After ngng ran for 15 minutes, the view ahead suddenly lit up.
She saw a lake surrounded by mountains. To the north of the lake was precisely the entrance to the relic.
There were more than 20 people at the entrance. About a hundred people were standing in a distance. Their auras were relatively weak. Clearly, they were onlookers who ca here to watch the scene of bustle.
Every ti a relic was opened, so idle people would co just to see those masters they had only heard of but never seen before with their own eyes.
That was what was happening at the mont.
When ngng approached the crowd from the side, she heard the murmurs of discussion.
“The last ones who went in there were An He the King of Storms and Tang Qingshan from the Tang family, right?”
“Ma Di from the Heavenly Talisman Sect also went there with them. They are relatively powerful among those who entered this ti.”
“It’s a pity that Miao Fei was badly injured. On his way here, he flew past a group of people from above. Because of that, that boy around 17 ordered his n to beat him. He was simply too overbearing. Miao Fei rely flew over from the gap between their mbers. It’s not like he flew right over their heads. But that boy started a fight just for that. He thought he could be unscrupulous with his elders backing him up.”
“That silly boy is so bad-tempered. How on earth has he managed to navigate the martial arts world for so long?”
“...”
While listening to the discussion, ngng approached the relic.
Lei Tiannan was standing at the entrance.
“ngng, you’re here. It’s already 12 o’clock. You should have arrived half an hour ago. What happened?” Lei Tiannan asked with curiosity.
“Huh?”
ngng instantly wore a blank expression on her face.
“I, I just got lost,” the little girl answered in a much lower voice, as though she was revealing a secret.
“Hahaha.”
Lei Tiannan instantly burst into laughter. And he laughed for a good 10 seconds.
Seeing him laughing at her, ngng puffed up her cheeks with annoyance. “What’s so funny about that? How could you laugh!”
“I can’t believe that your parents have let you go out by yourself without getting worried. You actually got lost on your way here. ngng, you’d better not go in. The world is not safe these days,” Lei Tiannan advised at the interval of his laughter.
“Humph, Grandpa Lei, you look almost the sa as my Great-Grandpa. I an, you look older than you really are,” ngng said abruptly.
“Eh?” Lei Tiannan was taken aback. He subconsciously stroked his stubble and remarked, “It’s not that I look old. It’s just that your Great-Grandpa is too young for his age.”
“Then do you know why my Great-Grandpa looks so young?” ngng asked.
“It’s because of his strength.”
“No.”
“Then what is it?” Lei Tiannan asked, intrigued.
“Because my Great-Grandpa never ddled in other people’s business,” ngng whispered.
Lei Tiannan did not know what to say to that.
“Little Hei, let’s go.”
ngng fished out a colorful ribbon and tied one end to her right wrist and the other to Little Hei’s neck.
As rays of light swirled, Little Hei and ngng jumped into the relic.
“This naughty girl.”
Lei Tiannan shook his head and suddenly turned to look at a woman beside him. “Do you have a mirror?”
“Huh? Oh, yes.”
The female subordinate hurriedly took out a mirror from her bag.
Lei Tiannan studied his reflection in the mirror and remained silent for two seconds.
Then, he muttered, “I do look... as old as her Great-Grandpa.”
“Director, is that girl... Zhang Hanyang’s daughter?” soone beside him asked in a low voice.
“Yes.”
“So, her father is Zhang Hanyang. Her mother is Zi Yan. Her grandfather is Zhang Guangyou. And her grand-grandfather is Immortal King Zhang. Am I right?”
