Chapter 20: Mirror Flowers and Water Moon
As soon as Li Yuanying said this, the atmosphere became tense. Bingyi took out his two swords and looked at Li Yuanying warily.
"Madam, why do you say that?" Qilang's expression was still as calm as ever, and his dark eyes showed an unreadable emotion.
"Husband, I have an ancient treasure here called Mirror Flower and Water Moon. Do you know what this treasure is used for?" Li Yuanying touched her waist. She couldn't see now and seemed clumsy. After groping for a long time, she took out a very small mirror from her waist. This bronze mirror was carved with plum blossoms, decorated with lapis lazuli and turquoise as the ground, and inlaid with small red beads on the edge. The colors were bright and exquisite.
She was not in a hurry to explain her previous words. After all, words were not enough. Only if she produced evidence would Qilang and Bingyi be speechless.
"This ancient treasure is not something that ordinary people can see. How could I know about it?"
"This Mirror Flower and Water Moon has grown larger through magic, as big as a lake. Isn't that amazing?"
"Yeah, that sounds pretty impressive." Qilang's face remained expressionless.
"I thought it was so magical. Isn't it just the ability to turn into a lake?" Bingyi said disdainfully.
"This lake is so clean that it can even reflect a person's shadow." Li Yuanying continued, "Well... rather than saying it's a person's shadow, it's better to say it's a real person. People appear as their shadows, ghosts as their spirits, and monsters as their true forms."
When Bingyi heard this, his face turned ugly.
"Husband, would you like to see the real thing? It's such a wide lake." Li Yuanying gestured and said exaggeratedly.
"Okay, since Madam wants to show it to me so much, I'd better obey your command." After Qilang said this, he looked at Li Yuanying with some gloating expression.
Li Yuanying couldn't see Qilang's expression, but from his voice, he seemed unconcerned. Wasn't he afraid of this illusion? Or was he simply not afraid of being exposed by her, and wanted to kill herself when her true identity was revealed?
Li Yuanying became alert, but she did not retreat. She raised the mirror and threw it into the air: "The flower in the mirror, the moon in the water, shatter!"
The mirror suddenly turned into a ball of mist in the air, and then the mist quickly dispersed, as if it was blown by the wind, leaving smoke and fog everywhere it went.
When the fog cleared, the four of them were now on a vast lake, as tranquil as a mirror. The sky and earth were one color, stretching as far as the eye could see. Bingyi watched the changes in the surrounding scenery in amazement. She had never seen such a fairy-like scene before.
Li Yuanying asked, "Brother, what can you see?"
"No." Zhang Qingchen replied.
"No? What does that mean?"
"It's just on the water. There's nothing there."
Zhang Qingchen's voice didn't sound deceptive, so Li Yuanying asked again, "There's not even a trace of us?"
"No." Zhang Qingchen seemed to take a look before answering seriously.
Why is this? Li Yuanying regretted that she couldn't see, otherwise she would definitely find out what the problem was.
Then, the mirror began to ripple, first with slight ripples, then growing bigger and bigger, more and more turbulent, the whole mirror seemed to be boiling. Li Yuanying felt something unusual, and because she couldn't see, she groped with her hands, but was held by a pair of gentle and warm hands. The person held her in his arms, and she smelled the strange and exotic fragrance belonging to Qilang.
"Madam, has your treasure become ineffective?" Qilang asked with a smile on his face.
"This is an ancient treasure, how could it become ineffective?" Li Yuanying felt distressed, thinking that this must be Qilang's doing.
Just when Li Yuanying was puzzled, the mirage seemed unable to withstand such a huge fluctuation and it broke!
The tiny cracks started from the middle, and then grew bigger and deeper like a flower blooming, then changed from thick to thin, and then to thinner, and finally with a bang, the mirror flower and water moon shattered.
"What kind of junker is this? It's broken!" Bingyi breathed a sigh of relief. She was a little worried at first, but she didn't expect that her master could still have such a powerful demonic aura even though he was sealed with a blood bracelet.
"This..." Li Yuanying was speechless for a moment. She had never encountered such a situation before. She wanted to retrieve her mirror, but Qilang held her tightly.
"Don't go, it's very dangerous. You can't see now, how can you pick up these human fragments?" Qilang's voice came from her ear, and the heat swept over, making Li Yuanying feel a little itchy.
Originally I just thought Qilang was very handsome, but now that he is blind, his hearing will be infinitely amplified, and the beauty of his voice will be even more obvious.
Li Yuanying blushed slightly, but she knew now was not the time for a young girl to be in love. A monster above the Spirit level, with sufficiently powerful magic, would likely not be recognized by the Mirror Flower Water Moon, and would only show its current appearance.
But at least the water mirror will show a reflection. Now, according to what Zhang Qingchen said, not only Qilang has no reflection, but he himself has no reflection either, and it exploded on its own. Even Xie would not have such a situation.
Although Li Yuanying had never seen the evil one, she had heard from her master that on that day, the evil king was hiding in the crowd and wanted to sneak into Chang'an, and he used this mirror flower and water moon to reflect her.
Then why can’t Qilang and Bingyi be photographed?
Li Yuanying's face darkened. Either the illusion was really broken, or the three of them were colluding to deceive her.
But why would her senior brother help them deceive her? This doesn't make sense at all.
"What are you thinking about, madam? Why are you frowning so tightly?" Qilang asked softly. This young lady was scheming all the time and wanted to plot against him, but he didn't expect that his cleverness would backfire.
Li Yuanying seemed to understand something. She said, "What a shame! I wanted to give you this water mirror, but it was broken. I'll ask the Gu family to make another one for you, okay?"
Qi Lang snorted with a forced smile, "I like everything Madam gives me. Madam hasn't even answered my question yet, so why are you saying Bingyi and I are here to kill you? How could I possibly kill you?"
"My father captured you to be his son-in-law, and you're the only male in your family. When my sister saw you becoming her son-in-law, she was determined to avenge you and kill me. That way, you'd be free, so..." Li Yuanying pretended to be pitiful. "Especially since this sister is so terrifying, she wants to kill me the moment she sees me. How can I not think that way?"
"It is indeed wrong for your Li family to kidnap my young master, but I won't kill you. Can't I just capture you back with you?" Bingyi asked back.
Li Yuanying went down the slope: "Sister, you are right. It's my fault now."
"Pretentious and fake." Bingyi cursed in a low voice.
Li Yuanying didn't care. She kept her usual smile and watched everything calmly.
Li Yuanying knew that her senior brother would never lie. So there was only one possibility: Zhang Qingchen had already been controlled by them when she entered Mirror Flower Water Moon. The person who just replied to her was no longer Zhang Qingchen. This master and servant were definitely taking advantage of her blindness, and one of them was just pretending.
Just wait for me, Qilang.
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