This gave Tang Changsheng time to study the Silver Mirror he had finally recovered after countless hardships.
Yet the Silver Mirror was so peculiar that it vanished even beneath his Heavenly Heart. Shining the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp on it produced the same result...
He spent half the day studying it without making any headway. It was like a rat trying to drag a turtle—there was simply nowhere to get a grip.
The Silver Mirror might hold the secret of the Inner Abode within the Gourd Immortal Abode. And now Tang Changsheng knew that people from Ultimate Care were searching everywhere for it too.
That meant the mirror was far more important than he had first imagined.
But no matter how he examined it, he could not discover how to use it. That was maddening.
Frustrated, he decided to open a window for some air. It was already afternoon, and Professor Clive would soon visit again. There was no more time to study the Silver Mirror.
The afternoon sun was fierce. As he opened the window, a wave of heat rushed in.
Just then, Tang Changsheng caught sight of a shadow lunging toward him from the corner of his eye.
Without thinking, he struck at it with his palm.
He had not expected an attack at this hour. Cultivators usually waited until after sunset to fight.
Only then could most of their Dao Arts display their power.
But this attack came in the afternoon, with the sun still blazing.
Before his palm landed, Tang Changsheng saw that the shadow was a black cat.
Its pupils, however, were an eerie black, with not a trace of white visible in its eyes.
As Tang Changsheng's palm swept toward it, the cat twisted in midair. Miraculously, it veered past his strike and raked