"Why don't you learn a clone skill too?" Zheng Dong said.
Yin Xue pouted. She wanted to learn, but her attributes were Spirit, Life, and Time.
Skills related to these three attributes were not numerous. It would be difficult to find a rarer clone skill.
Otherwise, with her former status as the princess of the Qing Qiu Totem Kingdom, how could she not have mastered a clone skill?
"I want to learn too, but I don't have the corresponding skill inheritance beads."
"I'll think of a way, maybe I can find one," Zheng Dong said.
If it couldn't be found in the Qing Qiu Totem Kingdom, it might be found in Yan Huang.
Moreover, keeping Yin Xue by his side might be useful at some point.
Although her combat power was weaker, she was still a King-tier being.
Returning to Yin Xue's royal palace, Zheng Dong contacted Jin Heng Chuanqi.
After explaining the situation to Jin Heng Chuanqi, Jin Heng Chuanqi was very supportive.
After all, having Yin Xue follow Zheng Dong would be better than leaving her alone in the Eastern Fox Kingdom, and it would also facilitate Yan Huang's future integration of the Eastern Fox Kingdom.
"I'll help you ask around and see if I can find a suitable clone skill.
Also, Jian Zhu, whom you rescued last time, wants to thank you in person. She will be setting up a special operations bureau branch in the Eastern Fox Kingdom, mainly responsible for affairs in the Eastern Fox Kingdom and surrounding totem kingdoms."
This surprised Zheng Dong a bit.
Jian Zhu was severely injured, almost to the point of death.
He wondered what method the Special Operations Bureau used to save her.
After hanging up the phone, Zheng Dong stayed in the Eastern Fox Kingdom for a few more days.
During this time, he met with Jian Zhu.
Jian Zhu was not only responsible for setting up the Eastern Fox Kingdom's Special Operations Bureau branch but also held a concurrent position under Yin Xue.
Fortunately, Jin Heng Chuanqi did not keep Zheng Dong waiting for too long.
On the seventh day, he sent over a skill inheritance bead.
Through this skill inheritance bead, one could learn the super-tier skill, Psychic God Clone.
Psychic God Clone was a dual-attribute skill of Spirit and Life. The clones condensed had great growth potential, and could even surpass the main body by one realm.
However, the number of condensed clones was limited, with a maximum of nine Psychic God Clones that could be condensed.
Furthermore, the conditions for condensation were very strict, requiring at least one Rank 8 resource as the core carrier for the clone.
This was different from clone skills like Shadow Clone, Water Clone, and Ice Clone.
The resource used as the core carrier could also provide an additional attribute to the clone, allowing it to master skills other than those of the main body.
In other words, Psychic God Clone could greatly enhance Yin Xue's combat capabilities.
Of course, it all depended on how the clones she condensed cultivated and how far they grew in the future.
Upon learning that Zheng Dong had obtained the Psychic God Clone skill for her, Yin Xue was in disbelief.
Then, she excitedly threw herself into Zheng Dong's arms.
"My husband, you are too good to me."
Next, with the assistance of Zheng Dong's beast-taming talent skill domain, Yin Xue began to cultivate Psychic God Clone.
The entire cultivation process was quite smooth.
Yin Xue's spiritual power was very strong, naturally reaching Advanced, and not far from Top-tier spiritual power.
Soon, she progressed from Beginner to Proficient.
But it was still not enough.
Zheng Dong hoped that she would reach the "Mastered" level in her understanding of Psychic God Clone before condensing clones.
With the assistance of the multiple skill domains, it was relatively easy to upgrade a super-tier skill to the Mastered level.
It only took Yin Xue seven days in total.
The next step was to condense the clones.
Zheng Dong still had plenty of Rank 8 resources.
Most of them were obtained from the treasury of Qing Qiu City before.
Afterward, he captured several cities, including Fox Heart City, and acquired some resources.
Then, Zheng Dong carefully selected nine Rank 8 resources – Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Light, and Darkness – for Yin Xue to condense clones.
Yin Xue quickly condensed a clone using a Gold-attribute resource.
As expected, the clone's attribute was Gold.
Unfortunately, it did not master any Gold-attribute skills and needed to learn the corresponding skills.
However, its growth level reached King-tier, the same as Yin Xue.
Moreover, it could slowly improve, even surpassing Yin Xue by one level to reach Emperor-tier.
Afterward, Yin Xue also condensed the other eight clones.
As for the skills these clones would learn, that would be up to Yin Xue to figure out.
She was now the ruler of the Eastern Fox Kingdom, so it was relatively easy for her to collect and learn some skills.
Zheng Dong did not expect Yin Xue's clones to fight for the time being.
Having these clones remain in the Eastern Fox Kingdom should help Yin Xue manage daily affairs.
Finally, Zheng Dong also imprinted the Psychic God Clone skill.
He also wanted to try condensing a clone with potential.
