Wait a minute, where is my master?

This mystical treasure had saved Lan Junyan several times when she was weak.

However, she had never fully activated the mirror.

It wasn't that she didn't want to, but that she couldn't.

Currently at the top of the Divinity Transformation Realm, to unleash the full power of an attack from the Mahayana Realm, she would need to reach the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

"Who exactly is this unknown Taoist?"

Lan Junyan felt uneasy in her heart, not realizing that the little finger on the hand holding the mirror was trembling slightly.

Jin Xu was merely taking steps forward in a very ordinary manner, but Mr. Lan felt as if he were facing the descent of a True Immortal.

"Mr. Song, what is the origin of this Taoist?"

Lan Junyan was no fool, knowing that she probably couldn't handle the person in front of her; she began to ask Mr. Song about Jin Xu's background.

Unfortunately, the energy wave from the Taoist's casual catching of the spear had knocked out Song Xili, who was already at the end of his strength.

At this moment, her attempt to communicate was like throwing a clay ox into the sea, with no response to be found.

And Jin Xu, upon seeing Mr. Lan take out the bronze mirror, showed an expression of great interest on his face.

Don't get it wrong, the little Taoist wasn't interested in these treasures; he was just curious to see what other tricks this female cultivator could come up with.

The chains and armored soldiers from just before had seemed quite amusing to him.

Jin Xu didn't stop his approach towards Lan Junyan, while thinking of a way to extract compensation without killing her, and also ensuring she wouldn't pass out.

"Can't kill her, and can't beat her too hard either, otherwise if she faints, there will be no one to compensate."

Engrossed in his random thoughts, the little Taoist stopped in his tracks.

On the other side, Lan Junyan, not getting a response from her communication to Song Xili, swept her Spiritual Sense and discovered he had fainted.

"...He didn't faint from my beatings just now, but now a blast of air has knocked him out."

Mr. Lan complained in her heart.

Then, she looked up at the ever-closer Jin Xu; the distance between them was now less than three meters.

At this moment, she chose not to activate an Escape Technique to increase the distance, but silently raised the bronze mirror in her hand, while using her Spiritual Sense to reach into her storage ring and took out a green Token in her other hand.

This was one of the Tokens to activate Qingmu City's City Protection Array, and Lan Junyan had recently been in charge of overseeing the Secret Realm, which is why she temporarily had the authority to use this Token.

Mr. Lan's own cultivation was not enough to activate the Youlan Ancient Mirror to unleash a full-strength attack from the Mahayana Realm.

However, by borrowing the power of the City Protection Array, temporarily drawing the array's Spiritual Power into herself, she might just barely meet the requirements.

She knew that with her own cultivation level, she was very likely no match for the unknown Taoist before her, for when he had effortlessly resolved the magic she had cast, it was as if an adult was amusing a child.

But Lan Junyan couldn't afford to lose today.

With the Qingmu Secret Realm about to open, forces from small to great from across the Nine Provinces Realm had gathered in the city, and as Mr. Lan was responsible for overseeing the Secret Realm, she also represented the prestige of Qingmu Academy.

Lan Junyan was now slightly regretting causing such a commotion earlier. If it weren't for her "Literary Brush with Divine Presence" magic alarming most of the cultivators in the city, resulting in the sky above the location of the God of Cookery's courtyard being full of covertly peering Spiritual Senses...

She could have at least tried to compensate with money and an apology!

"I'm sorry, but the reputation of Qingmu Academy must not be tarnished. I will try to avoid your vital parts when activating the ancient mirror," Mr. Lan suddenly said, passing the message softly to the Taoist two meters away.

In her eyes, no matter how strong you are, my Youlan Ancient Mirror can deliver a full-strength blow from the Mahayana Realm, surely you can't withstand it.

Jin Xu stood still, contemplating whether to use his index finger or middle finger, when he suddenly received the transmission from the other side.

"Uh... you..."

The little Taoist had barely finished speaking.

With a prompt from the token in his hand, Lan Junyan caused the entire Qingmu City to buzz aloud as a huge Formation, outlined by complex ancient characters, emerged overhead.

The ancient characters on the Formation shimmered with light, resonating with the token in Mr. Lan's hand.

In the blink of an eye!

Several ancient characters detached from the Formation and steadily penetrated Lan Junyan's back, instantly boosting the fluctuations of spiritual power around her by a great margin.

In the distant skies above the City Lord Mansion.

The City Lord of Qingmu City, who was frowning and observing the movements across the courtyard, realized something was amiss when he saw the City Protection Array activated. He hastily employed his Escape Technique and sped towards the courtyard.

Mei Shouyi and Mr. Zhu, who were rushing towards the small courtyard, also realized that the situation was serious since the City Protection Array had been deployed, confirming that this was certainly not Lan Junyan going through the motions with Song Xili.

Both of them immediately used a technique to bridge the distance in a single step and hurried towards the courtyard.

Although these three individuals were swift with their Escape Techniques, Mr. Lan's actions with the Youlan Ancient Mirror were even faster.

Just as Jin Xu was about to speak and while the three were rushing towards the courtyard.

Lan Junyan had already infused all her spiritual power and the power from the City Protection Array within her into the bronze mirror.

Feeling the surge of immense spiritual power, the Empty Valley Orchid Map engraved on the mirror emitted a soft glow, especially the depicted orchids, which suddenly came to life, as if granted new life itself.

"Go!"

Lan Junyan commanded silently in her mind.

On the surface of the Youlan Ancient Mirror, three orchids, white with hints of blue and brimming with vitality, seemed to casually float out. Those three Flame Orchids vanished into thin air the moment they appeared.

When they reappeared, two of the orchids materialized just in front of the little Taoist's shoulders, while the third appeared directly behind his left knee.

Mr. Lan had indeed kept his word; this strike had truly avoided critical areas such as Jin Xu's brow and dantian.

"I'm sorry, you're on your own now," Lan Junyan murmured as she moved back, looking downward with a whisper in her heart.

She had indeed avoided the vital areas, but the originally planned single strike had turned into three because she had absorbed too much of the Formation's spiritual power.

It was the first time Mr. Lan had used the mirror with her full power and by the time she realized it, the spiritual power was already like an arrow on the bowstring, beyond her control to retract.

"Boom!"

The three expected explosions Lan Junyan had anticipated only sounded once before everything went silent.

She looked up and was completely taken aback.

Right there in front of Jin Xu's left shoulder, there was a small orb of golden light.

The golden orb contained white and blue flames that roiled violently, but no matter how they struck against the walls of the orb, the Golden Spiritual Power Shield remained perfectly still.

This was the Flame Orchid that had exploded.

Initially, the little Taoist did not know how to activate this object, which is why it exploded, but in the moment of detonation, he managed to contain it with a Golden Spiritual Power Shield at a non-human speed.

The other two Flame Orchids were now circling in the palm of Jin Xu's left hand.

As he enclosed the exploding orchid with his right hand, his left hand activated the "Fire Condensing Skill".

He had managed to condense the two orchids, which possessed the might of the Mahayana Realm, into his own possession!!!

Lan Junyan watched this scene unfold, dumbfounded.

I can somewhat understand you resolving magic from the Divinity Transformation Realm.

But how on earth can you also resolve magic from the Mahayana Realm in the same way!?