Volume 1 Chapter 1: The Divine Mirror Recognizes Its Master Marrying a Heavenly Master as His Wife The Library of Heaven's Path

  Liu Yi Yang sat on the luxurious red wood sofa, half turning his body, occasionally jumping eyebrows, with a hint of faint worry.

  Behind the red wood sofa is a very large floor-to-ceiling window, and outside is a beautiful artificial garden.

  The garden is not large, but it's beautifully laid out. Especially now that spring has just begun, the warm weather and blooming flowers create a picturesque scene outside with peach blossoms and green willows as far as the eye can see. Either the elegant and refined beauty of the flowers in full bloom or the buds that are about to open, exuding an alluring fragrance, give people a fresh and beautiful feeling.

  What a beautiful flower color, unfortunately Liu Yi didn't have the heart to appreciate it at this time.

  After looking at Hua Yuan, he turned his head and sat up straight, staring at the very pretty girl in front of him with big eyes.

  The girl looked like she was seventeen or eighteen years old, with a ponytail, and indeed looked very good-looking, far surpassing those artificial Korean female stars, giving people an unparalleled feeling of purity.

  The girl's name was also nice to hear, she was called Ouyang Xuan. At least when Liu Yi Yang first learned of this name, he had praised it in his heart. Ouyang Xuan was a person like her name, looking very gentle and elegant, a classical and refined little beauty.

  But that was just Liu Yi Yang's previous idea, at this time, Ouyang Xuan was gnashing his teeth, with a look of hatred that made him want to tear himself apart, causing his previous good impression to quickly shrink.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  Footsteps echoed from the staircase in the hall, an old man wearing a white long gown was walking down from upstairs.

  When she saw the old man, Ouyang Xuan, who was staring fiercely at Liu Yi Yang, immediately stood up and hastily walked over.

  "Grandpa, how is it going? Have you found a solution?"

  Ouyang Xuan asked hastily, her eyes and face showing a kind of anxiety, it was clear that this question was very important to her.

  "No, the divine mirror that has acknowledged its master cannot be changed, there is no way to retrieve the divine mirror!" The old man gently shook his head and spread out his hands, with a hint of disappointment in his expression.

  "Can't retrieve the divine mirror?" Ouyang Xuan was slightly stunned, and then a fierce glint reappeared in her eyes. She turned around and stared fiercely at Liu Yiyang.

  Under this fierce and menacing gaze, Liu Yi Yang's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he hastily stood up.

  Liu Yi Yang just wanted to speak, but Ouyang Xun opened his mouth first, staring with wide eyes, slowly, word by word, saying: "If all else fails, I'll cut off his head, peel off his skin and extract his tendons. No matter what, I must get back the divine mirror that I worked so hard to obtain!"

  Don't look at Ou Yang Wan being pretty, with a kind of classical beauty temperament, but when saying these words, the killing aura on her body is not reduced in the slightest.

  Liu Yi Yang's body suddenly shook violently, a cold breath made his heart involuntarily feel chilly, as if he had just walked out of an icy cave in the depths of winter.

  "You'd better not mess around! I didn't even touch that thing, and I have no idea how it got into my body. Even now, I still think I'm dreaming!"

  Liu Yi Yang hastily waved his hand, and in his eyes, there was a hint of fear, as well as a sense of resentment born from bad luck.

  In Liu Yi Yang's heart, today was absolutely the most unlucky and bizarre day of his life. If he hadn't pinched a few pieces of flesh on his leg until they turned purple, he would have thought he was dreaming.

  Liu Yi Yang is a third-year student at Bin Hai Medical University, which is a national key university and one of the top three medical universities in China. Studying at this university is an object of envy for countless people.

  Being admitted here is also a pride for Liu Yi Yang and his whole family.

  However, his family situation is not good and can be said to be general. Tuition fees are still a considerable expense for their families. From the first year of university, Liu Yi Yang has been using holidays to work hard and study diligently, doing many jobs. In the past six months, he has been working as an antique conservator in his family's antique shop.

