Mysterious mirror hanging high

[Year 514 of the Changsheng calendar]

Imperial Palace, Yu'an Hall

"Mingjing, take a break."

A middle-aged woman in simple clothes and with a serene expression stood quietly at the edge of the courtyard in the hall, looking at the young man who was practicing his swordsmanship with an unsharpened long sword in the center of the courtyard, with a loving look in her eyes.

"Yes, mother."

The young man put away his sword and responded obediently.

"What would you like to eat tonight? I heard that the imperial kitchen has some new dishes, and the ladies praised them highly after trying them."

"More meat dishes."

"Haha, you're such a glutton." The woman touched the back of the boy's head and said with a smile, "How's your schoolwork going lately?"

"My dear mother, I am naturally dull. I only got C grade in both the political commentary and military strategy exams this time. I got beaten a lot by the teacher because of this." The young man felt a little embarrassed.

"Being naturally dull... that's not necessarily a bad thing." The woman smiled and said, "I just hope you grow up safely. I don't care about anything else. Just do your best."

The young man nodded, not quite understanding, and suddenly yawned: "Mother, I'm a little sleepy."

"Go to the side hall and rest."

Hearing this, the young man slowly walked to the bed in the side hall, lay down on the brocade quilt, closed his eyes and dozed off.

"Being dull in talent may not be a bad thing... My mother is a rare indifferent person in this deep palace." Jing Yu thought to himself.

At this time, fourteen years have passed since Jing Yu was reincarnated, and he has a basic understanding of this life.

The country he was in was called Zhao. It had a large land area and was the most powerful among the neighboring countries.

The current emperor of Zhao State is Jing Yu’s adoptive father in this life, Zhao Sheng. He is considered the ruler of Zhao State’s revival and a very diligent emperor.

My mother's real name was Li Anruo. She was an orphan. When she was a teenager, she entered the palace and became an ordinary maid. Later, she was favored by Emperor Zhao and became a talented woman.

After waiting for more than five years, it was finally Li Anruo's turn to be favored again. Unexpectedly, she became pregnant, so she was promoted to a noble lady.

After she gave birth to Jing Yu, she was promoted to the position of concubine. In just a few years, she was promoted three levels and was regarded as a role model by countless young palace maids.

Today, Jing Yu is the sixth son of the Ming generation in the royal family and was given the name "Zhao Mingjing".

This incident made Jing Yu speechless. He didn't know whether it was because Emperor Zhao was too busy with government affairs. From the time he was born to the time he was one year old, Jing Yu hardly saw his adoptive father, and his official name had never been approved.

Finally, when he was one year old and drawing lots, Jing Yu saw a palm-sized bronze mirror among the objects. He grabbed the bronze mirror in his hand, and Emperor Zhao gave him a formal name, "Zhao Mingjing".

And that bronze mirror was exactly the [Mirror of Knowing Destiny] that the Taoist Lord Jiu Ming had promised to give to Jing Yu in some form!

Jing Yu never expected that this Jianzi would come so reasonably and smoothly.

However, just as the Taoist Lord Jiu Ming said, although this mirror has a very high status, it is only used to stimulate the fate and explore the connection between the fate and destiny. It is not a magical treasure that can be used for attacking. It is only because of its strong material that Jing Yu put it in the lining of his chest to use as a heart mirror.

Jing Yu also tried to use the swallowing method of the Bitter Crossing Sutra to absorb the essence of the Zhiming Treasure Mirror for body refining, but perhaps his cultivation level was too low to use such high-level materials, so as expected, he did not succeed.

The chapter of the Bitter Crossing Sutra that corresponds to the Qi training stage is called the Body Forging Chapter, which is divided into ten levels, corresponding exactly to the ten levels of the Qi training stage. Jing Yu has been practicing diligently for fourteen years, and has only just managed to reach perfection in the second level. This is despite the fact that the royal family's food supply contains many rare ingredients and medicinal materials. If he were born in an ordinary family, he would probably still be stuck in the first level.

However, what Jing Yu didn't know was that the Bitter Crossing Sutra itself was a body-refining technique specially created by the Taoist Master Wanshou for cultivators with longevity temperaments. There would be additional bonuses for cultivators with longevity temperaments when practicing this technique. If it were an ordinary cultivator, he would probably not even be able to get started after fourteen years.

