Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 1030 The True Explanation of the Heaven and Earth Refining Furnace

Yan Que took out the [Mirror of Knowing Fate] and explained to the two, "This treasure is called the [Mirror of Knowing Fate]. It is a standard treasure used by all the immortal palaces to test one's fate... You know what fate is, right? Never mind, it doesn't matter if you don't."

"I will now test your destiny. It would be best if you had this, but it's okay if you don't. It just means you lack some opportunities and fate. There are many people in the world who can reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao without a destiny. There's no need to worry about not having this."

"Of course, if you can have a decent-grade destiny, it will be of great help to your cultivation path."

Yan Que first pointed the bronze mirror at Jing Yu. A beam of light shone on Jing Yu, and four white seal characters suddenly appeared on the surface of the bronze mirror—

[To prolong life and increase health].

"A plain white item? Well, it's better than nothing."

Yan Que curled his lips: "Unconditionally increasing lifespan by thirty years is a great benefit for ordinary people, but it becomes more and more useless as time goes on. You have already cultivated to the Cave Heaven Realm and have a lifespan of 30,000 years. Whether you have 30 more or 30 less years, it makes no difference."

"All the fates in the Longevity lineage have this problem: in the early stages, it's like providing charcoal in snowy weather, but as you progress on your path, it becomes more like adding icing on the cake, unless you possess the legendary divine fate of 'Longevity and Long Life'... then there is something truly miraculous."

"Unfortunately, this kind of destiny might only be seen once in an entire era, and it's completely out of the reach of ordinary cultivators like us."

Jing Yu breathed a sigh of relief, secretly praising the Buddha of Universal Salvation.

The secret technique for concealing one's destiny, bestowed upon him by the compassionate Buddha, is of an astonishingly high level. At least so far, Jing Yu has not found anyone who can see through his concealment.

Immediately, Yan Que pointed the bronze mirror at Guo Tingshu, and a flash of black light appeared, revealing four square, black ancient seal characters on the mirror's surface.

【Talent is dull】.

"A black-grade evil destiny?!"

Yan Que patted the bronze mirror in his hand, seemingly suspecting that something was wrong with the Destiny Mirror.

She looked Guo Tingshu up and down with a strange gaze and asked, "Are you really the prodigy handpicked by Senior Sister Zhu?"

Although one's destiny cannot determine whether a cultivator can achieve anything on the Great Dao, at most it can only add a little help and destiny, but a negative destiny such as "dull-witted" will obviously impair comprehension and will naturally be an obstacle to the pursuit of the Dao.

"Never mind, Senior Sister has her own judgment."

Yan Que shook his head: "Change your clothes and come with me."

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A quarter of an hour later, Yan Que led Jing Yu and Guo Tingshu to the cave where Zhu Hongluan was cultivating. After obtaining permission and passing through the cave's restrictions, they saw Zhu Hongluan sitting cross-legged with a flame flower blooming on her fingertip, as if she was cultivating some kind of supernatural power.

"You guys are here?"

Zhu Hongluan slowly opened her eyes, revealing her signature red pupils, and looked at Jing Yu and Guo Tingshu.

"Senior sister, Yan Que will take her leave now."

With Yan Que gone, only Zhu Hongluan, Jing Yu, and Guo Tingshu remained in the cave.

Zhu Hongluan first sized up the two of them, then slowly said, "Que'er just told me that although you two both possess destiny, one is merely a mortal destiny that's better than nothing, and the other is even an evil destiny that harms your aptitude..."

"But it is not only cultivators with high-grade destiny who can go further on the path of cultivation."

"I have seen too many so-called 'prodigies' who, despite possessing extraordinary destiny, end up as ordinary people or even die young due to their impetuous nature and arrogance."

"I've also seen too many predecessors who didn't have the right destiny but still achieved great things."

"Putting aside other things, there are currently two legendary cultivators with golden immortal-grade destiny in the Fire Virtue Hall. Whether it is their cultivation speed or their design of their own path, they are far inferior to me."

"And I am merely a person with a mere purple-grade spiritual destiny," Zhu Hongluan said proudly.

Jing Yu was taken aback upon hearing this, and subconsciously cast a detection spell, which indeed revealed Zhu Hongluan's destiny.

[Flames Burn the City].

Upon seeing this destiny, he seemed slightly dazed, as if recalling an old friend, but quickly regained his composure and calmly said:

"I never imagined that Senior Zhu would possess the legendary [Spiritual Rank Destiny]."

"Spiritual-grade destiny is worthless in the Immortal Realm."

Zhu Hongluan shook her head: "Not to mention the disciples that the major immortal palaces recruit in the immortal realm, the once-in-a-millennium immortal selection usually produces one disciple with a purple spiritual grade destiny every two or three thousand years. Over the years, the number is actually quite considerable."

"The truly precious ones are the golden immortal items and the seven-colored divine items."

“The former might only be seen once every tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, while the latter… well, maybe three or five in an entire era, and it’s generally not the Fire Virtue Temple’s turn.”

"Never mind, these things are not important."

"Xuanjing Daoist, is that right? Come here."

Zhu Hongluan beckoned with her finger, and Jing Yu dared not delay, so she could only obediently step forward.

But then the woman in red stood up and put a hand on Jing Yu's shoulder. Jing Yu felt an incomparably domineering fire elemental true essence invade his body. His body reacted instinctively, and several divine thoughts seeped out from his Bitter Crossing Profound Light, his internal true essence, and even his Niwan Palace to fight back.

Unfortunately, the difference in their cultivation levels was too great, and this effort was in vain.

But soon, this domineering fire elemental essence became extremely docile, circulated within Jing Yu's body, and was then withdrawn into Zhu Hongluan's body.

Then, a look of surprise flashed across the red-robed woman's face: "Early stage of Cave Heaven cultivation, yet her physical body is at the late stage of Cave Heaven... or even the perfect Cave Heaven level?"

"Xuanjing Daoist, are you really a rogue cultivator? Or a true disciple of the Heavenly Martial True Monarch?"

Zhu Hongluan pondered it for a moment, her expression growing even more shocked: "The bloodline of the Ancestral Dragon... no, it's the bloodline of the human race... wait, there's still a bit of the aura of the True Dragon Ancestor in it... what nonsense!"

At this moment, her gaze towards Jing Yu became peculiar, her face filled with hesitation: "Could it be that some high-ranking official made the move?"

Jing Yu smiled awkwardly. His secrets had been exposed, which was a troublesome matter. However, the other party was obviously worldly-wise and not as easily surprised as the lower cultivators of the first or second level.

Finally, Zhu Hongluan sighed: "Fine, I don't know whose scheme you were orchestrating, but it doesn't matter anymore... I'm just a rogue immortal with only ten thousand years left to live, who am I afraid of?"

After saying that, she handed a jade slip to Jing Yu: "Here is a manual called [True Explanation of the Heaven and Earth Refining Furnace]. Take it and study it."

"You were able to elevate your physical body to the late stage of the Cave Heaven Realm at the early stage, which is obviously of a very high level compared to the body refining technique you mainly cultivate. I naturally don't need to humiliate myself any further."