Chapter 158 Guardian Spirit 26

The Mirror of Inquiry test was set up at a palace ruins on the outskirts of H City.

The palace ruins are far away from the human habitation, and usually only a few tourists would come to take pictures. In recent days, the Tianshi League has occupied the palace ruins, and the palace ruins within a few miles will not be open to ordinary people.

The driver sent Xie Yinian to a place two kilometers away from the palace ruins, and he could not go in anymore.

Xie Yinian had no choice but to get off the car with his bag on his back, and followed the flow of people in front of him, walking along the road into the examination room.

Not far in front of him, there were two people, who were not sure which family or Taoist temple they were from, and were chatting in a low voice.

"Why is the trial location set in such a remote place?"

"Didn't you hear that some time ago, the Tianshi League headquarters received a threatening email from the Ghost King."

"Threatening email!? My God, what did he threaten?!"

"The Ghost King said that he was traveling in H City recently, and seeing that the Tianshi world was so lively, he wanted to join in the fun. He didn't know whether the Tianshi League would welcome him. The Tianshi League didn't know whether what the Ghost King said was true or false, but to be prepared, they specially found this place as the trial location."

"Ah, no way, that being won't really show up. If that being really shows up, wouldn't we be in great danger..."

"Don't worry, since the Tianshi League knows about this, they will definitely set up a dragnet, He will also be responsible for protecting our safety."

Xie Yinian, who had listened to their conversation, said: "..."

What's going on? Why has he never heard his mother mention threatening emails?

When he went out, his mother was dressed casually and made an appointment with him to wait for his good news at home. It was absolutely impossible for her to appear here.

Could someone be so brave as to send an email in his mother's name?

Listening to gossip and thinking about things along the way, Xie Yinian felt that he had not walked for long before he arrived at the entrance of the trial ground.

At the entrance of the trial ground stood twenty elderly Tianshi wearing Taoist robes, with a stern expression.

Xie Yinian glanced at them and didn't recognize any of them.

But the gossiper in front of him knew the identities of these people very well - they were all guest elders of the Tianshi League.

It seems that the Tianshi League is really taking it very seriously. Xie Yinian thought to himself, opened his ID card, registered at the entrance, and then found an empty space to sit cross-legged, silently waiting for the trial to begin.

Suddenly, Xie Yinian's mobile phone vibrated.

He took out his mobile phone and scanned it. It was Ban Xi who sent a message in the group.

[Ban Ban Xi from Danhua Temple: I'm sick. I came out on the line in one hour and fifty-two minutes, and I almost failed.]

[Ban Ban Xi from Danhua Temple: What's even more unfortunate is that as soon as I came out, I saw my master, and my master watched me leave dimly. I read the words "disappointed" in his eyes. He probably thought that I hadn't worked hard on my cultivation recently. 】

【Zhan Bingyun from Yidao Temple: Isn't it? 】

【Ban Banxi from Danhua Temple: Go to hell! 】

【Xie Yinian: It's okay, as long as you complete the trial】

【Ban Banxi from Danhua Temple: It's better to be young】

【Zhan Bingyun from Yidao Temple: How is it, can I skip a question? 】

【Ban Banxi from Danhua Temple: Well, there's nothing to skip. The mirror of conscience actually lets you see what you fear the most, and then asks you to make a choice. Just follow your heart and make a choice. As for that Taoist method, I also understood it vaguely, and I don't have any experience to share with you. 】

【Ban Banxi from Danhua Temple: Forget about that. Let me tell you something. Two hundred people just entered, and only seven succeeded. In the last two or three minutes, one or two more people will probably come out. Anyway, the total number of people who passed will not exceed ten】

【Zhan Bingyun from Yidao Temple: Do you know how long Xie Chuan took? 】

【Ban Banxi from Danhua Temple: I don’t know. The results of others have not been announced, only my own. 】

Although the Tianshi League did not announce the specific results, it announced the number of people who passed the test.

It was almost the same as Banxi expected, and two more people came out after him. Two hundred people entered the first round in the morning, and only nine people passed the test in the end.

The results of the second round in the morning were slightly worse than the first round, with only seven people passing.

Then it was the first round in the afternoon.

Zhan Bingyun was in this round.

More than an hour later, Zhan Bingyun sent a message in the group: [It's out, it took one hour and twenty-six minutes. ]

Even Zhan Bingyun needed nearly an hour and a half, Xie Yinian had a psychological expectation of the difficulty of this test.

