Family Cultivation: I Become a Mirror-Chapter 55: Breaking the Formation

Lu Jiangxian activated the "Mysterious Pearl Spirit Offering Art", clasping his hands in the gestures described by the spell and tossing a few commands of the law into Li Tongya’s spiritual sense, conveying some information over before coupling it with the activation of the Mysterious Pearl Talisman Seed.

The Mysterious Pearl Talisman Seed within the Sea of Qi Acupoint of Li Tongya and the others immediately stirred slightly, and all of a sudden, two of them inexplicably felt a blood connection with the mirror before them. Even Li Xuanxuan, who had been cultivating with closed eyes in the courtyard, sensed something in his heart and silently opened his eyes to look towards the mountain peak.

Li Tongya, moved by the Mirror above, suddenly recalled the key commandments from the Guidance Technique in his mind. He slowly knelt down and said with respect,

"Li Family disciple, Li Tongya, grateful for Xuan Ze’s grace, humbly requests the profound and insightful Dharma, cautiously presents the Taiyin Profound Light, to execute the wicked, and to annihilate the filth and capture the demons!"

Only then did Lu Jiangxian slightly release control of the Taiyin Profound Light. Li Tongya suddenly felt the world blur for a moment, and the White Qi of the Stone Platform and the Mirror before him all disappeared from sight.

Feeling as if he was drifting and soaring into the sky, the entire Lijing Village appeared before his eyes. The clamor of people and the crowing of roosters and barking of dogs below echoed in his ears, all within striking distance of the radiant Taiyin Profound Light with just a thought from him.

"Truly wondrous."

Li Tongya steered his greatly expanded spiritual sense along the mountain path, streaking past the courtyard, flying over the laid out stone paths, and swiftly leaving Lijing Village until the world before him gradually became hazy, and only then did he come back to his senses.

"Huh..."

Li Tongya suddenly awoke as if from a profound dream, and as everything before his eyes slowly cleared, he looked at Li Xiangping and Li Mutian, who were full of concern. After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and resting for a few moments, he then smiled and said,

"Our family’s Mirror is no ordinary Magic Artifact. It should now have acknowledged our family. We can summon that Bai Mang and call it Taiyin Profound Light."

After closing his eyes and contemplating for a while, Li Tongya spoke again,

"The key commandment just now will suffice for future uses. Using the Taiyin Profound Light once will require a twelve-day interval. When the twelve surrounding runes are all lit up, the Profound Light can be used. After inviting the Profound Light, one must use Spirit Rice and beast meat as a tribute to express gratitude to the Mirror Body."

"That is very good."

Li Xiangping clapped his hands, unable to suppress a smile, and added,

"With those many issues solved, we can try to break the Formation on Meichi Mountain, and the Wan Family’s Formation legacy can also be obtained. If any formidable enemy comes, our family will have means to protect ourselves."

As Lu Jiangxian quietly contemplated the further discussions of the tribute, a thought crossed his mind,

"The way of offering tribute is now excellent. It preserves the mystical aspect of the Dharma Mirror without me having to personally use the Profound Light. The Li Family will now have the dual costs of time and Spiritual Objects when employing the Mirror, so they will not bother me for every matter."

"Moreover, now that Li Tongya and Li Xiangping remember the Mirror’s obscure origins and maintain a wary heart, after a few generations, the Dharma Mirror will become an object of the Li Family’s annual ancestral tribute, sanctified and legitimized, naturally endearing it to them."

With his Divine Sense drifting aloft, sensing the strong attraction from Wangyue Lake not far away, Lu Jiangxian was filled with anticipation.

"What will it be this time?"

In the courtyard.

Having arranged the Spirit Rice and fruits for the offering, Li Xiangping detailed to Li Tongya the Formation on Meichi Mountain, and the two quietly figured things out together.

Li Tongya looked down at the twelve runes on the Mirror Body, noting the pale white light emanating from them, and thought to himself,

"Having conjured the Taiyin Profound Light earlier without using it, it might be good to test it on this Formation."

