Chapter 87
After the black faded away, Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan, who thought they had escaped from the dream, looked around, only to find that beneath the black layer, it was not reality, but a white mirror palace that looked like countless crystals.
In a space like a mirror where the sky and water merged into one, they stood in a thin layer of water, looking up at the sky that was reflected by the crystal and was almost white.
"We... who is targeting us again?"
Chu Zhongyuan felt that all his previous sentimentality was shattered by the situation before him.
"...Maybe it's because Bai Kelan and the previous owner of the Nine Nether Mirror had a past relationship with the owner of the secret realm?"
Gu Qingming looked at the familiar crystals around him. They were the distinctive symbols he had seen frequently since entering the secret realm.
It seems that this sky mirror where the sea and sky are one color has a very close relationship with the owner of this secret realm.
"So it's targeting both of us now?"
Chu Zhongyuan spread out his hands with a helpless expression, and seemed to be quite troubled.
But Gu Qingming knew that Chu Zhongyuan would not be bothered by it, he would only find it interesting.
This guy is a person who likes excitement very much, but Gu Qingming is the same in his bones.
Gu Qingming didn't know why he suddenly felt relaxed. It was the kind of relaxation that only came when he was with people of the same kind.
In the distance, the azure sky and the blue-white crystal ground that could not be separated from the sky were covered with a thin layer of water, almost causing people to feel lost.
“…Whoever the master of the secret realm is, it will come to see us soon.”
Gu Qingming raised his eyebrows, revealing a rare expression of youthfulness that showed he was confident of victory, which was very different from his usual maturity.
But Chu Zhongyuan knew that was the self that Xiao Ming had buried deep in his heart.
The green wind surrounded the two of them, and the wind snake had explored to an unknown depth.
Following the wind snake came a smoky-gray wolf shadow that was as ethereal as smoke.
The wolf was huge, with shoulders as tall as two teenagers. The end of its tail was dotted with crystal-like ice and snow, which looked like sparkling diamonds.
Its body presents an eerie translucency, like a haze mixed with stardust.
Gu Qingming did not sense any malice from the wolf shadow, and even felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
This sense of familiarity did not come from Bai Kelan, but from Gu Qingming himself.
So he did not hesitate, the wind snake flew into the air, guiding the wolf shadow, and found Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan who were standing quietly in the mirror of the sky.
The agile, huge and majestic wolf shadow was like an elegant cloud. Just as Gu Qingming expected, it did not make any attack towards the two. The first time Chu Zhongyuan saw the wolf shadow, he took a step back due to its huge reflex. Feeling that he was losing face, he hurriedly took a few steps forward to cover up his mistake, which made Gu Qingming almost want to laugh.
Chu Zhongyuan glanced at his little deskmate. Gu Qingming coughed twice and quickly concealed his smile, so as not to annoy this sticky guy and have to coax him himself.
Chu Zhongyuan quickly turned his head and continued to observe the wolf shadow that was attracted by the wind snake.
Watching the other person's every move, he was obviously a mysterious person, but Chu Zhongyuan inexplicably saw the shadow of an acquaintance in the other person.
An acquaintance who also appeared inexplicably at the CPA headquarters in Luosu City.
“No way…”
Chu Zhongyuan said he was really shocked.
When Wolf Shadow saw Chu Zhongyuan take a step back reflexively, he not only did not say anything, but also quickly took a step back to put some distance between himself and the two men.
"Well - ahem, you guys are here."
Although Wolf Shadow tried his best to cover up something, Gu Qingming still saw it at a glance.
He shook his head helplessly and stretched out his hand. The docile wolf shadow moved its head over reflexively.
Although it is a translucent light and shadow, it feels fluffy and quite nice.
Gu Qingming squinted his eyes comfortably and sighed secretly in his heart.
Although I am satisfied, an explanation is still needed.
The young man straightened his expression and said, "Gam, explain."
He stretched out his hand and made a gentlemanly gesture of invitation.
The wolf's head slumped down, looking quite regretful.
"My benefactor, you finally recognized me. If I had known, I would have changed my voice."
Wolf Shadow shook his head in a very human way, and the words he uttered were completely in the voice of "Gamu", as if he was really regretting why he didn't change his voice.
"This has nothing to do with the sound... You, you, are you really Gamu?"
Chu Zhongyuan's finger, which was pointing at Wolf Shadow, trembled constantly, and all the doubts about Gamu in his mind were now completely connected together.
He is clearly a psychic who is more sensitive to danger than ordinary people, but he was inexplicably dragged into Qianlong Lake and needed their rescue.
After being rescued, she hugged Gu Qingming and started crying with an extremely intense attitude. It was not entirely like the gratitude of the rescued person to the benefactor, but rather like the reunion of an old friend who had not seen each other for many years.
And... the strange encounter in Luosu City, the untenable reason the other party made up for coming to Luosu City, and the vague and unfamiliar en factor in the alley when confronting Sha.
"I was wondering why it was so coincidental along the way. I happened to meet Monks, a member of Ceope, and I also happened to catch up with the moment when they were about to throw Zheng Qiuji into the door... In other words, you have the ability to predict the future, and all these coincidences along the way were arranged by you, right?"
