Mortal Mirror

Bang!

After a single strike, the upper half of the giant locust tree, which took three people to encircle, slid off the lower half of its trunk. The oblique cut was incredibly smooth, like a mirror. Li Ergou was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the scene. He looked at the cleaver in his hand, his eyes filled with disbelief.

A pig-slaughtering knife—no, perhaps it really could be called a dragon-slaying blade. The sharpness of this knife might even surpass the Fish Scale Sword. Just now, when the blade's edge cut into the giant tree, he felt as if a hot knife was slicing through butter, extremely smooth.

This knife is truly a treasure, but it's a pity it's not a magic weapon. If it were a magic weapon, wouldn't it be able to unleash even more powerful strength?

It was just a tree, and it couldn't fully demonstrate its toughness. With a thought, he retrieved a piece of iron ore from the copper mirror. This time, he didn't activate his martial arts true energy but directly chopped at the iron ore with the knife.

With a soft 'shua' sound, the cleaver cut as if it wasn't iron but tofu, effortlessly and easily. He then took out a gold brick, which was even more easily sliced in half.

Slightly surprised, he directly took out a turtle shell. He was about to strike when his action suddenly stopped. He thought to himself if he was being stupid. If this thing were really damaged, he would lose a treasure. Better forget about it.

He put away the turtle shell and carefully examined his precious knife, feeling delighted. He thought that even divine weapons couldn't be better than this.

It's just that this thing is too heavy, and that one chop at the tree just now actually absorbed one-fifth of his martial arts true energy. If that's the case, if he were to fight, before he could land a few strikes, his true energy would be completely drained.

It seems that when fighting, it's best not to use this thing until the very last moment. However, for cutting melons and chopping meat, this knife's sharpness makes it the absolute first choice.

He decided that this would be his exclusive kitchen knife from now on. Hehe, he finally found the right role for it. Fighting is too wasteful; cutting vegetables is where your uniqueness shines, little knife. Accept your fate.

"Gugu!"

A giant rooster rushed down from Bitter Mountain, directly breaking several trees along the way. Li Ergou was amazed; was this big chicken crazy?

Before long, the big chicken arrived in front of Li Ergou, with a dead snake, about ten feet long, in its mouth.

Li Ergou couldn't help but be shocked and said, "Chicken King, what are you doing? What did you bring this thing back for?"

This big chicken was none other than the Chicken King. Now, this fellow was over seven feet tall, much taller than Li Ergou. Its huge body was like an iron tower, with incredibly strong muscles all over.

The Chicken King still showed no signs of stopping its growth and was slowly growing every day. It was really unknown when it would end, making Li Ergou a little frightened, fearing that it would one day become an uncontrollable demon.

If it weren't for the fact that this guy listened to Li Ergou very well, Li Ergou would have had the idea of eliminating it, just in case he couldn't control this guy in the future.

The Chicken King basically stayed on the mountain all day, and the animals in the mountain had been almost eaten by it.

This chicken was fierce, even the Black Cat and Black Beard were afraid of it.

The Chicken King crowed a few times, as if to say that this snake was different from other snakes.

Li Ergou grabbed the snake and saw that it emitted a corpse odor all over, and the scales on its head had turned dark green. Seeing this, he was slightly startled. This snake was too abnormal. How were these scales somewhat similar to the scales on the Green Scale Zombie?

Suddenly, a look of shock flashed in his eyes. Could it be that the Corpse Fiend had come to Bitter Water County? If that were the case, it would be terrible.

But during this time, he had specifically instructed everyone, and he hadn't heard of any zombies appearing anywhere. He thought about it, but he became worried and prepared to go to the county office to take a look.

So he instructed the Chicken King, Black Cat, and Black Beard to call back all the chickens on the mountain and guard the house.

He also called Meier to give her some instructions before leaving in a hurry.

