The pitiful little monk, Wonderful Dharma Child of the Great Freedom Temple on Longhu Mountain, didn't know what to do.
Who could blame her? The ancestral "demon-revealing mirror" had shattered without warning. (The little girl's imagination was limited by her small size.)
After setting up a folding table, the teary-eyed little monk had no choice but to steel herself and work on her exercises. Luckily, she'd just finished today's homework during the sandstorm. Otherwise, it would have been adding insult to injury, and she could forget about sleeping tonight.
The Selected Olympiad Math Problems book was terrifying, but the ancestral treasure mattered more. She couldn't take the old one back, so she had to bring home a new one.
If she couldn't give her sect a proper explanation, they'd beat her butt into eight pieces. Just imagining it was enough to make her face pale and her lips turn blue.
Watching the little girl frowning as she bent over the Tai Xuan Scripture, Diana couldn't help laughing. Li Bai really was too wicked.
As the night wore on, Wonderful Dharma Child diligently worked through the exercises, one page after another. At this rate, she probably wouldn't finish in two or three nights.
A book of exercises in exchange for a demon-revealing mirror—where else could you find a deal like that?
If the sect's elders found out, they'd press her face into the workbook without hesitation and smile at the demon. "Big Shot, do whatever you want."
Li Bai wasn't in a hurry. It was only a little magical device for detecting supernatural power. If he didn't mind spending some spiritual energy, he could make one in just ten minutes or so.
The shattered bronze mirror wasn't anything particularly special. Its body was made of ordinary bronze, mostly copper with some