Chapter 100 Life and Death in the Mirror World (8000)

In front of Xu Bai's eyes, the progress bar was slowly increasing, and after a while, it was finally complete.

Light blue smoke appeared in mid-air, curling up into lines of text, and the text changed from blurred to clear, appearing in front of Xu Bai's eyes.

After a while, the text in front of me was completely formed, and no new changes occurred.

You observe the nameless sword scriptures and comprehend the twenty-four armor-piercing styles (disabled).

After this line of text appeared, Xu Bai showed an expression that was as it should be, guessing that it was no different from him.

At the beginning, I got the first unknown sword scripture.

As mentioned above, it is the twenty-four armor-piercing styles, and it is followed by a residual character.

It proves that this unknown knife scripture was broken down into twenty-four parts by the unknown swordsman as the legend said, and scattered in unknown locations, so there is an extra residual character.

Now it looks like he's got some of it again.

Xu Bai suddenly felt like collecting cards, like a card game, and got some cards again.

After the light blue text appeared, it began to become blurred again, and then changed from blurred to clear, forming new content in midair.

Find fusion options, fusion is in progress.

Duanpo 1st Form + Armor-piercing 24th Form (Disabled) = Duanpo 2nd Form.

The fusion was successful.

At this point, the lines of text finally turned into messages, which penetrated into Xu Bai's mind and integrated all the detailed methods of breaking the second style, allowing Xu Bai to successfully understand the true meaning of them.

The latest panel appeared in front of him, displaying all of Xu Bai's current exercises.

Name: Xu Bai.

Realm: Bapin Sanren.

Second Form of Breaking (Level 3): Full level.

Upside-down and chaotic four-way mentality method (2.5th level): full level.

Maple leaves like rain (level 2): full level.

[Four-step method (3rd step): full level.

Dou Zhuan Xing Yi (Level 4): Full level.

Diamond Heart Demon Physique (level 4); full level.

[Strengthening Kidney Method (Level 4): Full level.

True Solution of Hundred Poisons (Level 3): Full level.

Comprehension (full level).

The Duanpo Form 1 has changed to the Duan Po Form 2, and the level has also changed from the second level to the third level. After absorbing the information in his mind, Xu Bai also understood the truth of it in his chest.

In general, the improvement is still very large. The first thing to increase is the power of armor piercing. Now that Xu Bai slashed down, the power of armor piercing has been directly increased by two times, which can be described as a huge improvement.

Of course, it's not just the armor-piercing power that's been greatly improved, but also the strength of the saber technique itself.

After all, it is from the second level to the third level, which can be regarded as a qualitative breakthrough.

In addition to this, there is also a special ability, compared with these two abilities, it is a new ability.

serious injury.

This is a well-understood meaning. Simply put, it means making the opponent's injury impossible to recover.

The principle of use is also very simple, that is to attach the true energy to the knife, and when it is used at the same time, there are some subtle changes.

When cutting on the opponent, the true energy stays in the opponent's body through the armor-breaking method. Even if the opponent's healing power is strong, the true energy is still destroyed inside, which will also reduce the opponent's recovery speed.

It can be regarded as a very insidious feature, but Xu Bai likes it very much, and the more he looks at it, the more pleasing it is to the eye.

"Well... Next, let's focus on these two books." Xu Bai touched his chin, and took out the two books on the heart method on the table. After carefully screening, he still planned to read the Taoist heart method first.

The mental method he currently possesses is called Reversing Yin and Yang and Chaos Square. It sounds like a great name, but its level is actually not high.

More importantly, he really wanted to know if it would be closely related to the abilities he used after merging the Taoist mind.

For example, there is a bonus, or it can reduce consumption.

In any case, there is nothing to lose if you try it. What Goldfinger gave him is infinite inclusiveness. peak.

Flip this book, and the progress bar appears in front of you.

I have to say that it is worthy of the fifth-order new method, which consumes a lot of time.

But it's not a big problem. What he lacks most now is time.

This Taoist heart method is called "Zixiao Yushu".

When Xu Bai read it carefully, he showed a surprised expression, because the content in this book and the efficacy described were beyond his expectation.

According to the description in Zixiao Yushu, the main function of this exercise is to use momentum.

