NOVPUBA full hundred Innate Martial Artists, all cultivated by Su Changkong using massive resources, were meant to provide him with Mysterious Turtle True Essence, to assist in breaking through his Turtle Breath Technique. Now, Su Changkong was about to push this to the extreme!
"Zuo Qiu, come here, don’t be nervous, just stand still,"
At this moment, Su Changkong spoke, calling Zuo Qiu over.
"Yes!"
Zuo Qiu respectfully complied and walked over.
Su Changkong took out the Mirror of All Things and aimed it at Zuo Qiu. With a slight thought, a gleam of brilliance flashed across the ancient mirror surface of the Mirror of All Things, causing Zuo Qiu to tremble, feeling as if he was being seen through.
Su Changkong had already used the Mirror of All Things to record and scan Zuo Qiu’s body, memorizing his aura, thus enabling the projection through the Mirror of All Things.
Su Changkong’s idea was simple.
Zuo Qiu and the other hundred Innate Martial Artists could now provide Su Changkong with one drop of Mysterious Turtle True Essence every five days. Reaching their level, it was actually very hard to have a qualitative breakthrough.
One drop of Mysterious Turtle True Essence every four or five days, equating to 70 to 80 drops a year, Su Changkong felt that he needed at least 1000 drops of Mysterious Turtle True Essence to bring his Dantian to its carrying limit, which meant about ten years before he could accumulate enough Mysterious Turtle True Essence.
Since that was the case, if quality was insufficient, then quantity would compensate!
By using the Mirror of All Things to project them and then absorbing the Turtle Breathing True Qi of the projected Mirror Image People, he could significantly shorten the time needed to accumulate Mysterious Turtle True Essence!
As for why Su Changkong didn’t use the Mirror of All Things to project himself?
That was a limitation of the Mirror of All Things; it couldn’t be used to project oneself, even if the Mirror Master possessed the "Mirror Heaven and Earth Great Divine Seed," it was still impossible to project oneself.
Of course, Su Changkong could also give the Mirror of All Things to someone else, have them control the Mirror of All Things, and then project him.
But the energy consumption and duration of the Mirror of All Things’ projection depended on the strength of the individual; the stronger the individual, the more energy consumed. Projecting a Su Changkong, in actuality, consumed as much as projecting a Martial Saint.
And the most important point was that Su Changkong feared that the reflected Mirror Image People would rebel and become uncontrollable!
The Mirror Image People reflected by the Mirror of All Things had the same strength as Su Changkong, and these Mirror Image People harbored extreme hatred towards their original selves, wanting to kill and replace them. Once a fight started, Su Changkong simply couldn’t suppress them, and the result would likely be a great battle, which was too dangerous. Su Changkong certainly did not want to play with fire and burn himself.
Projecting Zuo Qiu and the others, however, he could suppress, not fearing these projected people harboring other intentions and causing chaos.
Therefore, projecting Zuo Qiu and the others was the most appropriate; it was controllable, and the energy consumed for their projection was far less than that of Su Changkong himself.
Of course, Su Changkong, holding the Mirror of All Things, could dissolve the projection at any time, but that would be a sheer waste of energy.
Su Changkong indeed needed to reserve some energy of the Mirror of All Things for projecting True Beasts later on, even if it took more time!
"Reflection of All Things!"
Su Changkong activated the Mirror of All Things.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"
The Mirror of All Things spun and flew up, several Divine Patterns appeared on it, and it rapidly expanded from the size of a palm to several meters in diameter, like a portal.
In the mysterious mirrored space inside, a young man slowly materialized and stepped out.
"This... this..."
Zuo Qiu and other Innate Martial Artists were all utterly dumbfounded as they watched the young man who appeared out of nowhere, simply because he looked exactly like Zuo Qiu!
The Mirror Image Person Zuo Qiu looked around at everyone and finally bowed respectfully to Su Changkong, "I’ve seen Elder Su!"
The temperament and character of the Mirror Image Person Zuo Qiu were also exactly the same as the real Zuo Qiu, knowing how formidable the ’Elder Su’ in front of him was, and showed great reverence towards him.
"Mhm." 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
Su Changkong nodded slightly, then he continued to stimulate the Mirror of All Things, carrying out projections.
The real Zuo Qiu was completely dumbfounded as he watched the Mirror of All Things projects a second ’him,’ a third ’him’... and in succession, nine Zuo Qius emerged from the Mirror of All Things!
"This Mirror Image Person Zuo Qiu can project up to nine at once, existing for a maximum of one month, meaning a single Mirror Image Person Zuo Qiu can provide me with six to seven cycles of Turtle Breathing True Qi,"
Su Changkong sensed through the Mirror of All Things and realized that these Mirror Image People Zuo Qiu could exist for a maximum of one month before they would vanish.
By projecting nine projections of all the Innate Martial Artists here, it was equivalent to providing Su Changkong with the number of Martial Artists needed to refine the Mysterious Turtle True Essence through Turtle Breathing True Qi, suddenly increasing to 1000 people! The efficiency increased tenfold!
In a month’s time, he could harvest nearly 100 drops of Mysterious Turtle True Essence!
Thus, in about a year, Su Changkong would be able to accumulate a thousand drops of Mysterious Turtle True Essence!
"Is this... isn’t this exaggerated? Is this a Divine Skill?"
Zuo Qiu and the others were all staring dumbfounded at the Mirror Image People, though they understood Su Changkong’s unfathomable depth, making the incredible seem plausible.
"I will project each of you one by one, so you can provide me with True Qi for about a year or so, and then you will be free to cultivate on your own!"
Su Changkong told the crowd. Once he achieved his goal, he wouldn’t need Zuo Qiu and the others to provide Turtle Breathing True Qi for him, and they would also have time to cultivate the Martial Skills and Techniques they wished to practice as a repayment for his nurturing kindness towards them.
"Yes!" Zuo Qiu and the others all nodded, respectfully complying. They certainly hoped to be able to cultivate freely; they were all prepared to help Su Changkong provide True Qi for the next few decades, but this time was much shorter than they had imagined!
