Timid Yet Eager for Thrills

By the end of the conversation, the Mirror of Time couldn't help but mutter to itself in utter disbelief. How on earth had he condensed a secondary body? It defied all reason and logic!

Luo Yan finally understood. It wasn't that he was incapable of cultivation; rather, the ambient energy of the universe was incompatible with an Immortal Body. To put it simply, his Immortal Body looked down on worldly cosmic energy!

"Is there any cultivation technique that will allow me to absorb the primordial qi of the universe?" Luo Yan asked, still reluctant to give up.

The Mirror of Time pondered for a moment. "None! Since ancient times, I have never heard of a Primordial Divine Immortal Body being able to absorb any energy system other than immortal qi. However, you needn't worry too much. I can sense that your physical body is capable of growing. As long as you consume enough divine herbs, you can continuously grow and progress! In the future, if you manage to set foot in the Immortal Domain, you might just be able to absorb immortal qi and restore your cultivation to a realm matching your physical body!"

It offered words of comfort to Luo Yan. In any case, entering the Immortal Domain was impossible anyway, so it might as well paint a grand picture for him first.

At this, Luo Yan fell into complete despair.

Filled with grief and indignation, he had no choice but to pull out one of his few remaining great medicines and bite into it with tears in his eyes. "Sigh, thank goodness I planted some great medicines in the villa. Once I head back, I'll move the Five-Elements Vine in as well! By the way, I should pack some source stones underneath it too!"

The small mountain he had carved out in the past was refined and taken away by Luo Yan to serve as his personal dojo, inside which many precious herbs were cultivated.

The Mirror of Time asked, "You're just eating it raw like this?"

"How else?"

"At the very least, refine it into a pill! That way, its medicinal efficacy can be maximized!"

"Can you refine pills?"

"I certainly cannot!" The Mirror of Time was somewhat speechless. What kind of pills was a mere mirror supposed to refine?

Luo Yan shot it a look as if looking at an idiot. "If you can't, why are you talking nonsense here? If I knew how to refine pills, do you think I wouldn't do it?"

With a single great medicine consumed, Luo Yan was surprised to discover that his body had undergone the slightest of changes. Although negligible, Luo Yan's exceptionally sharp perception caught it immediately.

"It really works!" Luo Yan rejoiced, finally finding a method to enhance his strength.

Binge-eating medicines!

Thus, Luo Yan hesitated no longer and dug out all the precious herbs within his dojo, taking them one by one until he had chewed through them all.

"Only great medicines of over five thousand years have any effect!" Luo Yan tested precious herbs ranging from ten years to ten thousand years of age before finally arriving at this conclusion.

His physical body was different from ordinary people; standard precious herbs had no effect. Only herbs with a history of five thousand years could improve his physique.

Luo Yan had studied the root cause: great medicines contained extremely dense vital qi of life. Upon reaching the five-thousand-year mark, a qualitative change would occur, condensing into the essence of life. This life essence barely met the growth energy required by his physical body.

Luo Yan guessed that it bore a very special similarity to the so-called immortal qi. The Mirror of Time had mentioned that the Primordial Divine Immortal Body could only absorb immortal qi energy, and perhaps life essence barely reached that tier.

"The requirements are a bit steep... However, it's not like those under five thousand years can't be consumed; many drops can accumulate into an ocean and trigger a qualitative change!" Luo Yan made his decision. From now on, he was going to be a planter with a dream!

Watching Luo Yan chomp down on millennial great medicines one by one, the Mirror of Time sighed inwardly: All the best cabbages are being ruined by pigs.

Luo Yan didn't care about any of that. Every bite he ate counted. Once the dark turmoil came to an end and the Heavenly Emperor Ye brought him into the Immortal Domain, that would be it. Before then, he would accumulate his foundation so he could astonish everyone upon entering the Immortal Domain!

Almost on a whim, Luo Yan had already mapped out his entire future.

Luo Yan wasn't worried about his lifespan at all. He could sense that his physical body possessed an abundant vital essence of life. Having already transformed into the body of a True Immortal, living for hundreds of thousands of years would be no problem at all!

"Big Brother Luo Yan! What are you doing?" Little Nanan walked over, holding a multi-colored stone in her arms.

