Constant Part 1

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the day of longing in the mortal world.

In the South Sea, it is the time for the sea market.

Islands are scattered like pearls on the sea. Apart from the Sword Platform, there are also many large and small immortal sects stationed, as if they have already left the land and formed a small world far away from the hustle and bustle.

On the night of this day every year, in a bay called "Floating Jade Bay", there are hundreds of cultivators gathered to exchange goods, which is called the "Sea Market".

"Many have left." Xing Qiu looked into the distance in the direction of the island where the Sword Platform is located.

Chen Weichen responded, and the two of them, like two flickering black shadows, leaped into the qionghua forest from afar in a few rises and falls, and the guarding disciples were completely unaware.

In the falling flowers, there were disciples playing the zither, still as peaceful as half a year ago.

"In the face of a great calamity," Xing Qiu clicked his tongue. "They are really quite at ease."

Chen Weichen frowned slightly: "Have there been any incidents on the island?"

"There have been a few sporadic incidents, and five or six junior disciples have died so far." Xing Qiu had been here for more than a month and had a clear understanding of the situation: "The heart demons came out from here, and their elders have been searching for ways to overcome them all day long. It seems to be called the Sword Tomb, and a few swords flew out from it, surrounding the mirror, which can block some heart demons, but there are still many that can come out."

They bypassed the patrolling disciples and gradually approached the location of the Heart Tempering Mirror.

The sword light surrounded the Yanxia Heavenly Pavilion, and the situation inside could not be clearly seen.

"I have always been blocked by this barrier - I can't use a sword, so I can only gather information outside."

They hid behind a rock, waiting for the patrolling disciples to pass by, and only then did Chen Weichen ask, "What information have you gathered?"

"Some people from other sects said that the Sword Platform disciples originally had a rule to contemplate in front of the mirror for three hours every day, but in recent years, the contemplation time has gradually decreased, and on the eve of the incident, it had been reduced to once every ten days. I guess they had noticed this matter early on."

As he spoke, they had reached a place three zhang away from the sword qi barrier. There were thirty-four swords in the Sword Tomb. Seventeen swords were used to seal the Guixu realm when it first appeared, and another sword was added in the past six months. With a limited number of swords, and trying to both block the heart demons and prevent the Guixu from intensifying, their resources were stretched thin. Therefore, only three swords were used beside the Heart Tempering Mirror.

"Follow closely." Chen Weichen said.

Xing Qiu approached him, and saw Chen Weichen's folding fan in his hand open up. Holding it in his hand, he seemed to be just taking an ordinary stroll, but in fact, his steps concealed profound mysteries. When he reached the place where the sword qi was most intense, the folding fan in his hand floated up and left his hand.

Chen Weichen's fingers retracted and then slowly stretched forward. The folding fan seemed to be pushed by an invisible force and flew forward, silently colliding with the sword qi guarding the Sword Tomb.

The fan surface was like a peerless sharp blade, slowly cutting through the mountain-like heavy sword qi, and the Heart Tempering Mirror slowly appeared.

-- But its current state was startling.

When it was said that the Heart Tempering Mirror had changed, everyone thought that this "change" was nothing more than heart demons from another world flying out of the mirror surface.

Only by seeing it with one's own eyes can one know that this change is a real change.

The Heart Tempering Mirror was originally a huge stone of ten zhang square, with a surface that could reflect people, so it was called a mirror.

Its original name was not the Heart Tempering Mirror, but the World Observing Mirror, reflecting the heart demons of the world, revealing the monsters and demons, and the various states of the world. Perhaps this name was too satirical, or the mirror was used to train the minds of young disciples, so it gradually changed its name to the Heart Tempering Mirror.

But now, this mirror that observes the world is slowly melting.

The edges of the huge stone are transparent and illusory, occasionally dripping down, and a medium-sized pool has already formed below.

A pool.

Xing Qiu and Chen Weichen exchanged glances.

Above the Xingluo Abyss, there is a pool.

Xingluo Abyss, legend has it that it is the place where the sun, moon and stars come from.

And in the South Sea, there is Guixu.

Gui means the end, the place where all things end.

And the reason why Guixu is sealed by the sword qi of the Sword Tomb is that it is slowly moving towards Yanxia Heavenly Pavilion.

Looking at the mirror surface again, it is no longer substantial, but soft and sticky. A few ripples appear, and a completely black heart demon penetrates through and crashes into the sword qi.

They moved their gaze from the mirror surface and looked up at the sky.

In the sword qi barrier, hundreds of black figures circled and hovered, screaming, like a group of bats, shocking and frightening.

Within the four seas, there are two voids and two pools.

They looked at the night sky, their eyes passing through the group of demons, and saw the bright Heavenly River, the bright moon and stars.

They seemed to have touched a vague existence.

Walking further, gradually approaching the mirror surface, there were also heart demons flying towards them, but Chen Weichen was not in a mortal body now, and those heart demons could not do anything to them, only focusing on crashing into the sword qi.

"Do you feel anything?" Chen Weichen asked Xing Qiu.

Xing Qiu shook his head: "No."

Chen Weichen reached out to stir the pool water, which was just like ordinary clear water. When he touched the mirror surface, he only felt that it was cold, slippery, and slightly soft to the touch, without any other signs.

The pool water and mirror surface only allowed heart demons to come out, but they could not go back.

They left the sword qi and returned. The sea market was gradually dispersing. The glowing night pearls were collected one by one, and the gauze curtains that swayed gently with the sea breeze were also put away. The serene immortals and fairies bid farewell to each other and flew away on the sea waves under the bright moon.

Before it completely dispersed, they exchanged some things to take back - treasures, magic weapons and secret manuals, which these two were not interested in, and only took some interesting things to appreciate.

There were many stone tables and chairs at the sea market venue. They sat under a qiong tree with falling petals.

Xing Qiu's little phoenix bird was still following him, and he bought a jar of nectar spring wine to feed it.

After feeding the phoenix bird, he poured a drink for his companion.

Chen Weichen clinked glasses with him, and the two didn't say anything, just drank cup after cup of wine facing the moon.

The nectar wine was sweet, but after drinking too much, there was a slight bitterness.

"The Nine Nether Heavenly Spring on Xingluo Abyss is the way from the mortal world to the heart demon world, and the one here is the way from the heart demon world to the mortal world." Chen Weichen pondered, "That's why you attracted your own heart demon from the Nine Nether Heavenly Spring, but it was you who were in control after all, and that thing didn't really come to the mortal world, so it could still be suppressed."

"Yes," Xing Qiu narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, "Every time I was possessed, I woke up in the pool, thinking that he went back from there."

"Your heart demon has no intention of staying in the human world, which shows that heart demons are not all the same."

"I think he sees me as pure and easy to bully, so he wants to protect me. Otherwise, why would he come out and kill people as soon as I get hurt?" Xing Qiu laughed, "Although I don't want him to come out, I'm not that afraid of him."

Chen Weichen looked at him and said, "Were you bullied when you were young?"

Xing Qiu glared at him with a pair of beautiful eyes.