Chapter 296: Knowing The Past By Looking At The Present Life, Calculating Marriage Fate To Know Destiny
The Lingxu Mystic Realm has a total of thirty-six trials.
The difficulty and content of each trial increase.
In the beginning, only simple monsters would appear. The further one went, the more complex the trials would become.
If all trials were completed, one would be directly teleported by the formation to the core area of the mystic realm, the ‘Palace of Lingxu’.
For the young disciples participating in this mystic realm, the best outcome they could hope for was to break through the fifth trial.
But now, a figure had easily walked out of the giant tree under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Even the entire process was not hindered by any monsters.
It was as if he were the master of this mystic realm, and everything was automatically clearing a path for him.
Compared to that, the teams still struggling to outwit the tree demons seemed rather uninteresting.
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“This is the Palace of Lingxu?”
Looking at the unusually mottled wooden house before them, probably due to the passage of time, Lin Jingqiu and Zheng Qing were stunned.
Before this, they had fantasized about the appearance of the legendary Palace of Lingxu.
Was it a magnificent and grand palace, shining with golden splendor, or a series of continuous palaces filled with spiritual energy that stretched as far as the eye could see?
But they never imagined that the ‘Palace of Lingxu’ mentioned in the legends would be such a dilapidated old wooden house.
In front of the wooden house was a cleared spiritual field.
The spiritual field was planted with spiritual herbs whose names they could not recall. They could only vaguely feel the extraordinary nature of these spiritual herbs through the overflowing spiritual energy.
“Let’s go.”
A young man’s light call came from the front.
The two of them snapped out of their daze and quickly followed his footsteps.
“Did Master ever tell you about… his origin?”
A soft inquiry came from Senior Sister Zheng Qing.
Although she appeared calm on the surface, her heart was in turmoil.
This was the Palace of Lingxu…
Had she really blundered her way in like this?
Although she might have missed the rewards from the trials because of this, the greatest reward of the entire Lingxu Mystic Realm was right before her!
The spiritual herbs that looked priceless were enough to cause a frenzy outside if even one was thrown out, sparking a new wave of chaos.
Therefore, she became even more curious about Chen An’s origin.
No wonder Master suddenly changed his mind before entering the mystic realm, not only allowing Xiaoqiu to participate but also leaving specific instructions.
“Origin…”
Lin Jingqiu muttered, instinctively biting her slender white finger. After a moment of hesitation, she shook her head, her high ponytail following the movement.
“I’m not too sure.”
Upon hearing this, Zheng Qing did not press further. She quietly activated her cultivation technique, sensing the incredibly abundant spiritual energy in this small world.
The nourishment from this level of spiritual energy was several times more than that of the place where they first entered.
Even if she gained nothing from this trip, as long as she could stay here for a few days, she would be completely satisfied.
Thinking of this, she heard a slightly creaking sound.
It was Chen An who had arrived at the wooden house and casually pushed open the door.
The wooden door had not been moved for years, covered in dust. Fortunately, it was solid enough and did not collapse with a push.
Then, without hesitation, he stepped inside.
Behind him, the young girl followed, holding his hand.
Only Zheng Qing paused, glancing at the spiritual field outside.
She suppressed the urge to enter alone and followed the young man and woman into the house.
The furnishings inside were very simple, apart from a table and chairs. The only slightly conspicuous items were an ancient book placed on the table and a bronze mirror hanging on the wall.
Chen An stopped in front of the bronze mirror.
The mirror was not large, about the size of a palm, but its frame was more than twice its size.
Moreover, the frame was exquisitely carved with many intricate patterns, and along the edge of the mirror were inscriptions with an ancient aura.
The inscriptions formed a sentence.
Chen An softly read it aloud.
“This mirror is called the Kunwu Mirror. It illuminates the present life to know the past life and calculates marriage fate to know destiny.”
The girl holding his hand heard this and her delicate eyebrows twitched. She moved closer and carefully examined the patterns on it.
Then she sighed and said in admiration, “Chen An, you’re amazing, you recognize this.”
Chen An glanced at her and then pointed to the wall beside the bronze mirror.
“Look, it’s written there.”
Where he pointed, the words he had just read were clearly engraved.
However, there was an additional line at the end.
“Left by Lingxu Zi.”
Lin Jingqiu was stunned and realized she had made a foolish mistake.
She coughed lightly, her eyes moved, and she changed the subject, “Then this mirror, it sounds so powerful, how do you use it?”
After all, who in this world would not be interested in their past life or marriage fate?
Although Lin Jingqiu was not very interested in her past life, she was somewhat concerned about her marriage fate.
Chen An did not answer the girl’s question, but quietly gazed at the Kunwu Mirror.
He could sense that the Kunwu Mirror before him was the core of the entire Lingxu Mystic Realm’s formation structure.
In other words, if the Lingxu Mystic Realm was having problems now, it was because the Kunwu Mirror was having problems.
He looked for a while, then withdrew his gaze and walked towards the square table.
On the square table lay an ancient book with slightly tattered corners, on which were written the four small characters “Lingxu Miscellaneous Notes.”
However, judging by its relatively intact condition, it should not be missing any pages.
Chen An picked up this “Lingxu Miscellaneous Notes” and casually flipped it open.
A small head butted in from beside him, nudging into his chest, curiously looking at the ancient book in his hand.
The first few pages were all about the experiences and gains of True Person Lingxu when planting spiritual herbs.
Chen An was not interested in these and quickly flipped to the back.
He stopped at the end of a certain page.
“Today I stumbled upon a bronze mirror, its aura is extremely mysterious, I am very pleased.”
Obviously, this should refer to the Kunwu Mirror they had just seen.
Chen An continued to flip downwards. The explanations of farming techniques were significantly reduced, and it all became trivial daily records of researching the Kunwu Mirror.
Chen An skimmed through these and finally saw what he was looking for on the last few pages.
“The text on the mirror, I have recently found the answer, but how to activate it and whether its effect is as magical as described remains to be verified…”
“Speaking of which, today a pair of Dao companions came to ask this old man for marriage calculations, how strange, who spread out my peculiar little skill?”
“And I haven’t told anyone else about this place of secluded cultivation…”
“However, if the efficacy of the Kunwu Mirror is as described, then it seems I am quite compatible with it. No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity when I first saw it.”
The writing stopped abruptly here.
Then, the handwriting became a bit messy, and there was an inserted dialogue.
“Why have you come here?”
“I have come to ask you for a divination.”
“Tsk, how strange, people only know I’m good at spiritual energy calculations, but you’ve come specifically to ask me for a divination? What do you want to divine?”
“I want to know my marriage fate, with the person beside me.”
“Name?”
“This humble one, Lingxu Zi.”
“Ling…, wait, what is your name?”
Chen An paused at this point and continued to flip downwards.
However, the “Lingxu Miscellaneous Notes” ended here.
He turned around and found that the girl who had been following him had disappeared at some point.
The young man suddenly understood.
It turned out that the moment they saw the Kunwu Mirror, the world within the mirror had already activated…
The environment of the wooden house began to slowly change.
Chen An looked down and saw that his plain white robe had changed into a bright red one.
It was a crimson wedding robe, worn only by men when they got married.
(End of this chapter)
