Chapter 101 Xu Bai: Basic Operations, All Sit

As Xu Bai finished speaking, Yun Zihai also took out his brush and book. The two looked at each other, and then they walked out of the carriage.

Outside the carriage, there was an endless night. Since Xu Bai and Yun Zihai were sitting in the carriage, they didn't know that the carriage was driving in a dense forest and happened to stop. There were tall trees all around.

Due to the obstruction of the leaves, the moon shone sparsely, showing a patch of light and shadow on the ground.

There was no one around, and it was quiet. Except for the occasional sound of insects and birds, there was no other sound.

If someone passed by, the timid would even feel cold all over.

Apart from this quiet night and the occasional sounds around, abnormal things were constantly happening in the dark sky.

The weather was very good at this time. Although it was a little cold at night, wearing two layers of single clothes would be warm enough.

If the moon was rounder today, it would be the best time to enjoy the moon with two pots of old wine and some side dishes.

Moon-watching is a common activity in the Chu Kingdom. No matter whether they are elegant people or ordinary people, they all like to watch the moon.

But at this moment, in addition to the bright moon in the sky, there are also yellow-orange things floating.

With the influence of gravity, these yellow-orange objects fell from a height and slowly landed on the ground.

The edges are rounded, there are holes in the middle, and the paper money is shocking.

The paper money is spread on the ground, densely packed, and there are still paper money in the sky, falling with the wind.

This kind of thing happened for no reason, and it would feel wrong no matter where it is placed.

"Brother Xu, I have heard a folk story, which is about this moment." Yun Zihai looked up at the sky and slowly told everything he knew.

To sum it up, it is a sentence.

If paper money falls from the sky, there must be a great disaster.

Paper money is used to commemorate the dead, and it is most widely used during the memorial service.

The living world has its own currency, and the underworld has its own paper money, and the two do not conflict with each other.

In many cases, it is an inherent custom to pay tribute to the deceased ancestors at a specific time and use paper money to show respect.

But customs are customs. If you encounter this situation on weekdays, even the most normal customs will become unwarranted horror.

According to legend, in an unknown county, there was a scholar who studied hard in his own yard after failing the imperial examination, intending to continue to take the imperial examination next year.

It happened to be the time of the memorial service, and the scholar was more concerned about these rules, so he bought paper money and went to the wilderness to pay tribute to the deceased ancestors.

On the way back, it happened to rain heavily, and he happened to come across an uninhabited temple, so the scholar took shelter in the temple.

Wait until the heavy rain gradually subsided until it disappeared, and then continue to rush home.

Unexpectedly, the rain continued to fall until the middle of the night before it gradually stopped, and the scholar had to take advantage of the moonlight and rush home.

I was halfway through the journey, but unexpectedly, when I passed a small road, something unusual happened.

On this small road, pieces of paper money suddenly appeared, densely packed, covering the entire road.

No one knew what happened that day, and the scholar's body was found on the small road the next day.

Since then, there has been a legend that has been circulating among the people and has never faded for a long time.

The road paved with paper money is the road to send wealth, and this so-called sending wealth is the Yin wealth.

Through this road, paper money can be sent to the hands in need, and once a person walks on this road, he will enter the world of the dead.

If you encounter this situation when you go home at night. You must turn around immediately, follow the road you have walked, find a place to stay, and wait until dawn before you can go back again.

When a living person encounters a Yin road, turn around and don't look back.

...

Hearing Yun Zihai's story, Xu Bai touched his chin, thinking.

The densely packed paper money on the ground, coupled with the eerie trees on both sides and the shadows of the moonlight, gave people a feeling of chills and creepiness.

"Turn around?" Xu Bai said.

Yun Zihai shook his head and said, "What I said is indeed a legend, and it has been circulating among the people for a long time, but this legend is well-founded and not groundless."

"In other words, did the scholar really encounter this situation and really die?" Xu Bai asked.

The folk version is naturally different from the official version. The official news must be more reliable. Now after hearing what Yun Zihai said, Xu Bai estimated that there was indeed something strange, but it was not the so-called Yin Road.

