Late spring, March.
By the lakeside, willows drooped down. A soft mat, covered with snow-white fur, was spread out in the shade beneath a willow tree.
Ngu Tri Dao lay lazily on the soft mat, her fingertips gently twirling. The peach blossom cakes placed on the long table beside her immediately flew automatically into her mouth.
Ngu Tri Dao took a piece of the sweet cake, slowly savoring it. She even comfortably turned over, and with a thought, opened her Spirit-Communing Mirror.
The Spirit-Communing Mirror was an ancient-style mirror, about the size of a palm. Its back was entirely black, bearing the emblem of the Van Canh Shengdi.
Its surface was incredibly smooth and reflective, like the surface of water.
This item originated five years ago from the Van Canh Shengdi, the most powerful grand sect in Van Jie. Since then, it had spread widely throughout Van Jie, used by various sects, large and small, to foster connections and gossip.
In short, this was how the Spirit-Communing Mirror came to be disseminated across Van Jie.
However, this item was not cheap. A single Spirit-Communing Mirror required a thousand low-grade spirit stones, and only cultivators of the Kai Tian Realm could bind it with a drop of blood.
Thanks to the good fortune bestowed by her master, Minh Le, Ngu Tri Dao – a good-for-nothing slacker in everyone's eyes – quietly acquired one.
Accustomed to the simple task, she opened the Spirit-Communing Mirror. After a ripple appeared, a clear cover page, filled with black characters, materialized.
Inside the Spirit-Communing Mirror, content was divided into several sections.
For example, there was a section for junior cultivators new to immortal cultivation, containing various experiences of encountering cultivation bottlenecks, summarized by numerous cultivators.
Frequently, people would post questions there, and other kind-hearted cultivators would answer them.
Besides the section providing explanations for cultivators' cultivation doubts, there was also a section for unusual events in Van Jie, called the Ren Mo Ju Ji.
The Ren Mo Ju Ji section was a gathering place for high-level Human and Demon cultivators to hurl insults at each other.
Although the Demon race was vast in number, only high-level Demons possessed sentience and thought, so the usual insult battles typically ended with the Human race's victory.
Ngu Tri Dao traced the mirror's surface with her finger, swiping past several sections, and stopped at "Affairs of the Great Sects." She tapped it, finding her own sect, the Van Jian Pai.
As a disciple of the Van Jian Pai, she could only access the Van Jian Pai section within this category, where she would watch her fellow disciples and elders brag every day.
Tapping on the three characters "Van Jian Pai," a ripple appeared. Upon entering, the three characters "Van Jian Pai" on the mirror's surface transformed into [Van Jian Pai: Past and Present].
The highest-pinned topic was being discussed with fiery intensity.
[Shocking! The Van Sheng Xian Jing is about to appear!]
Ngu Tri Dao had also heard rumors about the Van Sheng Xian Jing. She tapped to enter and began to browse.