Chapter 40: The Art of the Mirror Abyss
Since then, Masumi has been in her room for a long time every day, keeping the mirror with her, and running up the mountain every week, only to get deeper every time she comes back from the mountain.
The parents were very worried when they saw it, so they asked many doctors to check it, and last month, an occasional insect master who passed by for dinner also came to see it, but it had no effect.
I've encountered this situation before, but the time hasn't been so long, those will be adjusted in a week or two, and this time it's a bit long, more than half a month, and the body has become weaker.
My parents always thought it was a heart disease, but they didn't expect it to be related to insects.
On the second day, Masumi took advantage of the busy time of his parents and went up the mountain alone.
She walked slowly, her steps were a little vain, panting, as if she was going to fall down at any moment, and she could only hold on to the tree for a while before walking into the mountains.
The weather was pleasant, and the sun shone through the trees and into the mountains, leaving patches of light.
Masumi sat in front of the stone, not knowing what he was thinking, and there were all kinds of birds and birds around him.
She sat there in a daze, slowly burying her head, as if expecting the footsteps of the man in the forest to sound, the warm sun shining on her body, Xiangcheng leaned against the stone where the two often came, her weak body seemed to glow with some strength, she rested her head on her knees and fell asleep.
"What the hell am I doing..."After sleeping for a long time, Xiangcheng suddenly raised her head and muttered to herself. She herself was not guilty of how she suddenly wanted to come to the stone, as if she subconsciously wanted to be closer to him.
She got up and walked down the hill,
"Bang bang," the sound of running water sounded behind her.
"Are you over there?"
Kasumi turned around slowly, and she didn't see anything, only some water stains on the ground.
"Do you want to be me? Do you want to be like me? ”
She lowered her eyes and asked with a sad expression towards the no-man's land.
"Are you starting to hear the footsteps of the water mirrors too?" Seeing Xiangcheng's appearance, Xue Song walked over, he came to the mountains to pick some wild fruits, and prepared to use his skills to brew some wine that could see insects. Most of the spirit wine made from the Great Wilderness crops in the spirit seed bag, and there is not much wine that can see insects.
"Is the hand mirror polished? If you don't want to be replaced by it, polish it as soon as possible" Xue Song looked at Xiang Cheng and said, he didn't know much about the water mirror, he knew it from the records of the Hunter Family.
"It doesn't matter, it's better if you're replaced"
"What?" Hearing Xiangcheng's words, Xue Song was a little stunned.
"Anyway, it's useless for me to continue to be myself, just give it to it if it wants." Kasumi continued.
"I said, I'm not responsible for myself like this, and I can't regret it when the time comes."
"Interchanging with the Water Mirror means losing your self and your entity, and you become something that cannot exert any influence on the world of your own will." Xue Song didn't feel very surprised, for some people who have not been in contact with insects, no matter how terrible you say, they won't care, just like children who like to use their fingers to go to the bucket when they see an electric fan, they only know if they have suffered pain and can't do it.
"That means it's going to become dispensable...?" Hearing Xue Song's words, Xiangcheng lowered his head and asked.
"Well, yes"
"What's the difference between that and what I am now, in that person's heart, I only have that little status, no matter what I say, what I do, I can't change him in the slightest, it's the same whether there is an entity or not." Xiangcheng squatted down, hugged her knees, shrunk to the side, tears overflowed from her eyes, and said to herself.
"It's lonely, but there's something more lonely than that." Xue Song took out the wine jug and took a sip of wine, even if he didn't touch it, since he touched it and a few words could save a life, he was willing to persuade it once.
"It's a world where creatures that don't have a body like insects live, there are dark places that don't get what this world needs, insects don't have minds, but many of them are hungry for sunlight and want to get out, it's such a lonely place."
"The water mirror will disappear as long as it is found by the body, it is an impermanent creature, and the fact that humans have a living entity means that they already have a lot of power compared to them, but once you are replaced by it, all this will be reversed."
"If you want to go back to a warm place again, you have to protect yourself..."Xue Song walked into the mountain, leaving Xiangcheng crying on the side, she took out the hand mirror in her arms and looked at it blankly.
It's night,
Xiangcheng put a pot of small pots in her house, she looked at the empty appearance in the water, and recalled the happy time with Ah Jian,
She slowly picked up the mirror,
The sound of the brush rubbing against the mirror sounded, tears unconsciously dripped on her hands, and every time she wiped it, she felt a little farther away from Ah Jian.