“Bu, you’re new here. Let explain this to you.” An experienced man beside the young man pulled him to the side and lectured, “The girl who was here just now is Zhang Yung, the princess of Mount New Moon. You should know that her lineal relatives are not the only ones who are powerful. Immortal King Zhang’s Heavenly Knights Sect, Zhang Hanyang’s disciple nad Mu Xue, the Luo Fu Sword Sect, and Sect Leader Mu are basically living on Mount New Moon. Zhang Hanyang’s other female disciple, Jiang Yanlan, the Shuiyun Sect, and Sect Leader Jiang stay there for months every ti they co to visit. Besides, Zhang Hanyang’s very first disciple nad Zhao Feng, the leader of the ngng Security, and Emperor Qing, also known as Immortal King Chen, are all Zhang Hanyang’s underlings. Do you think that’s all? No, Zhang Hanyang is also on good terms with the Real Kings in the Ancient Mine. He can take people to the King’s Domain any ti he wants. In the Kunlun Immortal World, Zhang Hanyang has destroyed several sects. The figure who is more terrifying is that Moon Empress. Do you know her? Zi Yan is Moon Empress in the Kunlun Immortal World. She is superior to all others and has the strongest strength! Do you know that...”
Hearing the long speech, the newcor nad Bu was more puzzled than enlightened. All he could think about was the “Do you know that” that senior mber said repeatedly.
“No, I don’t.”
After entering the relic...
“Guardian of the Wind!”
“Bluewood Defense!”
“...”
ngng perford about five defenses in an instant. Except for the breeze around her, the other layers of defense only glowed faintly in an instant. Then, the light dissipated, and the defensive force beca invisible in the void.
“Eh?”
“What’s this place?”
ngng was dumbstruck when she saw the scene in front of her.
“Woof?”
Little Hei also shook its head.
They saw that they were surrounded by towering mirrors. Each mirror was dozens of ters wide and stretched hundreds of ters into the sky. The tips of the mirrors were enveloped by clouds. And even the ground was covered with sparkling mirrors.
Standing there and looking around, ngng saw nurous images of herself in the mirrors. She found it quite weird.
“Little Hei, who is the gorgeous little girl over there?”
ngng suddenly called Little Hei and pointed at her reflection in the mirror in front of her.
“Woof?”
“Well, forget it. Your concept of beauty is different from mine. Humph.”
ngng already understood what Little Hei wanted to say when she saw its reaction. Because Little Hei seed to be troubled by whether it should lie or not. She snorted and said, “Can we fly to the top of the mirrors?”
“Oow-woof-woof.”
Little Hei shook its head, indicating that there was nothing special above.
“This place is so strange. What does this an? Is this a world of mirrors? Those reflections make dizzy.”
“Fireball Skill!”
ngng suddenly threw out a fireball and flew forward. In the mirrors, she saw that countless reflections of hers shot out a fireball each. This scene was kind of bone-chilling.
“Wham!”
The fireball hit the mirror. In an instant, a certain kind of mysterious energy spiraled out, and the fireball disappeared into the mirror. The next second, the fireball reappeared, as if ngng’s reflection in the mirror hurled the fireball back at her.
“Whoosh!”
Little Hei leaped up and crushed the fireball with a swat.
“Huh?”
ngng was a little amazed. “It can bounce back? No, I gotta let Dahei try this.”
While speaking, she put down her schoolbag.
“Dahei, wake up. Get out of the bag.”
“Oow?”
Dahei opened its eyes, shook its head, and then stood up.
“Oow-woo!”
It jumped in fright when it saw so many gorillas looking exactly the sa as itself on all sides.
“We’re surrounded by mirrors. Try and see if you can break them.”
“Oow? Oh-woo-woo.”
Dahei gesticulated with its palms. In the end, it transford into a 10-ter-high gorilla. It went up to a mirror, touched its surface, and threw a punch at it.
“Bang!”
The mirror did not even crack. By contrast, Dahei was hit by the rebound force. Its giant figure stumbled back five steps.
“Oow? Woo-woo-woo.”
It grunted, as though saying it couldn’t break this thing.
“Never mind. Let’s find a way out first. I feel like this is a maze. We can see what to do next after we get out.”
ngng was a little deflated. She jumped forward, stepped on Dahei’s thigh, and leaped onto its shoulder. Little Hei also sat next to ngng.
In this strange place, Little Hei was worried that it would stray from the group.