Using the gods as a guide, you can borrow the power of heaven and earth.

But this book has a drawback, that is, the level is not high.

Only the fifth level, the momentum borrowed is only about 20% at most, and the consumption will be greater when it is used.

But sometimes, the effect of these two percent can reverse the situation itself.

What's more, if he can really reach the fifth level, Xu Bai is not afraid of consumption.

"The true vitality of the kidneys can be used as a treasure house. In terms of consumption, it is nothing, and it can increase the strength by 20% for nothing, which is really good." Xu Bai rubbed his chin, thinking secretly.

The biggest shortcoming is consumption, but to him, it is not a shortcoming at all.

"It's done!" Xu Bai started immediately, and continued to stare intently.

In fact, he still has some expectations. After all, what he possesses is not only Zixiao Yushu, but also reverse Yin and Yang.

If it can be integrated, I don't know what the effect will be.

Armor-piercing, hallucinogenic, more brave as you fight, plus taking advantage of the situation.

It's so beautiful, so beautiful!

With such an idea in mind, Xu Bai became more and more fascinated.

Time passes, the sun and the moon rotate.

In a blink of an eye, it was night time.

Yunlai Mansion is located in a remote place with simple folk customs, but comparatively speaking, it is still relatively backward.

However, in any case, it is a prefecture, and it still has the area it should have, and there are quite a few counties under its jurisdiction.

At this moment, Wu Gou, the former head of Yunlai Mansion, is packing up his things and is preparing to leave here early in the morning to take up his post elsewhere.

He has to bring a lot of his own team with him when he leaves. After all, he left the familiar place and went to a new place, so he can bring some familiar people who can be used by him.

"Unexpectedly, Yun Zihai really managed to do it. This matter also set a precedent. The first government that can govern itself and is not affected by external vision has great power." Wu Gou packed his things. , while secretly sighing.

There is a feeling of not being able to eat grapes and saying that grapes are sour. After all, such a situation of decentralization is very enviable.

As a sixth-grade scholar, Wu Gou did not come from Qingyun Academy, but from another academy.

That academy is not very famous, but he was able to pass the exam and reach his current position step by step, all by himself.

He is also a person who climbed up from the bottom, of course he understands the intricacies of it, and compared with some flowers in the greenhouse, he sees many different things.

His Majesty's decentralization of power may not only be a promise on the surface, but also has a deeper meaning.

Of course, the heart of the Son of Heaven, how could these courtiers figure it out, and he couldn't figure out what it meant.

But he knows one thing, the handover procedure must be smooth, and no one can see anything tricky.

After tidying up, Wu Gou came to a brazier, looked at the ashes inside, and smiled with satisfaction.

As the saying goes, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. In remote areas like theirs, there are all kinds of wonderful benefits.

Sometimes when you are close to the emperor, you are bound to do anything, but if you are far away, some things can be operated very smoothly.

Money, he never loses a share, and sex, he keeps everything in his hands.

I'm used to being here, at first glance, he was transferred to a bustling place, but in fact, his hands and feet were bound.

"Fortunately, there is nothing missing, and everything has been wiped clean." Wu Gou thought.

The last thing came to an end, and he felt a little more relaxed. He came to the window and looked at the moonlight outside the window.

While watching the beautiful night, he wondered if there was anything missing, and after double-checking, he was about to close the window and go to bed early.

Early tomorrow morning, I have to go through the handover procedures. Of course, I have to go to bed early, so as not to lose my energy, which is not beautiful.

Unexpectedly, before he closed the window, following the peripheral light from the window, he saw someone standing in the yard.

Because the moonlight was not very bright, he couldn't see clearly, but the sudden arrival of someone at night immediately alerted him.

The writing brush and the book appeared in his hands, and the window was slowly pushed open by him. At the same time, each word, as he wrote, surrounded his whole body.

At any rate, he is also a sixth-grade scholar, and this level of strength is still achievable.

Wu Gou was about to question him, and wanted to ask about the identity of the other party, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't seem to appreciate it, so he didn't give him a chance to ask, and directly raised his right hand.

A cold light flashed, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

Wu Gou only felt a chill in his neck for a while, and then he felt a sharp pain.

