"It's simple." Mirage Sanlang pointed to a pointy conical mountain in the distance and said, "At the foot of that mountain, there is a cave, and in the deepest part of the cave, there is an extinguished oil lamp. All you have to do is enter the cave and light that lamp within an incense stick of time, and you'll be considered the winner."

　　I grunted, "Enter the cave and light the lamp? It can't be as simple as you say, right?"

　　Mirage Saburo's expression looked mysterious, "It's easy to say it's easy, and it's hard to say it's hard. I can guarantee that I won't launch any attacks on you during this period. The only enemy you'll encounter when you enter the cave and light the lamp is just yourself."

　　I froze, "I don't understand what you mean."

　　Mirage Saburo smiled, "To light that lamp, it doesn't lie in the strength of the demonic power, but depends on your heart. So this matter is still fair to little brother."

　　A trace of curiosity arose in my heart, and I was eager to try it, but my face pretended to be dissatisfied, "This is too difficult, you'll sneak in some tricks then, and I'll be played to death by you."

　　Mirage Sanlang categorically said, "I, Mirage Dream House, have always been a man of honour, and will never cheat. Whether you light the oil lamp or not, I will let you come back alive and won't hurt you."

　　I muttered, "That's hard to say, anyway, bragging doesn't cost money, even if you say you're a fairy, we can't pull down your trousers and beg for proof."

　　Mirage Sanlang laughed out loud, "Little brother, ask Hat Scorpion Demon, have I, Mirage Dream Tower, ever spoken out of turn?"

　　Hat Dan Mei smiled and said, "Mirage Dream Tower, what if we don't agree?"

　　Mirage Monroe's face sank and his hair stood up like a martyr woman who wanted to be martyred, "Then I have no choice but to choose to destroy my inner elixir and we will all die together."

　　The three beauties exchanged glances and Hat Dan Mei said, "We have to discuss this."

　　"As you wish." Mirage Sanlang let out a low laugh and dissipated into a wisp of white smoke.

　　Hat Dan Mei said to Gan Lime Zhen, "The map of the Self-Realising Heaven is yours, so you should be the one to make the decision. However, listening to Mirage Saburo's tone, he won't budge. Either we agree to his conditions, or we find the exit now and take the little lecherous wolf to rush out of the mural."

　　Gan Lime Zhen shook his head slightly, "Just now, I used my Lotus Eyes to inspect it, and I won't be able to find the mural's exit without a few days of effort. Perhaps, we only have to agree to Mirage Sanlang's conditions, otherwise he will destroy the inner elixir regardless, and Lin Fei will definitely die. And even if we are lucky enough not to die, the mana we've cultivated for years will suffer heavy damage."

　　Hai Ji said uneasily, "Since Mirage Sanlang asked Little Rascal to light the lamp, he must have calculated that he wouldn't succeed. In my opinion, there are bound to be many oddities in that cave, and since Little Rascal's demonic power is so weak, I'm afraid he'll fall into Mirage Sanlang's calculations."

　　"Not necessarily." Gan Lime Zhen glanced at me and whispered, "Mirage Sanlang chose Lin Fei because he thought he had the worst strength. But he didn't know about Lin Fei's past life origins, nor did he know that Lin Fei harboured the skill of Phantom Dance, so it can be said that he actually underestimated Lin Fei. As long as Lin Fei can explode a little bit of his potential from his past life, there's a chance of success."

　　I smiled cheekily, "Gan Lemon Zhen, do you really have so much confidence in me? If I fail, the map of the Self-Realising Heaven will be gone."

　　Gan Lime Zhen gazed at me for a long time before speaking, "Do you want to keep hiding behind us? Do you want to be a lowly human demon for the rest of your life?"

　　Hai Ji said in dissatisfaction, "Gan Lime Zhen, what are you talking about? It was you who made the reincarnation oath in the first place! The little scoundrel's demonic power is almost there, what's wrong with us protecting him?"

　　Gan Lime Zhen said indifferently, "After getting used to a cane, he won't be able to walk on his own. Besides, does a man always need a woman to fight for him?"

　　Hearing Gan Lime Zhen's words, I immediately got hot blooded and yelled, "Day his grandma, I won't let you look down on me! I'll do it! Mirage Saburo, hurry up and get out!"

　　After a while, smoke rose up and slowly floated out Mirage Saburo's figure. He smiled faintly at me, "You guys decided?"

　　I nodded, "You won't keep your word if I light up, will you? When the time comes to say something about talking like a fart, we can only stare."

　　Mirage Saburo said with a straight face, "I can make a poisonous oath of reincarnation." Raising his hand, his middle finger pressed on his forehead, a bit of blood seeped out of his fingertip and was imprinted into the centre of his eyebrow, he recited a series of incantations under his breath, and added: "I, Mirage Mirage Mangro, implanted an oath with my spiritual blood, and my soul blood is connected to it. If I break it, my form and spirit will be destroyed, and I will fall into the cycle of reincarnation, and I will never be able to transcend life." As he made the oath, the blood on his brow grew brighter and brighter, like a circle of ripples, spreading rapidly across his face, and a moment later, the blood lines had spread all over his body, like a cover of bright red fishing net.

　　"Now, you guys should always believe it." Mirage Saburo calmly said, and after a few moments, he shivered violently, and the blood lines all over his body gradually disappeared.

