Chapter 664 is just a tool.
Ye Wanxi gradually remembered everything, recalling that in her previous life she hadn't been able to attend her master's 70th birthday celebration, because her master's 70th birthday celebration should have been the day after her coming-of-age ceremony.
Ye Wanxi, who has never known her parents in either of her two lifetimes, does not know when her birthday is. She only knows that her birthday was given to her by her master, and it was the day he found her.
The reason he found her was because it happened to be the eve of his birthday. His master didn't like these fancy and noisy things, but her senior aunts, uncles, and other senior brothers wanted to hold a big celebration on his birthday to introduce her senior brothers to everyone.
The master was so annoyed by his several senior uncles and aunts that he secretly ran away, and that's how he found her.
In her previous life, she died before she could celebrate her coming-of-age ceremony, so she naturally didn't have time to give her master the birthday gift she had prepared long ago. This was one of Ye Wanxi's regrets.
The second regret was the candied hawthorns she had treated her senior classmates to.
Logically speaking, there should only be one person selling candied hawthorns in a market, and even if the competition is fierce, there shouldn't be more than two stalls. But in today's market, you can see a candied hawthorn vendor every few steps, as if constantly reminding her to do something.
Combining these two events, Ye Wanxi had a guess in her mind: the foundation of this environment probably stemmed from the regret in her heart.
Her regret was simply that she couldn't arrange everything before she died, and couldn't complete the things she thought she had plenty of time to do.
The events that occurred in the afternoon confirmed Ye Wanxi's idea. She met so many familiar people and talked to them again, but she didn't see many of her senior brothers.
It wasn't that Ye Wanxi didn't value her senior brothers, but rather that she had already found them in the present world. Compared to these people she would never see again, she knew that she and her senior brothers still had a long future ahead of them, while these people would never be seen again.
"Since the anomalies in the environment were discovered long ago, why not expose them sooner instead of choosing to succumb?"
"You're mistaken. I'm not wallowing in despair; rather, I want to use this to make up for some of my past regrets."
Without destruction, there can be no construction. Since we already know that certain obsessions are deeply rooted in our hearts, we should make plans early rather than avoid them.
If this continues, it will breed inner demons.
In conclusion, you're just a tool to me, and even this illusion is nothing more than a tool to me—a convenient tool to help me fill the void of regret and eliminate my obsessions.
The voice hidden in the shadows seemed to be angered by Ye Wanxi's words, and its originally indifferent tone was now tinged with emotion: "So what if you find something is wrong? You can't leave here, and you'll die here soon."
Ye Wanxi was unfazed by the other party's threats and coldly asked, "Where is my senior brother?"
"Don't worry, he'll be back with you soon. Neither of you will escape."
Upon hearing this, the mirror suddenly flipped, reflecting a dazzling and brilliant light.
At the same time, a chill swept in, and a murderous aura was revealed.
Sharp arrows flew from the mirrors on all sides, and the hidden dangers were often more perilous than the open attacks.
Ye Wanxi dodged the flying arrows and spears with a sidestep, and a short knife that had appeared in her hand at some point flew out in a certain direction.
"Did you really think I was just rambling on to you to... stall for time?"
Ye Wanxi stopped abruptly as she watched the dagger she had thrown merge into the mirror, shattering the illusion and chasing after the black-clad figure hidden behind it.
The man was dressed in a black cloak, and his face was covered with a terrifying, ferocious mask.
The tip of the dagger was aimed at the man's face, but it failed to injure him. It only broke his mask, revealing the face behind it.
It was this face that stunned Ye Wanxi, making her forget to dodge the arrows that were thrust at her.
Snap——
Suddenly, cracks appeared in the mirrors all around from top to bottom, and the arrows that were only a few centimeters away from Ye Wanxi stopped at the last moment.
With a crisp sound of shattering glass, everything surrounding Ye Wanxi turned into glittering fragments and scattered on the ground.
A familiar figure emerged from the darkness behind the mirror, wielding a long sword and exuding a terrifying aura that made people want to keep their distance.
"Senior...Brother?"
When Ye Wanxi saw Fengtian Domain like this, she was stunned for a moment, and she could no longer remember the mastermind behind it all.
Feng Tianyu's eyes were bloodshot, and the murderous aura he exuded faintly carried a terrifying bloody smell.
But that wasn't what surprised Ye Wanxi. What truly astonished her was that her senior brother seemed to have gained a trace of... demonic energy.
The eldest disciple has fallen to demonic possession?!
Realizing this, Ye Wanxi's expression changed drastically. Without thinking, she rushed forward and grabbed Feng Tianyu's hand tightly: "Senior Brother, wake up! I'm Junior Sister, I'm Yuanyuan!"
Feng Tianyu, who had raised his sword halfway, paused upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, and after a long while, said, "Yuanyuan?"
"It's me, it's me, Senior Brother, it's me, Yuanyuan."
Clang—
Feng Tianyu lowered his sword, and the bloodlust in his eyes gradually faded. He reached out and hugged Ye Wanxi tightly, as if he were holding a treasure that had been lost and found again.
"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan..."
"I'm here, I'm here. I'm fine, I'm not hurt, I'm perfectly alright." Ye Wanxi hugged Feng Tianyu tightly around the waist, feeling the slight trembling from his body, and her heart ached terribly.
This damned illusion! I wonder what Senior Brother saw in it that scared him so much that he almost fell into demonic possession!
Ye Wanxi was so angry she gritted her teeth, and suddenly remembered the mastermind behind it all: "That person..."
"Who is it?" After confirming Ye Wanxi's safety, Feng Tianyu calmed down a bit.
"That person who was secretly manipulating the illusion from behind, damn it, he got away!"
Ye Wanxi could no longer sense the person's presence in the vicinity. Thinking back to the face she had just seen, she pursed her lips, her eyes turning slightly cold.
Upon hearing her words, Feng Tianyu's face darkened. He pulled Ye Wanxi forward a few steps, and they happened to see a silver mirror shattered into more than a dozen pieces.
"Yin Yang Mirror."
"This is the Yin-Yang Mirror?" Ye Wanxi asked in surprise.
This broken mirror, like the previous soul-summoning banner, is nothing but trash.
Legend has it that the person who forged this thing was an absolute demon who loved nothing more than to see people suffer, loved ones turn against each other, brothers become enemies, families are destroyed, and people are abandoned by everyone.
He's happy whenever he sees others in a miserable state; he truly builds his happiness on the suffering of others.
The reason he created this mirror was to better observe the tragedies of others in order to satisfy his almost twisted and perverse psychology.
(End of this chapter)
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