Breaking Through to Dou Zun? Piece of Cake!
The sound of the mirror was made completely undisguised, immediately attracting the attention of the Qian Lao Bai Lao.
"Elder Huo!" The two elders greeted him, their eyes immediately drawn to the mirror hanging from Huo Yuhao's hair.
"Elder Huo?" Bai Lao frowned slightly, looking at the small mirror that was swaying back and forth. "This is—your newly crafted Spirit Artifact? It can even speak human language?"
Qian Lao also looked on in surprise, carefully examining the small mirror with its simple design but covered in cracks.
"With his current strength?" The Guardian Mirror was provoked, its silver surface shone brightly, broke free from Huo Yuhao's hair, and flew in front of Bai Lao. The silver light pieced together an angry expression.
Its voice was filled with resentment at being looked down upon. "How could he possibly forge a treasure of my caliber! You two old men—"
It seemed about to hurl insults, but then swallowed its anger. "How ignorant!"
The Qian Lao Bai Lao taken aback by it, but they were not angry. Instead, they examined the mirror with great interest.
"Wait, this mirror looks familiar—" Qian Lao squinted, "This aura—could it be that Spatial Gate in the Library Pavilion that tests talent?"
"Pah! What 'Spatial Gate'!" The mirror seemed particularly angry, spinning rapidly around the Qian Lao's head, trying to confuse him. "My name is the Guardian Mirror! You two old geezers gave me such an awful name while I was sleeping! Really—"
Aren't these two names in the same style? Huo Yuhao sighed, raised his hand to take it back, and introduced it to the Qian-Bai Elders: "The spirit of the Guardian Mirror has been dormant, and I just awakened it."
"A spirit within a weapon?!" The two elders were both moved. In their experience, they had never heard of a treasure that could give birth to a spirit! It was never recorded in the ancient texts either.
Bai Lao asked with a hint of doubt, "Elder Huo, could it be that you used some kind of secret soul technique to implant a soul into this mirror?"
"Hmph! Country bumpkin!" The Guardian Mirror retorted without hesitation. "A weapon spirit is created by the workings of heaven and earth or nurtured through advanced weapon-forging techniques. How could it be made by simply stuffing a soul into it? Your ignorance is truly terrifying!"
Huo Yuhao shook his head. "It's said to come from another, more powerful plane, a plane called the Great Thousand World above the Battle Qi Continent."
"The vast world?"
These four words, like a thunderclap, resounded deep within the souls of the Bai Lao and the Qian Lao!
My earlier doubts were instantly overshadowed by a completely different understanding.
"Above the Battle Qi Continent?" Qian Lao's voice trembled slightly, and he repeated it unconsciously, as if he couldn't understand the meaning of those words. He suddenly looked at Bai Lao, his eyes filled with confusion.
Bai Lao's reaction was even more intense. His relaxed gaze instantly froze, his aura surged, and a spatial barrier instantly enveloped the three of them, completely sealing off the back mountain.
"Elder Huo!" Bai Lao pressed down on Huo Yuhao's shoulders with both hands. "Have you told anyone about this?"
"Of course I wouldn't talk nonsense." Huo Yuhao shook his head.
Bai Lao released his grip and sighed, "The Upper Realm, a far more powerful world—if those old monsters stuck at the Dou Sheng knew about this, I'm afraid—"
Qian Lao's gaze then turned to the Guardian Mirror: "You came here—is it easy for someone from the Upper Realm to come to our Battle Qi Continent? Or is there Spatial Passage in the Black-Corner Region?"
He clearly remembered that this mirror was discovered by Mang Tian Chi, the dean of the Jia Nan Academy, in a dangerous place in the Black-Corner Region.
"Oh, don't worry!" The mirror conjured a smug expression. "It's very difficult for people from the Great Thousand World to travel to the lower realms; only beings like me can come here at will."
"And what are they going to do down here? This remote and impoverished lower plane has basically no appeal—" Perhaps because it had been asleep for too long, the Guardian Mirror was unable to stay still at all, twisting and turning in Huo Yuhao's hands, trying to break free from his control.
Huo Yuhao released his grip on the mirror, a thought suddenly flashing through his mind. He looked at the Bai Lao and the Qian Lao, then used his thoughts to communicate with the Guardian Mirror: "Mirror, you just mentioned the realms of the Bai Lao and the Qian Lao. You possess the ability to enhance spatial power. Could you lend them a hand?"
"Create space within the body?" The Guardian Mirror ' voice carried a hint of nonchalance. "Isn't that simple? It's just that the energy level of your Battle Qi Continent is too low, which is why you need to rely on the power of space. Now, all you two need to do is refine and construct a stable inner space. Who wants to try first?"
Upon hearing this, the Bai Lao and Qian Lao members exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with disbelief and the unexpected joy of winning such a grand prize.
If it weren't for Huo Yuhao speaking, and the fact that the mirror came from the higher plane it mentioned, they would almost have thought it was a fantasy.
Bai Lao was even more impatient. He gritted his teeth and stood up abruptly. "I'll go first! Please, Senior Mirror, give me your guidance!" He solemnly cupped his hands in front of the small mirror, his posture very humble.
The Guardian Mirror seemed pleased with the address of "senior," its light softening slightly. "You have some discernment. Relax, don't resist." A faint silver light shot out from the mirror, instantly sweeping across Bai Lao's body.
A moment later, the voice of the Guardian Mirror sounded simultaneously in Huo Yuhao's and the two elders' minds, "Hmm, your Dou Qi is powerful, and your spatial comprehension is also quite profound. The problem is that the method you've explored for constructing inner space is too crude, inefficient, and conflicting with each other."
"Next, you will proceed as follows—"
It spoke at an extremely fast pace, spouting a series of complex and profound principles of spatial construction and the operation of energy nodes. The Qian Lao Bai Lao completely bewildered, finding it incredibly profound and difficult to understand for the time being.
Upon seeing this, Huo Yuhao said directly, "Mirror, transmit the specific spatial energy flow path and spatial node construction method to me through our mental connection." He said calmly.
"Oh? You understand?" The Guardian Mirror was somewhat surprised, but still did as instructed. A massive flow of information containing complex spatial structures and energy circuits instantly surged into Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment, digesting and absorbing the knowledge about the mirror. Then, within his Spiritual Sea, Huo Yuhao simplified it into a three-dimensional image, clearly marking the implementation method and difficulties of each step.
Immediately, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes and looked at Bai Lao and Qian Lao: "Elders, please relax your soul defenses."
The two elders obeyed. Huo Yuhao lightly touched his brow with his fingernail, and two condensed streams of spiritual energy merged into the souls of the Bai Lao and the Qian Lao respectively.
In an instant, an incredibly clear and detailed three-dimensional picture of the stable inner space constructed within the inner core of their Dou Qi, along with all the techniques for guiding, compressing, and shaping the corresponding spatial power, appeared directly in the depths of their souls like a brand! It was a hundred times more intuitive than any description in words!