Chapter 558: Rare lottery, the Sun and Moon Mysterious Light Mirror!

Time flew by, winter turned to spring, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

Azure Lake Mountain, Sumeru Cave Heaven, Longevity Hall.

Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Pingan in the medicine cauldron, whose figure was dim, lifeless, and resembled a withered piece of wood.

Breaking through the eighth layer of the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art to the ninth layer required the final step of being reborn from death, gaining new life from extinction, and completing a physical breakthrough!

This step was extremely dangerous.

If he failed, his flesh and blood could even decay, and he might wither and die in the quiet room, unknown to anyone.

This was why Lu Changsheng had to stand guard beside him.

“Does the Hope Gu still have this effect?”

Although Lu Pingan was like a piece of withered wood, lifeless, with his body showing signs of decay and decline.

Lu Changsheng keenly noticed a thumb-sized ball of light in his son’s Qi Sea Dantian, emitting a faint glow, stimulating Lu Pingan’s physical potential and vitality, helping him complete the physical transformation.

This effect was quite extraordinary.

Even Lu Changsheng had only just learned that the Hope Gu had such a capability.

“As long as there is hope, miracles will happen.”

Lu Changsheng knew that when in a desperate situation, the Hope Gu would trigger its effect.

But he wasn’t sure of the specifics.

He didn’t know that during a breakthrough, it could also be triggered to provide assistance.

However, upon second thought, Lu Pingan’s current breakthrough could also be considered putting himself in danger.

“It seems the Hope Gu’s ability is very much worth exploring.”

Lu Changsheng mused inwardly, feeling that the Hope Gu had been on his son for so many years, yet its true effects had only appeared a few times.

With the Hope Gu, his son should constantly temper himself in life-and-death situations to maximize its effect.

“Moreover, the Hope Gu’s effect is tied to the host’s will. If he is in a desperate situation and infinitely angry, will the effect double?”

Lu Changsheng thought of the Super Saiyan situation.

If he encountered a strong enemy one day and put on a show, dying in front of Lu Pingan, could his son’s ‘small universe’ explode, allowing him to break through to Core Formation on the spot?

However, based on the current situation, the Hope Gu seemed more about stimulating the body’s potential. It probably couldn’t directly break through from mid-Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, at most breaking through a minor realm or overdrawing life potential.

Under Lu Changsheng’s observation, time passed little by little.

He didn’t know how long it had been, but Lu Pingan’s bodily vitality seemed to have completely extinguished, reaching its end.

Yet, in that very instant…

“Thump, thump, thump!”

Lu Pingan’s heart began to beat, the sound growing louder, strong and powerful, like a divine demon beating a drum.

His blood flow, initially a subtle trickle, now surged and roared like a river or torrent.

As Lu Pingan’s physique gradually recovered, clanging and resonating, brilliant and resplendent, emitting divine light, a system notification sounded in Lu Changsheng’s mind.

【Congratulations to the host! Your first direct descendant has broken through to the third stage of Body Cultivation, granting one rare draw opportunity!】

At the same time, a rich surge of vital energy poured into his entire body.

Lu Changsheng felt his physical body reach its limit at this moment, and the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art wanted to break through on its own, aiming for the eleventh layer!

“Good, good, good!”

Lu Changsheng looked at his son in the medicine cauldron, his expression filled with joy.

He was happy not only for his son’s breakthrough but also for the system reward, feeling that his numerous resources had not been wasted.

One must know, the resources he had spent on Lu Pingan over these decades were simply immeasurable!

It definitely exceeded the resources needed to cultivate a Core Formation True Person!

Compared to Core Formation, Body Cultivation didn’t require elixirs like the Core Condensing Pill, but it was even more expensive!

Especially with his method of rapid advancement through throwing money at it!

“Dad!”

In the medicine cauldron, Lu Pingan felt his father’s joy and opened his eyes.

His tall and imposing physique was like immortal gold poured into shape, radiating brilliant treasure light, crystal clear and flawless.

“Don’t get distracted, experience this transformation!”

