I looked around and asked hesitantly, but I immediately regretted it. The darkness disappeared, but I found myself in another dilemma.
This seems to be a magnificent palace, with countless mysterious patterns above the head, four pillars standing at the four corners of the hall, and mist flowing like floating clouds under our feet. We seem to be standing in the air, and may fall down at any time.
, but the soles of my feet were actually standing on a certain plane. After the darkness was gone, could this be the true face of the temple? When I looked around, I was shocked again. The hall was surrounded by five huge bronze mirrors.
Really, there was Nalan's somewhat deformed image in the mirror, but not mine.
"There is no exit here at all." I felt a little disappointed.
"The exit may be behind the bronze mirror."
"But there are five bronze mirrors in the palace, which one is the exit?"
"Only one person tried it."
Nalan said, but his silver gun had already been taken. An unstoppable spiritual energy burst out from the tip of the gun, murderous intent splashed everywhere. The spiritual power poured into the silver gun actually seemed to have a form, condensing into a blue line in the air.
The flames shot straight towards a bronze mirror in front of Nalan.
However, there was a strong uneasiness in my heart. I wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
"Crack!" The surface of the bronze mirror cracked, and Nalan's arm was cut into two overlapping images in the mirror.
"Nalan!" I couldn't control it anymore and stepped forward to support Nalan. Looking at the bloody wound on his hand, he groaned. The severe pain made him unable to support his spiritual power anymore.
The gun fell to the ground and made a crisp sound. Looking at this scene, I almost cried.
As I feared, this bronze mirror is the same as the mechanism just now. When it is opened, it will seriously injure itself. However, Nalan thought that he had used 70% of his power in this attack, but there was only a trace of damage on the bronze mirror.
If this continues, could it be...
Nalan adjusted his breath for a moment, and then stood up again. The silver gun on the ground was summoned by him again, but this time, the blue flame condensed on the silver gun was even more intense than the previous time.
"Nalan, don't! That will kill you!"
If I am right, the damage to the bronze mirror will be transferred to Nalan's body to the same extent. Then if the bronze mirror is broken, then...Nalan will also...
"If we don't do this, how will we get out?" Nalan's eyes were filled with determination and murderous intent.
"But, what if you choose the wrong bronze mirror?!" I gasped loudly. The only thing I thought about at the moment was to stop him. I couldn't just watch him die.
His murderous intent was a little weaker, but I didn't feel that my words had any effect. He turned around and put his hand gently on my shoulder.
"Yinluo, do you regret it?"
"What do you regret?" I looked at him blankly.
"I regret entering the temple with me."
I shook my head, but a drop of water came out of my eyes.
"Yinluo, you..." Nalan looked at me in surprise, because for demons, there are no tears. But he immediately retracted his surprise and just sighed deeply.
"Do you know that there has never been a true master of the forest in the Yuyu Forest?"
I was still looking at him, vaguely knowing what he was going to say next, but I still didn't want to admit it.
"The conferment ceremony of the temple is held every ten years. However, in the previous ceremony, the forest master was never actually selected, and those who entered the temple would disappear..." A wry smile flashed across his face, "Everyone
They all thought that they had continued to practice in seclusion, but in fact, from the moment they entered the temple, they had only two ways to go." He paused and then said, "Either, break the trap and leave the temple to take over.
Forest owner. Or..."
"Stop talking!" I interrupted him, "You can definitely get out!"
"The silk of destiny says: 'Choose death and give life.' The exit is behind the bronze mirror. The only way out is to kill the illusion of myself in the bronze mirror and smash the bronze mirror. However, when the image is damaged, I will also be damaged.
Serious injury. The spiritual power inside this bronze mirror surges. With my cultivation, it is impossible to break the bronze mirror in one go. But if I continue to be seriously injured, I will not be able to break the bronze mirror again. What’s more, here
There are five bronze mirrors, and if you choose the wrong one, there will only be one ending... Perhaps, this is a game in itself, with no solution at all."
I'm speechless.
"If something happens to me..."
"No! Nalan, let's find a way together and we can always solve this situation! Aren't you afraid that you won't have the ability in the end? Although the spiritual power will be greatly reduced by using the magic movement, you have to use the final blow to break the bronze mirror.
, but it should be easy. If we attack together, we will be able to get out! But... I'm afraid that you... will suffer too much pain..."
"Yin Luo, are you really willing to help me? However, if you use your soul to cast spiritual power, you will also be harmed... You..."
"Nalan!" I interrupted him, "Since I came in with you, we must go out together. I can't just watch you die trapped in the temple! I don't want you to die! I don't want to never see you again!"
