"It's no trouble; even if the elders in the sect have no use for it, offering it to a Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivator should suffice. Given their Great Divine Power, they must be able to break the Prohibition on the mirror!"
The Prohibition placed on the Tongxuan Bright Mirror naturally could not be imposed by just anyone. A Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage would certainly have the ability to lift it. However, every Great Cultivator who has reached the Nascent Soul Stage possesses numerous magical treasures which have already been refined to be in harmony with their will. Although the mirror is valuable indeed, it would take considerable effort to lift the Prohibition and quite some time to refine it. Most of the Great Cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage prefer solitude and do not waste their time on such matters. For cultivators below the Nascent Soul Stage, owning it would be like a chicken rib—useless and not worth bothering with. As such, the Tongxuan Sect had been left in peace for many years, until later, one of its own disciples stole it.
The beautiful woman reached out to steady herself on the table, stood up, and staggered a few steps before heading towards the mirror. As she wobbled to the mirror, she bent down to pick it up. She turned it over in her hands, examining it, but apart from its antique appearance, it seemed no different from an ordinary mirror.
However, as a cultivator herself, she naturally did not consider it an ordinary mirror. After some thought, she brought her two fingers together, dabbed some fresh blood from her lips, and placed it between her eyebrows. She activated her Third Eye Clairvoyance, which she would not need to resort to if she could muster her Mana, but as she was completely drained of Mana at present, she had no choice but to use this crude method of drawing blood as a catalyst!
As an eye-shaped outline emerged faintly between her brows, she looked down at the mirror. Suddenly, as her third eye gazed upon it, the mirror seemed to be stimulated, activating some Array hidden within it. It suddenly lit up, and then a beam of white light shot directly at her third eye,
"Ah!"
The beautiful woman screamed, dropping the mirror to the ground and clutching her forehead as she screamed in agony. A puff of black smoke rose from where her hand was clutched, indicating she had been caught off guard and severely injured!
Her Mana was already depleted, and this strike hit her right below her Third Eye Clairvoyance, instantly destroying it!
"Ah, ah, ah..."
The beautiful woman's screams of pain echoed as she writhed on the ground…
At that moment, a small shadow appeared from the corner beneath a flower stand, quick and agile as a monkey, dashing to the mirror. Bending down, the figure picked up the mirror, which was still emitting white light, turned the mirror's surface, and directed it straight at the beautiful woman,
"Ah..."
With another scream from the beautiful woman, a hole the size of the mirror immediately burned through her chest. Before she could bear the pain and see what was using the mirror to harm her, a second beam of white light struck,
"Ah..."
The beautiful woman's cries of agony filled the entire space; unfortunately, the area was already shrouded by an Array she had set up herself, preventing any sound from escaping. As the white light struck her repeatedly, the woman's skin blistered as if scorched by a great fire, and her once delicate features were now charred beyond recognition, her beauty no longer visible!
At first, the beautiful woman had the strength to roll and dodge on the ground, but eventually, she lay limp as a dead dog, motionless!
The small shadow stopped its attack upon seeing her condition and cautiously approached with the mirror in hand. When the shadow confirmed that the old woman was indeed at death's door, only breathing out without drawing breath, it finally relaxed!
This small shadow was none other than Li Yaner. Seeing that the old woman was no longer a threat, she climbed onto the table holding the small mirror,
"Shiyi... Shiyi, how are you doing?"
Before she could finish her sentence, the small mirror suddenly transformed into a white light that shot directly into Gu Shiyi's lower abdomen and disappeared,
"Shiyi!"
Li Yaner pushed Gu Shiyi again, and seeing no response, she simply lifted her foot high and kicked hard at Gu Shiyi's ear,
"Ah..."
Gu Shiyi let out a loud cry and suddenly sat up, looking dazed for a while before regaining her senses. She turned to look at the clay figure beside her and cried out anxiously,
"Yanyan, why aren't you running? Run now!"
Gu Shiyi was unaware of what had happened after she passed out, thinking it was still the old woman attempting to harm her. But after speaking, she saw the woman lying on the ground, horribly burned, and asked Li Yaner, puzzled,
"Yanyan, what happened to her?"
"Did the old woman end up burning herself with her own fire?"