Chapter 24: Illusion Technique Shows Power

This wasn't the most terrifying part. Since the illusion was 100% real, what about refining pills in the illusion?

If you were experimenting with a pill formula, did success in the illusion mean that copying the steps would also succeed in reality?

One had to know that one could conduct countless experiments in the illusion without losing materials in the real world. Then this ability was truly too heaven-defying.

Of course, this ability was too "chicken rib" (useless) for Long Xuan. He didn't need to spend a lot of time experimenting to create pill formulas; his method was a hundred times more time-saving than this method. But for others, this ability absolutely belonged to a top-tier divine skill.

But one could do far more than refine pills in the illusion. Anything could be done in the illusion. In a sense, what was the difference between this and predicting the future?

Things one didn't dare to do in reality could all be done in the illusion. If it succeeded in the illusion, it would inevitably succeed in reality. This illusion technique was equivalent to predicting the future.

You could even predict what treasures everyone had. If you wanted to know what treasures a major clan had hidden, you just directly replicated the major clan's treasure vault into an illusion and ran into this illusion to see it yourself.

Long Xuan was completely startled by such an unimaginable ability. Sure enough, any ordinary ability would produce terrifying effects after his imagination.

But this wasn't the most terrifying part. Since the illusion was 100% real, what about killing someone in the illusion? Long Xuan felt his scalp tingle the more he thought about it.

He felt that he couldn't continue to develop it. If he continued to exceed the standard, this illusion technique might be banned by Heavenly Dao.

Next, after repeated experiments, he finally figured out the limitations of this illusion technique.

Although the Original Realm could replicate any scene, you must have seen this scene with your own eyes. You only needed to see the general outline; you didn't need to be detailed.

At the same time, the larger the scene, the longer the replication time. If there were high-level treasures in the scene, the replication time would be further lengthened.

So the auxiliary significance of this move was greater than its practical significance. It would have great limitations in actual combat and would be very practical for enemies who liked to talk nonsense.

In addition, although the illusion could simulate any precious materials in the scene, it didn't include conscious living beings, and things carried by living beings, such as clothes and storage bags. The illusion didn't have the ability to create artificial intelligence.

But you could also, for the sake of reality, pull the consciousness of all living beings in the scene into the illusion.

That is to say, the Original Realm could absolutely achieve 100% reality. The dead objects in the real world wouldn't be affected, but the consciousness of living beings would be pulled into the illusion, and their bodies would appear sluggish in the outside world.

The most terrifying thing was that the illusion world perfectly replicated the real world they were in. The scene was still the original scene and wasn't abruptly switched, so they wouldn't realize they were under an illusion and would continue to wander in the illusion, trapped in the illusion without knowing it.

What would happen if Long Xuan slaughtered this batch of living beings in the illusion, he didn't know for the time being; he hadn't conducted experiments yet.

He couldn't wait to steal the secrets of the major clans.

Long Xuan hurriedly packed his things and ran to the market without stopping. After choosing a target, he rented a room on the second floor of the inn opposite and hid inside, giggling incessantly. Creepy laughter came from the quiet room.

The target he chose was an old acquaintance, precisely the Qian Clan Merchant Association he often dealt with at the stone gambling shop. This merchant association had been fleeced by him countless times, and this time he still wouldn't let them go.

After the Qian Clan Merchant Association entered the Far West Market, they opened far more than just this one stone gambling shop. Almost every industry had shops involved.

This merchant association was just like the family name; they were really rich. It was no wonder they were surnamed Qian (Money); they lived up to their name.

And opposite this inn was the Treasure Pavilion opened by the Qian Clan Merchant Association. Inside, all kinds of treasures were available, countless in number, including cultivation methods. However, top-level cultivation methods definitely belonged to non-sale items, but this was enough for Long Xuan.

He immediately pushed open the window. From the window, he could see the full view of this Treasure Pavilion. Coupled with the close distance, it counted as meeting the trigger conditions for his illusion technique.

He giggled again, then lay on the bed, preparing to launch the illusion technique immediately.

