Heaven rewards diligence, but there are always fairies plotting against me.

hum! !

A ripple like water spread across the mirror's surface, and then several clear images were projected into the air like projections.

Chu Chang looked closely.

There are seven scenes in total.

In every scene, there is someone going through the same ordeal as him.

Lin Yuan, Xu Shuang, and those two demonic cultivators!

In addition, there were three people dressed as hunters.

"Those three hunters were the ones who accidentally wandered in earlier! Sigh, their willpower is so weak; they're completely addicted and can't break free. I plan to send them out after their trials are over."

"How should I address you? You're so amazing, can you make me amazing too?" Chu Chang asked.

"My true form is a Mirror of Deception! My former owner called me the Mirror of Deception, but I prefer to be called Little Mirror."

The bronze mirror, suspended in mid-air, spun around, revealing a smug smile on the girl's pretty face reflected on it: "As for you, if you want to become stronger, you ultimately have to rely on your own cultivation. However… I can absorb all sorts of evil and malevolent forces from the world. As long as you help me collect these powers, I can purify them and bestow them upon you, allowing you to gain a significant boost in strength in a short period!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Chang's eyes lit up immediately.

That sounds good!

This feature is practically like having a berserk potion with you wherever you go.

Imagine if you accumulated a lot of power, wouldn't you possess unimaginable strength?!

While secretly calculating, Chu Chang glanced sideways at the image projected in the mirror.

In the scene, Lin Yuan, Xu Shuang, and others are still struggling desperately in their respective illusions.

Lin Yuan was drooling over the pile of conjured spirit stones, while Xu Shuang's face was flushed and she was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet.

Chu Chang was speechless at the sight, and even couldn't help but roll his eyes.

How could these people be so slow with such a simple test?

Lin Yuan, being an ordinary inner disciple, is one thing, as he's not used to seeing much of the world.

The key point is that Xu Shuang, who is usually proud and arrogant and has the appearance of an ice queen, actually behaved so slowly and indecisively in the illusion test, which was incredibly frustrating.

Chu Chang stroked his chin, suddenly curious about what Xu Shuang had seen in the illusion. He chuckled and pointed at the image in the bronze mirror, saying, "Little mirror, could you show me the scenes of their previous trials?"

"Of course," the girl in the bronze mirror smiled proudly, "I can record everything that happens in this forbidden zone."

The scene shifts, and the light and shadow on the mirror begin to recede rapidly, finally settling on the scene when Lin Yuan first entered the illusion.

In the scene, Lin Yuan's experience is exactly the same as Chu Changyi's.

He also encountered the frail old man, who begged him, with tears streaming down his face, to help subdue the monsters ravaging the village.

Lin Yuan dealt with the tiger demon cleanly and efficiently.

But when he returned to the village, the old man led the grateful villagers, presenting a large pile of glittering spirit stones as a token of their gratitude…

Lin Yuan's expression immediately changed!

"So many spirit stones?"

Lin Yuan stared intently at the pile of spirit stones, his breathing becoming extremely heavy.

The greed in his eyes almost overflowed the screen.

Suddenly, a sinister and ferocious sneer curled at the corner of his mouth: "You bunch of bumpkins living in a run-down village, since you can casually produce so many spirit stones, you must have even more on hand! Behave yourselves and hand over all your spirit stones right now, or you'll regret it!"

Immediately afterwards, the villagers in the video were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, begging desperately.

However, Lin Yuan remained unmoved, not even blinking.

He immediately dragged out two villagers and subjected them to severe torture.

Amidst the agonizing screams, he finally forced the village chief to reveal the secret that a huge amount of spirit stones were buried in his house.

Then, a fierce light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. In order to kill and silence witnesses, he actually grinned and swung his knife, slaughtering all the innocent villagers in the village!

The scene depicted rivers of blood.

Finally, Lin Yuan dug up several large boxes of spirit stones from the ground beneath the village chief's house. He collapsed onto the pile of spirit stones, laughing almost maniacally, "Hahaha! I'm rich! I'm rich! These are all mine! All mine..."

Outside the mirror, Chu Chang watched this scene. His previously carefree smile gradually disappeared, and his brows furrowed tightly.