Arriving at the county office, everything was the same as usual. Everyone would greet him immediately when they saw him. Those who were familiar would call him Brother Gou, while those who weren't would call him Sir directly.

Li Ergou went directly to his Green Grass Hall and then had the entire team called back. For some reason, the uneasiness in his heart was growing stronger and stronger.

Before long, except for a few who had asked for leave, almost the entire team had arrived.

In fact, even now, Li Ergou's entire team was not fully staffed, with only twenty-two people in total.

Good Man Da, Silly Ge, Lu Yun, and Zhang Long, the four captains, were all present. Everyone looked puzzled when they saw that Li Ergou's face wasn't good, not knowing what had happened. But since Li Ergou didn't speak, no one dared to say anything recklessly.

"Bang, bang, bang," Li Ergou knocked on the table, and everyone immediately quieted down.

Despite the usual joking and laughing together, everyone didn't dare to be casual when there was a real issue. This was the rule. What was the rule? The rule was a sense of propriety. I give you face, and you should cherish it.

Everyone was now looking at Li Ergou expectantly, wanting to hear what he had to say, as it was rare to see him so serious.

Li Ergou didn't waste any time and quickly said, "Brothers, there is something I think I should tell you first. This matter is no small thing and concerns our lives."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt that the matter seemed quite serious and immediately listened attentively.

Li Ergou no longer concealed the matter of the Corpse Fiend, briefly telling everyone about the discovery of the Corpse Fiend, naturally touching upon the battle with Chen Bajin.

Of course, he only mentioned his heroic side, and it was impossible to mention anything embarrassing like wanting to run away.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh after hearing Li Ergou's words. They didn't expect Li Ergou to have experienced such a big battle and even saved the constable of Fish City. This was remarkable, and everyone felt very emotional about it.

On the one hand, they admired Li Ergou's cultivation and courage, and on the other hand, they were amazed that Li Ergou would have support in Fish City in the future.

At this moment, everyone put aside the matter of the Corpse Fiend and thought about clinging to Li Ergou's coattails, hoping to have the opportunity to follow him to Fish City in the future. At that time, wouldn't they jump out of this pond and become carp leaping over the dragon gate?

Li Ergou naturally didn't know what these guys were thinking, but he knocked on the table and said solemnly, "Everyone must pay attention to news in this regard and be prepared to fight at any time. These days, I have been feeling uneasy, and I am afraid something is really going to happen."

Seeing Li Ergou's worried look, everyone agreed and said they would definitely make more preparations.

After dismissing everyone, Li Ergou left Silly Ge, Good Man Da, Lu Yun, and Zhang Long behind. The few of them muttered in the Green Grass Hall for a long time. No one knew what Li Ergou had said to them, but everyone went straight to the blacksmith shop and rice shop after coming out, starting to search for good bows, sharp arrows, and food in the city.

Li Ergou stepped out of the Green Grass Hall, feeling conflicted. In the end, he went to the county commandant and told him about the discovery of the Corpse Fiend. To his surprise, the county commandant didn't care much about it because the annual martial arts examination was about to begin.

Li Ergou was helpless that the county commandant didn't care. After all, he could only manage his own small plot of land, and what the county commandant said was right. Once a zombie disaster really occurred, the higher-ups would naturally send people to deal with it. The sky wouldn't fall.

In this way, a few more days passed peacefully without any news about zombies. Li Ergou felt that he might have been a little too worried and decided to continue living a good life.

Ten days later, a happy event came. Big White Elephant and Xiwa both passed the martial arts examination. Li Ergou used the power in his hands to directly transfer the two to his side. At this moment, Li Ergou deeply felt the benefits of power. This feeling was really wonderful.

On this day, Li Ergou was celebrating for Big White Elephant and Xiwa in the Bitter Mountain Courtyard when he unexpectedly saw a group of people coming from afar in a mighty manner. Seeing these people, Li Ergou was immediately stunned, and a bad feeling surged into his heart.