Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou looked at Huang Batian and snorted, "So that's how it is. I was just joking with you. But you know, I've been getting beaten up a lot lately and suffered internal injuries. I need to buy some medicine to recuperate.

Young Master, I've earned you so much money. Give me some money to buy medicine."

"What!" Hearing the word 'money,' Huang Batian's eyes widened. To him, money was more important than his father's life. How could he just give it away?

But seeing the lingering murderous intent in Li Ergou's eyes, he gritted his teeth and asked, "How much?"

"Well, I've inquired. Preparing a pot of Dit Da Jow medicinal soup requires one hundred taels of silver."

Hearing this number, Huang Batian almost jumped up. He exclaimed, "How much silver have you earned for me in total? Are you crazy?"

One hundred taels was like using a small knife to dig out Huang Batian's heart. He would rather die than give it.

Seeing the determination in Huang Batian's eyes, Li Ergou chuckled inwardly. This was the feeling he wanted. But given this guy's personality, he would probably choose death rather than part with the money.

With that thought, he feigned a cough and said, "How about this? I'll only treat half of it. Give me fifty taels. Young Master, don't be too unreasonable. I'm injured like this. If you don't give me treatment, I can't go on stage to take punches. The loss will still be yours."

Huang Batian gnashed his teeth, but if he didn't agree with this guy now, who knew what tricks the kid would play.

He would remember this debt. The mountains are high and the road is long; we'll see.

He secretly resolved, reluctantly pulling out a fifty-tael silver ingot from his clothes and throwing it to Li Ergou. "Humph, don't let it happen again."

Li Ergou was overjoyed. At this moment, he also realized a truth: "Sometimes, the fist is the only truth. The scope of truth is only within the fist.

Sometimes, you can't reason with him. Perhaps that's just human nature."

He weighed the silver in his hand and then said, "Alright, Young Master, I have things to do. I won't keep you company."

He released Huang Batian's fist and turned to leave without hesitation.

Huang Batian pondered to himself. This dog was starting to bite the hand that feeds him. Perhaps he needed to find a way to deal with him.

His mind raced, and he suddenly remembered someone from last night who said they didn't enjoy the fight.

This person was very powerful, a ruthless character with an extraordinary background. If he could curry favor with this person, he would have a bright future.

This person was none other than the young master of the Liu family, Liu Teng. With that thought, a fierce light flashed in Huang Batian's eyes, and he secretly rejoiced. Perhaps he could kill two birds with one stone.

Shitou had already come up and grabbed Li Ergou, saying, "Ergou, I really didn't expect you to be so powerful. You've been hiding it well."

Li Ergou chuckled, "It's nothing. I've just been beaten up a lot, so I've developed some reflexes."

"By the way, where did you go? You didn't come back all night."

Li Ergou smiled wryly and told him about the matter with Zhu Zhu, using the story she had made up. He didn't want anyone to expose their lies, so he had to maintain a united front.

Honest people are more believable when they lie. Shitou didn't suspect anything, which worried Li Ergou even more.

Li Ergou and Shitou chatted and laughed as they arrived in front of Granny Wu's house. Bang, bang, bang, the sound of knocking on the door rang out.

Old Silkworm opened the door. It was obvious that he hadn't slept all night; his eyes were dark.

He saw Li Ergou and nodded slightly. "Come in."

Li Ergou entered the house and immediately took out the Three-Legged Toad. "Old Silkworm, take a look. Is this the Three-Legged Toad you were talking about?"

Old Silkworm was slightly stunned and looked at Li Ergou's hand. His eyes widened in disbelief.

He immediately took the Three-Legged Toad in his hands and examined it. At this moment, the toad was weak and listless, as if it was about to die, but fortunately, it was still alive.

Seeing this thing, Old Silkworm was extremely excited and said, "There's hope, there's hope! It's the Three-Legged Toad! It really is the Three-Legged Toad!"

He happily went to Granny Wu and said excitedly, "Granny Wu, you're saved!"

Granny Wu opened her eyes, saw the Three-Legged Toad, and looked at Li Ergou. She asked with concern, "Ergou, what's going on? How did you catch this thing, and where did you get it?"

Li Ergou reluctantly told the story again. Old Silkworm and Granny Wu were both filled with emotion. Fortunately, they all knew that Li Ergou was honest and wouldn't lie, so they didn't pay attention to some of the less coherent details.

Old Silkworm happily went to take care of the toad. Li Ergou came to Granny Wu and said with concern, "Granny, you'll be alright."

Granny Wu took Li Ergou's hand and said, "You're very kind."

Receiving Granny Wu's praise, Li Ergou felt very happy. Seeing Granny Wu's tired expression, he said with concern, "Granny, you should get some rest."

Granny Wu nodded. "Okay."

After leaving Granny Wu's house, Li Ergou returned to his room and fell into a deep sleep. He was really too tired. He slept through the day and night and didn't wake up until the next morning.

He immediately started chopping wood and carrying water.

He inspected his martial arts true energy and was surprised to find that without doing anything, his martial arts true energy had recovered a hair's breadth. He was very happy.

Just as he was happy, he heard a meow, and then he saw a black shadow flash across the roof and come to him. It was the black cat Thirteen.

He was slightly surprised and said, "Didn't you leave? Why are you back again?"

The black cat meowed, looking at him as if telling him to follow it.

Li Ergou was puzzled. Without hesitation, he followed it out of the backyard. Opening the back door, he saw a big goat lying on the ground. Was it Zhao Tuozi's black-bearded goat?

At this moment, the black cat meowed at him again, and the goat also stood up and looked at him, with a hint of kindness in its eyes.

Li Ergou suddenly understood. It seemed that the black cat wanted him to take them in.

With this thought, he asked, "You want to follow me, right?"

The black cat nodded, and the goat actually nodded as well.

Li Ergou was surprised. "You can both understand what I'm saying."

These two guys actually nodded again.

Li Ergou felt very magical. He didn't expect that these two guys were both psychic spirit beasts and must have a great relationship with Zhao Tuozi.

Since they wanted to join him, he couldn't refuse. But he didn't know where to arrange for them to stay. People came and went in the martial arts hall. There was a place in the backyard, but he needed the martial arts hall master's permission.

If he didn't agree, he would have to find another way. Could it be that he should go out and buy a house? This idea made him very excited.