In the office.

Professor Pei was wiping a mirror.

They noticed the people downstairs.

A murderous glint flashed in his eyes.

She glanced at the vibrant roses by the window, a cold smile rising in stark contrast to her graceful, ladylike demeanor.

"They must never return."

Professor Pei looked through the window.

Looking out at the birch forest in the distance.

With the birch forest's resources, she'll definitely be able to get rid of the troublesome fellow, and then she'll be able to obtain another contract and a new skin.

In order not to become a grain of sand in the torrent of history, not to be swept along by fate, and not to be submerged by the years.

She needs to change the skin at each node, and the recent node happens to be the one where she needs to change the skin.

What can be done?

Neither of the two skins I encountered today were suitable.

Professor Pei touched her slightly cracked skin, a sense of urgency forcing her to be reckless and take risks.

At this moment.

A knock came at the door.

Professor Pei placed the mirror directly opposite the doorway before revealing a kind and approachable smile, saying, "Please come in."

Yan Jiu politely pushed open the door.

Stand at the doorway and make eye contact with someone.

Unlike Yan Jiu and Lang Zongyi's composure.

The internet erupted in excitement.

My goodness, Professor Pei is so young and beautiful!

[The professor is so young, could it be because he ate children's food? Just kidding.jpg]

[Professor Pei: Three in one bite!]

[Wait, that's Master Jiu in the mirror! Could the person next to Master Jiu be the one who made the second set of footsteps?!]

Look at that height, at least 1.9 meters!

Every time I see a handsome guy, I just wish I had a mouth; I can't possibly admire all his looks!

[Nine Master: Listen up, don't try to take this man from me, I've got my eye on him first.]

[Hehehe, isn't this number one? Dude, why don't you just give in and become Master Jiu's bandit queen? That would be great!]

My deceased partner suddenly attacked me!

[I, Hu Hansan, am back! I raise the banner of "Nine-Nine Returns to One," and challenge anyone who dares to challenge me!]

Men will only be stumbling blocks on Master Jiu's road to success.

Are you all alright? Weren't we discussing Professor Pei's face?

The comments section has been completely overrun by enthusiastic netizens.

But soon.

The viewers couldn't see the screen.

Yan Jiu landed in a world surrounded by mirrors. There were no dolls on her shoulders, nor was Lang Zongyi by her side. The mirror world reflected countless solitary figures of Yan Jiu.

The glaring environment made Yan Jiu frown.

There was no air movement.

A faint sobbing sound came from not far away. Following the sound, Yan Jiu found two people.

To be precise, they cannot be called human beings. Their skin has been peeled off, leaving only bloody flesh, making them look like pulsating monsters wrapped in flesh.

Yan Jiu floated down two talismans.

It temporarily relieved their pain.

Yan Jiu's gaze fell ten meters away: "The Painted Skin Ghost no longer eats people's hearts, but instead peels off their skin?"

As soon as he finished speaking...

Professor Pei's voice came from all directions: "Lord Baphomet said that as long as you are willing to join us..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Yan Jiu leaped to her feet.

The peach wood sword exuded a surging aura.

It instantly covered the entire mirror world.

Professor Pei was horrified.

The world in the mirror shattered.

Professor Pei felt a chill run through his body, as if his blood had been frozen and could not circulate.

It wasn't just that Yan Jiu broke through the life-saving artifact that Ba Fumie had given her in one move, but also that Yan Jiu, holding a wooden sword, gave her a familiar feeling.

With a "bang".

Professor Pei was kicked out of the three-story office building by Yan Jiu. Her skin tore open like paper, revealing her fierce and ferocious appearance with blue fangs.

She never expected that Yan Jiu could break through the mirror world so easily.

Countless chills seeped from her bones, making her body and heart terribly cold.

She collapsed in the sunlight.

My whole body was shivering with cold.

The warm sunlight just wouldn't penetrate my body.

Professor Pei looked up at Yan Jiu, who was standing by the window. As the peach wood sword was raised again, Yan Jiu disappeared underground.

They fled to the birch forest.

Yan Jiu didn't look at Lang Zongyi, and said seriously, "The Painted Skin Ghost has at least nine hundred years of cultivation."

Lang Zongyi picked up the doll that was pretending to be dead, frowned and looked at the skin left behind by the painted skin ghost: "The Bagua Mirror and the people of Xuanmen will block it for a while. In order to prevent her from impersonating someone else like she impersonated Professor Pei, the competition will be temporarily suspended."

They underestimated the seriousness of the situation.

Professor Pei has long been replaced.

What appears before the public is a demon in disguise; the current problem is that this demon will don any other skin.

Yan Jiu gave Lang Zongyi a deep look: "Why don't you take your own safety seriously?"

Just as Lang Zongyi opened his mouth.

Yan Jiu handed over the rescue mission to the other party, ignoring Lang Zongyi's words that she should wait, and went straight after the Painted Skin Ghost.

She couldn't wait any longer.

When the light swept across the mirror.

Even though he knew she didn't need protection.

Why did Lang Zongyi stand in front of her?

Faced with Lang Zongyi's willingness to risk his own safety to protect her, she dared not think too deeply about it.

just in case.

If something were to happen to Lang Zongyi...

Yan Jiu's face was cold.

He leaped and landed in the birch forest.

On top of the illusion, Yan Jiu added another array to ensure that the painted-skin ghost could not escape the birch forest.

Ma Weiwei spotted Yan Jiu from afar and was about to approach when she was stopped by the formation.

Huo Yu said, "The Director just sent a message that the Painted Skin Ghost is fleeing into the birch forest. The competition is over. We need to evacuate the crowd first."

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