Chapter 101: The Man in the Mirror

Chapter 101: The Man in the Mirror

Chapter 101 The Man in the Mirror (nd update at am)

Li Wuxiang's face changed. Seeing him like this, Cheng Peixin and Cheng Shengfei were stunned for a moment before they reacted. They straightened their bodies and looked at Ning Xu together.

"What else? Tell me in detail, when was the first time?"

"Ah, I picked it up and brought it home that day. I wanted to give it to my wife. My wife's birthday is coming up, and I, I wanted to..."

Cheng Peixin said, "Don't talk about this, just talk about the important things!"

"Yes, I hid it for two days, in the closet. My wife went back to her parents' home, and she wanted to... well, the important thing is, I kept having dreams those two nights. In the dreams, it seemed like I heard people talking and making noises. The day before yesterday, I suddenly thought of this mirror, and thought, people say that mirrors attract evil spirits, so I felt something was wrong, so I took it out and looked at it again that night -"

"I looked at it but didn't feel anything was wrong. I was tired that day, so I fell asleep while watching it. Then in the middle of the night, I heard someone making noise in my dream, which woke me up. When I woke up, I really heard someone talking. This is it—"

Ning Xu pointed quickly, as if afraid that the mirror would bite him: "There is someone talking in here! He said that he used to be a swordsman named Guo Jianming, and he was captured and locked up in here. He asked me to find someone to save him. I heard that he didn't sound vicious, so I asked him if he was a human or a ghost, and he said he was a human."

He said nothing and just looked at Li Wuxiang eagerly.

Li Wuxiang frowned: "Then what?"

"Then it stopped, and then gradually became quieter and quieter, and I couldn't hear it clearly."

"Did he tell you who to find to rescue him?"

Ning Xu made a bitter face and blinked his eyes. He looked at Li Wuxiang and then at Cheng Peixin: "Ah? Who are you looking for?"

Cheng Peixin asked in a low voice: "Is this the one you asked to come find us?"

Li Wuxiang shook his head and looked at the mirror again: "I didn't ask his name."

Cheng Peixin looked at Ning Xu and said, "If you really want to get rid of the evil in this mirror, just leave it here. Master Li and I will discuss it slowly. You can go back first."

"Ah... okay." Ning Xu responded and moved his feet, but just looked at the mirror and didn't leave.

Cheng Peixin frowned and said, "Go to the backyard and ask Madam Zhang for some money. Tell her to give you as much as you think this thing is worth."

Only then did he quickly thank him and walk out.

As soon as he left, Cheng Peixin immediately said, "Feier, follow him to his residence and ask the neighbors if there is such a person."

Cheng Shengfei immediately stood up: "Yes!"

There were only two people left sitting in the courtyard. Cheng Peixin looked at the mirror and whispered, "Fellow Daoist, don't be sad. Since he said he is a human and not a ghost, he may still be alive. Besides, he may not be the one who helped you. There are many cultivators with the surname Guo in Deyang City."

Li Wuxiang was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but laugh in his heart. It should be because of the "Swordsman" filter... Cheng Peixin seemed to have some misunderstanding of her own temperament.

Even if it was really Lao Guo, he would not be sad. Based on what he had seen and felt in the past few days, Lao Guo might have taken a few lives that he shouldn't have taken. If he really died, it could be considered that his fate was constant.

But if he is not dead and is really trapped in this mirror, since I promised to teach him how to be a swordsman, I must save him.

At this time, Cheng Peixin said, "But that person did find the right way. The word Tianxin in our Tianxin Sect actually comes from the treasure 'Zhi Yue Xuan Guang' that has been sealed with a seal. It is really trapped in the mirror. It should be a mirror shadow technique. There should be no one in the thirty-six sects who is better at it than the disciples of Tianxin. Can you let me take a look?"

"Thank you." Li Wuxiang handed it over.

Cheng Peixin took the bronze mirror, looked at it carefully, touched it, and sniffed it: "Last year, Liu's cosmetics shop received a batch of bronze mirrors. Her things are all made in her own workshop, and you can't buy them anywhere else. This thing must be from Deyang City."

