Chapter 532 - 402: The Peculiar Little Mirror
Aside from the siblings from the Hong Family and Princess Qing Bi, who has always had a distaste for Ye Lingyue, everyone else couldn't help but feel sorry for Ye Lingyue as time passed, foreseeing the inevitable outcome.
The effort fell short at the last moment.
Ye Lingyue wanted to shatter the Light Talisman Ball, but she was ultimately too inexperienced. After all, she was just a Seven Rank Alchemist. If she were a Nine Rank like Wen Xu, the result would definitely have been different.
"Master Wen, what are you saying? What's so great about a woman? If it were Heavenly Maiden today, she definitely could have shattered that Light Talisman Ball. I'd say Brother Prince Feng must have had his eyes pecked by eagles," Princess Qing Bi scoffed, obviously disdainful of the praises Master Wen had for Ye Lingyue.
"Princess, my praise for her is not merely for her power, but for her temperament. I ask you, among us all here, who possesses her kind of courage and patience? This woman will surely achieve great things," Wen Xu sighed, being an Alchemist himself, nobody knew better the importance of patience and courage for an alchemist.
Ignoring the murmuring behind her, unnoticed by anyone, her right hand hidden beneath her sleeve silently infused Black Cauldron Breath into the Corrosive Soul Chain.
As soon as the Black Cauldron Breath entered the Corrosive Soul Chain, it transformed abruptly.
Everyone was startled again, just when they thought Ye Lingyue was exhausted and about to fail, the Corrosive Soul Chain rattled noisily. Strangely black patterns like blood vessels emerged on the initially gold-red chain, clinging to the soul chain.
As the Black Cauldron Breath from the Qian Cauldron Power continuously poured into the Corrosive Soul Chain, those black lines became more distinct, resembling swelling blood vessels.
The Corrosive Soul Chain seemed to come to life, its power surged dramatically and coiled around the Light Talisman Ball, constricting violently.
The Light Talisman Ball was squeezed out of shape, influenced simultaneously by the Black Cauldron Breath from the nine Corrosive Soul Chains. The Black Cauldron Breath invaded the Light Talisman Ball, swirling within, searching for an exit which destabilized the Light Talisman Ball, causing it to tremble violently.
Ye Lingyue took the longest time to break the Light Talisman Ball among everyone there, from the first to the ninth Corrosive Soul Chain, until finally destroying the Light Talisman Ball, the whole process lasting a full day and night.
By the morning of the fourteenth day, the Light Talisman Ball, tormented by the Corrosive Soul Chains and overwhelmingly exhausted, was enveloped by a prohibition as fragile as paper.
With a loud 'bang,' the Black Cauldron Breath was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the Light Talisman Ball finally burst open.
A trace of joy swept across Ye Lingyue's forehead. She flickered forward, stepping on Star Saliva, grabbing the object that fell from inside the Light Talisman Ball.
Everyone was shocked; they hadn't expected Ye Lingyue's "boiling frog" approach to actually break the prohibition.
That was one of the strongest among the ten Light Talisman Balls.
Everyone's eyes turned to what was in Ye Lingyue's hands, eager to see what treasure she had managed to snatch.
Elixir Pills? Spiritual Artifact? Or some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?
Ye Lingyue stared at the object in her palm, her mouth agape in shock for a long while, trembling with the urge to curse.
What kind of ghost is this!
In her palm lay a small Eight Diagram Mirror, merely the size of a palm and devoid of any spiritual power fluctuations. It looked no different from an ordinary brass mirror used daily, except its shape was that of an Eight Diagram.
"Pfft, I'm dying of laughter, it's just a broken mirror."
Princess Qing Bi, who was previously jealous of Ye Lingyue breaking the prohibition, burst out laughing upon seeing this.
Even a blind person could tell that the mirror was not a spiritual artifact, otherwise why would it have no spiritual power fluctuations at all?
Ye Lingyue was also somewhat annoyed, thinking to herself, could that Sky Armor Rat be broken? To say that such a mirror is the best treasure among the ten groups of light fog?
Feeling somewhat depressed, Ye Lingyue stuffed the mirror into her bosom and couldn't be bothered to speak.
She had exhausted a day and night's worth of spiritual power, feeling very tired, simply took a Soul Condensing Pill and closed her eyes to recuperate.
By the time Ye Lingyue opened her eyes again, it was already a day and a night later.
When she opened her eyes, she met a pair of deep pupils directly — it was Feng Xun.
Ye Lingyue was stunned for a moment, clearly seeing her own reflection in Feng Xun's pupils.
Looking around, everyone was recuperating, and she was still draped in Feng Xun's outer coat.
Ye Lingyue looked up and saw in the sky above, four out of the ten Light Talisman Balls were gone, the bloody glow on the Yi God's Void-breaking Bow also seemed much dimmer.
It turned out that during her recuperation, people from the Kaijiang Prince Manor had successfully broken another Light Talisman Ball, obtaining an Earth-level top-grade War Armor.
"Tomorrow, it's the Daxia Delegation's turn to enter the fray," Feng Xun said, still holding Little Zhiyo in his arms, handing some clear water to Ye Lingyue to moisten her mouth.
Ye Lingyue then recalled the Spiritual Treasure she had won, having spent an entire day on it, her heart felt stuffed, somewhat grudgingly, she took it out and flipped it over in her hand, looking at it again and again, it was still a mirror that looked like an Eight Diagrams.
In the mirror, the image of Ye Lingyue was blurred.
Seeing Ye Lingyue's annoyed expression, Feng Xun couldn't help but laugh, gently ruffling her hair.
"Everything is not as it seems on the surface, in my opinion, this mirror is not simple," Feng Xun reassured.
It seemed that among everyone, Feng Xun was the most relaxed and comfortable, whether it was treasures or spiritual artifacts, they seemed unimportant to him.
Even the Elixir Recipe he had previously mentioned, no one had heard him mention it again since then, as if he had entered Xingxiu Cave solely to accompany Ye Lingyue.
"Really? Did you see any clues?" Ye Lingyue became interested.
"I'm not sure, but if I'm not mistaken, this should be a formation mirror, there might be some powerful formation hidden inside," Feng Xun said uncertainly, he only had a vague memory of seeing this mirror somewhere.
But upon further thought, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
While they were talking, Luo Song stepped forward from the Daxia Delegation.
Unbeknownst to them, it was already the fifteenth day, and the Daxia Delegation had sent Luo Song out this time.
Luo Song glanced at the remaining six Light Talisman Balls in the sky, thinking to himself, even Ye Lingyue had chosen the strongest Light Talisman Ball, and as the Young Valley Master of Three-Life Valley, if he didn't show some strength, wouldn't he be ridiculed after leaving Xingxiu Cave?
With this thought in mind, Luo Song's gaze fell on one of the Light Talisman Balls, which was one of the other two strongest Light Talisman Balls in terms of fog intensity.