The Mirror of Time trembled slightly, sizing up the little girl in horror. "This... this... this..."

With its vast experience, it was not difficult for it to see that Little Nanan was extremely extraordinary, suspected of being connected to a supreme Emperor.

Even though it was an immortal artifact, it still felt immense terror when facing an Emperor of this era. There was only a tiny handful of individuals in this world who could destroy it!

It tentatively projected its light toward Little Nanan, and a hazy figure quickly materialized within the mirror.

At that instant, the Mirror of Time was utterly terrified. A gaze came from beyond the heavens, locking onto the Mirror of Time in the blink of an eye.

The Mirror of Time made a prompt and decisive decision, severing this karmic tie in a split second and cutting off that locked-on aura, terrified that the owner of that gaze would trace it back.

"Did you do that on purpose?" The Mirror of Time looked at Luo Yan with lingering fear.

"I didn't ask you to scan her!" Luo Yan said unhurriedly.

"What a pity. If the Empress had taken action to wipe you out, I suppose she could have preserved the grade of the immortal artifact." Luo Yan sighed internally, thinking that his desire to destroy it hadn't died and he was still mulling over the matter.

The light of the Mirror of Time dimmed. It finally understood: this kid held grudges deeply.

"This mirror is so ugly. Why doesn't Big Brother Luo Yan throw it away?" Little Nanan stared at the shattered surface of the mirror, asking with innocent confusion.

"Kid, you're vicious!" Having suffered a covert loss, the Mirror of Time was extremely displeased.

"The mirror can actually talk! Big Brother Luo Yan, there's a monster!" Little Nanan hid behind Luo Yan in fright, clutching the hem of his trousers.

Luo Yan half-crouched, picked her up, and said, "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt you! If it dares to hurt you, I'll smash it to pieces right now!"

Little Nanan replied with absolute trust, "Mm-mm!"

The Mirror of Time sank into Luo Yan's glabella and said no more.

It was somewhat intimidated, afraid that Luo Yan would genuinely shatter it. It had managed to awaken its consciousness again with great difficulty, escaping its previous muddle-headed state. If it were truly smashed, it would inevitably lose its sanity once more.

The very moment it awakened, it had secretly attempted to regain control of itself and suppress Luo Yan in return. As an immortal artifact wielding the power to traverse time and space, it was naturally unwilling to be controlled. In its memories, certain supreme immortal artifacts commanded their masters rather than the other way around.

As a result, not only did the plan fail, but it also earned Luo Yan's resentment.

Luo Yan conjured a spiritual fruit out of thin air like a magic trick and handed it to Little Nanan.

Little Nanan happily took the spiritual fruit and began to savor it deliciously, quickly forgetting about the mirror being able to talk.

"This thing has a rebellious bone; I need to find a time to put it in its place!" Luo Yan thought to himself.

If one could properly control an immortal artifact with complete consciousness, their overall combat strength would increase drastically.

Luo Yan now suspected that that True Immortal might have been murdered by this very fellow. After all, the moment it awakened, it wanted to turn around and suppress him—definitely not a good egg!

"No wonder my predecessor died. He couldn't even fully refine a weapon; if you don't die, who will?" Thinking back on it, Luo Yan still hadn't fully recovered from the shock.

"No, there is no time like the present. I'll refine it right now!" With that, Luo Yan coaxed Little Nanan away and retrieved the Mirror of Time from his glabella. He wouldn't feel at ease until he had thoroughly refined it.

However, when he probed deep into the Mirror of Time, he discovered that this item had already been completely refined by himself, presenting no issues whatsoever.

"You don't need to probe anymore. I have already thoroughly refined myself for you!" The Mirror of Time transmitted its consciousness.

Luo Yan discovered that this fellow really wasn't lying! It was terrified of death, deathly afraid that he would obliterate its consciousness. Its self-preservation instinct was extreme, and its survival talent was maxed out.

Truly a cowardly yet mischievous fellow!

The hidden danger left behind by this immortal artifact was completely resolved. Right from the start, when Luo Yan learned that the Mirror of Time was not a natal divine weapon forged by himself, he had worried endlessly about potential hidden hazards. Therefore, the moment the mirror's consciousness awoke, he had kept his guard up.

It seemed that caution and prudence were useful after all.