This was also the drawback of this illusion technique. The effect of the illusion technique on others would naturally also appear in the same situation when used on oneself.

Once his consciousness was also pulled into the illusion, he would behave the same as others who were pulled in, because the consciousness was pulled into the illusion, and the body would naturally appear sluggish and motionless.

At this time, if someone attacked his body, the trouble would be big.

At this time, his body was completely undefended. Any attack would take his life. This counted as an extremely fatal weakness, and he had to make preparations in advance.

It was also fortunate that there happened to be an inn opposite the Treasure Pavilion, which could perfectly hide his body. Otherwise, he really didn't know what to do.

After Long Xuan closed his eyes, the Heavenly Mechanism Eye abruptly appeared on his brow, emitting an enchanting light.

Under this eye, the library pavilion opposite was perfectly replicated into an illusion. Any treasure inside was fully available. Of course, it couldn't be taken out from inside; Long Xuan was limited to knowing what was inside.

He didn't rush in, but first did a small experiment to try whether pulling a person into the illusion really wouldn't make them realize it.

So he mischievously chose the Qian Clan's eldest young miss, Qian Jinjin, and with a thought, pulled her consciousness into the illusion.

Since then, there was one more moving person in this illusion, finally bringing vitality to the dead illusion.

Because the scene was still the original scene, and the scene in front of her wasn't abruptly switched, Qian Jinjin didn't realize at all that she had fallen under an illusion and was still reading quietly there.

Of course, she was in the room at this time. If she walked out and found that there was no one outside, she would definitely find that the situation was wrong.

But now she clearly didn't see anything wrong. This illusion technique was truly too perfect, including the book she was reading in her hand, which was clearly a non-transferable secret, now actually perfectly replicated by the illusion technique, without picking out a single error.

Long Xuan nodded with satisfaction. If even a peerless genius like Qian Jinjin couldn't see through this illusion technique, then ordinary Gu cultivators couldn't see through it even more.

If, with the increase in the growth level of the Heavenly Mechanism Eye, the area of the replicated world became larger and larger, even encompassing the entire region, pulling everyone in the entire region into the illusion, making everyone in the entire region fall under the illusion without knowing it, that would be truly wonderful.

Thinking proudly in his heart, just as Long Xuan was about to end this prank and retreat, Qian Jinjin in the room actually stood up at this time.

Then, in front of Long Xuan, she started to take off her clothes one by one and finally walked into the bath. Long Xuan was completely dumbfounded.

At this moment, he finally saw the perfect peerless face hidden under the veil, and for a time, he was actually lost in thought.

Sure enough, people who wear veils are always hiding their stunning beauty, not hiding their ugly faces.

In other words, women who wear veils are beauties.

He couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Long Xuan was full of vigor and had been single for many years. How could he withstand this scene? To avoid dying from a nosebleed, he hurriedly ended the illusion technique. He swore that this was absolutely an accident; he really didn't mean it.

Who could have thought that she wouldn't bathe early or late, but happened to bathe at this time, letting him feast his eyes.

Because Qian Jinjin's consciousness returned to her body, her vision was finally switched, instantly changing from a bathing state to a reading state. How could she not realize that the situation was wrong?

"Who?"

She immediately stood up, her face instantly turning pale with fright.

"Damn it! What kind of illusion technique is this! It's so terrifying that even I can't see any loopholes at all!"

Qian Jinjin threw the book in her hand heavily on the table, gnashing her teeth, both ashamed and angry. Thinking of what she had just been doing, her eyes spewed fire, her face flushed with shame, wishing she could find that damn person and smash him into ten thousand pieces.

"Qian Shaoshao, immediately check for me which experts above the Essence Refining Stage have entered the market. I want it now!"

Qian Jinjin shouted toward the door in anger and shame. Outside the door, a maidservant's voice immediately shouted "Yes."

However, the name she took was peculiar, actually called Qian Shaoshao (Less Money). Which big-hearted master dared to use her? The more she was used, wouldn't the money be less? The parents who gave her this name were also talents.

(End of chapter) Chapter 25