Chapter 285: Requesting Protection
In the world within the mirror, gray and white mist floated between heaven and earth. Below, the moon-white buildings were mostly repaired, with pavilions, bridges, high platforms, and palaces stretching endlessly. The rising moonlight from them created a rather ethereal scenery.
Lu Jiangxian leaned on a stone table, dozing off against its white jade-like edge. The jade pot in his hand shook slightly as a steady voice reached his ear.
"Li Tongya, the descendant of the Li Family, humbly requests the mirror to exterminate demons and eliminate evil, in return for a blood offering..."
Lu Jiangxian was startled awake. He stretched his body before straightening himself up. His divine sense emerged from the mirror's surface. Before him stood a man in gray, standing respectfully.
"Li Tongya..."
Having lingered in the Li Residence for so many years, Lu Jiangxian had watched on as the four brothers dwindled to just this one. Even though he had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Tongya still respectfully recited the prayer while bowing below the platform, causing Lu Jiangxian to fall silent.
Of the four Li brothers, Li Tongya is the most cautious and suspicious. I have been with the Li Family for decades… There's no way he never harbored any suspicions! Lu Jiangxian thought quietly to himself.
Lu Jiangxian knew that the help he had provided during the Li Family's rise was full of loopholes. Initially, none of the family members were familiar with the path of immortal cultivation. Even if they had their suspicions, they kept their doubts to themselves.
Now, after half a century of mingling in the cultivation world, Li Tongya had seen plenty. Even Li Mutian, a mortal man, had suspicions about the mirror in his final years. Lu Jiangxian simply could not believe that a man like Li Tongya would have no doubts at all.