"Silence. There is no need for anyone to be puzzled. This entire contest will be displayed through the Heaven-Hanging Mirrors for all to see. Just watch closely," Zhou Yu said slowly after suppressing the commotion.
As his voice fell, a burst of dazzling azure light lit up behind the Thousand-Armed Guanyin statue in the square. Seven enormous bronze mirrors, each glimmering with azure radiance, slowly rose into the air and hovered overhead.
Each azure mirror reflected a hazy yellow glow and looked even blurrier than ordinary bronze mirrors used in homes.
But immediately afterward, Zhou Yu formed a hand seal with both hands and raised one hand, firing a streak of azure light at each of the seven thirty-meter-tall yellow bronze mirrors.
As the azure light entered them, circular runes appeared across the surfaces of the bronze mirrors. A layer of azure radiance then lit up from the centers of the runes and spread outward, swiftly sweeping away all the yellow light on the mirrors.
Once the hazy glow dispersed, scenes of mountains and rivers, each entirely different from the next, quickly appeared on the mirrors.
Many among the crowd were seeing such a Magical Artifact for the first time and found it exceedingly wondrous, repeatedly crying out in amazement.
"What is displayed on the Heaven-Hanging Mirrors is the scenery within the Hualian Secret Realm. From now on, you may use them to observe the performances of your fellow cultivators from each sect within the secret realm. Next, I invite Martial Uncle Wei Qing to explain the rules of the competition in detail to the participating disciples." Zhou Yu was quite satisfied with the crowd's reaction. He nodded to himself and spoke.
Upon hearing this, Wei Qing hesitated slightly before stepping forward and saying:
"Fellow Daoists, this Hualian Secret Realm