It was no wonder the rumors were so outrageous, but when they were matched with the actual object, knowing that the rumored divine artifact was the Kunlun Mirror made everything seem reasonable.
If it were the Kunlun Mirror, achieving this much would be normal.
Ye Tiancheng looked at the Kunlun Mirror in his hand, his heart filled with longing.
If he held this mirror and used its abilities, could he change the fact that Hou Mingzhu was still missing?
This seemed like a glimmer of hope.
Ye Tiancheng found it very difficult to refuse such temptation.
So much time had passed since the incident, and Ye Tiancheng truly couldn't help but worry about Hou Mingzhu's current situation. He could only comfort himself, telling himself that Hou Mingzhu might be fine, to stop himself from taking any overly impulsive actions.
He had to consider the bigger picture, sacrificing many emotional aspects to yield to reality and reason.
However, the prolonged suppression made Ye Tiancheng increasingly prone to wavering.
It was at this moment that the little fox, speaking from beside him, interrupted Ye Tiancheng's thoughts and dispelled his ideas.
It turned out that while Ye Tiancheng was thinking, he had unconsciously spoken his thoughts aloud, and the little fox had heard them.
Upon hearing Ye Tiancheng's words, the little fox quickly spoke up to dissuade him.
He said, "Brother, you absolutely must not act impulsively. If you really do this, you might not get the result you imagine."
"Is this Kunlun Mirror really real? Do we need to verify it again? And even if it is real, does it truly have such abilities?"
"Reversing time and changing the past sounds like something incredibly difficult and prone to causing other hidden dangers."
The little fox paused, then thought of a very convincing example.
"Let's say, if this mirror truly has such a use and can be used, then judging by the current situation, this mirror must have already been used by someone, right?"
"Perhaps it was used to change Lin Yanqin's fate."
"But what do we see as the result? Over a hundred years have passed, and until now, we appearing here might be considered changing Lin Yanqin's fate, but only within this mirror. We don't know about reality."
"Sister-in-law has been missing for so long, it's normal for you to worry, Brother. But if we really want to find a way to bring Sister-in-law back with more hope, I think we should find another way and work harder from other aspects. It would be much more likely to succeed than using this mirror to chase some vague hope."
"If you want to save Sister-in-law, Brother, you can't wait for a vague hundred years, can you?"
It was evident that the little fox was truly anxious and very concerned about Ye Tiancheng's state, which was why he had blurted out such a long speech.
Ye Tiancheng could feel the little fox's good intentions, and what the little fox said was indeed very reasonable, convincing Ye Tiancheng. Therefore, Ye Tiancheng said to the little fox, "I was just momentarily emotional and had a fleeting thought, but I won't necessarily act on it. I know there aren't that many free lunches in this world."
"I've taken to heart everything you've said, and I won't do anything so unreliable out of impulse."
The little fox breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head.
"Actually, I just feel that this matter is inherently unreliable."
Ye Tiancheng nodded and said, "Your feeling is not wrong, and what you said is very reasonable."
Finally ending the topic, the little fox looked at the ancient-looking mirror in Ye Tiancheng's hand, gazing at it with a mixture of confusion and curiosity, and couldn't help but say, "Is this thing really the legendary divine artifact, the Kunlun Mirror?"
"I always feel that having something like this fall into our hands so easily makes people feel uneasy, especially in a place like this."
After thinking for a moment, Ye Tiancheng said, "Judging by the resonance between divine artifacts, it should be correct, and it's unlikely to be wrong. Therefore, the probability of this being the true Kunlun Mirror is very high."
"However, it is indeed very strange for something like this to appear in a place like this, and it's worth investigating carefully."
The little fox stroked his chin, thought for a while, and then said, "If that's the case, and this is truly the Kunlun Mirror, then we really can't just leave it alone. But, are we just going to take this mirror?"
"What should we do now?"
Ye Tiancheng looked at the mirror and replied to the little fox, "Perhaps we can try to activate this mirror. Through the resonance between divine artifacts, I can vaguely sense how this thing should be operated."
"Perhaps, after activating the Kunlun Mirror, we can see Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping."
Hearing Ye Tiancheng say this, the little fox reacted more strongly.
"Then let's try it quickly. We've been separated from Nie Chongyang and the others for too long. The longer it takes, the greater the variables. If we can meet them sooner, no matter where or on which timeline, it's much better than us four being scattered like this."
Since the little fox said so, Ye Tiancheng had even less objection.
After finishing his conversation with the little fox, Ye Tiancheng immediately used his cultivation to attempt to activate the Kunlun Mirror.
