Shen Luo discovered that the ancient mirror actually contained a full sixty-four layers of restrictions, placing it among the very finest magic treasures. Delight surged in his heart.
He immediately activated the Primordial Artifact Refinement Art and began refining the Free-and-Easy Mirror.
To his surprise, however, even with the formidable power of the Primordial Artifact Refinement Art, he could not break through all the Free-and-Easy Mirror's restrictions in one sustained push.
Shen Luo spent quite some time before finally breaking through eight of its restrictions.
The remaining restrictions were not impossible to break; they simply required more time and patient effort. But he could not afford to linger in the Spirit Eye any longer, so he had to stop.
Still, after unlocking just those eight restrictions, he could already send his divine thought into the Free-and-Easy Mirror to take a look.
Yet when Shen Luo's divine thought entered it, he found nothing but pitch darkness. He could neither tell how vast the space was nor sense what lay hidden inside.
After a fruitless search, Shen Luo could only withdraw.
It seems I won't be able to fully control the Free-and-Easy Mirror until I break all its restrictions. Still, a little test should do no harm. As the thought arose, Shen Luo had already begun activating the Free-and-Easy Mirror with his magic power.
As magic power flowed into it, the ancient patterns on the Free-and-Easy Mirror lit up. A sheet of crimson crystalline light shot out and enveloped a nearby black rock the size of a bucket. With a flash, the rock vanished.
When Shen Luo examined it again with his divine thought, he found that the black rock had appeared within the Free-and-Easy Mirror's space.
"What a fine treasure. A pity I can't test whether it can take in living