Mirror World

In the early morning, the afterglow of the warm sun shone into Tang Huan's eyes, which were still sleepy. Looking at the two people sleeping soundly on the grass on the plain, Zhang Zhi woke them up without hesitation. He urged them to pull their donkeys with him to "Ji City" to buy a weapon exclusively for them, as if they were in a hurry to go to the market.

On the way, in order not to waste this precious time, Zhang Zhi taught the two men close combat while collecting some medicinal herbs so that they could exchange them for money in the city, otherwise they would not even be able to afford the accommodation.

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Within a few days, they arrived in Ji City. Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen had bruises on their faces. It seemed that Zhang Zhi had shown no mercy in teaching them.

The three of them stood outside the gate of the town. Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen looked at the luxurious and magnificent buildings in the city from the gate with surprise. Every brick of the towering wall was luxurious and beautiful as if it was carefully carved, and was firmly embedded in the wall without any gaps. The buildings were of different heights and each building was built with sturdy wooden beams. The two of them looked incredulous, as if they had never seen the outside world, as if they had never left the village.

Tang Qingwen: Wow...

"Wow! The houses here are so beautiful! Unlike the ones in our village, which are just a pile of rotten wood," Tang Huan praised.

"Okay, go in. After buying weapons, it's time to start learning the art of killing." Zhang Zhi urged anxiously.

The three of them went to a pawn shop to exchange some herbs they had collected on the way for some money.

After getting the money, the three of them still stood outside the pawnshop and did not leave.

The wind blew gently through a leaf. Zhang Zhizhong looked blankly at the money he got from the medicinal herbs. This money was not enough to buy even a meal.

Zhang Zhi: ?_?

"Use this money to buy some buns. I'll go find my friends in the city." Zhang Zhi handed the money to Tang Huan and instructed, "I will blow a whistle in a moment. You can follow the sound of the whistle to find me. This can be regarded as a training for your ability to listen to all directions."

"Okay, Master." Tang Huan turned to his brother and said, "Let's go, Xiaowen, let's go eat."

"okay."

Zhang Zhi watched the two men walking away with the donkey, then turned and walked towards the city center.

In the center of the city, there is an extremely luxurious restaurant. Crowds of people are coming in and out of this restaurant, and the waiters inside are busy as hell.

Zhang Zhi walked into the restaurant, and a waiter greeted him warmly. When he got closer, he recognized that the man was Zhang Zhi, a good friend of his boss.

The waiter walked up with a towel draped over his shoulders, slightly bent his waist and greeted me politely.

"Hey! Hello! Hello! Uncle Zhang, you haven't come to our house to drink for such a long time. Today you are finally here. Come! Come! Come! If you want to drink today, I will treat you. It is also a way to repay your help to me before."

"Well, thank you. Xiao Liuzi, but I'm here to look for Li Ao today. Please call him over."

"Okay, okay, Uncle Zhang, wait here for a moment, I'll call him for you right away."

After saying this, Xiao Liuzi quickly went upstairs and told his boss about Zhang Zhi's visit.

After a while, a bearded man in his sixties, wearing expensive red and black satin clothes with gold lace embroidered on the corners, walked down the stairs quickly.

Seeing Zhang Zhi standing there coldly at the stairs, she couldn't wait to jump down the stairs, threw herself on Zhang Zhi, hugged Zhang Zhi and said coquettishly.

"Oh... my dear brother! You finally came to see me. Look at my face. I miss you so much that it's wrinkled."

Zhang Zhi did not push Li Ao away. He stood there coldly and allowed Li Ao to behave in a frivolous manner. However, Zhang Zhi's face also showed impatience and his expression was extremely ugly.

"Alright! Alright! Old man Li is still so dishonest at his age. Lend me some money! I want to buy my weapon back."

Li Ao let go of Zhang Zhi and pointed his finger at his forehead, making two "tsk! tsk!" sounds.

"Oh my! Oh my! Zhang Zhi, oh Zhang Zhi, I heard that you resigned from your post and sold your weapons to buy wine! How do you think of your good partner (weapon) who has always been with you through thick and thin?"

"I knew you would regret it, so I bought it back secretly. I didn't expect you to come to me so soon. Xiao Liuzi, bring those two weapons here."

"Okay, master." Xiao Liuzi walked upstairs quickly.

Then Li Ao walked around Zhang, looking at his tattered clothes and his old and slightly haggard face.

"Brother Zhang, you're already quite old, so stop running around all the time." Li Ao said seriously.

"Stay! I'll take care of you..."

Before Li Ao could finish his words, Zhang Zhi turned and walked out the door.

When Li Ao saw Zhang Zhi turning around and walking towards the door, he thought he was going to leave, so he quickly walked forward to try to keep him.

"Hey hey hey! Lao Zhang, I haven't finished talking yet, why are you leaving? Can I stop supporting you? You haven't got your weapons yet, why don't you stay?"

Zhang Zhi walked to the door, took out a bamboo whistle from his pocket, put it to his mouth and blew it hard. A clear whistle sound soon echoed around.

Li Ao covered his ears with his hands and walked forward puzzledly and asked Xu.

"Old Zhang, why are you blowing the whistle in broad daylight? Are you raising birds?"

Zhang Zhi turned his head and said, "You said you would support me, right? I have two apprentices here and I'm leaving them to you." Zhang Zhi walked back to the restaurant.

The only one left there was Li Ao, who was confused and shocked.

"Disciple?...? Lao Zhang actually accepted a disciple! It's over! The sky is falling!"

Not far from the restaurant, Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen were eating buns when they suddenly heard their master's whistle. They immediately ran away, following the sound to find their master.

The two of them ran around the streets and alleys, but couldn't find their master.

After searching for a long time, Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen finally stopped in front of a restaurant, both of them were panting and sweating.

"It should be here. After all, the sound can only be heard within this range, and this is the last restaurant we haven't found yet." Tang Huan said breathlessly.

When the two walked in, Xiao Liuzi in the store immediately recognized them as Zhang Zhi's apprentices. After all, the two of them were leading a donkey into the restaurant! It was too conspicuous and would affect the guests' drinking here. Xiao Liuzi stepped forward to stop them.

"Hey, hey, hey! You two are here to look for someone, right? He's waiting on the third floor. Hurry up and go up. He's been waiting for a long time. Give me the donkey, and I'll take care of it."

Xiao Liuzi hurriedly took the donkey's rope from Tang Huan's hand and quickly led the donkey out of the restaurant for fear that the donkey would spoil the guests' mood.

Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen looked at each other blankly.

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The two men went up to the third floor and saw the master drinking with an old man with a long beard and wearing red and black clothes.

"Master, we finally found you. Don't blow the whistle next time. It's hard to find you." (┯_┯)