The sharp sword blade swept across, and the monster and Gu Xingyun disappeared from this world.
Murong Xuanlang's face turned pale and he jumped into the dark lake without saying a word.
A group of monks who were still wailing were stunned and could only watch stupidly.
"He...are they dead?" a monk asked in a low voice.
No one dared to answer him. It all happened so suddenly that they hadn't even reacted yet.
After a long while, another voice rang out: "Murong Xuanlang, did you kill that monster and his junior brother together?"
This time the surroundings were much quieter, but there was obvious fear in the eyes as they looked at each other.
There was soon movement in the center of the lake. Murong Xuanlang struggled to the surface, not caring at all about his filthiness. He looked panicked and said, "How could it be gone? Why is there nothing here? Where are the people?"
The group of monks didn't dare to breathe.
Far away to the northwest, the missing man and demon suddenly appeared.
Gu Xingyun was firmly grasped by the monster and could not break free at all.
After being in close contact with the miasma, his eyes were filled with tears, his vision was completely blurred, and his eyes hurt so much that he could hardly open them.
Gu Xingyun once again felt his own weakness, as if he was nothing without Yan Huailiu's protection.
This kind of thing, his master could probably destroy it with just a flick of his finger, right?
"Boy, give me back the Lingxu Mirror. Where did you steal it from?"
That voice echoed in his mind again, and Gu Xingyun frowned: "I don't know what you are talking about."
He kept his hands as free as possible and tried to grab the teleportation talisman.
The monster's grip tightened, and it brought him in front of its face, blowing its hot, smelly breath all over Gu Xingyun's face: "Don't try to trick me, it's on you, I can feel it, it's mine, give it to me!"
As the monster became furious, a sudden cool sensation came from Gu Xingyun's wrist.
Before he could react, he was thrown to the ground by the monster. The purple jade bracelet on his wrist emitted a faint light, and something appeared out of thin air.
A strange breath covered his eyes, and the stinging sensation dissipated a lot. Only then did Gu Xingyun have the opportunity to see his surroundings clearly.
"Is this... that mirror?"
He reached out and grabbed the mirror hanging in the air. The monster roared, "Lingxu Mirror, it turned out to be you who stole it!"
Gu Xingyun handed it over immediately: "I picked it up. Since it's yours, I'll give it back to you."
His right hand had already touched the teleportation talisman. There were traces of scratches on his body caused by the monster, so he just needed to smear the blood...
"Take it away! What do you want to do!" The monster did not reach out to take it, but instead took a few steps back with a look of fear on his face.
Gu Xingyun stopped moving and slowly got up from the ground, his face full of innocence: "Didn't you say this mirror was yours? I just wanted to return it to you. I picked it up when I thought it looked nice, so I put it away..."
Confirming that the monster was afraid of the mirror and didn't dare to approach, Gu Xingyun subtly probed: "Now it has been returned to its original owner. It turns out it's called the Lingxu Mirror. If it's a mirror, why can't it reflect a human figure?"
"Boy, you don't even know what this is, and you dare to pick it up!"
The scarlet eye stared at Gu Xingyun for a long time, as if thinking about something.
Gu Xingyun held the Lingxu Mirror calmly, waiting for the monster's next reaction.
The rotten flesh on the monster's body fell off even more violently. If it dragged on any longer, he wouldn't even have to escape.
"Boy, I won't kill you. How about we make a deal?"
really.
A smile flashed across Gu Xingyun's eyes, and he acted like an innocent child: "Really? What deal? As long as you let me go, I'll agree to anything."
"You should be a cultivator, right? I can give you the Lingxu Mirror and teach you how to use it, but after that, you need to go to the cliff by the lake and pick a magical herb with lantern fruit and come to save me."
The monster stopped and tore off the rotting flesh that was crumbling from its body. It wailed in pain and continued, "Well, do you agree to this deal or not?"
Gu Xingyun was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly: "Okay."
There was obvious joy in those scarlet eyes: "Very good, turn the Lingxu Mirror over. Do you see the place where the vines are intertwined? Counting from the back, the third leaf..."
Gu Xingyun did as he was told silently, but his progress was slow. He turned the mirror several times without stopping.
The monster was anxious: "The one with half a flower next to it, only that leaf is different from the others, there are two long thorns on the petiole!"
"Oh~ I saw it, and then what?" Gu Xingyun answered slowly.
"Then, put your hand on it and press hard so that the leaves prick your fingers and the blood seeps into all the petals!"
The monster's voice grew weaker, but more anxious than before.
Gu Xingyun's hand slowly approached, but just as he was about to place it on the thing, he suddenly moved away and asked cautiously, "You're not lying to me, are you? Will I die if I place it on it? Will it suck my blood dry?"
That timid and frightened little expression is so real.
The monster yelled at him anxiously: "No! That's just a process of recognizing the master! Only after drinking your blood spirit can the virtual mirror be used by you and reopened!"
Gu Xingyun said "oh" and a mocking smile flashed across his face when he lowered his head.
He pressed hard on the leaf, and the blood from his fingertips flowed along the vine, bypassing the branches and leaves, and flowed into the petals.
A strange aura appeared uncontrollably in Gu Xingyun's body, circled around like inspecting the territory, and returned to the Lingxu Mirror.
The moment the breath disappeared, Gu Xingyun clearly felt that he had established a connection with the Lingxu Mirror.
It seems that this monster is telling the truth.
"Are you okay? Do you feel the Lingxu Mirror responding to you?" The monster took two steps forward anxiously, staggering a little.
Gu Xingyun blinked: "I don't know, it seems like there is and it seems not."
"How could there be no time... There is no time." The monster's body decayed faster, and no one knew if it was because it had left the Black Lake.
"There's one last step. Now, try to inject spiritual energy into the mirror. Remember to hold it upside down, with the vine facing you. Ahem..."
The monster couldn't hold on any longer and half-knelt on the ground. Its red eyes looked at Gu Xingyun with almost fanaticism: "Hurry, there is only one step left, and this Lingxu Mirror will be yours!"
The miasma spread uncontrollably, and the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees withered and died at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Gu Xingyun reached out to wipe away the tears caused by the miasma, and slowly put away the Lingxu Mirror under the expectant eyes of the monster.
The timid and submissive attitude on his body completely disappeared, and the whole person seemed to have completely changed.
His eyes were red from the miasma, but he smiled wildly and had a mischievous expression: "Really? But I suddenly don't want to do this anymore. What should I do? How about... you kneel down and kowtow to me and beg me?"
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