Mortal Mirror

Bai Su looked at Li Ergou, smiled mischievously, and hummed, "I knew you wouldn't be able to resist temptation. This tournament is called the 'World's First Martial Arts Tournament, Asking Swords in Baojing Prefecture'."

Hearing the name, Li Ergou felt that this competition was not simple.

"World's First Martial Arts Tournament, what a great name, sounds quite domineering. I wonder if Zhu Zhu will come," Li Ergou muttered to himself.

Bai Su frowned and asked, "Zhu Zhu? Who is Zhu Zhu?"

Li Ergou exclaimed. Not wanting to talk about Zhu Zhu with others, he immediately changed the subject, "Never mind, just a friend. By the way, I'm treating this afternoon. Let's have chicken."

Bai Su didn't think much of it. As soon as she heard 'chicken,' she immediately became happy and said, "Okay, it's a deal." Bai Su had become obsessed with eating chicken recently.

It must be said that Li Ergou was truly a chicken-raising expert. His chickens were smooth, tender, and incredibly bouncy, with an endless aftertaste. They were really delicious.

Li Ergou made the agreement with Bai Su and left her house.

"World's First Martial Arts Tournament, it seems I need to work hard," he muttered to himself before finding Chen Bajin and Da Baixiang and the others.

He told Chen Bajin and the others the good news. Chen Bajin looked envious after hearing it.

Li Ergou also told him about the World's First Martial Arts Tournament, wanting to ask Chen Bajin if he knew anything about this martial arts tournament.

Chen Bajin naturally knew that this was the most grand event in the Great Xia Kingdom.

So, he spoke eloquently, and Li Ergou finally understood what the World's First Martial Arts Tournament was all about.

The Great Xia Dynasty was founded on the laws of the divine way and has a history of ten thousand years. To keep the bloodline of the Great Xia Dynasty fresh and inject new blood into it,

the World's First Martial Arts Tournament was established. First, to select talents for the imperial court, and second, even if these people did not enter the imperial court, they would be recorded.

Once Great Xia was in trouble, they would be conscripted without reason. This was also the brilliance of the Great Xia Dynasty. As long as you stood out from the crowd, you would be caught, and you couldn't escape unless you left Great Xia.

To attract truly outstanding young talents, Great Xia was very generous with the rewards for the competition. It was said that in addition to magical treasures, there were also legendary ancient treasures.

The martial arts tournament was also divided into levels, Jindan against Jindan, Yuanying against Yuanying. The highest competition was limited to the Yuanying stage. Those above that level were too powerful, and there was another set of methods for selecting them.

After hearing this, Li Ergou understood what was going on. In any case, it was a good thing. If he could really win first place and enter the imperial court's view, it would be a meteoric rise.

Wasn't that what he was looking forward to? He felt that the distance between him and Zhu Zhu was getting closer and closer. He also thought of something: would Zhu Zhu also participate in this World's First Martial Arts Tournament? After all, this was a grand event for young people.

If she could really come, that would be great. For a moment, his heart was filled with anticipation.

Thinking of these things, Li Ergou didn't feel like staying in the yamen. He asked Chen Bajin to help arrange things for Da Baixiang and the others. He also collected all the items of the chief constable. He had not yet officially taken office, so no specific matters had been arranged. After collecting the chief constable's equipment, he left directly.

In the afternoon, Li Ergou stewed a chicken and roasted another. This time, there was no one else, only him and Bai Su.

When Bai Su came, she even brought some fine wine, all from her collection, including Old Gan Hong from Dragon City, wine from the capital, and Willow Green from Wancheng.

Li Ergou also took out his favorite Worry-Free Wine. The two ate chicken and drank wine, enjoying themselves immensely.

To be honest, Bai Su looked like an emotionless cold god outside, but when she was with Li Ergou, she rarely laughed and joked. Li Ergou also liked being with Bai Su.

The reason was probably because he had never been afraid of her. Anyway, since the incident with Ji Wuming's mural, the relationship between the two had become inexplicably closer.

As the saying goes, drinking and talking happily, how much time is there in life? After a feast of wine and meat, the distance between the two seemed to have narrowed again.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Bai Su left. Li Ergou also took advantage of the setting sun to come to the big locust tree. He was waiting for someone, that's right, it was him, the Crouching Dragon Monk.

Li Ergou had left a secret code here in the morning, agreeing to meet in the evening. It was not until the sky was covered with a layer of black that the Crouching Dragon Monk arrived late.

As soon as the two met, Li Ergou threw a small bag to the Crouching Dragon Monk and said, "What you want is all inside. I'll have to trouble you with my affairs."

The Crouching Dragon Monk raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but say, "Oh, we have already arranged for you to be promoted. Haven't you received the news yet?"

Li Ergou was slightly surprised and said, "Did you do it? Weren't you supposed to wait until I succeeded before you exerted your strength?"

The Crouching Dragon Monk seemed to understand something and couldn't help but chuckle, "We still believe in your ability. We just happened to catch a good opportunity, so we did it for you in advance.

See, you really didn't let us down, did you?"

Li Ergou was speechless. He didn't expect the Candle Dragon Cult to value him so much. But then again, the power of the Candle Dragon Cult might be stronger than he thought. If he could use it to help himself, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

As long as this cult didn't do bad things, Li Ergou could tolerate it.

With that in mind, he said to the Crouching Dragon Monk, "Then thank you. If there are any instructions in the future, feel free to ask."

The Crouching Dragon Monk still looked very kind and said, "Hey, kid, you haven't fully integrated into my Candle Dragon Cult yet, but as time goes by, you will slowly know that what my Candle Dragon Cult does is for the sake of the people and the country.

Forget it, let you experience it slowly. I will contact you separately in the future. If you have anything, we will still use the old method to transmit the message."

Hearing this, Li Ergou sneered in his heart. A cult, and you're talking about the country? Bullshit. How did you force me to join the cult in the first place? Don't you have any idea?

Now you even want to fool me and talk about ideals? Okay, I'll see what kind of tricks you can come up with.

Thinking so in his heart, he still showed a smile on his face and nodded, "Okay, Li Ergou is always at your command."

Words didn't match, so Li Ergou didn't have time to pay attention to this monk and turned to leave.

The Crouching Dragon Monk looked at Li Ergou's back and sighed, "Kid, when you truly see the power of my cult, you will follow us Candle Dragon Cult wholeheartedly sooner or later. Amitabha, good, good."

Returning to Orange Mountain, Li Ergou thought to himself that if he could make good use of this Candle Dragon Cult in the future, he might be able to reach a higher position in no time. It seems that having a background is different from not having one.

Like Bai Su, she directly became the deputy chief constable. The power behind this girl must be extraordinary, but none of this has anything to do with him. Now he has to seize the time to cultivate well to welcome the arrival of the World's First Martial Arts Tournament.

With that in mind, he took Gou Jianqiang and all the great medicines and rushed to Huangfeng Valley.

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch. Time turns back to four years ago, Baojing Prefecture, Tianjian City. This is the easternmost border town of the Great Xia Kingdom. A huge mountain range separates Tianjian City from the inside and outside.

There is a huge pass here. Inside the pass is Great Xia, and outside the pass is the wilderness.

Outside Tianjian Pass is an endless grassland, which is the territory of the barbarians. They call themselves descendants of the Witch Clan. The barbarians are naturally strong and tall. They love freedom, pursue unrestrainedness, and take grazing the world as the joy of life.

However, they are even more covetous of the beautiful land and wealth of Great Xia.