Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou brushed the black paint of the coffin with his spiritual light, and he saw the paint transform into fine powder and dissipate under his spiritual light.

Beneath the paint, countless small characters were revealed. Li Ergou's eyes widened as he saw these characters, realizing they were both words and a kind of special talisman power.

Li Ergou was slightly surprised, as if he understood something. He immediately removed all the paint, revealing countless words underneath.

From these words, he learned a secret: this was actually a cultivation technique called the 'Burial Sutra,' as its opening lines stated, 'Bury the heavens, bury the earth, bury all living beings, bury the undying heart, eternal and indestructible.'

He studied it carefully and discovered that this Burial Sutra was extraordinary. It could absorb the power of the netherworld to nourish his spirit, allowing his lifespan to be several times longer than ordinary cultivators at the same stage. This was truly astonishing.

Even more unexpectedly, this technique did not involve ordinary combat moves but directly summoned the descent of the Netherworld. When enveloped in the Netherworld's world, enemies would not only be unable to absorb external spiritual energy but also face attacks from Netherworld creatures, making it extremely terrifying.

What excited Li Ergou the most was that this sutra could use the power of the Netherworld to repair his innate Dao embryo. After all, the innate Dao embryo was formed when a person's soul was incomplete in the womb.

Using the power of the Netherworld for repair seemed logical, but was this method too heaven-defying? Could it really repair the power of the innate Dao embryo? He doubted whether the Burial Sutra was deceiving him, as it seemed too incredible.

Despite his doubts, he wanted to believe that what it said was true. He didn't care about lifespan; he only cared about whether it could really repair his innate Dao embryo.

His natural endowments were simply too poor, truly deserving the description 'tragic.' If not for several fortuitous encounters, he probably wouldn't have been able to enter the realms of divine and martial arts in his entire life.

If he could really repair his innate Dao embryo, he would no longer need to feel inferior or be looked down upon by everyone.

With this thought, he immediately began to memorize the entire Dao scripture. Perhaps because he had read the Dao De Jing, he didn't find the Burial Sutra so difficult or obscure; the more he read, the more transparent it became.

He marveled at how the Dao De Jing was indeed the general outline of the Great Dao, truly extraordinary. It was like a huge framework within which all methods could not escape its bounds.

It was like how a mortal martial artist who had opened the Ren and Du meridians could comprehend and master other techniques more easily.

However, the scripture mentioned that the nether energy between heaven and earth was very scarce. To quickly absorb the extremely rare nether energy, it was best to find places like mass graves, as those places directly connected to the Netherworld.

Li Ergou smiled wryly, wondering if this Burial Sutra belonged to a heretical path. Regardless, a black cat or a white cat, whichever catches the mouse is a good cat. As long as it could help him complete his innate Dao embryo, he didn't care. Not to mention mass graves, he would dare to walk through the Netherworld itself.

However, there was no rush. This coffin was also extraordinary; it could gather nether energy. Taking this item to a mass grave for cultivation would be twice as effective. He suspected that this item was a special magic tool specifically for cultivating this technique.

Since that was the case, he certainly couldn't let it go without copying it. He immediately threw the coffin into the mirror to replicate it.

It took half a day for the item to be copied, which surprised Li Ergou. The copied coffin was almost identical. The only difference was that at the very front of the coffin, there was a red thread forming a circle the size of a fist.

He sensed it, and the copied coffin seemed to absorb nether energy even faster than the original.

It had to be said that his treasure mirror was truly magical. However, no matter how Li Ergou probed with his divine sense, the mirror appeared to be an ordinary, ancient bronze mirror.

Without thinking too much, Li Ergou first put away the coffin, waiting to use it later.

Just as he finished cleaning up, he saw Mei'er and Jing'er returning from the foot of the mountain, one riding a black cat and the other riding Black Beard.

The two girls saw Li Ergou and immediately jumped down happily, saying, 'Young Master, you're back too.'

Li Ergou nodded and said, 'Yes, have you been very busy these days? Sometimes I don't see you for a whole day.'

The two girls giggled and said, 'We've been working on a big project recently.'

Li Ergou asked suspiciously, 'A big project? What big project?'

Mei'er said, 'We're making so much money now that we've started experimenting with using Daoist gold coins for transactions so we don't have to bring back so much silver every day.

It's a pity you don't allow us to use silver notes. We don't know what you mean; you just love to look at the shiny silver.'

Li Ergou smiled wryly, thinking that he naturally wanted to replicate this silver. Of course, he wouldn't let the two girls know the secret of the mirror. Secrets were only secrets if he knew them himself. Letting them know might not be a good thing.

He could only say, 'It's not that you can't deposit it into the merchant bank, but you have to give it to me first before you can deposit it.'

The two were puzzled but didn't object. Mei'er directly handed her Qiankun bag to Li Ergou and said, 'Here, this month's earnings are all in here.

Our five hundred first-generation chickens lay fifteen hundred eggs a day, but recently our eggs have dropped in price. Although Fish City is large, no one can consume this every day. We can only rely on outside merchants to come here to purchase and distribute the eggs throughout the entire prefecture.

In that case, we need to leave them some profit, so we're temporarily pricing first-generation eggs at five hundred Wen each and second-generation eggs at three taels each.

Calculated in this way, first-generation eggs can bring in seven hundred and fifty taels of silver every day, and second-generation eggs lay five hundred a day, bringing in fifteen hundred taels a day, for a total daily income of two thousand two hundred and fifty taels of silver.

To be honest, our investment here is very small. These chickens run all over the mountain every day to find food themselves. We only need to feed them some grain appropriately, so we don't need to spend much money.

We have a monthly income of sixty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty taels, and after deducting various expenses, we still have sixty-five thousand taels of silver.

This kind of income is almost comparable to opening a merchant bank.'

Li Ergou was also amazed. He didn't expect that selling eggs alone could bring in so much income. If he were to buy an even larger mountain, wouldn't the silver pile up like a mountain?

This was even before he replicated the eggs; otherwise, the income would double! But there were too many people on Orange Mountain now, so he couldn't easily tamper with them. Even so, the income was considerable.

He sighed inwardly that he would be able to live like an immortal in the future. However, although he had enough money, it still couldn't compare with status. Even if he were the richest man in the world, Zhu Zhu's family might not approve of him.

Strength, the Great Xia only recognizes strength. If this silver were converted into Daoist gold coins, wouldn't he have no shortage of spiritual energy? His cultivation speed would also increase a lot.

With this thought, he immediately looked at Mei'er and Jing'er and said, 'Good, you've done well. Starting this month, you can start exchanging for Daoist gold coins.

Exchange as much as you can; that stuff is much better than silver notes.'

The two girls nodded and immediately went to make food for Li Ergou. Li Ergou looked at the backs of the two girls and couldn't help but wonder if he should find someone else to serve him alone. However, he quickly rejected the idea, as there were too many secrets on this mountain. It was better to forget it; causing trouble wouldn't be good.

With this thought, he immediately put all the silver into the mirror. With a whoosh, sixty-five thousand taels of silver instantly turned into one hundred and thirty thousand taels. Looking at so much silver, Li Ergou's mouth almost stretched to the back of his ears with joy.

The night was deep. Li Ergou finished dinner and instructed the two girls to watch the house. With a thought, he summoned the Fish Scale Sword, carrying endless sword light, and flew into the sky.