Agreed with Shen Ying to go together. The matter of seeking methods and materials was not urgent. So Lu Zheng was not in a hurry to head to Feiyu Mountain. But if Baiyun Temple had good sword forging materials, Lu Zheng would not mind acquiring some early.
However…
Lu Zheng pondered. “Such spiritual materials must be quite valuable. These ordinary treasure swords and regular wines definitely cannot exchange for them.”
Though Lu Zheng was a registered outer lay disciple of Baiyun Temple, he could not just ask for heavenly treasures with empty words.
“Pills!” Liu Qingyan said. “Lu lang and Qingyan have thoroughly studied the ‘Jade Water Pill Scripture’. Those spiritual herbs have all turned into spiritual pills. We cannot use so many. Exchanging them for spiritual materials, would that not be good?”
“It is feasible.” Lu Zheng nodded.
Though they were not particularly high-quality pills, for cultivators with two or three hundred years of dao, they were rare tonics. Importantly, the quantity was large, so the value was high.
Baiyun Temple had its own value exchange system. It would not short Lu Zheng.
…
In the following days, nothing happened in ancient or modern times.
…
In the modern world, winter approached. On weekdays, he ate hotpot and barbecue with Lin Wan. On weekends, he went to Japan for fun. Not only did he give retribution to some people who had done evil, but he also toured Japan’s scenery from north to south.
“Walk around and see more. Who knows when we might not be able to see it again.”
“Why not?”
“Because Mount Fuji is an active volcano. And recently, there have been some unusual activities, right?”
“What did you discover?”
“Nothing. I am just guessing. After all, fortune never comes in pairs. Misfortune never strikes alone. Japan’s national fortune has also reached its end…”
When a person is unlucky, even cold water clogs teeth. When a nation is unlucky, natural and man-made disasters come together. Things in this world are sometimes quite metaphysical.
…
In the ancient world, Lu Zheng was even more leisurely. He sipped little wines, accompanied by beauties. On ordinary days with nothing to do, he listened to storytelling or opera. He received friends from Wuxiu Manor and the River God Mansion. He even accompanied Liu Qingzhuan and Ao Qian in building snowmen.
“Wow! Brother-in-law is so awesome!”
“Haha, brother-in-law is great, right?”
“Great, great! So great!”
Lu Zheng looked at Ao Qian and Liu Qingzhuan clapping and laughing at the two snowmen. For a moment, he was speechless. Du Yueyao stood not far away. Her face was red with shyness. She held back a smile and said nothing.
“Brother-in-law! Let us have a snowball fight!”
“There is never snow at sea. I did not know snow is so fun!”
“Snowball fight! Snowball fight!”
Liu Qingzhuan and Ao Qian pulled Lu Zheng over. They also pulled Du Yueyao, whose injuries were almost healed. In the alley, they went wild with other little friends.
…
Midwinter, the twelfth lunar month, Taohua Ping.
Lu Zheng sat in the back courtyard. Shen Ying accompanied him at his side. She watched him cast spells.
In front of Lu Zheng, a copper mirror floated.
It was the one he had snatched from the Jinhua Sect on his way back two years ago.
Now two years had passed. With the addition of a “Yang Refining Chapter” to accelerate, he had finally refined the copper mirror to the final step.
He channeled a steady stream of Baiyun true qi from his hand into the copper mirror. The hundred ghosts paying homage picture on the back of the mirror had long vanished. It had become a cloud palace immortal realm picture.
In the picture, heavenly palaces hid among clouds. The background had a great sun shining. Among the clouds, immortal cranes soared. Just looking at the painting, it was a profound sect treasure mirror.
Of course, these were just the surface. At the core of the treasure mirror, there was still yin qi curse seal unrefined. That was why Lu Zheng could not use the mirror. But after half a year of his washing and refining, today he could complete it fully.
“Good grief. This is the first time I have encountered such a hard-to-refine treasure mirror. This thing should be a good item even in the netherworld.”
Speaking of which, Lu Zheng had quite a few magic tools: red jade sword, peachwood sword, white jade folding fan, golden light hand beads.
But refining those took only ten days or half a month. Even if the peachwood sword could be refined further, that was just a matter of power. It did not affect use.
Where was it like this treasure mirror in time?
So, Lu Zheng finally discovered the weakness of the jade seal in his mind.
“You have no acceleration method for external objects. You do have weaknesses!”
Jade seal, “…”
The next moment, the true qi in Lu Zheng’s hand suddenly paused. The copper mirror floating in front of him suddenly blazed with light.
Shen Ying’s eyes flashed. With a wave of her hand, peach blossom煞 filled the entire manor. It blocked all the light and aura of the treasure mirror.
Lu Zheng took a deep breath. He hurriedly pinched seals with his hand. He drew back all the radiating light.
Moments later, the treasure mirror’s light fully receded. Then Lu Zheng gently reached out and took it. The mirror’s aura was unremarkable. It looked like an ordinary copper mirror. Though the surface looked good, Shen Ying and Liu Qingyan would not glance at it.
Because Lu Zheng had long replaced theirs with modern cosmetic mirrors. At the time, he had quite enjoyed the service of the two cooperating front and back.
“Lu lang, how is it?”
Seeing Lu Zheng finally stop, Shen Ying could not help asking hurriedly.
Lu Zheng nodded. Then he finally smiled. “Done. It can be used.”
“This mirror was so hard to refine. What divine abilities does it have?” Shen Ying asked.
“This mirror has three functions.” Lu Zheng said. “Seal laws, view mirror, seek person.”
Seal laws, as the name implied, wherever the mirror shone, all spells were fully sealed. This function the ghost king had used back then. One against four, he still held the upper hand greatly.
View mirror, a spying technique. When cultivation was low, it could use arrays as guides. When high, it could use heaven and earth as mediums. From a few li around to thousands of li, all appeared in the mirror.
Seek person, a probing technique. Combined with divination, aura items or other clues, it could manifest the person and place in the mirror.
Of course, the above three functions still had limits.
For example, Lu Zheng could not seal Wan Song Daoist. But if it was the previous Yuan Sheng Sect’s Xue Yi Saintess in front, he could probably turn defeat to victory.
Also, view mirror and seek person naturally depended on the opponent’s strength. The higher the opponent’s cultivation, the farther the distance, the blurrier the display in the mirror.
This blur was actually the treasure mirror’s self-protection mechanism. It indicated the opponent was powerful. If the holder insisted on peering closely, there might even be backlash risk.
But regardless, this mirror was a supreme treasure for Lu Zheng.
Seal laws aside, it was solid combat ability. View mirror and seek person were quite powerful auxiliary skills.
For instance, when Du Yueyao was captured by Zhao Wuji before, if even Lu Zheng’s aura viewing could not find her, it would be this treasure mirror’s turn to shine. And it could detect Xue Yi Saintess early. Then call Chu Jin, Daoist Mingzhang, and Real Person Shouyi. Crushing her would be great.
Moreover, view mirror had a warning function. When a strange aura intruded into the specific range he set, the treasure mirror would alert the holder. Of course, this range would not be too large. And setting up the corresponding array was quite troublesome.
…
Hearing Lu Zheng’s introduction, Shen Ying was also quite shocked. “What a powerful mirror. No wonder it took two years to refine!”
Lu Zheng nodded. This thing was a voyeur god tool!