After discussing for a while and respectfully apologizing, they carefully picked up the Mirror and walked towards the neighboring Meichi Mountain.

Meichi Mountain was adjacent to Lijing Mountain. The terrain was inherently one; strictly speaking, it was simply two peaks of the same mountain. However, for hundreds of years, Meichi Mountain had been under Jingyang Village’s control and Lijing Mountain under Lijing Village’s, so the villagers came to regard these peaks as separate mountains.

Li Xiangping and Li Tongya activated the Godspeed Technique on their legs, and in just half an hour, they reached Meichi Mountain, gazing from afar at a small slope pointed out by Li Xiangping.

Li Yesheng moved quickly and efficiently. In just one night, the slope was already laid with plenty of timber and stone, encircling several foundations and sections of fertile ground.

Li Tongya projected his Spiritual Sense into the Mirror, and the Mirror Body slowly levitated, a dazzling white light piercing the night and descending precisely upon the slope.

Lu Jiangxian felt the Taiyin Profound Light smash against a thin membrane in the void, different from the last time when it crushed the demon with ease. This time, Lu Jiangxian faintly sensed some resistance, as if the Taiyin Profound Light was at a stalemate.

"However, although this formation’s Spiritual Power is plentiful, its quality is somewhat lacking."

The pure white Taiyin Profound Light was forcefully resisted above the slope, with ripples appearing out of nowhere. After a few moments of deadlock, a pale golden formation finally began to reveal itself slowly, its several nodes suddenly emitting strands of golden light.

Yet those strands of golden light, upon meeting the Taiyin Profound Light, melted away like the remaining snow under the sun, never forming a proper resistance, causing the formation to flicker for a few moments before completely extinguishing.

"Boom..."

The slope shook, and finally, a stone entrance emerged. It looked like there was a faint light inside, and one could vaguely see some objects. A powerful surge of Spiritual Energy swept out, causing both Li Tongya and Li Xiangping to breathe deeply and their eyes to shine brightly.

The floating Mirror also gradually extinguished its white light, its twelve talisman characters one by one went out, and returned to Li Tongya’s hand.

Li Tongya looked cautiously at the entrance, then said to Li Xiangping,

"I will send back the Homeward Law Mirror first, and then we’ll discuss other matters."

"Alright."

Li Xiangping nodded, and then quickly responded,

"Remember to bring a goat."

Li Tongya nodded lightly, patted his leg with the Godspeed Technique, and headed down the mountain.

Seeing his brother departing into the distance, Li Xiangping sat down on the ground, regulated his breath for a while, and stared at the entrance, lost in thought.

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Miles away, having just boarded the Rosy Cloud Boat, Li Chijin felt the Mysterious Pearl Talisman Seed in his Qi Sea Acupoint turn slightly, and the image of his second elder brother, Li Tongya, with his eyes slightly closed standing in front of a stone platform, appeared before his eyes.

"Second brother has made a breakthrough into Yujing."

He lifted his head and, through the transparent interior of the cloud boat, gazed at the continuous and mist-shrouded Da Li Mountain, smiling softly to himself.

After tightening the Qi Absorption Jade Bottle he had obtained from his senior fellow disciple before leaving the sect, Li Chijin tied a knot with the red string at the mouth of the bottle, securing it to his waist.

Magic Artifacts for Qi Absorption and Spirit Absorption usually cannot be stored in a Storage Bag, so they must be carried on one’s person.

"Jing’er."

Yuan Tuan smiled and softly said,

"Wait until we reach Mushroom Forest Plain, and I will have a clan junior send you to Da Li Mountain. The Rosy Cloud Boat will stop at Mushroom Forest Plain for three days, collecting tributes from various places. You can return within three days."

"Yes, thank you, senior sister!"

Li Chijin hastily expressed his gratitude, eagerly awaiting what was to come.