Chapter 219: Dual Cultivation
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
A mirror image enemy that could completely replicate one’s strength was undoubtedly a very good opponent.
It gave the weak confidence and the strong awareness of their weaknesses.
Furthermore, the mirror image designed by the Immortal Ascension Assembly would have a cultivation level 50% higher than the cultivator.
Considering that the mirror image would not be as agile as the main body, such a design would undoubtedly make up for the difference in strength between the trial-taker and the mirror image.
They wanted the battle between the two sides to be as fair as possible.
The location of the third stage was a combat arts arena.
Lu Yuan appeared there after passing through the Sacred Realm where the nine-story pagoda was located.
Looking at the empty training field, Lu Yuan quickly realized that it was probably a small space, and only he and the assessors could see what was happening there.
Lu Yuan was right. At this moment, Jing Ming and the other two were paying attention to the batch of trial-takers.
Including Lu Yuan, there were a total of five people who were taking the assessment at the moment. The remaining two were from sects that were part of the three devilish sects. They were none other than Heng Le, the Buddha Child of the Huanxi Sect, and Yang Xiujie, the young scion of the Xueyang Sect.
As for the remaining Shixian Sect from the three devilish sects, Fu Jiu, their disciple, had already been taken care of by Lu Yuan.
The Three Upper Realm Sects had complicated feelings toward the Buddha Child.
After all, the three sects, Spirit Sword Sect, Memory Sect, and Xuanyang Sect, were not Buddhist Sect cultivators.
However, if a Buddha Child appeared in this world, the Three Upper Realm Sects could arrange for the Buddha Child to go over to the Small Thunderclap Monastery in the Upper Realm.
At that time, depending on the talent of the Buddha Child, they would be able to exchange for many good things.
Therefore, even if the three cultivators knew that it was impossible for the Buddha Child to enter their sect, they were still very interested in Heng Le’s battle.
After all, just from Heng Le’s peaceful and handsome appearance, it was obvious that he was fated with Buddha.
Of course, just the appearance did not mean anything.
What really interested Jing Ming and the others was the aura that the Buddha Child exuded.
They were certain that the relic condensed by the Buddha Child was definitely not a simple one.
It was probably comparable to a four-patterned way of the heavens golden core.
However, the three cultivators would have to observe for a while more before they could make a judgment.
Besides Heng Le, Shan Yao and Xu Wan’er also attracted the attention of the three people.
As for Shan Yao, it was because of their tyrannical physical strength.
She clearly looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old little girl.
However, each punch and kick had the terrifying power to split mountains and break the earth.
It was not an exaggeration to say that she was a humanoid demonic beast.
Although the body cultivators in the Lower Realm were not very perfect, it was different in the Upper Realm.
The Xuanyang Sect of the Three Upper Realm Sects was a place that specialized in cultivating body cultivators.
Therefore, after seeing the extraordinary talent of Shan Yao, the cultivators of the Xuanyang Sect were immediately interested.
As for Xu Wan’er, her cultivation was not particularly outstanding among this group of people, and her talent was also average.
However, there was an indescribable agility and a sharp sword intent on her body.
Jing Ming looked at Xu Wan’er who was riding the blood sword in the imagery. He was obviously very interested in her.
For some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity when he looked at Xu Wan’er.
It was as if there was some kind of connection between the two of them.
Jing Ming looked at Xu Wan’er, who had a similar appearance to him, and suddenly thought of something. Could the child from the Lower Realm be a long-lost descendant of his family?
Jing Ming looked at Xu Wan’er as if he was looking at his favorite junior. The more he looked at her, the more benevolent he became.
After observing the four, the three cultivators looked at the last person among the cultivators.
Cultivator Yu Wenbai looked at the imagery of Lu Yuan and exclaimed, “Oh, this Tianji Sect cultivator is interesting. His mirror image is actually a body cultivator.”
Cultivator Li Yuanhao’s interest was piqued. “Hmm? There’s such a strange thing?”
The two of them stretched out their heads and began to focus on Lu Yuan’s battle.
A mirror image completely condensed from spiritual energy appeared in front of Lu Yuan, and the mirror image was undoubtedly infused with the Mountain River Mystical Black Tortoise Diagram that Lu Yuan had learned.
However, the mirror image’s Mountain River Mystical Black Tortoise Diagram was very similar to the original Mountain River Scripture.
Therefore, Yu Wenbai and Li Yuanhao didn’t sense anything amiss with the mirror image.
The greatest feature of both the Mountain River Mystical Black Tortoise Diagram and the Mountain River Scripture was that they could allow cultivators to obtain a physique comparable to a body cultivator.
The Mountain River Mystical Black Tortoise Diagram encompassed dual cultivation of physical and magic aspects, while the Mountain River Scripture cultivated pure magic.
However, due to the uniqueness of the Mountain River Scripture, its effects helped one rival the stats of ordinary body cultivators, so Mountain River Scripture lowkey helped one become a spell cultivator with decent physique.
However, everyone present was shrewd. At a glance, they could see that Lu Yuan’s mirror image possessed a physique that ordinary spell cultivators did not have.
It was obvious that Lu Yuan had chosen to dual cultivate physical and magic aspects.
For a cultivator from the Tianji Sect to not focus on array formations or other magical divine abilities but instead focus on polishing their physique, it was not an exaggeration to say that they were a deviant.
“Interesting, very interesting,” looking at the mirror image that was starting to move, Yu Wenbai pinched his chin and said with a smile.
The commotion there even aroused Jing Ming’s interest.
When Jing Ming saw the imagery of Lu Yuan and his mirror image, he began to get curious.
No matter how one looked at it, the mirror image resembled a standard body cultivator..