The phantom that was originally floating next to the original spirit immediately floated towards the clone. In the blink of an eye, the phantom fell on the clone and slowly sank into the clone's sea of consciousness.
As the distraction entered, the clone's body suddenly changed. Dao rune patterns appeared on the naked body, as if they were tattooed all over the body. The avenue runes kept flashing and releasing mist-like energy to adaptively transform the clone's body.
Since this clone was originally cultured using Ye Zan's cells, it is not much different from Ye Zan's original body. The power of the avenue runes naturally didn't take much time to transform the clone's physical body, and it dissipated without a trace in the blink of an eye.
After the avenue runes disappeared, the clone slowly opened its eyes, sat up from the dormant cabin, and looked at Ye Zan, who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the room.
At this time, Ye Zan had a strange feeling. He looked at himself sitting in the middle of the room, and then looked at himself sitting in the sleeping cabin.
"It's interesting. I didn't have such an obvious sense of separation when I was distracted by the robot before. This clone is indeed different from the ordinary distractions." Ye Zan looked at himself, saying something novel and a little funny.
In fact, it can be said that being distracted by other things is like extending your five senses. Just like usual, you pinch your thumb and index finger together. You can feel the skin of the index finger from the thumb, and you can also feel the skin of the thumb with the index finger.
But now, Ye Zan didn't just attach the distraction to the clone, but separated the distraction into the will of the clone. In this way, it is no longer touching oneself in the ordinary sense, but like two independent people with strong telepathy. "I" can be the "I" sitting in the middle of the room, the "I" sitting in the sleeping cabin, or both "I" at the same time.