Chapter 111 Ye Li Sees Her Past Life Through the Soul Return Mirror

After passing through the stone forest, you come to an ordinary grassland.

Upon arriving here, Ye Li could clearly sense that Master Qiu had become nervous.

Clearly, he had never been here before.

Therefore, Master Qiu selected ten guards and cautiously said, "You, go out from different directions to scout the way for the Crown Prince."

"etc."

Ye Li stepped forward. "You just want someone to be a scapegoat, don't you? Rather than sending these ordinary people without spiritual power, wouldn't it be better for me to scout ahead?"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yunque was taken aback. He looked at Ye Li, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Although he didn't want the guards to die in vain, compared to his own life, his was clearly more precious.

Although Ye Li is not royalty, as a disciple of the Tianmen Sect, her life is naturally more precious than that of ordinary people. How could she be willing to risk her life for these mortals?

"Hehehe."

Master Qiu laughed, "Fellow Daoist is truly resourceful. Sending you to scout ahead is a sure way to untie your ropes, so you can escape on your own and seize the Soul Return Mirror first, right?"

Pei Yunque instantly snapped out of it. Yes!

He never imagined that would explain why she volunteered; it turns out that was the reason.

Meanwhile, the guards who had been called upon had already ventured deep into the grassland.

They moved very cautiously, and fortunately nothing happened until they reached the middle of the meadow, so they stopped there.

Pei Yunque ignored Ye Li, took a few steps forward, and was about to step onto the grass.

Ye Li watched the retreating figures of the scouts and suddenly sensed something was wrong. "Something's not right! There's something strange about them!"

Pei Yunque was getting impatient. "Give me a break. This Crown Prince will not be fooled by you."

But Master Qiu also sensed something was wrong at this moment, and he grabbed Pei Yun Que, "Wait for the Crown Prince."

He shouted, "What lies ahead! Answer me immediately!"

"..."

He was met with silence.

They were too far away to tell what was wrong with them.

Master Qiu picked up a few pebbles and threw them out with his spiritual power.

That's why Ye Li sensed the turbid aura emanating from Master Qiu.

There seemed to be something else mixed in with his spiritual power...

"ah!"

A scream.

Ye Li looked over and saw that the people who had been standing in the middle of the grass had fallen to the ground the moment they touched the stones, their heads rolling off.

They actually turned into a pile of white bones!

Pei Yunque was horrified. "How could this be!"

Ye Li frowned as well. She walked to the edge of the grass and said sternly, "The grass here is alive!"

Everyone was startled by Ye Li's words.

Sure enough, upon closer inspection, they discovered that the blades of grass were actually wriggling slightly.

The roots of the grass seem to hide countless tiny tentacles, greedily absorbing nutrients from the air.

In the blink of an eye, they seemed to come alive, quickly wrapping around the bones lying on the ground.

The corpse and bones were instantly enveloped by grass and swallowed up completely in a moment.

This bizarre scene left everyone speechless. After a long while, someone finally spoke in a trembling voice, "What... what is this thing?"

Master Qiu commanded, "No matter what it is, you must protect the Crown Prince's safety! Go and cut a path! Protect the Crown Prince!"

Ye Li said coldly, "This grass is called Bone-Eating Spirit Grass. It can't be cut down completely; it will only increase in number."

Pei Yunque disregarded everything else and anxiously asked, "Then what should we do!"

"This kind of grass catches its prey by its breath. If you want to get past it, you have to hold your breath and not expose any skin."

Pei Yunque was skeptical. "Are you telling the truth?"

Master Qiu said, "We can try finding a few guards first."

He randomly pointed to one and said, "You, cover yourself completely and run over there to try."

The guard's face turned pale instantly, but he could only grit his teeth and say, "Yes."

Then, following Ye Li's instructions, he stepped onto the grass.

Everyone stared at his retreating figure.

He started walking cautiously, but then, perhaps unable to hold his breath any longer, he immediately started running like a madman.

As the oxygen in his chest dwindled, his pace quickened.

Finally, I managed to escape this deadly meadow before I suffocated.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him leave successfully.

Once someone succeeded, the other twenty-odd people were less nervous and followed suit, successfully crossing the grassland.

