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Chapter 759: Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune, Luck Enduring
Chapter 759: Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune, Luck Enduring
Time flew by, and in three days, Qin Muye successfully transformed the Eight-Trigram Mirror into a Mirror Spirit and bound it to himself.
This Mirror Spirit possesses three Spirit Beast Techniques. The first is a natural Spirit Beast Technique that all Mirror Spirits have, called "Golden Light in the Mirror." It is a dual-attribute attack technique, combining the attributes of gold and light, which can be released through the Mirror Spirit’s reflective surface to attack.
The second technique is different, a postnatal Spirit Beast Technique with a cause-and-effect attribute, named "Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune." It can detect danger in advance and guide a way to resolve it. However, it is a probabilistic trigger and can be split into different effects. It might detect danger, guide a good omen, or both, or neither.
In short, it all depends on luck.
Fortunately, this Mirror Spirit has a third postnatal Spirit Beast Technique, which belongs to the luck category, called "Enduring Good Fortune." It can increase its own luck, perfectly complementing the second technique, "Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune."
However, don't expect it to be too overpowered. The newly born Mirror Spirit is still very weak, and its three Spirit Beast Techniques are not very effective either, especially since their proficiency levels haven't even reached the beginner stage.
Although there are four levels of proficiency—Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow—this doesn’t mean it starts at the Yellow level. Initially, it should be at the beginner level.
"Golden Light in the Mirror" is still manageable, as it is a natural Spirit Beast Technique of the Mirror Spirit and can be cultivated. However, "Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune" and "Enduring Good Fortune" are different. These passive techniques do not affect the body, and there is no way to change them; they can only gradually improve through use.
"This Mirror Spirit is truly peculiar. Your kind only has one natural Spirit Beast Technique, yet you have comprehended two postnatal Spirit Beast Techniques of other attributes," Qin Muye said with a mix of amusement and exasperation. If he hadn't intercepted it, Feng Shun might have genuinely transformed from a fraud into a Spirit Master skilled in divination.
After all, it was the Original Body who acted, and what it provides cannot be underestimated.
The only downside is that he didn't obtain the other natural Spirit Beast Technique of the Mirror Spirit.
This natural Spirit Beast Technique is called "Spiritual Mirror Body," which can significantly enhance the strength of the Mirror Spirit’s body, reflect a certain degree of attacks, and clear a considerable amount of negative status effects. While it is not guaranteed to succeed, it is still a rare Spirit Beast Technique.
It is roughly equivalent to the "Resilient Insect Body" of the Green-Haired Worm, which only standard Mirror Spirits can obtain.
Unlike the Green-Haired Worm, which has a third, degenerated Spirit Beast Technique called "Insect Healing," Mirror Spirits only have two natural Spirit Beast Techniques: "Golden Light in the Mirror" and "Spiritual Mirror Body."
Since they are different species, there are no such complexities.
Although he didn't have "Spiritual Mirror Body," obtaining two additional postnatal Spirit Beast Techniques was already incredibly powerful. Besides, "Spiritual Mirror Body" wasn't impossible to have.
The "Immortal in the Mirror" technique he possessed could complete this natural Spirit Beast Technique, as the Original Body had already considered this.
The Original Body had foreseen this, and he had been puzzled before. After all, in his mind, the Mirror Spirit chosen by the Original Body should have been fully talented.
Although it is now fully talented, it is likely that the two postnatal Spirit Beast Techniques led to the absence of "Spiritual Mirror Body."
The formation of "Spiritual Mirror Body" depends on the quality of the mirror before it becomes a Mirror Spirit. This Eight-Trigram Mirror is not a new mirror but an old one, which has led to a decline in quality.
Qin Muye speculated that the Mirror Spirit had likely been around for many years before forming. In the Spirit World, antiques are not valuable, so it ended up in Feng Shun's hands to be used as a prop.
Old objects are more convincing, much like how a young person without a beard is perceived as unreliable. First impressions are important.
The Mirror Spirit, now in Qin Muye's possession, cannot move independently due to its recent formation. Instead, it remains like a living mirror, dependent on Qin Muye.
It will likely take another three to five days to fully adapt. Once adapted, the Mirror Spirit will be able to float and follow Qin Muye.
Currently, it cannot release "Golden Light in the Mirror" because it is too weak. However, the two postnatal Spirit Beast Techniques, "Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune" and "Enduring Good Fortune," are already active. Since they are passive and do not affect the Mirror Spirit’s body, they have fewer restrictions.
If it had "Spiritual Mirror Body," it would also be unusable like "Golden Light in the Mirror."
