Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 1232 - 545: The Person Inside the Copper Mirror Is Gone (Part 2)

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Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
Ning Qi searches for a gift for Xu Qingqiu, with the Medicine Spirit accompanying him. They visit a shop filled with treasures, and Ning Qi expresses interest in a particular jade pendant. The clerk explains its rarity and benefits, but Ning Qi finds the price too high and attempts to negotiate.

"If you’re willing to sell, I’ll take it!"

Ning Qi shook the Jade Pendant in his palm, then continued, "If you’re not, I’ll just keep looking around."

"Young master, this..."

The waiter couldn’t help showing a helpless look when he saw how hard Ning Qi was pressing him.

He really hadn’t expected Ning Qi to be this ruthless.

He’d originally planned to use this chance to earn a big profit, but with Ning Qi pressing the price down like this, there wasn’t much margin left.

"If you can’t bear to part with it, I’ll be taking my leave!"

Seeing him hesitate, Ning Qi cupped his fists and was ready to walk off.

"Wait!"

The waiter finally steeled himself.

"Well?"

Ning Qi smiled and asked.

"Three million... all right, three hundred then!"

"I’ll take it as making a friend of you. In the future, if you come back, you have to buy a few more things from us."

The waiter sighed and ultimately agreed.

"Fine. If I get the chance, I’ll come again!"

Ning Qi nodded his assent.

"Young master, then this Jade Pendant is yours."

The waiter, as if afraid Ning Qi would go back on his word, directly handed the Jade Pendant to him.

Ning Qi didn’t stand on ceremony, caught it, and tossed over one of his Storage Bags to the waiter.

"There are three million Spirit Stones inside. Take a look."

He didn’t forget to remind him.

"All right."

The waiter took it, swept it once with his Divine Sense, then immediately laughed and said, "No problem, young master."

"Then I’ll be taking my leave."

Having obtained what he wanted, Ning Qi no longer wished to linger.

He tossed out the words and walked straight away.

"Master, this wasn’t a loss."

"Actually, he just now was wrong about one thing."

"This Jade Pendant is actually condensed from Spiritual Marrow of the Immortal Realm."

"Same principle as Spiritual Marrow formed from Spirit Stones."

Medicine Spirit, perched on Ning Qi’s shoulder, said with a smile.

"Oh? So I’ve actually picked up a treasure?"

Hearing that, Ning Qi’s interest instantly rose. "You’ve seen this before?"

"Of course I have. Back then on our Buzhou Mountain, this kind of thing was everywhere, practically littering the streets."

"It’s just a pity that later..."

At that point, Medicine Spirit abruptly cut himself off.

Clearly, he’d been reminded of some painful memories.

"All right, let’s walk around a bit more."

"We’ve come all the way here and haven’t properly looked around yet."

"We’re about to leave soon—might as well have a good look at this giant ship."

Ning Qi smiled, then led Medicine Spirit onward.

This place was basically like a bustling marketplace.

Obviously, it had been deliberately set up by the owner of the giant ship.

The goal was to give people here somewhere to spend their money.

And they could earn commission off it.

However, Ning Qi wasn’t particularly interested.

With Medicine Spirit, he started wandering the two or three streets that made up the place.

"Master, do you think the people in that cabin will notice we tampered with things?"

Medicine Spirit suddenly thought of something and couldn’t help asking.

"They shouldn’t."

Ning Qi shook his head, then said with a smile, "My strength now is on par with a Heavenly Immortal, and I had the copper mirror helping me."

"How could they possibly notice?"

"Master, should we go in and see how those women are doing?"

Medicine Spirit suddenly thought of something else and made a suggestion.

"Oh? You’re still worried about them?"

Hearing him, Ning Qi frowned slightly. "Inside my copper mirror, they’re very safe. Nothing will happen to them."

"Master, but I feel this copper mirror is off. We’d better go back and take a proper look at the situation!"

"If something goes wrong later, wouldn’t we be the culprits?"

After thinking it over, Medicine Spirit spoke up.

"Mm, that’s fine too."