Lu Changsheng immediately said.

Although Body Cultivation was different from Qi Cultivation and wouldn’t result in an unstable realm.

Lu Pingan’s body hadn’t completely finished its transformation yet.

“Yes, Dad.”

Lu Pingan quickly collected his thoughts, circulated the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art, and experienced the surging divine power in his body.

At this moment, he clearly recognized the gap between quasi-third stage and third stage, the difference between a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator and a Core Formation cultivator!

Before, without the help of the Blackwater Flood Dragon Dao soldiers, he wasn’t even a match for Shangguan Jiuyang.

But now, with a third-stage physique, he was confident he could kill Shangguan Jiuyang with three punches!

After a long time, Lu Pingan’s physical body completely finished its transformation, breaking through to the third stage of Body Cultivation!

A third-stage Body Cultivator at seventy-three years old, if this news got out, it would directly shock the entire cultivation world of Jiang Country!

“Come, punch me and see how your strength is now.”

Lu Changsheng said to his son.

Although their cultivation techniques were the same.

Different people cultivating them would still have some differences in the resulting effect.

Some Qi Cultivation techniques, in particular, could lead to vastly different outcomes.

“Dad, be careful.”

Lu Pingan had seen his father Lu Changsheng make a move in his early years, so he didn’t think he could hurt his father. He cupped his hands and said.

Then, with a roar of vital energy, he threw a punch, like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting.

“Bang!”

Lu Changsheng lightly raised his palm, easily grasping the power of his son’s punch, and nodded with satisfaction.

At the same level, his son’s physical body was no worse than his own Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art.

Immediately, he motioned for his son to attack with full strength.

With this punch, Lu Pingan used his fist intent and divine ability!

Its power and effect were even several parts stronger than Lu Changsheng’s close-quarters combat after just breaking through the ninth layer.

This was normal.

Lu Changsheng’s Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art only cultivated the body; he hadn’t spent time tempering his limbs and divine abilities.

When Lu Pingan tempered his limbs and all the bones in his body again, his physical strength could increase by another level, comparable to a high-grade Golden Core among Core Formation cultivators!

“Not bad. With this strength, your father can rest assured.”

“Right, this is a gift from your father. You can refine it before going out.”

Lu Changsheng was quite satisfied with his eldest son. He extracted the ‘Great Desolate Dragon Spine’ from the system space and handed it to his son.

This section of the Great Desolate Dragon Spine was only as thick and long as an adult’s arm.

But it was crystal clear, resplendent like gold, flowing with a golden dragon-shaped aura, and covered with dense, tadpole-like characters.

When Lu Pingan saw the Great Desolate Dragon Spine before him, it was as if a vivid, ancient dragon appeared before his eyes, revealing a vast and profound aura like an abyss or prison.

“Dad, this is?!”

Lu Pingan was surprised.

He was no longer the cultivation novice he was in his early years.

With just one glance, he could tell that this section of spine bone was extraordinary.

Even after breaking through to the third stage of Body Cultivation, facing this section of spine bone, he felt immense pressure, heavy as a mountain.

“The Great Desolate Dragon Spine. After refining it, you can increase your physical strength, absorb the power of heaven and earth to repair your body, and during combat, it can transform into the Great Desolate Dragon Armor, greatly increasing your strength!”

Lu Changsheng said calmly.

If it weren’t for his mountain-like fatherly love and sufficient means, he would have refined this section of the Great Desolate Dragon Spine himself long ago.

“Dad, this is too precious.”

Lu Pingan quickly shook his head and waved his hands.

In his opinion, having received the Hope Gu and consumed so many of his father’s resources without making sufficient contributions to the family, he already felt unworthy.

His trip out to gain experience also hoped to collect more heavenly treasures to help his younger siblings break through and make some contributions.

Under such circumstances, how could he accept such a treasure!

“If I give it to you, just take it. Right now, besides you, no one in the family can refine it.”

Lu Changsheng directly tossed the Great Desolate Dragon Spine to him, motioning for him to quickly refine it, and then walked out of the cave dwelling.

