Bound to Mary Sue, I am against involution in the world of immortal cultivation

Thanks to Jiang Biehe's disruption, the original topic could no longer be continued.

Ling You didn't know whether to feel regret or relief. He just turned his head and thought about Gu Yuanzhou, who was a big man but trying to shrink into Qin Mingzheng's arms. He was a little hesitant: "Is it really okay for him to be like this in the secret realm?"

In a secret realm of this level, let alone the current Gu Yuanzhou, even Gu Yuanzhou in his prime... the best he could do was to perish together.

Qin Mingzheng remained silent, because this question was also on her mind, especially after hearing Jiang Biehe say that "it is impossible to fully recover in the short term."

"That's easy," Jiang Yunsheng, who had appeared out of nowhere with a bloody face, said first, "Just don't leave here. There are no evil beasts or evil spirits here."

"Evil beasts and evil spirits? Is your current appearance related to them?" Fan Ning discovered the blind spot and his eyes lightly fell on the other person's face, which was not concealed at all. "Even you are so embarrassed in the secret realm?"

"It has nothing to do with the secret realm, it's those idiots! Are all you cultivators this nosy?" Jiang Yunsheng seemed to have something to say, but because there were several other cultivators in front of him, he managed to maintain some dignity. "They fell into Mirror Lake, where the obsessions and residual souls of the deceased are sealed. They could have left by just ignoring it and keeping their composure... but now most of them are trapped."

"You're really causing me trouble. You were doing great before, weren't you?"

Ling You started to speak and act in a completely unconcealed manner towards her, and for a moment she didn't know whether to say that she was too clear about the distinction between herself and the monks, or to explain that perhaps those monks were not meddling in her affairs.

He thought about it and finally gave up both ideas.

"You said they did a good job before... You're not referring to the fact that they pushed Fan Ning out, are you?"

Jiang Yunsheng tutted, "What else?"

"Call it naivety, call it ignorance... How could these remnant souls trapped deep within the secret realm be rescued? They..."

Fan Ning suddenly interjected, "You shouldn't reject this kind of behavior, right?"

Jiang Yunsheng was silent and opened her mouth to refute, but before I could open my mouth, I met her eyes that seemed to see through everything.

There was no sadness or joy, and looking into it was like looking through a mirror.

Jiang Yunsheng saw himself.

Staring at this gentle and soft face, I saw myself with a hideous and emotional expression.

She subconsciously wiped the blood off her face with her sleeve.

But how can you clean this thing?

With a short, intense breath, Jiang Yunsheng's raised hand dropped down as if he had lost all his strength.

——She hasn't looked in the mirror for a long time.

This face always reminded her of that person, causing her to sink deeper into the quagmire, unable to escape and unwilling to do so.

"Whatever you say, I must remind you. Once you choose to enter Mirror Lake, you may be killed and replaced by your dark side at any time. Moreover, if you die in the secret realm, you are truly dead. Your soul will become part of the Mirror Lake."

Jiang Yunsheng curled his lips, his expression suddenly turning cold, "Don't die before you give me the Nine-petal Demonic Lotus."

"Dark side? If it's my dark side... that might be interesting."

Well, maybe the interesting thing is that everyone except her will be killed.

Ling You clenched his palms, feeling a little uneasy: "What does the dark side look like?"

Jiang Yunsheng rolled his eyes at him, his attitude not quite calm. "It's the complete opposite of you, or to put it more clearly... it's the deepest desires and emotions hidden in your heart."

"If I were killed, would that count as suicide?" Fan Ning asked, her chin in her hand. Although the situation was dire, she still managed to find some meaningless fun, such as...

"If someone's deepest desire is to kill themselves, will the Dark Side commit suicide or hunt down the person who made the wish?"

Ling You: “…”

Ling You glanced at Miss Jiang's increasingly faltering face and said, "Good question. So what is your desire?"

"What a crude way to change the subject."

Fan Ning continued, "However, my desire..."

"You may not believe this, but the world of immortal cultivation is at peace."

Ling You: “…”

Ling You rubbed his ears, unable to believe it: "What did you just say?"

"The world of immortal cultivation is peaceful? Is that strange?"

"If you don't understand, I can explain it more concisely," Fan Ning said, "because there are too many noisy voices in the world of immortal cultivation, and even when cultivators are needed, they can't unify."

"So?" Ling You felt something was not right the more he listened. Glancing at the faces around him who also felt something was amiss, he pressed the issue again, "What does this have to do with the desire for 'peace in the world of immortal cultivation'?"

"Because 'a single chopstick is easy to break,'" Fan Ning spread his hands, looking helpless, and laughed, "So we have to twist them all together."

"The first step to peace is just one voice."

Fan Ning smiled: "If everyone listened to me, wouldn't there be fewer disputes?"

"So you're practically trying to usurp everyone's position!" Ling You felt a little overwhelmed, clearly remembering the bold words she'd once said. "Were you actually serious about what you said before?"

Fan Ning: "Why do you think I told such a lie?"

"Is it shameful that I just want to get promoted?"

Ling You: “…”

Ling You covered his aching head and said, "No, this isn't about whether I can see people or not, it's about—"

"You have such great ambitions. Will we really not be wiped out in one fell swoop?"

Jiang Yunsheng was puzzled when she heard this, so she bravely asked, "Fan Ning... is his cultivation very high?"

"No, she has no cultivation at all."

Before the others could breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this answer, Ling You added again with a cold face: "But she must have the ability to send everyone to heaven."

Jiang Biehe nodded, agreeing that this was true.

Young Master Ji, who had also been shocked, nodded silently.

Qin Mingzheng, who was excluded from the incident, was a little worried: "Then Miss Fan Ning, why don't you stay here with us?"

"No way, how can you not invite me to such a fun thing?"

Fan Ning flicked the fallen leaves that floated to her hand and smiled mischievously: "If I don't go, Ling You will be in a bad mood."

"I just don't want you to say that at this moment..."

Ling You sighed and thought about the "time bomb" in his body. The words of giving up lingered on his lips, but he couldn't say them.

"Fighting with yourself can effectively improve your skills," Fan Ning snapped his fingers. "A mere Mirror Lake...are you afraid?"

Ling You, who was confronted head-on, smiled helplessly.

Although he didn't know why Fan Ning seemed to really want him to go to Jinghu, but since she had already asked him to go, if he didn't go... he always felt that something bad would happen.

"Then let's go together," Ling You pointed at Jiang Biehe, then at Fan Ning, and finally placed his finger on Young Master Ji's face, which was filled with both expectation and fear, before he silently retracted it.

Young Master Ji: "QWQ..."