Chapter 1045

While changing her clothes, Lu Mian also examined the changes in himself after becoming an "Unaging Witch."

Because it was a reconciliation, the "Mirror Person's" self-awareness had already returned to his main body; whether it was the him in the mirror or the him outside the mirror, he was now himself, belonging to different parts but sharing a single consciousness.

In other words, he would have the feeling of being both outside the mirror and hidden inside the mirror; even when walking under the sun, it would be mixed with the experience of a part of his self lingering and moving forward in the darkness.

This also allowed him to see the situation in reality and the changes in the mirror simultaneously.

Furthermore, in the past, after the "Mirror Person" died, he would split off from the main body again to complete a resurrection, but now, the main body had the same treatment; if he died, he would revive and return from the "Mirror Person."

Simply put, the death of just the main body or the "Mirror Person" was no longer a true death for an "Unaging Witch," but merely equivalent to a part of the body being injured, which could be healed later.

At the same time, an "Unaging Witch" could have more than one "Mirror Person." Lu Mian could both utilize an environment composed of multiple mirrors to briefly make his own "Mirror Person" plural—as long as one didn't die, he wouldn't truly die—and could also use mediums like blood, hair, and skin to create a "Mirror Person" sleeping inside a mirror, hiding that mirror in a secret place, and placing it in an anti-divination state to cut off the corresponding occult connection, preventing curses and other harm from affecting that sleeping "Mirror Person."

In this way, even if the main body and other "Mirror Persons" were all killed, as long as this hidden mirror hadn't been found, Lu Mian could revive from the sleeping "Mirror Person."

This was the root of why an "Unaging Witch" was eerie, hard to kill, and skilled at resurrection:

The self in the mirror and the self outside the mirror are both me!

Without this specialty, one couldn't rely on this method to resurrect, so Lu Mian couldn't help others create a sleeping "Mirror Person."

"Does reconciliation mean I am both inside and outside the mirror? Does enslavement and infatuation mean I am not the one inside and outside the mirror, but rather my appendages?" Just as Lu Mian thought of this, a phantom starry sky suddenly appeared before his eyes, and he saw brilliant stars one by one.

Some of those stars were very bright and large, hidden in the depths of the darkness, while others seemed to be not far away, yet difficult to reach.

"This..." Lu Mian's pupils, clear and dreamy like a high-altitude lake, suddenly dilated.

He felt that his "Unaging" potion had completely digested!

What was going on?

How could it be completely digested just after drinking it and completing the advancement?

I haven't even started acting as an Unaging Witch yet!

Amidst his bewilderment, shock, and confusion, thoughts flashed through Lu Mian's mind, and he finally had a guess that made him exceptionally happy:

This was brought about by the further awakening of Aurore's soul fragments!

"Through this state where I am myself both inside and outside the mirror, has Aurore had a further awakening within me and my 'Mirror Person'? She is now equivalent to a part of me, and any part of me can eventually be resurrected with the help of the 'Mirror Person,' so she also has this trait?

"Looking at the name, the acting of an 'Unaging Witch' wouldn't require maintaining an unaging mindset and appearance over hundreds or thousands of years, would it? The unaging appearance is easy to solve; an 'Unaging Witch' is naturally unaging in appearance. The unaging mindset is very difficult, and it must take a very, very long time. And Aurore is a human from thousands or tens of thousands of years ago, or even longer, who had been sleeping the whole time. After returning to reality in the current era, her mindset is indeed still quite young, not aged at all...

"Aurore is now a part of me, one of my sides. Her mental, spiritual, and soul state perfectly fits the requirements of the 'Unaging' potion, which is equivalent to me fitting them as well, so the potion naturally digested rapidly..."

Lu Mian nodded thoughtfully.

What made him happiest wasn't that the "Unaging" potion had completely digested in an extremely short time, but that he had truly seen and felt Aurore's awakening.

This was indeed the first step to resurrecting Aurore!

Lu Mian continued to examine the changes in his own state:

"Hmm, the number of 'Mirror Persons' that can be separated for special hiding has increased to two because the potion is fully digested.

"I truly possess the 'Petrification' ability; it no longer requires contact through hair. However, 'Petrification' still cannot take effect on a target out of thin air; it must start from my side, petrifying outward inch by inch, eventually spreading to the enemy and covering them, or it must be transmitted through the 'Witch's' spider silk...

"My eyes are already equivalent to a mirror; whatever is seen by me can become a target for a curse. I can also use my eyes as a medium and my own 'Mirror Person' transformation to enter the mirror world directly...

"If I display an incomplete mythical creature form, my hair will turn into venomous snakes, each with a black-and-white eye on its head. Whatever is seen by these eyes can be petrified out of thin air...

"The utilization of the mirror world is significantly enhanced. I can forcibly pull people with a lower rank than myself into the mirror world without them noticing anything. For Saints and Angels with a rank equal to or higher than my own, whether it succeeds or whether I am discovered depends on the other party's state. I can also pull a house, or even a street, into the mirror world. Hmm, I decide specifically what to drag in; it doesn't have to be completed as a whole...

