Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou suddenly felt a special, intense pain all over his body. For some reason, the Sword Core, which had been perfectly fine, suddenly turned violent.

Immediately, he saw the Sword Core explode, transforming into countless sword energies that surged into his spine. A sense of inexplicable trembling ran through Li Ergou's heart, and he was dumbfounded.

He saw the cracks on his Sword Bone begin to heal under the repair of the sword energy. However, his Sword Core! That was his Sword Core, something he had finally obtained!

With his own abilities, how could he possibly refine another Sword Core? The pain in his heart at that moment was a hundred, a thousand times stronger than the pain in his body.

Just as he was feeling despair, he suddenly discovered that the exploded Sword Core hadn't completely disappeared. A semi-transparent core remained.

He could see this core suspended there, its light dimmed considerably, no longer the full, flawless form it had been before.

Even so, Li Ergou felt the excitement of something lost and found. He was ecstatic and overjoyed. At least with the core intact, there was hope for recovery.

This was much more joyful than being able to repair his Sword Bone.

Opening his eyes, Li Ergou sighed. He hadn't expected a single cultivation session to almost cost him half his life. Fortunately, everything was alright, and there was still a chance for redemption.

In the following days, Li Ergou remained in Yellow Maple Valley, constantly cultivating. After several days of refinement, the Sword Bone had completely fused with him.

Strangely enough, upon possessing this bone, he immediately felt he had many different understandings of sword intent. No wonder Sword Bone was revered by sword cultivators as the supreme treasure, comparable to a Sword Heart.

It really was very different. It seemed talent was indeed important. Now it seemed the ancients did not deceive him.

However, this Sword Bone was severely damaged. Although it had been repaired by the original power of the Sword Core, it had only repaired less than half of the damage. He didn't know how long it would take to fully repair it and refine it.

One day, Li Ergou waved his hand and put away the coffin.

Now that his Congenital Dao Embryo was constantly being repaired, his cultivation speed was also accelerating, but this kind of speed was still far from the rapid cultivation that came from plundering other people's Qi and blood.

He now understood why those evil cultivators were so crazy and obsessed with demonic methods. This method of cultivation was truly amazing and particularly addictive.

Imagine someone cultivating painstakingly for decades with slow progress, while others became supreme masters after absorbing only a few people. This enormous temptation was not something everyone could resist.

Although Li Ergou was passively doing this, he was also somewhat addicted. Fortunately, he still had reason in his heart and couldn't continue cultivating in this way, or else, how would he be different from a demon.

As for absorbing the flesh and blood of the monk, it was a matter of no choice. He could only blame that guy for being too powerful. Absorbing him was also doing a service to the people.

Thinking it through clearly, no inner demons would arise.

Li Ergou packed up and told the Five Ghosts to take good care of Yellow Maple Valley, then rode Dog Jianqiang away.

To be honest, Dog Jianqiang was now covered in scales, tall and sturdy, like a giant wolf. If you didn't look closely, you really wouldn't think it was a dog.

This guy had been cultivating with Li Ergou every day, benefiting a lot. Now his cultivation had entered the mid-to-late stage of the Great Demon realm, not much different from Li Ergou's cultivation.

Seeing Dog Jianqiang's cultivation speed was so fast, Li Ergou couldn't help but think of Yu Tailai's words. His own talent really couldn't compare to a dog. Fortunately, this dog was his subordinate, which gave him some comfort.

Dog Jianqiang ran extremely fast, like a black lightning bolt.

Before long, they arrived at Mount Ju, and before they even got there, he saw smoke and activity in the courtyard of Mount Ju, looking quite lively.

When he arrived in front of the courtyard, he saw that it was Dabaixiang, Xiwa, Luyun, Zhanglong, Zhouda, Sage, and the thirteen youths from Wanglong Village helping Meier cook in the yard.

Everyone was amazed when they saw Li Ergou riding the domineering Dog Jianqiang.

Dabaixiang shouted happily, "Ergou, I missed you so much."

Li Ergou jumped off Dog Jianqiang and immediately gave Dabaixiang a big hug. Xiwa and the others also rushed over, and everyone hugged Li Ergou.

At this moment, Li Ergou felt that life was good, what more could he ask for.

Back then, he couldn't get enough to eat and was beaten every day. He never thought that he would have so many friends today. He was happy in his heart, when he suddenly heard a voice behind him saying, "Oh, what a coincidence, so many people have come."

Without turning his head, he could hear that this voice was Ye Wanwan's.

Looking back, Ye Wanwan was wearing golden armor, with a large bow on her back, holding a rabbit in her hand, her hair was messy, and there were even a few bird feathers stuck on her hair, looking like she had just returned from hunting.

Li Ergou couldn't help but ask, "What have you been doing, why are you in such a mess?"

Ye Wanwan didn't care, "Didn't you say you wanted to eat rabbit a few days ago? I went to get you one, who knew, I ran into a big eagle and fought with it, almost got hurt."

Seeing this, Li Ergou didn't know what to say.

Dabaixiang glared and said, "Damn eagle, where is it, how dare it attack our Ye sister, we can't spare it today."

"Yes, we can't spare it." Everyone was excited, everyone was so familiar with Ye Wanwan, and they all loved her.

Ye Wanwan's silver bell-like laughter sounded, "It's okay, it's a small matter, but when did you guys come, why didn't you notify me?"

Dabaixiang immediately said, "We just arrived, quickly, come and try the chicken I stewed, it tastes so delicious."

Dabaixiang, this guy, ignored Li Ergou and invited Ye Wanwan in, breaking off chicken legs and scooping chicken soup for her, making Ye Wanwan feel very happy.

Li Ergou was stunned on the side.

A few days later, on the top of Mount Ju, next to a cypress tree big enough for five people to hug, was an eagle more than two meters tall.

It was crying softly, this guy's feathers had been plucked clean, like a featherless chicken. At this moment, it looked at a big fat man in the distance with hatred in its eyes. Needless to say, this was Dabaixiang. This guy really did what he said, and guarded this eagle for two days before catching it to avenge Ye Wanwan.

Then Diao was mercilessly plucked of its feathers by him, turning into a bald chicken.

Before this eagle could feel sad, suddenly more than a dozen chickens about the same size as it flew from a distance, and they were actually three-generation chickens. The three-generation chickens looked at the bald eagle with green eyes.

A three-generation hen looked at the eagle excitedly and pounced on it. Then, the eagle's excited and painful voice was heard.

Anyway, that night, the eagle was no longer innocent and was ruined by more than a dozen hens.

Li Ergou naturally didn't know about these things. In the past few days, he was very happy, eating meat and drinking with Dabaixiang and others every day, and had a good time for a few days.

Life still had to go on. After resting for a few days, Li Ergou took Dabaixiang and others to the yamen to take up their posts.

Who would have thought that as soon as Li Ergou arrived at the gate of the yamen, he saw Chen Bajin rushing towards him with a surprised look, his face smiling like a chrysanthemum.