Because it had noted that these mirrors could thoroughly suppress its sharp sense of sll. It knew this place should not be underestimated.
Like that, they headed forward. Dahei was still not skilled in weaving through the mirrors. As it made its way ahead, it abruptly slamd into a mirror.
“Oow?”
Dahei scratched its head, stretched out its arms, and groped its way forward.
Such a large-scale mirror maze was really hard to deal with.
When Dahei was walking, ngng tried a lot of thods.
She also poured a glass of waterlon juice onto a mirror. However, the instant the pale red juice fell on the mirror, it was absorbed by the mirror and vanished.
The Fire Whip was also of little help in exploring the way. Eventually, ngng only ca to the conclusion that the mirrors were placed at intervals of about 20 ters, and they were fixed at different angles. At this ti, ngng could only see Dahei, Little Hei, and herself in the mirrors.
Just like that, they groped their way ahead, moving rather slowly.
In the Black White Palace.
Yue Wuwei, who was playing with his daughter in the garden, suddenly changed his expression.
“Eh?”
A pearl appeared in his palm. This pearl was exactly the miniature of Earth. Yue Wuwei’s eyes sparkled with green light as he muttered, “Interesting. Did that little girl go to the relic all by herself?
“This relic... is quite good. It doesn’t have many treasures, but it’s fun to be in. This three-story maze can entertain her for quite a long ti.
“But this girl has carried a ton of treasures with her. She has even more treasures than my daughter.
“That cursed roc... With it accompanying her, she can surely go wherever she wants. Nevertheless, the other two spirit beasts have grown from ordinary beasts to what they are now. That’s really amazing. Well, I’ll give them so benefits and see how much progress they’ll make.”
The green light fleeted across Yue Wuwei’s eyes and vanished in an instant.
“Dad, co here.”
“Alas, you silly girl, don’t run so fast. Wait for .”
Yue Wuwei put away the pearl, chortled, and quickly strode over to his daughter.
“This relic is kind of boring. When can we get out?”
Having ridden on Dahei’s shoulder for quite a while, ngng started to feel bored. After all, all she could see in the surroundings were her own reflections, which started to make her giddy.
As Dahei marched forward, ngng began to eat snacks and drink the smoothie that Zhang Han had made for her. Few had explored relics with such ease.
“Woof!”
Little Hei’s hair suddenly stood on end, and its cold eyes were fixed at sowhere in the front.
“What’s that?”
ngng was startled. She put down the smoothie and stared ahead, only to see two clusters of cyan qi drifting in the mirrors, slowly coming her way.
In the mirror maze, things that looked quite close in the mirrors might be the reflections of things that were far away. Therefore, ngng was not sure whether the two clusters of qi were really in front of her or not.
She could only sense that the two clusters of cyan qi were getting closer and closer.
“Pop!”
The sound of a bubble bursting was heard.
“Swoosh!”
Waves of pure energy swept at them.
“Oow? Oow-oow-oow?”
Dahei’s eyes widened. Watching the two clusters of cyan qi approaching it and Little Hei, Dahei actually blew on them.
“W-woof.”
Little Hei growled in a low voice.
It was telling Dahei that these were no threat but good things that could provide them with energy.
Little Hei and Dahei had both felt it.
“Oow? Oow-oow-oow?”
Dahei was saying, “Brother, there are only two of these, while there are four of us.”
“Woof, woof.”
Little Hei answered, “Give them to Little Master.”
“Oow.”
Dahei agreed.
It then gesticulated to ngng.
“Eh? Do you want to have these? Are these the kind of energy that can be absorbed?”
ngng was taken aback. A mont later, she said with a chuckle, “I don’t want these. Daddy said that I don’t need to cultivate or absorb anything before I reach the Innateness Stage. You three can share these.”
“Oow? Oow-oow-oow.”
But how could they divide the two items among the three of them? Should they each take turns to take a bite?
“Oow-woof-woof...”