  He works in an antique shop, and he only needs to work for two hours a day, his job is also very simple, mainly maintaining some of the store's antique collections and regular maintenance. Because he has a pair of very nimble hands, and is very meticulous, the work he does is extremely good, the boss is very satisfied with him, and even gave him a salary higher than any previous job.

  One hundred yuan per hour, five days a week, that's one thousand yuan a week, and occasionally some small benefits. For Liu Yi Yang, this is the most satisfying job he has had in his university years, and it's also a job that can make his life very good, no longer worrying about tuition fees.

  The most unlucky thing for Liu Yi Yang was what happened after he got off work today.

  Today is Tuesday, and there are no classes in the school this morning. Every Tuesday at 9:00 am, Liu Yi Yang will arrive on time in the back room of the store, using his slender hands, which are even smaller than those of a girl, to carefully dust off the ancient jade and bronze artifacts that have accumulated fine dust. His fingers are small and agile, allowing him to thoroughly remove even the most deeply hidden dust, keeping them looking their best at all times.

  Two hours later, he completed all the work smoothly and bid farewell to his colleagues in the antique shop. Since it was still early, he didn't return to school directly and started strolling around the market nearby.

  The antique shop where he works is located in the Antique City of Binhai City, and it is also one of the largest shops in the Antique City. Over the past half year or so, he has gradually come to like this place, enjoying the occasional stroll through the bustling market.

  However, Liu Yiyang has never bought anything, he knows that the antique business is very deep, and although his salary seems to be high, but after deducting self-use and supporting his family, there is almost nothing left every month, and he must live a tight life.

  At home, Liu Yi Yang still has a younger brother who is in his third year of high school. The family's financial situation is not good, and the brother's tuition fees and living expenses are all sent back to the family by him after working part-time jobs. Now he is shouldering the burden of two people studying alone, so he must be frugal.

  He didn't buy anything, but Liu Yi Yang really liked the atmosphere here. Today, as usual, he came directly to the street vendor area to watch people haggle over prices, watching the vendors and all sorts of people interact with each other, saying different things to different people, and he felt like he had learned a lot.

  "Huh?"

  As soon as Liu Yi Yang walked into the street vendor area, he let out a soft "hmm". He was familiar with the edge of the street vendor area, but there was an extra stall there now. A very pretty little girl sat properly behind it, with an ancient and mysterious eight trigrams mirror beside her hand.

  There was also a cloth banner on her stall with four black characters that read "Iron Mouth Spirit Calculation".

  Iron mouth god calculation?

  After seeing the sign, Liu Yi Yang almost burst out laughing. If it were an old man with a white beard sitting here, that would be somewhat interesting. But a young girl, who is not very old and looks quite pretty, seems to be somewhat out of place.

  As expected, there were indeed many people around the stall pointing and whispering, but none of them actually came forward to have their fortunes told.

  Little girl fortune-telling, giving people an instinctive distrust, always feeling that this is someone's child coming to make trouble, really believing it and going to find her for fortune-telling, then not being laughed to death by the people around, no one wants to be this fool.

  The little girl herself was not in a hurry, sitting there, holding a pot of tea, slowly savoring it, with a leisurely and self-satisfied look.

  Liu Yi Yang, who was strolling leisurely, suddenly changed direction and walked towards the little girl's stall. He sat down directly in front of her, his mind unclear about what he was thinking.

  This time, it was Liu Yi Yang's most regrettable move, and he thought it was the most unlucky and bizarre reason for today.

  He had just sat down and hadn't said a word when the mirror with the Bagua symbol next to the little girl suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and in that instant, everyone around them was frozen in place.

  Only Liu Yi Yang and that little girl were left, both of them staring blankly at the black book emitting white light, which quickly drilled into Liu Yi Yang's body.

  This scene not only left Liu Yi Yang stunned, but also almost drove him crazy. As soon as the bright light disappeared, he took off his clothes and started scratching himself vigorously all over his body.

  The little girl also reacted and ran to Liu Yi Yang's side, scratching him as well.

  After the bright light disappeared, the people around regained their movements and immediately stared at the two young people in a strange way. Some older elderly people shook their heads vigorously, turned their heads away, and muttered something to themselves.

