Although the True Qi in his body had not yet recovered to its optimal state, Chen Yunhao could no longer wait.
This time, he set up a Restriction that blocked Divine Sense, one of the most common minor techniques in the Cultivation World, and a mandatory course for new Cultivators.
Last time, he didn't know the value of the ancient mirror, but this time, he had to be careful of others.
This time, the focus was still on experimentation, so Chen Yunhao casually took out a Low-Grade Spirit Stone from his Storage Pouch.
If Magical Artifacts could be replicated, then could Spirit Stones, naturally formed by heaven and earth, also be replicated?
Of course, before replicating, the most important thing was to inject his True Qi into the ancient mirror.
Chen Yunhao took a deep breath, holding the ancient mirror in his left hand and a Qi Replenishing Pill in his right.
This time, he tried not to forcibly interrupt the ancient mirror's absorption; if his True Qi loss was too much, he would immediately take the Medicinal Pill to replenish it.
However, he only had three of these Medicinal Pills left, and it would be more than ten days until the next distribution of Medicinal Pills, but he couldn't afford to worry about that now.
Indeed, just like last time, once he opened up a little, the True Qi in his body was uncontrollably absorbed.
Only this time, he was no longer panicked; seeing that more than half of his True Qi had been lost, he quickly took a Qi Replenishing Pill.
A Low Grade Qi Replenishing Pill could replenish nearly forty percent of the True Qi in his body, so after consuming one Qi Replenishing Pill, he could persist a little longer.
He saw that after absorbing about eighty percent of the normal True Qi in his body, this ancient mirror automatically stopped absorbing.
This surprised him; he had been about to force it to stop, but now it seemed this ancient mirror had sentience.
“Is it a Spirit Treasure?”
Chen Yunhao muttered to himself; only sentient items could be called Spirit Treasures, and those were treasures used by powerful beings at the Soul Transformation Stage and above.
He ignored the weakness and dizziness caused by the excessive loss of True Qi in his body and hurriedly flipped the mirror to face the Spirit Stone on the ground.
A brilliant light flashed, enveloping the Spirit Stone, and the next moment, the light dispersed, revealing two Low-Grade Spirit Stones on the ground.
“It really works….”
Chen Yunhao grinned silently; Magical Artifacts could be replicated, and Spirit Stones, naturally formed by heaven and earth, could also be replicated.
This meant that all Magical Artifacts could be replicated; as for whether Magic Treasures could be replicated, that remained to be verified.
Since Spirit Stones could be replicated, then Spirit Medicine was naturally not an issue; as long as it was something born of heaven and earth, it could be replicated.
Of course, he also had to try whether Spirit Pills and Spirit Talismans could be replicated next.
He always had to thoroughly understand the ancient mirror's abilities; at the very least, he needed to have a clear idea.
However, he wouldn't replicate Spirit Stones anymore, at least not now, because it was a losing business.
His True Qi was depleted by nearly eighty percent, and even two Low-Grade Spirit Stones might not be enough to replenish it.
The ancient mirror could only replicate one Low-Grade Spirit Stone at a time; wouldn't he lose one Low-Grade Spirit Stone every time he replicated? A losing business couldn't be done!
It was still early, so Chen Yunhao picked up the two Spirit Stones from the ground and began to Cultivate.
One of these Spirit Stones was replicated by the ancient mirror, and there was no difference in its use compared to naturally formed Spirit Stones.
After more than half the night of uncostly Cultivation, Chen Yunhao replenished the lost True Qi.
Of course, the damage caused by forcibly interrupting the True Qi's circulation for the first time had not yet fully recovered, which would take half a month to recuperate.
Just now, to quickly restore the True Qi in his body, he not only drained two Low-Grade Spirit Stones but also swallowed a Qi Replenishing Pill.
Now he only had one Qi Replenishing Pill left, and he was about to test whether the ancient mirror could replicate Spirit Pills.
This time, Chen Yunhao's mindset was much calmer, watching the ancient mirror continuously absorb the True Qi from his body without haste.
This time, without a Spirit Pill to replenish, the ancient mirror absorbed more than seventy percent of the True Qi in his body, similar to the first time, but less than the second time.
Chen Yunhao didn't know the pattern of this True Qi absorption amount, and he would have to slowly explore it in the days to come.
He again used the ancient mirror to illuminate the Qi Replenishing Pill, and it was still that familiar burst of white light.
After the white light, one Qi Replenishing Pill turned into two.
This time, Chen Yunhao focused his Divine Sense intently, vaguely seeing what happened under the flashing light.
Since it was a mirror, an image of the Medicinal Pill would appear in the mirror the moment it was illuminated, followed by a faint glow.
As the glow dispersed, the replicated Medicinal Pill appeared out of thin air, and at this point, no matter how the mirror illuminated the Medicinal Pill, no image would appear again.
It was the same when replicating other objects; it seemed as if the image in the mirror was directly transformed into reality, truly incredibly miraculous!
As for Spirit Talismans, there was no need to try; it was beyond doubt.
Through several experiments, it was learned that for the ancient mirror to activate, it first needed energy, meaning it had to absorb True Qi.
An ancient mirror without energy was just a dead object.
Whether it was man-made Magical Artifacts, Spirit Pills, or Spirit Talismans, all could be replicated, and naturally formed Spirit Stones could also be replicated; of course, other Spirit Medicine and rare Materials could certainly be as well.
Of course, he also gained some experience from these few experiments.
That was, one could not blindly replicate; one had to choose the correct object to replicate.
Replicating Low-Grade Spirit Stones was a loss for him, so he couldn't do that.
Replicating Low Grade Qi Replenishing Pills could barely yield a surplus.
In the market, a Low Grade Qi Replenishing Pill could be sold for three Low-Grade Spirit Stones, so even if there was a surplus, it was of little significance.
And a Low Grade Spirit Talisman also sold for three Low-Grade Spirit Stones in the market.
Three Low-Grade Spirit Stones were barely enough to replenish his lost True Qi.
Strictly speaking, with his current Cultivation, two and a half Low-Grade Spirit Stones would be enough, leaving a surplus of half a Spirit Stone.
So, this input versus output was somewhat of a dilemma.
It now seemed that replicating Magical Artifacts was the most profitable way to earn Spirit Stones, because Low-Grade Spirit Stones, or Low Grade Spirit Pills, or even Low Grade Spirit Talismans, were all one-time consumables.
Since they were consumables, they had the largest stock, and their prices would not be high.
Most Magical Artifacts, on the other hand, could be reused, and their production cost and difficulty were also far higher than those of Low Grade Spirit Pills or Low Grade Spirit Talismans.
Therefore, Low Grade Magical Artifacts sold for at least one or two dozen Low-Grade Spirit Stones in the market.
At least Chen Yunhao knew that the gathering spirit pearl in his hand would not sell for less than twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones in the market.
And the most inferior Storage Pouch would cost at least fifteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones to buy.
Chen Yunhao carefully put away the ancient mirror; he understood the principle of 'possessing a treasure makes one a target'.
Although he was still a novice in Cultivation, such a Heaven-Defying treasure already exceeded his comprehension.
Keeping this secret would be the most important thing in his life, and it would also be the most crucial turning point in his Cultivation life.