I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 315: Sword Pointing, Ghost in the Mirror
The withering of the potted plants represents the beginning of the power of the mirror, and also proves that everything that happened in the memory is not an illusion.

It should have been a happy thing for Katie that what she believed in was verified, but at this moment, a little panic appeared on her face.

Doesn’t this mean that the sounds she heard before were just illusions created by the mirror?

So, there is no such thing as a mysterious existence that only oneself can communicate with?

But soon, Katie came to her senses.

"What you said is indeed possible, but didn't the other party just reveal your secret in the mental treatment center?"

"The mirror has not come into contact with you and me for such a long time, how could it know such things?"

After hearing his sister's words, Tom thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, you do have a point."

"Actually, I have another way to verify the truth."

Katie suddenly spoke up.

"any solution?"

"This is it."

Katie once again made the hand seal that Professor Su Fan had given her before.

"Can a hand seal dispel the illusion?"

A look of obvious distrust appeared on Tom's face.

“Isn’t it a little too easy?”

……

Su Fan was floating in the air, and he could hear clearly the conversation between Katie and her brother below.

He didn't speak, because since the power of the mirror had begun to take effect, it meant that what he said was unlikely to be heard by Katie.

From Tongyou's perspective, the mirror has begun to emit a strong ghostly aura.

This ghostly aura was extremely clear in the vision of Su Fan, whose eyes could see through darkness.

The brother and sister, who seemed normal, had already begun to be affected by the strange power of the mirror.

What impressed Su Fan the most about it was its cunningness, which was different from other evil spirits.

It does not make the two people fall into hallucinations all the time, but creates certain illusions in between.

No matter how smart a person is, he or she still relies on his or her five senses to perceive the world. Once he or she is unable to distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary, he or she will fall into an abnormal state of mental tension.

In this case, there is a possibility of accidentally injuring other people.

Although Katie can judge based on her own clear logic now, she will become confused over time.

Su Fan looked around.

The clean and bright houses in the eyes of ordinary people are not the same in his view.

A faint black aura always shrouds the mirror.

The ghosts who had lost their lives because of this mirror all remained in the same state they were in when they were dead. They were staggering, wandering around like unconscious zombies.

Some of them had evil smiles on their faces and tilted their heads to stare at Katie and the other person in the middle of the room.

Of course, there were also some people who looked at Su Fan floating in the air with a joking look.

They seemed to know that the current Su Fan was just a projection from some place and did not possess real power.

Su Fan narrowed his eyes when he saw this.

Of course, ghosts can be divided into good and evil.

Those who seem to have no intelligence and wander around are the kind ones among them.

They are unwilling to be driven by the mirror to harm others and add new victims.

His own will has been almost worn out over the long years, so he looks stupid and foolish.

In addition, those who regard Katie and others as prey and provoke Su Fan are similar to water ghosts and ghost minions.

They knew that they were harmed by the power of the mirror and were extremely resentful, but they were unable to resist the mirror.

So he turned to dragging more people into the water so that he could feel better by relying on the suffering of others.

These ghosts are not worthy of sympathy at all. If Su Fan's real body were here, he would give them a Five Thunder Talisman, which would strike these things to pieces.

In addition, there is a strange phenomenon.

The power released by Katie after she formed the spiritual official seal was too weak.

The Lingguan Jue is actually also known as the Jade Pivot Fire Finger, and the Jade Pivot Fire Palace is the divine institution where Wang Lingguan works.

When using it, a flame invisible to ordinary people will rise from the middle finger, dispersing the surrounding negative energy and weak evil spirits, making them dare not approach.

Wang Lingguan once said that if people in the future who practice cultivation have three parts of practice, he will have seven parts of response; if they have ten parts of practice, he will be there to help them at any time.

Because of this hatred of evil, even ordinary people can use the Lingguan Jue.

As long as the user is not a very evil person, or a sickly person who is so weak that he can't even stand a single blow, the effect should be very significant.

