Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 1467: Chapter 1467: Sorrow and Heartache from a Past Life

”By the way, Han Yan, what did you see?” Ye Yanran asked excitedly.

”Probably similar to what you all saw,” Mu Hanyan replied. After all, those were just her guesses, and they were so incredible that she didn’t want to spread it around.

”What about you, Brother Ye, what did you see?” Ye Yanran asked Ye Lanfeng, not having the habit like Jiang Yuzhe of relentlessly questioning everything when Mu Hanyan’s answer wasn’t anything unusual.

”I just saw, in another world, a man who was deeply pained because he couldn’t protect the woman he loved and eventually died with her. So I was thinking, I would use my life to protect the one I love, staying by her side always, whether in life or death.” Ye Lanfeng gently grasped Mu Hanyan’s hand and spoke word by word.

Although his expression remained calm as usual, upon closer inspection, one could find his face a bit pale.

In that dreamlike scene, he dashed desperately like the wind, as a woman slowly fell in the distance, golden blood staining the earth red.

All the scenes were so illusory, but his heart ached as if cut by a knife. Why wasn’t he by her side, why didn’t he always protect her? Deep guilt made him feel deep despair!

Countless people knelt beside her, a mournful dirge spreading over the earth. He drew his longsword and slowly pierced his heart, with a faint smile on his face, thinking that this way, he could always stay with her and protect her forever.

Thoughts gradually returned to reality as Ye Lanfeng gazed at Mu Hanyan in front of him, his eyes filled with deep affection and longing.

Perhaps, it was just a dream, or maybe it was in another reincarnation of her and him. None of this mattered, the only thing that mattered was that she was in front of him, and he would always be with her, protecting her.

Mu Hanyan also tightly held Ye Lanfeng’s hand, understanding his emotions from his straightforward and profound gaze.

Nine-life reincarnation or even thousands of reincarnations, these don’t really matter; what matters is that now, he is beside her.

And those friends who would share life and death and entrust their lives to each other.

Mu Hanyan’s gaze shifted from Ye Lanfeng’s face to glance at Huayue, Zirong, Jiang Yuzhe, Tang Bufan, and Ye Yanran, and finally included the old god Qu Shanling, who had brought her many surprises. Then she smiled, and the heart that had been slightly downcast due to the final tribulation suddenly felt relieved.

With the protection of her beloved and the companionship of these friends, no matter what kind of peril lies ahead, she believed she could safely overcome it.

”By the way, what’s the use of this Ancient Mirror?” Jiang Yuzhe had been staring at the Ancient Mirror in Mu Hanyan’s hand for a long time, unable to see anything peculiar about it, so he couldn’t help but ask.

”I haven’t...” Mu Hanyan was about to say she hadn’t discovered any particular use, but she stopped midway through her words.

”What?” Jiang Yuzhe, unclear about what he was hearing, asked out of habit.

Mu Hanyan didn’t answer but slowly revealed her current strength.

Late Stage Great Sword Master! Everyone was stunned.

Remember earlier, when fighting those Sword Spirit Puppets, Mu Hanyan was still at the Early Stage Great Sword Master, and even before Huayue and others helped her boost her power, she was still at the Early Stage. How did she suddenly reach the Late Stage!

Mu Hanyan herself was astonished; previously enveloped by the thunder and lightning pillar, she felt all the impurities in her body were being purged, her meridians and energy sea along with her heart meridian became several times more robust, and her Qi became more solid.

Originally, she thought with the change in her body, her combat power was just increased by another step. Little did she expect that when the thunder pillar disappeared and her thoughts returned to reality, her strength had directly skipped over the Middle Stage and straight from the Early Stage advanced to the Late Stage!

Could it be the legend of seeking fortune in danger, if she hadn’t stood firm against opposition, taken the risk of life or death to trigger the thunder pillar, and recalled the Cold Sky Sword to embrace the baptism of those thunders, she wouldn’t have gained such tremendous benefits.

Thinking of this, Mu Hanyan was filled with deep emotions.

”I never imagined, never imagined, that the thunder pillar could actually boost cultivation.” Jiang Yuzhe was even more emotional than her, saying as he hopped around the stone pillar of the Ancient Mirror.

”What are you doing?” Ye Yanran asked curiously.

”I’m trying to see if I can trigger the barrier again, have it strike another thunder pillar,” Jiang Yuzhe said, sweating profusely from having jumped around, filled with anticipation.

”Did you forget what Master Qu said, only someone fated can be unharmed, without that fate, you will only face a doom of heavenly thunder, continue hopping if you wish to die,” Zirong said dismissively to Jiang Yuzhe with a glance.

”Uh...” Jiang Yuzhe stopped immediately, not daring to hop around anymore.

Seeing Jiang Yuzhe’s frightened demeanor, Huayue and others burst into laughter, and Mu Hanyan also laughed. She was still immersed in the surprise of her drastically increased strength but didn’t realize that the benefits the Ancient Mirror brought her were not just limited to the increase in strength.

The moment she took the Ancient Mirror in hand, the inconspicuous bracelet on her wrist also emitted a faint golden glow barely perceptible to the naked eye. She had found this bracelet in the palace excavated by the Aolai Divine Beast at Flying Peak. After wearing it, Mu Hanyan noticed her strength increased significantly. It wasn’t strength generated by Qi but pure power. However, as her cultivation gradually improved, the use of this pure power became less significant, and since the bracelet was heavily damaged and Mu Hanyan couldn’t repair it, she gradually ignored it, wearing it habitually on her wrist.

As the bracelet glowed faintly, the Glazed Glass Holy Robe she had won at the Long Yan Academy freshman competition and the Ruyi Hair Crown she snatched from Jing Jianjue also lightly trembled, emitting a very soft glow. It’s just that the Glazed Glass Holy Robe was usually in an invisible state, and the Ruyi Hair Crown was stored in the Star Disk Space, so neither others nor Mu Hanyan herself noticed it.

Hence, she wasn’t aware that the bracelet, Holy Robe, and Hair Crown were undergoing subtle changes, nor did she know what unexpected surprise she would soon be facing.

”Han Yan, don’t you find this Ancient Mirror a bit similar to the Star Mechanism Plate?” Qu Shanling suddenly said.

Upon hearing Qu Shanling’s words, Mu Hanyan realized that indeed the Ancient Mirror’s appearance was quite similar to the Star Mechanism Plate, except its surface was smooth without the myriad of star points forming the Star Map in the Plate.

Mu Hanyan had a sudden thought and executed the Star Illusion Thousand Machine Technique, remembering she initially learned this technique secretly from Qu Shanling.

With the hand formation, suddenly three ancient, simple, and powerful golden characters appeared on the smooth surface of the mirror: Heavenly Secret Mirror.

So, this was the name of the Ancient Mirror.