MJWCATFPITWOC Chapter 19
by VolareShen Yucheng held an ordinary-looking ancient mirror in his hands. The mirror frame was made of brown wood, extremely simple, with no carvings whatsoever. “How do you have this mirror?”
The thing they had been searching for so diligently was actually on Yan Quanye all along. Fortunately, they rescued him in time.
Yan Quanye seemed to see through Shen Yucheng’s thoughts and took the Hundred Question Mirror back from him. “After I woke up in the Time Realm, I found it on me.”
Having said that, Yan Quanye pointed the mirror at his face. Since becoming a spirit, real-world mirrors could no longer reflect his image, so when he saw himself in the mirror again, he treasured it as if it were a precious gem.
Mo Yifeng watched the luster emanating from the mirror and its bizarre ability to illuminate spirits, and he was certain that this was the Hundred Question Mirror they had been searching for for many years. He had seen this mirror in his master’s hands once.
The four of them didn’t have time to leave the village. They gathered at the exit, eager to try out the Hundred Question Mirror.
“Then I’ll ask,” Shen Yucheng swallowed and took the mirror.
Yan Quanye waved his hand dismissively, “Just remember to return it to me when you’re done.”
“Go ahead, but I wonder if the cracks in the mirror will affect its function,” Mo Yifeng walked to Shen Yucheng’s side, while Li Juemu stood on tiptoe beside him, watching.
“I want to know…” Shen Yucheng just opened his mouth when he suddenly realized that two people here did not know that he cultivated the Puppet Dao. Mo Yifeng understood and pushed the two away, returning to the mirror amid Yan Quanye’s protests.
Shen Yucheng took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, “I want to know, how can the Dao Companion Contract of a puppeteer be dissolved?”
The mirror surface emitted a soft white light. After the light lasted for a long time, a spiritual male voice reached the minds of the two: “There are two ways to dissolve the contract. First, both Dao Companions die, and the contract is automatically dissolved.”
The two Dao Companions: “…”
“Second, the contract varies according to the favorability between the two parties. Favorability is determined by the depth of emotion. The higher it is, the more—”
Before the voice could finish, the cracks in the mirror suddenly deepened. The existing thin crack almost split the mirror in half, and the male voice also disappeared, leaving the two staring at each other blankly.
“What do we do then?”
The mirror clearly could no longer respond. The Hundred Question Mirror could only be used once, and it stopped abruptly before giving a complete answer. The most important information was like looking at flowers in the fog, unable to be known.
Mo Yifeng sighed. He had anticipated this possible result in advance. He could only blame their bad luck.
Now they only knew that one way to dissolve the contract was for both of them to die together. The other method seemed to be to increase the affection between the two, but that was absolutely impossible.
They decided to return to Futian Sect first and then look for other methods.
Looking back, Yan Quanye stood in the center of the village, his back to them, seemingly talking to someone. Li Juemu’s face was pale.
Yan Quanye had tears streaming down his face. Shen Yucheng’s palm suddenly felt hot, and the contract allowed him to feel the emotions of the contracted spirit.
Excitement, joy, reluctance.
The throbbing in his heart seemed to be infected by Yan Quanye’s emotions. This feeling was unprecedented.
Seeing them return, Li Juemu timidly tugged on Shen Yucheng’s sleeve, “Yan Quanye seems to be crazy, he’s been talking to the air.”
In the eyes of outsiders, it was indeed like that, but at this moment Shen Yucheng understood why the throbbing in his heart had arisen.
Hundreds of villagers, with kind smiles on their faces, surrounded Yan Quanye. An elder warmly stroked his head. Yan Quanye spoke to them for a long time, and his tears couldn’t stop flowing.
“He’s saying goodbye to his family,” Shen Yucheng looked at this scene. Was the aunt in the slum feeling like this back then?
For four years, the villagers had stayed here, just waiting for Yan Quanye to return, so that he could spend the rest of his time in peace, without having to guard this place anymore.
Yan Quanye was the first of all the villagers to die, becoming the earthbound spirit of the village. The censer incident back then left him powerless and unable to rescue the village in time, eventually leading to tragedy.
He only embarked on Hanji Mountain to attack the giant beast in order to seek revenge. Little did he know that the villagers only hoped that he would return safely.
Therefore, when Shen Yucheng and the others came to the village and were attacked by strange noises, it was just the villagers wanting them to leave quickly. In a spiritual state, their abilities were limited to moving small objects and making noises.
On the way back, “Then you’re not an earthbound spirit anymore, right?”
Yan Quanye being able to leave the place of confinement completely meant that he was no longer an earthbound spirit. Logically speaking, he should have dissipated and returned to reincarnation, but because he had bound Shen Yucheng with a contract, he was able to continue living in the world as a spirit until the death of the contract master.
Yan Quanye glared at Shen Yucheng fiercely. This person was the reason why he would never be free for the rest of his life. Suddenly thinking of something, he asked, “What Dao do you cultivate?”
“!!” Caught off guard, Shen Yucheng was drinking water and spat a mouthful of water onto Mo Yifeng’s face.
Li Juemu remembered Shen Yucheng’s performance in the Promotion Examination and also said, “That’s right, Brother Shen, what Dao do you cultivate? In the examination, you only used a few golden threads all the time. We didn’t see you use any spiritual arts.”
Shen Yucheng was sweating. That was his spiritual art.
Yan Quanye raised an eyebrow, “Golden threads? You seemed to summon a spirit beast in the Time Realm.”
