"Naran, have we left the temple?"

I looked around and asked hesitantly, but immediately I regretted it. The darkness disappeared, but I was in another dilemma.

This seemed to be a magnificent palace, with countless mysterious patterns above my head, four pillars standing at the four corners of the hall, and under our feet was a mist stream of mist like floating clouds. We seemed to be standing in the air and could fall down at any time, but the soles of our feet were actually standing on a certain plane. The darkness dissipated. Is this the true face of the temple? When I looked around, I was shocked again. The surroundings of the palace were covered tightly by five huge bronze mirrors. In the mirror was a somewhat deformed image of Nalan, but it was not mine.

"There is no exit here." I felt a little disappointed.

"The exit, perhaps behind the bronze mirror."

"But there are five bronze mirrors in the hall, which side is the exit?"

“Only one thing I tried.”

Nalan said, but his silver spear had already taken action. An unstoppable spiritual energy burst out from the spear head, and murderous aura splashed everywhere. The spiritual power poured into the silver spear seemed to have taken shape, condensed into a blue flame in the air, piercing straight towards a bronze mirror in front of Nalan.

However, there was another strong uneasiness in my heart. I wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

"Crack!" A trace was cracked on the mirror surface of the bronze mirror, and two overlapping shadows were cut in the mirror.

"Naran!" I could no longer control myself, so I stepped forward to support Nalan, looking at the blood-flowing wound on his hand, he groaned muffled. The severe pain made him unable to support his spiritual power anymore. The silver spear fell to the ground and made a crisp sound. Looking at this scene, I almost cried.

Just like what I was worried about, the bronze mirror was the same as the mechanism just now, and it would also seriously hurt myself when it was opened. However, Nalan thought to have used seven success powers for this attack, but the bronze mirror had only a slight damage. If this continues, can it be...

Nalan adjusted his breath for a moment, and stood up again. The silver spear on the ground was summoned by him again. However, this time, the blue flame condensed on the silver spear was even more violent than the previous one.

"Naran, don't! That would kill you!"

If I was right, the damage of the bronze mirror would be transferred to Nalan's body to the same extent. If the bronze mirror is broken, then... Nalan will...

"If we don't do this, how can we get out?" Nalan's eyes were not as firm as he was, and his murderous aura became heavier and heavier.

"But what if you chose the wrong bronze mirror?!" I gasped loudly. The only thing I thought about at the moment was to stop him. I couldn't watch him die.

His murderous aura was a little weaker, but I didn't think that it was my words that worked. He turned around and gently put his hand on my shoulder.

"Yinluo, do you regret it?"

"What do you regret?" I stared at him in a daze.

"I regret entering the temple with me."

I shook my head, but a drop of water flowed out in my eyes.

"Yinluo, you..." Nalan looked at me in surprise, because there were no tears for the demon. But he immediately withdrew his surprise and sighed deeply.

"Do you know that the Depressed Forest has never had a true Lord in the Forest."

I still looked at him and vaguely knew what he was going to say next, but I still didn't want to admit it.

"The temple's entrusted ceremony once every ten years, but in the previous ceremony, there was never a real choice of the forest master, and those who entered the temple would disappear..." A bitter smile flashed across his face, "Everyone thought that they had continued to practice in seclusion, but in fact, from the moment they entered the temple, they had only two ways to go." He paused and continued, "Or, break the mechanism and leave the temple to take over the forest master. Or..."

"Don't say it!" I interrupted him, "You can definitely get out!"

"The silk of destiny says: 'Choose death and give life.' The exit is right behind the bronze mirror. The only way out is to kill my own illusion in the bronze mirror and break the bronze mirror. However, while damaging the image, I will be seriously injured. The spiritual power in this bronze mirror surges. With my cultivation level, it is impossible to break the bronze mirror once. But if I keep getting seriously injured and I can't break the bronze mirror again, let alone five bronze mirrors. If I choose the wrong way, there will be only one ending... Perhaps, this is a situation in itself, and there is no solution at all."

I was speechless.

"If I really have something wrong..."

"No! Nalan, let's find a way together to solve this situation! Aren't you afraid that you will not be able to end up? Although the spiritual power of the magical Technique will be greatly reduced, it should be easy to cast the last blow to break the bronze mirror. If we attack together, we will definitely be able to get out! But... I'm afraid that you... will suffer too much pain..."

"Yinluo, are you really willing to help me? But if you use your soul to cast spiritual power, you will also be hurt...you..."

