The genius of Naruto is a bit ordinary.

Three days after Xia Li obtained the semi-finished broken jade.

Nothing unexpected happened. Xia Li thought that Urahara Kisuke might come to him to ask for the Hogyoku, but that did not happen.

During these three days, Ming Jing Zhi Shui also completed the initial process of transforming from an 'ordinary' soul to a virtual one.

At this moment, Ming Jing Zhishui has changed his original pure white palace dress and put on a black dress with traces of blood.

However, her originally calm and pretty expression looked a little weird after the initial transformation, and her blood-red eyes seemed to be flashing a little light.

The most important thing is that there are some bone ornaments on various parts of Ming Jing Zhi Shui's body, including bracelets on her wrists and a bone necklace that can be seen from her slightly exposed collarbone.

Also, there was a pure white bone mask slanted on Ming Jing Shisui's forehead.

After seeing Ming Jing Zhi Shui's outfit, Xia Li was also a little surprised. The other party had changed from the cold and aloof person when they first met to the enchanting one now. This change... was quite big.

"Are you surprised? Master Sword Master, this is the result you have always wanted~" There was a hint of teasing in Ming Jing Zhishui's tone.

"Well, it's okay." Xia Li nodded and looked at the bone mask on Ming Jing Shisui's forehead. After Ming Jing Shisui's initial transformation into a Hollow, he did not really wear that mask, but a 'Hancar' like the Masked Army?

This should be what Xia Li insisted on, not letting Ming Jing Zhi Shui transform into a virtual result in a desperate way.

This also saves the process of cultivating from a Hollow to an Arrancar, and during this process, Myoga Shisui might not be very obedient, for example, Natsuki probably won't be able to use his Bankai.

But now that the Hollowcar has been completed directly without going through the normal hollowing process, there will be no such shortcoming.

Xia Li also breathed a sigh of relief. Even so, Ming Jing Zhi Shui's transformation was still very big. If Xia Li had been too lazy to use despair as bait, he would have made Ming Jing Zhi Shui directly degenerate into a virtual being.

The result is predictable. Mingjing Shisui will become an extremely ferocious Hollow. The opponent's soul has been cleansed by Xia Li's spiritual pressure, and his strength is probably not inferior to Stark.

Of course, Xia Li also has the confidence to subdue Ming Jing Shi Shui like that, but will Ming Jing Shi Shui at that time still listen to his ideas as before without any complaints or willingness to disobey?

And now, Xia Li could feel that Ming Jing Zhishui's personality seemed to have changed a lot, but her essence had not changed.

The other party still acknowledged that he was the only sword master.

Ming Jing Zhi Shui looked at Xia Li with a smile that seemed a bit evil. She was also a little worried that her sword master would not accept her changed appearance after her transformation.

But now it seems that he is worthy of being her Sword Master.

Ming Jing Zhishui narrowed her eyes and stared at Xia Li. She knew that she had changed, but that didn't mean she couldn't remain the same even if she didn't want to.

This is the inevitable price she has to pay to complete her transformation into a virtual being. Now this change is considered a good one.

"Okay, let's talk about the changes." Xia Li avoided Ming Jing Zhishui's scorching gaze and asked.

"In terms of power, there isn't much change now. It's just that the essence of the power has the addition of the power of Hollows. It probably can restrain those Quincies." Ming Jing Shisui frowned and said when he heard this.

"Is that so?" Xia Li frowned.

"However, I can actually continue to become stronger, but I need a lot of spiritual power." Ming Jing Shisui said.

"Isn't my current spiritual power enough for you?" Xia Li was a little surprised. His current spiritual power was second to none in the world, and no one dared to claim to be first, not even Aizen Sosuke.

Mingjing Zhishui shook his head and said, "Master Sword Master, I felt it when I used the power of the Collapsing Jade to transform. This time the transformation may depend on how much spiritual power I absorb. In fact, I can start the transformation process now."

“But if I do this, my strength may not increase much, and I won’t be able to be of much help to the Sword Master.” Ming Jing Shishui said.

"Is that so?" Xia Li nodded to show that he understood.

In this case, Xia Li would definitely choose to let Ming Jing Zhi Shui absorb the spiritual power to the limit before transforming.

"You try to absorb my spiritual power." Xia Li said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, Master Sword Master." Mingjing Zhishui nodded, and then an extremely terrifying suction force came from the sword body of Mingjing Zhishui, continuously absorbing the spiritual power from Xia Li.

