nycdaug Chapter 416 Life and Death
Chapter 416 Life and Death
She stayed in the house for a long time, until the sky returned to darkness.
As the bright moon climbed to the top of the willow tree, she suddenly sensed an extremely unusual aura, like a ghost, passing through the wall and heading straight towards her.
To prevent herself from fainting, she put a Cold Heart Pill in her mouth beforehand. If she felt she was about to faint, she would swallow the pill to stay awake.
The wide-open door soon quietly welcomed the waiting guest. The thing stopped silently in front of Jiang Liqian without even stirring a breeze.
With her pupils slightly dilated, Jiang Liqian barely saw how it appeared in front of her. By the time she realized what was happening, she was already reflected in the smooth mirror.
She saw herself slowly shatter into pieces in the mirror, like brilliant yet decadent stars, merging into the earth and returning to the sky, the heavens and earth stained with blood, the sky cracked, and cries of sorrow echoing across the land.
In the desperate situation where red and black are exchanged, one can vaguely see a small golden door standing on the shallow water in the distance. Everything is flowing, everything is dying, but it stands at the end of time, unchanging through the ages.
Jiang Liqian couldn't help but move closer, wanting to see what the door was; she felt like she had seen it before.
It must represent something.
must……
A burst of white light erupted from the Kunlun Seal in her dantian, and Jiang Liqian snapped back to reality just a second before her fingertips were about to touch the mirror.
She staggered back a step, her heart pounding uncontrollably, and her back instantly drenched in cold sweat.
Fang Wanning said this mirror was terrifying—it really felt like her soul was being ripped out in an instant, falling into the bottom of the sea from which she couldn't escape, and all she could see was her life and fate falling together.
For a fleeting moment, Jiang Liqian felt as if she had touched upon the very essence of Heaven...
She clutched her chest, staring in disbelief at the mirror that had suddenly appeared before her.
The mirror itself is very large, about one and a half times the height of a person, and wide enough for a person to fully extend their arms and reflect a person completely in the mirror, but its body is very thin, so thin that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is thinner than a cicada's wing.
Its body was inlaid with many tiny silver specks, the material of which was indiscernible and no spiritual power could be sensed. Its overall color was a dark red, almost black.
Layers of simple yet exquisite floral patterns wrap around the entire mirror frame, appearing perfectly natural and seemingly impossible to create by human hands.
With just one glance, Jiang Liqian could tell that this mirror was definitely not a spiritual artifact, nor was it a celestial artifact. It was very likely a rare ancient divine artifact.
This explains why Qin Beiyao was able to be ambushed silently, and why Shui Lian'er and Fang Wanning were also no match for him.
There is actually a divine artifact in Chang Le City!
She clearly asked Wang Yueyue in detail. If Wang Mingzhi had such a divine weapon, and given his cultivation level of Nascent Soul, why would he be so cautious and secretive? His daughter couldn't possibly be completely unaware of this!
No, that doesn't make sense! Something's definitely wrong; there's something she's overlooked...
Jiang Liqian wanted to confirm whether this thing was a divine artifact or not, or perhaps she had just guessed wrong?
However, at that moment, the mirror suddenly burst out with a blinding light, and then Jiang Liqian seemed to be frozen at a certain point in time by the mirror, unable to move at all.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough and swallowed the Ice Heart Pill a second before she was frozen in place.
A strange gray mist then began to drift into the room. Jiang Liqian held her breath, closed her eyes, and pretended to be unconscious.
She could feel herself being sucked into something, and then all the sounds around her disappeared, even the chirping of birds, beasts, and insects.
However, this silence did not last long. Soon, she seemed to be pushed out by a force, and then someone walked up to her, tied her up tightly with the Immortal Binding Rope, and stood her on a pillar.
Once all the rustling sounds had stopped and Jiang Liqian was sure no one was there, she quietly opened her eyes.
However, she was somewhat stunned when she opened her eyes.
The scene before her was exactly the same as the desolate courtyard that Wang Mingzhi had taken her to, even the small bamboo grove and the altar in the bamboo grove were exactly the same.
At this very moment, she was bound to such an altar.
If Xu Youan and Xu Zisheng weren't absent, she would have thought she had returned to the place she had always been.
What about Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao?
Were they also tied to the same altar?
With too many doubts in her heart, Jiang Liqian summoned the Spirit-Suppressing Pearl and gently broke the Immortal-Binding Rope. She then took out a scarecrow given to her by her senior brother, transformed it into her own image, and tied it back to the pillar. She then affixed an invisibility talisman to her body.
She ran quickly through the bamboo grove towards the outside of the abandoned courtyard, only to find herself entering another identical abandoned courtyard as soon as she stepped out. Unconvinced, she entered several more of the same abandoned courtyards.
She was now certain that she was trapped in some kind of formation; there was one abandoned courtyard after another, and she couldn't see the end of it at all.
Jiang Liqian also tried to see if she could fly into the sky, but unfortunately there was indeed a barrier set up above, which was not easy to break.
With no other option, she had to try walking out from the ground.
The result was not satisfactory, but it was not without its gains. Shui Lian'er did not see it, but she unexpectedly saw Qin Beiyao, who was tied to the altar and was unconscious.
After placing the scarecrow in the same way, she used magic to wake the unconscious Qin Beiyao.
Qin Beiyao was initially confused when he saw Jiang Liqian, but he quickly remembered everything and his face turned pale.
"Hey, hey, don't act like the sky is falling. Lianlian is definitely here too. We can look for her one by one. She'll be alright now." Jiang Liqian was afraid that Qin Beiyao wouldn't be able to handle the blow. She also had to take care of another person, so she quickly spoke up to encourage him to cheer up.
Upon hearing this, Qin Beiyao's immense panic subsided somewhat, and his rationality returned. He immediately took out a talisman and pressed it against his forehead.
Soon, a faint silver thread grew out from his heart area and led in a certain direction.
Jiang Liqian was stunned and stood there in a daze when she saw this scene.
The Guide to Life and Death, it's actually the Guide to Life and Death!
Unless he dies, he can find the person in his heart no matter where he is.
If the person he planted the Life-and-Death Charm in dies, at best his dantian will be damaged and he will lose all his spiritual power, making him unable to embark on the path of immortality again in this life; at worst his soul will be scattered and he will not be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation in the netherworld.
Moreover, it can transfer all the damage suffered by the other party onto itself.
It is a forbidden technique, at least within the Tianqian Sect, that is considered untouchable.
He... actually went to such lengths for Lian'er!