Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 36 Mirage Labyrinth
Chang Family Refining Pavilion.

Su You sipped the spiritual tea, his spiritual energy penetrating into the Mirage Spirit Pearl to explore its spirituality.

If its spirituality can be nurtured, it can be transformed into a tower spirit using second-tier materials.

However, after careful observation, he couldn't come up with any solutions. It's normal that spirituality is difficult to cultivate.

Otherwise, this material wouldn't be so expensive, and most Golden Core cultivators wouldn't want to use it as the main material for refining magic weapons.

Using this material as the main ingredient for refining magical artifacts is equivalent to nurturing a magical artifact for over a hundred years by a Golden Core cultivator.

“This bead is not bad.” Su You tapped his fingers lightly on the table and continued, “If you can tell me where I can find a higher-grade Mirage Spirit Bead, I don’t mind buying it for 50,000 spirit stones. If you don’t know, then I can only buy it for 30,000 spirit stones. Of course, if you don’t want to, I won’t force you.”

This Mirage Pearl is a decent raw material for crafting illusion-type magical artifacts, but in terms of value alone, it's not worth that many spirit stones. After all, a finished mid-grade illusion-type magical artifact only costs around 50,000 to 60,000 spirit stones, and for the main material, 30,000 spirit stones is already the limit.

The only thing of value is its spirituality, but the spirituality within it is too weak, so naturally it has little value.

"Senior, I know where Mirage Spirit Pearls can be found, and there are definitely Tier 3 Mirage Spirit Pearls there," Chang Lu said excitedly.

“Alright, tell me in detail. I hope you’re not lying to me. You should know my identity. Dealing with you in the Void Heaven Immortal City would be a piece of cake for me,” Su You nodded and said.

Chang Lu glanced at Su You's Xutian Immortal Sect attire, swallowed hard, and continued, "Don't worry, senior, I wouldn't dare lie to you about something like this. However, the place I'm talking about is extremely dangerous, so I hope you won't blame me."

"Don't worry, as long as it's the right place, it doesn't matter if it's dangerous or not. I won't blame you for this," Su You said nonchalantly.

Whether it was dangerous or not was irrelevant to Su You, since he wasn't afraid of death anyway.

……

Two hours later.

Su You left the Chang family's weapon-refining pavilion with a solemn expression.

Subsequently, the twin clones immediately rushed back to the sect's Dharma Transmission Pavilion to check relevant intelligence based on the information given by Chang Lu.

Yunting Lake, a mirage-filled, labyrinthine realm.

This is the location given by Chang Lu. According to him, in the southwest area of ​​Yunting Lake, there is a mirage realm inhabited by a large number of mirage demons.

This Mirage Spirit Pearl was obtained after defeating the Mirage Demon.

Su You had just confirmed, based on the sect's records, that what Chang Lu said was true.

This labyrinth is indeed as Chang Lu said, extremely dangerous. Of the ten thousand cultivators who mistakenly enter it, only one would be lucky to come out alive; it can be described as a death trap.

Because a large number of mirages have gathered in this area, the spacetime of the entire area has changed, and it has been surrounded by illusions.

Those who enter are completely lost in the illusion and eventually die there. But that's not the most important thing, because even if they die there, their souls are still trapped and will remain lost in the illusion until their souls dissipate.

According to the sect's records about the Mirage Maze, an ancestor at the Nascent Soul stage once ventured deep into it, attempting to explore its mysteries, but ultimately failed to escape.

Therefore, the author who compiled this information suspects that in the center of the Mirage Maze, there is a fifth-order Mirage Dragon, which is capable of changing the world and altering a large area.

According to historical records, this mirage has remained unchanged for tens of thousands of years, staying in the southwest of Yunting Lake, so no powerful figure has dared to explore it again.

After all, in such a deep place, there is no threat to human existence. After reading all the records about the Mirage Realm, Su You smiled.

Illusions might be an insurmountable challenge for other cultivators, but for Su You, with the Twin Marks, it's easy to break through illusions or illusionary techniques.

Moreover, if the illusion within the Mirage Realm is truly powerful enough to cause Su You to become lost within it, he can also use his twin clones to commit suicide remotely, and then be resurrected in the outside world.

It's no wonder that such special Mirage Spirit Pearls have been rarely seen in the Void Heaven Immortal City.

To be able to kill a mirage after entering such a perilous place and come out alive is incredibly lucky.

No wonder the Chang family has always kept the Mirage Pearl as a family heirloom.

After all, the actual significance of this thing is much higher than its monetary value, and if it were sold, it would only fetch an average price, so it's better to keep it as a collectible.

If the Chang family hadn't encountered this crisis, the Mirage Spirit Pearl might not have been able to be released.

Next, Su You began preparing to go to the Mirage Realm.

First, prepare sufficient supplies so that if you cannot get out of the maze in a short time after entering, you can survive inside.

Secondly, you need to purchase third-tier talismans.

Although Su You's combat ability is comparable to that of a third-tier early-stage demon beast.

However, this time they were facing a third-tier mirage demon. This kind of demon beast was different from ordinary third-tier demon beasts and should be more skilled in illusions and mental attacks.

This eliminates the possibility of close-quarters combat.

However, whether in terms of immortal cultivation techniques or wizarding magic, they are still somewhat lacking in power when facing third-tier demonic beasts.

This requires Su You to seek help from external forces.

Fortunately, Su You had a considerable haul in the Changqi Mountains this time, and he could still afford to buy third-tier talismans.

Regarding the selection of talismans, Su You spent a huge sum of 150,000 spirit stones to bid for two top-grade third-tier attack talismans at the auction.

In this way, even when facing a mirage demon in the early stage of the third tier, it can kill it with one blow, and even when encountering a mirage demon in the middle stage of the third tier, it can severely injure the opponent.

It wasn't that Su You couldn't afford fourth-tier talismans, but rather that fourth-tier talismans were simply not sold in those shops, and they rarely appeared even at auctions.

Moreover, with Su You's current mental strength, he cannot use fourth-order talismans. His current mental strength is equivalent to the divine sense of the Golden Core realm, and being able to use third-order top-grade talismans is already his limit.

In addition, Su You also bid on three low-grade third-tier concealment talismans, each worth 30,000 spirit stones, totaling 90,000 spirit stones for the three.

The talismans alone cost nearly 400,000 spirit stones, and with other elixirs and supplies, tens of thousands more spirit stones were spent.

It can be said that most of the spirit stones earned from this hunting trip were spent.

This expedition cost him most of his fortune.

Su You was calm about whether he would succeed or not. He had already advanced to the first level of wizard and had a lifespan of five hundred years. Even if he failed a few more times, he could afford to lose.

(End of this chapter)