At noon, Tang Ao accompanied the three of them to say goodbye to King Luo Bin after fasting, and the two sides agreed that when King Luo Bin came to Chang'an again, he would definitely come to meet in the Biochemical Temple.

Tang Ao sent it far away, until he couldn't see Luo Bingwang and the three of them, and then he returned to the Shenghua Temple, and saw a book of poems and a flat wooden box placed at the bedside of the meditation room, and held it up and looked at it for a long time.

The wooden box was a gift from Luo Luyuan to Tang Ao, Tang Ao opened it and found that inside the wooden box was a palm-sized bronze mirror, and there were some handwriting engraved next to the wooden box, explaining the origin of the mirror.

This mirror is the noon of the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and it is cast in the heart of the Yangtze River, so it is called the Yangtze River Heart Mirror.

There are sunflower ornaments around the mirror, the top of the button is auspicious clouds and moons, the bottom of the button is a lotus lotus, the left and right are the patterns of knocking bamboo and calling turtles, drums and harps beckoning cranes, casting is extremely exquisite, Tang Ao liked it at first sight.

The mirror turned slightly, and it reflected the appearance of Tang Ao's boy with red lips and white teeth, this was the first time Tang Ao looked in the mirror, and it was much clearer than the shadow reflected in the water basin, and even the shadow was clearly illuminated.

Shadow! Tang Ao suddenly, in the mirror, there was a black shadow standing behind him, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Master Xuyan's thin face.

Master Xuyan's eyes were angry, and a hideous smile appeared on his face, which was not the kind appearance of the past.

Tang Ao, who was frightened by this situation, exclaimed, the bronze mirror in his hand fell, and he subconsciously turned his head to look, there was no dust under the sun, how could there be a trace of Master Xuyan.

The bronze mirror fell to the ground, and there was no collision, and a little bit of blue light poured out from the mirror, forming a blue light curtain, which instantly enveloped the entire room.

Swept by the blue light, Tang Ao yawned, unbearable fatigue hit, fell to the ground softly, and disappeared into the mirror.

At the same time, in the secret room of Xuhiko's meditation room, Xuyan appeared out of thin air, and the light on his body appeared from time to time, making his figure look as if he was in an illusion.

When the light disappeared, Xuyan bled from his seven orifices, and the expression on his face looked hideous and terrifying.

"Tang Ao, I actually saw Tang Ao just now, how could he fall asleep again? That's impossible. Xuyan said in disbelief, then struggled to get up, and stumbled towards Tang Ao's meditation room.

The meditation room was empty, and Xuhiko's gaze fell on the bronze mirror on the ground, which happened to reflect the bright daylight outside the window at this time, and a pillar of light shone on Xuhiko.

Xuyan screamed, faint black smoke came out of his body, and words appeared on his skin involuntarily, and the huge pain made Xuyan's facial features move, and he snorted miserably.

The blue light of Xuyan's palm burst out, and he slapped the Yangtze River Heart Mirror with all his strength, and at the same time that the mirror was broken, Xuyan's palm was almost melted by the sunlight reflected by the mirror.

After the mirror was shattered, Xuyan seemed to have come back from the ghost gate, and looked at the strange mirror on the ground with palpitations: "Where did this come from?" Why can you interfere with my suppression of Tang Ao? There is also some kind of masculine and rigid power that almost burns me to ashes, what is wrong? ”

Xu Yan put away the broken bronze mirror, his expression changed, and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that I can't wait any longer, Tang Ao disappeared into a dream this time, maybe there will be changes that I can't control, the plan to replace Tang Ao must be carried out as soon as possible, fortunately, the accumulation of these days is enough, just Tang Ao's staple food." ”

Tang Ao dreamed again, but it was slightly different from his previous dream, the whole person was confused, and he wanted to dig some sweet and delicious plant tubers for Master Xuyan, but he didn't have the slightest strength.

In the dream, it was pitch black, and when I was wondering, I felt cold all over, and something seemed to have entered between my mouth and nose.

Tang Ao, who exclaimed, opened his eyes and found that he was actually in the water, and immediately swam towards the shore with his hands and feet.

This is the shortest dream Tang Ao has ever experienced, and he didn't bring anything out of the dream, and found that the place where he was located was located in the mountain behind the Biochemical Temple, and he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the place where it suddenly appeared this time is not far away, otherwise I really don't know how to come back!" ”

In the meditation room, Tang Ao rummaged through the cabinets, did not let go of every corner, and still did not find any trace of the Yangtze River Heart Mirror, and sat on the ground dejectedly: "I used to bring out strange things from dreams, but this time I lost the mirror, did I lose it in the dream?" How can I get it back? ”

Tang Ao, who was full of worries, did not forget to make soup for Master Xuyan, walked into Xuyan's meditation room with soup, and found that Master Xuyan could actually get out of bed and walk around, and immediately said with great joy: "Master, how are you?" ”

Xuyan's face was a little abnormally pale, and he said with a smile: "Although it hasn't healed, it's no longer in the way, and you're going to dig wild vegetables again?" Did something happen today? ”

Xuyan just inquired and learned that when it rained in the morning, Tang Ao brought back three people and sent them away after lunch.

Xuyan wanted to know if the change in Tang Ao was because of these three people.

