As Gu Cai Yi's injuries recovered, Luo Chen suddenly had much more free time on his hands.
Refining Jade Dew Pills and Blood Burning Pills did not require much effort from him now that his Pill Refinement Art had reached Great Accomplishment.
So Luo Chen devoted this extra time to other matters.
One was improving his combat methods!
It was no longer as simple as grinding Spell proficiency.
He had moved the Duan Family's Control Techniques with Weapon manuals from the Library Pavilion of the Luo Tian Association's Skill Transmission Hall over to his residence.
He studied them every day, trying to master this technique.
The other matter was researching the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror.
Though this treasure was incomplete, it still retained some of its power.
With the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece in hand, Luo Chen's exploration of this treasure was much safer.
But only relatively so!
Every few days, Luo Chen would occasionally fall into the illusions within it.
Sometimes for a brief moment, sometimes for two or three days.
As a result, whenever he woke up, Luo Chen would be rather dazed, wearing a completely bewildered expression.
This truly frightened Gu Cai Yi and Bai Mei Ling.
"Are you really all right?"
One day at lunch, Gu Cai Yi asked worriedly.
Luo Chen froze for a moment, then waved his hand.
"Don't worry. I've already found a shortcut to controlling this treasure."
"A shortcut?" Gu Cai Yi asked in confusion. "There's even a shortcut for controlling a Magic Treasure?"
Luo Chen nodded and said casually, "The Heart Questioning Mirror was Ghost God Valley's sect-protecting treasure. It gathered the essence of formations and illusions, using them to guide a cultivator's divine soul consciousness into it for deduction and simulation."
"To control this treasure, one either needs