Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou's divine sense stirred, and in about a quarter of an hour, he had flown a full four hundred li. After the joy, he immediately realized that his spiritual power was being consumed very quickly. In this short period, about four-fifths of the spiritual power in his dantian had been used up.

This consumption rate was truly frightening, but he calculated that if he went all out, wouldn't he be able to fly a distance of five hundred li? Five hundred li! Even a fast horse would take more than half a day to run, right? But he had flown there in just a quarter of an hour. Compared to that, wasn't it a world of difference?

Thinking of this, he was extremely excited and happy.

He thought to himself that the sword cultivators were indeed domineering, able to cross such a long distance in a short time. However, if he were to sprint like this, his spiritual power would be exhausted when he arrived, wouldn't that be like delivering a head from a thousand li away!

As he was thinking, he suddenly saw a flock of geese flying towards him. Unfortunately, he was moving too fast to dodge, and he crashed into the geese.

"Ah..." he screamed, and fell downwards. In his panic, one of his shoes was kicked off and flew down in the air.

A moment later, Li Ergou spat, patted the dirt off his body, spat out the grass in his mouth, and looked around. Fortunately, there was no one around, and no one saw his embarrassing appearance.

He cursed in his heart, feeling truly unlucky, and realized he needed to practice his driving skills.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and used his spiritual power to force himself to stay in the air for a moment, he wondered if he would have been killed by the fall. If his colleagues found out, wouldn't he be laughed at?

Looking at the dead geese he had crashed into on the ground, Li Ergou angrily skinned and gutted them, roasted them until they were golden brown and crispy, and ate his fill. Then, he looked around and realized that this was a deep mountain forest. He didn't know where he was.

At this moment, the setting sun cast its afterglow across the entire forest, coating the already dark forest with a layer of blood-red color, which was quite eerie.

Li Ergou thought about flying back immediately, but then he remembered that he had been enjoying the flight too much, and his spiritual power consumption was too high. Now, the remaining spiritual power might not even be enough to fly out of the forest.

He suddenly felt careless. Who would have thought that he could come here fine, but couldn't go back!

Li Ergou looked at the surrounding situation and felt quite helpless. As the saying goes, a clever woman cannot cook without rice. Without spiritual power, it was useless to say anything. He could only spend the night here and leave after he recovered his spiritual power.

He looked around, and the trees here were tall. He walked for a while and found a large tree that ten people could hug. He jumped up and found a large tree branch that could seat one person, sat down, and then took out two turtle creams and swallowed them, refining them, hoping to recover his spiritual power quickly so he could go home.

The night was deep, and in the deep mountain forest, there were occasional howls of wild cats and beasts, and the sounds of strange birds kept ringing out. In the dark forest, there was a sense of horror that made people afraid.

Fortunately, Li Ergou was skilled and bold, so naturally he was not afraid of these things. He just needed to cultivate peacefully. Whoever dared to make him uncomfortable, he would make them uncomfortable.

He slightly released some pressure, and within ten meters of him, birds, beasts, fish, and insects dared not approach. This was the power of a cultivator.

The full moon hung high, and in the middle of the night, Li Ergou suddenly heard the sound of human voices. The sound was very small, and Li Ergou listened carefully. He was curious who would come to this deep mountain forest in the middle of the night. It was impossible to say they were here to explore and play.

Filled with curiosity, he stirred his divine sense and opened the small bottle on his waist, and fireflies flew out. Soon, the fireflies found the place where the sound came from.

The fireflies hovered in the air, and everything was in full view.

Li Ergou saw that it was a group of more than a dozen people. These people were all wearing armor, obviously not ordinary people.

The leader was tall and handsome, with sharp and compelling eyes. He was looking at an old man with white hair beside him, who was dressed as a mountain villager. The leader was asking him, "Are you sure that the guy you saw on this mountain was the one, and you weren't mistaken?"

The mountain villager said, "Lord, there's no mistake. I went up the mountain to chop firewood and got lost. At night, to avoid wild beasts, I found a cave to go into. Who would have thought that the cave was full of bones? In the depths of the cave, there was a large red coffin. I personally saw the guy in the coffin break out of the coffin.

We mountain villagers naturally know some simple mountain shamanic arts, and our families even have illustrated records of hundreds of demons. I could tell at a glance that it was a flying zombie, but this thing already has signs of change. If we let it turn into a corpse demon, it will be terrible.

When this thing is changing, it is at its weakest. Once we find it, we can easily destroy it.

At that time, I held my breath and concentrated my energy, and smeared myself with animal feces, so that the flying zombie didn't find me. I barely survived, and after I went back, I reported it to the yamen."

The man nodded and said, "Good, you did well. Once it is confirmed, you will naturally be given the reward you deserve. Let's go, we must find it quickly."

The mountain villager nodded and happily led the way.

Li Ergou now understood that these people were all colleagues, all people from the imperial court. Unfortunately, he didn't recognize these people. Could it be that these people were from a neighboring county? After all, considering the distance, he might have flown out of the range of Kushui County.

After considering it, it must be so, otherwise it wouldn't be someone else's turn to handle the case.

Flying zombie, corpse demon, it is said that corpse demon is a type of zombie. If this thing is cultivated to the extreme, it will turn into a drought demon that makes people terrified.

It is extremely powerful and can spread corpse poison, which can directly turn people into zombies. It is said that even wild beasts can turn into zombie beasts if they are bitten by it.

This thing is extremely poisonous and very powerful. He hasn't seen what it looks like yet, so he can take a look along the way to broaden his knowledge.

With this in mind, Li Ergou let the fireflies follow from a distance, and he also hung behind, keeping a distance of three to four hundred meters from them, so he wouldn't be discovered.

In the night, many wild beasts in the forest came out to forage, but these people exuded a strong pressure, so those guys didn't dare to approach.

Before long, they ran to the mountainside. There was a sudden open space here, without any trees, and even the green grass was withered, revealing a bare piece of rock, which was very obvious.

On the cliff, there was a dark cave entrance. The cave entrance was not small, and could allow three people to enter at the same time. At this moment, under the moonlight, the cave entrance looked like a giant mouth of a monster that devours people, making people feel terrified.

Even standing far away, everyone could feel the cold air emanating from the cave entrance.

The mountain villager looked at the leader and said, "Lord, this is it, you must be careful."

The leader nodded. At this time, a tall young man beside him said, "Brother Yun, what should we do, should we set up a formation first?"

The leader narrowed his eyes slightly and thought for a moment, "Set up a formation. Even if the flying zombie is weak, it is not to be underestimated. We must not be careless. Let the brothers hurry up."

As soon as the man said this, everyone immediately stepped forward and began to place the formation base and formation hub at the cave entrance. This formation is called the Ten Directions Demon Extinguishing Formation, which is extremely powerful.

When the time comes, as long as the formation hub is activated remotely, the flying zombie can be trapped in the formation and eliminated.

When everything was ready, the leader led two people to the cave entrance. After all, they had to first determine whether there were any so-called zombies inside.