Chu Zhongyuan muttered to himself.
"You don't want to see Teacher Cao Sheng because you're afraid that your mysterious identity will be exposed, not because you think the CPA will dissect you?"
"I didn't expect that the current owner of the Nine Nether Mirror is still so sensitive."
"Jiamu", or Wolf Shadow, was wagging its tail, but Chu Zhongyuan could see a hint of childish smile in the other's expression.
"But this was not my plan. Rather than planning it, I just watched it all happen quietly without stopping it... After all, although my purpose is different from Ceobe's, I also need you to come."
"This one?"
Before Chu Zhongyuan figured out what these three words meant, he suddenly realized another very important thing.
The Soul-Catching Rope already appeared in their hands. As long as there was something wrong with the other party's answer, they would choose to fulfill their CPA responsibilities first.
"What's the situation with Nagamu?"
Gu Qingming tilted his head, and his deep brown eyes, as firm as those of the Cretaceous Immortal King back then, looked at Wolf Shadow with the same question in mind.
Although dark brown is a very common eye color in the East C area, the wolf shadow that witnessed the journey of Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan seemed to see the Cretaceous Immortal King who had made a promise with it in the past.
However, no one understood better than him that the Cretaceous Immortal King and the Nine Nether King had long disappeared in the long river of history and were buried deep underground.
The two young men in front of them were just psychics with the same abilities as them.
In the face of endless time, even mystery will inevitably appear as small as sand. The slight ripples of time are enough to distort everything and bury the living existence.
"Don't worry, this is a fair deal."
The wolf shook its tail as if to explain.
He knew very well the natures of the two superpowers, Bai Ke Lan and Jiu You Jing. The young men recognized by them must have a terrible sense of justice and would never allow anything that violated the CPA Superpower Guidelines and Regulations to happen in front of them.
Wolf Shadow hurriedly explained.
Gamu does have a strong gift for prophecy, but his health is quite poor and he has a serious heart disease.
But the summoning ritual he used that day happened to be correct, and he was able to summon the true mystery through the inherent connection between mysteries.
During that summoning ceremony, the young man, who was extremely weak, could not withstand the awakening of the en factor at all. Fortunately, the object of the half-baked ritual he used, the so-called "Dragon King" sacred object he bought from an old man in Qianlong Village by accident, happened to be a pile of Mani stones that Wolf Shadow buried when he traveled with the Cretaceous Immortal to suppress the evil dragon in Qianlong Lake.
Quietly waiting in the depths of the secret realm of the Holy Tomb XI in the Snowy Region, Wolf Shadow, who was waiting for the opportunity to leave, felt the breath of the past. When he was excited to be invited, he found that the one who summoned him was not an old friend who had passed away long ago, but a mystic enthusiast who made a ridiculous but fake thing come true.
The Snow Bell, the water guardian, has a powerful healing function, and so does its guardian, Wolf Shadow. At that time, the boy still had a breath of life left, and with the mentality of saving if possible, Wolf Shadow made a deal with Gamu after rescuing him.
It will pull him back from the brink of death, but it will come at a price.
"I want to borrow your body for a few days to complete some things."
The illusory wolf shadow that appeared during the summoning ceremony uttered these words, and Gamu could even see some caution on the face of the mysterious wolf.
"Okay, but don't let my parents worry."
Jiamu shrugged his shoulders, as if he had thought of something. He pointed at the snake that had fainted due to the high-level mysterious pressure and said with emotion: "Don't hurt... um... this summoned beast that was actually summoned by me?"
"I can do everything you said, but... don't you even ask me what I'm going to do?"
Wolf Shadow was silent for a moment, even though he had a close relationship with Cretaceous Immortal Lord and Nine Nether Lord, and he realized that humans were indeed such a strange and kind species, but every time he saw it with his own eyes, he felt a little emotional.
"You will be very sad, right? So I won't ask."
Jiamu gave a silly smile.
"You may not have noticed it yourself, but when you said you wanted to borrow my body to accomplish something just now, your eyes were quite sad, as if you were about to cry."
Wolf Shadow didn't say anything else, but just uttered an ambiguous sentence in silence.
“…It’s definitely worth it.”
Before Gamu could start asking a million questions again, he took over the other party's right to move physically with the other party's consent.
So after that day, the consciousness installed in Jiamu's body became Wolf Shadow, while Jiamu's own consciousness was stored deep in his body, recovering from the impact of the awakening of the en factor.
"…Are you okay?"
After hearing all the stories, the two teenagers were sure that the other party was not a mysterious evildoer and was not within the CPA's hunting range, so they relaxed their vigilance.
Wolf Shadow's voice was no longer as artificial as usual, but instead carried an uneasy seriousness as he told everything.
"…Of course I have something to do."
The wolf shadow did not leave a tall and majestic back view of the protagonist like in some hot-blooded comics. Instead, the wolf's eyes were lightly closed, as if he was quite tired.
"After all... I don't have much time left."
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