Casting the Sage into the Mortal World

The third reflection.

Li Shun opened his eyes once more.

Without hesitation, he sank his mind into the Square Inch Space and used the Cold Mountain Venerable to repair the Threefold Self-Reflection Stone Statue as quickly as possible.

At the same time, he explained everything to Li Qing.

Li Qing felt deeply guilty, but his brother's life came first.

Under cover of darkness, he carried Li Shun on his back and slipped out of the city.

To keep the tribulation's influence from clouding Li Qing's mind and sending him astray, Li Shun directed him from his back.

Most of Li Shun's spiritual sense stayed tucked away in the Square Inch Space, with only a little left outside to make out the way.

Now and then, he extended his spiritual sense to make sure they had not taken a wrong turn.

Li Qing raced on, and they soon reached the border of Yunguan County.

Dawn had not yet broken.

"There's still time before Zuo Yan appears. We should be safe this time."

With escape in sight, Li Shun could not help breathing a sigh of relief.

But...

Just then, a figure appeared without warning.

He blocked the brothers' path.

"Who's there?" Li Qing stared warily at the newcomer.

Li Shun's breath caught. His heart seemed to stop.

The newcomer was Zuo Yan!

He watched the brothers with mockery in his eyes. "You two... what are you running from?"

Li Shun gave no answer. He made his decision at once and wrote with a sweep of his brush.

"With the mind elsewhere, the eyes see nothing and the ears hear nothing!"

At the same moment, as though the brothers shared a single thought, Li Qing's blood and vitality surged. His bones creaked like shrieks, and he shot toward Zuo Yan like a