Tang Ao did not hide it at all, and told how he saved King Luo Bin's father and son, became friends with King Luo Bin, gave each other books, and got a mirror, and said regretfully: "Master, I had a dream again just now, and I lost that mirror, it's a pity." ”

Xu Yan was silent on the surface, and he had already made up his mind in his heart, he would solve Tang Ao tonight, so as not to have too many dreams at night, today's accident almost made him fall short, and he was still afraid at this time!

"What's the pity of something outside the body? Tang Ao! Tonight, you come to the meditation room for the teacher, and the teacher has something to say to you. ”

Tang Ao nodded yes, and when Xuyan drank the soup and walked to the door with a tray, he suddenly turned around and said, "Master, King Luo Bin gave me a book of poems, does Master want to read it......"

When Tang Ao turned around, he suddenly found that Master Xuyan looked at him very strangely, and it was very similar to what he saw in the mirror, Tang Ao was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground with the dishes and chopsticks in his hand.

"Let's bring it in the evening!" Xuyan didn't seem to see Tang Ao's consternation, and said indifferently: "Don't eat the evening fast, prepare it for you." ”

In the dead of night, Tang Ao took a book of poems he had transcribed into his arms, and came to Master Xuyan's meditation room excitedly.

"Crunch." A door cracked open in the wall, revealing Xuyan's blue-white face, beckoning Tang Ao to come over.

Tang Ao blinked in surprise, looked at the door that suddenly appeared, followed Master Xuyan's footsteps, and walked down the stairs to the secret room.

"Master, this is Luo Bingwang's poetry collection, he is only three or four years older than me, and he has already written more than 20 poems, which is really amazing."

Tang Ao handed the collection of poems copied in his hand to Master Xuyan, but Master Xuyan did not answer, Tang Ao raised his head in surprise and sat on the ground in fright.

In front of him was Master Xuyan, it was clearly a corpse covered with spots, faintly emitting a disgusting smell.

"Don't you think he's familiar?"

A voice sounded beside Tang Ao, and Tang Ao looked at Master Xuyan who appeared like a ghost, and the horror on his face became even stronger.

"You are? Master Xuhiko? "The light in the meditation room was very dim just now, and Tang Ao didn't see it clearly.

At this moment, more than a dozen candles were lit in the secret room, and Tang Ao realized that Master Xuyan's appearance was very different from usual.

During this period of time, although Master Xuyan, who was infected with wind and cold, was thin, but unlike now, there were a lot of handwriting on his body that appeared from time to time, and Tang Ao saw that those handwriting was a little familiar, as if it was the Taoist scripture he studied.

The skinny Xuyan said in a hoarse and low voice: "Good apprentice, at this time tonight, the fate of master and apprentice between you and me is about to end, and when the fate is over, I will prepare a big gift for the teacher, don't let the teacher down!" ”

Tang Ao felt that the Master Xuyan in front of him was very different from usual, which made him feel frightened, and he said something that he couldn't understand.

Xuyan didn't care what Tang Ao thought, he reached out and stroked the corpse with only one or two blurred handwriting left on his face, as if he was rubbing a rare treasure, and Tang Ao's back was cold and creepy.

Tang Ao wanted to leave the secret room, but Master Xuyan grabbed him back, and an irresistible suction force came, making him involuntarily move in front of Master Xuyan.

Being close to the corpse, Tang Ao found that the face of the corpse looked a little familiar, and suddenly remembered the golden corpse that he pushed down the moat, wasn't it the one in front of him! No wonder Master Xuyan asked him if he was familiar.

Xuhiko's hand suddenly clasped into the corpse's face, and forcibly pulled out the two flesh with vague handwriting, and stuffed them into his mouth, and black blood flowed down the corners of his mouth as he chewed.

Xuyan swallowed the flesh containing the handwriting, and grinned: "Although it is not complete, it can be used so-so, don't be afraid, I won't eat you like this, it's too wasteful." ”

Black blood dripped down, and a few drops fell on Tang Ao's face, which was pale with fright, and there was a touch of clarity in the black and white.

Tang Ao's whole body strength was imprisoned by Xuyan's slap, only his eyes could still turn, and after seeing Master Xuyan swallow the flesh on the corpse, he waved his hand to push the corpse aside, groped on the wall for a while, and opened a dark grid.

There are more than a dozen small partitions in the dark compartment, and each partition is placed with strange flowers and plants, exuding bursts of fragrance, and one of the plant tubers is the thing that Tang Ao was hungry for that day.

Xuyan moved out the strange flowers and plants in the partition one by one, and said with emotion: "It took more than a year, and with all my efforts, I finally got all kinds of medicinal materials. ”

Xuyan shook the plant tuber in front of Tang Ao: "Good boy, you just want to dig this thing for me to eat, right?" Filial piety is commendable, this is a rare elixir millennium Polygonum multiflori, it is a different species in Polygonum multiflorum, and it greatly replenishes the qi of Jingyuan. ”

"And this." Xuhiko picked up a bunch of flowers that looked like mountain sesame seeds, and exclaimed: "This thing is called Ayara Immortal, and in order to get it, I almost lost my dream, and it was extremely dangerous. ”

Tang Ao couldn't speak, but every time Xuyan took out something, Tang Ao had a vague impression, these were all things that appeared in his dreams.

Master Xuyan was able to get so much, could it be that Master Xuhiko, like him, also dreams and takes things out of dreams? Didn't Master Xuyan say that everything is a dream bubble?