Having held their breath for so long, everyone who emerged was panting heavily, their voices completely drowned out by the sound of the waterfall.

Master Qiu pointed to the waterfall in front of him with a look of surprise, "This is it! As long as we pass through here, we can find the Mirror of Returning Souls!"

That unusual excitement was something even Pei Yunque noticed, let alone Ye Li.

He looked surprised. "Master Qiu, why are you so excited?"

Master Qiu realized his lapse in decorum and coughed lightly. "I am happy for the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is worried about the King's health and risked his life to retrieve this Soul Return Mirror. The King will surely appreciate the Crown Prince's filial piety and recover soon."

Pei Yunque was already used to the flattery of his subordinates, and assumed that Master Qiu, a Taoist cultivator, was no different, so he nodded perfunctorily.

"Thank you for your kind words, Master Qiu."

As Master Qiu instructed people to cross the waterfall, Ye Li silently walked up behind Pei Yun Que.

"Where did you meet Master Qiu?"

Pei Yunque turned around and scoffed, "What, are you trying to sow discord again?"

Ye Li glanced at him. "Can't you tell that he's not a true Daoist cultivator?"

"Oh."

Pei Yunque was completely unconvinced. "What? Only the Daoist cultivators of your Heavenly Gate Sect deserve to be called Daoist cultivators?"

Master Qiu was, after all, the master who guided him to cultivate Qi. When Ye Li slandered Master Qiu, she was also slandering him.

So before Ye Li could say anything more, Pei Yun Que said impatiently, "I will judge my master's character for myself. As for someone like you who doesn't even respect his parents, your words are not to be trusted."

Ye Li frowned. It's true what they say, good advice is useless against a damned devil.

"ah!"

Someone was shouting at the waterfall.

It turned out that several people had been swept away by the rapid current.

Master Qiu wiped the water off his face. "One person pulls another, form a human wall!"

"..."

When everyone passed through the water curtain, they saw a magnificent golden palace in front of them.

The doors were wide open, and a golden mirror stood in the very center of the hall, shimmering with a faint light.

"The Mirror of Return to Souls!"

Master Qiu pointed at the mirror excitedly, "I've seen it in a book, it's the Soul Returning Mirror!"

"Go get it quickly!"

After passing through the previous checkpoints, most of Pei Yunque's men had been killed or wounded, leaving only a dozen or so survivors.

Although the place seemed safe, they all drew their weapons and cautiously made their way inside.

Everything was fine at first, but just when they were only a few steps away from the Soul Return Mirror, someone suddenly burst out laughing.

"My son was born! I have a son!"

His companion looked at him, puzzled. "Your son was born last year, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the man's eyes widened. "Mother! It's you! You've come back to life!"

Not just them, everyone seemed to have gone mad, talking nonsense and even starting to kill each other.

"You killed my wife and children! I'll kill you!"

"Don't take my son! Let go!"

The once magnificent hall was now like a living hell.

Everything happened too fast.

In the blink of an eye, only Ye Li and two others remained alive.

Therefore, there must be some kind of evil magic here that caused them to hallucinate and return to a certain moment in the past.

Could this mirror allow one to see their past?

Master Qiu dared not step forward rashly. He swallowed hard and pointed at Ye Li, "You! Go and get the Soul Return Mirror back!"

Ye Li had originally come for the Soul Return Mirror, so she went inside.

She first checked the guards; they were lifeless, but their eyes were open, still holding the madness from before.

Master Qiu: "What are you dawdling for! Hurry up and get the magic weapon!"

Ye Li then turned her gaze to the Soul Return Mirror. The mirror was made entirely of pure gold, and its surface gleamed with an eerie luster.

Although those who had just perished here were all mortals, Ye Li remained wary and approached slowly.

However, just a few steps away from the mirror, she suddenly felt a numbness all over her body.

When she came to her senses, she found herself in a completely unfamiliar prison cell.

Judging from the seal on the cage, this is not an ordinary prison cell.

Ye Li hadn't lost her mind, but she didn't understand why she was seeing these things.

Just as she was wondering what was going on, footsteps sounded.

She looked surprised when she saw who it was.

"you?"