“Brother Shen, are you a Beast Tamer?” Li Juemu was extremely surprised. In the cultivation world, Beast Taming Dao was the second rarest. For someone without a background to contract a spirit beast in an empty-handed situation was as difficult as ascending to heaven. Therefore, most of those who cultivated this Dao were aristocratic children.
They had abundant resources to choose the best quality spirit beasts. Shi Wen was one such example.
“Brother Mo, did you know all along?” Li Juemu saw that Mo Yifeng was so calm and composed.
Mo Yifeng’s brows relaxed, his expression showing both curiosity and pleasure, carefully observing Shen Yucheng’s every move, “You could say that.”
Such an answer was tantamount to acknowledging the fact that Shen Yucheng cultivated the Beast Taming Dao.
Yan Quanye’s eyes were like torches, quickly capturing the key point, “Wait a minute, then what Dao are your golden threads?”
“Pop!” If Shen Yucheng was a balloon, he would have burst in the air at this moment, falling apart, with fragments scattering in the wind, flying into the distance.
Unfortunately, Yan Quanye grabbed him with one hand, leaned close to Shen Yucheng’s sweat-soaked back, his eyes carrying scrutiny, “Hmm?”
Mo Yifeng’s smile deepened. Li Juemu’s slow brain finally reacted, “What do you mean? Brother Shen, you cultivate two Daos?”
Shen Yucheng discovered that Yan Quanye’smǐnruì, acuity, sharp perception was truly amazing. No detail could escape his eyes, “The golden threads are just a spiritual tool.”
Anyway, no one knew, so he could say whatever he wanted.
Yan Quanye recalled in the Time Realm how Shen Yucheng used golden threads to bind the villagers, changing them freely, with speed as he wished, his tone raising an octave, “Really? You better not let me find out that you also cultivate the Weapon Manipulation Dao.”
Weapon Manipulation Dao. Those who cultivate this Dao can master all the complex magical artifacts in the world. Generally, advanced magical artifacts can only be controlled by people who specialize in this Dao. No wonder Yan Quanye was suspicious.
“But why are you so persistent about what I cultivate?” Shen Yucheng was tired of being pestered by them.
Yan Quanye snorted coldly, “We’re now bound by a contract, after all. You’re always so mysterious, never saying anything, as if you’re hiding a shocking secret. I thought you were cultivating a Forbidden Dao, something you can’t tell others.”
“Pop! Pop! Pop!” Countless balloon fragments fell.
Shen Yucheng quickly withdrew into the contract heart before he revealed any other secrets. If he had been any slower, his entire foundation would have been exposed.
Mo Yifeng watched Yan Quanye’s return to the contract heart, lost in thought.
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The three parted ways on the road. Returning to Futian Peak, Shen Yucheng jumped onto the bed, wanting to sleep deeply, dispelling the fatigue in his heart.
Although the censer illusion of Jitan Village four years ago had been resolved, there were still many mysteries. First, there was Doctor Liu. Why did he attack this remote little village in the Northern Region? Was it an old personal grudge?
Also, the white-clothed man hiding in the forest in the Time Realm, was this matter related to him? Or was he just an innocent bystander?
Shen Yucheng looked at the ceiling, recalling that on the way back, he had mentioned the Doctor Liu that the villagers had spoken of, and he had seen Li Juemu’s expression was wrong, but it was only for a moment.
He hoped he was okay.
Thinking like this, now that he could use the contracted spirit’s abilities after establishing a contract with Yan Quanye, he couldn’t wait to try it out. Several spiritual arts appeared in his mind: [Illusion]*Foundation Establishment, [Penetration]*Foundation Establishment. These spiritual arts could be activated without summoning the contracted spirit, but attention should be paid to their large consumption of spiritual power and the length of activation.
Shen Yucheng first chose penetration. His figure immediately became spiritualized, invisible to people who were not under a contract.
He was a spiritual power tycoon, and at the same time, he used illusion. White mist instantly rose in the room. This was the illusion mist of Jitan Village. He had even learned such a spiritual art. This trip was not in vain.
He was playing happily when suddenly Mo Yifeng’s voice rang outside the door, “Brother Yucheng, Master is looking for us.”
The paper door was opened the next second. Shen Yucheng was going crazy on the bed, white smoke spraying out of his palms, holding his hands up to the sky, the smoke falling like a fountain. He thought he was in a penetration state and sprayed at the dazed Mo Yifeng at the door.
However, Mo Yifeng tilted his head slightly to the left, deftly dodging Shen Yucheng’s attack, and opened his mouth to say, “Brother Yucheng, what are you doing?” His gaze directly hit the thing in his palm.
Thepìhào, special hobby erupted again, his face written with curiosity about Shen Yucheng’s body.
Shen Yucheng: “…” He forgot that he was also someone who had a contract with him. How could this Dao Companion Contract be activated across regions?
Withdrawing the illusion and penetration, the mist in the room dissipated. The two stood there blankly, neither of them speaking. In the end, the master couldn’t wait any longer and amplified his voice throughout Futian Sect, “Mo Yifeng! Is this place so remote! It’s been two hours and you still haven’t arrived! If you get lost, shout loudly and let your senior brother lead you here!”
Now that’s great. The entire Futian Sect knew that Mo Yifeng had gotten lost on the way to his master’s retreat. Tomorrow, the cultivation world would have one more topic to gossip about during tea breaks.
In the room, Shen Yucheng succumbed, “I’ll let you study it later. Let’s find Master first.”
Hearing this, Mo Yifeng gave up. His butt seemed to wag a dog’s tail as he followed, but it was unknown whether he was following his Brother Yucheng, or just the new spiritual art that existed in his eyes.