"Naran!" I interrupted him, "Since you are in with you, you must go out together. I can't watch you trapped in the temple! I don't want you to die! I don't want to see you again!"

Nalan and I looked at each other like this, and I didn’t know whether I should say such things. But I didn’t want to try the feeling of losing again. My heart was full of Nalan who accompanied me in the forest every day. If he had lost him, no one could accompany me to watch the starry sky at night and listen to me telling the past. I really wanted to live with Xiaolu and Nalan in the depression forest forever. How could I watch Nalan leave like this?

Nalan's hand slowly slid down from my shoulders, and then held my hands tightly. He looked at me gently, without the despair and helplessness he had just now. In this almost desperate situation, I rarely felt a little warmth, just like a boy put a braided grass ring on his hand for me many years ago. However, Nalan did not say something like that boy, but the warmth of this metaphor has made me suddenly have endless power, and I have thrown it behind my mind, fear, anxiety, and whether it is worth it...

"As long as I can go out, I must protect the peace of the depressed forest and let all living creatures in the forest live a worry-free life."

"Naran..." I looked at his sure eyes, and for a moment I felt that he had become the lord of the forest. He had already shouldered the heavy responsibility of the entire depression forest pressing on him. Unlike the warmth just now, when I saw the perseverance in his expression, I suddenly felt that he was far away from me. The word "simple" could not match him no matter what. I couldn't help but let go of his hand and looked at him with some fear, but he always looked in an almost ethereal direction.

"Naran, maybe, we should find the right bronze mirror first."

He came to his senses and felt a little disappointed, because he was holding my hand just now and did not put his thoughts on me.

"The colors of these bronze mirrors seem to be somewhat different, yellow, brown, blue, red, brown. Does it correspond to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, earth?"

At my prompt, Nalan circled around the bronze mirror and found the subtle differences.

“Which side should I choose?”

"I think, according to the prophecy in the silk of destiny, I believe that only by breaking the bronze mirror with the same attribute as you can break the mechanism."

"Then, should it be the brown bronze mirror corresponding to the 'wood'?"

I was still thinking, but I could only acknowledge his answer.

Another sharp murderous aura, the silver spear took off from Nalan's hand, and the blue flames trembled everywhere, and instantly pierced into the bronze mirror. There was a crack on the bronze mirror. The silver spear then turned back and forth, and another heavy blow. The cracks scattered and squeaked. After a few attacks, the bronze mirror was covered with cracks, and the image of Nalan in the mirror was also split into pieces, but it had almost collapsed to the ground.

I was shocked and lost my words, but I could only let the liquid in my eyes flow out, watching and enduring it.

"Cough...cough..."

After a while, I felt my hands and feet numb and my whole body fell limp.

"Naran..."

I slowly squatted down and leaned against Nalan. He was almost dying. He tried to support his body several times, but he finally failed. The silver spear landed again, and the bronze mirror shook slightly, shaking, but it still did not completely break.

"Quick...break it quickly..." Nalan's voice was so weak that it seemed to have come from another world.

"Naran, I...I...I don't want it, I don't want it..."

"Yinluo... Only by slashing it can we... go out, hurry..."

I kept shaking my head, as if the great pain that Nalan was suffering also happened to me. My trembling hands summoned two white silks, and a slightly white light flashed, but I could not take action.

"Quick...Yinluo..."

"I……"

At this moment, the cracks on the bronze mirror began to gradually recover, and spiritual energy continued to overflow around the bronze mirror. It seemed that if the bronze mirror was not broken in a very quick time, it would still return to its previous intact state.

"Quick...it's too late if you don't take action..."

The bronze mirror is still gradually recovering.

"Quick! Yinluo! Kill it! Quickly!"

Nalan's voice suddenly turned into roars and urging. My heart trembled violently, and finally gathered spiritual power to send a blow. The white silk in his hand rushed towards the bronze mirror, and two white lights covered everything around him. In my eyes, the sharp murderous intent pointed to the weak image in the mirror. I really wanted to feel like I was going to lose something important, and my mind was filled with fear.

"No!" I closed my eyes and shouted.

There was a loud bang, followed by the sound of the bronze mirror breaking into thousands of pieces. I turned my head suddenly, but found that Nalan was gone. Then there was a full of white light, the rich hall disappeared, and the bronze mirror disappeared. I only felt one hand holding me, and then time and space were reversed.

"Naran..."
Chapter completed!