Xie Yinian put his mobile phone in his bag, touched the hyacinth that was still blooming, took a deep breath, and went to queue up to wait for admission.

Half an hour later, Xie Yinian walked inside with the flow of people and finally saw the original appearance of the trial field.

A person-high self-examination mirror was suspended in the air, and the frame was engraved with ancient and complicated sacrificial texts, and the mirror surface was faintly flowing with luster.

Below, with the self-examination mirror as the center, two hundred cushions were laid out.

Xie Yinian chose a cushion closest to him and sat down cross-legged.

After everyone was seated, a guest elder activated the Mirror of Inquiry, which emitted a loud buzzing sound, and two hundred beams of light came out of the Mirror of Inquiry, shining on everyone.

Xie Yinian only felt his whole body warm, and then his eyes went completely dark.

He waited for a long time before a light gradually lit up in front of him.

Xie Yinian walked towards the only light source without hesitation.

Gradually, his surroundings became open, and he came to a valley, where an ancient heavy sword was inserted across a boulder.

Even though he had never seen this heavy sword before, at the first sight of it, Xie Yinian thought of a name in his mind: the Gallbladder Sword.

A long and distant voice came from the void: "The one who holds the emperor's weapon should rule the country for the people. If you go forward and pull up this sword, from now on, it will be your responsibility to kill all the evil spirits."

"If you are kind-hearted and let the evil spirits go, every evil caused by the evil spirits in the future will be imposed on you and become the cause and effect that you must pay for."

"In this case, do you still want to pull out the sword?"

Xie Yinian walked straight forward, grasped the hilt of the sword, and pulled out the Zhaodan Sword directly.

The cold and sharp sword body glowed with cold light, Xie Yinian lowered his head and saw his determined eyebrows.

Then, the scene changed.

He came to a familiar villa.

It was the Zhao family.

Xie Yinian smelled a strong and pungent smell of blood. He ran upstairs following the smell of blood, pushed open the door, and saw Zhao Zhenghao's dirty underwear all over the floor, lying in a pool of blood, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

Mrs. Zhao leaned against the bed, dying. When she saw him coming, a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes. But soon, she cried and shook her head.

Xie Yinian walked around Zhao Zhenghao and walked towards Mrs. Zhao.

At this moment, he saw the situation in the house thoroughly.

The little ghost who looked exactly like Zhao Xi was lying behind Mrs. Zhao, and was using his hands to take out Mrs. Zhao's dirty underwear bit by bit.

"Don't kill him..."

"Please, don't kill him..."

Mrs. Zhao's face was full of tears, but she kept shaking her head at him.

Xie Yinian was indifferent.

He knew very well that this was just a test given to him by the illusion.

Xixi's soul had long been reincarnated and became the soft Zhao Nianxi who couldn't even turn over.

The long sword pierced into "Xixi's" body, and the scene changed again.

Xie Yinian met several familiar ghosts again, and his choice remained unchanged.

Until...

Xie Yinian came to a garden full of hyacinths.

White, red, blue, purple, yellow, pink... The long wind blew past, and the hyacinths all over the mountains swayed in the wind, so beautiful that it was hard to describe.

However, this garden, which should have been extremely beautiful, has turned into a purgatory on earth.

Blood soaked the soil, broken limbs and body parts were scattered all over the ground, and wailing and crying became the only sound Xie Yinian could hear.

People from the ten major families and sixteen Taoist temples all fell to the ground.

The carefree Ban Xi, the Kitty-loving Junior Sister Zhuo, the Junior Brother Ye who watched "Cat and Jerry" every day, Zhan Bingyun who always took care of him, and even Xie Chuan who Xie Yinian hated very much... all died in the most tragic way.

And the people who killed them...

Xie Yinian slowly raised his head.

The familiar person was wearing a black robe, with beautiful features and black hair. Even if there was a bloodstain on her face from the corner of her eye, it did not diminish her beauty in the slightest.

However, Ms. Yao, who always looked at him gently in the past, now looked at him with a distant and cold look in her eyes.

"Are you here to kill me like them?"

Xie Yinian pursed his lips and did not answer.

"Yao Rong" tilted his head and waved at him: "Did you see that all the people in the Xie family who were hated are dead. No one can stop you from returning to the Xie family, and no one can stop your father from being reburied in the ancestral tomb."

Xie Yinian still looked at her quietly.

