"…Alright, I understand," Si Qing stood up. "By the way, dig up some dirt from Di Ting's feet for me."
"Ah? What do you need that for?" the Judge asked, having someone fetch it while looking puzzled.
"My sister's mirror body is damaged," Si Qing said matter-of-factly. "The Yan Zhen Mirror is a rare treasure in the world. Wiping the damaged mirror surface with the dirt from Di Ting's feet will help it recover."
"…You seem to know everything," the Judge grumbled. "Our Di Ting is a divine beast, and the dirt from its feet is precious. Divine Venerable, you're just taking it back to use as glue for a mirror? No token of appreciation?"
"Stop with the chatter, just get it ready as I told you," Si Qing said, taking her handkerchief, filling a small box, and then vanishing.
Upon returning to the Bei Yuan Sect, Si Qing had the Heavenly Soldier impersonating her return, while she tiptoed back into Qi Yu's room.
Then, while Qi Yu was sound asleep, she gently tapped Qi Yu's brow, transforming her back into her original form.
Next, she took the Di Ting dirt from the box and applied it to every crack on Qi Yu's mirror body.
The Di Ting dirt exuded a chilling aura. Though it looked dark and dirty, it was instantly absorbed by the cracks on the mirror surface.
Qi Yu's scars and cracks began to fade and fuse at a visible rate, eventually restoring her to a smooth mirror.
Si Qing tapped Qi Yu's forehead, restoring her human form, and then quietly packed up and left.
When Qi Yu woke up, her first sensation was that she felt dirty all over.
She attributed it to sweating during the heart-testing trial and prepared to take a bath with a towel and soap.
However, after bathing, she discovered that the scars on her body were completely gone. With her mirror body restored, her cultivation was steadily increasing.
Qi Yu wiped her hair and looked around. Seeing no one, she cautiously transformed back into her mirror form and, in front of another mirror, examined herself from side to side with a look of joy.
"Ah, it's really recovered."
With a towel on her head, she hummed a tune and skipped towards the bedroom. Upon entering, she climbed onto the bed and set up a barrier around herself.
Once she confirmed no one could intrude or see in, she adjusted her posture on the bed, sat cross-legged, and summoned her original form.
She levitated the mirror with spiritual energy.
Immediately, the mirror emitted a white light, followed by a series of calls emanating from within.
Shopkeeper of Ming Cang Tower, Demon Realm:
"Owner, Owner, you're finally in touch! Owner, Owner, where have you been all this time? Are you abandoning the business in the Demon Realm?"
Shopkeeper of Jia Luo Courtyard, Nether Clan:
"Owner, you've been gone for so long, what have you been doing? We've all been worried sick because we couldn't reach you. Do you not want to manage the business in the Nether Clan anymore?"
Shopkeeper of Yue Ting Pavilion, Phoenix Clan:
"Owner, when will you come to tally the accounts? Also, the employees and shopkeepers here are due for their monthly wages. We can't reach you, please come quickly!"
Shopkeeper of Qing Yun Bay, South Sea:
"Owner, where are you? You haven't managed us for a long time. Are you no longer concerned with the seafood here?"
Later, the shopkeeper of Ming Yue Xuan, Winged Tiger Clan, and the shopkeeper of Fu Lu Zhai, Divine Witch Clan, were also incessantly speaking to Qi Yu through the mirror.
Qi Yu's head was spinning.
Her original body had been damaged before, and her divine power was depleted, so she couldn't attend to the businesses in the other realms. Thus, she had simply stopped managing them.
She hadn't expected that now that her original body was repaired, the people looking for her from the other realms were about to explode.
Qi Yu covered her mouth and looked for a long time, unsure of where to respond first. Just as she was about to retract her original form and pretend she hadn't heard anything, she suddenly heard the shopkeeper of Ming Cang Tower in the Demon Realm say:
"Owner, you don't need to pretend you can't hear. I know you can, or you wouldn't have activated the Myriad Mirror Transmission. I just want to tell you that you can abandon the Demon Realm business; I can manage it for you. But the Demon Prince had a problem when he bought a magic artifact you made a few days ago and specifically asked for you. You might have to come here."
Qi Yu couldn't hold back this time: "What's going on? Who is this Demon Prince? Is he the Demon Lord's son?"
"Owner, are you foolish?" the shopkeeper of Ming Cang Tower couldn't help but retort. "If the Demon Prince isn't the Demon Lord's son, whose son would he be?"
Qi Yu hesitated: "No, I mean… sigh, this is so annoying. You don't know anything."
She wanted to say that the Demon Lord was her adoptive mother!
Her adoptive mother was her master's Taoist companion, so how could she suddenly have a son in the Demon Realm?!
Where did this big son come from?!
"Alright, alright, Owner, whatever you say is right. In any case, please come here," the shopkeeper of Ming Cang Tower pleaded. "The Demon Prince is very difficult to deal with. He's truly furious this time."
"What magic artifact did he buy, and what went wrong?" Qi Yu, seeing how anxious the shopkeeper of Ming Cang Tower was, finally regained a serious expression and asked.
Upon hearing this question, the shopkeeper of Ming Cang Tower immediately replied in a more serious tone: "The Demon Prince bought a magic power amplifier from us. For some reason, his magic power has been depleting more and more. A while ago, he even fell into a coma. He just woke up recently and wants to settle accounts with you. Normally, a magic power amplifier contains magic stones and shouldn't deplete one's own magic power. The Demon Lord doesn't know about this yet… I'm worried someone is trying to frame us."