Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1061: Chapter 733: The Secret of the Ancient Book

But he was clearly overthinking it. The Sect Master’s precaution left in the books seemed to be only effective against humans. The Mirror Ghost flipped through a dozen books in succession without any incident.

Yang Xiao wasn’t in a hurry. He deliberately instructed the Mirror Ghost to turn every book’s pages multiple times.

Before long, an unexpected incident occurred when a bookmark fell out from the pages of a book with a black cover.

Yang Xiao immediately signaled the Mirror Ghost to stop. He slowly stepped forward, first using the Ghost Lantern to thoroughly inspect the book, and only after confirming there were no issues did he take the book.

This was an ancient book, in vertical format, with the handwriting on it not very clear anymore. Yang Xiao casually turned a few pages and suddenly an illustration caught his attention. The illustration was quite rough but one could see it was a door.

No, it was a mirror!

A long-haired woman in ancient attire stood in front of the mirror, turning her face as if she was grooming and dressing up, her half-visible face showing an inviting smile.

What made Yang Xiao’s brow furrow was that the face reflected in the mirror, though smiling as well, lacked any emotion and was filled with eerie ghost aura, resembling either a dead person or a ghastly ghostly figure.

Yang Xiao immediately realized that there was indeed something wrong with this mirrored door, possibly it was a Resentful Eye, and... this thing seemed to have an uncanny resemblance to the Soul-Capturing Mirror he was holding, with the reflection akin to the former Mirror Ghost.

As he turned the page again, there was another illustration. This time, the woman directly reached out and took a small mirror from the handle position of the mirrored door, then used the entire right-hand page to thoroughly replicate the mirror she had extracted.

With a flick of the wrist, Yang Xiao took out the Soul-Capturing Mirror and slowly aligned it with the mirror in the illustration; the edges fitted perfectly and seamlessly.

At this moment, the hair on Yang Xiao’s back stood up. The Soul-Capturing Mirror he held was almost identical to the small mirror in the illustration.

No, these two were actually the same thing!

Only now did Yang Xiao realize that his own Soul-Capturing Mirror was also a Remnant Treasure, removed from another larger and more terrifying mirror!

Without a doubt, Yang Xiao concluded that this large mirror was in the hands of that young Sect Master!

Once he understood this, Yang Xiao’s heart started pounding furiously. No wonder the Yu Yuan Sect members were relentless in their pursuit because of this mirror. It seemed he had underestimated this Magic Artifact.

A Remnant Treasure was already so formidable. If it were complete, it would at least be a Nether-level Magical Artifact. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

He had to find a way to get hold of that large mirror.

With this thought, Yang Xiao comforted the Mirror Ghost for a moment, then took the book and left the Mirror World.

Back home, sitting on his bed, Yang Xiao began to translate the content of the book little by little. The content was recorded in classical Chinese, but fortunately, Yang Xiao’s literary prowess was quite impressive.

He spent almost the entire night devouring the book, and its content left him utterly astonished.

This large mirror was indeed a Magic Artifact, and an extremely terrifying one. Its ability was to resurrect the dead.

But not the kind of resurrection that restores flesh and bone to a living state. Instead, it turns the dead into mindless puppets to fight for the mirror’s owner.

The author of the book named this item the Corpse Mirror.

Furthermore, the author had insights into the Soul-Capturing Mirror that Yang Xiao possessed, including several sentences that left a deep impression on Yang Xiao: Only those of great power can master it; it forms a world of its own; blessings and curses coexist.

Unfortunately, this book was incomplete. The last dozen pages were torn out neatly, undoubtedly by that Sect Master. Based on the rest of the book’s content, these pages must have detailed the usage methods of both the Corpse Mirror and the Soul-Capturing Mirror, as well as an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses.

"Damn it..."

Yang Xiao cursed softly while holding the book. This person was extremely cautious. If he survived this by mere luck, he would surely be a formidable enemy in the future.

Previously, when Nalan Shuo narrated, Yang Xiao did not understand why the attackers took the body of the Academy’s Dean, Yang Yunluo. Moreover, the body later appeared at the scene of the clash, cut into several pieces.

Now Yang Xiao understood that the body was surely taken by that young Sect Master, who secretly turned it into a puppet using the Corpse Mirror. This was the reason the Yu Yuan Sect could eliminate two Netherworld-level Apostles of the Black Wood Society and numerous other experts.

The more Yang Xiao thought, the more alarmed he felt. It seemed that this young Sect Master had long been planning to wipe out the Black Wood Society, a person with such deep scheming is rare in the world, acting decisively and fiercely, truly a character. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

In the book, Yang Xiao found a more detailed description of the Soul-Capturing Mirror, mostly about its appearance, and some discrepancies with the mirror Yang Xiao held. The book mentioned that the mirror had a protruding copper handle on the back, a secret treasure of the Corpse Mirror. However, the mirror in Yang Xiao’s possession did not have these features; instead, it resembled a copper-shelled pocket watch, albeit slightly larger in size.

Yang Xiao speculated that this Soul-Capturing Mirror had to have been reforged or improved by someone, similar to what his uncle did to the Ghost Duster. Its abilities remained unchanged, just the appearance differed slightly.

Yang Xiao suspected that the most likely person to have done this was the young Sect Master, who was knowledgeable and exceptionally skilled in appraising treasures, even more so than the Old Clan Leader. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been recommended to Yang Xiao back then.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiao’s heart began to feel slightly uneasy. He wasn’t sure if that young Sect Master had discovered the secret of the Underworld Robe.

In a thought experiment, if he himself were in such a situation, even if he discovered it back then, he wouldn’t have revealed it. Otherwise, not only would the treasure fall into the hands of his enemy the Old Clan Leader, but he wouldn’t be safe from being killed to silence it.