Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 603 Transforming into a Dragon with the Power of the Dynasty! The Spirit in the Mirror!
"You two know nothing."

The blind people are just as tired.

But they showed no sign of stopping to rest.

“That guy isn’t human at all, but a terrifying demon unlike any we’ve ever seen before. Such a demon could kill us with ease. If we don’t run now, and he changes his mind and decides to kill us, then you and I, master and disciple, might not even have anyone to collect our corpses. Get up and show me the way.”

"Master, was that senior really a demon?" the boy asked curiously.

"There's no mistake. You couldn't sense that terrifying demonic aura that shook the heavens and earth, but it chilled me to the bone." The blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi subconsciously shuddered and continued, "That demon, in your eyes, is probably no different from an ordinary person, right?"

After receiving affirmative answers from the two boys, the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi said, "I knew it. Although my eyes are blind, my heart is not blind at all."

Suddenly smiling smugly, the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi said, "Unfortunately, this fellow doesn't know that the manor I pointed out to him hides an evil dragon. Regardless of who is stronger between him and the dragon, they will inevitably suffer mutual destruction in the end."

Quan Zhenzi, a blind Taoist priest, traveled all over the country. Unlike Fahai, who possessed both extraordinary talent and a complete lineage of esoteric magic, Quan Zhenzi relied on only a half-baked Maoshan lineage to survive to this day and even cultivate two decent disciples.

It's impossible for a blind man like him to have achieved what he has now without being smart.

Although the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi dared not lie about the secret methods he inherited, his claim of being invited to slay demons and monsters was a complete lie.

The blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi only knew where the most terrifying monster was in the vicinity, and deliberately pointed it out to Luo Fu.

His purpose was revenge; he didn't even dare to think about taking advantage of the situation.

After all, he had personally experienced the power of Luofu, and the abandoned manor was rumored to have been inhabited by an evil dragon a hundred years ago.

Luring Luofu there posed absolutely no threat to him.

Although he was not invited, there were indeed demons in that place, and he even killed a demon who did not know about the Xuanmen cultivator.

In the eyes of Quan Zhenzi, the blind Taoist priest, his luring Luofu there was nothing short of a dog-eat-dog show.

Although Luo Fu shared the abilities of Luo Fu from other worlds, and even the memories of other Luo Fu to some extent, the sharing of memories and experiences was merely a fleeting process, like a god's-eye view, rather than a complete immersion.

Otherwise, for those Luofu from the lower world, each sharing would be tantamount to a devastating personality shock.

You must understand that in some powerful worlds, the Luofu beings have lived for an unknown amount of time and have truly experienced everything about the other person. The impact of memories and emotions alone is enough to destroy a resilient personality.

This is why, even after sharing experiences, Luo Fu's personality doesn't change much.

He was completely unaware of the sinister intentions of the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi.

Following the instructions of the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi.

They headed towards the so-called mountain manor.

In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a vast manor, which should have been incredibly luxurious and built by some wealthy tycoon, appeared before Luo Fu's eyes.

The manor was very large, with carved beams and painted rafters, but because it had been abandoned for who knows how long, it looked extremely desolate, with weeds growing rampant in the courtyard.

After observing the manor from a distance, Luo Fu leaped inside.

According to the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi, evil spirits have been lurking in this manor for over a century, causing the deaths of more than three thousand people.

Upon entering, Luo Fu did not sense anything amiss about the manor. At most, he felt that the manor, having been uninhabited for so long, seemed devoid of human presence and instead filled with a faint, eerie atmosphere.

When his gaze fell upon an ancient well within the manor, Luo Fu's eyes suddenly narrowed.

At this ancient well, he finally sensed that something was amiss.

I slowly walked to the ancient well and looked down into the well.

There wasn't a ripple in the well; instead, a graceful young woman in a Tang Dynasty-style ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) was dancing at the bottom of the well, her clothes fluttering in the breeze.

It was as if it sensed Luo Fu's gaze.

The girl suddenly paused, revealing a shy and charming smile in Luo Fu's direction. Her pretty face flushed red, giving Luo Fu a smile that stirred his imagination. The girl gracefully fled a distance, then stopped, seemingly playing hard to get, and looked at Luo Fu again.

It must be admitted that the girl's behavior truly captured the man's heart.

Her graceful and ethereal demeanor, her shy and hesitant manner, and her charming and captivating beauty were truly breathtaking.