The sound of sobbing was accompanied by the sound of wiping mirrors, and what she didn't know was that in the corner of the room behind her, the water mirrors were about to solidify.
Following
Accompanied by his mother, Xue Song investigated Xiangcheng's body, his pulse was very weak, and his body was also very weak, but Xue Song did not rashly use spirit wine to help Xiangcheng regulate his body, and it was not too late to wait for the water mirror to be solved, Xiang Cheng himself didn't know when he came into contact with the worm, if he interrupted the process of changing the water mirror, an unknowable accident might occur.
"Is the mirror polished?"
Xue Song asked, it seems that the time should be very fast, as long as you pay a little attention recently.
"Hmm." Xiang Cheng took out the smooth and clear hand mirror from her arms.
"Okay, remember to bring it with you, the water mirror will appear soon, you have to look at it in the mirror at that moment, don't miss the opportunity..."
Suddenly, Kasumi, who was lying down, saw the mirror-like reflection on the mountain through the open door, and she suddenly stood up.
"What's wrong?"
"I, I'll go to the hut..."
Looking at the two of them in confusion, Xiangcheng casually made up an excuse and walked out the door.
Kasumi dragged her weak body up the hill, she felt her steps much lighter, sweat dripping from her pale face, the reflection was her and Ah Kin's code.
He's back, Xiang Cheng thought to herself.
"No one..."
The white stone appeared in front of her eyes, but no one was there, and Kasumi looked around in disbelief.
Suddenly, a beam of light flickered into her eyes, it was a bird's nest with a broken bowl in it, reflecting the light in the sunlight, and it was the bowl that she saw reflecting from her home.
Full of joy and sorrow, the weak body can no longer support it.
Xiangcheng sat down on the ground with her legs limp, and then fainted.
The hand mirror slipped out of Kasumi's arms, tumbling and falling to the side.
And at this moment, the sound of footsteps sounded, and the water mirror already had the appearance of a person.
Xiangcheng suddenly woke up when she heard the voice, she saw the pale feet of the water mirror not far from her, and stretched her hand into her arms, but found that the mirror rolled to the side, her body couldn't move, and the fingers of her right hand that stretched out to take the mirror had begun to turn white and turn into yin, which made her feel very frightened.
Am I going to be like that, to be replaced? Will it become something that can only be seen around people like that?
No! That's so lonely!
What! Don't follow my example! Xiang Cheng plucked up her courage, turned her head to look at the appearance of the water mirror, and scolded loudly.
...
"What? As long as you keep your eyes open, you don't need a mirror at all. Xue Song let out a smack, he recorded his findings on the scroll, and when he turned back and passed by the hunting house, he would also inform Danyu of the new discoveries along the way. Sure enough, the human beings who possess entities are already powerful enough! ”
"I haven't noticed before, you look quite handsome, just a little dark, but it's okay, I..."
"What? Xue Song looked at the girl who had just escaped from danger with a black line on his face, a little speechless.
"Why do you have so long hair? Where are you from? Are you married? ...”
"Looks really good."
Ignoring the nymphomaniac girl, Xue Song looked at the middle-aged couple with their eyes closed and a look of disgust, and said with a smile. He took out some spirit wine, let Xiang Cheng drink it, and then picked up his suitcase and walked out.
"So, it's time to leave."
"Well, I'm staying for a while..."
Walking out of the door, behind him was Xiangcheng, who was finally pulled by his parents, and said goodbye to the three of them, Xue Song walked towards the pool that Xiangcheng said.
"Is this it?" Looking at the mirror-like pool water in front of him, Xue Song sighed.
He stared blankly at himself in the lake, and all he knew was that the water mirror was attracted by reflection.
After a while, there were some waves in the center of the pool, and a tumult sounded, and a phantom slowly rose.
"Sure enough, I'm back where I came from." Xue Song looked at the water mirror and stretched out his hand.
“... Congratulations... Obtain the skill 'Mirror Abyss Technique', shine on people with water mirrors, and on the twenty-first day, you can collect three souls and seven spirits. ”
Looking at the introduction of the skill, Xue Song was also a little stunned, this really gave him a big surprise, although it was useless now, but it made him have a bold guess.
"Come with me, I'll take you to the pools deeper in the mountains and forests, where it's more suitable for you to survive..."
Retracting his mind and looking at the water mirror squatting in front of him like a pet, Xue Song turned around and walked towards the mountain as he spoke, and behind him were squirming water stains.