Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 96 - 86: The True Solution to Breaking the Water Moon Dream Mirror!_2

Chapter 96: Chapter 86: The True Solution to Breaking the Water Moon Dream Mirror!_2

The woman’s mouth twitched.

If swearing could kill, she wouldn’t mind cursing him out with a basketful of profanities.

"At the time, I thought you seemed very sad?"

The woman asked again.

Jiang Shouzhong hummed softly, saying, "I was reminded of a loved one."

The woman didn’t pursue the question further.

By the time Jiang Shouzhong finished washing up and the rice porridge was half done, he found that the woman on the bed had disappeared.

Like the quiet rain that infiltrates the night with the wind, she had silently and stealthily left.

"This broad doesn’t have a shred of gratitude, didn’t even bother to ask if I wanted a reward," Jiang Shouzhong grumbled as he removed the blood-stained sheets.

The sheets reeked of blood, tinged with a hint of body fragrance.

He abruptly turned around.

At the doorway, the woman had returned.

Jiang Shouzhong coughed dryly and asked, "I’ve made some rice porridge, would you like to have some breakfast before you leave?"

"Qiuye."

The woman dropped the two words indifferently.

Jiang Shouzhong was stunned for a moment, then lifted his soft and mellow handsome face smiling slightly, "When leaves in autumn fall, they can make flowers in February bloom... a beautiful name."

The woman seemed a bit dazed.

Then, turning emotionless, she walked away, "If you want a reward, come find me at Silver Moon Tower."

After the guardian named Qiuye left, Jiang Shouzhong finally relaxed the tense strings of his heart and slumped into a chair, utterly exhausted.

Just as the woman had said, he had considered killing her numerous times.

It’s not a good thing to have someone being hunted suddenly show up at your place, even if that person is a beautiful woman.

He had never been interested in playing the hero saving the damsel in distress.

He had enough trouble of his own to deal with and certainly didn’t want to invite more.

But the woman’s identity posed another problem for him.

Last time he stood up for a skinny girl, it was Ran Qingchen who helped him at the crucial moment; however, what really made that willful girl apologize was the lady from Silver Moon Tower.

This shows the tremendous power and influence of that lady.

To make an enemy out of such a person was like digging one’s own grave.

Perhaps saving this female guardian would please the lady, who might reward him with a treasure from the martial repository; after all, what he needed most right now were martial techniques.

Jiang Shouzhong rubbed his brows, feeling inexplicably irritable, "Why does it feel like there’s been an increase in troubles lately."

Having not slept all night, both his mind and body were extremely weary. Glancing at the sky outside, he decided to lie down on the bed and catch a few winks, hoping to determine if he had passed the test by communicating with the Demon Venerable.

Just as Jiang Shouzhong’s eyes closed, a voice of praise came from above, "Not bad, young man."

Jiang Shouzhong opened his eyes.

Indeed, a mirror emitting a soft, undulating glow appeared on the ceiling.

In the mirror, a breathtakingly beautiful woman with silver-white hair entwined around her was smiling at him, her figure blending into the watery reflection, ethereal and pure, "Congratulations on passing the first challenge of the Water Moon Dream Mirror."

He had succeeded?

Jiang Shouzhong exhaled deeply and asked curiously, "Am I awake now, or am I still dreaming and talking to you?"

"A dream that is real, a reality that is but a dream."

The Demon Venerable chuckled.

Jiang Shouzhong really wanted to complain, can you not speak in riddles, but he held back and said, "You mentioned two examples before, a woman who foresaw her and her husband being poisoned by her sister and got past the test by faking her death. And the other, an elder who foresaw his son being killed and tried to fake it with a look-alike, but he didn’t pass the test. I want to know, what happened to them afterward? Did anything happen?"

"Afterward?"

The Demon Venerable paused, thought carefully for a moment, and then said,

"After the woman passed the test, she killed her husband. Because the real murderer was her husband, who intended to steal her inheritance and then frame her sister."