However, the moment Luo Fu saw the girl's appearance, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

It was this familiar manor, along with the ancient well and the girl in the well—a series of coincidences—that finally made Luo Fu realize where he was.

Or rather, what kind of story is he now involved in?

The Ghostly Mirror.

During the Tianbao era, a girl named Susu, clutching an ancient mirror, fell into a well and died.

However, a vicious dragon dwells within this ancient well.

This evil dragon, like the tree demon of Lanruo Temple, commands female ghosts to lure passersby into its clutches.

Compared to the Tree Demon Granny, who had countless young and beautiful female ghosts under her command, the evil dragon in the ancient well was only Su Su.

Su Su, in particular, is not a female ghost in the ordinary sense, because when she fell into the well while holding a mirror, she was caught in a strange state that was like a bug.

Neither human nor ghost, yet both human and ghost, it can switch freely between the two, but its true form is that strange ancient mirror.

The mirror is inside a box beneath this ancient well.

Just as Luo Fu realized what story he had gotten himself into.

Su Su, who was below the well, seemed somewhat disappointed that she had failed to seduce Luo Fu. With a turn of her head, she disappeared from Luo Fu's sight.

Luo Fu's lips curled up slightly, and he leaped into the well.

It's fortunate that the manor has been abandoned for who knows how many years, and no one witnessed this scene; otherwise, the number of victims of the manor would probably have increased to one.

As Luo Fu jumped into the well, the fall was only a moment, but the scene before his eyes suddenly changed.

Where was it once a gloomy, damp, and cold ancient well? It was now clearly a cave of unknown origin, a hidden paradise.

The cave was dark and deep, filled with skeletons and bones—clearly the remains of past victims. However, there was no trace of the legendary dragon within. Following the cave's contours, a mud-covered box soon came into Luo Fu's view.

Upon seeing the box, which was covered in mud and had been reduced to a mere cube outline, Luo Fu's eyes lit up.

If he remembered correctly, the mirror containing the seventh of the twelve mirrors supposedly cast by Shi Kuang, named Jing Yuanying, was placed in this box.

As I stepped forward, an invisible force instantly pulled the box out of the mud and cleaned it clean in the blink of an eye.

After scanning his surroundings but still unable to find any trace of the so-called evil dragon, Luo Fu simply took the box and left the well again.

After all, the evil dragon in this manor is not as difficult to deal with as the Tree Demon Granny.

You should know that the Tree Demon Granny has been blessed by the Buddha at Lanruo Temple for thousands of years and has imprisoned countless female ghosts under her command, tempting those who come and go.

This so-called evil dragon was actually defeated by Su Su alone.

As long as Jing Yuanying takes the mirror away, the evil dragon will come to you on its own.

Moreover, Luo Fu was quite curious about this so-called evil dragon.

It should be noted that Pudu Cihang, who was appointed as the Imperial Preceptor in the capital, was a thousand-year-old centipede spirit whose lifelong dream was to use the imperial fortune and dragon energy of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty to transform himself into a dragon. This alone is enough to make people feel how difficult it is to transform into a dragon.

But the evil dragon here, which was already infamous a hundred years ago, only has this much supernatural power, which obviously doesn't match the so-called dragon at all.

Luo Fu even suspected that this so-called evil dragon was more like the concept of an earthworm being called a "ground dragon."

After arriving at the abandoned manor with the box, Luo Fu swept his sleeve and instantly cleaned up a room.

This once luxurious manor was obviously abandoned in a very hasty manner. Countless pieces of dilapidated furniture remain in the manor. The dilapidation of these pieces is not due to human use, but rather to the decay caused by the passage of time and lack of maintenance.

Of course, this is also largely due to the fact that the manor is haunted by demons and monsters; otherwise, such a manor might have been visited by countless people over the past hundred years.

Where would all this furniture that couldn't be moved in time possibly be left?

They sat down at a low table, and the moment Luo Fu opened the box, an antique mirror was revealed inside.

The moment Luo Fu saw the mirror, his eyes lit up.

I couldn't help but marvel at what a magnificent mirror brimming with spiritual energy.

Only when he truly saw the mirror did Luo Fu realize that his previous judgment of the so-called Su Su was actually wrong.

Before seeing the mirror, Luo Fu subconsciously thought that Su Su was the ghost of the girl who died embracing the mirror years ago.