"
Nalan and I just looked at each other, and I didn’t know whether I should say such words, but I didn’t want to experience the feeling of loss again. My heart was filled with memories of Nalan spending every day with me in the forest.
Without him, no one can accompany me to watch the stars at night and listen to me talk about the past. I really want to live with Xiaolu and Nalan in the forest of gloom forever. How could I just look at Nalan?
Leaving like this?
Nalan's hands slowly slid down from my shoulders, and then he held my hands tightly. He looked at me gently, and there was no longer the despair and helplessness in his eyes. In this almost desperate situation, I rarely
I felt a little bit of warmth, just like how a young man put a braided grass ring on my hand many years ago. It’s just that Nalan didn’t say anything about eachother like the young man, but this metaphorical warmth was
I suddenly had endless power, and all my fears, anxieties, and whether it was worthwhile or not were all left behind...
"As long as I can go out, I will protect the peace of the Depressed Forest and let all the creatures in the forest live a worry-free life."
"Nalan..." I looked at his determined eyes, and for a moment I felt that he seemed to have become the lord of the forest. He had already shouldered the heavy responsibility of the entire forest of depression. Different from the warmth just now, when
When I saw the perseverance in his expression, I suddenly felt that he was far away from me. The word "simple" could not match him anyway. I involuntarily let go of his hand and looked at him with some fear.
, but he always looked in an almost ethereal direction.
"Nalan, maybe we should find the right bronze mirror first."
Only then did he come back to his senses. I felt a little disappointed because he had indeed held my hand just now, and it was true that he had not put his thoughts on me.
"The colors of these bronze mirrors seem to be somewhat different. Yellow, brown, blue, red, and brown. Could it be that they correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth?"
Following my prompting, Nalan walked around the bronze mirror and discovered the subtle differences.
"Then which side should I choose?"
"I think, according to the prophecy in the Silk of Destiny, the mechanism must be broken only by breaking the bronze mirror with the same attributes as yours."
“Then, it should be the brown bronze mirror corresponding to ‘wood’?”
I was still thinking deeply, but I could only acquiesce in his answer.
There was another fierce murderous aura, and the silver spear came out of Nalan's hand. The blue flames shook and spattered, and instantly pierced the bronze mirror. There was a crack on the bronze mirror. The silver spear then turned back and hit hard again.
After hitting it, cracks scattered and creaked. After several attacks in one go, the whole body of the bronze mirror was already covered with cracks. Nalan's image in the mirror was also torn into pieces, but he almost collapsed on the ground.
I was so shocked that I lost my words, but I could only let the liquid in my eyes flow out, watch helplessly, and endure it.
"Cough...cough..."
There was a tremor next to me, and I felt numbness in my hands and feet, and my whole body went limp.
"Nalan..."
I slowly squatted down and leaned next to Nalan. He was almost dying. He tried to hold himself up several times, but failed in the end. The silver gun fell to the ground again, and the bronze mirror shook slightly, teetering, but it was still not completely broken.
crack.
"Quickly...quickly crush it..." Nalan's voice was so weak that it seemed as if it came from another world.
"Nalan, I...I...don't, I don't want this..."
"Yinluo... only by stabbing it to pieces can we... get out, quickly..."
I kept shaking my head, as if the great pain Nalan was suffering was also happening to me. My trembling hands summoned two white silk ribbons, and a faint white light flashed, but I still had no way to take action.
"Hurry...Yinluo..."
"I……"
At this time, the cracks on the bronze mirror began to gradually recover, and spiritual energy continued to overflow around the bronze mirror. It seemed that if the bronze mirror was not shattered soon, it would still return to its previous intact state.
"Hurry...it will be too late if you don't take action..."
The bronze mirror is still gradually recovering.
"Quick! Yinluo! Stab it to pieces! Quick!"
Nalan's voice suddenly turned into a roar and urging. My heart trembled violently, and I finally gathered my spiritual power to strike. The white silk in my hand flew towards the bronze mirror, and two white lights covered everything around me, and I
In my eyes, the sharp murderous intent was pointed at the powerless image in the mirror. I felt like I was about to lose something important, and my mind was filled with fear.
"No!" I closed my eyes and shouted.
There was a loud bang, followed by the sound of the bronze mirror breaking into thousands of pieces. I turned my head suddenly, only to find that Nalan was gone. Then there was a blinding white light, the gorgeous hall was gone, and the bronze mirror was also gone.
, I only felt a hand pulling me, and then time and space reversed.
"Nalan..."
As the words reached my lips, the dazzling white light disappeared. When I opened my eyes again, I was already standing in a sunflower forest.