She put two fingers together and drew a few circles on the mirror, then closed her eyes slightly: "Mirror Shadow Magic is the most difficult to detect, but it is also very common. Many spirits transform into mansions, mostly through this kind of magic -" She opened her eyes again and handed the bronze mirror back to Li Wuxiang: "I can't find anything. Daoist friend, do you think it's that General Bai? This is also possible. Spirits are good at using this kind of magic. Things like mirrors are also good places to store Yin objects."

"Usually they nurture ghosts and slowly develop them into ghost soldiers. But the more vicious and advanced ones will take in living people. Living people have innate qi and blood, and the ghost soldiers made from these things are more powerful. If it's this kind..." Cheng Peixin sighed, "Ghosts are very light, and living people are very heavy. It's very difficult to save them."

Li Wuxiang nodded: "But do you have a solution?"

"It's very troublesome and not worth it. But don't be impatient, fellow Taoist. Wait until Fei'er comes back."

It was almost midnight when Cheng Shengfei came back. He said that he followed Ning Xu back to his home and saw that the furnishings at home were those of an ordinary family. He also asked the night watchman patrolling the streets, who also said that his family had been in Deyang City for five generations and that he was indeed a bricklayer.

So the three of them waited around the bronze mirror in the courtyard while Madam Zhang prepared some midnight snacks in the kitchen. But before the first cup of tea was served, the voice in the mirror appeared.

From light to heavy, it was like a person floating out of deep water while gasping for breath and saying: "... Life, help... Is there anyone, help, save me..."

The sound sounded extremely miserable, as if some evil ghost was causing trouble in the night. No wonder Ning Xu said it was haunted.

But it was indeed the voice of the swordsman Lao Guo!
Li Wuxiang immediately moved closer: "Old Guo?"

The mirror's voice suddenly stopped. After a long while, it suddenly said loudly: "Sect Master? Sect Master? Is that you, Sect Master?"

"It's me. How did you get in here?"

Guo Jianming's voice sounded like tears were mixed with tears: "I, I, I, I, I reported the news to you that day, and I wanted to find some more people to help me, so I went to a few more places. But later I heard that you, the sect master, had killed that Xu Xianren——"

Li Wuxiang raised his eyebrows. He should have found a place to hide and wait and see after delivering the letter. A wandering cultivator in the martial arts world dared to risk his life for his future, but he must be careful. If he didn't do this, he would think he was a bit stupid.

"——I came back to find you right away. I heard from someone that you were in Feiyun Temple. I was wondering how you ended up there. That woman in Feiyun Temple, hmm, is really——"

"Well, you and I are both at Feiyun Temple right now."

"...Ah...humph, it's really easy to do things. I only asked for a few words and then came to help. I thought it was great that you, the sect leader, came to Feiyun Temple, a good place for good people, so I hurried to Feiyun Temple, but when I saw the back door, I was suddenly caught..."

"Who arrested you?"

"I didn't see clearly... He was dressed in white, with white hair and white clothes. I thought he was some kind of master. As soon as he raised his hand, I fainted. When I woke up, I was here. Sect Master, please save me. I can't bear it anymore. I really can't bear it..."

The three of them looked at each other, and Cheng Peixin frowned slightly: "General Bai? This is the first time I've heard of what that monster looks like."

Li Wuxiang looked in the mirror: "What do you look like inside?"

"It's pitch dark, lord. I can't walk to the end. I can't see anything. It's fishy and smelly. Ghosts are crying... wolves..."

His voice gradually faded away as it did at the beginning, as if it was moving away from the mirror. Li Wuxiang immediately asked again: "Old Guo, what did I say to you when we were on Ran Mountain?"

"...ask me...to be a swordsman,...teach me how to make a sword..."

The voice of these last two sentences was extremely faint, but Guo Jianming seemed to have shouted them out. However, the sound drifted away and could no longer be heard.

Li Wuxiang looked up at Cheng Peixin.

Cheng Peixin sighed and shook her head: "It's hopeless, fellow Daoist. I originally thought it was just an ordinary mirror, but since it's what he said, I'm afraid... this mirror has been refined into a magic weapon. This mirror... is really a weird trick. This mirror must be using the sacred mountain to refine Yin soldiers."

(End of this chapter)