"The elder who failed the test only knew at the moment of his death that the scene he foresaw was actually orchestrated by his own son. Because his son planned to use a fake death to conspire with outsiders against their own sect."

After listening to the Demon Venerable, Jiang Shouzhong remained silent for a long time.

Taking a deep breath, he stared intently at the Demon Venerable and said, "I think this is the true purpose of the Water Moon Dream Mirror!"

"What?"

The Demon Venerable’s eyes were sparkling, her smile inscrutable.

Jiang Shouzhong said solemnly, "The way to break the nightmare of the Dream Mirror lies in the fact that when you are sure that the dream you had will happen, you then go and change it, but you must also let it happen. It seems contradictory, but it is also the method to break through."

Because the dreamscape you see is not necessarily the truth!

The woman was successful because she found out in advance that her husband was the murderer, so she prevented the real tragedy and changed the future.

The elder failed the test because he failed to realize that it was his own son who was the instigator of the crime. So although he tried to change the outcome, he never prevented the tragedy from happening, and that led to his failure in the test.

This is the true purpose of the Water Moon Dream Mirror!

It shows you the future so that you can prevent it! Not to let you watch the tragedy unfold! Not to let you only change the scene in the Dream Mirror without lifting the real crisis.

You must resolve the potential crisis to be considered as having passed the test!"

The Demon Venerable was animated, "I indeed did not misjudge you, Jiang Mo, you are the best, I absolutely adore you. I am becoming more convinced that only you can free me. Once I get out, I will capture all the fairies from the heavens to warm your bed, giving you variety every day..."

The master of pie in the sky started his spiel again.

Jiang Shouzhong said unamusedly, "You deliberately withheld the results, just to see if I was capable of passing the test, didn’t you? If you had told me earlier, I could have figured it out sooner."

The Demon Venerable rolled her eyes exaggeratedly, "I am not that bored. If you don’t ask, I am too lazy to tell."

"Fine, then I ask you, why can you stay alive?"

Jiang Shouzhong was still doggedly pursuing the issue.

The woman’s beautifully curved lips tilted slightly upwards, almost forming a crescent moon, "Jiang Mo, try touching this mirror."

The woman almost merged with the mirror.

Touch the mirror?

Jiang Shouzhong tentatively raised his hand.

"Where are you touching!?"

The Demon Venerable’s eyebrows shot up, murderous intent flashing in her almond-shaped eyes like she had become another person.

Jiang Shouzhong jumped in fright, realizing that the direction he was reaching towards was where her chest was, and he broke into a cold sweat. He thought, what’s going on with me lately, first the boss, then Miss Qiuye, getting too used to benefits.

He cleared his throat awkwardly and reached towards the mirror’s surface, away from her body.

Although the mirror seemed very far away, it was within reach. The moment his fingertips touched the mirror’s surface, Jiang Shouzhong felt his body float up, followed by a cool sensation spreading from his fingertips throughout his body.

Jiang Shouzhong squinted his eyes in comfort, feeling the cozy warmth of soaking in a hot spring.

But the next moment, an indescribable searing pain surged within him, as if identifying Jiang Shouzhong’s constitution before recklessly charging and continuously striking against the acupoints of his Taoist Body with fire.

It was like a fiery sword colliding within.

Jiang Shouzhong’s forehead beaded with sweat, feeling more painful than being lacerated, as the burning torment kept piling up relentlessly.

Fortunately, he was used to such pain and persevered gritting his teeth for about an hour before the burning agony gradually subsided.

Jiang Shouzhong gasped for air, his clothes completely drenched in sweat.

At that moment, he was shocked to find that the acupoints in his Taoist Body were now mostly opened, and a fiery mysterious energy flowed like a nimble snake through the newly opened acupoints.

Inside the Dantian of his Taoist Body, an immense amount of mysterious energy had accumulated.

Minor Grandmaster!

Jiang Shouzhong was stupefied, thinking he was dreaming.

Just in an hour, he had stepped into the Grandmaster Realm!

This defied the heavens!