"That's the mirror world." Yun Zihai said carefully: "After the birth of the Mirror Dead, the mirror world also appeared. The scholar that day walked along this road and finally entered the mirror world and died there."

Xu Bai instantly became interested: "In other words, we are likely to encounter the weirdness that killed the mansion commander?"

He didn't expect to encounter the Mirror Dead so soon. He originally thought that he would deal with it in Yunlai Mansion.

"Turning back will not work. Once we set foot on this road, there is no way back. We can only keep moving forward and see the essence of it." Yun Zihai said.

The two discussed for a while and got off the carriage.

Liu Er was confused, but he finally followed Xu Bai, and at the same time drew the long sword from his waist, alert to the dark environment around him.

He was very panicked, especially when he saw the paper money all over the sky and the ground.

Xu Bai and Yun Zihai were both veterans of the battlefield, and Liu Er was only a ninth-rank warrior, and he had never encountered the situation in front of him, so it was normal to be panicked.

As soon as he got off, his feet stood on the paper money on the ground, and Xu Bai felt different, as if he was stepping on a soft mud.

A cold wind came, and Xu Bai followed this road and looked forward.

At the end of the road, it was extremely dark and blurry, and the specific situation could not be seen clearly.

"Brother Yun, what method did the person who broke into the mirror world and killed Wei Yi use before?" Xu Bai asked while walking on the road.

Yun Zihai stared at the distance seriously, and turned his head when he heard Xu Bai's voice: "As far as I know, the mirror dead can only copy people's strength, but not their abilities. That was a ninth-grade warrior. He broke in directly with a weapon that was good at attacking and used the weapon to kill the mirror dead."

"So that's it." Xu Bai suddenly realized: "No wonder you are not anxious at all, it seems that there is something special."

Thinking about it this way, the mirror dead has a big loophole.

It can only copy strength, but not abilities, including so-called weapons and various treasures.

"Yes." Yun Zihai said: "I guess the killed mansion commander was probably attacked by surprise, and... to put it bluntly, the mansion commander may not have any treasures."

Before coming, Yun Zihai had learned everything in Yinyi.

The governor of Yunlai Mansion climbed up from the bottom of society. His birth was indeed not comparable to that of Qingyun Academy. The academy where the governor was located was also mediocre and even very poor in Nanhua Road.

In this case, it is really possible that he died at the hands of the Mirror Dead.

Xu Bai stopped talking and moved forward with concentration.

He had no treasures.

But he had hard power.

The Mirror Dead could copy people's ranks, but for him, this ability was useless.

He was at most an eighth-rank strength. If the Mirror Dead copied him, as for the rest, he could only be pressed to the ground by him with one hand.

The true energy brought by the Kidney Strengthening Method was a full sixth-rank.

There were so many fourth-rank skills, and any one of them was not enough for him to fight.

In fact, compared to pressing the Mirror Dead to the ground, he was more curious about one thing now.

All this was too coincidental.

Why did they suddenly meet the Mirror Dead on the way here, and before that, the governor was also killed by the Mirror Dead.

Xu Bai thought carefully, and always felt that there was a net coming towards them.

However, all this can be put aside temporarily, and wait until the things in front of them are solved.

The two walked faster and faster, and the paper money on the ground became thicker and thicker.

The only one who was nervous was Liu Er.

After all, it was the first time to experience these things, and it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous.

The road ahead was dark, and as they walked, suddenly, a light appeared in the darkness.

Xu Bai pulled out the ghost-head knife, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

As they got closer, the light became brighter and brighter. When they got closer, they found that it was an extremely huge mirror.

The mirror was three meters high and three meters wide. It was placed in the middle, which looked very abrupt.

The moonlight in the sky shone on the mirror, and the reflected light was slightly conspicuous.

But the things in this mirror were very abnormal.

There were three people reflected in it, of course, Xu Bai and the other three, but the expressions of the three of them in the mirror were different from their original expressions.

They were wearing strange smiles in the mirror, and that smile seemed to be mocking the outside of the mirror.