Ning Qi let himself be persuaded, glanced at the nearby streets, then said, "Since that’s the case, let’s head back first and see what’s going on."

"Okay!"

Medicine Spirit agreed.

After that, Ning Qi didn’t delay any longer.

He went straight back toward the inn where he was staying.

Once he returned to his room, he once again opened his Sumeru Space.

After confirming it was safe, Ning Qi stepped into the Sumeru Space.

Then he took out his copper mirror.

After activating it, he looked in on the several women he had hidden within the copper mirror.

But this time, after checking through once, Ning Qi felt something strange: those few women were actually nowhere to be found.

"What’s going on?"

Ning Qi couldn’t help showing a grave expression.

Four living people, and just by putting them into the copper mirror’s world they’d disappeared?

They couldn’t get out, and besides being in the copper mirror, where else could they go?

"Master, see? What did I tell you!"

Seeing this, Medicine Spirit said, "I already felt this copper mirror had issues—sure enough, I was right."

"Damn it, I’m going in to see what’s happening!"

Ning Qi clenched his teeth and was about to send his Divine Sense inside.

"Master, don’t be impulsive!"

Seeing this, Medicine Spirit quickly warned Ning Qi to be careful.

"What? You noticed something?"

Hearing that, Ning Qi halted and looked at Medicine Spirit in confusion.

"Master, I feel something very strange inside."

"Why don’t you wait till we get back and have Sea Ancestor and the others guard you while you investigate?"

Medicine Spirit wore a worried look as he explained.

"Oh? Put that way, you do have a point."

His words actually reminded Ning Qi.

This copper mirror really was a bit sinister.

It made him wary.

With Medicine Spirit saying that, he became even more cautious.

"Since we already know something’s up inside, there’s no need to probe it now!"

"We just have to be careful with it!"

Medicine Spirit glanced at the copper mirror and continued, "Master, you’d better just put it away for now."

"This copper mirror actually has this kind of ability."

"Then I can treat it as a Magical Treasure that can devour people!"

Ning Qi’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn’t help smiling. "This way, if we run into someone powerful and can’t beat them, we can just pull them in."

"And at the same time, we can see what exactly is strange about this copper mirror."

"Right, Master!"

Medicine Spirit clapped his hands. "That’s a great idea!"

"All right, let’s go!"

"Since this matter’s settled, let’s go out and take a look around!"

"See how lively it gets here at night!"

Ning Qi stretched lazily and then stood up.

He stepped out from his Sumeru Space.

Medicine Spirit followed closely behind, leaving together with him.

After they went out, they returned to the street.

They found that quite a lot of people had already come out.

"It’s dark, so people are starting to move around."

Medicine Spirit looked at the crowd around them and said, "Master, it’s been a long time since we’ve tasted the food here."

"It’s right about dinner time. Why don’t we find a place and try the delicacies here?"

"You know, I actually do feel like tasting the food here a bit."

Ning Qi rubbed his belly, then set his sights on a restaurant. "Come on, let’s go to this one."

"Okay!"

"There are lots of people here—there must be good food!"

Medicine Spirit clapped his hands and licked his lips. "Although the food here can’t compare to our Immortal Realm, it’s still not bad."

"Let’s go."

Saying that, Ning Qi had already reached the entrance.

"Young master, please come inside."

Just as he reached the door, someone came out to greet him.

"Got any seats left?"

Since there were a lot of people, Ning Qi especially asked.

So he wouldn’t end up with nowhere to sit after coming in.

"We do, young master, please go upstairs."

"Our upstairs is really lively!"

The waiter pointed upstairs, inviting Ning Qi to go up.

"All right! Let’s go!"

Ning Qi readily agreed.

He followed the waiter upstairs.

All the way up, all he smelled was the fragrance of food.

And the scent of Spiritual Wine, which made one’s appetite surge even more.

Following the waiter, he soon reached the second floor.

Up here, it was even livelier.

Many people were sitting in small groups, drinking and chatting about something.

"Young master, come sit over here!"

The waiter led Ning Qi to an empty corner and invited him to sit.