Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou was deeply concerned about Orange Mountain. Arriving at the fish pond, he was slightly surprised and said, "Huh, this pond water seems to have a trace of spiritual energy. What's going on?"

Mei'er and Jing'er exchanged smiles, leaving Li Ergou completely puzzled.

Mei'er explained, "My sister and I bought a spiritual spring at a high price from someone. Look over there."

Li Ergou followed her finger and saw a hidden clump of weeds where water was constantly gushing out. It was almost unnoticeable if you weren't paying attention.

Li Ergou immediately became interested and went to take a look at the spiritual spring.

Good heavens, wasn't this just a rock about the height of a person and three feet wide, shaped like a miniature mountain? In the center of the rock, there was a hole from which spiritually infused water continuously gushed out. No one knew where the water came from.

Li Ergou placed his hand on the rock to feel it. Strangely, the ordinary-looking rock seemed to contain some spiritual energy inside, but not much. However, it could generate it continuously, which was quite remarkable.

Li Ergou turned his head and asked, "How much did this thing cost?"

Mei'er said, "It wasn't cheap. It cost a full hundred Daoist gold coins."

Li Ergou's eyelids twitched. He thought to himself that this woman really dared to spend money. But then again, this thing was indeed good and worth the price.

Jing'er quickly added, "We only got it because of our connections. Isn't it a surprise? With this, your spiritual fish can survive. Did you really think a pool of stagnant water could keep them alive?"

Li Ergou smiled wryly, thinking that he had really underestimated things. Some things were better left to the girls; they were at least more meticulous than him.

With a thought, he extended his divine sense, covering the entire pond. In an instant, the situation inside the pond was clear to him.

He saw the fish in the pond were very lively. Both the original and the copied white-scaled fish were alive. However, there were seven fewer of the original ones than when he had released them. A more obvious characteristic was that they were much smaller than the copied ones, only about half their size.

The copied white-scaled fish, on the other hand, were plump and about a foot long. Of the ones he had initially released, three were missing. It seemed that even the copied fish weren't invincible and could still die.

Fortunately, they would change somewhat, and their vitality was stronger. When he cultivated the second and third generations, their vitality would likely become even stronger.

In any case, he was very grateful that his money hadn't been wasted.

After inspecting everything, Li Ergou praised Jing'er and Mei'er, making the two women very happy.

After finishing these things, Li Ergou went down the mountain. He wanted to go to the yamen to take a look. After all, he hadn't shown his face for so long. Bai Su must be complaining about him.

After many days of cleaning, the city was much more orderly than before. The damaged houses were also being repaired one after another. Everything seemed to be back to normal.

No, there were still some differences. On the streets, many people were leading chickens, ducks, and geese that were more than a person tall, constantly attracting envious glances.

These chickens, ducks, and geese were huge and could be used as cattle in the future. Unfortunately, these people wouldn't be happy for long. In a few days, they would realize that these guys, besides being big and consuming a lot of food, wouldn't bring them any extra income.

Li Ergou naturally wouldn't care about these small matters. Nowadays, it wasn't uncommon for him to ride a black cat, so now when he came to the yamen, he would switch between riding those few guys.

Arriving in front of the yamen, the people inside were as busy as ever. Everyone showed an expression of reverence when they saw Li Ergou. After all, Li Ergou's contribution to the fish city's demon disaster was obvious to all. Some people speculated that Li Ergou might be promoted further.

Therefore, everyone was eager to flatter him. After seeing him, they would either call him Brother Gou or Lord.

Li Ergou was naturally pleased, but he was still relatively low-key, at least not carried away. He greeted everyone one by one.

When he knocked on Bai Su's door, he immediately heard Bai Su's voice saying, "Come in." Still so cold.

Li Ergou pushed open the door. Bai Su glanced at Li Ergou and said, "You still know you're a member of the government. I thought you didn't want to do it anymore."

Li Ergou chuckled and said, "What are you talking about? I'm very willing. I've been too busy these past few days, so I haven't come over. What's wrong, did you miss me?"

Bai Su looked at Li Ergou, speechless and somewhat headache. Now this guy was becoming more and more unreliable. However, what surprised her was that she wasn't angry at all.

If someone else said that, she would have already taken action. She was also quite speechless about this.

She didn't know why this was the case. Could it be that the two were too familiar, or... she didn't dare to think about it.

So, she pretended to be angry and snorted coldly, "Foul words from a dog's mouth."

Li Ergou wasn't annoyed and chuckled, "Who said that? Watch me spit it out for you."

As he spoke, he actually bared his teeth. Then, with a thought, his large tendons surged out, turning into two huge ivory tusks.

Seeing this scene, Bai Su could no longer hold back and burst out laughing. She pointed at Li Ergou, really not knowing what to say.

This guy, she really had no way to deal with him.

Li Ergou retracted his large tendons and snorted, "See, your Brother Gou is just that awesome."

Bai Su sighed and said, "Alright, alright, I give up. You came at the right time. I have a few things to tell you."

Li Ergou quickly said, "Good news or bad news?"

"Neither good nor bad. During this time, the Lotus Sect has appeared, they are bewitching people's hearts and spreading rumors, but ultimately they have not found their leader.

You should know that these cults are the key targets of the imperial court. The meaning above is to let you thoroughly investigate this matter.

The second thing is that recently the entire Fish City has been counterattacking against the monsters. Everyone has their own tasks. Your team has been sent to Kushui County to clean up the monsters there. This time, the meaning above is that as long as you find those demonized beasts, whether they are bloodthirsty or not, they must be exterminated.

The entire Fish City does not allow the existence of those monsters."

Hearing this, Li Ergou put away his joking heart, and his face became serious. He said with some seriousness: "Do you want to be so cruel? If this is the case, wouldn't the entire Fish City see an animal in the future?"

Bai Su shook her head and said: "This can't be helped. Now there are cases of monsters attacking people everywhere. If those monsters are not all dealt with, there will be trouble in the future. Even if some monsters are not demonized, if they have nothing to eat, can you guarantee that they will not hurt people?

The above let this be done is also intended to be a once and for all."

Hearing this, Li Ergou didn't say anything, but he suddenly asked again: "The Lotus Sect's matter is not easy to handle, can it be handed over to others to do?"