"This person is so utterly depraved!" Chu Chang's voice was slightly cold.

Although he loves money, he only uses his brains and methods to cheat those who deserve it; he would never use such a knife on unarmed mortals.

"Indeed, this person is extremely greedy and violent at heart." The disdainful voice of the young girl came from the bronze mirror. "Even if he also has an extremely yang constitution, I would never choose to cooperate with such a person. He's disgusting!"

Chu Chang shook his head, took a deep breath to suppress his disgust, and then said, "Let's take a look at Xu Shuang."

The scene flashed again, switching to Xu Shuang's scene.

When faced with villagers offering spirit stones, Xu Shuang's reaction was much more proper.

Her expression was aloof, even somewhat arrogant. Faced with the villagers' kneeling gratitude, she simply said, "It is our duty to vanquish demons and monsters," and then generously accepted the spirit stones.

Chu Chang stroked his chin and muttered, "This Senior Sister Xu is certainly impolite, but at least she's not as ruthless as Lin Yuan. So how did she get stuck at the back?"

The screen continued to scroll.

Soon, the scenery in front of Xu Shuang changed, and she arrived at a quiet valley filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.

The man who appeared before her was extremely handsome and had a gentle and refined demeanor.

Chu Chang took a look and immediately burst into laughter.

Tsk tsk, it seems that the illusionary trials of this strange mirror are quite humane, with distinctions between men and women.

Male disciples who enter will encounter alluring and charming women, while female disciples will encounter handsome and dashing young men.

However, when Chu Chang took a closer look at the man's appearance in the picture, he couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

The man was dressed in the distinctive white robes of a core disciple of a sect, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist. He had a smile on his lips and appeared gentle and refined.

"Junior sister, you saved me, I am very grateful to you."

In the video, the man is gazing at Xu Shuang with deep affection.

He slowly stepped forward, gently took Xu Shuang's hand, his eyes filled with tenderness, and said affectionately, "I have no way to repay your life-saving grace. If you don't mind, junior sister, let's be together for life, become Daoist partners, and never be separated, okay?"

Upon seeing this, Chu Chang, standing outside the mirror, couldn't help but gasp and rub his eyes.

"Goodness, who would have thought?" Chu Chang stroked his chin, his face beaming with the excitement of a bystander. He chuckled, "Senior Sister Xu usually acts like an unapproachable, aloof iceberg focused solely on the Dao, but it turns out she's been secretly in love all along!"

"Hmph, mere mortals, they can't overcome the hurdle of love in the end." Little Mirror curled her lip, her tone quite disdainful. "This woman seems to have a firm Dao heart, but this illusion directly targets the deepest desires in people's hearts. The deeper she suppresses them in daily life, the more trapped she becomes in this illusion. Look at her, she can barely hold her sword now."

Chu Chang nodded; he understood now.

Xu Shuang likes this kind of handsome men.

In the video, Xu Shuang's perpetually cold and beautiful face is now flushed, her eyes are glazed, and her body is even trembling slightly, clearly flirting wildly on the edge of reason and emotion.

Meanwhile, the scene involving the two demonic cultivators and the three hunters was simply too much to bear.

The two demonic cultivators killed many villagers before encountering a beautiful woman.

After killing one of the demonic cultivators who was chasing after a beautiful woman, the demonic cultivator began to grope the woman.

Another demonic cultivator befriended the demonic cultivator who was chasing after the beautiful woman, and then stood excitedly in front of her.

Sandwich cookies...

Chu Chang's lips twitched, and he shook his head. It was truly unbearable to watch.

Needless to say, the three hunters didn't even get past the tiger demon in the first level.

"Little Mirror, that's enough. You can let everyone else go, except for those two demonic cultivators."

Chu Chang smiled and said, already planning in his mind how he should act when Xu Shuang and Lin Yuan came out.

In short, this matter of the strange mirror must absolutely not be exposed!!

However, the girl in the mirror rolled her eyes and said irritably, "I'm afraid that won't work. Initiating this level of test consumes a tremendous amount of my supernatural power each time. My rules are simple: either release everything, or release none at all..."