Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou looked at the skeletons and said, "Who exactly are you? I don't even recognize you. Why do you call me Master?"

The five skeletons said, "Master, you may not recognize us, but we are stained with your divine power. These days, you have been cultivating inside the coffin, and by chance, we were awakened by you.

Then, we followed you in cultivation, and our bodies were constantly infused with your aura, which made our spiritual consciousness stronger and stronger. In our minds, you are our master."

Li Ergou was astonished. He hadn't expected such a thing to happen; it was truly unbelievable.

So, he had gained five subordinates out of nowhere. This was truly unexpected. However, they were ghosts! He was surrounded by either demons or ghosts. If people found out, he didn't know what they would think of him.

But then again, these ghosts had his divine power in their spiritual consciousness, which meant they would be very loyal.

He had too many secrets. People might not be able to keep secrets, but ghosts would be very loyal. If he cultivated them properly, wouldn't he have a few more capable assistants to help him manage Orange Orchard Mountain?

Mei'er and Jing'er were both very busy, and Second Uncle's abilities were limited. If he had a few more people to help, that would be ideal.

Thinking about these things, Li Ergou had a plan in mind and said to the ghosts, "Alright, since you are willing to follow me, I can take you in. However, your cultivation is weak, and you haven't even manifested physical bodies yet, so you can only stay here and cultivate for now."

The ghosts said, "We will obey Master's orders."

Li Ergou nodded and said, "Good. In that case, you will follow me in cultivation every day and strive to cultivate physical bodies as soon as possible. When that happens, I will take you away from here."

The ghosts nodded in agreement, taking Li Ergou's orders as their guiding principle. Seeing how obedient they were, Li Ergou was even happier.

To make it easier to address the ghosts, Li Ergou gave them names: Dafu, Erfu, Sanfu, Sifu, and Wufu. From now on, they would be the Five Fortunes.

Li Ergou then appointed Dafu as the leader of the five ghosts, to help him manage the other ghosts. The ghosts were overjoyed to have their own names.

At that moment, Li Ergou looked at Gou Jianqiang for a moment and said, "Little fellow, since you are willing to follow me, you can come back with me today. From now on, you will come with me to cultivate together every day."

When Gou Jianqiang heard this, he barked happily twice. Li Ergou put away the coffin and told the five ghosts to stay there and cultivate properly, and when they could transform into human form with flesh and blood, he would take them away.

Then, he leaped up and rode on Gou Jianqiang's back and said, "Let's go, we're going back to Orange Orchard Mountain."

Gou Jianqiang barked twice more, and his four legs exerted force, and he ran wildly, his speed almost as fast as the black cat's. Li Ergou was overjoyed, he had another powerful fellow under his command.

The New Year was getting closer and closer, but Li Ergou was a bit depressed at the moment. Why? He discovered a very bad thing: the eggs of the third-generation chickens could not hatch into chicks.

It seemed that the bloodline of ordinary chickens was still too weak. Even if the bronze mirror was powerful, it could only exert this much power.

He had heard that there were many spirit chickens in the world, and those chickens had the bloodline of ancient great demons. However, these spirit chickens were usually very precious and valuable, and rarely sold.

Because these spirit beasts were very delicate and consumed a lot, usually only some large families and sects raised them. If he had the opportunity in the future, he must get a few back to breed.

At that time, his chicken farming business would be on the next level.

One day, Li Ergou had just entered the yamen when he heard people in the yamen constantly discussing, as if they were talking about a mysterious disappearance.

At that moment, he saw Ma Han in the crowd talking happily with those people. He waved his hand and called Ma Han over to ask what was going on.

Ma Han trotted over. Hearing Li Ergou's question, he immediately said, "Brother Gou, don't you know? A strange thing has happened in Fish City recently."

Li Ergou became interested and said, "A strange thing? What kind of strange thing?"

Ma Han continued, "There are five old wells in Fish City that are hundreds of years old. It is said that these five wells suddenly appeared overnight, and even the people of Fish City don't know what happened.

However, the water in these five wells is very delicious, and everyone is naturally happy, thinking it is a blessing given to Fish City by heaven.

For hundreds of years, the people of Fish City have been drinking the water from the five wells, but a few days ago, a strange thing happened. Many fish appeared in the wells.

This was terrible. Countless people lined up to grab fish, and many people even jumped into the wells to catch fish, not afraid of danger.

The strange thing is that anyone who enters the well never comes out again, as if they have mysteriously disappeared. To save people, many people went down to look for them, but anyone who went down into the well disappeared again.

This accident has resulted in the disappearance of dozens of people.

Even more strangely, those who took the fish home and ate them would come to the well at night and jump directly into the well, disappearing without a trace. At this time, everyone suspected that there was a monster in the well.

That's why everyone came to report this matter. Lord Bai Su has already sent people to investigate this matter. This matter is strange, but I think there should be some kind of monster in the water."

Li Ergou nodded slightly, noncommittal.

Then, he didn't think much about it and asked his brothers to prepare. The New Year was coming soon, and he was going to take everyone to collect protection money and take the opportunity to thoroughly crack down on the area they contracted.

Recently, some people have been very rampant and are always causing him trouble. If he doesn't clean them up properly, they won't know who the real boss is in this area.

He plans to severely punish those petty thieves, robbers, and organized crime gangs.

Hearing Li Ergou's thoughts, Ma Han hesitated, feeling that Li Ergou's actions might be too radical. Li Ergou didn't care and said, "Hmph, I'm going to clean up those people properly. Don't worry about the consequences. At worst, I'll be transferred to guard the pond."

Ma Han: "…"

After a while, Li Ergou was wearing black scale heavy armor, with a wild goose feather saber hanging on his waist, looking very majestic. Behind him, Ye Wanwan, Ma Han, Zhao Hu, Liu Sanmazi, and Xiao Qi all benefited from Li Ergou. Li Ergou equipped them all with black scale armor and Cold Sparrow sabers.

These were all his private property.

A group of people walked in the county yamen, looking very majestic, especially attracting the attention of those guys. Everyone looked envious, jealous, and hateful. After all, battle armor is very expensive and not everyone can afford it.

When they came to the street, everyone saw them in this appearance and guessed whether the people from the yamen were going to fight somewhere.

Li Ergou then greeted the brothers of the yamen and borrowed more than twenty people from them, and then rushed to Bifeng Pond and Ximiao Market, the two places under his jurisdiction.