Little Hei clarified that it didn’t want any. After eating this kind of thing, it might fall asleep. Thus, it told Dahei and Tiny Tot to each take one.
They both wanted the others to have these treasures. Like that, Dahei and Little Hei began to study how to divide the two treasures.
Little Hei didn’t want to have any, for it had to be alert and watch over ngng. Seeing its reaction, Dahei didn’t want to eat either. But how could they take the two clusters of qi with them? They wondered if Tiny Tot would like to eat these up.
Therefore, they awakened Tiny Tot. However, Tiny Tot didn’t have any interest in the energy at all. In its eyes, these looked like two lumps of shit. It continuously shooked its head, and its face showed a look of disgust, as though saying, “These things can’t be tasty. I won’t eat them!”
“Woo-woo-woo!”
Dahei curled its lips.
It ant, “Let’s just leave these here.”
“Woof.”
Little Hei was echoing, “Okay, let’s go. It’s nothing special anyway. Master will give us all the good things.”
Then, Dahei really stepped forward and walked away.
They knew that these were two clusters of fine energy that could be absorbed, but they did not know what benefits this kind of energy could bring them. Dahei and Little Hei had both absorbed Source Energy before, but they had no idea what it was exactly.
Other than with experience, one could hardly recognize Source Energy according to its appearance and sll.
What they did not know was that when Yue Wuwei felt that the clusters of energy were still there, he took a look at the pearl. To his surprise, he saw that Dahei and the others were already hundreds of ters away from the clusters of energy. His face darkened at once.
“D*mn it, I gave you a great gift, but you didn’t take it?
“Hmph!”
Just as he was about to take the energy back, Yue Wuwei said softly, “Never mind. Since you haven’t seen much of the world and don’t know what Source Energy is, I’ll let this one pass.”
Murmuring, Yue Wuwei put away the pearl.
“Swoosh, swoosh!”
In the mirror maze, the two clusters of cyan Source Energy flew to catch up with them and entered Dahei’s and Little Hei’s bodies.
“Woo, woo-woo-woo, woo-woo-woo...”
Dahei jiggled its head and gestured to ngng, as though saying, “Ah, I can’t hold on any longer. I’m about to fall asleep. Little Master, ask Tiny Tot to protect you.”
“Woof..”
Little Hei scread and struggled for 10 seconds before it slowly fell asleep.
“Huh?”
ngng’s expression froze in place.
“Dahei and Little Hei both lay down here and started to sleep?”
“What did Dahei’s gestures an?”
ngng rapidly blinked her eyes and said, “Did it say that it had absorbed the energy and was going to fall asleep? Then it told to ask Tiny Tot to protect . Can Tiny Tot do that? Besides, with Dahei and Little Hei sleeping here, I can’t go anywhere. Well, I can’t let Tiny Tot protect . Instead, I gotta protect you two.
“No, this can’t work. Without Dahei and Little Hei, my defense is too weak. Let think.”
ngng pondered for a while and took out five formation flags, four gems with defensive power, and three cords from the Space Bracelet.
She set up the formation flags, activated the gems, and tied the cords to her wrist.
“It’s done.”
ngng then sat on Dahei’s belly.
“Tiny Tot, we’ll wait here for them to wake up.”
“Coo, coo.”
“How long do you think we have to wait? I finally ca out to play in the relic on my own. But they wouldn’t lie here sleeping until the relic closes, would they? Would I accomplish nothing again?” ngng grinned. Her expression was awkward as if she just heard her Mummy ask whether her howork was done yet.
“Coo, coo.”
“Tiny Tot, aren’t you the ancient cursed roc? Then what are your skills?”
“Koo-chee?”
Tiny Tot was suddenly lost in thought.
“What are my skills?”
“Tiny Tot, you can beco very big, right? How about you beco a huge roc and carry us to the sky? Being trapped here with all those mirrors, I’m starting to feel lightheaded,” ngng mumbled.
Tiny Tot was still deep in its reverie.
