The Fake Heiress's Guide to Self-Rescue - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: The Crane-Locked Bronze Mirror [2] – VIP

The surface of the bronze mirror was blurry, as if it was covered with a thin veil.

The three of them looked at each other, not daring to make a move. If what Jiang Qianqian said was true, the most likely cause of Liu Jin’s coma was this bronze mirror.

“Master Jiang, this thing looks a little scary. Can you handle it alone?” Jiang Jing narrowed her eyes, planning to subtly egg on her senior sister to get their master involved. This would also save her the trouble of going back to the temple herself.

“This object is very suspicious. You two, don’t touch this mirror randomly. I will set up a Soul-Confining Formation tonight to test its power.” As the senior sister, Jiang Daishuang always had a stern face to make herself seem more capable, so as not to be underestimated by the believers. When she heard Jiang Jing’s provocation, she was not annoyed. She simply took on the air of an elder and told them not to touch the bronze mirror.

A Soul-Confining Formation? Jiang Qianqian knew about this. Jiang Jing had used this formation to exorcise the Ghost of the Planchette. It could separate an evil spirit from the person or object it was attached to. I wonder what kind of formation Jiang Daishuang will set up. It should be similar to Jiang Jing’s, right?

Jiang Jing, on the other hand, looked at her senior sister’s confident expression and couldn’t help but cover her head in frustration. Her senior sister’s abilities were well known in the sect. If she succeeded, it would be troublesome.

With that thought, she rubbed her hands together. I’m sorry, Senior Sister. I’ll just have to do a little something to make you go back and ask our Shimu to come out.

…

At midnight, Jiang Daishuang explained the situation with the bronze mirror to Liu’s parents and told them that she would need the living room to perform a ritual and that they should stay in their rooms and not come out.

The floor was covered with a formation drawn in red cinnabar. The talismans inside were not very different from the ones Jiang Jing had used that night, but different spiritual tools and restraints were set up at the four corners of the formation to prevent the evil spirit in the mirror from escaping.

Jiang Daishuang sat in front of the formation with her eyes closed, waiting for midnight to arrive so she could immediately cast the spell. The living room was empty except for Jiang Daishuang. The entire villa was unusually quiet. The servants had also been sent away, for fear that any negative talk would harm the Liu family’s reputation.

However, in the corner of the stairs on the first floor, two sneaky figures moved comically toward the living room, trying not to be discovered.

“Hey, are you sure we should do this?” Jiang Qianqian tried her best to speak in a low voice. She really didn’t understand what Jiang Jing’s purpose was.

“Of course,” Jiang Jing said, lowering her voice and watching Jiang Daishuang’s position vigilantly, for fear that she would notice them. “Trust me. I’ll tell you the real reason after we’re done.”

Midnight arrived. The formation opened, and the soul was confined.

Jiang Daishuang suddenly opened her eyes. A powerful aura quickly expanded in the living room, forming a circular domain. Anyone who stepped into the domain would be instantly detected by her.

“This looks a lot more powerful than yours,” Jiang Qianqian said, poking her. She remembered how she had to run for her life from the Ghost of the Planchette when it hadn’t regained its memory. She couldn’t help but complain to Jiang Jing.

Please. If I had performed a domain expansion at your house, and you couldn’t even see my Qi at the time, you would have been the first one to chase me out with a broom and call me crazy on your way out. Jiang Jing’s face was covered in black lines as she looked at Jiang Qianqian’s slightly open mouth in shock.

However, Jiang Jing stared thoughtfully at the spiritual tools around the formation. If she could see their shimu this time, she had to get all the good treasures she had saved up. Once she had those treasures, she could perform a domain expansion for Jiang Qianqian twenty times without any problem.

Just as she was proudly imagining Jiang Qianqian’s worshipful expression in the future, someone suddenly grabbed her ear. She then heard Jiang Qianqian scold her in a low voice, “What are you spacing out for? Pay attention to what’s going on inside. Call me when it’s time to act.”

She grabbed my ear again. Jiang Jing covered her ear and nodded repeatedly, her eyes fixed on the situation inside the formation.

At this moment, a red light rose from the Soul-Confining Formation. The human bl00d seal on the crane’s head gradually loosened. Jiang Daishuang saw this and channeled her Qi to speed up the formation’s operation. The pale blue Qi was injected into the formation and was instantly swallowed up.

This bronze mirror was indeed strange. Jiang Daishuang watched her Qi being injected into the formation to no avail. She could only patiently wait for the formation to complete itself.

After a few moments, the bronze mirror glowed with a bright red light. A sharp cry of a crane made the three people in the living room change their expressions. A faint image of a crane appeared in the mirror. Jiang Daishuang focused all her attention on the bronze mirror and did not notice the situation around her.

“Now, act!”

Jiang Jing and Jiang Qianqian raised their hands at the same time. The green demonic energy and the pale blue Qi flew in different directions. The green demonic energy hit the closest spiritual tool, knocking it a few inches off its position. The restraint of this spiritual tool was instantly weakened.

The blue Qi was like a small knife, cutting a hole in the formation. The red light that had just gathered in the formation instantly dimmed, and the mirror surface, which had just become clearer, immediately became blurry again. No matter how much Jiang Daishuang looked, she couldn’t see what was inside.