This kind of pain is not the pain of throat sealing with sharp objects, nor the pain of beating with blunt objects, but the ant-sized mouths that are constantly gnawing at the flesh and blood on the neck.

Wu Gou couldn't help but free his hand, grabbed at the neck, and grabbed the thing that was shining with cold light.

Under the moonlight, he saw clearly what was on his palm, and then, the hairs all over his body stood up.

It was a fragment of a bronze mirror. Inside the fragments, there were ant-sized faces, opening and closing their mouths towards him.

The pain just now came from this.

"Weird!"

Wu Gou's eyes widened: "Mirror dead!"

He didn't finish his sentence, because next, the vague figure in the yard gradually became clear.

The whole body of this figure was broken up and down, like pieces of mirrors spliced together, it looked extremely terrifying.

When the figure came over clearly, he slowly raised his feet and walked towards Wu Gou.

Every time I took a step, the spliced pieces on my body trembled, as if they were about to fall off at any moment.

As the mirror deceased approached, Wu Gou seemed to have thought of something, and quickly turned around, wrapping the bronze mirror in the room with cloth.

After finishing all this, he immediately turned around again, holding a brush and a book in his hand, let the words float around his body, and attacked the mirror dead.

"Boom!"

There was a loud noise from the backyard, and all the words fell through.

When Wu Gou looked around, he realized that the Mirror Dead who had just appeared had long since disappeared.

"Missing?"

This situation made his heart tremble, and a feeling of uneasiness permeated his whole body.

He didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and kept swaying the hand holding the brush, forming characters one by one, surrounding his body from top to bottom, and protecting it tightly.

A gust of wind blew around, chilling Wu Gou's back.

Turning his head, Wu Gou found that the cloth covered in front of the mirror had been blown off by the wind.

And when he turned his head and stared at the mirror subconsciously, he found his face reflected in the mirror.

There was a weird smile on that face, but the eyes were cold and gloomy.

Wu Gou put down his hands suddenly, his face became extremely dull, and he walked slowly to the mirror.

The words no longer appeared on his body, and the book and brush in his hand fell to the ground, but he didn't notice it.

The face in the mirror still had a weird smile on it, as if mocking, but also looking at a prey.

The next moment, Wu Gou stretched out his hand suddenly and made a strange movement.

He picked up the mirror in front of him, and then, with all his strength, he threw it to the ground.

"Snapped!"

There was a crisp breaking sound, especially in the dark night, which made people tremble.

Not only his house, but wherever there are people living in the Yamen, the sound of broken mirrors can be heard.

After smashing the mirror, Wu Gou crouched on the ground and picked up one of the pieces.

At this moment, the dull expression on his face was no longer there, but replaced with the weird smile in the mirror.

Laughing without emotion, but also extremely gloomy.

Wu Gou held the fragment of the mirror, slowly raised his hand, placed the fragment on his face, and slid it gently.

The sliding movement was very gentle, as if she was applying a layer of rouge to herself, but what remained was blood.

Blood ran down the shards of the mirror, then down the hand, and finally dripped from the chin.

Wu Gou didn't notice it, and continued to move.

Soft, slow.

There are more and more bloodstains on the face, and in some places, the bones are deep. In just a moment, there is nowhere to see this face.

Wu Gou smiled coldly, even with the flesh and blood on his face, and the blood that kept flowing, it looked even colder.

The direction of the mirror fragments changed, and they slowly landed on Wu Gou's neck.

The next moment, the Wu hook slid gently, and a bloodstain appeared on the neck, and immediately after, blood sprayed out.

"Plop!"

Wu Gou knelt on the ground, his head drooping, and his hands were weakly placed by his sides.

The breath of life gradually disappeared, and in the blink of an eye, Wu Gou turned into a corpse.

The room fell into silence again, and the mirror dead was never seen in the backyard.

The next day.

Xu Bai left Fulong Escort Bureau under the farewell of the bodyguards.

Before he left, he had already given everything to another bodyguard. That bodyguard was relatively calm and efficient, and he was fully competent.

Among the accompanying people, only Liu Er followed behind him.

Today is the day to go to Yunlai Mansion. This Sheng County, it is estimated that people will rarely come back in the future.