“Hey!”
ngng imdiately showed an angry look. She grabbed Tiny Tot and plucked its features several tis, asking, “Why do you often let your thoughts stray? You are like a fool.”
“Coo, coo.”
“Coo, coo.”
Tiny Tot’s eyes suddenly lit up. It rembered that it also knew so tricks.
“Frizzle!”
Tiny Tot began to transform. In no ti, it beca two ters long and resud its original form. Its eyes were quite large and looked very intelligent. It now resembled a whale that had shrunk several tis. However, its tail was streamlined and well-proportioned, glowing with faint blue light. Its wings alone made up a large part of its body.
“Coo.”
In its original form, Tiny Tot’s voice beca kind of ethereal, which sounded very mysterious.
When it let out a cry, ngng felt that a stream of energy lifted her up and carried her to Tiny Tot’s back. Its skin was very soft and smooth, but the surrounding energy had pinned her to its back. It was like sitting in a chair. ngng felt very safe.
“Coo.”
Tiny Tot shouted again and slightly shook its body.
“Whiz, whiz, whiz...”
On Tiny Tot’s back and before ngng, waves of suction force suddenly erged. Dahei and Little Hei turned into two jets of light and were sucked into Tiny Tot’s body.
“Ah!”
ngng was really scared this ti. “Tiny Tot, you devoured Dahei and Little Hei?”
At Little Master’s question, Tiny Tot sank into its reverie again.
Finally, sothing occurred to it. Then, it released its ntal power and let it wrap around ngng’s head.
In that split second, ngng saw that Dahei and Little Hei, who had beco many tis smaller, were lying on Tiny Tot’s back. There were stars and clouds swirling around them. The scene looked very enigmatic.
If Zhang Han saw this, he would definitely understand that it was the Seed Space.
It was a unique subsidiary space of the cursed roc.
Ancient demonic beasts, such as the Golden Roc, also had this kind of space. Their backs could accommodate many people, for they could shrink the riders to a much smaller size before carrying them on their backs. In the Cultivation World, there was a saying that exotic ancient rocs were excellent vehicles to travel across the universe because the Seed Space a roc had was concealed in the void. It was a world that belonged only to the roc. The Seed Space might not be very large, but it was definitely safe.
However, ngng certainly didn’t understand these things. Seeing the Dahei and Little Hei, ngng asked, “Why are they so small? Can you release them from that space?”
“Whoosh!”
Tiny Tot controlled its power and threw Dahei and Little Hei out.
“Amazing!”
ngng giggled and said, “Put them back in.”
With a whiz, Dahei and Little Hei were sucked back.
“Let them out again.”
“...”
After repeating this about five tis, ngng finally understood that they were placed on Tiny Tot’s body. “What a wonderful skill!”
“Set off!”
ngng commanded Tiny Tot to fly forward.
“Bam!”
Tiny Tot crashed into a mirror headfirst.
It shook its head, stared at itself in the mirror, and was imrsed in deep thought again.
Five seconds later.
“Tiny Tot, what are you waiting for?” ngng clamped a hand over her forehead with embarrassnt and said, “Don’t stay in a trance!”
“Coo.”
Tiny Tot ca to its senses and flapped its wings again.
“Bam!”
It bumped into another mirror. It shook its head, and looked at its reflection in the mirror, and was lost in thought again.
“Oh, no.”
ngng felt like having a headache.
“Tiny Tot!” ngng snapped.
The next second...
“Whoosh!”
Around Tiny Tot, dozens of streaks of faint black smoke erged out of the blue. In an instant, the surroundings beca hazy as Tiny Tot once again advanced forward.
“Bang!”
Tiny Tot’s body directly smashed into a mirror.
“Huh?”
The power of Tiny Tot was an eye-opener to ngng. She found it exceedingly wondrous.
“Tiny Tot, are you thinking of a way to tackle the mirrors?”
ngng’s eyes lit up. “It turns out that you were dazed for a reason, hahaha.”
