Whenever Zu An had used the Sunflower Phantasm before, even though his clones had the same aura as the original, those at the master rank and above didn’t look only with their eyes, but rather sensed everything with their souls. That made it difficult to fool them with such tricks.

But now, Zu An’s soul had been condensed. He could send a strand of his soul into the clones too. That way, it would be very difficult for even master rank cultivators to notice any differences. Furthermore, there had been some distance between Xiao Yao and himself so far anyway, further limiting Xiao Yao’s senses.

As soon as Xiao Yao reached the spot where Zu An had vanished, he sensed the other party’s aura in several different directions. He frowned. He didn’t rush off blindly in one direction, but instead quietly sensed the differences in each direction.

Soon afterward, a smile appeared on his face. He muttered, “Hmph, you have some skills. If it were just you alone, I really might have been fooled, but you still...