Xu Bai glanced at it, meaning how to get in?

"You can get in by turning your back to the mirror." Yun Zihai turned around, keeping his back to the mirror, and said, "This was also discovered by the person who went in that day. It was an accident. As for the principle, I don't know."

As he spoke, countless words rose from Yun Zihai's body, wrapping him up from head to toe.

Xu Bai touched his chin and turned around as well. The black light on his body covered him from head to toe.

Liu Er: "..."

So these two have ways to protect their backs, but we don't.

Of course, despite the complaints, Liu Er still turned around and just put the long knife behind him for protection.

He was not a fool, and naturally knew that it was more dangerous to stay outside alone. It would be better to follow him in. Besides, he was determined to become Xu Bai's lackey.

Xu Bai backed away, and when he touched the mirror, he felt something wrapped around him, and there was a faint suction.

He did not resist, and fell into it along with the suction.

Something like clouds and mist appeared in front of him, blocking his sight. He felt no sense of emptiness under his feet, and was still standing on flat ground.

When the clouds and mist dissipated, Xu Bai found that he was still in the dark forest.

Soon, Yun Zihai and Liu Er also walked in, and like Xu Bai, they looked at the darkness around them.

"This is already a world in the mirror. What we have to do is to lead it out. As for how to lead it out, we just destroy it directly." Yun Zihai said familiarly.

"Each world in the mirror is only in the place where the mirror is shining. The mirror just now was very large, but it was only limited to that piece of forest."

In the world in the mirror, each piece is connected to each other, but if it exists alone, it is only in the place where it is shining.

And destruction is the simplest and most direct method.

Yun Zihai explained patiently.

Otherwise, how can it be said to be from a famous family? Qingyun Academy's teaching in this regard is still very perfect, at least it gives them a lot of knowledge.

If the prefect of Yunlai Mansion had these things, he would not have died tragically there.

"I know this well." Xu Bai said with a smile, holding the ghost-head knife.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Bai reached into his purse and threw out a handful of copper coins, which were wrapped in black light.

The copper coins were like rain, impenetrable.

The copper coins blessed by the black light no longer had the characteristics of hidden weapons. Each one was powerful and swept through the forest in front, leaving only a piece of debris.

"Brother Xu, your maple leaves are like rain, which is much better than those of the Yun family." When Yun Zihai was driven out, he was still a member of the Yun family. Of course, he also had this unique skill, but when he changed his career to become a scholar, he had forgotten this unique skill.

Seeing Xu Bai take action, he did not fall behind.

One by one, the words soared into the air and swept around. In an instant, the forest was destroyed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Liu Er: "It's another day of hugging thighs."

He was a ninth-grade warrior and had no destructive power, so he could only go to close combat to chop trees, but now it seems that he is not needed at all.

In the blink of an eye, the surroundings were already desolate.

At this time, Xu Bai also discovered the differences in the surroundings.

Logically, after the forest was destroyed, it should become wider, but the mirror world was different. There were invisible mirrors around them, shining them in it.

At this time, Xu Bai felt something was wrong.

His strength was constantly weakening, and in the blink of an eye, it had been weakened by half.

"The characteristics of this mirror dead are more like a rule." Xu Bai said secretly.

Thinking of this, changes appeared around him.

In front of Xu Bai, at the end of the road, a figure was approaching them.

A gloomy wind blew around, and with the sound of the figure's approaching footsteps, the gloomy wind blew stronger and stronger.

When Xu Bai saw the mirror dead, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He turned his head, stared at Yun Zihai, and said, "You didn't tell me about this characteristic."

"Brother Xu, this is the first time I've seen it. Maybe after so many years, it has evolved." Yun Zihai was full of black lines.

Not far away, the figure gradually became clear, and then revealed its true appearance.

Three heads, six arms, and six legs.

The three heads were Xu Bai, Yun Zihai, and Liu Er, but each head had a smile, and that smile made people feel creepy.

The Mirror Dead seemed to be three people combined into one, becoming weird.

