SWNOVELXO Ch. 42
Chapter 42: Ten-Thousand-Mile Image Mirror
Thinking of this.
Xu Zhengyang immediately took the jade slip containing the introduction to the Secret Technique “Reverse Pulse Acupoint” and asked the vendor, “What does this Reverse Pulse Acupoint do?”
The vendor glanced at Xu Zhengyang and said, “Twenty lower-grade spirit stones.”
Xu Zhengyang did not reply; he just looked back at Su Mo behind him.
Seeing this, Su Mo nodded and explained, “In the Black Market, the prices for cultivation techniques and secret arts are fixed. Only items like talismans, medicinal materials, and spirit materials fluctuate in price.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang didn’t hesitate. He took out twenty lower-grade spirit stones and told the vendor, “I’ll take it.”
“Mm.”
The vendor nodded, took out a jade slip that contained the method for practicing Reverse Pulse Acupoint, and handed it to Xu Zhengyang.
“This trip has yielded a harvest.”
Xu Zhengyang said as he took the jade slip from the vendor and directly placed it against his forehead to read.
Just as he was about to read its contents.
Suddenly!
A thunderous voice first reverberated in his mind:
[Reverse Pulse Acupoint is a secret passed down only within the Celestial Treasure Pavilion. Once the divine sense touches it, the oath is self-formed! If you privately teach this technique to outsiders, you will surely suffer reverse pulse chaos in your meridians and a heart-demon invasion calamity!]
Upon hearing this in his sea of consciousness,
Xu Zhengyang felt a strange familiarity.
He couldn’t help but sarcastically think to himself:
[Does the cultivation world have such data-sovereignty boilerplate clauses too?]
Distracted in his thoughts,
After reading through the method to perform the Reverse Pulse Acupoint technique, Xu Zhengyang directly recorded it into his Technique Manager.
Seeing that he had added another trump card,
Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction, then shook his right hand.
Martial Dao's steel aura burst forth, shattering the jade slip containing the Reverse Pulse Acupoint into fragments.
He patted the jade shards in his hand.
Xu Zhengyang turned to ask Yang Hong, “Do you want to browse around here anymore?”
Although the Celestial Treasure Pavilion’s Black Market did have things unavailable outside,
But…
This place was still far from what he had imagined the Black Market would be.
Yang Hong shook his head in disappointment, “No, let’s head out.”
…
There was nothing in the Celestial Treasure Pavilion's direct-sale mall that Xu Zhengyang and Yang Hong wanted.
So after leaving the Black Market, they, led by Su Mo, went to a restaurant called “Hundred Flavors Tavern.”
Xu Zhengyang and Yang Hong chose a seat near the porthole.
While tasting the delicious food, they enjoyed the scenery outside the window, drinking and making merry.
…
As night fell, more and more cultivators appeared on the Celestial Treasure Pavilion, and the atmosphere grew increasingly lively.
After the hour of Xu (7–9 PM), dusk deepened.
When the last sliver of the setting sun sank below the western hills, the night fell like ink, silently permeating this world.
But just then.
The Celestial Treasure Pavilion suddenly erupted with ten-thousand-fold radiant brilliance!
Countless dazzling bands of light poured out of the portholes like the Milky Way, dancing wildly in the night sky!
These beams of light seemed sentient.
They weaved and entangled with each other in the night sky according to some mysterious pattern.
In the end.
These bands of light actually outlined a semicircular light dome in the central airspace of the Celestial Treasure Pavilion’s ring-shaped flying boat!
Yang Hong was dumbfounded at the sight and muttered, “No wonder this flying boat is called the Celestial Treasure Pavilion. So this is the celestial dome…”
“Indeed!”
Beside Yang Hong, Little Die introduced proudly, “This item is called the Flowing Rosy Aurora Shield. From afar, it resembles rosy clouds descending from the Nine Heavens, and up close, it appears as if auroras are flowing. Not only is it incredibly beautiful. Even if a Tier 3 cultivator were to launch a full-force assault, it would take at least half an hour of strenuous effort to break it!”
