Just as everyone was puzzled, they suddenly heard Dorcas make a sound of surprise.
"Look, doesn't this look like a human figure?" Dorcas pointed at a black mark on the broken mirror.
The others only noticed the blurry surface of the mirror and didn't pay much attention to it. Now that Dorcas mentioned it, they began to pay attention to the black mark on the mirror.
It did look like a human figure at first glance. And …
"Why does it look so familiar?" The one who spoke was Wa Yi. He also felt that the black marks resembled a human figure, and he felt like he had seen them somewhere before.
As he spoke, Wa Yi also moved closer to Dorcas. He stretched his neck and carefully observed the mirror, almost pressing his face against it.
Suddenly, the mirror reflected a bright light and blinked Wa Yi's eyes.
Wa Yi subconsciously took a step back and closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he noticed that his surroundings were completely silent. Looking around, he found that everyone was staring at the mirror with a stunned expression.
Wa Yi rubbed his sore eyes and walked up to the mirror to check it out.
When he looked at the mirror again, Wa Yi's expression was the same as everyone else's, one of bewilderment.
"W-why did it change color?"
The black shadow was still there. However, the blurry surface of the mirror had turned blood-red, as if there was some kind of blood-red light flowing around it.
Even Angor was surprised, let alone the others. Earlier, he was still paying attention to the shadow. But now, he couldn't help but feel puzzled by the sudden change.
He tried to sense the mirror, but there was nothing wrong with it. If there was something wrong, it should be inside the mirror. But now, the mirror was changing. Did the mirror space affect the material world outside?
He looked up at the Wise Man and tried to get an answer from him.
The Wise Man didn't answer. Instead, he looked at Gray Merchant.
Ever since Dorcas said that there was a shadow on the mirror, Gray Merchant and the others didn't say anything and just stood aside. When the mirror suddenly turned blood-red, Gray Merchant and the others looked at each other and tried to communicate with each other using their eyes. Still, they didn't say anything.
Now that the Wise Ruler's gaze was focused on Hui Shang, even without any additional power, Hui Shang could still feel a sense of solemnity.
Hui Shang understood what the Sage meant. He wanted him to explain the reason behind the mirror's abnormality.
Hui Shang was also hesitating if he should say it. If he did, he might offend that person. And if he didn't say anything … he would offend the Noah Clan.
If he offended the Hidden Mirror Man, he probably would not be able to get his memory back. However, after offending the Noah Family, Hui Shang felt that his entire person would be gone, let alone his memory.
After weighing the pros and cons, Hui Shang chose to come clean.
"The mirror turned red because it was contaminated with the target's pheromone."
Dorcas asked, "Target information element?"
Hui Shang nodded and briefly explained the cause and effect of the incident.
Actually, when Hui Shang was halfway through his explanation, everyone roughly understood what was going on. The "she" that the Wise Ruler was referring to was definitely looking for the gray merchant. Otherwise, they wouldn't be fighting right now.
After she found Gray Merchant, she handed the broken mirror to them and told them that once the mirror came into contact with the target's pheromone, it would turn blood-red.
All they needed to do was to find the target and do their best to stop or even kill the target.
The mirror did not change when it came into contact with Angor's and Dorcas' pheromone. However, when Wai's pheromone came into contact with the mirror, the surface of the mirror glowed red. Without a doubt, Wai was the Hidden Mirror Man's target.
Or rather, one of the targets.
By now, Hui Shang, Angor, and the others all knew that "she" was looking for the Noah Clan. Apart from Wai, there was another Noah Clan member present — the Black Earl!
If Hui Shang knew that Wai was the target before this, he would probably try to kill him. But now that he knew that the Black Earl was nearby, he no longer wanted to do anything.
At worst, he would just lose his memory. That was better than losing his life.
"She can locate the target through pheromone." Dorcas chuckled and patted Wai's shoulder. "Looks like many of your ancestors died in her hands."
It was obvious that this method of locating a target relied on bloodline connections. Since it was related by blood, she must have Noah's blood in her hands.
However, Dorcas' explanation was still a little biased. She might not necessarily have killed Noah's ancestors. She could have obtained Noah's blood through other means.
Still, Wai did not refute Dorcas' words. Judging from the fact that the woman asked Hui Shang to "kill" Noah's descendants, it was possible that Noah's ancestors did die in her hands.
"Hmph! We'll get rid of this mess!" Wai said angrily.
In Vail's view, the Remnant was left behind by Noah's ancestors to their descendants, which means that it belongs to the Noah Clan. Even if the intelligent beings in the Remnant only listen to Noah's ancestors and not his descendants, they should still respect the descendants of Noah. If they failed to do so, it would be considered a betrayal and a civil war!
A civil war must be quelled. And the best way to quell it was to get rid of it once and for all!
"Sir, I'm sure we can do it, right?" Wai looked at Angor with a hopeful look.
"What's the point of asking him? He didn't turn the mirror red," Dorcas complained. "That's not the point."
Wa Yi choked. This time, he really didn't know how to refute Dorcas' words. His question was purely out of instinct. He completely forgot about Angor's identity.
While Wai did not know what to do, Angor suggested, "We don't have to get rid of them. Maybe we can work together?"
Wai did not refute Angor's words, but he did not really agree with the idea. They were already at daggers drawn, and Angor still wanted to work together? How? At this moment, Wa Yi realized that even Lighthouse's words were not completely understandable.
The others had the same thought. Only Hui Shang thought that Angor was implying that they could use peaceful means to achieve their goal. Did that mean Angor agreed to the deal?
However, their understandings were all wrong. Angor was not talking about working with Adanis. He was talking about the man who spoke to him earlier.