In fact, she had sensed the two Qi entering her domain, but the Qi had been disguised, making it difficult for her to distinguish their direction for a moment. What’s more, she felt a familiar aura in these two Qi. It was the aura of her deceased junior sister.

Could this evil spirit be able to disguise its aura?

With that thought, Jiang Daishuang decided not to take any risks. If the bronze mirror really had such power, it could not only transform into the voice of a familiar person but also affect reality. Trying to solve it rashly might cause harm to a person’s spiritual consciousness.

The next morning, Jiang Daishuang explained the situation to Mrs. Liu, telling her that she would go back to get her master to solve the bronze mirror and that they should not touch the mirror before then.

“I will be back with my shimu in three days at most. Please wait a few more days, Mrs. Liu.” Jiang Daishuang looked apologetically at Mrs. Liu. Last night’s events were a little out of her expectations, so it was better to be cautious.

“Then, Master Jiang, what about my son’s illness…” Aunt Liu stammered. She was worried that her child wouldn’t last until the master came back.

“You don’t need to worry about that,” Jiang Daishuang said, taking out a talisman and handing it to Aunt Liu. “This talisman is for calming the soul. Fold it into a triangle and put it under his pillow.”

Aunt Liu was overjoyed. She quickly took the talisman and thanked Jiang Daishuang, sending her to the airport.

“Fold it into a triangle…” After seeing Jiang Daishuang off, Aunt Liu looked at the talisman in her hand, turning it over and over, not knowing what to do.

“Give it to me, Auntie,” Jiang Jing said, taking the talisman. She expertly folded it into a triangle, tidied up the edges, and put it back in Aunt Liu’s hand. “It’s done.”

“It really is a triangle. Qingqing, you’re amazing.” Aunt Liu took the talisman. A gentle smile appeared on her worried face, and she lightly stroked Jiang Jing’s head.

Aunt Liu offered to have them stay for a meal before they left. Jiang Jing and Jiang Qianqian also wanted to check on Liu Jin’s condition, so they agreed to stay for a meal before leaving.

“What do you think is locked inside this bronze mirror?” Jiang Qianqian asked, sitting on a chair and staring at the pattern on the bronze mirror with wide eyes.

Jiang Jing was lifting Liu Jin’s eyelid. She looked up when she heard the question and thought for a moment. “It might be some kind of crane demon. After all, we heard the cry of a crane last night.”

Hey, I’m not a crane demon!

“What was that sound?” Jiang Qianqian stood up suddenly, looking around alertly.

The surroundings were eerily quiet. The sound of the cold wind blowing from the vent and Jiang Jing’s breathing were all clearly audible to Jiang Qianqian. All the sounds reminded Jiang Qianqian that there was no third person here.

“What did you hear?” Jiang Jing stood by the bed and couldn’t help but ask when she saw Jiang Qianqian’s expression.

“I heard someone say… she’s not a crane demon?”

The two’s gazes instantly fell on the bronze mirror. The mirror was not much different from before. The only change was that the human bl00d that had sealed the crane’s head had been removed last night.

You can hear this master’s voice?

Jiang Qianqian immediately stared at the bronze mirror. The voice… seemed to really be coming from the bronze mirror.

If that’s the case, I command you to come here.

Her body moved toward the bronze mirror uncontrollably. Jiang Qianqian felt her body suddenly lose control. She involuntarily walked to the mirror and reached out to touch the blurry surface.

“Wait, don’t touch it—”

Jiang Jing shouted anxiously. Unfortunately, it was too late. Although she was only a few steps away from Jiang Qianqian, she couldn’t stop her from touching the bronze mirror. She saw Jiang Qianqian’s body suddenly fall backward, like a puppet whose soul had been pulled out.

Damn it!

Jiang Jing hit her leg in frustration. If she had been a few steps faster, she wouldn’t have to see Jiang Qianqian fall in front of her again. She buried her fingers in her hair, unconsciously rubbing it. Jiang Jing was scared. She was afraid that Jiang Qianqian’s soul would be taken away by some demon again, all because of that ridiculous Innocent Life.

“What happened, girls?” Aunt Liu opened the door in a hurry. The servant had just said that there was a loud bang in the young master’s room. She was afraid something had happened and rushed up to check.

She saw Jiang Qianqian, who had been laughing and saying her cooking was good just moments ago, lying motionless on the ground. Jiang Jing was kneeling on the ground with her back to her, and she didn’t know what she was doing.

“What’s going on? Why are you all on the floor? Quickly, get up.”

Aunt Liu quickly walked over to help the two of them up. As soon as her hand touched Jiang Jing’s shoulder, she saw that Jiang Jing’s eyes were red, and there were faint tears in them.

“Aunt Liu,” her voice was so hoarse, full of unwillingness and confusion. “Jiang Qianqian is also unconscious. I can’t wake her up.”

Aunt Liu saw a frightened look in her eyes, a look she had seen in her own eyes three days ago. She gently pulled Jiang Jing up from the ground and had someone move Jiang Qianqian to the bed in the next room.

“Honey, listen to me,” Aunt Liu’s voice also trembled uncontrollably. The fear and despair from three days ago once again enveloped her when she saw Jiang Qianqian. “Three days, at most three days, and Master Jiang will be back.”

A warm arm wrapped around Jiang Jing. Aunt Liu closed her eyes and whispered, “Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid.”

Those words of comfort, it was unclear who they were for, like a prayer of hope.