However, even though he has only cultivated to the second level, Jing Yu's physical strength has now reached a level comparable to that of gold and stone. Ordinary iron tools can no longer break his physical defense. Even the precious swords and magic knives in the martial arts world can only scratch his skin and recover in an instant.

During these fourteen years, Jing Yu had also tried to inquire about the whereabouts of immortal cultivators in various ways, but apart from some mythological stories that had no basis and were almost imaginary, there was no other news about immortal cultivators in the territory of Zhao State.

But Jing Yu was not in a hurry. After all, he did not have the problem of insufficient lifespan, so there was no need to seek immortal fate so early. It would be better for him to develop in the mortal world for a while, and then seek to be invincible in the world before considering other things.

The reason why he said this was because Jing Yu felt that he could not be considered to be rampant in the mortal world at the moment. Because he was a member of the royal family, he had followed Emperor Zhao to receive a martial arts master who had reached the end of mortal martial arts two years ago. At that time, he had already reached the second level of body forging, and his true strength was comparable to that of a second-level Qi training cultivator, but he still felt a faint threat from that martial arts master.

Despite the lack of actual combat, thanks to the fact that Lu Yingzhao was a top martial arts master in his early years, Jing Yu, who watched her climb to the top step by step and suppress a whole generation of martial arts masters in the Hall of Eternal Life, had a broad vision and had some superficial understanding of the combat power of martial arts masters. If it was a life-and-death fight, a cultivator at the first to third level of initial Qi training might not necessarily be able to defeat a martial arts master.

On the contrary, the body cultivators have more advantages against the martial arts masters. After all, their bodies are tough, and they can fight to the death with the martial arts masters with an offensive style without defense.

"It's a pity that the martial arts secrets written by Lu Yingzhao back then have been blurred..." Jing Yu couldn't help but sigh.

Over the years, he had also found some martial arts secrets in the royal library to practice in conjunction with his body-building techniques. However, although the secrets collected in the royal library of Zhao State were certainly the best in the entire country, in Jing Yu's opinion, they were still a little lacking and were completely inferior to the martial arts secrets created by Lu Yingzhao in his later years.

At the age of just over 20, Lu Yingzhao roamed the world with a rusty sword, and had never been matched. Although she was only in her early twenties, her internal strength, swordsmanship, and lightness skills had already reached the pinnacle. With the blessing of her "I Am the Only One" fate and her martial arts performance at the time, Jing Yu seriously suspected that even a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training would die under her sword if caught off guard.

"I wonder how Lu Yingzhao is doing now..." Jing Yu's heart moved, he opened his eyes, took out a palm-sized bronze mirror from the lining of his chest, and gently stroked the edge of the mirror.

The immortal energy required for the [Mirror of Knowing Destiny] needs to be accumulated slowly. If the immortal energy is insufficient, the image that can be displayed will be extremely short. Jing Yu's reincarnation has only been more than ten years ago. According to the Taoist Lord Jiu Ming, it should not be enough to support a complete spying.

"Let's give it a try. I can't use this immortal energy anyway." After all, this mirror is a treasure from the immortals. Jing Yu has no idea about its internal structure. The accumulated immortal energy can only be used for the mirror itself, which puts an end to his idea of ​​taking advantage of it.

"I remember that the Taoist Lord placed the method of improving fortune using the treasure mirror behind the Sutra of Bitter Crossing for me..." Jing Yu searched his mind and found the method of improving fortune using the treasure mirror of knowing destiny. Fortunately, this method does not require spiritual energy. One only needs to hold the treasure mirror and immerse the mind in it.

Jing Yu sat up from the quilt, holding the bronze mirror in both hands, and carefully focused his mind. Sure enough, several bright balls of light appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Jing Yu counted and found that there were five light balls floating in his sea of ​​consciousness, among which a white light ball was the dimmest. Jing Yu felt the fate connection of this light ball and confirmed that it was Han Ping.

The two purple light balls appeared much brighter than the white light ball, but it was obvious that the purple light ball representing Li Jiangmei was brighter than Yun Xuance's.

The only golden ball of light naturally represents Ye Xingyun.

And a colorful ball of light was at the top of the sea of ​​consciousness, like the scorching sun hanging high in the sky. Jing Yu knew in his heart that this colorful ball of light was naturally connected to Lu Yingzhao!