Liu Er followed Xu Bai, looking at Xu Bai's back, the admiration in his eyes became more and more.

On the way, Xu Bai had already told everything, including the place he said he was going this time, and Niu Er had no objection to this.

In his mind, Sheng County is already very big.

The place they are going now is Yunlai Mansion, which is two levels larger than Sheng County.

He didn't know how big Yunlai Mansion was.

But it must be much bigger than Sheng County.

When he thinks that people in this small county like himself have the opportunity to go to Yunlai Mansion, he is full of excitement.

"Sure enough, there is nothing wrong with following the bodyguard." Liu Er was thinking as he walked.

Not long after, the two had already arrived at the county government office, and Yun Zihai was also waiting at the gate of the county government office, he was still carrying large and small bags.

A frail scholar, and congenitally deficient, his face is as pale as paper, but he is carrying large and small bags, giving people a strong sense of difference.

Xu Bai said: "Go and help him get things."

Liu Er was very sensible, and quickly took the package from Yun Zihai.

At any rate, he has become a ninth-rank martial artist, so he still has some strength.

In addition to daily necessities, Xu Bai only brought money, and he left nothing else.

"Brother Yun, don't you have any carriages?"

The surrounding area was empty, not even a single horse, Xu Bai thought, maybe they still have to walk?

"The carriage is outside." Yun Zihai said: "It stopped at the gate of the county seat. On the way there, I still want to do something, so I walked outside."

Xu Bai touched his chin.

Yun Zihai didn't say what he was going to do, and he didn't ask.

The two walked side by side and walked towards the outside of the city gate.

The further you go outside, the lower the density of houses outside, and the more dilapidated the building style.

itself is like this, the closer to the center of the county, the more prosperous it is, and the farther away from the center of the county, the worse it is.

When the two were about to touch the gate of the city, they hadn't seen any movement from Yun Zihai, so Xu Bai couldn't help frowning.

At this moment, Yun Zihai suddenly stopped, showing a wry smile.

Xu Bai looked in the direction of Yun Zihai, and found a group of people standing at the gate of the city.

This group of people are dressed in ordinary clothes, even shabby, and they look like they are not rich.

"We're here to send Master Yun off." The common people in Sheng County fell to their knees and said in unison.

Yun Zihai hurriedly helped the people up one by one, and then chanted to the people.

The content of the chanting is mostly ordinary things, just telling them to be careful.

It took a long time for this situation to gradually turn for the better.

Xu Bai smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, brother Yun was originally for a mission, but in a short period of time, he still did a lot of practical things for Sheng County."

"In his position, I'm just doing some things in my spare time." Yun Zihai said helplessly, "I just want to travel low-key and don't want to take a carriage. I didn't expect to be found by them."

Outside the county seat, the carriage stopped intact.

Xu Bai walked over.

While passing by Yun Zihai, he suddenly said: "Brother Yun, maybe Yunlai Mansion is a place where you can show your strengths."

Yun Zihai was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "This is the first time Brother Xu is so sure of me."

"Get in the carriage." Xu Bai didn't say any more, and got into the carriage directly.

Just taking the time to spare can win the love of the people. Maybe Yun Zihai really has that talent, what he lacks is just a platform.

Yun Zihai stopped talking, and followed Xu Bai, sitting in the carriage.

Liu Er took the whip from the person who saw him off, and sat in the position of the groom, acting as the groom.

"Drive!"

Accompanied by the sound, the horse's hooves were raised and ran towards the distance, raising dust all over the sky.

Yinyi Station is the transportation hub of the Great Chu State, and there are all Jingzhou prefectures and roads.

At this moment, Xinqi Daoyin Post Office.

A carriage came slowly.

This yin post is much larger than the yin post in Shengxian County. On the street, there are many postmen coming and going.

When the carriage came, the postmen didn't show much, they just took a look at it more or less, and then they didn't care about it.

Yinyi, that's what it's for, so it's normal for someone to come.

It's not normal if no one comes.

On the carriage, Yun Zihai walked down with a pale face.

Xu Bai followed behind and looked around.