But in reality, this Jingyuan Yingbao Mirror is the true Susu. The girl who fell into the well with the mirror was merely awakening the mirror's intelligence. This is the real reason why Susu is neither human nor ghost.

She is the spirit of Jing Yuanying's mirror!
It belongs to a type of spirit whose intelligence is acquired later in life.

She was neither a monster nor a ghost. Because the girl fell into the well and died while holding a mirror, she had the identity of a human, but also had some ghostly attributes. However, her true essence was a spirit.

After examining the precious mirror, Luo Fu casually stroked its smooth surface and said, "Come out. Do you think you can hide from my discerning eyes?"

The moment Luo Fu finished speaking, a dazzling halo appeared on Jing Yuanying's mirror.

A halo of light swirled, and in a flash, a pretty young girl dressed in a Tang Dynasty-style ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) appeared out of thin air in front of Luofu.

As soon as she appeared, the girl hurriedly knelt and bowed in the direction of Luofu, saying, "Immortal, spare my life."

The girl in front of him had no eerie or sinister air about her; instead, her delicate features exuded a light and ethereal beauty.

"Get up. Although you tempted me before, I know that you had no choice." Luo Fu nodded slightly and said, "Tell me, what is the origin of that evil dragon that forced you?"

Compared to Jing Yuanyingjing, Luo Fu is now more interested in the evil dragon.

After all, Jing Yuanyingjing was already in Luo Fu's hands, and the one who couldn't escape was that evil dragon. What kind of background did it have? This puzzled Luo Fu even more.

There's no reason why Pudu Cihang, who has brought disaster to the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, is trying to transform into a dragon by taking advantage of the dynasty's national fortune; the mastermind behind occupying such a manor is actually the very dragon transformation that Pudu Cihang has been dreaming of.

"Thank you, Immortal Master." Su Su put aside her fear and then told Luo Fu about the origin of the so-called evil dragon.

As expected, the so-called evil dragon that manipulated Jing Yuanying's mirror was not a dragon at all, or rather, it was just a monster that was called a dragon. Its origin was nothing more than a crocodile dragon.

Although the name "Tuolong" is related to dragons, it is actually just another name for crocodiles.

Despite its reputation as an evil dragon, and having occupied this manor for over a century, even manipulating the spirit of the Jingyuan Yingjing mirror to lure and kill more than three thousand people, its cultivation level is far superior to that of a great demon like Pudu Cihang. Even the Tree Demon Granny could easily crush this dragon.

Even Jing Yuanying's spirit, Su Su, if she really fought desperately, was confident that she could perish together with the evil dragon.

Rather than saying that Su Su is like the female ghost of Lanruo Temple, manipulated by the tree demon, it would be more accurate to say that she is the original Jing Yuan Ying Jing trapped in the well, and had no choice but to reach a balance of mutual fear with the evil dragon.

They lured their prey in exchange for the opportunity to live in peace with the dragon.

Even when luring her prey, Su Su was not like the female ghost of Lanruo Temple who would stop at nothing; she simply appeared in the well.

Whether or not someone will fall for it depends entirely on whether the other party has evil intentions towards them. Apart from that, they will not use any extraordinary power to influence the victim.

This approach poses virtually no threat to upright and virtuous individuals.

She was nothing like the female ghost of Lanruo Temple, who would truly tempt innocent people in every way, even going so far as to personally offer her soul as a sacrifice.

The cave beneath that well is the site of the evil dragon, the Tuolong. The passage connecting this well to the unnamed river dozens of miles away is the passage between the well and the river.

In most cases, the dragon will not be in the manor, but will only come periodically to collect the blood food that Su Su has lured into the well.

After listening to Su Su's story, Luo Fu raised an eyebrow and said, "So, there are already three thousand people who have been harmed by the evil dragon because of you?"

"You dare not deceive the immortal master?" Su Su gently bit her lip and said with a forced smile, "So far, there have been 3,926 people who voluntarily entered the well because of seeing me. Only 3,700 of them were harmed by that evil dragon because of their wicked intentions."

Luo Fu was taken aback at first, but then he realized what was happening.

Of the 3,926 people who voluntarily entered the well, only 3,700 harbored ill intentions. This means that 226 people were able to stay true to their original intentions and escape from the well.

(End of this chapter)