  After a good five or six minutes, the first to stop was still that little girl. She grabbed Liu Yi Yang and didn't even want her stall anymore, directly running out.

  Don't look at this young girl's age, her strength is not small. Liu Yi Yang used all his strength but couldn't break free, and in the end was pulled onto a BMW by her. This scene caused many people outside the antique city to point and whisper, especially those young people who didn't know what was going on, they were very envious of Liu Yi Yang.

  The little girl, even when angry, shows a strange charm. These people all think of them as quarreling young lovers. Having such a beautiful girlfriend will naturally bring envy.

  Then Liu Yi Yang was pulled into the villa by her, everything that happened was too sudden, so sudden that he couldn't accept it until now.

  "Xiao Xuan, don't talk nonsense. Even if you peel the skin and extract the tendons, it's impossible to retrieve the divine mirror that has acknowledged its master. In the end, it will only make the divine mirror disappear again, leaving no trace!"

  The old man sighed, and Liu Yiyang immediately nodded. Although Ouyang Xuan looked very delicate, Liu Yiyang had fully experienced her strength before. This was also her home, and Liu Yiyang was really afraid that she would do something out of line and even harm herself.

  Normally, he wouldn't have believed that someone would kill people so casually in broad daylight, but today's events were too bizarre, making him dare not to be optimistic about anything. Even the fact that a book could suddenly and inexplicably pierce his body made him wonder what else was possible.

  After hearing the old man's words, Ouyang Xun's eyes suddenly turned red, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Grandfather, is there really no way to save it? I've worked so hard to retrieve this divine mirror, only to lose it like this?"

  After speaking, Ouyang Wan turned back and stared fiercely at Liu Yi Yang, the fierce light in her eyes more intense than before.

  Liu Yi Yang, who considered himself unlucky, simply didn't go see Ouyang Xuan. He turned his head and stared at the old man, now he just wanted to leave as soon as possible, leave this place.

  In Liu Yi Yang's heart, after leaving here, he must have a good worship of all the gods and Buddhas. He studied medicine and didn't believe in ghosts and gods normally, but what happened today was beyond his imagination. Such a large ancient bronze mirror completely disappeared into his body, just thinking about it made his whole body get goosebumps.

  "Little Xiao!"

  The old man sighed again, and gently shook his head, saying: "You've known all along that the Eight Trigrams Sect and the Divine Mirror only have a 500-year fate. After the Divine Mirror left last time, it shouldn't have come back. Although you found the Divine Mirror, you couldn't make it acknowledge its master, which is proof in itself. Now the Divine Mirror has acknowledged this young man as its host, let me say, all of this is fate, all of this is destiny!"

  Liu Yi Yang had been staring at the old man, and when he finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask: "Old sir, is the divine mirror you mentioned the same as the Bagua mirror that entered my body? What exactly is it?"

  The old man turned his head, looked at Liu Yi Yang, and smiled slightly, saying in a low voice: "Thing? That's not just any thing, it's a divine artifact!"

  The old man's eyes seemed to still hold a hint of envy when he spoke, completely different from Ouyang Xuan's anger.

  "What is this divine artifact?"

  Liu Yi Yang was taken aback for a moment, and asked impulsively. What the old man said would have been dismissed as mere stories in ordinary times, but this matter concerned himself, and he had personally seen the Bagua mirror enter his body, so he couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

  "It's a long story, young man, come over here and sit down!"

  The old man smiled again and beckoned Liu Yi Yang, then sat down on a nearby sofa.

  His attitude made Liu Yi Yang feel much more at ease, at least this old man looked very kind and gentle, unlike Ouyang Xun, whose name sounded good but always carried a murderous aura, giving people a sense of horror.

  "Xiao Xuan, you come over here too!"

  After bringing Liu Yi Yang over, the old man beckoned to Ouyang Xuan again. Ouyang Xuan glared at Liu Yi Yang once more before sitting down beside the old man with red eyes.

  "Hey young man, I'm Ou Yangming, the current leader of the Bagua Sect. However, my sect has lost its former glory and now only a few people are left in our household, so don't mind it!"

  The old man spoke slowly, constantly sizing up Liu Yi Yang as he talked, with a strange smile always lurking at the corner of his mouth.

