Mortal Mirror

Outside the town, on the road, Zhu Zhu's tears fell incessantly as she looked at Qian Qian and said, "Uncle Qian, why do people always have to separate? It's so painful."

Qian Qian, however, said with a carefree air, "People, ah, they have to experience a lot to grow up.

In one's life, you'll meet many, many people. This is just the weakest little thing in your life. Forget him; just think of him as a passerby in your life.

You should know that your status is a height he can never reach in his entire life. He's not worthy of you. You are you, but you are not you.

If you are too insistent, you will not only harm yourself but also him. So, forgetting is the best choice."

Zhu Zhu thought to herself, "Forget? If remembering someone is difficult, forgetting someone is probably even harder."

The donkey, the dwarf, the red-clothed girl, the sunlight stretched their shadows, like a landscape painting, moving further and further away...

The giant white elephant put its arm around Li Ergou's neck and said, "You are really lucky. I've already inquired, and the Liu family has promised Zhu Zhu that they won't harm a single hair on your head. But that kid Huang Batian is in trouble. I heard from the Liu family that they have already sent people to Wanglong Village to retaliate against his family."

Li Ergou was slightly stunned but ultimately didn't take it too seriously, perhaps because he hadn't yet emerged from his heartbreak, or perhaps everything wasn't that important to him anymore.

At dusk, the sky was full of red clouds, but inside Wanglong Village, there were sounds of incomparable misery. Huang Batian had his tendons severed by a group of masked men in black.

The landlord, Huang Shulang, was threatened and forced to transfer all his money and land deeds to a person named Liu Tong, and their house and grain were burned clean by a fire.

From then on, Huang Shulang was no longer a landlord but a poor man. After the fire, countless villagers swarmed into the ruins,抢走了 everything they could. After all, who would be afraid of someone who was no longer a landlord?

A few days later, in a corner of Tiangou Town, Huang Batian, his face dirty, dragged his crippled body, holding a broken bowl, constantly kowtowing to passersby, begging for food.

Huang Shulang died, angered to death when he watched that fire that day.

The landlord's wife's children scattered like birds and beasts, some leaving, some fleeing. The landlord's wife also followed behind Huang Batian, becoming a beggar woman, no longer having her former glory.

This is perhaps the impermanence of the world. Life is like the ebb and flow of the tide. Who could have imagined that once infinitely glorious, it would turn into nothing in the blink of an eye, ending in family ruin and death?

Li Ergou worked hard to cultivate every day. Perhaps only cultivation could calm his heart.

A few days later, Li Ergou discovered a very important thing: the Peiyuan pills were gone. Without this item, his cultivation would be slowed down a lot. As such, he could only think of a way.

This day, it was time for the medical clinic to receive medicine again. The night was deep, and there were many people standing outside the medical clinic, coming to buy pills.

Li Ergou was also standing among them. After all, he was in charge of managing the medicinal herbs, and he had copied a lot of silver. The martial arts hall had to boil medicine twice a month, and each time it cost one hundred taels. In a month, he could obtain two hundred taels of silver.

He felt that the medicine for bruises and injuries didn't have much effect on him now, so he could save that copied portion for the martial arts hall to use, while he kept the silver for himself. In this way, he would have an income of three hundred taels of silver each month.

Adding his salary and rewards, more than thirty taels of silver, he accumulated more than three hundred taels a month. Even he himself envied this speed of saving money.

Today, he came early to stand in line, so he was number one. He took out three hundred taels of silver and exchanged it for thirty pills. He was very happy in his heart.

However, these were just small gains. He set his sights on the people behind him. These were all fat sheep to be slaughtered.

He secretly smiled and left with the pills, disappearing into the dark alley.

At this moment, Li Ergou was wearing a black hood, holding a black wooden stick, almost blending into the darkness. No matter how good your eyesight was, it would be in vain.

He was like a hunter waiting for a rabbit, just waiting for the rabbit to come over.

Before long, he heard a voice say, "Hey, have you heard? They say that this Peiyuan Gubendan is going to increase in price. It's really a rip-off. It's not easy for the young master. The money he saves each month is spent on this. If he were to find a girl at Cuihua Tower, he could enjoy himself more."

Another voice said, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful someone reports you to your young master, and he'll break your legs."

"Tch, if you don't say it, who can report it? Unless it's you!"

As they spoke, the two walked into the dark alley. When going from light to darkness, a person's eyes need to adjust before they can adapt. However, before the two could adapt, they saw a black shadow falling on their heads.

Before the two could react, their eyes rolled back, and they both fainted.

Li Ergou smiled and dragged the two to a dark corner, searching them. Wow, ten pills each, and even seven or eight taels of silver. He struck it rich.

Just as he threw the items into the mirror to copy, someone else walked over. Li Ergou used the same method, busying himself for a long time, reaping a great harvest. Not counting his own pills, he obtained one hundred and eighty copied pills.

He smiled, like a little fox that had just stolen a chicken, extremely happy. At the same time, he sighed in his heart, no wonder everyone likes to get something for nothing. This feeling is really too good.

The night grew darker. Seeing that no one else was coming, he didn't hesitate any longer and quickly left.

When those people woke up, they were all confused. Fortunately, their belongings were still there. Everyone couldn't help but curse some harsh words and dispersed. The crowd eventually concluded that it was a ghost.

Li Ergou did this for a while every month. Finally, after three months, those people became smarter and left in groups, some even with guards following them. Li Ergou's path to wealth was cut off. He was saddened in his heart but helpless.

Time flew by, and a year passed just like that. After being tempered by countless pills, the length of his martial arts true qi remained unchanged, but the thickness was about the size of a little finger. His divine power had even reached the second level of Qi training, making him extremely happy.

Although his natural talent was extremely poor, he couldn't resist having a treasure mirror. He secretly rejoiced in his heart.

As his cultivation deepened, his physical strength also reached one thousand jin. However, he didn't know if his body had reached its limit, and his physical strength was always unable to increase further. He was also helpless.

At this moment, he casually picked up a stone the size of a fist. With the operation of his martial arts true qi, the stone was crushed into stone powder, flying all over the sky.

Now, with his abilities, there were no longer any opponents for him in the martial arts hall. However, he never showed off, and no one knew how powerful he really was. However, there were rumors in Tiangou Town that Haotian Martial Arts Hall had an invincible sparring partner.

For this reason, he was considered a somewhat famous figure in Tiangou Town.

This day, Li Ergou went to the town's yamen to register. The annual martial arts master exam was about to begin, and he was looking forward to it so much.

Although the landlord was dead, his contract of indentured servitude was taken away by Liu Tong. Because of Zhu Zhu's relationship, the Liu family didn't dare to cause him trouble, but this was not a good thing after all.

Only by passing the martial arts master exam could he completely escape his slave status, become a formal citizen of the Great Xia Dynasty, have a normal person's identity, and be able to purchase real estate, land, and even mountain peaks.