Lu Pingan caught the heavy Great Desolate Dragon Spine, hesitated, then took a deep breath, bowed, and said, “Thank you, Father.”

“Rare draw…”

After walking out of the Longevity Hall, Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, his heart full of anticipation, wanting to see what reward he could get from the first rare draw.

“System, I want to draw!”

He silently willed in his mind, and a deep red lottery wheel appeared.

“Hmm? Why does it look similar to the advanced draw wheel?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the lottery wheel before him, slightly frowning.

Compared to the advanced draw, the previous normal draw not only had a different wheel appearance but also changes in the reward slots.

But now, the rare and advanced draws had similar wheels.

“Could it be the same pool, but this one draws limited items with a high UP rate?”

Lu Changsheng thought of the gacha games from his previous life and mused inwardly.

Without thinking further, he took a deep breath and directly started the draw.

As his mind stirred, a brilliant golden light appeared on the advanced wheel before him and began to spin rapidly.

A moment later, as Lu Changsheng’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, the golden light stopped on the ‘Spirit Pet Magic Treasure’ slot.

【Ding! Congratulations to the host! You have obtained a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure: Sun Moon Two Extremes Profound Light Mirror!】

【Reward has been issued to system space, host can view it at any time】

A treasure mirror flowing with the brilliant essence of the sun and surging with the moonlight essence of the moon appeared from the lottery wheel, accompanied by a system notification sound.

“Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, Sun Moon Two Extremes Profound Light Mirror?!”

Lu Changsheng looked at the reward, slightly frowning.

Having obtained the Misty Dust Banner before, he already knew deeply that his current realm and magic power were far from being able to activate a Spirit Treasure.

And a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, which was above a Spirit Treasure, was even more impossible to activate.

Therefore, a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure was quite useless to him at the moment, far less practical than a spirit pet.

【Sun Moon Two Extremes Profound Light Mirror】

【Grade: Mid-Grade Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure】

【Description: The ultimate treasure of the Sun Moon Palace. It flows with the essence of the sun during the day and spews forth the essence of the moon at night. It possesses the ability to peer into the heavens and measure the earth, and project images from thousands of miles away. It is exceedingly profound and mysterious.】

“Mid-Grade Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure!”

Lu Changsheng was startled when he saw the grade.

According to legends and ancient records, a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure of this level had already given birth to a tool spirit.

Furthermore, the tool spirit possessed a certain degree of independent consciousness and even thinking ability.

Like the Misty Dust Banner, although it had a tool spirit, the tool spirit only had simple communication abilities, like a young child.

However, seeing the description of this Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure’s effect, Lu Changsheng frowned again.

“A surveillance magic treasure?”

There were numerous types of magic treasures in the cultivation world. Besides offensive and defensive ones, there were also many functional magic treasures.

According to the description, this Sun Moon Two Extremes Profound Light Mirror seemed somewhat like a functional magic treasure.

“But even if it’s just functional, maybe it can exert some power, like the Mixian Fan,” Lu Changsheng comforted himself, then extracted the ‘Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror’ from his system space.

“Buzz!”

Instantly, an ancient-looking bronze mirror appeared, snow-white like jade, with intricate dragon and phoenix patterns and complex tadpole script carved on it.

The mirror surface was extremely smooth, the front resembling a great sun, with wisps of solar essence flowing, illuminating the surroundings with dazzling brilliance.

The back was like a full moon, cold and deep, tranquil and natural, with wisps of moonlight like flowing silk, resembling the water of a full moon, slowly flowing, giving a sense of peace and serenity.

“Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror! During the day, it flows with solar essence, and at night, it erupts with lunar essence!”

“In just one month, it can condense a portion of solar essence or lunar essence suitable as a Foundation Establishment spiritual item! In one year, it can condense a portion of solar essence or lunar essence suitable as a Core Formation level spiritual item!”

“And in sixty years, it can condense a portion of Nascent Soul level solar essence or lunar essence…”

Lu Changsheng looked at the mirror before him, his heart filled with shock.

