Afterlife Department

Chapter 559 - Mirror

If it was before, Bai Liu and Wu Yi would never associate the word 'anxious' to Yi Bing. But, right now, they were shocked themselves to see it currently on Yi Bing's face as they followed him.

If it is Huo Ling, didn't Yi Bing already tell them that Huo Ling is strong and can managed himself? It it is the currently situation of this world, they can just bomb the base of the Dawn of Society for them to crawl out of it. So, they wanted to ask Yi Bing what he is worried about, since it shouldn't be these two. But, they didn't ask since they saw that the other is in a hurry.

"Master!" Jiu Ye and Bai Wu cried when they saw their seniors descending from the sky.

"You Ri!" Yi Bing called.

You Ri who was sitting on the side turned and saw Yi Bing. "You are that one who talked with 'her'…" she said, referring to her resentment in the Haoming Company.

Yi Bing nodded as an answer. "I want to ask you what did Lin Weng exactly do to you?" he spoke.

"What do you mean?" You Ri asked.

"Something is concealing you, including your resentment, from us." Yi Bing explained.

"Huh?" You Ri felt confused. Something is concealing her? "I don't know." She answered.

"Think again." Yi Bing said.

You Ri looked at him.

"My apprentice has entered the Dawn of Society's base but we can't contact him." Yi Bing said. "I am afraid that he is in danger." He explained.

You Ri's expression changed. "This…" she sighed. "I really don't know… all I can remember is that he chanted something and I have seen myself in his eyes. Then, I realized that I am dead." She explained.

Yi Bing frowned. This can be the same as not saying anything. Bai Liu and Wu Yi fell silent, including the anxious Jiu Ye and the dazed Bai Wu.

Jiu Ye clenched his fists tight. Ling-ge is in danger! He thought. "There… there must be a trick…" he spoke as he tried to think hard to extract details from You Ri's words.

Yi Bing looked at him. "'trick'?" he muttered. Then, suddenly, his pupils shrank when he remembered something. "Mirror." He muttered.

"Huh?" they looked at him.

"The reflection." Yi Bing looked at them. "You Ri saw her reflection in Lin Weng's eyes and her presence was concealed. Huo Ling must have seen his reflection, too… I remember that there was a mirror near where he disappeared." he explained.

Bai Liu's and Wu Yi's eyes widened in shock. "Is that true?!" they exclaimed.

Yi Bing nodded. "Let's return to that mansion." He told them.

"Yes!" they answered. Time is running out!

…

"I am always watching the Dawn of Society, precisely the Fang family. Fortunately, I didn't stop because I found out recently that they are planning to draw all of Lin Weng's blood to summon Zero." Lin Jin answered.

Huo Ling's brows knitted. "They really don't feel anything towards Lin Weng." He frowned.

Lin Jin nodded. "Not to mention that Lin Weng didn't grow up in their family, their family have many heirs to choose from." He told him.

Huo Ling sighed in sympathy. Lin Weng really had a hard life. "How do you plan on saving him?" he asked.

"I will try transferring my power on him." Lin Jin answered.

Huo Ling stared at him.

Lin Jin smiled. "This is what I owe his mother." He just said.

Huo Ling didn't say anything. He was right to think that Lin Jin and Lin Weng's mother must have some kind of romantic relationship. Or else, why would Lin Jin raise a child that isn't his own blood and even risk his life to save Lin Weng?

"Don't worry. I'll help you." He told him.

"Really? Thank you very much!" Lin Jin spoke and stopped when they heard voices chattering in low voices that sounded like a chant.

Their voices are mixed with Lin Weng's cries.

"Lin Weng!" Lin Jin cried as he immediately ran towards where the sounds are coming from. Huo Ling followed after him.

"AAAAHH!!! Let me go!" Lin Weng screamed when he felt a tearing pain in his arm after his biological father, Fang Buzi, cut his arm with a dagger. He tried to pull his arm but his limbs are all tied with chains as eh lie atop a stone table used for rituals. "Crazy! You are all crazy!" he shouted. "Ngh!" he cried and powerlessly watched his blood from his arm flow towards the stone table.

