Changes to the Fish Pond and Chicken Coop

Ten days later.

On a deserted island in Cloud-Rain Marsh near Zengtou City, a soft crack rang out. The dozen or so water mirrors around Ji Yuan shattered at once, scattering into countless droplets across the ground.

Ji Yuan could not help rubbing his brow.

He raised a hand and retrieved the Ancient Bronze Mirror, the High-Grade Magical Artifact Old Master Xu had given him.

The mirror was called the Blurred Mirror.

As Old Master Xu had said, once activated, it projected an illusory array of mirrors.

Using it as a guide, Ji Yuan had succeeded in comprehending the second layer of the Surging Waves Sword Art—Layered Mirror.

But the final move of Layered Mirror, turning all the mirrors into the Water Arrow Technique, remained just beyond his grasp.

He was close, though. The hardest step was behind him. All that remained was to keep trying and honing his skill.

He looked up at the sky. It was about time.

He raised his right hand. In the nearby Reed Marsh, a strip of reed suddenly turned into a dark-green flying sword and swept into his sleeve.

He took a step, and green light flashed across his boots.

The next instant, he appeared over the water.

Before he could fall, the Thunder Falcon Boat appeared beneath him, and he headed straight for the lakeside cottage.

For such a short distance, Ji Yuan saw no need to fly. Returning by boat, as he usually did, was perfectly fine.

It also spared him from being seen and called "Senior" again.

As soon as he got home, Ji Yuan heard splashing from the Fish Pond in the back courtyard. He went to look and saw an Early First Tier Grass-Blade Fish flick its tail, sending several nearby Spirit Fish darting about.

At the sight