But now there are ghosts everywhere in the house, and after Katie used the Lingguan Jue, only a small flame as weak as a lighter appeared.

Su Fan still remembers that when he used it, from the perspective of Tongyou, flames shot up into the sky.

"Could it be that the old Lingguan doesn't like foreigners?"

Some absurd thoughts emerged in Su Fan's mind.

On the other side, Katie, who was talking to her brother, had slightly different feelings.

"Strange, why do I feel the tip of this finger is a little hot?"

"It's probably psychological factors at work..."

Tom helplessly looked at his sister who still maintained the "middle finger" gesture.

"No... Don't you think the indoor temperature is much lower than before?"

Katie kept the Lingguan Jue in her hand and touched her arm with her right hand.

Besides a chill, I also felt some goose bumps.

She immediately stood up and walked towards the medical temperature monitor she had set up.

"Come on, stop being suspicious. If there was really a problem, it would have called the police long ago, right?"

Tom said as he followed Katie's steps.
But the scene before him made the complaint he wanted to say get stuck in his throat.

The temperature shown on the thermometer has dropped from 20 degrees Celsius to 14 degrees Celsius.

The indoor temperature dropped significantly.

The simple excuse that the temperature drops after dark is not enough.

"why?"

"Because the setting range of this thermometer is within the range of influence of the mirror's power!"

When Katie realized this, she immediately stepped back!

"Let's get out of here first."

Although Tom didn't know the situation, he could feel the strange atmosphere revealed by the many abnormal phenomena.

The two came to the door, and after walking a few steps, they finally saw the green plants that had not withered.

"The mirror is about ten meters away from here. We are safe within this range for the time being."

After Katie finished speaking, she immediately started calling Su Fan.

"Dear Crowbar God, are you still there?"

"I'm here."

Su Fan responded.

"I know what question you want to ask, but I believe you already have the answer in your heart."

"The power released by the mirror blocks the communication between you and me, right?"

"Yes."

After her guess was confirmed, Katie felt that the situation was not good.

"Could it be that the gestures you taught me didn't work?"

"You are too weak. It has nothing to do with the gesture." Su Fan interrupted immediately.

Foreigner, if you want to die, don't drag me into it. Anyone who knows a little about the Taoist practice knows that that person has a bad temper.

"What should we do now?"

Katie was a little overwhelmed.

Her purpose is not just to destroy the ancient mirror.

She must collect real evidence that the mirror is haunted, otherwise how can she clear the name of her dead parents?

"No hurry, there is another gesture."

"You and your brother can use this. It can kill ghosts, but it's a bit troublesome."

"Where's the trouble?"

Although the situation is gradually developing in an uncontrollable direction, it has not yet reached the point where life and death are hanging by a thread.

Katie was always very cautious about such things, so she continued to ask.

"This will deduct your mana, which is your energy. Don't use it unless it's absolutely necessary."

"According to your physical condition, you can probably use it three to four times. As for your brother, it will take a little more, about five times."

Katie thought the other party had finished speaking, but she heard the God of Crowbars ponder for a while and then continue to add.

"If he hadn't released the energy the night before he was discharged, he could have had one or two more."

Hearing this, Katie looked at her brother and opened her mouth to say something, but stopped herself.

"What did he say?"

Tom, who had been listening nearby, asked anxiously.

However, he didn't expect that his sister Katie, who had always been kind to him, suddenly glared at him fiercely, but then sighed.

"He said that you should remember the following gestures and formulas so that you can use them at critical moments."

"But before I tell you, I need to confirm one thing."

"You, really don't remember anything about what happened that night?"

Hearing this, Tom fell silent.

"There is a discrepancy between our memories. Perhaps we should review them carefully and corroborate each other."

At Katie's suggestion, the two began to talk about everything that happened eleven years ago in their memories.

Both parties were unusually calm and did not argue over the discrepancies in their memories.

Because the strange incident happened right in front of Tom, he had no choice but to believe it.

"This operation is very dangerous. You must trust me 100%. Do you understand?"

