Chapter 1753: Each Doing Their Own Thing

He watched others pass through the mirror, and the landing points were all sure, saying where to go, and hundreds of people hadn't made a mistake. But he looked around, wasn't this just a wild forest? What was this, a transmission failure? "Uh..." The Soul-Sucking Mirror was also a bit confused, but it quickly adjusted. "There seems to be water light in the east!"

He Lingchuan also saw a bit of water light through the gaps in the branches and leaves, so he walked over with big strides.

This forest truly hadn't been visited by anyone. The long grass was chest-high, and the miscellaneous roots on the ground were crisscrossed, making it easy to trip. He Lingchuan also saw two bird nests in a small tree.

By the time he brushed aside the last two long willow branches, the view suddenly opened up: "A lake?"

In front of him was another lake, smaller than Chaohu. He Lingchuan estimated that circling the lake once would take less than two quarter-hours. The trees on the shore hung low, exceptionally quiet.

He could even see the full view of this lake standing on the hillside.

The Soul-Sucking Mirror also said "Eh": "Isn't this Kidney Lake? How did the Haoyuan Golden Mirror send you here?"

When He Lingchuan first arrived at Yinzhu Island, the innkeeper told him that there were two large and small lakes in the south, Chaohu and Kidney Lake.

Kidney Lake was named after its shape and wasn't the location of this Immortal-Demon struggle, so He Lingchuan hadn't paid much attention to it.

Unexpectedly, he was sent here by the mirror.

A night breeze blew, brushing away the cloud curtain in the sky, and the next second the sky was bright, both above and below.

The moon was like a plate, hanging high in the sky.

"The moon is out." When He Lingchuan said this, his gaze looked down, because the lake water was actually glowing! That light was hazy and exceptionally gentle, like a night pearl wrapped in a layer of thin, nothing-like silk.

The Soul-Sucking Mirror suddenly said: "It's the bottom of the lake! The light is shining from underneath; the bottom of Kidney Lake is glowing!"

This light illuminated the debris under the water clearly.

When the light shone on the lake surface, it was fragmented, like bright flakes that didn't sting the eyes.

The surface of Kidney Lake was like a whole piece of moon-white, semi-transparent crystal.

He Lingchuan gently pressed his lapel—

Since Kidney Lake started glowing, the divine bone necklace hidden in his lapel started to heat up.

The closer he was to the lake water, the hotter the necklace became, and it started to tremble lightly, as if it couldn't hold back. If it were a person, its performance right now would probably be restless, pacing back and forth.

Interesting.

Since he became the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds, the divine bone necklace had been quiet most of the time, like an ordinary chain pendant, rarely having strange phenomena again.

He Lingchuan deduced that it might be because he had fed it too well in the past, and this guy was picky, disdaining ordinary treasures.

Then conversely, what kind of treasure should be able to make the current divine bone necklace see prey and be happy? It seemed this treasure was in Kidney Lake, but he had a mission now and it wasn't appropriate to jump into the water directly. Besides, Xiao Wencheng could definitely monitor him through the Haoyuan Golden Mirror.

He recited a formula and coughed to clear his throat: "Sect Master Xiao, how did I end up here?"

People in front of the mirror could talk to people in the mirror. The Illusion Sect used this divine ability of the Haoyuan Golden Mirror to often descend Immortal edicts to mortals in the past.

No one replied to him.

He Lingchuan frowned and repeated the question again.

This time, Xiao Wencheng's voice immediately sounded in his ear: "The Haoyuan Golden Mirror seems to have had a slight error. No matter, you summon it again and cross it again."

Error?

"What about the others?"

"They have already rushed to Yu Village."

At this moment, Zhu Xiuer's voice also sounded in his ear: "Dong Rui and I have already reached the edge of the village. Where have you run off to?"

So He Lingchuan summoned "Haoyuan Golden Mirror", and the mirror surface really unfolded in front of him.

He Lingchuan took another look at Kidney Lake and stepped into the mirror.

What kind of thing was hidden in such an inconspicuous small lake? He would have to find an opportunity to search for treasure later.

On Shilong Peak, Xiao Wencheng, who was standing in front of the mirror, was also full of surprise.

Although Kidney Lake wasn't far from Yu Village, the Haoyuan Treasure Mirror actually having a transmission error was the first time in history! He hadn't figured out why for a while.

Why did three people and one spider enter the mirror, and everyone else was transmitted to the designated location, but only He Lingchuan went to the shore of Kidney Lake? Was this an accident, or was there something special about He Lingchuan? Sect Master Xiao stared fixedly at the ripples on the surface of Kidney Lake, and several thoughts turned in his heart, when suddenly he felt a palpitation from the Haoyuan Golden Mirror.

Very weak, but it definitely existed.

With his cultivation, this couldn't be an illusion.

Then it was another beat, and another, like an extremely slow heartbeat.

It seemed like some kind of unchanging state had been broken.

No way?!

He straightened his back, breathed lightly, and showed joy on his face.

And then He Lingchuan came to consult him.

Watching this person re-enter the mirror, Xiao Wencheng fell into deep thought.

However, just at this moment, the Haoyuan Golden Mirror showed the variable of the lakeside battle.

Xiao Wencheng looked at it twice, then waved his hand, and the door of the Wenhui Pavilion automatically closed.

There was a large niche in this pavilion, the layers of curtains were gorgeous, and the stone carvings and offering tables were exceptionally atmospheric, but there was no statue in the niche, only a huge spirit tablet.

The Thousand Illusions' spirit tablet.

Such a True Immortal of course had the qualification to enjoy human and sect incense and would not be subject to karmic backlash.

