bookrandom Chapter 347 An Accident Can Also Be an Opportunity
Chapter 347 An Accident Can Also Be an Opportunity
Zhong Ming chose what he considered to be the simplest and most superior magical artifact: a mirror.
The mirror polishing brick can finally do what it's supposed to do.
This is a seven-colored glass mirror, with seven gems of different colors inlaid around its circumference. It looks incredibly gorgeous. However, this time, the refining process failed to fully channel the power of the gems into the mirror.
As a mirror polisher and knife sharpener, the most important thing is to judge whether the magic weapon has the potential for improvement. These seven gems all contain great power, Zhong Ming can feel it. Although they are not as good as the Heavenly Stone Mica, they are not much worse.
Each gem possesses a different power, and this mirror can switch between seven different powers. If you were to see it at the military merit point exchange point, its premium value would be no less than that of magical artifacts such as shields and armor.
However, during the refining of the mirror, Zhong Ming noticed that the spiritual power of some materials was weakening. This was probably because some of the spiritual power in them had already been used. For example, when it was time to put in a spirit stone, it might have been a used spirit stone that had not yet been filled with new spiritual power.
He focused his attention on the area around the magic artifact, mobilizing his spiritual energy to quickly activate the power of the mirror polishing brick. This time, he used the mirror polishing brick, which was a treasure for suppressing the meridians. It was made of celestial mica mother stone and was extremely rich in spiritual energy. The moment it came into contact with the mirror, a large amount of spiritual energy surged and danced on the mirror surface.
Soon, at the very center where the polishing brick touched the mirror surface, a drop of spiritual energy broke through the barrier of the mirror, like a pebble falling into a calm lake, with ripples spreading outwards in concentric circles.
One after another, spiritual patterns were revealed under the washing of spiritual power. This was a complex process. Compared to the mortal world, where mirrors only need to be polished to a shine, the spiritual patterns engraved on the mirrors of magical artifacts need to be cleared. In places where the flow was not smooth, the surrounding materials were forcibly soaked with spiritual power to make it easier for spiritual power to pass through.
It's like throwing a piece of ice into the desert; compared to throwing a piece of ice onto an existing ice sheet, the one on the existing ice sheet will definitely slide much more easily.
As spiritual energy fills certain areas, the overall quality of the mirror steadily increases, approaching that of a top-grade magic artifact. The smoothness of the spiritual runes within it has greatly improved.
After one round, Zhong Ming was covered in sweat. To be precise, he had never used a top-grade magic weapon before, nor did he know what a top-grade magic weapon truly looked like.
"I guess it's still a bit short." He thought to himself, looking at the mirror polishing brick in his hand. He had never missed a shot with this brick before, but in fact, he felt that he had already wasted a lot of spiritual energy.
The power guided from the polishing bricks had some left over after replenishing the spiritual energy inside the mirror. It had no choice but to channel it out from a less important corner, forming a stream of spiritual energy that struck the array plate.
This attack nearly knocked Zhong Ming's rudimentary array plate to its knees.
'Perhaps it's not my problem, but the problem lies in the spirit rune inscription, which is limiting its advancement.' Zhong Ming was almost ready to give up.
However, the mirror did not make him give up.
After examining the spirit runes, he found that although he had simply flowed a section of spiritual energy through the runes instead of activating them by circulating spiritual energy throughout the entire rune, one of the gems still showed some unusual characteristics.
Among them, a dark blue stone gradually emitted power. That unique spiritual energy moved around the surrounding materials like a headless fly. As soon as Zhong Ming saw it, he immediately guided it into the patterns carved on the magic artifact.
According to the design of this magical artifact, these forces will pass through rings of spiritual runes, eventually covering the entire mirror surface before shooting out.
He couldn't bear to part with it now. The Immortal Master Li Huo was refining his weapon outside. If this attack pierced the array of the array plate and the stone bed, affecting the Immortal Master Li Huo and causing his armor to fail to be refined, he would lose everything, even his underwear.
Zhong Ming quickly tried to stop the output of power, but he had no idea how it was started, and naturally it was difficult for him to figure out which spirit rune shut off the flow of energy.
"Oh my god, what do we do now?"
This was the first time Zhong Ming had encountered such a situation. He could only guide the spiritual energy to flow in the mirror and use the spiritual patterns within the mirror to tame the violent power.
Time passed second by second, and the power was gathering more and more, until the entire mirror slowly lit up.
Zhong Ming felt increasingly pressured. He scanned the area with his power many times, but could not find the valve that would stop the flow.
It seems that the design of the spirit patterns on this magical artifact is such that once the spirit patterns are filled, the outflow stops on its own.
We can't really kick them out, can we?
He was sweating profusely with anxiety, and his hands were trembling as he held the mirror polishing brick.
Suddenly, he thought of something.
"Damn it, you better do that."
Zhong Ming acted swiftly, taking off his protective mirror and placing it directly opposite the mirror. In case the attack hit the mirror, it would be better than breaking through the formation.
He examined the changes in spiritual energy within the mirror, took a deep breath, and watched the spiritual patterns gradually overflow, his expression solemn.
Soon, just as the last bit of spiritual runes was submerged, the power of the gem indeed stopped flowing out. The pressure provided by the energy-rich spiritual runes within the entire mirror pushed the gem back into a sealed state, but this was not a solution.
By accumulating and holding back, this spiritual energy will slowly corrode the spiritual patterns and mirror materials until the spiritual patterns dissolve, the spiritual energy becomes chaotic within the mirror, and then explodes.
At that moment, Zhong Ming instantly activated his cultivation technique.
It's up to you now, Body Refining Technique!
Absorb all this spiritual energy.
As he activated his technique, a large amount of spiritual energy entered his body through the acupoints on his toes—yes, his toes.
Even though the spiritual energy has been calmed down by the spiritual patterns, this is still an offensive magic weapon. The gentle spiritual energy, like that of a sheep, cannot penetrate the enemy's defenses, while the power flowing in is as aggressive as that of a pack of wolves.
The polishing brick, as a purifying agent, is refined within the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian, which is equivalent to its training ground.
The polishing brick instantly retracted into its body and began to forcefully suppress the incoming spiritual power. Although it failed to tame the "wolves" into sheep, it did put shackles on them.
Then, they steadily circulate along the meridians.
When they entered the Zhongzhu acupoint, Zhong Ming's own spiritual power instantly blocked it, forcibly forcing them into the dragon vein.
Once inside the dragon vein, Zhong Ming can unleash his full potential. The flesh and blood here are much stronger than those in ordinary meridians, and can withstand greater pressure.
In an instant, the world within the dragon vein was turned upside down.
Zhong Ming gritted his teeth, and large beads of sweat fell like raindrops, his painful hissing echoing throughout the space.
After exiting the Zhongzhu acupoint, although these spiritual energies have not yet turned into sheep, they have been domesticated from wild dogs into domestic dogs.
Continue onward, all the way back to the dantian.
The problem is, my dantian is full.
A long time ago, Zhong Ming went to Lord Zhao's residence for a cup of tea, and his cultivation level was stuck at the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining. Now, his spiritual power had nowhere to go after entering the realm, leaving Zhong Ming with only one choice.
To break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Don't ask whether the foundation is solid or not, or whether the breakthrough is safe or not. The time has come, and if you don't seize it, you will suffer the consequences.
With a thought, Zhong Ming blew the horn, beat the war drum, and arrayed his spiritual energy.
Master Cuihong leads his army to attack the pass!