"Yao Rong" was displeased by his look and frowned: "Why, have you really been assimilated by those hypocritical guys? Do you think you can beat me with the imperial weapon in your hand?"

Xie Yinian lowered his head and looked at the Zhaodan sword in his hand that kept ringing and seemed to urge him.

After a long while, he smiled, revealing one side of his tiger teeth.

"I know this is an illusion."

"I also know that you are not Ms. Yao. She would never speak to me in this tone, let alone look at me with such cold scrutiny."

"The best thing to do is to draw the sword and kill you like I did the last few times."

"Yao Rong" said, "Then draw the sword."

Xie Yinian shook his head, "I can't do it."

"Whether it is real or illusory, I can't draw the sword as long as I look at this face."

"Yao Rong" sneered, "That's ridiculous. Since you can't draw the sword, why are you still holding the sword tightly in your hand?"

Xie Yinian raised his head and looked at "Yao Rong" again.

He raised his right hand and slowly but firmly loosened his clenched fingers.

The sword slipped from his palm and fell heavily to the ground.

This imperial weapon that was sought after by countless people, that made him anxious about gains and losses, and that he had never put down since he picked it up, was thrown away by him at this moment.

The sneer of contempt on the corners of "Yao Rong"'s lips froze, and she said in disbelief: "You actually threw it away! Do you know that in this trial, throwing away the sword means giving up the test?"

Xie Yinian said: "The Tianshi world is eager to find someone who can wield the imperial weapon, because they hope that this person can deal with the newly born Ghost King."

"I can't do what they want me to do. It doesn't matter whether the trial succeeds or fails."

"Yao Rong" pressed: "Are you really going to give up, even if this is the only opportunity in your life."

Xie Yinian took a deep breath: "I can't go against my heart."

"Yao Rong" continued: "You should be very clear that compared to other people, you have missed too many opportunities. Now there is finally a road to heaven right in front of you, why don’t you try your best to grab it?"

Xie Yinian said: "I still say the same thing - the number one person in the Tianshi world without an imperial weapon is still the number one person in the Tianshi world. Getting an imperial weapon is the icing on the cake for me, and not getting an imperial weapon will not affect my continued cultivation."

"Yao Rong" was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Look back at the corpses on the ground. If one day, all this is no longer an illusion, but becomes a reality, are you going to turn a blind eye to it?"

Xie Yinian thought about what she said, suddenly turned around, walked to the yellow hyacinth closest to him, bent down, picked the most beautiful yellow hyacinth, and came to "Yao Rong".

"Yao Rong" frowned and looked at him quietly, as if she wanted to know what he was going to do.

Xie Yinian grabbed her right hand that was tightly holding the Yin Sha Sword.

He did not snatch her sword, nor did he take the opportunity to do anything.

He just wrapped the yellow hyacinth tightly around the black tassel hanging from the hilt.

The tassel was stained with blood, and the still warm blood kept dripping along the tassel, dyeing the hyacinth bright red.

Bright red to the point of being blinding.

"Although this is an illusion, the illusion has made Xixi and you exactly the same as in my memory. I think the illusion must have drawn on my memory."

"Now, I want to use this flower to exchange for the sword in your hand."

"Are you willing to give up the sword in your hand for the sake of this flower?"

The power of the Ghost King is strong enough to flatten the entire Tianshi world.

Even if the ten major families and sixteen major Taoist temples join forces, they may not be able to kill the Ghost King.

Even if he chooses to draw his sword, he can't kill Ms. Yao.

But in this world, there is another kind of power, which is the power of the weak.

It comes from the child's request to the mother.

Xie Yinian looked deeply into the eyes of "Yao Rong". He obviously didn't say a word, but it seemed that he told her all his thoughts:

I will never draw my sword against you. Even if you become a ghost, you are still saving me. So are you willing to save me again and put down the sword for me?

I know what the flower language of yellow hyacinth is.

I gave you the hyacinth with the same feeling as you gave me the hyacinth.

I am very happy to have your company.

The powerful imperial weapon cannot bring peace to the world of heavenly masters.

Then can this delicate yellow hyacinth bring peace?

...

It seemed like a long time had passed, but it seemed like only a moment.

With the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, everything around Xie Yinian was annihilated into ashes. He could only hear the first sad and distant voice saying to him: "It is more difficult to put it down than to pick it up." "

Congratulations, you have passed the test of the mirror of inquiry."