"A test?" Xu Taiping looked at the Spirit Mirror in some surprise. "By a test, do you mean that I didn't eat that immortal peach?"
The Spirit Mirror replied:
"Correct."
Xu Taiping asked curiously:
"What if I had eaten it?"
He glanced at the immortal peach and added:
"Once I ate that immortal peach, I could have ascended straight to the Immortal Realm. Even Jade Mother probably couldn't have done anything to me, could she?"
The Spirit Mirror replied:
"Look at that immortal peach again."
Xu Taiping lowered his head to look into the Bronze Casket.
Yet there was no Jade Box inside the Bronze Casket at all, let alone an immortal peach.
Xu Taiping's heart immediately sank.
"So that immortal peach was also conjured by an illusion."
At the thought that he had not doubted the peach's authenticity in the slightest, Xu Taiping could not help feeling a shiver of belated fear.
The Mirror Spirit spoke again:
"According to Jade Mother's instructions, as your reward for passing this test, you may choose three pieces of supreme-grade primordial chaos metal essence."
Joy immediately filled Xu Taiping's heart, and he thought:
Three pieces of supreme-grade primordial chaos metal essence-that should be enough to forge a Great Dao Divine Weapon, shouldn't it?
Then the Mirror Spirit continued:
"Also, the Jade Thumb Ring from earlier contains a complete set of Soul-Merging Pill ingredients that Jade Mother selected for you, just enough to refine one batch."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping, whose face had been full of delighted surprise over the three pieces of primordial chaos metal essence, froze on the spot.
The Soul-Merging Pill was indispensable for him to break through to the Dao Integration Realm with his mortal-bone body. It was also a top-grade pill that increased the chances of successful Dao Integration