Chapter 240 — The Identity of the Stone Mirror's Owner
The Beast-Taming Craftsman · Page 3 of 6
"Haha, Qingyi's much more reserved than she was as a child," Bai's father could not help saying. "Nothing like the carefree girl she used to be."
"That's right," Bai's mother said, laughing along.
No one agreed more than Bai Xi. As children, she and Lu Yan had played house together, all lovey-dovey, but the moment they grew up, Lu Heng put on clothes and stopped recognizing people. Simply too much.
At this moment, only Shi Jin had sunk into thought.
It was one thing for Upperclassman Bai Xi to enter, and there would surely be no shortage of Master-level beast tamers at the Martial Combat Tournament—but why was Lu Yan, a peak Master, entering as well?
Oh boy. Done for. That's one rank down in the standings.
...
After dinner and conversation.
Bai Xi led Shi Jin and Lu Heng to the quarters that had been prepared for them.
Along the way, Shi Cen began to recount what had happened on Antique Street.
When the two of them heard about selling an antique to save a mother, and about Shi Jin successfully hearing the voice of history from the antique, they were both bewildered.
Lu Heng found it hard to accept: "You heard the voice of history again??? Again???"
This was supposed to be a matter of luck and fortuitous chance—so how was it happening so frequently with Shi Jin!
"What kind of luck is that?" Bai Xi was dumbfounded too.
She had heard her grandfather say that objects bearing a major historical process or of great historical value did not necessarily produce a "spirit of history," but an antique that did produce a "spirit of history" was certain to bear a major historical process, or to possess great historical value.
Shi Jin had heard history, which meant what he had encountered was indeed a precious antique.
"What was it? What did you see? Where did the antique come from?" Lu Heng could not help asking.
"I don't know where it came from, but... I saw its function."
Shi Yan smiled, casually took out the stone mirror, and then asked his beast-eared senior, "Can I use the plants here for a bit?"
He pointed at random to a pretty flower by the roadside.
"Sure, they're just decorations," Bai Xi said.
This was a tier-one resource, a Clearheart Flower; its fragrance could lift a person's mood, and beyond that, it was pretty.
At that moment, Shi Jin held up the stone mirror, aimed it at the blue Clearheart Flower, and silently recited in his mind:
[Transform!]
[Transform for me!]
Shi Jin had discovered earlier that he could use the stone mirror by reciting the incantation through telepathy as well; for the sake of appearances, he chose the mental incantation for now.
In that instant, under his experiment, the stone mirror released a white light straight onto the Clearheart Flower, and then the scene that stunned Lu Heng and Bai Xi unfolded.
The Clearheart Flower planted in the soil, bathed in the light, gradually grew larger within the glow, its life aura multiplying several times over, and then, from an unconscious spiritual plant, it became an awakened-level flower demon!
"Ning." The Clearheart Flower demon glanced at the three of them, then blankly pulled its feet out of the soil, wanting to leave—but after some consideration, it planted itself back in, released a bit of sweet scent, and acted as if nothing had happened.
"Ning ning!"
Lu Heng and Bai Xi: !!!
"The function of this stone mirror is similar to 'Awakened Talent.' I feel like it's a family heirloom left by some legendary big shot with an 'Awakened Talent' from the Totem Era for his descendants—or maybe a toy?"
"It was useless in ancient times, but now that we have the mechanical system, this thing is worth over ten billion, wouldn't you say?"