When he saw Yinyi, which had grown so much bigger, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

"Brother Xu, I'm going to find the postmaster, you should look around first." Yun Zihai turned around and said.

When we were in the carriage just now, Xu Bai said that he wanted to see more here, but Yun Zihai didn't insist.

They belong to the long-distance trek. As official family members, there is free food here, which can be used to supplement.

After Yun Zihai left, Xu Bai asked Liu Er to guard the carriage, and began to wander around Yinyi.

Yinyi is really big, Xu Bai was not in a hurry, and looked at the stalls one by one.

The things traded here are mostly strange things, after all, they are not ordinary people.

Are these things useful?

Yes or yes, it depends on the specific situation.

For example, the coffin next to it.

According to the postman who sold the coffin, once you encounter something weird and you really can't beat it, you can just hide in it, which can isolate the breath of the living.

It's weird, without consciousness, once the breath of the living is isolated, it will be much safer.

The postman spoke very strongly, but Xu Bai also knew that all the sellers boasted about their goods.

He only came here for the progress bar, and he was not interested in anything without a progress bar.

It seems that Yun Zihai has been talking for a long time, and he hasn't come out until now.

Xu Bai wasn't in a hurry, he just wandered around.

It wasn't until the time of a stick of incense passed that he finished visiting this Yin post.

When he came out of the postman's booth, he was holding a clay pot in his hand, with a contented smile on his face.

On the pottery pot, strange and complicated patterns are engraved, and the specific shape cannot be discerned.

There was nothing inside, it was empty, not even a lid.

But Xu Bai was very happy because there was a progress bar on the pattern.

"I found a treasure." Xu Bai carefully put the clay pot on the carriage, and his smile grew richer.

At this time, Yun Zihai also walked out from the postmaster.

However, compared with Xu Bai, Yun Zihai's expression is not so happy, but rather gloomy.

Until getting into the carriage, Yun Zihai still didn't say a word.

"Drive!" Liu Er drove the carriage and continued on his way.

The carriage brought up a puff of smoke and went further and further away.

In the carriage, Xu Bai stroked the pattern on the earthen jar, and looked at Yun Zihai.

"What's wrong?"

From the moment Yun Zihai entered the carriage, he saw Yun Zihai's face was sad, his eyebrows were all knit together, and the four characters "I have something on my mind" were written on his face.

Even an ordinary person here can tell, let alone Xu Bai.

Just now Xu Bai was still immersed in the joy of getting the progress bar. At this time, he gradually calmed down, so he asked.

Yun Zihai was still contemplating, and he came back to his senses after Xu Bai asked, and apologized: "I'm sorry, Brother Xu, I was still thinking about something just now, so I haven't said anything, we may have to speed up the progress, in the middle No more rest."

"Oh?" Xu Bai became interested and said, "What happened to Yunlai Mansion?"

If there is anything worth rushing, it is only possible that something happened to Yunlai Mansion.

Sure enough, just as Xu Bai said it, Yun Zihai nodded one after another.

"It's not just that something happened, but something serious happened." Yun Zihai frowned and said, "Brother Xu, the edict of Yunlai Mansion died not long ago."

"What, dead?" Xu Bai was slightly taken aback.

He really didn't expect that the news would be so explosive, that a majestic government official would die?

"It seems to be killed by Weird, and we can't find any clues, but after Weird kills someone, there will definitely be another killing, so I have to hurry over there." Yun Zihai's words contained a trace of worry.

Xu Bai noticed the abnormality, frowned and said, "That weirdness is very strong?"

Yun Zihai's expression just now seemed to be quite afraid of that weird one.

Yun Zihai shook his head and said: "It's not very strong, but its characteristics are very weird, especially one of its characteristics. Even now, there is still no way to crack it."

Regarding this aspect, Yun Zihai can be regarded as an expert. Regardless of Xu Bai's rise to fame now, in fact, he has only entered this circle for a short time, and he is not very clear about many things.

Especially with regard to the strange things, he only encountered a few weird ones from the beginning to the end, and they were all solved by direct violence, so there was really no chance to understand.

"Brother Xu, have you heard of... the mirror dead?" Yun Zihai said.

Xu Bai shook his head, saying that he had never heard of it, but he suddenly remembered that there was a word "mirror" in the name. Could it be related to mirrors?

