Mortal Mirror

Wu Daozi tossed the picture albums and books onto the cart, readjusted the little windmill and bamboo candy, and walked away, shaking his head and reciting, "I make a living from all directions, and I'm best at swindling and cheating."

His figure gradually disappeared into the darkness, heading towards the brightly lit main street of the town.

Li Ergou ran while wiping the blood from his face, constantly muttering, "What bad luck, peeing and getting a face full of blood. I need to find a place to wipe my face later, otherwise people will think it's mine."

He walked and ran, afraid of wasting time. Fortunately, the clinic wasn't too far. When he arrived, he saw quite a few people lined up.

He hurried over, and the crowd, seeing his face covered in blood and bloodstains on his clothes in the middle of the night, were shocked, wondering if this guy had just committed a crime and run away, or if he was an evil spirit from the mountains. Suspicious, they all moved aside as if avoiding a plague.

Li Ergou didn't understand why, thinking it was a good thing, and walked straight to the front of the clinic, slamming the hundred taels of silver onto the table.

The clinic clerk was startled and quickly asked, "What do you want, young man?"

"Do what? Are you kidding me? Is this a restaurant? I want stir-fried kidney! Stop talking nonsense, give me ten Peiyuan Gubendan pills," Li Ergou said impatiently, feeling annoyed.

His outburst made him seem even more like a criminal, and people avoided him, afraid of getting into trouble.

The clerk was both helpless and speechless, feeling that this young man was young but spoke without any refinement. However, he knew that these martial artists were like this, uncultured and scary.

The clinic clerk was also afraid of getting into trouble and didn't dare to say much, thinking he should quickly get the stuff and get rid of this plague.

So, without hesitation, he immediately took out a square box and handed it to Li Ergou, saying, "Here are ten Peiyuan Gubendan pills."

Li Ergou was about to open the box to check when the clerk mustered his courage and pressed his hand down, saying, "Don't look here, don't break the rules."

Li Ergou was slightly stunned by the clerk's serious expression, wondering why he didn't know about this rule. Huang Batian hadn't told him. Oh well, this clinic can't run away anyway. If they cheat him, Huang Batian will naturally come here to settle the score.

With that thought, he nodded, didn't hesitate, and turned to leave.

After he left, the crowd couldn't help but discuss. Li Ergou couldn't hear what they were saying from a distance, but he guessed it wasn't anything good. Of course, he didn't care.

In the countryside, few people read the books of sages. Cursing and grumbling is common, and no one should take it too seriously, or they'll only make themselves angry.

Turning a corner, he immediately opened the pill box and saw ten round, plump pills the size of pigeon eggs inside. They had a faint medicinal fragrance that was very pleasant.

Looking at the pills for a moment, he was delighted, feeling that these pills were so expensive, they must be extraordinary. Without thinking, he threw the pills and the box into the mirror to replicate them.

To his surprise, it took a full quarter of an hour for the replicated pills to come out. Looking at the pills, he was excited. He knew that a sheep could be replicated in half a quarter of an hour, and even the medicinal soup brewed by Grandma Wu didn't take a quarter of an hour. These pills took a full quarter of an hour to replicate, which meant they must be very precious.

With that thought, he couldn't help but look at the people still in line. Most of them were dressed as servants. Should he get a few?

Greed arose in his heart, and evil grew in his courage.

Such a good opportunity, it would be a shame not to do something.

So, he silently took out a black headgear from his pocket and put it on his head.

In front of the clinic, Afu happily accepted the pill box and walked home. The laws of the Great Xia Kingdom were strict, and robbers and thieves were executed if caught, so very few people dared to break the law, especially in this small place. There was nothing worth risking one's life for.

Therefore, many young masters would send their servants to buy things. Of course, Afu was no ordinary person. His punch had a force of two hundred pounds, and ordinary people were no match for him.

Most importantly, he was from the Qin family, one of the three major families in Tiangou Town. Daring to attack him was simply courting death.

So, feeling safe, Afu naturally didn't think much about preventing thieves. At this moment, he was humming a tune, holding the one tael of silver rewarded by his young master, feeling very happy.

But as he turned a corner, he didn't expect a black club to fall. After a soft thud, Afu's eyes went dark, his body went limp, and he knew nothing.

Perhaps he never dreamed that in this Tiangou Town, someone would dare to attack the Qin family.

Li Ergou didn't know anything about the Qin family or the Ma family. He immediately searched Afu's body for the pills and silver, then threw them into the bronze mirror.

As he threw them in, he said to the unconscious Afu on the ground, "Brother, don't blame me. I never take ill-gotten gains, I'm just borrowing them. Consider it my owing you a favor today."

As he spoke, another person came walking this way. Li Ergou did the same, and these people were all ordinary people without any precautions, all knocked unconscious by Li Ergou's underhanded attacks.

In this way, he knocked one after another, and in one breath, he knocked out seven people, obtaining ten boxes of pills and fifty-three taels of silver.

These things were all thrown into the bronze mirror for replication. He didn't forget to apologize to them, but since they were all unconscious, he was just apologizing to the silence.

If these people knew that he knocked them unconscious just to copy their things, wouldn't they angrily骂骂骂骂 him for being a pervert?

Li Ergou naturally wouldn't think about these things. After waiting for about half an hour, the pills and silver were all in hand. Seeing so many things, he couldn't close his mouth from smiling, because he had never been so rich. He felt that he was now rich and powerful, and his eyes were higher than others.

With the great deed accomplished, he didn't stay any longer. As for these people, they would wake up soon, so he should leave quickly.

Before long, the people woke up, hurriedly feeling for the silver and pills on their bodies. Someone cursed loudly, "Damn it, who ate the heart of a leopard, daring to rob my Qin family?"

Someone exclaimed, "My mother, damn it, I'll be beaten to death by the young master when I get home. Isn't this going to kill me? Robbing my people, I won't let you go even as a ghost."

But at this moment, everyone discovered a strange thing: the silver and pills were all there.

Everyone looked at each other, all confused. Someone couldn't help but ask the other if they had offended someone, and the person came to retaliate, only seeking pleasure, not wealth.

These days, they, as servants, hadn't someone been arrogant and loud, offending some people? It was common. If it was revenge, it would still make sense.

The matter was strange, and everyone guessed for a long time without guessing the truth. The night was deep, and everyone could only think about going home to report. However, having experienced being knocked unconscious, everyone's eyes became bright, wishing they could stare their eyeballs out.

Even seeing two mice on the road being intimate, they would think that someone sent them out to disturb their vision, and couldn't help but go up and kick them. They would curse at a dog passing by. If someone saw them like this, they would definitely骂骂骂骂 them for being crazy.

At this moment, Li Ergou's mouth almost split to the corners, and he was very happy. Although he didn't eat at the restaurant today, he got a lot of benefits. Such an opportunity was hard to come by, how could he not be happy?

Just as he was thinking, he saw not far ahead, there was actually a Taoist-looking person, promoting something to the women of Baihualou, making the girls laugh non-stop.