He just hadn't decided which resource to use yet.
Next, Yin Xue's clones remained in the Eastern Fox Kingdom, while her main body followed Zheng Dong back to Modu University.
Unknowingly, it was already October.
Zheng Dong had not been at Modu University for the first semester of his sophomore year.
This had caused quite a bit of criticism.
Teacher Liu Xia was also under a lot of pressure and had called Principal Yu of Modu University multiple times.
Principal Yu did not know that Zheng Dong had gone out to complete a mission for the Special Operations Bureau.
He could only deal with it after Zheng Dong returned.
"What's going on with this Zheng Dong? He's been missing for seven or eight months, and I don't know where he's gone," Principal Yu complained.
The national university beast-taming master competition, held every four years, was about to begin. Principal Yu hoped Zheng Dong would return to represent Modu University.
Of course, besides Principal Yu, many others wanted to find Zheng Dong, such as Hu Maoxue of the Fire God Sect, and Ye Chengbì, the father of Ye Qiao and Ye Xue'er.
Ye Chengbì's son and daughter had both died under mysterious circumstances, and he was determined to find Zheng Dong and investigate the cause.
There was also Bai Zhengchu, who was determined to avenge Bai Wenxuan.
Bai Zhengchu had become a Titled Legend, and his pets, such as the Ethereal Female Demon and the Four-Eyed Frog, had also grown to Overlord-tier.
He was just waiting for Zheng Dong to show up to settle the score.
Zheng Dong piloted Jingjing, in its battleship form, all the way to Modu University.
By the time he returned to Modu University, it was already evening.
Zheng Dong did not notify anyone and directly used spatial teleportation to return to his villa.
The next day, Zheng Dong was summoned to the principal's office.
Principal Yu was the same as always, stern and unsmiling in front of outsiders.
"Tell me, what have you been doing for so long? Do you want to be expelled?"
Principal Yu wanted to scare Zheng Dong into behaving.
But Zheng Dong's words silenced him.
"This, I cannot tell you. It is a secret of the Special Operations Bureau. I was dispatched by the Special Operations Bureau during the winter break to carry out a mission.
If you don't believe me, you can ask Legend Zeng Zuo or Legend Jin Heng. They can vouch for me."
Principal Yu frowned in frustration.
He didn't want to get involved in matters concerning the Special Operations Bureau.
"Don't use the Special Operations Bureau as an excuse. This is Modu University, and I have the final say. You've missed over a semester, what do you think should be done?" Principal Yu said with a cold face.
"That's simple. I'll retake all the tests. Don't worry, I haven't slacked off on my cultivation. I'm a Grandmaster now," Zheng Dong said confidently.
This surprised Principal Yu.
"Grandmaster!? You're not kidding me, are you!"
Many teachers at Modu University were not even Grandmaster-tier beast-taming masters.
Of course, these teachers had their own areas of expertise.
Zheng Dong didn't say anything and directly summoned Ling'er.
Seeing Ling'er, whose growth level had reached King-tier, and the Rank 6 summoning array, Principal Yu was stunned.
"Good kid, you truly are a genius of our Modu University. This year's national competition rests on you."
"In that case, you go find Teacher Liu Xia and complete all the tests you missed last semester.
Also, you must participate in this year's national competition. My requirement is that regardless of whether you win first place, you cannot lose to Imperial Capital University!" Principal Yu said.
Zheng Dong was not very interested in participating in the national competition unless there were prizes that attracted him.
So, he couldn't help but ask:
"If I win first place, will the school offer any rewards?"
"The school can reward you with 5 million Dragon Yuan and a Rank 8 resource. Additionally, the rewards for this national competition are very generous. It is said that the first place in the individual competition has a chance to obtain a legendary-tier resource, but the specific details have not yet been announced." Principal Yu said.
If there was a chance to obtain a legendary-tier resource, Zheng Dong would be willing to participate.
After bidding farewell to Principal Yu, Zheng Dong found Teacher Liu Xia.
Teacher Liu Xia thought she was hallucinating when she saw Zheng Dong.
"Alright, you brat, you finally showed up! If you didn't appear any sooner, I would have had to report you missing!" Teacher Liu Xia said grumpily.
"Something came up and delayed me. Don't worry, I haven't slacked off on my cultivation at all. I'm already a Grandmaster-tier beast-taming master," Zheng Dong said.
This left Teacher Liu Xia dumbfounded.
She looked at Zheng Dong in disbelief and repeated:
"You're a Grandmaster-tier beast-taming master?"
Seeing Zheng Dong nod, she became even more depressed. How was she supposed to teach him now?
Zheng Dong was already more powerful than her. She estimated that she might not even be able to defeat Zheng Dong, which was a blow to her pride as a teacher.
Therefore, in the subsequent tests, Teacher Liu Xia did not hold back at all, and even set stricter requirements than for other students.
