Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou was dumbfounded. He never expected this tree demon to be such a unique character. Could humans and demons coexist peacefully?

As the saying goes, one cannot allow others to snore beside one's bed.

Unfortunately, Li Ergou's heart was willing, but his strength was lacking. As the saying goes, one should leave room for others. Since the other party had compromised, he didn't need to push them to the brink, right? More importantly, he was afraid he couldn't beat this guy right now.

Then again, if you can't beat them, join them. This demon has potential.

Li Ergou's thoughts were swirling, and finally, he nodded and said, "Since Brother Tree says so, I don't seem to have a reason to object.

However, I will often come here to cultivate in the future, and I don't want to be disturbed by others."

The tree demon was overjoyed to hear this. He didn't have to die or run away anymore. Could there be anything better than this?

He immediately patted his chest and said, "Young hero, no, friend, don't worry. I will be responsible for guarding this Yellow Maple Valley from now on, and I will definitely not let these guys disturb you."

Li Ergou raised an eyebrow, feeling happy in his heart. He couldn't help but think, 'See, destruction has no future. Cooperation leads to a win-win situation.' Although it was a bit embarrassing to compromise with a demon, no one would know, right? As long as he didn't say it, it wouldn't be embarrassing.

Having figured out the reasoning, Li Ergou felt much more at ease.

He immediately said, "Okay, everyone is brothers from now on. If you need anything, just say it. I will definitely help if I can."

The tree demon was slightly stunned, not expecting the relationship between them to develop so quickly, becoming brothers in the blink of an eye. But being brothers was good, because brothers wouldn't hurt each other.

He said happily, "Okay, good brother, I'll help you drive these guys away now."

Li Ergou saw the tree demon's countless roots dancing wildly, and all the ghosts and small beasts were scared away.

To Li Ergou's surprise, the big black dog was not afraid of the tree demon. Instead, it came to him, lay on the ground, and licked his shoes, looking like it was begging to be allowed to cultivate nearby.

Li Ergou was slightly stunned and looked at the tree demon, saying, "Brother, what's going on with this dog?"

The tree demon didn't hide anything and said, "Brother, to be honest, it is also one of the three great demon kings of our Yellow Maple Valley, but it is the weakest one.

This guy doesn't have much ability. Unlike me and the Rat King, it can use demon magic.

Although this guy has gained intelligence, it doesn't know anything. Its only advantage is that it is not afraid of death and dares to fight.

And it is an unkillable cockroach. It always picks fights with the Rat King, annoying the Rat King to death. The most speechless thing is that this guy's dog life is very tough. Even if its belly is torn open, it won't die. So the Rat King and I gave it a name, called Dog Tenacity."

Li Ergou was slightly surprised, thinking that this name was really bizarre. What surprised him was that this dog had actually gained intelligence.

He looked carefully and could see that Dog Tenacity not only had a huge wound on its thigh, but also had no good spots on its body. It was covered in bite marks and claw marks. Some places had festering, blackened flesh, probably poisoned. Other places had no flesh at all, revealing the white bones inside.

With such injuries, this dog didn't even make a miserable sound and could still move freely. This Dog Tenacity really lived up to its name.

Looking at Dog Tenacity's body covered in wounds, for some reason, he seemed to see himself as a child.

Alas, this world is tattered, and there are always people mending it.

Such a tenacious dog, Li Ergou only felt that they were in the same boat, and he admired this guy's resilience even more.

He stretched out his hand, and Dog Tenacity obediently let him stroke its head.

Li Ergou sighed and took out two second-generation eggs from the copper mirror, placed them on the ground, and let Dog Tenacity eat them.

Dog Tenacity was slightly surprised, but it didn't hesitate. It opened its mouth, crushed the eggshells, and sucked out the egg liquid. After eating the egg liquid, an unbelievable light flashed in Dog Tenacity's eyes.

It only felt warm all over, and its wounds were healing quickly. The black flesh also began to fade, turning bright red. 'This is a good thing,' Dog Tenacity thought.

Perhaps it was the first time someone had been so kind to Dog Tenacity, Li Ergou actually saw Dog Tenacity's eyes moisten, and it shed tears.

It looked at Li Ergou, stuck out its tongue, and licked his palm, as if to say, 'You are so kind.'

Li Ergou pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, you can stay here while I cultivate, but you can't freeload. Help Brother Tree Demon drive away those guys together.

If you perform well, I will accept you as my spirit beast in the future and let you follow me."

Dog Tenacity seemed to understand Li Ergou's words. It saw a happy light flashing in its eyes, nodded constantly in agreement, and barked happily at Li Ergou twice, as if responding.

The tree demon saw this scene and chuckled, "That's great. As long as we take care of this guy, no one in Yellow Maple Valley will disturb your cultivation."

Li Ergou nodded and said, "Everyone is brothers from now on. Just call me Ergou."

"Ergou!" The tree demon was slightly surprised, thinking that this guy might be a dog demon who had turned into a human. Could it have something to do with Dog Tenacity?

But he didn't dare to say it. He just praised, "Okay, Brother Ergou, you go ahead. I'm going to cultivate."

Saying that, he turned around and left, and he was walking so fast, as if he was about to run. He didn't know if he was afraid that Li Ergou would suddenly change his mind.

Li Ergou saw that the sky was about to dawn, greeted Dog Tenacity, put away the coffin, summoned the Fish Scale Sword, and flew away.

Dog Tenacity looked at Li Ergou's back, with unspeakable complex emotions in its eyes. It looked around, sniffed, and quickly ran in one direction. In a short time, it came back with an egg-sized pearl in its mouth. It was the Rat King's spiritual core.

This pearl was light green in color, with a clear crack on it. One could feel that there was still a lot of explosive energy inside this pearl.

This kind of spiritual pearl is very different from a real demon core. Here, it must be mentioned that there are many cultivation methods for demons. Some powerful great demons rely on awakening their own bloodline and cultivating the techniques imprinted in their spiritual sea.

For example, the Turtle Demon is a great demon who has awakened its bloodline. Although it is not known who its ancestor was, it must be a formidable demon.

And those small demons usually use the method of worshiping the moon to refine their own spiritual core, relying on this core to absorb the essence of the moon and various energies, so as to obtain mana and continuously cultivate, and eventually become an supreme demon king.

It's just that there are various cultivation methods for demons, and this is just the cultivation method of most demons.

Usually, after a demon becomes a demon king, its spiritual pearl will become a demon core that looks like a human's golden core. This kind of demon core is extremely powerful and indestructible. Not only can it be used as a weapon by the demon, but it can also detonate the demon core when desperately fighting. Just imagine how terrifying it would be if a demon core storing thousands of years of cultivation exploded.

Even the explosion of the most ordinary demon core can raze a village of hundreds of people to the ground.

The pearl that Dog Tenacity found, although it is not a real demon core.

But this pearl also contains most of the Rat King's centuries of cultivation energy.

Dog Tenacity quickly came to a grave with the spiritual pearl in its mouth. There was a big, dark hole here, but it jumped in without thinking.

In the darkness, a firm look appeared in Dog Tenacity's eyes, as if it had made some determination. Without any hesitation, it swallowed the spiritual pearl into its belly.