The speed of the absorption was like pulling open the leaking lid of a bathtub full of water.

This is only possible because Xia Li has enough spiritual power. The spiritual power of a normal god of death cannot fill a bathtub and would probably be drained out in an instant.

"Stop it." Xia Li called out.

After all, this is the real world. Even if Karakura Town is a spiritual town, the concentration of spiritual energy cannot be too high. The speed at which he absorbs spiritual energy from the air is completely inferior to the speed at which Meikyo Shisui absorbs his spiritual energy.

So Xia Li decided not to feed Ming Jing Zhishui spiritual power for the time being.

Ming Jing Zhi Shui stopped when he heard this.

"It seems like it's time to find a suitable place to go into seclusion." Xia Li said. The Soul Society is not an option. If he continues to absorb spiritual energy so wantonly, he will definitely be discovered.

If Xia Li was just absorbing spiritual power, it would be fine. The key is that he was absorbing spiritual power to cultivate the Hollow. Once he was discovered, there would be no need to quibble, as he would inevitably become the enemy of the Gotei 13.

However, Xia Li thought of the people in the Gotei 13 with whom he had good relations, and did not want to let it go to this point.

Therefore, the location of the retreat has actually been determined, and then we have to consider how to reasonably disappear for a very long period of time.

Xia Li thought about it and realized that it would be troublesome if he shook his head.

At this moment, Xia Li held the piece of blue-black broken jade in the palm of his hand. In fact, it did not take Ming Jing Zhi Shui three days, but just a little more than two days.

However, Xia Li could feel that the power in Beng Yu seemed to be much less.

Is this the only power of the Broken Jade?

Xia Li was a little confused. Although the Broken Jade was still absorbing the spiritual energy in the air to restore its own strength, but...

Xia Li still felt something was wrong. Urahara Kisuke used the Hogyoku to help so many people in the Masked Army complete the process from Shinigami to Hollow.

However, judging from Bengyu's current posture, he does not have the ability to help Mingjing Zhishui become virtual for a second time.

Is there such a big difference between Masked Army and Myoki Shisui?

However, it was actually Xia Li who had wronged Hōgyoku. It was not that Hōgyoku's power was weaker than before, nor was it that Ming Jing Shisui was more difficult to convert than the people in the Masked Army.

In fact, even if there were a few more Zanpakutō like Myokyo Shisui, the Hogyoku would be able to successfully turn them into virtual reality.

The real gap is because of Xia Li himself.

He had too few memories of the God of Death, so he didn't remember the true function of the Collapsing Jade.

Its ability is not simply to break the boundary between the god of death and the hollow, but it is similar to the mechanism of a wishing machine.

The reason why Urahara Kisuke believes that the ability of Hogyoku is to break the boundary between the gods of death and hollows is because Urahara Kisuke hopes that Hogyoku can break the boundary between the gods of death and hollows. In fact, Hogyoku only fulfilled Urahara Kisuke's wish.

The true power of the Collapsing Jade is to develop people's inner wishes according to what they want in their hearts. Of course, the condition for its realization is to have the strength to realize this wish.

In other words, the wishes that can be fulfilled by the Collapsing Jade are limited to the fact that the person who made the wish has the ability to realize the wish, even if the probability of realization is extremely small. But once the probability is 0, then the Collapsing Jade cannot fulfill the wish.

For example, if there is an item similar to the Hogyoku in Naruto, then if the Uchiha clan members get the Hogyoku, they can rely on the help of the Hogyoku to directly open the Sharingan or even the Mangekyō according to their wishes. This is because they already have the potential to open their eyes.

However, if someone without the Uchiha bloodline gets the Hogyoku and hopes to open the Sharingan, then no matter how much he wishes and hopes, the Hogyoku will not be able to fulfill this wish. (PS: In theory, is it possible for all descendants of the Otsutsuki clan to open their eyes? For example, Uzumaki Senju?)

Therefore, the Broken Jade was in Xia Li's hand, and it naturally felt Xia Li's thoughts.

Xia Li’s idea has always been very pure, which is to become stronger.

Is it possible for Xia Li to become stronger? Of course not. Even without the help of Collapse Jade, Xia Li can become stronger.

The problem is that this piece of broken jade is only a semi-finished product and does not have the ability to realize Xia Li's idea.