"LIN WENG!" Lin Jin yelled when he finally arrived with Huo Ling.

"LIN JIN!" Fang Buzi turned and glared at Lin Jin. "How dare you desecrate our holy temple just by staining it with your filthy presence?!" he asked with gnashed teeth.

"Wow…" Huo Ling muttered and crossed his arms while he looked around. This temple is filled with gold with only one big statue at the center.

The statue is made of gold and looked shining and Huo Ling can't help but close his eyes. Damn… is this statue really of a god's?! Why does my eyes hurt just looking at it?! He thought. Are gods real in this world?! This can't be! He frowned and covered his eyes.

Fortunately, no one noticed him since everyone's attention was on Lin Weng, Lin Jin and Fang Buzi.

"You seduced that ungrateful b*tch and she took my not yet unborn child with her!" Fang Buzi said.

"If I didn't, Lin Weng would have died sooner in your hands!" Lin Jin retorted. "More so, your family would have sacrificed him as soon as he was born!" he added.

Exorcists are very strong while they are young because their power is pure for their thoughts are also pure the younger they are. Thus, children were often used as sacrifices. Lin Weng avoided this fate because Lin Jin saved him and his mother from the Fang family.

"There is no need to sacrifice Lin Weng." Lin Jin spoke.

"What do you mean?" Fang Buzi asked. The other exorcists are also puzzled.

"As long as there is someone who has the same power and youth as him would be enough, right?" Lin Jin asked.

…

"This is it?" Bai Liu and Wu Yi spoke as they scrutinized the small mirror.

"En." Yi Bing nodded.

"But, we already saw our reflection in the mirror but nothing happened." They said. They lifted the concealment spell on themselves for them to look human in the mirror or in other people's eyes.

Yi Bing frowned. "Something's missing." He said.

They all fell silent.

You Ri raised her hands when Yi Bing looked at her. "I – I don't know!" she told him.

Yi Bing looked away. Then, his gaze fell on the funnel-shaped clouds that became bigger. His eyes narrowed. Their time is running out… he thought and looked at the ominous clouds again. 'clouds'? He thought. "'concealment'…" he muttered.

"Huh?" the others said.

"What is common between reflection and concealment…" Yi Bing muttered.

"Light?" Jiu Ye spoke.

If there is no light, you won't be able to see your reflection. And when things are concealed, 'light' (truth) is absent. Why did the Dawn of Light use mirrors? It is because it was said that mirrors are used to reveal the truths. But, to use the mirror, one would need light.

"Bingo!" Wu Yi snapped his fingers.

Yi Bing nodded when he remembered that the sunlight passed through the thick clouds earlier after he cut the clouds. That must be when Huo Ling found the mirror and was hit by its flash when the sunlight shone in it.

Bai Liu turned to Jiu Ye and Bai Wu. "You two, stay here and protect You Ri." He told them as Yi Bing and Wu Yi moved the mirror in the angle where the sunlight can hit it and also it can face the wall.

"Yes!" Jiu Ye and Bai Wu answered as they retreated while their seniors prepared.

"Ready?" Yi Bing asked as he took out his scythe. Then, he raised his scythe and pointed it towards the funnel-shaped clouds before he made a cutting motion using his scythe.

Jiu Ye, Bai Wu and You Ri felt a chill when they saw a flash of blue light emitted by the blade of the scythe and hit the funnel-shaped clouds. Then, they saw that sunlight peeked through the thick clouds before it was hidden by the clouds again, faster than earlier.

When the three of them turned back, they saw that Yi Bing, Bai Liu and Wu Yi were gone.

"There they go." Bai Wu sighed.

"Yeah." Jiu Ye nodded.

"I didn't think that the answer would be the mirror." Bai Wu laughed.

Jiu Ye nodded in agreement, then smiled. "Wait. 'concealment'?" he muttered when he remembered the words that Yi Bing spoke earlier. "… doesn't this power sounds familiar?" he asked when he tried to recall that Bai Liu informed him and Bai Wu before of the contents of their conversation with a certain person to find out about the past of Lin Weng, who is related to You Ri.

Bai Wu looked at him and he also looked at Bai Wu.. "Lin Jin!" they both exclaimed.