Monument of Life and Death

   "Understood," Xiaolan said, "Sister Xia Hua, how did the body you just beat to death die?"

   "It should have been killed by some kind of weapon," Xia Hua said, "but it's really not me."

   "I want to ask a question," Yi Yao's expression turned cold, "Patriarch Xiahua, is it outside... is it still a hospital?"

  Xia Hua watched the two of them and shook his head extremely slowly, "It's not a hospital at all, it's a hellish world..."

  ***

   "There's something wrong with this mirror!" The Taoist master shouted, and stopped a few people from the mirror.

   A few people huddled in the corner and watched for a while, but they didn't see any changes in the mirror. After a long while, Luo Jiutian, who was hiding behind his father, quietly poked his head out.

   "What's the problem?" Luo Jiutian asked timidly, but because he felt his father's fierce eyes, he could only walk out aggrieved, and then asked, "What's wrong with this mirror?"

   "The fog on this mirror should have dissipated a long time ago," Li Muyuan said, "but you see, not only did they not disperse, but they didn't even mean to disperse."

   Lao Luo reached out and touched the mirror.

  Several long finger prints were instantly drawn on the matte surface of the mirror.

   "Look!" Zhou Ye pointed at the mirror and exclaimed, "A hand suddenly appeared on it!"

   Li Muyuan frowned and approached the mirror and observed it. Daoist priest and Luo Jiutian looked at them awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

   Lao Luo's hand quickly retracted, and the mist on the mirror never changed.

   Li Muyuan leaned in front of the mirror and looked at it for a long time, but his brows tightened.

   "What?" Luo Jiutian narrowed his eyes, "Mu Yuan, what did you say?"

   "Look at this mirror carefully," Li Muyuan raised his face, poked his finger on the exposed part of the mirror, his eyes were full of shock, "This mirror seems to be moving."

   Hearing this, everyone imitated Li Muyuan and moved closer.

   At the place Lao Luo traced with his finger, there was no more steam on the mirror, but there was an ethereal feeling, as if something was flowing behind the mirror.

   Is the thing behind the mirror flowing, or is the mirror itself flowing?

   "Could this be related to Sister Hua's disappearance?" Luo Jiutian asked.

   "Eighty percent of the time," Zhou Ye said, "However, speaking of mirrors..."

   Everyone's attention was focused on Zhou Ye.

   Zhou Ye was so nervous when he saw everyone's eyes that he swallowed his saliva, but he didn't dare to say anything.

   "Do you know something?" Li Muyuan narrowed his eyes, "No, you definitely know something."

   "I thought of something..." Zhou Ye said in a low voice, "But I think... It seems a little inappropriate to say it here now..."

   "Just say what you know, as long as it's a clue, whatever you say is appropriate now," Luo Jiutian said eagerly, "Is there anything to do with the mirror?"

   "I've only heard of it, but I haven't really seen it," Zhou Yexian said out of a desire to survive, "You may have heard of it, there is a thing called dead water..."

   He dragged his tail and seemed to be waiting for other people's reactions, but the others just tilted their heads in confusion, as if they didn't understand what he meant.

   "Have you not heard of it?" Zhou Ye asked knowingly.

   "Still water...isn't it just water that doesn't flow?" Luo Jiutian asked, "Of course, I know you're definitely not referring to this..."

   Zhou Ye sighed and said, "You're right, but the backwater I'm referring to is a kind of water that is said to lead to another world."

another world…

   The Taoist priest and Luo Jiutian looked at Lao Luo who was standing beside him.

   That world, is it referring to the court?

  It leads to the courtyard...and the waterway?

   Lao Luo shrugged, "I haven't heard of it."

   "What did the stagnant water look like?" Luo Jiutian asked.

   "I don't know," Zhou Ye shook his head honestly, "I just heard about it, but I haven't seen it."

   "Is that dead water alive?" Li Muyuan asked.

   "Dead water is just water, there should be no life." Zhou Ye said.

   "Since there is no life in the stagnant water, who will capture Sister Hua?" Luo Jiutian asked, "Could it be that Sister Hua entered the mirror herself?"

  Everyone looked at the mirror again.

  The Taoist priest pondered for a while, then reached out and wiped the mist off the mirror.

   A shimmering mirror with water patterns appeared in front of them just like that.

   Zhou Ye shrank his shoulders and asked, "We...are we going in too?"

   Daoist Master and Luo Jiutian's eyes were extremely firm.

  Li Muyuan stared at the mirror and thought for half a minute before silently saying, "I'm afraid... we have to go in."

   The eyes of several people shifted to him.

   "Do you remember what my senior brother said?" Li Muyuan turned his head, his eyes gloomy, "The way out is in a place beyond the reach of living people."

   Several people looked at each other.

"what do you mean…"

   "According to what Zhou Ye said, stagnant water leads to another world, and that world does not belong to the living," Li Muyuan said, "Perhaps, only by entering that stagnant water can we have a chance to leave here and return to reality."

  ***

After hearing Xia Hua's words, Yi Yao immediately turned his head to look at Xiaolan, Xiaolan gulped guiltily, and said hesitantly, "No...No, we were still in the hospital just now, why suddenly...why us…"

   "Xiaolan," Yi Yao said, "did you navigate the wrong way?"

   Navigation? What do you think of me, uncle?

   "No," Xiaolan scratched her head, "My guide... When I opened the space gap, I was thinking of the dean's office upstairs..."

   "There is such a possibility," Xia Hua said, "The dean's room you mentioned, like the hotel where we are, has become a place that can connect the two worlds."

   Xiaolan patted her thigh, "I knew it wasn't my fault."

"But didn't you just say, what other world is your hotel in?" Yi Yao asked, "So, the real world, the other world, and the hell-like world we are now in are all linked together. Yet?"

   Xiaolan hugged his head.

  My God, there are so many worlds, so hard to understand...

   "I think it's very possible," Xia Hua said, "but this is also beneficial. In this case, we may really have a chance to join others."

   Xiaolan suddenly froze.

   Confluence?