Xiao Wencheng bowed three times to the Immortal Venerable's spirit tablet, saying in a low voice every time he bowed: "Immortal Venerable is above, the sect is facing a catastrophe, please bestow a Linglong Blood Bead for use."

I don't know if it was because of the palpitation of the Haoyuan Golden Mirror just now, but Xiao Wencheng received feedback exceptionally quickly this time. As soon as he finished bowing to the tablet, a clattering sound of mechanism opening came from the niche.

His expression was happy. He strode in and took out a small red ball from the niche.

This small ball wasn't even the size of a palm. The material was like vine or gold, hollow in the middle, and looking from afar, it looked like tree roots intertwined, full of holes everywhere.

However, strangely, there was a wisp of red mist floating back and forth in the small ball, and when it rushed to the wall of the ball, it turned into liquid, sometimes showing a bit of outline, not knowing whether it looked like a person or an animal.

It was taken from directly below the spirit tablet, obviously having been suppressed there all along.

Xiao Wencheng held the red ball with both hands, stood in place for a few breaths, and then, as if he had made up his mind, approached the Haoyuan Golden Mirror and put it in—

This time, it wasn't like the black fish or the Pixiu, which were accepted as soon as they were put in.

The Haoyuan Golden Mirror had no reaction at all. The red ball was taken out just as it was put in; it didn't accept it.

Xiao Wencheng looked at the lakeside battlefield in the mirror, his expression solemn and with a bit of surprise: "This is still not enough?"

But the reaction of the Haoyuan Golden Mirror clearly showed that the timing for the red ball to appear hadn't arrived.

This thing had been suppressed by the Master for over two thousand years and was becoming more and more evil.

……

One li southwest of Yu Village, low ridge.

Here stood a lonely farmhouse courtyard, bamboo fences enclosing three rooms, a woodshed, and a chicken coop and pigsty.

Seven or eight people stood inside and outside the courtyard, looking around to guard the surroundings.

Only one of the three rooms had a light on, but there were quite a few people inside—Immortal Diyan was here, and behind him were several others, all expressionless.

There was also a small niche in this wooden house, with the Thousand Illusions' spirit tablet inside. The offering table was kept very clean, with three-colored fruits on it. A stick of incense hadn't burned out and was still curling with smoke.

There were also an old man and a young boy in the room. The old one was about sixty years old, with a face full of wrinkles, and the young one was only six or seven, full of panic, hiding behind the old man and shivering.

Immortal Diyan glanced at the boy, and someone stepped forward and pulled him out from behind the old man.

The movement was extremely fast. The old man couldn't stop it, and the child was caught.

The boy let out a scream and couldn't help but cry loudly.

On such a desolate night, the child's crying was exceptionally harsh, and even Immortal Diyan couldn't stand it. He frowned, his fingers moved, and the boy's mouth seemed to be sewn with a zipper, unable to open, and the sobbing crying was blocked in his throat.

The old man wanted to step forward but was pressed down by the person on the side.

"Who are you, what are you doing!"

"You have fed Pengqi for decades, it is closest to you, right?" Time was precious, and the Illusion Sect would come at any time, so Diyan spoke quickly. "You call it out for us, and your little grandson can live."

Old Man Luo was shocked.

Pengqi? These guys were here for Pengqi?

Looking for Pengqi, wasn't it looking for...

He was old, but his eyes weren't blind and his ears weren't deaf. How many times had Yinzhu Island shaken, and how many times had there been lightning and fire in the direction of the Chaohu? How could he not know that something big had happened on Yinzhu Island? He originally thought it was Yakshas coming out of the lake to kill people, but these strangers suddenly broke into his house and opened their mouths to catch Pengqi.

Pengqi was the lifeblood of Yu Village, and also the treasure most valued by the Wind God and the Illusion Sect. Whoever wanted to catch it was the enemy of Yu Village and the Illusion Sect!

Did these strangers have anything to do with the chaos in the Chaohu? Today the storm wall opened, was it because bad people took the opportunity to break into the Chaohu, killing people and seizing goods to grab Profound Crystals?

Thinking this way, his head shook like a wave drum: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, there is no such thing! Pengqi is an Immortal Sect spirit beast. I only fed it a few mouthfuls of rice in the past, and it was indifferent to me. How could it listen to the words of an old man like me?"

"What I heard is not like this." The Heavenly Palace team captured a few captives in the lakeside battle, all confessing that the Yu Village spirit beast Pengqi was used to doing things its own way and didn't listen to others, sometimes even ignoring the Illusion Sect Immortals.

But it was only close to one person and only played with one person, because it had been carefully fed by Old Man Luo for the past twenty or thirty years. One winter night, someone saw Old Man Luo lying on Pengqi's belly sleeping soundly, like lying on a giant hug pillow.

"Pengqi has nothing to do with you, the Illusion Sect has nothing to do with you, it's not worth exchanging your grandson's life for." Diyan pressed his hand on the boy's forehead. "Last chance, otherwise you will see his brains splatter."

Looking at the little grandson's pleading eyes, Old Man Luo felt heartbroken. But Immortal Diyan noticed that he also secretly glanced at the Thousand Illusions' spirit niche.

He could even smell the old man's hesitation and struggle.

The old thing was very pious, hard to handle.

"Are you choosing your grandson, or choosing Pengqi?" Immortal Diyan showed the greatest patience he had had since descending into the human world. "You call out Pengqi, not only can you save your grandson, but you can also save everyone in Yu Village; otherwise, I will go to them in a while." ===== CHAPTER 1754 =====