Mortal Mirror

In the place where the White Lotus Karmic Fire once was, still in that pond with the blue water, the blue turtle head emerged from the pond.

He said with a somewhat lonely voice, "Alas, without the company of the White Lotus, I am so lonely. I might as well go out for a walk. I've heard that the human world is very happy, so why shouldn't I go out and enjoy myself?

Now that I have fully refined the Divine Turtle Carrying Mountain Diagram on my body, I can transform into human form. If I don't go now, when will I go?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his huge body leaped out of the water. He turned around in place, and his body flashed with light. After the light passed, the turtle was gone, and a young man appeared.

This man was covered in strong muscles, bald, with slender eyes. Most astonishingly, on the bare skin of his back, there was a Divine Turtle Carrying Mountain Diagram, which was so realistic that it gave people an indescribable feeling.

With a thought, the turtle conjured a set of clothes for himself. He looked at the darkness above his head and said once again, "Human Realm, wait for me, I, Nine Heavens, am coming."

In the capital city, at the Hao Ran Academy, Lu Changsheng, dressed as a Confucian scholar, stood before Li Zheng'an. Lu Changsheng had grown taller in recent years, now being more than 1.9 meters tall.

Whether it was due to Li Zheng'an's influence or the teachings of Confucianism, his features had become more and more righteous, and his eyes carried a sense of noble spirit.

Li Zheng'an looked at him and said leisurely, "Changsheng, you have done well in the past few years, but staying in the academy every day has given you less experience.

The World's First Martial Arts Tournament is about to be held. Young disciples like you should go and compete to prove yourselves."

"The World's First Martial Arts Tournament? I've been hearing some fellow disciples talk about it recently. What kind of tournament is it?"

"The World's First Martial Arts Tournament is a competition jointly initiated by Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The purpose is to encourage young disciples to strive for improvement and to see how many talents there are in the world.

Not only are the rewards generous, but you can also make many like-minded cultivator friends and see a wider world.

This time, our major academies will send out their best disciples, so I hope you will go too, not for fame or gain, but for your horizons to be broadened."

Lu Changsheng nodded, understanding his master's good intentions. He said without hesitation, "Okay, Master, I will go."

At that moment, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind him, "Junior Brother is going too? Perfect, we can go together."

Lu Changsheng turned his head to look. It was a beautiful woman with an air of scholarly refinement.

"Senior Sister Xia He, you're going too?"

The woman nodded and said, "Of course. This kind of grand event is only held once every fifty years, how could I miss it? What Martial Uncle didn't tell you is that if you get good results in this tournament, you can get extra points from the academy and be given priority for cultivation."

Li Zheng'an smiled slightly and said, "You girl, you're just sharp-tongued. I didn't want to tell him that, I just wanted Changsheng to compete with peace of mind, without any desire to compete for victory."

Xia He's bright eyes flashed and she said, "Martial Uncle, you're wrong about that. Although we Confucian disciples should have the heart of a Bodhisattva, we must also have the means of thunder. We want to educate the people of the world, not to influence them, that's what Buddhists do.

Therefore, Confucianism has cultivators like us, just to defend the scholars of the world. Thus, we must have even greater means."

After a speech, Xia He seemed to be right about everything, but to Li Zheng'an, it seemed a bit extreme. Perhaps that's what young people are like, they are more passionate and have a surge of energy.

Li Zheng'an didn't say anything, just listened silently.

Lu Changsheng lowered his head, lost in thought.

On the road to Fish City, Li Ergou was walking leisurely. He and Ye Wanwan were eating, drinking, and having fun all the way, truly carefree.

Ye Wanwan was even happier, it was rare to have such a happy journey.

The two of them were not in a hurry anyway, there was enough time. Fish City was more than 5,000 miles away from Baojing Prefecture, but Chicken King and Dog Strong ran fast enough. If they really used their strength, traveling a thousand miles a day would be easy.

And they set off early, and now there are still more than half a month before the competition for the strongest constable.

To be honest, it was the first time for Li Ergou to go so far. There were countless beautiful scenery along the way, and Li Ergou also bought some local specialty wines, he couldn't be more carefree.

What made him most happy was that nothing unexpected happened along the way. After more than half a month of traveling, on this day, at noon, the two finally arrived in front of the city gate of Baojing Prefecture.

A huge city stood there, the huge city wall was more than ten feet high, the city gate was huge, as wide as three feet, and there were dozens of guarding soldiers in front of the gate, constantly questioning the people entering and leaving the city.

From time to time, they would even confiscate some things, and I don't know why.

Who was Li Ergou? The Deputy Chief Constable of Fish City, that was an awesome existence.

He came to the city gate, and a fierce look flashed in the eyes of the guarding soldier, looking at Li Ergou and said, "Where are you from, what are you doing here?"

Before Li Ergou could speak, Ye Wanwan had already said, "We are from Fish City, this is my lord, the Deputy Chief Constable of Fish City."

The two thought that they would be released after saying this, but who knew that the city guard snorted coldly and said, "What constable or not, don't give us that nonsense, hurry up and come down for inspection."

Li Ergou was slightly surprised, he didn't expect the soldiers here to be so arrogant. Could it be that the Deputy Chief Constable was not worth much in Baojing Prefecture?

But they didn't bring anything with them, what were these people going to check?

Li Ergou then said, "What do you want to check? Aren't the people all here?"

The soldier chuckled and said, "What to check? The monster you're riding is too big and not allowed to enter the city, and this woman, we suspect she has contraband on her, we need to search her body."

Li Ergou was puzzled, thinking that the World's First Martial Arts Tournament was about to begin, and Baojing Prefecture was going to conduct a strict review, which was understandable.

After all, he was also in the public sector, so he understood these things better.

Just as he was about to get off Dog Strong, he saw a man next to him, riding a giant cow that was ten feet tall, twice as big as Dog Strong, also came to the city gate.

Before the soldier could speak, this person casually threw a piece of broken silver to the soldier, and without even paying attention to the soldier, he swaggered and let the giant cow enter the city.

Not only did the soldier not stop him, but he also nodded and bowed to let the person pass.

Li Ergou immediately understood that it wasn't that the soldier was serious and responsible, it turned out that he was extorting money for some benefits.

Since he became a constable, no one dared to ask him for money for so many years, so he had long forgotten about it.

In this way, he couldn't break the rules, so he casually took out a piece of broken silver from his clothes and threw it to the soldier, wanting the person to let him pass.

After all, things that can be solved with money are not a problem for his current wealth.

What surprised him was that the soldier glanced at the silver in Li Ergou's hand, and sneered, with a fierce look on his face, and said, "What are you doing, daring to openly bribe our public officials, I think you don't want to live anymore."