Jiang Fan did not answer directly.
Instead, he chose a tactful way to steer around the topic.
"Senior, you praise me too highly!"
"The power and intricacy of this Heart Lake Mirror left this junior in awe!"
"Even with my mind clear, I almost sank into it!"
"And..."
"In the end, I had no choice but to expose the illusion to the people inside it before I could break free from the mirror!"
"I am truly ashamed!"
Master Cangming felt a little better when he heard this.
It was just as Jiang Fan had said.
To break free from his Heart Lake Mirror, one needed first to expose the illusion to the people within it, and second, to kill the people within the illusion.
Although Jiang Fan had destroyed the illusion with overwhelmingly powerful Spiritual Power, before that, he still had no choice but to first tell Ma Ning and her family the truth of the illusion.
Put that way, he had not lost too much face after all.
Even so, this method Jiang Fan had used to break the mirror was something he had never heard of before.
"You need not be modest!"
"This old man has lived for countless years and has seen no lack of astonishing geniuses, but this is the first time I have seen someone display such control in a trial of temperament!"
"Your Dao heart is as firm as rock, as clear as a bright mirror, and it contains an unimaginable edge!"
"Good! Good! Good!"
He said good several times in a row, and the way he looked at Jiang Fan changed from his initial shock into undisguised admiration.
At that moment, on Cangming Island.
Many trial-takers sat cross-legged on the ground, a mirror hovering in front of each of them.
Some wore