"Brother Xu, I will kill it with a brush later." Yun Zihai raised the brush in his hand and said.

This brush was naturally obtained from Qingyun Academy. He was also a favored child of heaven who received much attention in Qingyun Academy. It was normal for him to get a treasure, just like catkins.

The situation of the Mirror Dead was special, and Yun Zihai was still very clear.

When he walked into the world in the mirror, his strength had been weakened by half.

And now Xu Bai is probably in the same situation as him, so he can only rely on him to deal with it with the brush in his hand.

"Why do I feel that the strength of the Mirror Dead is stronger than you." Xu Bai touched his chin and said.

This sentence does not have any derogatory meaning, but is stating a fact.

The strength of the Mirror Dead in front of him is about the sixth rank, but it is much stronger than the average sixth rank.

When Xu Bai said this, the Mirror Dead changed again.

The head that looked the same as Liu Er disappeared, and then the strength of the Mirror Dead increased a bit.

"Is it merging?" Yun Zihai saw the signs and said in surprise.

"It seems that you don't know much about the Mirror Dead." Xu Bai said: "Entering the mirror world together will make its strength stronger, and it can continue to merge. This is not a good sign."

The more people come in, the stronger it is. If a lot of people really come in, won't the Mirror Dead be able to grow infinitely?

However, it seems that fusion takes time.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai took a step forward, used the kidney strengthening method, and the true energy of both kidneys poured back. Then, he was shrouded in black light and hit the Mirror Dead.

The next moment, the dead in the mirror turned into ashes all over the sky.

Yun Zihai: "..."

He lowered his head and looked at the brush in his hand. He felt speechless and helpless.

"Honestly, Brother Xu, are you that old monster who was reincarnated as a human through a special method?"

Although this sentence was meant to be sarcastic, Yun Zihai really believed it a little bit. He looked at Xu Bai with doubt.

He knew that Xu Bai had means beyond the current grade, but now, after entering this mirror world, Xu Bai's strength has been weakened by half. Can he use such means beyond the grade?

Just now, he was positive that Xu Bai could not use it, but now it seems that he guessed wrong.

Weakened by half of the strength, but can still use means beyond the current grade, and there is no weakness at all.

Such ability, even Yun Zihai, a senior disciple of Qingyun Academy, feels particularly envious.

Yun Zihai looked at the brush in his hand and suddenly felt that it was not fragrant.

"Master Escort is awesome!" Liu Er flattered him.

Xu Bai coughed and said, "It's just a basic operation, don't be surprised."

Yun Zihai: "(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻"

If this can be called a basic operation, then there are really few people in this world who can perform such a basic operation.

It's too uncomfortable.

While the few people were chatting, as the dead in the mirror died, the surrounding scenery was gradually changing.

Not far away, the barrier similar to the mirror began to crack, and then, like a spider web, the surroundings quickly turned into fragments and fell to the ground.

When the mirror fell to the ground, it shattered, everything around disappeared, and they returned to the woods.

The paper money on the ground also disappeared. This time they really returned to reality, and were no longer in the mirror world.

"Brother Xu, hurry up." Yun Zihai put away the confusion in his heart , and said: "The dead mirror is gone, and it will take a long time for him to appear next time."

But before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Bai lowering his head in thought, not speaking, as if he was thinking about something.

The surroundings were very quiet, with only Yun Zihai's voice.

Liu Er stood respectfully by the side, not disturbing Xu Bai's thoughts, and seemed very sensible.

"Brother Xu, what's wrong?" Yun Zihai asked with a little doubt.

Now that the dead mirror has been solved, he can set off for Yunlai Mansion. He is a little confused as to why Xu Bai is thinking about things here again.

Xu Bai slowly came back to his senses from his meditation, looked up at Yun Zihai, and then swept his eyes to the surrounding woods, saying: "Don't you think this is a premeditated ambush?"

He had been thinking about this question just now The question is, why did they happen to encounter the strange creature who killed the former governor of Yunlai Mansion on their way to Yunlai Mansion?