"I can now transmit power directly through the mirror world. Combined with 'Mirror Projection,' I can sit at home and, with the help of a mirror with positioning, 'descend' anywhere in Trier to display my might. The power attached to this 'Mirror Projection' cannot exceed Sequence 4...

"The 'Hunter' pathway is still only at Sequence 5, and no new fusion ability has been produced, but 'Precision' can help me 'descend' power in three different places...

"All 'Mirror Projections' cannot leave the reflection range of the corresponding mirror...

"At the 'Unaging Witch' level, I can control mirrors within a fifteen-kilometer range and those I have visited before; this can cover a small city...

"The range of 'Plague' has reached ten kilometers, and it can then spread outward on its own. The types of 'Plague' have not increased...

"Every spider silk is now my arm...

"I can also perfectly display the charm of a woman at every age; my skin state and facial temperament can coordinate, or they don't have to...

"As long as there is a physical medium, a 'Curse' can not only deal with the target but also affect their immediate family. If large-scale, special black magic is used with key mediums and arrangements, a curse might even harm an Angel. Other things haven't changed much...

"Other 'Witch' abilities have also been correspondingly improved...

"The eerie state of the 'Black Witch' before really had nothing to do with the 'Unaging Witch' herself, or was it brought about by choosing a different ritual during advancement?"

Examining up to this point, Lu Mian looked around, shuttled away, and returned to his bedroom.

At this time, Madam "Magician" was no longer there.

"Madam 'Magician' said that magic robe couldn't be worn for too long. After confirming you were fine, she went back, intending to make some adjustments and come back later." Jenna saw this and explained.

Franca asked with eyes full of anticipation:

"Did the ritual succeed? Are you an 'Unaging Witch'?"

Her spiritual intuition told her it was so.

Lu Mian nodded and smiled broadly:

"Yes, reconciled."

Without waiting for Franca to ask again, he said nonchalantly:

"The 'Unaging' potion has also been completely digested."

"Ah?" "What?" Jenna and Franca uttered sounds of astonishment one after another.

Lu Mian smiled and said to Franca:

"If you become an 'Unaging Witch,' you can also digest the potion rapidly."

"Ah, me?" Franca was stunned for a moment, pointed at herself, and asked with a guess, "Does the acting of an 'Unaging Witch' focus on the time scale and the state of being unaging?"

She thought about it carefully; she really was an old antique, and she was indeed unaging now, not aged in any aspect.

Lu Mian nodded gently and said:

"I think the most important acting code is to keep one's mindset unaging under the erosion of a long time, over hundreds or thousands of years."

"That really is..." Franca nodded slowly, "The Celestial Worthy kept us hanging on that light door for thousands or tens of thousands of years, causing us to perfectly fit into a similar acting? His starting point was bad, but he got the job done?"

Jenna, who understood what they were talking about, looked at Lu Mian and said:

"Are you relying on Aurore?"

"I now truly feel that Aurore is a side of me, a part of me." Lu Mian didn't hide it.

Jenna smiled with complex emotions and empathy:

"That's really great."

She thought of her mother and father; she also had someone she wanted to resurrect, but unfortunately, there was no hope at all.

Lu Mian turned to tell Franca and Jenna in great detail about his conversation with his mirror self and his feelings during the advancement, and finally said:

"Reconciliation will bring about the unification of the self in the mirror and the self outside the mirror. The other two methods shouldn't work; the 'Mirror Person' would still be oneself as a male.

"The premise of reconciliation, I think, is that both sides have a common goal for which they are willing to sacrifice themselves, and the 'Mirror Person' has no better way, so they can talk."

Franca fell into deep thought.

Lu Mian looked at Jenna and thought for a moment before saying:

"If it had been my 'Mirror Person' who seduced me, instigated me, and replaced me just now, then his core would be male, and the advancement ritual would fail. You could judge from this that the one who walked out of the mirror was the 'Mirror Person,' and thus make the correct response.

"But if it were a purely female Witch, there wouldn't be this limitation. If your 'Mirror Person' replaced you, she could still hold the ritual and become an 'Unaging Witch.' This would make it impossible for anyone to see that the real you had been replaced silently."

"Do you think the terrifying encounter that a purely female Witch might have when advancing to 'Unaging Witch' is related to this?" Jenna understood what Lu Mian really wanted to remind her of.

Lu Mian nodded:

"This is definitely not all of it, but it might be a part of it."

After chatting for a while longer, Lu Mian said to Franca:

"Are you still going to hold the ritual today, or prepare for a while longer?"

Franca pondered for a few seconds and said:

"I want to try."

"If my 'Mirror Person' incorporates my memories from before I transmigrated and isn't dominated by the residual consciousness of the body's original owner, I think, I think I have the possibility of persuading her."

(End of chapter)