Foundation Establishment spiritual items were not precious to him.

But Core Formation spiritual items still had a certain rarity, especially high-grade Core Formation spiritual items!

The solar essence and lunar essence condensed by the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror were the highest-grade Core Formation spiritual items.

And what was most terrifying was that this Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror could even condense Nascent Soul spiritual items!

Sixty years, a cycle of Jiazi, sounded like a long time.

But for a Nascent Soul level spiritual item, it was nothing at all.

Which other Nascent Soul level heavenly material and earthly treasure didn’t take hundreds or even thousands of years to form?

But the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror only needed sixty years.

Moreover, during the process, one could invest sun and moon artifacts, essences, etc., to accelerate the condensation of solar essence and lunar essence by the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror.

“I cultivate the Yin-Yang Creation Scripture, and this solar essence and lunar essence are perfectly suited for me, belonging to excellent Nascent Soul condensing spiritual items!”

“Doesn’t this mean I won’t have to worry about Nascent Soul spiritual items in the future!”

Lu Changsheng’s expression was filled with pleasant surprise.

Besides this basic ability, the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror also had two major functions!

One, the three offensive divine abilities of the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror.

Solar Profound Light!

Lunar Profound Light!

Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light!

However, Lu Changsheng was currently far from being able to activate them.

Even relying on the artifact spirit to forcefully revive the Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure and exert some power would require burning life essence and the treasure’s origin essence like crazy!

Two, observing the heavens and measuring the earth, seeing through the origin!

The Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror could observe the heavens and earth, and penetrate illusions.

But like the previous ability, Lu Changsheng’s current strength was far from being able to activate it to this extent.

However, he could use the artifact spirit to consume spiritual energy and sun-moon essence to observe scenes tens of thousands of miles away.

“However, this ability is far from being this simple…”

“The Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror has an artifact spirit with independent consciousness. It can directly monitor situations tens of thousands of miles away, and even transmit messages and even images through a medium to tens of thousands of miles away!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, realizing the true power of this Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure besides its offensive capabilities.

If he wanted to, he could even communicate directly with Ling Zixiao and Lu Miaoge in Dameng Xiancheng through the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror, like a video call!

“With the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror, I can completely re-refine the identity tokens of the Lu family disciples, refine sun-moon essence into them, and connect them with the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror.”

“In this way, I can use the identity tokens as identifiers to check on the situation of the Lu family disciples and directly communicate with them.”

“I can even use the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror as a ‘server’, an information transfer station, allowing family disciples to communicate through their identity tokens even if they are separated by tens of thousands of miles.”

“And it’s not just one-on-one communication, but also multi-person simultaneous communication, like a group chat.”

“If they encounter any dangerous situation, the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror can also analyze the current situation and choose to notify the family or the nearest Lu family disciple, and transmit all the information and circumstances.”

As a transmigrator and a third-order artifact refiner, Lu Changsheng still had a certain degree of divergent thinking.

Currently, the transmission talismans in the cultivation world were really ordinary.

Basically, beyond a certain distance, they couldn’t transmit information, only transmit sensory signals.

Even the third-order sensing talismans and third-order jade tokens refined by Lu Changsheng could at most sense each other’s situation and general location, but couldn’t communicate in real-time.

But with the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror before him, these problems would be solved.

“The only problem is consumption.”

“Can the spiritual脉 of Bilake Mountain, or rather, my strength, support the data transmission range of the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror, and can it achieve twenty-four-hour signal coverage?”

Lu Changsheng mused inwardly, attempting to inject magic power to awaken the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror before him.

As soon as the magic power was injected into the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror, the sun-moon essence on the mirror surface rippled.

Then, in just an instant, Lu Changsheng’s magic power was drained.

Even the Tianyuan Bao Huang Lian, his second丹田, was almost drained.

Fortunately, it was only for an instant, and the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror stopped drawing his magic power, emitting a profound and sacred light, with the sun and moon rotating, swallowing the universe, and reflecting the past and present.

