478: Chapter 478 Preparing for Promotion

"Could there be some flaw in this technique?"

Information about the Ten Thousand Daos Counter-Human Scripture flashed rapidly through Nie Ning's mind.

However, the Ten Thousand Daos Counter-Human Scripture did not involve many runes; it was mainly used to construct meridians on the soul identical to those of the human body for basic protection.

It was like a mirror image, replicating the body's meridians and internal organs, so naturally, it didn't require many runes.

If one had to say, it was similar to the god-forbidden ring; it required refining special medicinal liquids and then using a soul-severing secret technique similar to the one on the Stairway to Godhood to perform the inscription work.

From this perspective, there really weren't many places where Wandru could tamper with it, and the existing runes were insufficient to achieve a restrictive effect.

"Is it a problem with those special medicinal liquids?"

After thinking about it, Nie Ning shook his head.

Based on the knowledge he had learned, the materials required for the medicinal liquid were quite expensive, but they did not have any toxicity.

Moreover, these medicinal liquids were mainly used to alleviate soul pain, and they would dilute and disappear once the human body replication was completed.

"There really isn't a problem?"

Why was Nie Ning a bit skeptical?

Could there really be such a good thing in this world?

After struggling for a while, Nie Ning still dared not practice it.

There was no help for it; life had been full of twists and turns recently, almost giving him psychological trauma, and he always felt that everyone had thoughts of harming him.

Moreover, wizards were famous for their high intelligence, and having just been backstabbed by Jeff, he really didn't dare to mess around anymore.

"Hmm~"

Nie Ning pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of a good idea, but then he thought again: "Is this a bit too cruel?"

Nie Ning's method was to have someone practice it, and it had to be someone close and controllable. Currently, there was only one candidate: Qian Ning!

But the problem was, if Qian Ning were hunted by a Tier 9, he would likely be doomed with zero chance of survival.

"Forget it, whatever. I haven't even settled the score with him for stealing my pet yet. I'm giving him such a powerful item, he should thank me. Otherwise, he might never get to touch something so high-level in his life."

Nie Ning made the final decision to let Qian Ning practice it.

After all, someone had to make a sacrifice.

When the time came, using Qian Ning as bait, maybe once Qian Ning died, others wouldn't continue to pursue this legacy technique.

Although it was a bit cruel, at worst, after he became strong in the future, he would just help take care of Qian Ning's parents in their old age.

He couldn't let Xiao Guang do it; he was still a bit reluctant to part with his own pet.

And Amivika might be a great weapon of mass destruction; who knew what would happen if he messed with her casually, so it was better to be cautious and not act rashly.

Immediately, Nie Ning called Qian Ning over and gave him the legacy crystal.

Although Qian Ning had questions, they were all brushed off by Nie Ning, who used the excuse that Qian Ning's strength was the weakest.

He also told him to keep it a secret, so that one day he could show off in front of Xiao Guang and shock everyone.

Qian Ning fell for it, promising solemnly that he would not tell anyone.

To this, Nie Ning could only respond with an aunt-like smile, urging Qian Ning to learn this technique as soon as possible, saying that he would prepare the materials.

After all, although the material costs were high, compared to the value of this technique, experiments always required costs; without investment, where would the returns come from?

After fooling Qian Ning, Nie Ning instructed everyone that he needed to begin closed-door cultivation to prepare for his promotion to Tier 5.

Now that he had delayed for so long, it was time to promote.

Otherwise, if things continued like this, he didn't know when he would be able to reach Tier 7.

...

Over the next half month, Nie Ning stayed in the cultivation room for closed-door cultivation.

As an unusual wave of elemental energy spread out, the elemental concentration within the castle began to rise sharply.

Amivika, who was in the kitchen, saw this, clapped her hands, and activated the island's defensive barrier. A translucent barrier then enveloped the entire island.

"Money is running a bit low."

Amivika shook her head slightly and turned back to continue cooking.

Activating the barrier required a large amount of magic crystals; usually, they would only activate the castle's barrier.

However, now that Nie Ning was advancing, this intensity of elemental fluctuation exceeded that of ordinary people, so they needed to try their best to avoid being detected by others.

At this moment, Xiao Guang also walked down from upstairs.

Because she was not used to living alone, Xiao Guang did not go to the other people's castles on the island.

"Come, eat."

Amivika smiled and placed the prepared food on the table.

Although the two had conflicts before, for Amivika, Xiao Guang was just a small fox that hadn't gained intelligence, so she naturally wouldn't take it too much to heart.

Moreover, Xiao Guang often wore Amelia's face, which made her think of her daughter from time to time.

"Do you still have the thing you gave me last time?"

Amivika giggled and sat beside Xiao Guang, asking in a gentle tone.

Xiao Guang paused upon hearing this: "That thing has huge drawbacks and has long since been completely destroyed."

She couldn't help but feel some regret in her heart; she shouldn't have taken advantage of Nie Ning's lack of preparation earlier to secretly give the Mirror Pupil to Amivika.

And after the drawbacks were discovered, she herself had withstood them, but Amivika seemed a bit unable to stop.

"I'm just taking it for research. If you give me a little more, I will be able to find a way to eliminate the drawbacks. By then, wouldn't you be able to use it too? Can you really endure this slow rate of improvement?"

Amivika hugged Xiao Guang's arm, leaned on Xiao Guang's shoulder, and acted coquettishly.

It could only be said that having no shame makes one invincible in this world.

At this moment, Xiao Guang's heart was filled with conflict.

The fact that Nie Ning was able to travel everywhere for nether spirit gold back then showed the influence of the Mirror Pupil on Nie Ning.

And she was a bit better than Nie Ning; after using the Mirror Pupil, although she withstood the shock brought by withdrawal, she would still think of that feeling of rapid improvement from time to time.

Therefore, if a Mirror Pupil without drawbacks could be created, it would certainly be a good thing for her.

It was just that she didn't know that what she used was only a weakened version of the Mirror Pupil, and the original version's impact on the soul was far higher than the current Mirror Pupil.

"I really don't have any left, no matter how much delicious food you make, there is none."

After thinking slightly, Xiao Guang still rejected Amivika.

Although she had secretly hidden a little, she herself had never used it, because she knew that the Mirror Pupil might bring difficult-to-resolve drawbacks.

She was just afraid that Amivika's research was a lie, and that wanting to secretly use it was the truth.

Amivika rubbed against Xiao Guang's face: "Why don't you believe me? My knowledge is higher than Nie Ning's. If you give me a little more, I will be able to research it out."

"Then why don't you just ask Bronk for it?"

Xiao Guang curled her lips and asked back.

Amivika's body stiffened upon hearing this.

Did you think she didn't want to?

But who would be as easy to talk to as this simple little fox?

Nie Ning hadn't even told her about this matter, which was clearly a sign that he was on guard against her; asking directly would definitely yield no results.

It was a pity that this little fox was Nie Ning's contracted beast; otherwise, if she found an opportunity to cast a soul-searching technique, she might be able to find the manufacturing method for the Mirror Pupil.