With a somewhat heavy mood, Hun Changqing left the secret chamber and entered the loft, taking a seat in an archaic and majestic wooden chair. Water surged within his palm, shooting straight into the teapot on the table.
With a flick of his finger toward the teapot, a wisp of Supreme Yin True Qi drifted inside. After circling the tea leaves for a full cycle, it returned into Hun Changqing's body, and a pot of Supreme Yin Ice Fruit Tea was thus brewed.
He picked up the tea cup, blew on the nonexistent steam, and drained it in a single gulp. The refreshing and sweet taste of the fruit tea lingered on the tip of Hun Changqing's tongue, calming the tumultuous emotions that had just been churning within him quite a bit.
He rubbed the space between his brows, trying his best to soothe his somewhat chaotic state of mind.
If I want to make a move against Gu Xun'er, I must find a way to dispatch that Gu Clan Old Servant. Otherwise, the moment that old servant detects even the slightest anomaly, a large majority of the Dou Sheng of the Gu Clan will instantly slaughter their way over.
Since the Gu Clan dares to place Gu Xun'er here, they have definitely established a spatial tunnel here. With the abilities of those Dou Sheng, they can arrive here in less than half a day. By then, I will truly have nowhere to turn to heaven and no door to enter the earth, and this Ling Ying is the crucial point...
Hun Changqing pondered. His five jade-white, slender, and delicate fingers were rhythmically tapping on the tea table, his willow-leaf-like brows furrowing and relaxing by turns.
How can I make Ling Ying unaware of Gu Xun'er's disappearance? Or rather, find someone to replace Gu Xun'er for a period of time, but how should the issue of the aura be resolved?
Illusion simulation? The Water Attribute is indeed very favorable for cultivating illusions, but I do not possess profound illusion techniques, so I am afraid I won't be able to deceive Ling Ying. Besides, where can I find a body double who can replace Gu Xun'er? A body double...
"Ah!"
A flash of brilliant insight suddenly crossed Hun Changqing's eyes, and a trace of inspiration surfaced in his mind. He muttered incessantly, trying to grasp that fleeting inspiration in his mind.
Unable to perceive Gu Xun'er... illusion... body double... water... water... mirror flower... water moon... Mirror Flower, Water Moon!
Hun Changqing finally connected all the crucial points, and then associated them with a person and... a technique.
A character he had seen in his previous life-Aizen! And his signature ultimate technique-Mirror Flower, Water Moon!
Hun Changqing would not evaluate what kind of person Aizen was, but Aizen's Mirror Flower, Water Moon gave him some inspiration.
Mirror Flower, Water Moon-ability "Complete Hypnosis"-manipulates the opponent's five senses, making them completely believe that the appearance, form, mass, feel, and even scent of a specific target are what the master desires.
Although Hun Changqing could not completely achieve what was described like this, after all, this was a technique described by someone else in writing, and whether it actually existed was still up for debate.
Yet it gave Hun Changqing a trace of inspiration. Hun Changqing discovered that with his current conditions, it seemed possible to achieve an effect similar to Mirror Flower, Water Moon.
Hun Changqing's Three-Light Divine Water was an incomparably powerful divine water formed by the merging of the golden Sunlight Divine Water, the silver Moonlight Divine Water, and the purple Starlight Divine Water into one, possessing boundless marvelous uses.
After the Moonlight Divine Water, which could corrode souls and primordial spirits, and the Starlight Divine Water, which devoured and dissolved true spirits and conscious thoughts, merged into the Three-Light Divine Water.
The Three-Light Divine Water also carried the rules of these two divine waters regarding souls, spirits, and true-spirit consciousness, capable of interfering with souls and influencing the consciousness of others.
As for water, it was naturally able to reflect and mirror. Once he influenced Ling Ying's soul consciousness, he could then reflect the image of Gu Xun'er's aura into his mind, making him believe that Gu Xun'er was right before his eyes, and naturally no flaws would be exposed.
This was the so-called Water Moon in Mirror Flower, Water Moon!
As for the prerequisite condition required to achieve the reflection of images by influencing soul consciousness, it required the so-called mirror flower.
Hun Changqing possessed Monadic Heavy Water, and could freely manipulate the mass and weight of the Monadic Heavy Water. Hun Changqing only needed to use the heavy water to wrap around the Three-Light Divine Water and condense it to form a water mirror, firmly enveloping its energy rules until it reached a critical point.
Subsequently, the mirror surface was shattered, and the fragmented mirror shards danced about. Those mirror shards contained some of the energy of the Three-Light Divine Water, and the reflected light could cause the mind of the person being illuminated to be briefly stunned.
As for the origin of the Three-Light Divine Water within the mirror, it would transform into wisps of fine water threads, and this water thread possessed no aura whatsoever and was invisible to the naked eye.
The water threads would drift along with the dancing mirror shards. As long as the target was illuminated by the mirror shards and a flaw appeared in their mind, that trace of water thread would invade the other party's soul, silent and soundless.
Afterward, the fine water threads would spread out in the depths of the other party's soul, forming a water mirror that could not be easily detected, interfering with the soul, reflecting reality, and mirroring images.
This was the so-called Mirror Flower in Mirror Flower, Water Moon!
Hun Changqing's eyes were piercingly bright at this moment, his train of thought crystal clear. The technique he had pondered over closely fit the moniker of this Mirror Flower, Water Moon.
Right now, this technique was merely an idea, and the specific operation still required Hun Changqing to slowly study it: the running pathways of Soul Power, the operating method supporting the technique with True Qi, the problem of the interface between the Three-Light Divine Water and the Monadic Heavy Water, and so on. There were many, many things that required Hun Changqing to practice step by step.
Hun Changqing no longer possessed the decadence of when he had just walked out of the secret chamber. His mind was completely filled with thoughts regarding this technique he had just concocted, and his eyes grew increasingly bright.
Then, with a fierce surge, he plunged headfirst back into the secret chamber to verify his conjecture.
Xiao Clan Back Mountain
"Ha!"
"Hah!"
An unyielding-looking youth was continuously punching a giant boulder. With a single punch thrown, it emitted a surging and tumultuous sound.
Sonic booms traveled through the air, internal organs vibrated violently, muscles undulated, tendons and bones chimed in unison, and the fist carried not the slightest bit of Dou Qi. A fist devoid of Dou Qi protection struck heavily against that massive boulder.
This youth was none other than Xiao Yan. At this moment, a full month had already passed since he was severely injured by Jia Lie Ao. Under the help of a mysterious medicinal pill from Gu Xun'er, he had quickly recovered from all the injuries on his body.
However, after this severe injury, the temperament that had gradually grown somewhat cheerful due to the recovery of his talent once again became somewhat gloomy.
For the past month, he had not uttered a single word, frantically cultivating in the back mountain. Whenever Gu Xun'er wanted to call him out for a walk, she was politely refused by Xiao Yan.
Thinking of how he was heavily injured due to insufficient strength, and thinking of how he could only recover his injuries by relying on a girl like Xun'er, he intensely loathed himself-loathing his own strength for being inadequate, and also loathing the heavens for why it had previously taken away his talent, only returning it to him after he had endured all the humiliation.
Right now, he could only rely on ceaseless cultivation to vent the pent-up frustration in his heart. His fists hammered unceasingly against the giant boulder until they oozed with fresh blood, yet he cared not in the least.
"Brother Xiao Yan..."
Hearing this voice, Xiao Yan's fists, which hadn't stopped for even a single moment, instantly halted and slowly lowered. His clenched fists also gradually relaxed at this moment.