Katie looked at Tom seriously and spoke in a serious tone.

"I see."

After receiving an affirmative response from her brother, Katie finally smiled a little.

In fact, this was also what Su Fan meant when he communicated with her.

Without assurance that both parties share the same goals, joint action will only increase the danger.

Under Su Fan's instruction, Katie repeated the process of opening the sword finger bit by bit, with her thumb constantly jumping on the other fingers.

"This set of hand gestures must be accompanied by a mnemonic formula that must be recited silently."

"Click once and read a sentence. The pronunciation may be a little difficult for you, but you must remember it."

"The essence of heaven, the spirit of earth, the Kuigang lightning, the moon and the stars, the strong wind arrives, the spring is booming, Qian, Yuan, Heng, Li, the sword is open!"

"The first one is recited silently, but the last one is open, so you need to recite it aloud."

Regarding the Open Sword Finger, different teachers have different formulas, and they can even be roughly divided into two types: Zhuyou magic and Xuanmen Taoist magic.

What Su Fan taught was naturally of the Xuanmen type.

He didn't know much about Zhuyoushu and was not sure if it could be used.

In comparison, the Taoist magic that I have learned and used is much more credible.

“That’s a tongue twister.”

After studying it several times, Katie couldn't help but complain.

"Saving your life is the most important thing, why should you care whether it's confusing or not?"

Su Fan was floating in the air, scolding Katie below while thinking.

Mirrors may have other supernatural powers.

With just these two guys learning some Triangle Cat Kung Fu and the anchor hanging from the ceiling, I'm afraid they won't be able to pose a real threat to it.

[It would be nice if I could directly intervene here...]

Su Fan crossed his legs and thought about this.

This is not the first time he has used his magical powers to change reality through dreams.

I'm used to messing around.

The worst that could happen is that the dream of getting married will backfire on me again.

The question is, why didn't I go to another point in time, but came here?
Su Fan couldn't help but start thinking in his heart.

[The system is talking about the instinct of self-healing, that is, doing so will help the damaged soul recover.]

[This has been confirmed by previous perception.]

[But all along, I was just chatting with Katie.]

【Could it be that……】

Su Fan seemed to suddenly think of something and looked at Anna's quiet ancient mirror inside the open door not far away.

……

"Besides these formulas, is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

Tom seems to have a better learning ability than Katie.

Before the latter, you should memorize most of the gestures and formulas.

After repeated practice, he asked again.

"When you do the sword finger gesture, your thumb should press down on the nails of your ring finger and little finger, and not expose them."

Katie didn't know what Su Fan meant by Tibetan armor, she just repeated it verbatim.

"When using it, you may feel a flow of air or force gathering towards your fingertips. Imagine that this force is guided by you and fired at the enemy..."

"and then?"

"This move will cost you your energy. You can only use it five or six times. I can only use it three or four times."

As Katie said this, the alarm clock in the room rang.

"It's about time to go in and reset the time. Eat something."

The two walked back into the house, and as soon as they stepped in, they felt a cold breath coming towards them.

At this moment, they were surprised to find that their perspective quickly became shorter, and when they looked at their hands again, they had turned into the shape of a child!

The light flickered a few times and then went out completely, and a familiar ghost stood in front of the mirror.

The other person's clothes were torn, his face was haggard, his teeth were bloody, and his pupils reflected a strange light.

After seeing each other's faces clearly, Katie and Tom trembled all over, and the horrific memories of their childhood were unlocked in their minds.

Pictures kept coming towards them like papers caught in a storm.

When they were children, they knew that their family was on the verge of breaking up, so they decided to go to their father's study and destroy the mirror.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a woman lying on my father's back, whispering something.

The other person noticed the brother and sister standing at the door, and in the blink of an eye, he came to the door of the room and looked down at the two of them.

Her face was exactly the same as the woman who suddenly appeared in front of him!
The same scene, the same female ghost...

A familiar fear also rose in their hearts, making the two of them unable to move!
(End of this chapter)