"Master, although the dumb bear is not a very good demon, the place where he lives is really nice." Hu Sanniang looked at the towering Jiyun Mountain and couldn't help but sigh. Hu Sanniang had lived in Jiyun Mountain for a month and naturally understood how good the environment on the mountain was. Just a spiritual eye was enough to attract monks and demons.
Unfortunately, this place has been branded by the ancient gods and belongs only to the Stone Bear clan. Without the Stone Bear's permission, no one can enter this semi-closed world.
Yes, Jiyun Mountain is a semi-enclosed world. The lower half of the mountain is open to all, whether human or animal, but the upper half is completely enclosed within a barrier. Without Stone Bear's token, no matter whether human or demon, no one can reach the summit. Even if one walks up the mountain all day, they'll still be halfway up. However, Jiyun Mountain is already the heart of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and apart from cultivators, few dare to venture deep into it.
Zhou Yuanyuan didn't know the specialness of Jiyun Mountain. After following Hu Sanniang to the halfway point of the mountain, she saw Hu Sanniang stop and was a little surprised.
"Hehehe... Master, Sanniang forgot to leave the token when she asked the stupid bear to leave. Let me send a message to it and ask it to come out to greet us." Hu Sanniang said to Zhou Yuanyuan somewhat embarrassedly.
Hu Sanniang was visiting Shi Xiong's home this time, and Shi Xiong had given her a token that allowed her to come and go freely. When Hu Sanniang and Zhou Yuanyuan reached halfway up the mountain, she reached for the token to get to the top of the mountain. Then she remembered that when they had a fight two days ago, she had said the words "friendship is over" to Shi Xiong, and she had even used the token Shi Xiong had given her to hit him.
"Yeah." Zhou Yuanyuan responded, pretending not to notice Hu Sanniang's blushing face, and just admired the beautiful scenery in front of her.
At this moment, Shi Xiong, who had been secretly scolded by Hu Sanniang, was begging the bronze mirror in front of him, "Grandpa Mirror, Grandpa Mirror, please quickly show me what happened in the Shiwandashan Mountains in the past few days! Please!"
The mirror twisted its body and turned to face the stone bear, ignoring the stone bear's pleas.
This was a very simple-looking bronze mirror, with an oval surface and intricate patterns carved all around. If Zhou Yuanyuan were here at this moment, she would definitely be surprised by the scene before her. Although the mirror looked very smooth, Shi Xiong stood in front of it, but the smooth surface did not reveal Shi Xiong's figure.
"Grandpa Jing, please don't make things difficult for me. I haven't recorded the situation in the mountains for three days. If I don't complete the task today, I don't know if I will have a headache again soon?" Shi Xiong said with a bitter face, really wanting to cry. He had experienced that kind of headache once, and he definitely didn't want to experience it again. Sincerely.
Oh! It's all Hu Sanniang's fault! I rushed and rushed, but I missed the mirror again today. Shi Xiong lamented in his heart.
Including the days when Hu Sanniang harassed and beat him, Shi Xiong had already missed three days of work.
When Shi Xiong took over this job from his grandfather, his grandfather had said that every change in the mirror must be recorded carefully and that no one could be found to be slacking off. This was the mission of the black bear clan. If they didn't do it well, there would be unexpected punishments.
The stone bear didn't pay much attention to his grandfather's words at first. In his opinion, the ancient god had not appeared for tens of thousands of years. He might have forgotten the stone bear clan in that corner long ago. Who would care whether they looked at this broken mirror every day?
As a result, one day, after the stone bear had not looked at the mirror to make a record for three consecutive days, the crescent-shaped mark on its forehead began to hurt. The pain went straight to the depths of its soul, making the stone bear feel like dying.
From then on, Shi Xiong never dared to be lazy. Even if no one was supervising him, he would work honestly every day.
Oh, I forgot to mention that the stone bear is a big monster, and it is a big monster that only has work to do. Its daily job is to look in the mirror.
That's right, it's all about looking in the mirror. Every day, regardless of weather, I'd spend an hour climbing to the top of Mount Jiyun to look at the bronze mirror standing in this pavilion, and then make a record of it on the jade slip.
The mirror is called Qiankun Mirror, and it is a treasure bestowed by the ancient gods to the Shixiong clan. In fact, this statement is not quite correct. It is true that the Qiankun Mirror was bestowed by the ancient gods, but it was not given to the Shixiong clan. Instead, it was a tool given by the gods to the Shixiong clan to do things.
This was a magical mirror. Every day at noon, when Shi Xiong looked at it, a small world would appear on its surface. This world in the mirror was exactly the same as the environment of the Shi Wan Da Shan Mountains where Shi Xiong was currently standing. It was simply a miniature of the real Shi Wan Da Shan Mountains, shrunk tens of thousands of times. Even more magical was that Shi Xiong could simply point at a specific location and the environment would be magnified countless times. Every change in the plant and tree could be clearly seen in the mirror.
With the help of the mirror, Shi Xiong was always aware of everything that happened in the Shiwan Mountains. He also learned about the evil spirit in Cuiyuan Village through the mirror.
There are many small dots of light in the mirror, representing different species of life forms in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Each dot of light has a different meaning. The green dots represent the plant-based demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the yellow dots represent ordinary humans in the mountains, the blue dots represent ordinary beasts in the mountains, the red dots represent the newly awakened beast-based demons in the mountains, and the black dots with white light represent the evil spirits that have intruded into the Hundred Thousand Mountains from the outside world...
Stone Bear's primary job is to monitor the red-lit beast demons daily, ensuring they don't leave the mountain's confines. When beast demons first awaken, they're naive and feed instinctively. If they stray into human territory, the consequences could be disastrous. Stone Bear's other essential task is to eliminate every black, white-lit evil spirit that enters the Shiwan Mountains, lest a tragedy like the one that struck Cuiyuan Village. After all, evil spirits aren't just a threat to humans; they target even some demons.
Except at noon, the mirror will show the situation in the mountains. At other times, the mirror is calm, like a piece of stone, and not even a human figure can be reflected on it.
Over the years, Stone Bear and the Mirror had met thousands of times. However, the Mirror was a bit arrogant. Aside from the noon hour, when it would automatically start working, other times of the day, needing the Mirror's help depended on whether the Mirror was in a good mood. Sometimes, Stone Bear would ask for help, and the Mirror would be in a good mood and re-show the day's situation, but most of the time, the Mirror would ignore Stone Bear's requests.
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