In this way, they jostled their way forward for half an hour.
“Wait, wait a sec!”
ngng suddenly dropped her voice. “I heard soone!”
The mirrors no longer reflected her and Tiny Tot. Instead, a man in a green robe carrying a sword appeared in the mirrors. He seed to be in his 30s. And he was not particularly handso.
“Huh?”
The man on the other side seed to be stunned as well. The two parties looked at each other with nurous mirrors standing between them.
“Hi!”
The man waved at ngng with a cool expression. Then, as if a hero in the legend, he cupped his hands before his chest and marched to the side.
“Eh?
“Has he heard ?”
ngng was slightly dazed.
“Hello?”
“Hiss!”
The other party imdiately stopped in his track and turned to look at her. “I heard you talking. Hi, is that you? Pretty girl?”
“Who are you?” ngng asked.
“I’m Ma Di from the Heavenly Talisman Sect. Pretty girl, I think you look familiar. Are... are you Zhang Hanyang’s daughter?”
“How do you know?” ngng asked skeptically. “I don’t think I’ve t you before.”
“But I saw you once a few years ago.”
Ma Di smiled and said, “Hero Zhang has once helped our Heavenly Talisman Sect out. Several years ago, I and our Sect Leader went to visit him. I saw you then. At that ti, you were still a little... little girl. How co you entered the relic by yourself? Where is Hero Zhang?”
“Why do you call my dad Hero Zhang?”
“Because your father is a strong cultivator. He is the kind of man I want to chase after.”
ngng was rendered speechless.
If it weren’t for Ma Di’s unperturbed face, she would seriously doubt if he was gay.
“I ca out to play by myself this ti,” ngng explained. Then, she asked, “How can we hear each other talking?”
“Co out to play by yourself...”
“She talks about the adventure in a B-grade relic as if it were a ga.
“I’m kind of upset.”
Ma Di bead and said, “Because we should not be far away from each other. I’ve co across five groups of people. When the distance was too far, we couldn’t hear each other’s voices. But we could when there were about 10 mirrors or less between us. Since you and I can hear each other, it ans that we’re quite close to each other. I guess this is the periphery of the mirror maze. We will soon get out of this maze.”
“Oh, okay, I’m leaving. Wish you a good ti.” ngng bade farewell to him. After that, she patted Tiny Tot on the back, and the two of them continued to fly forward.
ngng knew that when she was in the outside world, she shall never trust strangers, nor could she believe everything they said.
Zhang Han had taught ngng about the dangers in the outside world. The little girl had learned his words by heart.
Tiny Tot continued with the flight. However, what it did not see coming was...
“Ouch!”
With a cry of pain, Ma Di was directly knocked over.
Next, he was montarily stunned. Without thinking, he conjured up so talismans in his right hand.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz...”
As if sensing the danger on the talismans, layers of defensive energy surged up around ngng.
“Huh?”
Ma Di quickly put away his talismans. With an awkward look on his face, he said, “We were talking face to face just now, weren’t we?”
“It seems so,” ngng responded, and two more gems appeared in her hands.
Seeing this, Ma Di’s face stiffened. He hastily took two paces back, raised a hand, and said, “We are on the sa side. Don’t attack. Any single one of the treasures your father gave you can kill .”
“I’m not going to attack,” ngng answered.
“Then what’s in your hand?”
“It’s used for self-defense.”
“All right then.”
Ma Di laughed bitterly and said, “I don’t dare to be near you anymore. Don’t worry. I’m not your enemy. Our Heavenly Talisman Sect has always had a good relationship with your father. I once gave your mother a stack of talismans in a relic. Later, I and my fellows were in danger, and your father ca and saved us. Maybe it was all because of that kind deed of mine.”
“Did you just say that my parents once went to a relic together?”
“That’s right.”
“Humph, they didn’t take ! They went to have fun by themselves!” ngng suddenly pouted and snorted.
Ma Di imdiately broke out in a cold sweat. “Did I say sothing wrong?”
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