Although Yang Xue wasn't quite sure why the Erlang God had helped her, recalling his past heroic deeds, she thought that perhaps, just like mortals, every god would eventually get fed up with the rigid and set rules.
Moreover, she trusted the God of Wealth. Since he had sought her out, it meant this person was trustworthy.
She took the charm and went straight to the main hall. The guarding heavenly soldiers couldn't see her, and she smoothly reached the Kunlun Mirror.
However, standing in front of the mirror, she felt a bit troubled.
It was simply too big, even larger than the full - length mirrors in shopping malls.
The exquisite bronze border showed its long history. Standing in front of it and looking at the blurry figures inside, she had a dazed feeling of time and space disorder.
"You're here?"
Just as Yang Xue was calculating how to carry this mirror back, the mirror actually spoke.
Soon, the mirror shrank a lot and jumped up to turn into a chubby little doll. Its multi - faceted mirror - made body made those round, big eyes look extremely cute.
Yang Xue looked around and hissed, "Shh~"
"Don't worry. No one can hear us. I've been waiting for you," the little one said as he jumped onto Yang Xue's shoulder. "My name is Qing Xuan, Master. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Yang Xue was a bit dazed. So it had really taken on a form. But why did it call her "Master"?
"It's a coincidence. It's rather troublesome to explain. Anyway, I didn't want to come to the Heavenly Court originally, but you showed up, so I had to come here to wait for my master," Qing Xuan said. He was wearing a pair of bronze shoes on his small feet. As he spoke, he sat down on her shoulder, swaying his little legs like a child on a swing.
It could actually hear her thoughts. Yang Xue couldn't help but feel a bit worried. If she missed the Great Sage in the future, wouldn't it know?
"Don't worry. I won't listen to things I shouldn't," Qing Xuan looked up at her. His expression wasn't like that of a child. "I don't have a gender, so you don't need to worry. I'm just a divine artifact with consciousness."
"Shall we leave here first?" Although she had many questions in mind, this place was dangerous. Heavenly soldiers could come at any time.
"It doesn't matter. Don't you have the Heavenly Book? With me here, as long as you don't want others to see you, they'll never be able to for the rest of your life," Qing Xuan's voice was very nice, with the crispness and cuteness of a child.
"So awesome?" Yang Xue's steps were unsteady. She suddenly realized that since she came to this world, she had been constantly getting lucky breaks. The Kunlun Mirror was an ancient divine artifact that the Queen Mother had lost for thousands of years. Its value was no less than that of the Heavenly Book.
And she was just a time - traveler. Why did she have such great fortune?
"Of course. But Master is still too weak for now. If your willpower is weak and your ego and superego haven't awakened yet, you won't be able to handle big things. It's better to keep a low profile for the time being," as he spoke, they had already walked out of the main hall.
"I'll practice hard as soon as possible," Yang Xue felt a bit embarrassed to be looked down upon by the mirror spirit. After all, she hadn't been concentrating on her practice recently.
Moreover, she really didn't want to sew up corpses for others anymore.
"Oh, no!" Just as they walked out of the main hall, a group of people came towards them. At the head was the Jade Emperor.
Yang Xue got a shock. "Hurry up and run!"
"Yeah, run!" Although he had said they wouldn't be seen, it didn't mean they wouldn't be blocked.
Yang Xue ran out from the side, planning to run to Yang Jian's mansion. But Qing Xuan said, "Hurry up and leave the Heavenly Court. Once they find out I'm missing, they'll surely close the Southern Heavenly Gate!"
"What bad luck. I don't want to be a fugitive!" She ran non - stop, using all her strength to run out of the Southern Heavenly Gate.
"Master, how could you be a fugitive? You're a headache for the Heavenly Court now," Qing Xuan said.
"Ah? What do you mean?" She didn't dare to stop and ran straight in the direction of the Flower - Fruit Mountain.
"You've stirred up Sun Wukong's mortal feelings, changed his fate, and made the Tathagata restless. This is rare in thousands of years," Qing Xuan seriously listed Yang Xue's deeds. "This is also the reason I chose you as my master. He's Sun Wukong! No one would have thought he'd develop mortal feelings."
Yang Xue blushed at his words. "It's fate. Just fate."
What was going on? She was being made to blush again and again by a little kid. How embarrassing!
"No, Master, you underestimate your own ability," Qing Xuan said with a pitying sigh. "It's a pity. If I had appeared earlier, you might not have been so infatuated with Sun Wukong. With Master's ability, you're more suitable for the Tathagata. In that case, you could easily change the situation of the Western Buddhas."
What?
Yang Xue stumbled and almost fell off the cloud.
The Tathagata Buddha?
Did Qing Xuan mean that he wanted to see the decline of the Western world?
"Actually, Sun Wukong is also good. I really admire his courage. He dared to attack the Heavenly Court for the second time. Although he was a bit soft - hearted, the Jade Emperor's mansion is still intact," Qing Xuan said.
"..." It seemed that Qing Xuan didn't like the gods very much. It wasn't just targeting the Western world.
"Are you sure you've chosen me as your master?" Yang Xue complained angrily. "I feel like you're the master instead!"
"That's not important. The important thing is that after tonight, you can no longer have a sweet life with your Great Sage," Qing Xuan said as he looked back at the Nine Heavens.
Yang Xue looked in the same direction and found that in the clear blue sky during the day, a huge mushroom cloud had actually appeared, spreading out in all directions.
"Goodness! What's going on?" It was the first time she had seen such a spectacular cloud.
Qing Xuan patiently explained to her. The theft of the recovered Kunlun Mirror was no small matter for the Heavenly Court. A thousand years ago, the Kunlun Mirror was the eye of the Heavenly Court and a treasure that shocked the Three Realms.
Just a few days ago, because of the appearance of the Kunlun Mirror, the Heavenly Court had held a grand feast to celebrate the revival of its glory. But now it was gone. The contrast was quite big.
Yang Xue was so excited that she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time from the story Qing Xuan told.
If the Heavenly Court knew that such a precious treasure had fallen into her hands, would the whole Three Realms issue a wanted notice for her?
"The scenery of the Flower - Fruit Mountain is nice. Bring me two flasks of wine when you have time. Sun Wukong has been waiting for you eagerly. He's almost sick with longing. I won't disturb your sweet talk. Put me into the Qiankun Bag. Just call my name when you need me," after saying that, Qing Xuan disappeared from her shoulder.
Yang Xue was both amused and helpless. Qing Xuan was so cute and so considerate. It was really worry - free.
Before, she had been worried that such a precious thing would be troublesome, but unexpectedly, it was such a sweet little thing.
As soon as she entered the Water Curtain Cave, Sun Wukong quickly rushed towards her. Wearing a red robe and a phoenix - plume crown, it seemed that he was about to go out!
"Great Sage..." She was just about to ask where he was going when Sun Wukong pulled her into his arms. She hit his solid chest and saw stars in her eyes.
"Where did you go? Why didn't you say a word? You almost made this Great Sage turn the Flower - Fruit Mountain upside down looking for you!" His arms tightly hugged her. He was anxious and angry, obviously very worried.
"It's a long story. I'm fine..."
"Did you go to the Heavenly Court?" He grabbed her shoulders and took out an ingot of gold from somewhere. "Did you leave with the God of Wealth?"