  The old man said, and Liu Yi Yang occasionally asked one or two questions, and roughly understood what was going on.

  The old man's name is Ouyang Ming, the current master of Baguaduan. According to him, Baguaduan was founded over 800 years ago and was very prosperous 300 years ago. However, due to Baguaduan's seclusion from the world, many people are unaware of their existence, only knowing some of their proxy disciples at that time.

  Even these disciples are quite extraordinary, and as soon as they go out, they can interact with officials and nobles.

  There is no eternal brilliance in this world, and the Bagua Gate is no exception. Since the loss of the divine mirror, the town gate artifact of the Bagua Gate, more than 300 years ago, it has been on a downward path.

  Fortunately, Bagua Gate is not a secular gate, and we had predicted this long ago, so we accepted it very calmly.

  Today, all the disciples of Bagua Men together are less than twenty people, and they are very scattered. Bin Hai is their base, but there are few people living here.

  As for Liu Yi Yang's most concerned gossip mirror, the thing called divine mirror, he finally had an understanding of it.

  The true name of the divine mirror is Qiankun Mirror, but the people of Bagua Gate are used to calling it the Divine Mirror. The Divine Mirror is indeed a divine artifact and a high-grade one at that. Its greatest function is to know the past and present. The reason why Bagua Gate was able to make such a big name for itself in the beginning has the most direct relationship with this high-grade divine artifact. It wasn't until after the loss of the Divine Mirror that they gradually began to decline.

  Ouyang Huan learned about the legend of the divine mirror when she was young, and she made up her mind to find it back. Two years of hard work later, she actually found the divine mirror, which surprised Ouyang Ming greatly. Ouyang Ming even divined several times for this reason, but unfortunately, the divination was vague, only faintly feeling that the divine mirror would not stay in their Bagua Gate, so he did not spread the news of the divine mirror.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, the divine mirror left them today and automatically recognized a new master on a young stranger.

  This young man was Liu Yi Yang, who considered himself unlucky. After listening to the old man's explanation, Liu Yi Yang remained dazed and sat there stupidly.

  It's not that he didn't believe the old man's explanation, but this fact was too absurd, making it hard for him to accept at the moment.

  The old man said this, while Ouyang Huan was on the side, pouting and glaring at Liu Yi Yang, as if he had snatched something from her.

  But the fact is that the divine mirror was her treasured object, which she had painstakingly retrieved. Suddenly, it became someone else's possession, and for a moment, she couldn't accept it. If Ou Yangming hadn't been there, she might have really done something crazy.

  "Hey kid, you go first, just keep today's things confidential and don't leak out the gossip about our family!"

  Just after the introduction, Liu Yi Yang was still in shock when the old man suddenly said this.

  "Huh?"

  "What?"

  Liu Yi Yang and Ouyang Xun shouted at the same time. Ouyang Xun's eyes were filled with disbelief, while Liu Yi Yang was full of surprise.

  Did heaven really hear his prayers and let him leave this place?

  He had thought of many bad endings before, he was just a student, but he had also heard of many cases where people who knew secrets were killed to silence them. Moreover, the old and young men in front of him were clearly not ordinary people, and he himself was powerless to resist whatever they wanted to do to him.

  "Grandfather, the divine mirror is with him, how can we let him go?"

  Ouyang Xun shouted loudly, she was the most clear about the role of the divine mirror to the Bagua Gate, giving up the divine mirror, the Bagua Gate would never have the possibility of rising again.

  The old man shook his head gently and said, "Divine artifact, those who are destined to know will know. The divine mirror was not originally an object of our Bagua Sect either. It was only obtained due to the deep blessings of our ancestors. The divine mirror has its own choices, we cannot force it!"

  "Old man, if I may say so, can I go now?"

  Liu Yi Yang quickly recovered from the shock and asked a sentence. After the old man nodded with a smile, he immediately left the villa in big strides.

  Watching him walk out, Ouyang Huan lightly stomped her foot and turned around to sit on the sofa. Ouyang Ming was still smiling there, looking in the direction Liu Yi Yang left, wondering what he was thinking about.