　　I looked at the three beauties and nodded, "That lamp in the cave, it won't be able to be lit at all, right?"

　　Mirage Saburo was dumbfounded, "To show fairness, I will let them see your every move with their own eyes." My fingers traced and drew a circle along the ground, and a well immediately emerged from the ground, the water as clear as a mirror, illuminating my silhouette.

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　　Mirage Saburo said, "Everything that happens to you, we will see in the well water, with Fairy Gan, Sea Martial God, and Hatchet Scorpion Demon supervising on the spot, you won't be worried about me pulling a trick, right?"

　　I glared at him, my bravado rising, "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and start."

　　A three-foot long purple sandalwood incense was inserted on the ground.

　　The sandalwood incense was straight and slender, with a slightly thicker head, the body of the incense was engraved with a hint of a flower pattern, and the aroma was strong before it was even lit.

　　Mirage Saburo said indifferently, ''You will hold this incense as kindling. As long as this incense hasn't burned out, you will definitely be able to light the oil lamp. If the incense burns out and you still haven't lit the lamp, then you lose." With a flick of her finger, the head of the incense immediately lit up with a little red light, and purple smoke curled out.

　　Hai Ji carefully inspected the sandalwood incense, came over to my ear, and quietly said, "Since Mirage Sanlang has promised not to harm you, his tactics are nothing more than generating illusions to confuse your mind, so that you won't be able to successfully light the lamp. Lin Fei, you have to firmly remember that whatever happens, it's all fake and nothing more than a mirage."

　　I nodded and asked Mirage Saburo suspiciously again, "You won't cast a demonic spell on this incense to make it burn out all at once, right?"

　　"Do you have a lot of time to ramble on?" Mirage Saburo laughed.

　　Day his grandmother, I stopped talking nonsense, grabbed the sandalwood incense and ran towards that mountain with my legs drawn.

　　A sheet of white smoke rose up around me like a ghost, floating around me and emitting terrifying shrieks. Keeping in mind Haiji's words, I dismissed them as illusions and turned a blind eye to them. Before long, I arrived at the foot of the mountain.

　　A deep cave entrance appeared in front of me, the rim of which was crisscrossed with canines and teeth, like the open maw of a monster. Without the slightest hesitation, I rushed in.

　　The cave was dark and gloomy, snaking inwards, with no end in sight. Around it stood many stone statues with strange images and different postures, some of which were human and some of which were demonic in appearance. Icy cold water droplets seeped out from the cave wall and dripped down on the stone statues, emitting a whimpering sound that sounded as if the statues were crying.

　　I fixed my mind and walked past the statues, in front of me was a layer of stone steps, high and thick, moss crawling in the cracks of the stone, a slender thing "giggling", slipped through the steps, disappeared into the darkness, like a strange snake with claws. I stepped boldly onto the first stone step.

　　The moment I stepped on it, there was a deafening sound behind me. Looking back, oh my God, the stone statues were moving!

　　They rolled their eyes, exhaled white hot breath from their mouths, and stepped away. All the stone statues, all of them, came back to life! They scrambled over and ran past me, down the stone steps and upwards. As far as the eye could see, a furry tail and a sharp claw waved chillingly ahead.

　　Visions, all false. I reminded myself to leave them alone. But their roars, the body odour emanating from their skin, the marks where their clawed toes had scratched on the stone steps, it wasn't like they were fake.

　　At that moment, a few of the stone statues turned into living beauties, wearing nothing, naked, wriggling their ample breasts and hips, running towards me. I took a few hard looks, and for the first time in my life, I was blessed with such eyes. Unfortunately, time is not on my side, I turned my head and continued to run towards the stone steps.

　　The beauties followed me again, with fire and passion, and surrounded me. Since when did I become so popular? "Sorry, I'm not available!" I pushed away one of the beauties who hugged me, who expected that her face suddenly turned into green fangs and roared viciously, "Get back or I'll eat you!"

　　I was startled, in a flash, the beauties all turned into horrible demons, opening their bloody mouths at me. I didn't have time to think about it, and performed the Phantom Dance, kicking out my legs in a series of kicks.

　　With a few "bangs", the demons fell down and turned into stone statues, motionless.

　　I took a breath, just ran forward a few steps, "snap", a shiny thing fell from the air, rolled to my feet, fixed my eyes to see, is actually a goose egg-sized night pearl, blue gas Sen Sen Sen, reflecting my clothes through the green. Immediately after that, there were pearls, onyxes and precious stones falling from my head, densely packed, just like rain.

　　My eyes widened, in Luoyang, I dreamt of Yuanbao falling from the sky, and now my dream had come true. There were quite a few running demons stopping and coaxing the strange treasures all over the ground. I swallowed my saliva, treasure I desire, oil lamp I desire, there are priorities, I first go to light the oil lamp, then come back to pick up the treasure.

　　I no longer look at those treasures, continue to ascend the stone steps, look down at the hand of sandalwood incense, just burned out one tenth, time is still very sufficient.

　　Looking up again, those demons who had picked up the treasure, suddenly stopped on the stone steps, maintaining their posture, stiff and motionless. They turned back into stone statues!

　　I secretly screamed that it was a close call, if I hadn't been able to hold back my greed just now, I might have turned into a stone statue just like them. When I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel a stirring in my heart, the beautiful women and treasures were obviously traps set by Mirage Saburo. As long as I moved my mind, I would be in bad luck.