You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

"Uh..."

Hong Xi hummed softly and slowly opened her eyes, frowning slightly with a headache, "Why did I fall asleep... disciple?"

Upon opening her eyes, she couldn't help but be startled.

"Where is this..."

Hong Xi sat up and stared blankly around, only then realizing that she was no longer in the inn room. This place was gloomy and dilapidated, dust everywhere, and spider webs covering every corner, clearly inside a ruined temple.

She remembered the last thing she did was succumbing to sleepiness in a room at that what-was-it-called, the Summer Shelter Inn.

How did she wake up here?

Hong Xi turned her head and saw her cheaply acquired disciple, Li Wangsheng, who was now deep asleep beside her on the ground with an innocent expression on his tender face.

It was obvious he had no idea what had happened either.

"What happened..."

A bit bewildered, Hong Xi quickly reached out to lift up her disciple and shook him, "Are you okay? How do you feel?"

Although the disciple did not wake up from her shaking, his breathing and heartbeat were normal, which reassured her.

She carefully placed her disciple aside and looked around again, suddenly noticing a faint glow being emitted from a broken desk nearby.

"What's that?"

Hong Xi instinctively stood up to look, and saw a Heart Protector Mirror-like bronze mirror placed on the table, causing her to pause, she immediately walked over for a closer look.

The bronze mirror reflected her likeness, bringing an inexplicable sense of tranquility to her mind.

"What is this?" she wondered, examining the bronze mirror.

Just then, the bronze mirror began to float by itself, circled around her, and then landed automatically in her hands.

"Ha?"

Hong Xi leaped back in shock and instinctively threw the mirror away.

Behind her, the mouth of a certain seven-year-old boy twitched slightly.

You could throw away a treasure that comes to hand, could you...

"Whew—"

After throwing the bronze mirror, it traced an arc in midair and flew back to her, landing once again in Hong Xi's hands.

Hong Xi gazed at the bronze mirror, unable to help herself from asking, "Who are you?"

This girl must be silly, she couldn't possibly think that this object has an Artifact Spirit... Lin Yue thought to himself, speechless.

Naturally, this bronze mirror was a Treasure he'd deliberately given to Hong Xi, it was the Heavenly Martial Heart Plate he had obtained from a Grotto Heaven in the former dynasty.

By hanging this treasure over her heart, it could constantly reflect the Martial Arts Heart, immediately correcting and consolidating the Martial Arts Heart to restore the Peak Heart Realm whenever an unfavorable state arose.

The Heavenly Martial Heart Plate was greatly beneficial to martial arts cultivation progress.

However, now that he had already condensed the rudiments of the Heavenly Reversal Path, and even mastered a form of it, the Heavenly Martial Heart Plate was naturally of little use to him.

It was perfect timing to help this woman, forsaken by heaven and earth, overcome her destiny; at least she should have some self-protection capability, and the Heavenly Martial Heart Plate suited her well.

Moreover, the Heavenly Martial Heart Plate also contained a storage space. He had sealed some treasures inside that would greatly aid her Cultivation; as long as Hong Xi's Cultivation reached a certain level, she would be able to retrieve the treasures within.

He was truly doing his best with all these ideas.

"Perfect... this can also fulfill the obsession of Li Wangsheng."

Observing Hong Xi with Divine Thought, Lin Yue thought to himself, "This kills two birds with one stone."

Among the various lives he had tried over the years, the one he valued most was the ever-changing Li Wangsheng.

Because... Li Wangsheng was highly compatible with him.

Li Wangsheng was a Possessor.

Before the possession, Li Wangsheng was an Elder of Primordial Mountain, the foremost sect in Cangzhou.

Peak of the Four Symbols Heavenly Barrier, with a condensed Primordial Spirit, if one knew the Secret Technique of Possession, and didn't hesitate in the cost, and even found a compatible Physical Body, it was possible to possess successfully.

Of course, merely possessing a child meant not only losing all Cultivation but also suffering a massive loss of memory.

Such was the case with Li Wangsheng.

To merely survive, Li Wangsheng did not even remember who he was before the possession; his memory was nearly completely fragmented, with a mind somewhat more mature than that of a child.

In Li Wangsheng's heart, he only remembered the need to return to Primordial Mountain, only hoping to worship a good master.

After hearing Li Wangsheng's last words, Lin Yue chose to try Li Wangsheng's life.

Having discovered Hong Xi, he then took her as his master.

"Let Hong Xi go to Primordial Sect, which will also appropriately reveal her to the powers in Jingzhou..."

Lin Yue made his decision in the dark.

At this time, Hong Xi, who had undergone some inner transformation, returned with the Heavenly Martial Heart Plate and sat back down beside Lin Yue.

Lin Yue also timely opened his eyes, and began to look bewildered, as if caught in the act.

"Master? Where is this...?"

...

"Master, I've heard a story from the old people in the village; there was a person who found a palace in the wilderness, and after entering, they found it filled with gold and jewels. But upon waking up, they found the palace had turned into a dilapidated wood hut, all just an illusion. Doesn't that sound similar to what we experienced?"

After Lin Yue gently guided the recollection, Hong Xi also began to suspect that they had likely encountered a bizarre event within the Cultivation World.

Could the bronze mirror in her hand be a kind of treasure from the Cultivation World?

Upon thinking of this, Hong Xi immediately concealed the bronze mirror close to her, tucking it into her chest.

Lin Yue was somewhat speechless.

Doesn't she even know how to perform Blood Recognition?

Alas, of the nineteen states in Great Yong, only Jingzhou could be called a place of Cultivation; the other eighteen states just had very basic Essence, only suitable for Mortals to recuperate, with most local officials being Mortals as well.