Although the Mirror Spirit is not like other flying or terrestrial spirit beasts, it still follows the law of energy conservation. It cannot be born with immense power, and Mirror Spirits are not that type of spirit beast. In the spirit beast hierarchy, they are considered average.
The "Spiritual Mirror Body" is somewhat unique, qualifying as a fairly good mid-level Spirit Beast Technique. However, because only mirror spirits have it and the material of mirrors is not as sturdy as metal, it would have been a high-level technique otherwise.
As for the "Golden Light in the Mirror," it is actually just a basic Spirit Beast Technique, akin to the mirror spirit's regular attack skill. The damage it deals is quite impressive for a basic skill, but the mana cost is a bit awkward.
After forming a pact with the mirror spirit, Qin Muye can also cultivate through the mirror spirit, converting spiritual energy into mana.
Indeed, the mana required by the mirror spirit to release Spirit Beast Techniques is transmitted from the Spirit Master, and the channel for this transmission is the pact.
However, there are benefits to this arrangement. The growth of the spirit beast will enhance the Spirit Master's strength, meaning the stronger the spirit beast, the stronger the Spirit Master.
Even multiple spirit beasts can provide cumulative feedback, though the resources needed to cultivate them will also increase accordingly.
Even a Spirit Emperor has only four spirit beasts.
As for the idea of forming pacts without cultivation, relying on quantity to achieve quality, this is actually a significant pitfall. A 1% attribute boost from a level 100 spirit beast is vastly different from that of a level 1 spirit beast. More importantly, maintaining so many low-level spirit beasts is impractical, and the risk of losing a spirit beast and suffering a backlash is significant. Besides, if quantity were the key, a Spirit Emperor would not be able to dominate the world.
A single spirit beast under a Spirit Emperor's command can emit a presence powerful enough to annihilate countless low-level spirit beasts.
"The 'Immortal in the Mirror' technique requires a complete cause-and-effect and luck pathway. It only needs to reach the Heaven level of proficiency, but it also needs a Universe Path Spirit Beast Technique for supplementation."
"Additionally, it needs to learn the 'Steel Will' and 'Soul Elevation' Spirit Beast Techniques."
These two Spirit Beast Techniques have a wide range of applications, essential for powerful evolution secrets. The former ensures that the spirit beast does not lose its sanity due to pain during evolution, while the latter is crucial for harmonizing multiple forces and ensuring a smoother evolution process.
Fortunately, Qin Muye has these two Spirit Beast Techniques, but their proficiency levels are hard to improve. Both techniques need to reach the Heaven level, which is the maximum level. However, he is not the Original Body, so feeding experience potions will not help.
Therefore, he can only rely on luck. With his "Unparalleled Luck" and "Protagonist Aura," and the mirror spirit's "Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune" and "Enduring Good Fortune," he is confident in his luck.
There are many rare treasures in the Spirit Master world that can increase a spirit beast's proficiency in Spirit Beast Techniques.
More importantly, this is part of the struggle for the Dao, aligning the spirit beast with the Spirit Master. This way, when the mirror spirit evolves into the "Immortal in the Mirror," it can be enhanced by the power of heaven and earth to reach the 9th rank, rather than being stuck at the 8th rank like most spirit beasts.
Others do not realize that a Spirit Emperor becoming a 9th-rank Mixed Yuan Great Sage is not due to diligent cultivation but to the mandate of heaven.
The Spirit Emperor is the representative of the mandate of heaven in the Spirit Master world, essentially a protagonist, though from a previous generation. His mandate of heaven disappears once he reaches the 9th rank.
Whether a new protagonist has emerged, Qin Muye is not sure. However, his protagonist aura is used to pretend he is the protagonist with the mandate of heaven, thereby gaining the support of the Spirit Master world.
The process of collecting treasures and seizing opportunities is also a manifestation of luck. Although intercepting opportunities might be considered unethical, Qin Muye unapologetically believes that rare treasures belong to those with virtue, and if others have the ability, they can try to intercept his opportunities.
"Alright, I need to figure out how to gather resources for you." Qin Muye looked at the mirror in his hand with a hint of exasperation. The mirror spirit was still very naive, having just been born and instinctively relying on the pact to depend on Qin Muye. It seemed to not fully understand what Qin Muye was saying.
He casually tucked the mirror spirit into his chest and pondered his next move.
The mirror spirit, though formed, still retained the appearance of the Eight-Trigram Mirror, small enough to fit in his palm. It was not a particularly active spirit beast, preferring a quiet demeanor, which Qin Muye found very appealing.
He did not like noisy and disruptive companions.
(End of Chapter)
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