At a certain moment, Meng Zhou's expression condensed, and he straightened the timeline that was continuously regressing in the moon mirror.

…

In a quiet room.

Qiao Xin was sitting cross-legged on a white jade stone couch, deep in meditation.

At this moment, a storage bracelet on her wrist suddenly had abnormal mana ripples spreading.

Then, without being summoned by her master, a jade token emerged from it and appeared in the quiet room.

On the jade tablet, there was a mysterious stream of light flowing and flickering, and then, it seemed to be connected to a distant place, forming a special passage, and a ghostly shadow appeared in the quiet room.

This person is none other than "Yan Shizun".

At this moment, Meng Zhou had a thought and paused the image in the moon mirror.

Looking at the newly-appeared Yan Shizun in the moon mirror, Meng Zhou carefully recalled the previous state when "Yan Shizun" had just been summoned.

Then, Meng Zhou confirmed the judgment that arose in his heart just now.

"The state of Yan Shizun is much worse than when he first came here."

Meng Zhou began to think about the reasons behind this.

"Compared to being summoned by Qiao Xin, if he comes by force now, will he bear a greater price?"

"Or maybe his current true state is not very good in itself?"

Based on the state of this "Yan Shizun" when he arrived, Meng Zhou had some guesses in his mind.

The paused images in the moon mirror began to flow at normal speed again.

Yan Shizun, who appeared in the quiet room, stretched out his hand and pressed Qiao Xin's forehead.

Qiao Xin, who had closed her eyes and meditated, opened her eyes with a look of surprise.

But when she saw "Yan Shizun" standing in front of her with his hand on her forehead, her suspicion turned into panic.

Judging from the change in her eyes, Qiao Xin probably wanted to get up and stay in bed to greet her with a big gift.

But except for her eyes, which could barely move, her entire body was as if frozen, and she didn't even have facial expressions. She was still in the same state as when she was in deep trance.

It seemed that with the pressing of the palm of "Yan Shizun", only her eyes and her sea of ​​consciousness awakened, while the rest of her body was still in a state of meditation.

"Yan Shizun" didn't change his expression at all throughout the whole process.

After Qiao Xin was completely awake, he opened his mouth and said:

"How did you complete the task I gave you?"

"Have you completed the task?"

"Then why haven't you taken the initiative to call me over?"

"What are you hesitating about?"

"Yan Shizun" asked a series of questions one after another. The intervals between the questions were very short. Judging from Qiao Xin's reaction, she did not have time to answer proactively.

"Yan Shizun" jumped directly to the next question as if he already knew the answer to her whereabouts.

This rhythm seems contrary to common sense and looks a bit weird.

It seemed like he had worked so hard to get here just to ask her a few questions.

Seeing his performance, Meng Zhou had a suspicion in his heart.

"Is this a form of mind reading?"

"There is no need to forcefully search the soul, and there is no need for the other party to answer.

It just needs to be guided by questions and let the target actively collect relevant information in his mind."

The last question of "Yan Shizun" is more like a self-talk.

"Are you afraid that I will silence you? Haha, you are quite self-aware."

Then, his palm left Qiao Xin's forehead.

Almost at the same time, Qiao Xin's body was like a dynamite barrel with the fuse reaching its end. From her meridians to her dantian, she was overwhelmed and destroyed by her own magic power.

The vitality in Qiao Xin's body quickly extinguished.

"Yan Shizun" didn't even look at him again. He seemed to be thinking about something and his expression was very ugly.

After a while, he looked at the jade plaque hanging in the sky, stretched out his hand and clicked it.

As he pointed his finger on the jade tablet, the jade tablet instantly turned into fine dust and dissipated into the void.

And the figure of "Yan Shizun" also disappeared with the destruction of the jade tablet, bursting like a bubble, as if it had never appeared.

Come quietly and leave without leaving a trace.

…

Meng Zhou absorbed the small magical power of the Tongming Moon Mirror, and his consciousness exited the sea of ​​consciousness.

When he used Five Elements Escape to quietly return to his cave, Meng Zhou was still replaying the entire process of "Yan Shizun" from his appearance to his departure over and over in his mind.

Especially between the time after Qiao Xin was silenced and the time when the summoning jade token was destroyed and disappeared into the quiet room, it was obvious that "Yan Shizun" was in a very bad mood.

There were a few times when Meng Zhou even thought that he would directly use foul language.

His bad mood cannot be because of Qiao Xin.

It was some information he gained from Qiao Xin.

Combining some of the inside information that Meng Zhou knew, Meng Zhou guessed that this was probably because Cuiyu Lake had undergone earth-shaking changes after its spiritual veins were upgraded. The information Qiao Xin provided him did not bring him any help.

"It's better if there is no gain."

Although he was a little regretful about Qiao Xin's death, Meng Zhou was still very happy that "Yan Shizun" returned empty-handed.

But he didn't really relax because of this, but it made Meng Zhou wary.

Meng Zhou thought of the hidden dangers in himself.

"Looking at the attitude of 'Yan Shizun', once he can move freely, he will definitely go to Cuiyu Lake to look for clues as soon as possible.

To others, it is impossible to investigate this old incident that disappeared many years ago in a complex environment like Cuiyu Lake.

But for ‘Yan Shizun’, the difficulty is not as great as imagined.

He has the ability to go back in time, and he also holds a lot of source information that I don't know. If he goes to Jade Lake in person, although the process may have twists and turns, in terms of the result, he will definitely be able to find clues."

"As long as he catches some clues and follows the thread, he will definitely be able to find me who brought Yaya out of Baiyue Bay."

"If he followed my trajectory at that time, he would naturally be able to find me all the way to Nuanyun Valley, to Qinglinfang, and all the way to Sanchuan Plain."

"Follow this line and all my identities will be exposed.

The original person was Meng Zhou, the pharmacist Zhou Meng of Nuanyun Valley, the newly promoted Zhuji Mengzhuang of Qinglinfang, Sanchuan Yuanzhuang Sheng, and Ge Ping."

In this way, everything about him will no longer be a secret in the eyes of the other party.

When he knew that there was still a way to go back in time in the world, Meng Zhou actually had a hidden worry in his heart.

No matter how amazing his ability in disguise is, there is no secret at all in the eternal river of time.

All his "present" activities will be faithfully recorded in the rich history of time that has no beginning and no end.

As long as someone has the ability to open this "history", all information about him will be exposed to the "reader".

Meng Zhou vaguely realized this when he gained the ability to "retrace the round light".

But now, with the two appearances of "Yan Shizun", Meng Zhou has completely realized and faced this point.

Meng Zhou's mind was racing, thinking about how to solve this problem.

Finally, Meng Zhou came up with two solutions.

One way is to "wait and wait".

Lurk at those key nodes and wait quietly for the "silly rabbit" who follows the clues.

Example:

If "Yan Shizun" traces my traces, he will naturally follow my path from Cuiyu Lake to Nuanyun Valley.

I just need to lurk somewhere between these two places and wait quietly for him to come.

It can't solve the problem, but it may solve the problem.

Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious. If someone is strong enough, or even a team is deployed, then my behavior is self-defeating.

This method has obvious advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it can be implemented immediately, but the disadvantage is that it cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

In addition, the second method that Meng Zhou thought of was much more thorough.

This second method is to "draw the fire under the cauldron".

Meng Zhou already had a deep enough understanding of the ability to look back in time.
To be continued...