Immediately after, a young girl’s face appeared in the mirror.

She looked very cute, one eye with a golden pupil, the other with a silver-white pupil, like a golden sun and a bright moon, revealing a divine quality.

“Master.”

The girl emerged from the mirror, her tender face expressionless.

Her palace dress seemed to be meticulously woven from the light of the sun and moon, every stitch and thread containing a wonderful rhythm and harmony.

The dress fluttered, flowing with colorful light, like the first rays of dawn, with golden light flowing, but the next moment it transformed into a silver-white moonlight palace dress. Upon closer inspection, it was also inlaid with tiny stars, covered with a soft and mysterious glow.

The slightly wide palace dress skirt flowed and cascaded to the ground, revealing two bare little feet, fair and delicate.

Under the illumination of the sun and moon’s brilliance, they were like naturally formed supreme beautiful jade, carved from jade and built with snow, exquisite and translucent.

“Huh???”

Lu Changsheng looked at the artifact spirit before him, completely stunned and a little bewildered.

What was going on?

Why did the artifact spirit look like this!

“You are the artifact spirit of the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror?” Lu Changsheng asked.

“Yes, Master.”

The artifact spirit girl was not only expressionless, but her voice was also devoid of emotional fluctuation, cold and indifferent, like a girl with no emotions, no desires, and no words.

“What is your name?” Lu Changsheng asked.

“No name.”

The artifact spirit girl said expressionlessly.

“Do you have any memories?”

“I am the artifact spirit of the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror, and you are the Master.”

“What are your abilities?”

“Solar essence, lunar essence…”

Through the conversation, Lu Changsheng realized that the artifact spirit before him was a formatted girl with no emotions, no desires, and no words, who only knew basic information.

“In that case, you’ll be called… Abi.”

Lu Changsheng exhaled and said to the girl in the palace dress.

“Okay, Master.”

The girl’s dress fluttered, the sun rose in the east, the moon rabbit set in the west, and as the light flowed, there seemed to be a phenomenon of the sun and moon shining together, yin and yang interacting, which was extremely profound.

“Abi, how powerful is your Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light attack now?” Lu Changsheng asked.

He knew the abilities of the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror, but he didn’t know the specific effect.

Or rather, he didn’t know how effective it would be in his hands.

“…”

The girl in the palace dress was silent for a moment before saying, “Currently, Master cannot activate the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror. Even preliminary activation is impossible.”

“If forcibly activated, burning Master’s life essence and the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror’s spiritual treasure origin, it can cause Nascent Soul level power of Solar Profound Light or Lunar Profound Light.”

“The specific power limit depends on the cost.”

The girl’s voice was cold and indifferent.

“As expected.”

Lu Changsheng had guessed earlier that if he took a gamble, he should be able to unleash Nascent Soul level power.

Just the cost…

Thinking of how he was completely drained when he awakened the Sun-Moon Two Poles Profound Light Mirror just now, if he were to forcefully activate it, he would have to burn at least a hundred years of life essence.

Although he had a lot of life essence, still several hundred years now.

But compared to this Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, it was really not enough.

He estimated that he would only be able to barely activate this Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

“Abi, if I want…”

Lu Changsheng temporarily gave up on the offensive methods of this Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure and asked about its monitoring ability and information transmission.

“If it fully swallows spiritual energy and there are no formation arrays or secret realms obstructing it, it can observe the world within a million miles, and communication and voice transmission are also possible.”

“If it maintains normal operation, it can observe and transmit messages within a hundred thousand miles.”

The girl in the palace dress glanced at the situation in the Sumeru Cave Heaven and said so.

A third-order spiritual脉 was indeed very high, but compared to the consumption of a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, it was insignificant.

“If there is a lot of information, will it cause you any burden?” Lu Changsheng asked for some details.

“It depends on the information.”

The girl said coldly, like an emotionless AI machine.

“Okay, I understand.”

Through the questioning, Lu Changsheng had a general understanding of the situation of this Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure and planned to refine an identity jade token later to test the effect.