If they met in Yunlai Mansion, it would be normal, but it would be a bit abnormal to meet on the road. It was too coincidental. Sometimes, too much coincidence is a problem.

The more coincidences, the more troubles.

"Do you mean that the strange creature was deliberately brought here?" Yun Zihai was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "But the strange creature has no consciousness, and no one can control it from beginning to end. How can he arrange it so exquisitely on this road?"

The strange creature is cruel, has an inexplicable hatred for living people, and has no consciousness of living people. It is completely chaotic and no one can control it.

If you really want to deal with them, how can you arrange it precisely on this road? On the way, Yun Zihai felt a little puzzled.

"What if mirrors are arranged all around?" Xu Bai said: "You said before that the Mirror Dead came out of the mirror to harm people, so if many mirrors are arranged in one place, will the probability of triggering be higher?"

Yun Zihai was stunned, then turned his head suddenly, looked around, raised the brush in his hand, and wrote in the air.

One by one, as he wrote, the words appeared in the air, and then rolled towards the surroundings, with the sound of whistling wind.

In a blink of an eye, the surrounding trees collapsed, revealing the truth behind the woods.

One mirror after another with light, under the moonlight, reflected a faint brilliance.

This road is full of mirrors, there are dozens of them, and each mirror is more than three meters high.

Because of the dense forest blocking the way, and not finding it in the carriage, so all the way, they basically walked along this road with mirrors.

At this point, Yun Zihai finally understood why they met the Mirror Dead inexplicably.

"I think... we have to speed up the progress." Yun Zihai waved the brush to smash all the mirrors, and then said.

There is no way to control the weirdness, but it can increase the probability of weirdness appearing and the probability of appearing in the place, which is a bit tricky.

From all the known clues, it seems that there is already a net that has caught them.

"Brother Yun, it seems that you have offended a lot of people in the past." Xu Bai teased.

Yun Zihai got on the carriage first and said, "If you want to stop me from going to Yunlai Mansion, then I will definitely be the prefect. I want to see who dares to make trouble in my place."

Xu Bai also got on the carriage and sat in the corner of the carriage, stroking the pottery jar he had obtained in Yinyi before: "Liu Er, drive."

"Yes!"

Liu Er sat in the carriage, drove the horse, and rushed towards Yunlai Mansion.

The speed of the carriage increased, raising a cloud of dust, and gradually went farther and farther.

...

The next day.

Yunlai Mansion.

A carriage rushed past and arrived at the government office.

In front of the government office, two yamen runners were guarding the door. When they saw the carriage, they looked at each other, and then one of them came forward and prepared to speak.

But before he could speak, Liu Er glared at him.

"The new prefect has arrived, back off!"

This sentence was said abruptly, and the yamen runners who came were also shocked. They recalled the content and quickly backed away.

New prefectural governor?

The yamen runners were very respectful.

After all, they were working in the prefectural government, so who wouldn't know that?

It was said that this new prefectural governor was highly regarded by the Emperor and was the first prefectural governor to implement self-government.

This was incredible, as they dared not offend the pioneer.

But they were still very curious, and one of the yamen runners secretly looked up and looked at him quietly.

Not long after, a man who looked like a scholar got off the carriage, his face was pale, and he even coughed when he got off the carriage.

"Hello, prefectural governor!" The yamen runners bowed their heads and saluted.

Yun Zihai waved his hand and asked them to stand up.

The yamen runners became more and more curious.

This new man looked very weak, and his bookish aura became stronger with his weak body.

But judging people by appearance is not a good thing these days, so everyone knows that some people look gentle, but they are actually very fierce inside.

The yamen runners thought they could take the newcomer in right away, but unexpectedly, the newcomer turned around and shouted at the carriage.

"Brother Xu, I haven't seen you like pottery jars so much on weekdays. I don't think there's anything good about them. If you like them, I'll give you a lot of them."

Is there anyone else?

The two yamen runners were stunned.

Not long after, a handsome young man got off the carriage holding a pottery jar.

The young man was extremely handsome, with a ghost-head knife on his waist, and an inexplicable murderous aura.

