Mortal Mirror

Li Muzhen had never imagined that someone wouldn't despise him, especially such an incredibly beautiful girl.

At that moment, he felt as if his brain had stopped working, frozen in place.

After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, "You... you don't want me to pay compensation?"

The girl looked at him with her bright, watery eyes and said, "Compensation? Of course not, I'm fine. But you, you really need to watch where you're going, no matter who it is, you can't just bump into them like that.

I didn't think you were this strong, considering how thin you are."

As she spoke, she took out a palm-sized bottle from her waist, poured some green liquid from it, and applied it to Li Muzhen's injured calf.

Strangely enough, Li Muzhen only felt a cool sensation where she applied the liquid, and then the pain subsided. He saw the bluish-purple swelling start to diminish rapidly.

Li Muzhen couldn't believe what he was seeing. He even wondered if this girl was a Bodhisattva sent from heaven, because only a Bodhisattva would be so kind.

Just then, he heard the man's voice, sounding a bit impatient, "Sining, it's about time, we should get going."

It turned out that this woman was none other than Sining, who was traveling the world with Murong Shijiu.

Upon hearing this name, Li Muzhen immediately etched it into his mind. He thought to himself that even if he died, he would never forget this name.

Sining looked at his calf, which had already reduced in swelling, and nodded in satisfaction. She handed the small bottle to Li Muzhen and said, "There's some Mu Flower Oil left, so I'll give it to you. Even if you're better now, it's best to rest for a while to fully recover."

Li Muzhen was so excited that he didn't know how to express his gratitude. His lips trembled, but he couldn't find the words to say.

Sining clapped her hands, turned to leave, but suddenly remembered something. She took out a piece of broken silver weighing about five taels from her waist. She looked at Li Muzhen and said, "Meeting is fate, take this money to buy some food and clothes."

After doing all this, she turned and left.

Watching Sining's figure walk further and further away, Li Muzhen's face flushed red. He finally mustered the greatest courage and said, "Miss Sining, my name is Li Muzhen. I swear, I will repay your kindness today a thousand, ten thousand times over in the future!"

Sining stopped, suddenly turned her head, and smiled gently, revealing her pearly white teeth. "Meeting is fate, why must we have known each other before? We are wanderers of the Jianghu, no need to dwell on this matter. The Jianghu is vast, we may meet again by fate."

Saying that, she turned back and continued forward, waving her hand behind her back to bid farewell to Li Muzhen.

Li Muzhen deeply remembered her appearance. From childhood to adulthood, it was the first time he had been cared for so much. To be honest, Sining's image had been deeply engraved in his heart.

At this moment, he had a desire to become stronger than ever before.

But unexpectedly, just then, he heard a bang, and someone kicked him from behind, knocking him to the ground. It was actually a local thug.

The thug looked at Li Muzhen, his eyes flashing fiercely, and said, "Damn it, you're really lucky, having a fairy massage you. But too bad, a lowly bastard like you doesn't deserve it.

Quickly hand over the silver and that little bottle, and I might spare your life. Otherwise, next year today will be the anniversary of your death."

Li Muzhen would never do that. He held onto the silver tightly, even if he was beaten to death, he wouldn't hand it over.

He shook his head vigorously and said, "No, I won't give it to you."

Seeing Li Muzhen like this, the thug became furious and said, "Damn it, you're asking for it! Beat him!"

Saying that, he led a group of people and started kicking and punching Li Muzhen, but Li Muzhen refused to let go.

Just then, he heard a buzzing sound, and a sword light flew over, slashing at the thugs. The thugs were terrified by this celestial technique and their souls almost left their bodies.

Then a delicate voice came, "From now on, Li Muzhen is my friend, Sining. If anyone dares to bully him again, see if the sword in my hand agrees."

The flying sword slashed at a stone pillar next to them. With a flash of sword light, the stone pillar as thick as a person was instantly cut in half. Seeing this, the thug immediately ran away with his tail between his legs, no longer daring to bully Li Muzhen.

Li Muzhen looked into the distance, his eyes filled with indescribable emotions.

Not far away, in the crowd, Sining retracted her magic sword. She looked at Murong Shijiu and said, "It's still Young Master who is more careful, otherwise, I would have done a bad thing with good intentions.

These bad guys only know how to bully people."

Shijiu shook his head slightly and said, "Alas, this is the sorrow of the weak. You can save one, but you can't save ten or a hundred. But I'm a little curious, why did you save that person?"

Sining said, "Yes, so I only save those who have a connection with me. Saving more people is something for Young Master to do in the future.

I just feel that the person is so pitiful, it gives me the feeling of meeting Brother Ergou for the first time, maybe it's just fate. Alas, as you said, there are too many pitiful people in the world, and Sining can't save them all.

I don't know why, but I have a feeling that maybe in the future, I will meet that boy again, it's such a strange feeling."

Speaking of this, she shook her head slightly and said, "I don't want to think about it. Young Master, where should we go next?"

Li Muzhen stood up, patted the dirt off his body, and his eyes were filled with tears. He didn't expect that he would also have friends. He looked into the distance, his eyes full of determination.

Then he came to a steamed bun shop and ordered ten large meat buns. Growing up, it was the first time he ate meat buns, and his mouth was full of oil. He felt that there was probably nothing more delicious than these meat buns in the world.

He ate seven in one breath, but in the end, he didn't finish them all. Instead, he wanted to save them for his old man to eat.

He wrapped up the buns and happily walked home.

When he returned home, he searched around, but still didn't see his old man. He was puzzled. His old man had problems with his legs and feet, so he usually wouldn't leave home too far, and he wouldn't leave when he was sick.

The strange thing was that his old man seemed to have disappeared these past few days.

He felt more and more that something was wrong, so he began to search constantly.

In the end, he searched all the places in his house, but still didn't see his old man. With doubts, he suddenly heard his old man's weak voice coming from the pigsty.

His heart suddenly jumped, and he quickly ran towards the pigsty. When he arrived at the pigsty, he couldn't help but feel his eyes widen in anger at the scene before him.

What did he see? He saw that his old man was chained by the neck with an iron chain and tied to the pillar next to him. The pig next to him had actually gnawed his broken leg clean.

Li the Cripple was wailing in pain, but his voice was weak.

Seeing this scene, Li Muzhen immediately jumped into the pigsty, drove the pig away, and quickly carried Li the Cripple out.

"Dad, Dad, wake up, what happened?" Li Muzhen's voice was a bit choked up.

Li the Cripple opened his eyes, saw Li Muzhen, and said in a trembling voice, "Zhen'er, my Zhen'er, Dad is sorry for you, I should have let you leave long ago. This damned woman, this damned good son.

This couple's hearts are several times more vicious than jackals."

Li the Cripple briefly recounted what had happened, and Li Muzhen learned that after he was injured, Li the Cripple took out the little silver money left at home to treat Li Muzhen's illness.

But when that woman saw it, she scolded him severely, and the money was snatched away. Li the Cripple couldn't bear it and wanted to fight the woman, but unfortunately, his good son tied him up with the woman.

They ignored him and threw him into the pigsty. If he hadn't had some pig food to eat, he probably would have died long ago.

And he kept a breath just to see Li Muzhen one last time, why? Because he had a secret buried for sixteen years.

He wanted to tell Li Muzhen a truth before he died, a truth that had tormented him for sixteen years.