The Mirrored Mirage trading market lasted for a full twelve days.
Twelve days later, the trading market closed.
The strange phenomenon in the sky above the sea also vanished.
Those tall buildings, those peculiar figures, seemed as if they had never appeared.
However, discussions among mortals did not cease.
And two days before the Mirrored Mirage disappeared, Jiang Lin, through a paper effigy left near Guo Linfei's home, saw a woman take out a key and enter the house.
She appeared to be around thirty-five or thirty-six, with an ordinary appearance and fair skin.
Her long hair was casually tied back at the nape of her neck.
As she entered, she carried a basket of groceries, a faint smile on her lips.
It was as if she had merely stepped out to buy groceries and returned.
Upon returning, she cleaned the house, cooked, and did laundry as usual.
Half a day later, a little girl, about eleven or twelve years old, suddenly ran back from outside.
She threw herself into the woman's arms, "Mom!"
The little girl tilted her head, looking at the woman's face, her eyes filled with tears.
She carefully examined the face before her, fair-skinned, with crow's feet at the corners of her eyes.
Her eyes were full of tolerance and affection.
"Mom, I can see you clearly now."
The little girl's voice, hoarse with excitement and nervousness, was choked with sobs.
Tears welled up in the woman's eyes, "It's good that you can see clearly, it's good that you can see clearly..."
She carefully reached out, wanting to touch her daughter's face, but fearing it was a dream.
If she touched it, the dream would break.
Her hands were held out, unsure of what to do.
"Good, good, my precious can see... You can go to a regular school now, you can truly see the world..."
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Outside the house.
On a distant rooftop.
Watching the mother and daughter embrace, Jiang Lin looked around.
However, he did not find the non-human girl.
That night, after the mother and daughter had fallen asleep.
Jiang Lin went in to check.
The woman's body was completely healed, even healthier than before she was injured.
The demonic energy that had infected her from Guo Linfei had also been completely dispelled.
Looking at the little girl, Guo Linfei's daughter, again.
Her previously clumsy feet had completely recovered their normalcy.
Her eyes, which could barely see and were almost blind, were now as clear as those of a normal person.
"As expected of the Mirrored Mirage, which gathered all the treasures from the four seas and eight directions..."
To be able to heal so perfectly.
Moreover, judging by the woman's appearance, her memories of the injuries caused by the demonic energy seemed to have been erased?
Confirming that the non-human girl had not done anything else to the mother and daughter, Jiang Lin left with the paper effigy.
Although he didn't know what she intended to do, she had fulfilled her promise to Guo Linfei.
Furthermore, she had also cured his daughter.
This transaction was considered concluded.
...
Later, when Jiang Lin went to the mission center to pick up tasks, he saw that the staff member was not busy.
So, he tried to inquire about the follow-up situation of this mission.
And what arrangements the Underworld had made for that non-human girl who had taken half of Guo Linfei's golden light.
"That mission has already been completed and archived..."
The staff member looked at Jiang Lin and paused, "However, it's not that nothing can be said."
She raised her slender hand and used her finger as a brush, ghost energy as ink.
She began to write in the air.
"Have you heard of this?"
As her finger stopped, four small, ink-black characters appeared.
- Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.
Jiang Lin's eyes flashed with thought, "I've heard of it."
But only heard of it.
It was said that long ago, the heavens and earth were dark, and all demons were without a master.
Demons roamed everywhere, acting with impunity.
There was a long serpentine creature that called itself a dragon, and a fierce bird that called itself a phoenix.
They resisted natural disasters and suppressed all demons.
They were known as the Ancestors of all Demons.
Among them, it is worth mentioning.
The dragon clan's reproductive ability was as strong as its vitality.
Various races had offspring with the dragon clan.
And races that possessed dragon bloodline, the stronger the bloodline, the greater their abilities.
Anyone with a bit of ambition wanted to evolve into a true dragon.
Fish were also one of these races.
"Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate, originating from a bet between a dragon and a fish?"
Jiang Lin asked uncertainly.
Among the many races that wanted to evolve into true dragons, fish were the most inconspicuous.
Let alone the dragon clan, even the fish clan itself had no hope.
Until, a fish appeared and changed everything.
Turning the impossible into the possible.
What Jiang Lin knew was only a combination of some records from the archives and descriptions in some storybooks.
As for the specifics, it was probably only known to the beings of that era.
After all, it was too long ago.
The longest-living being in the entire Underworld...
Would likely be Lord Yama, right?
...
The staff member at the mission center nodded, "My knowledge in this area is similar to yours."
"But it can be confirmed that Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate truly exists."
"They have a special path to transform into dragons, but this process will be very difficult."
Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate can generally be divided into three steps.
Knocking on the Dragon Gate, Leaping over the Dragon Gate, and Transforming into a Dragon.
"However, not everyone is qualified to go."
"They need to complete many challenges to gain the qualification to knock on the Dragon Gate."
"And to leap over the Dragon Gate, much preparation must be made."
After all the preliminary challenges and preparations were completed.
They would then have a one-in-ten-thousand chance to complete the greatest challenge:
- Transforming into a Dragon!
Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows, "So that non-human girl wants to leap over the Dragon Gate?"
The staff member nodded, "According to the information we have, that's the case."
However, it had been a long time since any fish had successfully transformed into a dragon.
For races that wished to leap over the Dragon Gate, the Underworld had a different set of treatment plans.
This was because they had reached a certain agreement with the dragon clan.
As for more specifics, it was outside her scope of work.
She did not know much.
Jiang Lin lowered his gaze in thought for a moment, then looked up at the staff member before him, "Thank you."
...
After leaving the mission center, Jiang Lin was still thinking about Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.
He looked back at the mission center behind him.
Jiang Lin knew that the reason he was able to obtain this information was not because the staff member was "nice," nor because this information could be freely disclosed.
It was simply because his abilities had grown stronger, and his status in the Underworld had improved.
Therefore, the information he could access had increased.
"Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate..." Jiang Lin murmured.
It sounded as difficult as ascending to heaven.
However, had humans not succeeded in reaching the heavens?
There was nothing absolutely impossible, only things that were temporarily impossible.
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