Everyone could not help but look at Ye Chen. They were gloating, especially the few people who had embarrassed themselves earlier. They were eager for him to agree to it.
Uncle Xu looked at Ye Chen with mockery in his eyes. "What? You don't dare to? Don't tell me you're scared? "
'Brat, weren't you arrogant earlier?'
"It's just an illusion. It's nothing!" Ye Chen said coldly and walked straight to the bronze mirror.
Gu Yingying moved her lips and reminded him out of kindness, "Be careful. That mirror is really strange!"
Ye Chen chuckled softly and pointed the mirror at himself. He stared right into it.
The people present looked at each other one after another. They could not stop smiling as if they could see Ye Chen peeing his pants out of fear.
Uncle Xu laughed out loud too.
The reason being nobody could resist the image in the bronze mirror. Nobody!
Gu Yingying hesitated for a moment. She was secretly prepared to get the bronze mirror as soon as she realized that Ye Chen could not do it.
Although she did not like Ye Chen, the Gu family was indebted to him no matter what.
However, a minute had passed, but Ye Chen stood still. There was no reaction at all.
The people's eyes froze because the longest among them did not last more than 30 seconds.
The smile on Uncle Xu's face froze. He was secretly shocked. He had experimented with tens of people before, but nobody could last more than a minute without a change in their expression.
'Is this brat forcing himself?
Yes, that must be it. I don't believe that you can last forever. One must know that the illusion in the bronze mirror is more terrifying as it goes on. '
A minute had passed …
Two minutes had passed …
Ye Chen was still fine.
Uncle Xu's eyelids twitched. Someone could not help but be shocked. "Why isn't there any reaction? Could it be that the bronze mirror is broken? "
"How are you fine?" Uncle Xu took the bronze mirror and looked at Ye Chen in shock.
Ye Chen said coldly, "It's just a little illusion. Why would anything happen to me?"
Uncle Xu shook his head. He could not accept it. He looked at the front of the bronze mirror. In less than a minute, there was cold sweat on his forehead. He took a few steps back immediately to get rid of the illusion.
As it turned out, the bronze mirror was not damaged.
At that moment, everyone looked at Ye Chen in a different light. If Ye Chen was just a boastful brat to them earlier, he had become much more mysterious now.
After Uncle Xu calmed himself down, he asked with a complicated expression, "What do you think of my copper mirror? Can it be considered a treasure? "
"You call this a treasure? Hehe. "Ye Chen shook his head, his disdain obvious.
Gu Yingying was shocked. "That doesn't count? I think this bronze mirror is quite magical. At first glance, I thought it was just an ordinary mirror, but I can see illusions from it. "
"Oh, really?"
Ye Chen raised his brows and took the bronze mirror from Uncle Xu's hand. He lifted his hand and wiped the mirror's surface. Subsequently, he looked at the people and said, "Try and see if you can see the illusion again."
Everyone shook their heads subconsciously.
Uncle Xu suppressed his anger and looked into the mirror. This time, other than his own face, there was nothing else. The illusion that he had seen before was gone.
"How did that happen?" Uncle Xu exclaimed. Ye Chen had only wiped the mirror softly, and the illusion was gone just like that?
Gu Yingying mustered her courage and tried again. She did not look any better. She looked at Ye Chen in disbelief with her beautiful eyes wide open.
Ye Chen did not answer her question. "I'm afraid this bronze mirror has a shady background."
"What do you mean?" Uncle Xu's expression changed slightly, and his tone was a little unnatural.
"If I'm not mistaken, this bronze mirror should be a burial item. Moreover, the owner of the tomb was a lady who died unjustly. Her resentment lingered in her body for a long time, and as time went by, the resentment turned into malevolent energy."
Ye Chen said coldly, "Unfortunately, as a burial item, the bronze mirror was tainted with malevolent energy. Anyone who's alive will be affected by the malevolent energy when they look at the mirror's surface. Then, they'll see the so-called illusion."
As soon as he was done speaking, everyone took a step back by instinct.
Everyone instinctively took a step back, and their eyes were filled with fear when they looked at the copper mirror again.
A dark artifact!
Gu Yingying's pretty face changed. She looked at Uncle Xu next to her by instinct and could not help but ask, "Uncle Xu, did you really dig this bronze mirror out of the tomb?"
Uncle Xu took a good look at Ye Chen and subsequently put the bronze mirror down. He walked to him and bowed hard. "Please forgive me for not recognizing you, Master!"
"Don't worry about it!" Ye Chen nodded lightly.
Uncle Xu sighed as the people stared at him. "Master Ye, you're right. I got this bronze mirror from a bunch of grave robbers. I was young back then, and I didn't believe in ghosts or gods, so I took it."
Everyone's expression changed upon hearing that.
Gravediggers were tomb robbers, and they specialized in digging up graves. The people present were all upright people, and they knew some of the rules of the underground world. They would not accept artifacts that had just been unearthed, because those things were very evil.
Ye Chen said wryly, "I guess none of those grave robbers had a good ending."
Uncle Xu inhaled sharply. There was shock in his eyes when he looked at Ye Chen again. He felt like he had no secrets to hide from Ye Chen despite being a man who was almost 60 years old.
He nodded and smiled bitterly. "The second day after I accepted the bronze mirror, I realized that something was wrong. Later, I asked around and found out that the group of grave robbers died tragically the day after the transaction. It was said that they dug up the tomb of a Ming Dynasty princess. After that, I covered the bronze mirror with a black cloth and didn't dare to show it to others."
The people could not help but exclaim after hearing that. They could not believe that there was such a strange story behind the bronze mirror.
Most importantly, Ye Chen pointed out the key with a glance when he had no idea what was going on.
Gu Yingying looked at Ye Chen immediately. Disbelief filled her beautiful eyes as she thought to herself, 'This guy is like an old monster. He surprises me again and again.'
A middle-aged man who was dressed rather luxuriously walked out. He clasped his fists at Ye Chen in all seriousness and said, "We've slighted you earlier. Please forgive us, Master!"
"It's nothing. Don't mention it."
Ye Chen smiled calmly.
His demeanor that was neither servile nor overbearing, as well as indifference, influenced the people again. Someone could not help but exclaim, "As expected of a master. We can't compare to his bearing alone."
"If I may ask, Master, what I don't understand is that we could see the illusion in the bronze mirror earlier. Why can't we see it now?" The old professor asked humbly.
His question was what was on everyone's mind.
"It's simple. It's because I've dissolved the demonic energy on the bronze mirror. Without the interference of the demonic energy, the bronze mirror naturally turned into a normal mirror."
Ye Chen smiled and said, "Boss Xu, I've destroyed the treasure of your shop. You won't blame me for that, will you? Fortunately, you've been covering the bronze mirror with a black cloth all these years. Otherwise, you'd end up like those grave robbers. "
"I wouldn't dare to do that. I'd like to thank Master Ye for solving the problem that has plagued me for years."
Uncle Xu shook his head immediately and said in relief, "How is this a treasure? It's clearly a ferocious item. If it weren't for Master Ye, it would've harmed others and itself."
After that, nobody dared to look down on Ye Chen anymore. They gave him their name cards and left their contact information. They took the initiative to befriend Ye Chen.
Subsequently, Uncle Xu dragged Ye Chen to look at the items in his shop passionately. However, none of them caught Ye Chen's attention.
At that moment, Gu Yingying walked to him after receiving a call. She said softly, "Mr. Ye, my Third Uncle is in some trouble. Do you want to take a look with me?"
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