Wei Yuan could not bear the sight of the girl standing in front of him for even a moment longer. He left his sea of consciousness in a state of agitation.

The room looked exactly as he had left it. A ray of sunlight streamed through the window, casting a beam filled with floating specks of dust. The area bathed in sunlight was naturally warm, but the shadows felt exceptionally chilly today. Wei Yuan instinctively shivered and moved himself into the sunlight. Only then did he feel a bit better.

A copper plate was lying on his desk. Without thinking, Wei Yuan picked it up and stroked it lightly with his hand, instantly polishing it into a smooth copper mirror with his Dao energy. He then held it up and looked into it.

What appeared in the mirror was a completely withered face of him, skin clinging to the bones without a shred of flesh in between, while blood constantly flowed out of two hollow eye sockets!

Wei Yuan turned his face, and the reflection in the mirror followed suit.

He set down the copper mirror and plucked a few strands of his hair, igniting them with Dao energy....