"Buzz!"
Golden light flashed, illuminating the entire room before gradually weakening, revealing the old woman sitting dumbly in her chair.
"Not her?"
"Could she have been scared witless? Seeing monsters eat people frightened her into madness?"
A glint flashed through Celestial Master Jitian's eyes as he looked at the old woman, who had just retreated and whose gaze kept darting about. "Your eyes are flickering around. Did seeing us frighten you?"
As his words fell, the three men turned the Bronze Mirror mounted on the wooden frame toward the old woman.
"Ten Thousand Buddhas Return to Their Origin and Command Thunder; demons and ghosts, reveal your true forms!"
Golden light flashed, so blinding that the old woman could barely open her eyes. She waved her hands repeatedly.
Shen Ying quietly sent a voice transmission. "This demon-revealing golden light is rather miraculous. I reckon if the girls from Five Beauties Manor encountered it, they really would be forced to reveal their true forms."
Lu Zheng nodded. These three Celestial Masters seemed half-Buddhist and half-daoist. Their cultivation did not appear particularly high, but their studies were quite varied, and they knew no small number of techniques.
This demon-revealing golden light incorporated both Buddhist and daoist methods, which was rather interesting. So long as something unnatural was caught in its radiance, not only would it reveal its true form, but its cultivation would also be restrained by the golden light and greatly diminished.
These three Celestial Masters did not look particularly clever, yet they had been able to run rampant through various counties. Clearly, they had some real tricks up their sleeves.
"Whew—"
Master Jitian let out a long breath. Controlling the Demon-Reflecting Mirror to release its demon-revealing golden light consumed a considerable amount of magical power.
When the golden light was withdrawn,