"I heard that Hongyin Antique Shop has a few prized possessions. Are they really going to bring them out?"
"I'm actually kind of looking forward to it!"
"Manager Zhao is usually very tight-lipped, and he won't even say what the store's prized possession is. I never expected him to be willing to show it to us today. It's truly a case of timing!"
"Who says otherwise? Haha!"
Listening to the gossip around him, Manager Zhao's expression became even more smug.
Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing were genuinely curious.
The man returned shortly afterward.
The man was carrying a large box, and after walking up to him, he opened the box.
Inside the large box was a large wad of red velvet cloth, clearly the so-called treasure of the store, which was wrapped in layers of this red velvet cloth.
"Hey, be careful!"
"There are layers upon layers of people here, it's making me a little anxious!"
"It's a prized possession of the store, so being this careful isn't excessive."
People around started talking again, commenting on the large box and the red velvet inside.
Manager Zhao had already bent down and was slowly untying the red velvet cloth.
As soon as the red cloth was untied, a mirror with a circular pattern on the back was revealed.
The mirror was made of brass and had a light yellow color, with some rust on the frame.
Judging from this, this mirror probably has a very long history.
At this moment, Manager Zhao was holding the mirror in his arms, his expression very smug, but if you looked closely, you could see a fleeting worry in his eyes.
It seems he wasn't entirely at ease with the mirror in his arms, and might even have felt a slight fear of it.
"Is this the prized possession of your Hongyin Antique Shop?" a young man dressed like a scholar asked curiously.
“Yes, that’s right.” Manager Zhao nodded.
"Isn't this just a rusty mirror?" an old man sneered.
"You have no eyes!"
Manager Zhao snorted coldly before saying, "The exact name of this precious mirror is lost to time. I've named it based on its characteristics—the Snake-Patterned Ghost Mirror."
"Have you all heard of the catastrophe that swept across the entire Linghuang Island eight hundred years ago? At that time, the female demon Zhen Ziyuan killed countless people, and the entire Linghuang Island almost became a living hell. Fortunately, the experts from the Lingshui Sect came to help, and finally the female demon Zhen Ziyuan was killed."
"After Zhen Ziyuan died, people flocked to her cultivation cave to search for her belongings. At that time, my ancestor was also a skilled fighter, and with his good fortune, he managed to get a share of the loot."
"And this precious mirror was found in the cultivation cave of the female demon Zhen Ziyuan."
Upon hearing Manager Zhao's words, everyone around him showed expressions of shock.
Ye Feng and his two companions had no idea who the female demon Zhen Ziyuan was, but judging from the expressions of the people around them, they knew that this was definitely a major historical event on Linghuang Island.
Since this mirror is linked to major historical events, it must be quite extraordinary!
No wonder Manager Zhao treasures this mirror like a precious gem, keeping it as the store's prized possession; this mirror is indeed quite substantial!
"The reason I named it the Snake-Patterned Ghost Mirror is because the patterns on its back look like venomous snakes. Also, you can see... ghosts through this mirror!" Manager Zhao's tone became sinister, as if he were telling a ghost story.
"Really? I don't believe it!" the scholar laughed.
"I know you won't believe me so easily, but that's okay, you'll believe me soon enough."
Manager Zhao said confidently, then scanned the crowd: "Alright, I've said so much, who wants to go first?"
"What brings you here?" the old man asked.
Manager Zhao blew his beard and said, "Naturally, look in a mirror. As long as you hold the mirror in your hand and stare at the surface, you will see a very terrifying female ghost in the mirror within a few breaths!"
"This is really weird... I don't believe it, I'll try it!"
Although the scholar looked weak and uncouth, he was quite bold.
He was the first to step forward and strode up to Manager Zhao.
Manager Zhao was not stingy and immediately handed the snake-patterned ghost mirror to the scholar.
"How should I hold it?" the scholar asked.
"Any posture is fine, as long as you hold the mirror and look at it," Manager Zhao said.
The scholar then held the snake-patterned ghost mirror up horizontally and stared at the mirror without blinking.
After a moment, the scholar laughed and said, "I didn't see anything scary either..."
Before he could finish speaking, the scholar's expression changed.
The scholar's handsome face had turned deathly pale, with veins bulging on his forehead and a fine layer of cold sweat beading on his skin!
It's easy to imagine that the scholar was now gripped by fear!
But the people around couldn't see anything in the mirror. The mirror was still the same as before, ordinary and unremarkable.
Even Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing didn't notice anything amiss.
But Ye Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, and a look of understanding appeared on his face.
Because the night wind sensed a trace of true energy fluctuation from this snake-patterned ghost mirror!
However, this fluctuation of true energy was extremely subtle, so subtle that even a martial artist of his extraordinary realm would easily overlook it if he wasn't paying attention!
"What...what's going on?"
Why is he so scared?
"Could it be that he really saw something terrifying in this weird mirror?"
"Really? I just can't believe it!"
"Yeah, I didn't see anything..."
People around were talking about it, but since they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, most of them were skeptical.
Seeing that the scholar was terrified and his eyes were bloodshot, Steward Zhao suddenly raised his hand and slapped him hard on the shoulder.
The scholar suddenly woke up, panting heavily.
At the same time, Steward Zhao also took the snake-patterned ghost mirror from the scholar's hands, as if afraid that he might accidentally break it.
What did you see?
"Did you really see something incredibly terrifying?"
"Speak up, stop just panting!"
The people around him looked at the scholar and asked, all of them appearing very anxious.
The scholar took several more breaths to catch his breath before finally recovering. Then he raised his right hand, pointing with trembling fingers at the snake-patterned ghost mirror in Steward Zhao's hand, and said in a terrified voice, "I just saw a female ghost in this mirror, and that female ghost even crawled out of the mirror and grabbed my neck! I was almost strangled to death by her!"
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