However, Beng Yu does not have the ability to directly enhance Xia Li, but it can enhance him indirectly, that is Ming Jing Zhi Shui.

Mingjing Shisui is Xia Li's weapon, so Mingjing Shisui's becoming stronger is equivalent to Xia Li's becoming stronger.

Ming Jing Zhi Shui's idea was just to virtualize, so after Ming Jing Zhi Shui completed the virtualization, there should be no other changes. However, due to Xia Li's idea, Ming Jing Zhi Shui had another way to transform.

Of course, this is also because Ming Jing Shisui originally had this possibility, so he was able to embark on this path of transformation.

Therefore, Xia Li did misunderstand Beng Yu, and its ability is not weak.

Unfortunately, Xia Li, who didn't know the true ability of Beng Yu, couldn't figure this out.

Soon, Xia Li was too lazy to think about it. He was not the one who studied the Hogyoku, so he couldn't figure out how it worked. If Urahara Kisuke knew, he might be able to figure it out.

Xia Li looked at the sky and it was already late, so he decided not to disturb Urahara Kisuke so late.

After all, he had said it would take three to five days just to be on the safe side, so he was not in a hurry.

The next day, Xia Li brought Mingjing Shisui to Urahara Store.

"You're finally here. I thought you took my things and never came back." When Urahara Kisuke saw Xia Li, his eyes lit up and he was completely relieved.

However, Urahara Kisuke felt a little strange as Xia Li seemed to have not changed at all.

Even the Arrancars that Xia Li mentioned are somewhat different from Shinigami, right? For example, bone accessories, but Xia Li has none of them.

"I just want this thing to accomplish a small purpose. It will be useless to me after that. What do I need it for?" Xia Li said as he threw the Hougyoku directly to Urahara Kisuke.

And Urahara Kisuke took it casually.

Judging from the attitudes of these two people, it seemed as if this piece of broken jade was some insignificant little object.

Shifengyuan Yoruichi and Wuling Tessai standing next to them had their eyes twitching. They all knew the magical power of the Hougyoku. If it were passed on to Soul Society, it would definitely be a treasure of natural disaster level.

"Huh? What on earth did you use it for? Why did you consume so much?" At this time, Urahara Kisuke also discovered that there was something wrong with the energy of the Hogyoku.

"Who knows? I just used it to help my Zanpakuto complete the transformation, and then it became like this." Xia Li said.

"Zanpakuto?!" Urahara Kisuke couldn't help but look at Xia Li.

"Is it not possible?" Xia Li asked back.

"It's not impossible, but I thought you took the Hogyoku for myself..." Urahara Kisuke smiled bitterly. Before, he was wondering why Xia Li, who was already so strong, would risk his life to become a hollow.

So, it turned out to be for Zanpakutō?

Urahara Kisuke didn't have much doubt about whether Zanpakuto could be hollowed out.

After all, with his research, he had long known that what was hidden inside the Zanpakuto was actually the soul of the god of death. Since it was a soul, it could be transformed into a hollow.

But, can we really become stronger this way?

Urahara Kisuke remained skeptical about this.

However, apart from this, does the hollowing of a Zanpakutō require so much Hogyoku power?

You know, he didn't use so much when he helped everyone in the Masked Army to cure their Hollowness...

So Xia Li was lying, but the other party had already returned the Broken Jade to him, so was there any need to lie?

Based on Urahara Kisuke's understanding of Xia Li, this matter should be true.

"It seems that you don't understand why either." Xia Li also saw the puzzled look on Urahara Kisuke's face from time to time, and couldn't help but say.

"maybe."

"Have a few drinks with me. It might take a long time for me to come over." Xia Li said as he threw a few bottles of wine to Urahara Kisuke.

"Huh? You want to leave after getting the Hogyoku? You are so heartless~" Urahara Kisuke no longer thought about the use of the Hogyoku power, and said in a nonsensical manner.

"Well, I will probably go to the Hueco Mundo to retreat for a long time." Xia Li did not hide it from Kisuke Urahara and directly told him his plan.

"Retreat? It seems you have gained a lot this time." Urahara Kisuke was stunned, then said.

"Yes, it is a great help. Otherwise, I can only let Ming Jing Zhi Shui fall into the Hollow, but that will undoubtedly hurt Ming Jing Zhi Shui, so I don't want to do that. I can only borrow your Collapse Jade."

Xia Li also stated the specific reason why he took the Broken Jade.