The two yamen runners shuddered and didn't dare to look up at the young man.

Xu Bai held the pottery jar and looked at the two yamen runners back and forth, with a slight smile on his face: "It's worthy of Yunlai Prefecture. The two yamen runners guarding the gate are both of high rank."

This prefecture is much better than the county yamen.

The two yamen runners guarding the gate are both of high rank.

"I dare not, the master is a master." A yamen runner rolled his eyes and said.

Things in the officialdom naturally require some skills. This flattery is very smooth.

Liu Er widened his eyes, feeling a great impact.

These days, you have to compete with him for flattery?

Sure enough, every industry is very competitive.

Look, even in the industry of flattery, you must show some competitiveness, otherwise you don't know when someone else will take the lead.

Thinking of this, Liu Er quickly took a learning attitude and wrote down the scene just now.

Yun Zihai waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, take me in and see the situation of Lord Wu."

The yamen runners looked at each other and knew that the new master would do practical things as soon as he came. They didn't dare to say much, and quickly opened the door and took Yun Zihai and others in.

The government office is much larger than the county office. When Xu Bai walked in, he didn't see many people.

After the explanations given by the yamen runners along the way, he finally understood that it was not just the magistrate who died in the yamen this time.

Including the magistrate's family members and the people who stayed in the yamen on duty that night, all died.

This incident was quite sensational, and Yunlai Mansion was also a hot topic, and the people knew it.

Since they were in the carriage all the way, they did not have time to see the abnormality of the people.

The yamen runner took Yun Zihai to the yamen prison and said, "Here is the body of that day. Fortunately, the weather is getting cooler, and we have also adopted a special method to preserve the body."

In front of them, there was a larger house with a closed door. When approaching the house, there were still bursts of cold air.

Yun Zihai came to the door and pushed it open. A voice came from inside the door.

"Didn't I say it? Don't disturb me when I come here every day to do things."

The voice was a little dissatisfied.

Xu Bai looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was a young man in ordinary clothes sitting in the middle.

Around him, there were more than a dozen corpses.

The young man was covered in a layer of white frost, and the cold air was transmitted to the corpses through the white frost, keeping the corpses at a lower temperature and preventing them from rotting and stinking.

"Sir, this is the coroner." The yamen runner explained.

Xu Bai didn't understand what a coroner was, but there were two words "coroner" at the end, obviously, this was another special profession.

Yun Zihai knew it very well, and he didn't answer, and walked towards the pile of corpses.

When the young man heard that the yamen runner was calling him sir, he knew what was going on, and he stood up quickly and saluted, "Zheng Jin, meet the governor."

Yun Zihai nodded and was about to say something.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Jin reacted quickly, took out a notebook from the bag he carried with him, and handed it to Yun Zihai.

"Sir, this is the autopsy report I made recently, please take a look."

Yun Zihai saw what he wanted, and didn't say much, and took it in his hand.

"You go down first, I want to take another look."

"Yes!"

Zheng Jin and the two yamen runners knew it well, and they said it quickly and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Zheng Jin glanced at Xu Bai, especially when he saw the ghost-head knife on Xu Bai's waist, he turned his head away and left quickly.

Xu Bai winked at Liu Er.

Liu Er was very sensible and turned around and left.

When everyone left, Xu Bai came closer and looked Yun Zihai up and down.

"Brother Yun, it seems that this matter is quite troublesome."

The corpses around were emitting cold air. When Xu Bai spoke, he closed the door.

After the door was closed, the light was slightly weakened, and the room looked very gloomy.

Yun Zihai came to a corpse and casually threw the autopsy report in his hand on it, saying: "The biggest trouble is that there are no clues."

With the qualifications of a scholar, he finished reading the autopsy report in just a short time, and felt bored after reading it.

It was useless, all ordinary records. Except for knowing that he died in the mirror, there were no other clues.

These are not the most important things. The most important thing is that Yun Zihai found that after he came to Yunlai Mansion, he encountered a very troublesome thing, which was extremely difficult to deal with.