Mysterious mirror hanging high

[Year 550 of the Changsheng calendar]

Jing Yu sat upright in a quiet room, holding the Fire Fan in his hand, and from time to time sent a wisp of true fire into the black iron cauldron in front of him.

His eyes were tightly closed and his expression was calm, but he seemed to be confident and well aware of everything in the furnace. When the lid of the furnace was slightly raised, Jing Yu's eyes suddenly opened, and he stretched out his other empty hand. With a flick of his five fingers, several streams of water magic were injected into the furnace.

The next moment, a large amount of steam gushed out of the furnace. Jing Yu slapped the furnace body suddenly, and the lid flew up. Five white lights shot out from the furnace, and then turned in the air and landed steadily in Jing Yu's palm.

Jing Yu looked at the five Qi-boosting pills in his hand and nodded with satisfaction:

"Great, great! Now my Qi-boosting Pill refining skills have finally caught up with the standard Qi-boosting Pills made by the Qi-boosting Pill Puppet!"

During the past two years, Jing Yu's alchemy skills have improved rapidly. Now, the production of Yiqi Pills has become very stable. In terms of the quality of this kind of pill alone, his products are already ranked in the upper middle level among the alchemists in Wushan Market.

With the supply of a small amount of standard Qi-enhancing pills, Jing Yu's Qi training level has successfully broken through to the third level of Qi training, and he is not far from the perfection of the third level. In order to prevent his training speed from looking too fast, Jing Yu has even started to hone his skills and consolidate his foundation recently. The mysterious mirror condensed by the [Ask the Mirror to Observe Fate Method] has become more and more magical.

Another unexpected surprise was that Jing Yu discovered that as his realm rose, the speed at which the Xuan Jing in his dantian absorbed immortal energy from the sky actually became faster. Although at present this immortal energy could only allow Jing Yu to spy on and monitor people whose fate was connected with the Xuan Jing, it would take forty to fifty years of accumulating immortal energy to be able to spy once, and the time interval was still too long. Jing Yu estimated that with the current progress of his cultivation, if his realm climbed to the peak of Qi training, the Xuan Jing would be able to spy on a person's fate once every thirty years or so.

In the past two years, in addition to alchemy, Jing Yu also made great progress in his puppetry skills. Two years ago, he was introduced by Wu Buchun and successfully joined the [Wushan Puppet Society] with the help of a fragment of [The Initial Explanation of Large Mechanisms: Flying Boats] which was split from [The True Explanation of Puppets: Qi Training].

Originally, Jing Yu joined the guild just to enjoy the internal prices for purchasing puppet spiritual materials, and he didn't expect to learn any new knowledge from a group of Qi-training puppeteers who had just received incomplete inheritance for a few years. However, he didn't expect that these puppeteers in Wushan Market, especially Wu Bushun's father Wu Qi, actually had some unique insights. After participating in several exchange meetings, Jing Yu benefited a lot from puppetry.

Now two years have passed. Jing Yu has earned a lot of spirit stones by selling low-level puppets and self-refined Qi-enhancing pills, almost reaching the level of a net profit of 25 spirit stones per year. The bulk of the income comes from alchemy. He has long since quit his job at the Spirit Plant Garden and even moved his residence to Neifang West Street, next to a private courtyard of Mu Shan's family.

It should be noted that the annual salary of a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training who serves as a deacon in an organization within the market alliance is only fifteen spirit stones. Jing Yu, a low-level cultivator at the third level of Qi training, can earn a full ten spirit stones more than a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training within the system. This shows the money-making ability of alchemists.

Excluding the food, clothing, and social interactions for the past two years, the amount of spirit stones he had in his hands already reached about eighty. Jing Yu did not touch these eighty spirit stones, but instead held them in his hand and waited for the opportunity.

His Ku Du treasured body has been stuck at the eighth level of body casting for a long time. If he relies on gradual grinding, he doesn't know when he can break through this bottleneck. So he decided to buy a body refining medicine at the right time to try to break through the bottleneck and reach the ninth level of body casting as soon as possible.

However, most of the precious medicines that can break through the bottleneck of high-level body refining are only sold in the first-level fairy city. Jing Yu did not want to risk a long journey to the nearby fairy city for a precious body refining medicine, so he could only wait for an opportunity in the market.

In a place like Wushan Market, if you want to buy precious medicine that meets Jing Yu's requirements, you have to wait for the large-scale auction held every ten years. Jing Yu didn't catch up with the good times. The last large-scale auction was four years ago. At that time, he had just been in the market for more than a year. He was very poor and had only a few spirit stones in his pocket. He just regarded it as an opportunity to broaden his horizons. Now he has more spirit stones, but the next auction will be about six years away.

"Ok?"

Jing Yu looked up in surprise. The warning formation he had just set up in the yard was triggered by someone.

His divine sense extended outward through the wall of the quiet room, and he found that it was Zhao Chenghuan who entered the yard with a happy face.

"Uncle, uncle!"

Pushing open the door of the quiet room, Jing Yu walked out and said in a kind tone, "Cheng Huan, what are you so happy about?"

"It's born!" Zhao Chenghuan grinned.

"It's born?" Jing Yu didn't react for a moment.

"My brother!"

"Is your brother born?" Jing Yu asked in confusion.

"Oh no! I'm in such a hurry! My sister-in-law gave birth!" Zhao Chenghuan said repeatedly: "Twins!"

"So Mu Pei has given birth?" Jing Yu suddenly realized. Ever since Mu Pei married Zhao Chengyan, the couple had a very good relationship. She became pregnant more than nine months ago. Calculating the date, it was indeed time for her to give birth.

"Take me to see it quickly."

Jing Yu happily followed Zhao Chenghuan to the next yard. He had a nephew and a niece out of nowhere today. Although he knew that the ending would most likely be that the elderly would send off the young, he was still in a good mood.

"Wow-wow-"

As soon as they entered the yard of Mu Shan's house, they heard two loud baby cries. Jing Yu and Zhao Chenghuan entered the delivery room. At this time, Zhao Mingyu's whole family gathered around the two children. Mu Pei was lying on the bed with a slightly pale face, but because he was a body cultivator, his body was tough, and giving birth was much smoother than that of ordinary mortals. Now he could already sit up. The two children, a boy and a girl, were lying on Mu Pei's left side.

Zhao Chengyan, who had just become a father, looked at Mu Pei, who had just given birth, and then at his pair of children. His left eyes and right eyes were fighting with each other, and he was almost too busy to handle it, looking a little embarrassed.

Zhao Mingyu, who was still using a crutch, focused all his attention on the two babies, especially the little doll between the baby boy's legs, grinning.

Mu Shan and Zhao Chenghuan occasionally looked at each other. Their years of affection made them fall silent in tacit understanding. Occasionally, a trace of envy and regret flashed in their eyes, but it was unclear whether it was more envy or regret.

"Sixth brother, you're here! Come and see!" Zhao Mingyu, who usually keeps his emotions to himself, could no longer contain his joy. Seeing Jing Yu arrive, he quickly pointed at the pair of babies as if to show off.

"The boy is a brother, and the girl is a sister. I had thought they might be twins, a boy and a girl, but I never expected they would actually be twins! Luckily, I had names prepared in advance... Their generation should be the 'Yuan' generation."

"Brother Zhao Yuanchen, my sister's name is... Zhao Yuanxi!"