Thinking of this, Xu Bai asked out his doubts.

Originally, this was his guess. Unexpectedly, when he said it, Yun Zihai nodded, indicating that it was indeed related to the mirror.

"The characteristic of the mirror dead is that they use mirrors as their carriers. They can appear wherever there are mirrors, and every time they appear, they are in an area. After the first incident occurs, they will continue to occur in this area. .

"The most important point is that wherever there is a mirror, as long as you see that mirror, the appearance of the person who looks directly will appear in the mirror, and the person who died in the mirror will have the level of the person who looked directly, and the strength of the person who looks directly will also be weakened by half."

Speaking of which, Yun Zihai roughly explained the abilities of the mirror dead.

Xu Bai frowned slightly.

This ability is...very strong.

First of all, if the appearance of the person who looks directly appears in the mirror, the person who died in the mirror will completely have the level of the person who looked directly, and this alone is very difficult to deal with.

In what Yun Zihai said, there is one point worthy of scrutiny, that is, the mirror dead can only have the level of the direct viewer, but not the ability of the direct viewer.

That is to say, this weird killing method is still using its own, and it will not kill people with the ability to look directly at it.

Secondly, which is the most deadly point, he will directly reduce the level of those who look directly by half.

If you are a sixth-grade master, what will happen after cutting half of it is self-explanatory.

"You said just now that it appears every time. Isn't this the first time?" Xu Bai found something strange in Yun Zihai's words and asked.

Yun Zihai nodded, and said: "This is its second characteristic, it can never be killed."

"The place where it lives belongs to the world in the mirror. No matter how many times it is killed in the outside world, it will be resurrected again."

"Someone once tried to run into the world in the mirror and kill it. After that, it disappeared for a long time, but unexpectedly, it came out again. Later, I realized that as long as there is a mirror, it has countless ways of resurrection." land."

The voice fell, and the carriage fell into silence.

Yun Zihai thought of something, waved his hands again and again and said: "Brother Xu, I don't want to ask you for help, I have no other intentions, just chatting with you casually."

What he said was the truth, without any adulteration. After all, the current affairs are already under his own jurisdiction.

The most important thing is that the last time I asked Xu Bai for help, Xu Bai was almost taken away by the female priest, which already made Yun Zihai feel very guilty.

"I'll go and have a look." Xu Bai said: "What you said is to cover an area. The Yinyi where I am located happens to be the area of Yunlai Mansion. If it affects the Yinyi, it will have a great impact on me."

Xu Bai also told the truth.

If there is danger in the place where he is pulling wool, he must find a way to solve it, otherwise he will have trouble sleeping and eating if he stays here.

What's more, if the two of them work together, they can solve the problem faster.

"Brother Xu, I knew that you are a heroic and courageous person!" Yun Zihai didn't know what to imagine, and immediately moved himself: "Sure enough, Junior Sister Liu is right, he said that you have an imperceptible sense of justice , I finally understand now."

Xu Bai: "..."

He doesn't know whether to say thank you or say something to ease the special situation.

If he was given another chance to do it again, or if Liu Xu stood in front of him, he would definitely press Liu Xu's shoulder, lean towards Liu Xu's ear, and roar at the highest volume.

"Don't praise me so well!"

Such a boast, even with Xu Bai's facial expression, some feel it is not very good.

Outside the carriage, Liu Er was still driving the carriage.

The two people in the carriage were talking closely.

After chatting for about half a stick of incense, Xu Bai and Yun Zihai gradually felt that something was wrong.

"The carriage seems to be slowing down, and getting slower."

Xu Bai frowned and shouted: "Liu Er, are you asleep?"

Liu Er heard the sound and stopped the carriage. Then, he opened the curtain of the carriage, and carefully got his head into the carriage.

"My lord, something happened outside."

There was a tremor in the voice, showing that Liu Er was very unstable in his heart.

Xu Bai looked past Liu Er, followed the gap in the curtain raised by Liu Er, and looked outside.

When he saw the situation outside, his eyes widened slightly, and then he held the ghost knife.

"Brother Yun, it seems that this last journey is bumpy instead."

(end of this chapter)