“Flowing Rosy Aurora Shield, huh?”
Xu Zhengyang, having also noticed the changes outside the porthole, nodded in appreciation and praised, “It’s truly a fine treasure.”
Su Mo had been watching Xu Zhengyang intently from the beginning.
She had lived aboard the Celestial Treasure Pavilion since childhood, and over the years, Su Mo had received countless talented young cultivators who boarded it.
But regardless of who they were or what level their cultivation was.
Whenever they saw the Celestial Treasure Pavilion activate the Flowing Rosy Aurora Shield for the first time, they would always reveal expressions of either shock or awe.
Only Xu Zhengyang.
Just now, not only was he not shocked, he even looked appreciative.
Su Mo even caught a trace of…
Nostalgia?
【This young man either has an unfathomably deep mind, his joy and anger not showing on his face; Or… He has seen the true wonders of Heaven and Earth, and such ordinary sights fail to impress him!】
With that thought.
Su Mo became even more enthusiastic toward Xu Zhengyang.
With a charming smile.
Su Mo retrieved a finely crafted bronze mirror radiating treasure light from her bosom and handed it to Xu Zhengyang.
At the same time.
Su Mo explained to Xu Zhengyang, “This item is called the Ten-Thousand-Mile Shadow-Bearing Mirror. Though it is a Tier 2 magical treasure. Because it is merely a sub-mirror, it can only receive messages from the main mirror and serves no other purpose. Every time the Celestial Treasure Pavilion descends. We use the main mirror to transmit information such as the landing location and opening times to the sub-mirrors. If the young master feels this girl still has a trace of beauty, and the pavilion has one or two charms… Then in the future, you may use this mirror as proof. Return to the pavilion, and we can revisit old ties.”
“Oh? Such a wondrous item?”
Xu Zhengyang said, accepting the Ten-Thousand-Mile Shadow-Bearing Mirror without hesitation and placing it beside him.
Then Xu Zhengyang raised his wine cup to toast Su Mo, saying, “Thank you for your generosity, Miss Su. I’m honored.”
“You’re too kind, young master.”
Su Mo covered her mouth with a soft laugh, then shifted her gaze slightly and asked with a trace of grievance, “This girl has been accompanying the young master for half a day, yet I still don’t know your esteemed name.”
“True Essence Sect, Divine Mechanism Peak, Xu Zhengyang,” Xu Zhengyang replied.
As soon as Xu Zhengyang spoke.
A slightly tipsy Yang Hong reached out to Su Mo and said, “Miss Su, is there another Ten-Thousand-Mile Shadow-Bearing Mirror? Give me one too!”
Seeing this, Little Die placed a cup of wine into Yang Hong’s hand and pulled his arm back.
Then she explained to him, “The Ten-Thousand-Mile Shadow-Bearing Mirror is very precious. Sister Su only has that one! If the young master truly wants one. In the future, once Little Die qualifies to hold a mirror, I will gift my own Ten-Thousand-Mile Shadow-Bearing Mirror to you!”
“Oh?”
Hearing this, Yang Hong happily drank the wine Little Die had poured for him, imitating Xu Zhengyang’s earlier tone.
He said to Little Die, “True Essence Sect, Mysterious Mechanism Peak, Yang Hong!”
Upon hearing this, Su Mo laughed charmingly and refilled the wine cups of Xu Zhengyang and Yang Hong, then said, “A toast to the two outstanding disciples of the True Essence Sect.”
…
Not long after the Flowing Rosy Aurora Shield was activated, an old Daoist with white hair and beard, exuding an immortal aura, appeared beneath the dome.
Under the radiance of the Flowing Rosy Aurora Shield, the old Daoist was projected into a giant three zhang tall!
Not only that.
Four projection clones appeared around the old Daoist at the same time, ensuring every guest within the Celestial Treasure Pavilion could see his face clearly!