Angor did not know who he was yet, but it was very likely that he was the man in the Mirror Demon's emblem. His kindness was obvious. Maybe working with him could help Noah's descendants achieve their goal. Maybe it could even influence Adanis' opinion of them.
Angor was really thinking from the perspective of a Noah's descendant.
But there was one thing he did not understand. Why would both Adanis and the kind male voice pay attention to him?
He was clearly an outsider. He should have been sitting in the audience. Why did the lights have to be aimed at him? Why did it feel like the stage was going to run under his feet?
It had to be an illusion. Adanis said that she was going to kill a Noah's descendant. Besides, he might not be the only one contacted by the man. Maybe the Dark Earl received the message before him?
With that in mind, he managed to put aside his doubts for now.
He looked back at Hui Shang. He had to deal with the mirror sooner or later.
Hui Shang's explanation was very detailed. He did not hide anything from Angor. Now, everyone understood why Hui Shang and the others reacted so strongly, and why Hui Shang valued the mirror so much.
The Hidden Mirror Man was the one responsible for everything. She sealed Hui Shang's most important memory inside the mirror.
Hui Shang did not explain why the memory was so important. But judging from Hui Shang's reaction, it might be related to Hui Shang's secret, or even the secret of the Traveling Merchant Organization.
Hui Shang had a reason to take back the mirror, which was why Hui Shang tried to take it by force.
The reason why the gray merchant suddenly chose to back down, achieve their goal through the transaction, and was even willing to give up. It was not hard to understand. Judging from Hui Shang's respectful attitude toward Dark Earl, he must have recognized the man's identity.
Most people in the wizarding world knew how to adapt to circumstances, and Hui Shang was no exception.
"This lens …" Angor paused to think. This caused the gray merchant's heart to be hung high, unable to calm down.
Angor did not stop on purpose. He was really thinking about how to deal with the mirror.
He wanted the lens for research purposes, but Hui Shang wanted to retrieve his sealed memories.
Angor and Hui Shang did not have conflicting goals, so they could reach an agreement.
To reach an agreement, Angor only needed to solve one problem: freeing Hui Shang's memory sealed inside the mirror by Adanis.
As long as Angor could unseal Hui Shang's memory, the mirror would be useless to him. Angor could then take it away without any problems. However, the problem now was … How was he going to unseal it?
Hui Shang was getting more and more anxious. He could not see what the red-haired, golden-eyed wizard was thinking.
If the wizard did not want to make the deal, he could simply refuse. However, the wizard did not reject him directly. He seemed to want to make a deal. So why did he stay silent for so long?
Was he thinking about what to trade? Or was he still considering whether he should make the deal or not?
After some time, Dorcas waved a hand in front of Angor's face to see if the wizard was still thinking. Angor finally looked up.
Angor seemed to have regained his senses. However, he did not continue his words. Instead, he used his spirit feelers to wrap around the broken mirror and lifted it from his palm.
The floating mirror allowed everyone to see the image on it more clearly.
The bloody light still hadn't disappeared, and the silhouette of the figure in the mirror became even clearer in the bloody light. From the outline of the figure, it could be seen that Hui Shang was not lying. The figure inside was exactly the same as him.
Hui Shang stared at the figure in the mirror with a complicated expression. Angor's next move stunned everyone.
Angor reached his hand toward the broken mirror. Normally, his hand would be blocked by the mirror.
But in reality, Angor's hand went straight into the mirror without any resistance.
It looked like Angor reached his hand into the mirror, but that was not the case. The broken mirror itself was not big. It was not even as big as Angor's hand.
The mirror was only a medium. If one looked closely, they would see that Angor's hand already caused ripples in space before he touched the mirror. His hand did not touch the mirror directly. Instead, he reached inside the mirror.
Angor's action was normal in the eyes of Dark Earl and the others. Angor already showed them how he reached his hand into the painting in the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
But to Hui Shang's group, it was quite shocking.
After Hidden Mirror sealed Hui Shang's memories in the mirror, they tried all kinds of methods to test the mirror, but nothing happened. In their eyes, the mirror was just a broken and fragile mirror.
They could easily break it if they used a little bit of strength.
Therefore, after many failed attempts, they chose to admit defeat and gave up.
They already knew how weak and ordinary the mirror was, which was why they were so surprised when they saw Angor doing something they could not.
…
Angor reached his hand into the mirror. It was an abrupt move, but no one here was stupid enough to guess that Angor was trying to remove the seal based on the gray merchant's explanation.
Hui Shang and the others quickly realized what was going on.
They all forgot about their previous conflict and looked at Angor with hopeful eyes. Even the evil woman changed her gaze and stared at the hand in the mirror.
From the slight movement of his arm, they could see that Angor's hand was searching inside the mirror.
Of course, no one except Angor could tell if he found anything.
A moment later, Angor pulled his hand back. It was empty. On the surface of the mirror, the figure remained the same.
Hui Shang and the others looked a little disappointed, but they did not give up hope. If Angor could reach his hand into the mirror, it was possible for him to remove the sealed memories.
Maybe he was just not close enough to touch Hui Shang's sealed memories.
Or maybe Angor already touched Hui Shang's memories, and he just wanted to negotiate with Hui Shang before removing the seal?
They looked at Angor with eager eyes, hoping for an explanation. But they were too embarrassed to ask.
Fen Mo was the only one who did not care about her position and the situation. As for Fen Mo … she was silenced by Hui Shang.
Just as they were thinking about whether or not they should secretly release Fen Mo's restraints and let her stir up the atmosphere, someone spoke up first and asked what they were thinking.
"Is there anything good in the mirror?"
From the way he asked the question, it was obvious that it was Dorcas.
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