However, when he tried to activate it, Ye Tiancheng quickly discovered that he couldn't activate the mirror. There were two reasons for this. The first reason was naturally that Ye Tiancheng was not the owner of this mirror.
If Ye Tiancheng wanted to truly possess the Kunlun Mirror, it wouldn't be a simple matter. Merely holding the Kunlun Mirror and truly becoming its owner were two different things.
As for the other reason, it wasn't just Ye Tiancheng; even the little fox had seen it at a glance.
After Ye Tiancheng failed to activate the Kunlun Mirror, some fine light dust appeared on the mirror's surface. Then, these light particles flew together and formed two lines of small text.
"Insufficient conditions, activation failed."
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were both slightly stunned.
They hadn't expected to see these eight words. Moreover, looking at this kind of text, it didn't seem like a divine artifact like the Kunlun Mirror, but rather like some technological product from modern society.
For instance, it felt like the kind of prompt sound that systems give when there's an error.
However, the Kunlun Mirror didn't make any sound; it only displayed a few lines of small text. Or, it was more like a display screen.
Ye Tiancheng looked at the Kunlun Mirror with some confusion and said, "This shouldn't be. The activation method should be like this. What condition is missing?"
The little fox was also confused, but he said, "However, we can't rule anything out, can we? After all, we don't even know what conditions are needed."
Ye Tiancheng replied, "Theoretically, it should be triggered by cultivation. There shouldn't be any other conditions."
At this point, the little fox also became a bit confused.
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, like brothers, looked at each other and pondered for a while. Ye Tiancheng suddenly said, "Could it be because this is a method only the owner of the Kunlun Mirror can use? We are not the true owners of the Kunlun Mirror, so we need some other conditions?"
The little fox couldn't think of any other explanation, so he could only say, "Perhaps it is so, after all, I can't think of any other reason."
"However, how can we know what conditions we are missing?"
Ye Tiancheng was also troubled. While thinking, he tapped the mirror's body intermittently with his fingertips. Suddenly, the mirror's surface vibrated, and another cloud of light dust rose, quickly gathering to form something new.
The little fox immediately called out to Ye Tiancheng, "Brother! Look! What has it produced now?"
It turned out that as Ye Tiancheng unconsciously tapped the mirror's body, he had unintentionally transmitted some cultivation into the mirror, which seemed to have triggered something.
Ye Tiancheng quickly looked down and saw that some images had appeared on the mirror's surface. Ye Tiancheng and the little fox looked closely and realized that the images displayed in the mirror were what Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping were doing on another timeline.
Perhaps it was ongoing, or perhaps it was something that had already happened, it wasn't necessarily the case.
However, regardless of what it was, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were undoubtedly very focused on what was happening in the image. But at this moment, on the side of the image, a few small words appeared on the mirror's surface again.
"Conditions not met."
The little fox said with some uncertainty, "Conditions not met?... What does that mean?"
Ye Tiancheng also couldn't quite figure it out. After pondering it in his mind, he said, "Could it be saying that the conditions we haven't met are related to Nie Chongyang and the others?"
Hearing Ye Tiancheng's guess, the little fox speculated, "If that's the case, could it be because Nie Chongyang and the others haven't resolved their issues, so we can't activate the Kunlun Mirror because they haven't met the conditions?"
"And we, on our end, have already achieved merit and resolved the problems we needed to solve?"
Ye Tiancheng thought for a moment and then shook his head, saying, "We need to observe more before making any rash judgments. Who knows if there are any other traps here."
"Moreover, I feel that our situation isn't over yet. Perhaps it's not about these conditions, or perhaps the fact that I feel things aren't over isn't entirely related to the conditions, or that fulfilling the conditions doesn't mean all events will cease."
"So, if that's the case, how should we determine what these conditions are?"
The little fox listened to Ye Tiancheng's words thoughtfully. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he had an idea.
The little fox said to Ye Tiancheng, "I think if we have already met the conditions on our end, then the conditions that need to be met might be the death tribulations of the core characters of the world."
"We need to break through the death tribulations of the core characters we encounter on our respective timelines. And it's not just about preventing them from dying once or twice, but completely preventing this death tribulation until they are safe, and that would be considered meeting the conditions?"
"Like Lin Yanqin's death tribulation, the events that cause Lin Yanqin to face life crises happen one after another. It's not over just because we've prevented one instance."
"During that time, even if we were to slacken even a little, Lin Yanqin would likely have already lost her life."
Saying this, the little fox paused for a moment, rested, and then continued.