Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou looked at Stone with pure eyes and said, "Why do you want to be brothers with me? Are you pitying me? If so, there's no need. I never need anyone's pity or sympathy."

How could Stone tell him that, on one hand, he genuinely wanted him to be well, and on the other hand, he felt a little guilty.

In fact, deep down, he hoped that what he was about to steal did not belong to Li Ergou, so that he wouldn't feel guilty.

At this moment, he could only say: "There's no pity, I just think your personality is similar to mine, both are resilient. To be honest, I don't have any particularly close people. I just feel that if I have a brother like you, I will have someone close to me in the future."

"That's all,"

"That's all?"

Stone nodded, his eyes filled with determination.

Li Ergou laughed, very happily. He couldn't help but shout: "Okay, then we will be brothers. From now on, I will never be alone again."

The two held hands tightly. Stone said, "Let's become sworn brothers."

Li Ergou said, "Okay."

Stone asked again, "What are your birth details?"

"Uh, this, I only know that I was born in the year of Jia Chen, but I don't know the month, day, or hour," Ergou said embarrassedly.

Stone was dumbfounded, but a trace of relief flashed in his eyes. Perhaps he wasn't that person at all, perhaps he was overthinking. He felt inexplicably relieved.

With that thought, he said, "Forget it, never mind. Let's swear an oath of blood."

He took out a bowl of wine, cut his finger, and a drop of blood dripped into it. Li Ergou followed suit, also cutting his finger and dripping blood into the bowl.

Stone's heart stirred, and he immediately remembered something. He helped Li Ergou wipe the blood, and secretly stole a drop of his blood. Magically, that drop of blood disappeared into thin air, and no one knew where Stone had taken it.

After doing all this, his heart was pounding, and he felt a sense of guilt welling up.

The two then knelt down and swore to the heavens that they would be good brothers, sharing blessings and hardships. After swearing, the two took a sip of wine and drank it down.

Li Ergou giggled, thinking in his heart: "It's good to have a brother."

Stone's mood was complicated, he just hoped, "May that person not be you, God bless." This was the first time he prayed to God, making a wish.

At this moment, Stone suddenly caught sight of a red tattoo on the upper outer side of Li Ergou's arm. He couldn't help but wonder, "Huh, you even have a tattoo."

He looked closely and it turned out to be a miniature dragon outlined by a few lines. What was strange was that this little dragon looked simple, but it was lifelike, as if it was about to come alive, which was extremely wonderful.

Li Ergou looked at the tattoo and said, "This, I don't know. In my vague memory, it seems like my mother drew it for me. Perhaps this is the last gift my mother gave me."

Stone looked at it carefully and couldn't help but say, "Strange, this tattoo always gives me a strange feeling, as if, as if this is only half, or a part, not perfect. Could there be something to it?"

Ergou scratched his head and said, "I don't know about this. I just feel it's pretty good-looking, maybe it's the best-looking thing on me."

Stone nodded, not taking it too seriously.

For some reason, Si Ning's appearance appeared in Ergou's mind. He didn't know why he would think of her, he always felt she was very cute, and felt inexplicably close to her.

Stone then said, "Come, let's practice for a while, I'll teach you Flying Dragon in the Sky."

Li Ergou: "..."

The next morning, Big White Elephant knocked on the door loudly.

Stone opened the door sleepily and said, "Big White Elephant, what are you doing here so early?"

Big White Elephant chuckled cheekily and said, "I came to find you and Ergou."

As he said that, he stepped into the house and turned around. He asked suspiciously, "Where's Ergou?"

Stone said sleepily, "He goes out every day before dawn. He should be chopping wood and carrying water in the backyard."

Big White Elephant: "...Ergou is too diligent."

"Hey, you can't stop him from doing what he wants to do. He said Granny Wu helped him, and he wants to be grateful, so he's taking care of all the chopping wood and carrying water," Stone said lazily.

Big White Elephant exclaimed, "Ergou is really a good guy, I support him. You go back to sleep for a while, I'll come back to find you later."

"You haven't said what you're here for yet?"

Big White Elephant said mysteriously, "The Nineteenth Young Master asked someone to inform me this morning that he's inviting us to play together later, and asked me to find you two to meet up."

"Uh, why didn't that guy ask someone to inform us?"

Big White Elephant spread his hands and said, "I don't know about that, you hurry up and sleep, I'm leaving."

He didn't give Stone a chance to speak, turned around and left. Stone rolled his eyes, wondering why he always felt that the Nineteenth Young Master had a familiar feeling, could it be that he had seen him somewhere?

He shook his head, unable to remember, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

In the backyard, Li Ergou carried a full three large wooden buckets of water. Each bucket was taller than a person, and as thick as three people could hug. He ran several trips to the well to finish carrying it.

Then he started chopping wood, the sound of chopping wood echoing non-stop.

Big White Elephant pushed open the back door of the martial arts hall and saw Li Ergou chopping wood with sweat all over his face. He immediately walked over and said, "You really are here. I said, aren't you stupid? Why do you do so much at once?"

Seeing that it was Big White Elephant, Li Ergou put down his axe, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then said, "I'm young and strong, these jobs are nothing to me.

If I do more, Grandma will do less."

At this moment, a person came out of the latrine and happened to hear Li Ergou's words. This person frowned, feeling a strange taste in his heart. This person was none other than Old Silkworm Head, who had just returned to the martial arts hall.

He looked at Li Ergou, and couldn't help but think, no wonder Junior Sister likes this child. It was just a casual rescue, but he remembered the kindness of a drop of water and repaid it with a spring.

Alas, he finally understood why Junior Sister would say that if she really couldn't find that person, she would just take him back. How many people in the world have such a pure and kind heart? Unfortunately, this child's aptitude is hard to describe, too light and too poor. Even if he broke the rules and brought him back to the sect, it would be a waste.

The Heavenly Dao Sect is not like those small sects, the rules are strict and there is no room for sentimentality. Even with his and Junior Sister's reputation, this child's aptitude will definitely not allow him to enter the inner sect. If he is allowed to stay in the outer sect, he may not be as happy as he is here.

Sometimes being an ordinary mortal is not a bad thing. The more truth you know about this world, the more fear and pain you will feel, especially when you are powerless to do anything about many things.

If you really peel away the layers of veil, you will see many things you never imagined. They will refresh your understanding and your values time and time again. Perhaps staying here is a kind of protection for him.

Old Silkworm Head thought so and had already walked to Li Ergou's side.

Big White Elephant heard Li Ergou's words and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up and said, "Okay, my grandfather often said, 'Those who are near vermilion get stained red, and those who are near ink get stained black.' I now understand this truth. Ergou, no matter what, I will listen to you. I'll help you."

Li Ergou was about to reply when he saw Old Silkworm Head. He immediately said happily, "Old Silkworm Head, you're back."