Supreme Golden Palace

Chapter 98 Qingli (Part )

"I have cultivated the Dharma Eye, and am particularly adept at the art of observing auras. When the general entered the tent, I saw a precious light lingering around him. Upon closer inspection, I saw that it was a red sun in his arms. The precious mirror in the general's arms is truly an extraordinary item."

The Great Wizard's eyes blazed as he sized up Lu Shang. He spoke slowly, "General, this encounter is destiny. You don't need to worry about others coveting it. Treasures like these possess their own spirituality, and fate is paramount; they cannot be forced. Seizing treasures without fate will only bring disaster."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shang nodded slightly. In front of everyone, he took out the precious mirror from his bosom and asked, "Is this the mirror?"

"It is truly a rare treasure, hard to find in the world." Looking at the bronze mirror in Lu Shang's hand, the great wizard Yildiz was full of surprise and admiration, and exclaimed loudly.

Seeing the master's praise for the mirror, Turkic nobles like Shaboluo and Chuluohou were also amazed. The fact that the mirror was praised so highly by the great wizard Yildiz clearly showed its preciousness.

Everyone looked closely and saw that there was a crouching Qilin carved on the handle of the bronze mirror. The four corners of the mirror were engraved with turtles, dragons, phoenixes and tigers in different shapes, corresponding to the images of the Eight Trigrams. In addition to the Eight Trigrams, there were also the Twelve Zodiac Signs. Twenty-four characters were engraved on the edge of the mirror with clear strokes.

After Yildiz expressed his admiration, he asked, "General, do you know why I insisted on looking into this mirror?"

Lu Shang shook his head and said bluntly: "I don't know."

Yildiz said softly, "I am looking in the mirror to give the general a great opportunity."

"A great opportunity?"

Lu Shang frowned and looked at the mirror in his hand in confusion.

Obviously, the opportunity that Yildiz mentioned must be related to this mirror.

Otherwise, Yildiz would not have said in front of everyone that he wanted to see the magic mirror.

"Although the general has rejected my Khan's reward, we Turks have always rewarded those who have made contributions and punished those who have made mistakes. We have always clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments."

"The general killed countless enemies in the battle of Jinshan, terrified them, and won great military achievements, subduing all the other tribes."

"Such military achievements must be rewarded, otherwise it would be unfair and people would be dissatisfied."

Yildiz stared at the heart mirror in Lü Shang's hand and said, "But, General, you do not want the Khan's reward. I can only offer you an opportunity on behalf of the Khan as a reward for your military exploits."

Lu Shang's heart moved, and he asked, "I wonder what opportunity this is?"

"General, you should know that in our shamanic practice, the most important thing is to offer sacrifices to heaven, and the second is to offer sacrifices to gods."

Knowing that Lu Shangying was somewhat tempted, Yildiz said, "The opportunity I want to give the general is at this sacrifice to the gods."

"Confucius said, 'Sacrifice as if the gods are present; sacrifice to the gods as if the gods are present.' This shows that the way of worshipping the gods in our shamanism is not an unorthodox path, but a righteous and upright one."

"I only lament that the younger generations are unfilial and abuse human sacrifices, tarnishing the reputation of my witchcraft."

When Yildiz talked about Confucius, Lu Shang was also stunned. It was really unexpected that this great witch of the shamanic religion was well-versed in "The Analects of Confucius".

Seeing Lu Shang's strange expression, Yildiz laughed and said, "But it's strange. I'm a great witch, how come I know the Confucian classics?"

"Confucius is the patriarch of Confucianism, the founder of all religions. The words of this sage are profound and profound, pointing directly to the great truth. Although I am a great sorcerer, what am I compared to Confucius?"

Lu Shang suppressed his surprise and said, "I will teach you."

Yildiz's lips curled up as he said, "General, this mirror is a rare treasure that is hard to find in the world. If I didn't know that all treasures in the world have a fixed number and cannot be obtained by trickery or robbery, I would probably find it difficult to suppress my greed."

"This precious mirror of yours has other wonderful uses, but the most miraculous thing is that it has already created a god."

"This treasure with a deity and a treasure without a deity are incomparable. If we talk about preciousness, ten or a hundred identical mirrors without a deity are not as valuable as this one with a deity."

"You mean, gods?" Lu Shang lowered his head and looked at the mirror.

"Gods,"

After returning to the camp, Lu Shang dismissed his attendants and sat cross-legged, holding the mirror in his hands, as if lost in thought.

"I forgot that the Mirror of Speed ​​has a deity. It doesn't make sense that your Mirror of the Heart wouldn't have one."

After Yildiz pointed out that there was a god in the mirror, Lu Shang immediately thought of the mirror in "The Ancient Mirror", which indeed contained a god.

According to Wang Du, the author of "Ancient Mirror Record", this god has a dragon head and a snake body, wears a red crown and purple clothes, and calls himself Zizhen.

The image of a dragon head and a snake body is enough to make people imagine a lot.

The Heart-Reflecting Mirror and the Disease-Reflecting Mirror are both among the fifteen magical mirrors cast by Emperor Huangdi. It is impossible that the Disease-Reflecting Mirror has a god, and his Heart-Reflecting Mirror is just a dead object with only a little spiritual instinct.

"According to the heart,"

Lu Shang carefully examined the heart-reflecting mirror in his hand. The mirror surface was as smooth as a pond, and the four spirits, eight trigrams, and twelve zodiac signs were each in their proper places on the mirror. The candlelight in the tent flickered, and light and shadows danced on the mirror surface.

"It seems that I still need to follow the method of worshiping the gods taught by Yildiz to see if I can communicate with the god of this mirror."

Lu Shang's eyes flickered. The Mirror of the Heart was extremely important to him. It could be called the treasure that led him to enlightenment.

Without a mirror to reflect one's heart, if he were to measure his path to immortality, the 48,000 orifices and 84,000 gods one by one on his own, it would take an unknown number of years before he could complete the measurement of all the orifices and gods.

Take the 1,296 acupoints he is currently cultivating, for example. Without the power of the mirror to reflect his mind, and relying solely on his own measurements, he would have no hope of seeing any results without more than a hundred years of hard work.

And this is just the beginning. To truly complete his path to becoming a human immortal, he needs to cultivate 48,000 acupoints.

Yildiz may not know how important the Mirror of the Heart is to Lu Shang, but he knows that being favored by a god is an opportunity in itself.

After all, magical spirits like the god in the mirror have unimaginable powers. If Lu Shang can gain the recognition of the god, it is equivalent to having a guardian god.

With the protection of this guardian deity, whatever Lu Shang does in the future will be almost successful, if not always successful.

"Calling the Gods,"

Lu Shang thought about the method of worshiping the gods taught by Yildiz, and cut his left wrist with his fingers, chanting a spell. Three drops of blood fell on the mirror, creating layers of golden patterns.

At the same time, the bronze wind chimes hanging on the four corners of the tent suddenly stopped, and the moonlight shone through the skylight, condensing into a silver frosty light column, shining on the eyes of the Qilin on the mirror handle.

Lu Shang looked at the Qilin, and for some reason, he suddenly felt drowsy, as if he was sinking continuously.

Inexplicably, Lu Shang thought of the feeling when his true spirit and soul were united.

An indescribable feeling of weightlessness surged into my heart like a huge tide.

The scene before my eyes suddenly darkened, and my mind fell into a daze. I didn't know how much time had passed before the feeling of weightlessness gradually faded away.

He tried hard to open his eyelids, but they were too heavy. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open them.

He didn't open his eyes until a gentle voice sounded in his ears.

(End of this chapter)