I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 56 Catching the Vengeful Spirit in the Mirror
The Suspended Mirror Research Institute is a privately run research institute.

But it has an international background.

This research institute focuses on the study of mirror spirits and the world within mirrors. They believe that mirrors can form their own worlds, and that the study of mirror spirits can also unlock more abilities from them.

From nations and research institutes to individuals, the means to enter the 'spirit' realm have always been secrets, and can even be elevated to the level of national strategy.

The government certainly has relevant research institutes to study this, but there are also many private research institutes, and the Suspended Mirror Research Institute is a private enterprise.

With foreign investment background, this research company has always been at the forefront of research on spirits abroad. Therefore, it often receives special treatment in China and takes on some high-end mystery purification tasks.

When Deacon He Hong entered the Mountain Lord Temple this time, he wasn't quite sure whose mission his company had taken to come in. It was the Dean who personally conveyed the mission to him. The reason the Dean allowed him to come in was because he was good at structuring the Mirror Gallery. Once he was in, he could bring in more people.

He also took advantage of this opportunity to bring two assistants with him. These two people had conflicting interests. He could have come in alone, but he brought two more people so that they could make contributions inside. Unexpectedly, one of them died.

Hua Qianlang is not from the Longxiang Republic, but from the neighboring Goryeo Kingdom. However, he came with a mission.

At this moment, he stood outside the small room, looking at the embroiderer lying on the ground, his eyes filled with indifference.

He disliked her very much, but this woman not only accompanied the lecherous He Hong, but also offered her daughter to him.

That's bad enough. If you're going to use your looks to please someone, then just do it properly. But instead, you have to try to steal the credit.

Even though you've joined the company and are a professional, when it comes to truly facing life and death, if you rely on skills developed by others, lack focus during training, and are always lazy, who else but you will die?
The blood of the dead was then directly used as a catalyst for summoning spirits.

Hua Qianlang didn't want to die here, but the opportunity to enter this place was rare. Whether he made a contribution at the Suspended Mirror Research Institute was secondary. What he would truly make a great contribution was to obtain the 'mythical' level spiritual realm data of the Dragon Rising Republic and bring it back to his country.

Before coming to the Republic of Longxiang, he thought the country was densely populated, dirty, chaotic, and had a high crime rate. After arriving, he found that it was not as bad as he had imagined. In particular, over the course of a few years, he saw that the country seemed to be changing every moment.

It's like a colossal behemoth, invisible from the outside, and you can't see the earth-shaking changes taking place inside unless you get close. The country is constantly improving.

If these things showed him the country's enormous potential and vitality, then as he delved deeper into the country's extraordinary realms, he felt an endless sense of envy and jealousy.

This country has an abundance of spiritual resources.

It is generally accepted that the richer a region's mythology and legends, the more systematic its professions tend to be. He felt saddened by the thought of how barren his own country's "spiritual realm" was.

Therefore, he felt that the opportunity to enter the mythical spiritual realm of the Dragon Soaring Republic was too rare, so he had his 'family' use their connections to get him in with Deacon He.

He Hong sat in front of that old dressing mirror.

The paint on the dressing mirror has peeled off, and the mirror surface is not very bright anymore.

Within the research institute, he was an expatriate, and among expatriates, he was one who could lead a team independently, hence the title "deacon," which granted him a high degree of freedom.

As a butler who has been performing tasks for a long time, it is naturally easy for him to lure out the vengeful spirits in the mirror.

And dressing up in front of a mirror is naturally the most common way.

Of course, ordinary grooming methods are not enough; doors and windows must be closed tightly, and a lamp must be lit. The light from this lamp can guide the other person.

When a person walks to the underworld, a lamp is placed on the top of their head. This serves to guide them back and prevent the spirits of the underworld from getting lost.

In the study of 'mirrors' in the world, it is believed that a mirror is a world of its own. There are countless exits in the world, and it is dark inside. A lamp can make the spirit in the mirror notice the exit quickly.

That bowl of blood was the blood of the embroiderer just now. The blood contained a spirit that could attract the vengeful spirit in the mirror to lick it.

Doing one's hair in front of a mirror is meant to relax the vengeful spirit in the mirror, making it believe that it can control the spirit.

Because the vengeful spirit in the mirror can switch places with people outside by mimicking the reflection.

The mirror allows the souls of people outside to enter, while the vengeful spirits within the mirror naturally enter the bodies of those outside.

Taking over a human body is an immense temptation for a vengeful spirit without a body.

A gentle smile appeared on He Hong's lips, and her makeup movements became more and more natural.

However, at that moment, He Hong suddenly put down the comb in his hand and stopped combing his hair.

The blurry reflection in the mirror seemed a little anxious at this moment.

According to their research institute, the number of times the hair is combed determines the success rate of the mirror spirit's swap with the human body. If the person outside interrupts the swap before the mirror spirit can fully swap, the person will become agitated and then come out of the mirror.

At this moment, the vengeful spirit in the mirror suddenly twisted its body restlessly, then leaned forward and crawled out of the mirror. A pale hand stretched out, so thin it looked like a chicken claw, and it was completely bloodless.

Next came its black mourning clothes, and then its head emerged, with black hair and a pair of bloodshot eyes beneath it.

Everything it wore and looked like was exactly how it looked when it was alive.

Its long, straight black hair came out and fluttered, wrapping around He Hong. Its other hand also came out, like a tiger suddenly pouncing from a lurking state.

It lunged at He Hong, but somehow, He Hong had a mirror in his hand. The mirror was dark, and when it was reflected in the mirror, it emitted a dim light. Under the reflection, the vengeful spirit shrank rapidly, like a wisp of black smoke being absorbed into the small mirror.

The mirror trembled violently, and he rapidly wrote something on its surface with his sword finger, finally uttering a shout: "Seal."

The mirror immediately calmed down.

He immediately wrapped the mirror in a cloth.

Then he called out, "Qianlang, come in and set up the passage."

Hua Qianlang, who was waiting outside, immediately pushed open the door and came in, carrying those small square mirrors.

(End of this chapter)