However, it still did not stump Zheng Dong.
Not only was Zheng Dong's strength immense, but he also had Memory Drops. By having multiple clones use Memory Drops to study, his main body could memorize all the courses he hadn't taken in a very short time.
He could also handle theoretical tests without any problems.
Seeing Zheng Dong pass all the tests, Teacher Liu Xia, with no one to vent her frustration on, turned her attention to the other students.
"Look carefully, everyone. This is the gap. Zheng Dong didn't come for a semester, but he still passed the tests. You study every day, and there are still people who haven't passed!"
This immediately made many students feel extremely depressed.
Can you blame us for this?
Doesn't this prove that you haven't taught well?
Of course, they only dared to complain in their hearts and did not speak out.
"I think the training from now on should be doubled. I can't be too nice to you, otherwise, I, as your teacher, would be harming you," Teacher Liu Xia continued.
This stunned all the students, who began to complain about Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong didn't care. He could skip classes as he pleased, so no matter how much the training was doubled, it wouldn't affect him.
Afterward, Zheng Dong found an excuse and returned to his villa.
He planned to reopen his shop to sell explosive fruits.
During his time in the Qing Qiu Totem Kingdom, he was too busy to sell explosive fruits.
The explosive fruits were stored in a Mythical-tier ruin space after being harvested.
Even with online orders, he couldn't ship them.
Therefore, the online store was forced to close.
This time, he brought the previously harvested explosive fruits and stored them in another ruin space in the villa, letting Xiao Qing's clones continue to sell them.
The inventory from the past half-year was enough for the online store to operate for a while.
Just as Zheng Dong finished these tasks and was about to rest and enjoy life, he received a message.
"Meet me on the top floor of the Financial Building in half an hour. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!!!"
Seeing the message, Zheng Dong was startled.
Was this a prank, or was someone genuinely threatening him?
The message was unsigned and from an unknown number.
However, the phrase "bear the consequences" made Zheng Dong vigilant.
After thinking about it, Zheng Dong decided to go and see.
Before going, Zheng Dong asked Yin Xue to use her fate divination to predict if he would encounter danger this time.
After Yin Xue finished her divination, her expression changed drastically, and she said with a frown:
"My husband, can you not go? This is a trap!"
"What trap?" Zheng Dong asked in confusion.
Yin Xue shook her head slightly.
"I don't know. All I can divine is that you will be plotted against by an enemy and fall into a crisis. It will likely be very dangerous."
This made Zheng Dong take it seriously.
He decided to let his clones go first to scout the situation before deciding how to act.
The Modu Financial Building was located by the Pujiang River.
It was the most prosperous area in Modu. Anyone who dared to cause trouble for him in the Financial Building must have a significant background.
Zheng Dong thought about it. It seemed that all the people he had offended were not simple: the Fire God family, the Spirit God Sect, the Bai family, and the Ye family.
Who could it be this time?
Most terrifyingly, he had only just returned to Modu University, and the other party had already sent him a message.
It was likely that they had already arranged informants at Modu University.
Zheng Dong left a clone at Modu University, while his main body used spatial teleportation with Ling'er to directly arrive at the Financial Building.
This way, even the informants at Modu University could not track his movements.
Upon arriving at the Financial Building, Zheng Dong had already used his mimicry disguise to impersonate someone else.
He didn't rush upstairs but found a cafe near the Financial Building to have some coffee.
In secret, he condensed many clones and used the combined skill "Perfect Possession" to enter the Financial Building with others.
Afterward, these clones would scout the situation of the Financial Building layer by layer.
Because time was tight, Zheng Dong condensed many clones.
Besides Shadow Clones, he also condensed Water Clones, Ice Clones, and a large number of Splitters.
Of course, the main target was the rooftop.
So, many clones went directly to the rooftop and the floors below it to investigate the situation.
To be safe, Zheng Dong's main body could also use spatial teleportation at any time to reach the rooftop of the Financial Building.
As the time drew closer, Zheng Dong received another message.
This time it was a photo of a Gem Cat.
Zheng Dong recognized the Gem Cat. It was the mother of the cat he had.
In other words, it was the cat raised by their neighbor, Grandma Wang.
This immediately ignited Zheng Dong's anger.
He hated it when people threatened him using those close to him.
Moreover, Grandma Wang was over sixty or seventy years old. Even if nothing happened to her, this ordeal would likely be very difficult for her.
Who was it that was resorting to any means necessary to deal with him?
Perhaps because the informants at Modu University did not discover Zheng Dong leaving, another photo was sent soon after.
It was Grandma Wang standing on top of the Financial Building, looking at the scenery.
Grandma Wang seemed unaware of the danger, her smile was very kind, looking at the scenery of both sides of the Pujiang River outside the window. However, behind her, a man's hands made a pushing gesture.
The intention was clear: if Zheng Dong didn't go, Grandma Wang would likely fall from there.