manynovel Chapter 118 The Guardian Mirror from the Great World
Chapter 118 The Guardian Mirror from the Great World
Chapter 119 The Guardian Mirror from the Vast World
The dazzling silver light slowly faded, eventually leaving only the cracked mirror surface.
A wave of astonishment and bewilderment exploded in Huo Yuhao's mind: "What continent is this? Why is there not a trace of spiritual energy! In this environment, I can barely even breathe!"
The voice spoke extremely fast, not at all like someone who had just woken up, and was full of unbelievable exaggeration: "Hey, hey, hey!"
Kid! You're the one who woke me up—cough, you mean me?
As Huo Yuhao looked at the shimmering light on the mirror, an image of Xu Sanshi—with wide eyes and looking around—could not help but appear in his mind.
Huo Yuhao calmly replied, "This is the Dou Qi Continent. Spiritual Qi—you mean the spiritual Qi used to elevate one's soul realm?"
"What is that?" The mirror's surface gleamed. "I'm talking about the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, used for cultivation!"
Huo Yuhao nodded, indicating that he understood: "On the Dou Qi Continent, we call the energy required for cultivation the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth."
"The primordial energy of heaven and earth?" The mirror's voice rose eight octaves, filled with disdain. "So it's a lower plane. No wonder there's no spiritual energy, only this kind of low-level stuff."
"And this concentration—tsk tsk tsk, it's as diluted as water eight hundred times! No wonder I—cough, no wonder I feel so unwell, like I haven't eaten in tens of thousands of years!"
Huo Yuhao's lips twitched almost imperceptibly: "You mentioned a lower plane. So, there's an even more powerful world on the Dou Qi Continent. Where are you from?"
"Of course!" The mirror's voice immediately became smug, and the halo on its surface brightened even more. "Listen up, kid! I am the Guardian Mirror! I come from that vast and boundless world, teeming with myriad races, where spiritual energy is so abundant you could bathe in it! That's a higher plane! Do you know what a higher plane is? It's a place where you lower planes can't even see your own heels even if you try your hardest!"
It paused, seemingly trying to create an air of mystery, but the playfulness in its tone was impossible to hide: "Back in the day, I was a force to be reckoned with—cough cough, never mind, a hero doesn't dwell on past glories! Anyway, in a minor conflict that affected the entire world, a little accident happened, and I accidentally ended up in this remote corner of your world. Alas, it's all fate!"
Huo Yuhao did not interrupt the mirror's boastful talk.
He was quite interested in the information revealed by the mirror. He had heard that there were even higher-level worlds above the Dou Qi Continent, and this mirror before him came from that world. Therefore, Huo Yuhao asked, "Is the Great Thousand World the world that manages all lower planes? Can the strongest beings in lower planes ascend to the Great Thousand World? You—"
"Oh dear, your strength is useless to you knowing this," the mirror interrupted Huo Yuhao's question. "You can see for yourself when you go up there later."
"The problem now is, do you have a space stone? My body is failing me—" Mirror's voice froze, and he remained silent for a long while.
It suddenly let out a piercing scream, and the entire mirror shook violently: "What's going on? I, the dignified—"
"They've actually acknowledged you as their master!"
"You pervert! You took advantage of me while I was sleeping! You owe me my innocence!"
Because Huo Yuhao had previously used his soul power to repair the mirror's spirit, their consciousnesses were now connected. Therefore, without Huo Yuhao actively refining it, the spirit, while dormant, instinctively served Huo Yuhao as its master.
"This mirror is so noisy!" Huo Yuhao rubbed his temples. "You just said you needed a space stone to repair it? What's that?"
"Space Stone." The mirror's emotions came and went quickly. Soon its voice calmed down, carrying a hint of longing: "That's a good thing! It contains the pure power of space origin and is a top-grade material for refining space-type magic treasures!"
While they're not everywhere in our vast world, they're not exactly rare either. But well—”
Its tone instantly crumbled, tinged with a resigned helplessness: "Judging by your impoverished backwater, it's probably hopeless. Do you have any spiritual materials containing spatial power? Even slightly inferior ones will do, it's just a pity that my handsome body will be tainted by low-grade materials!"
After a moment's thought, Huo Yuhao took out a few dusty Na Stones and a small piece of Na Spirit from his storage ring.
"Huh?" The mirror's voice carried a hint of surprise. "You actually have one! Although the quality is so-so, and the spatial power it contains is as thin as a hair, it's better than nothing!"
It immediately perked up: "But repairing me isn't that simple! It'll probably require the most skilled weapon refiner in your world. Do you know anyone like that?"
"I can try to give you a makeover." Perhaps inspired by the mirror's quirky nature, Huo Yuhao joked, stepping in front of the mirror to examine it again.
The mirror's surface flickered rapidly, and it said with a hint of disdain, "You? Even if you know how to refine weapons, your skill level isn't high enough. Ordinary weapon refiners don't have the ability to repair me. Don't worry about others trying to steal me; with my abilities, protecting you from the minions of the lower planes is quite simple."
Huo Yuhao looked at the Na Stone and Na Spirit in his palm and said calmly, "A weapon-refining master? According to my teacher, I might be the only weapon-refining master in the world."
"Huh???" The mirror's voice was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, its wail filled with disbelief: "The only weapon refiner? This—this lower plane is so barren that even the weapon refining tradition has been severed? Why is my life so miserable!"
"Never mind!" The mirror quickly adjusted its mindset: "I'll tell you the steps to repair myself first."
I'll show you how difficult it is! Once you give up, we'll have another chance—Hey! What are you doing?!
Its words abruptly ceased. Huo Yuhao hadn't listened to its supposed "complex steps" at all; the Nine-Fold Ice Flame had already risen in his palm! Extreme cold and extreme heat alternated repeatedly in a very short time. Soon, the Na Stone and Na Spirit rapidly softened and merged within the flames.
"Hey! Stop! Don't waste materials!" The mirror's surface flickered frantically, forming an anxious expression: "During the smelting, you have to maintain the spatial power! You have to guide it to form a stable energy circuit! You have to replace the damaged nodes in my body! This requires precise control; the slightest error will—"
The mirror was stuck. Because Huo Yuhao's movements were fluid and seamless, the icy blue flames were like the most nimble fingers, precisely enveloping the molten material.
Fine, shimmering silver threads, crackling with spatial fluctuations, were crafted and, guided by Huo Yuhao's mental power, precisely entered the broken, dried-up energy pathways deep within the mirror!
A silver light shone inside the mirror, flowing along the energy channels. The spiderweb-like cracks seemed to be soothed by an invisible force; although they did not completely disappear, they were noticeably healed, and the rusty frame seemed to regain a trace of its dim luster.
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