Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou was slightly stunned upon hearing this news. Wanglong Village? Wasn't that the place he was most familiar with? He never heard of any monsters in Wanglong Village when he was there, and now so many people had died. 'Sigh, let me mourn for them for half a minute.

Upon hearing Captain Wang's words, everyone felt that this was not a good thing, and their faces were filled with worry.

Captain Wang seemed to see everyone's entanglement and comforted them, "This time, Deputy Captain Huang San will lead the team personally. Everyone knows his methods, so don't worry too much.

As you all know, we can't all go to catch just one demon. Therefore, I want to take a voluntary approach. This time, if anyone performs outstandingly, the position of squad leader of our fifth squad is still vacant."

Having said that, he stopped talking, his meaning was obvious. He was considering who to give this position to, which was a very good opportunity.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was very tempted, especially those veteran constables, who were all envious of this position. However, dealing with evil spirits is a very dangerous thing for ordinary people.

Li Ergou didn't want to go. He didn't want to participate in dangerous things. He could just raise chickens and sell eggs at home, making so much money that his hands cramped every day.

Being a constable was just a way for him to get by. Besides looking down on him and disliking him, the villagers of Wanglong Village didn't seem to bring him any psychological comfort.

For such a small amount of money, expecting him to risk his life was absolutely impossible, unless he was stupid.

With this thought, he couldn't help but shrink back.

At this time, someone raised his hand and said, 'Sir, I am willing to go.'

Everyone looked and saw that it was Lu Yun, this year's newly promoted martial artist and probationary constable.

Captain Wang was overjoyed and said, "Good, Lu Yun, right? Very good, young people should be ambitious. I'll make the decision that you will be officially employed immediately after you return, regardless of success or failure."

Lu Yun was extremely excited upon hearing this and said happily, "Thank you, sir."

Captain Wang nodded slightly, then turned to ask him, "Courage alone is not enough. What skills do you have?"

Lu Yun did not hide anything and said, "I am a Five Elements Qi Refiner, cultivating the wood element, and can control wood-based spells."

Captain Wang's eyes lit up and said, "Unexpected, truly unexpected. There is such an excellent disciple among this year's martial artists. Good, good, good, that's great. I have high hopes for you."

When everyone heard that Lu Yun was a Five Elements Qi Refiner, their eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Li Ergou was also envious. He had heard that Five Elements Qi Refiners could control the power of the five elements. Each of these people was extremely powerful. It was said that after cultivating to the end, they could freely control the power of the five elements, transforming them into various weapons for battle.

Captain Wang praised Lu Yun greatly, then saw that everyone was still not moving, and he was a little annoyed. "You guys just don't have the courage and dedication of little Lu. I'm very disappointed. If you don't volunteer, I can only call names."

Unfortunately, even so, no one was willing to step forward. Although there were many benefits, who would be willing to die if there was a risk of losing their heads? Everyone was just getting by, so why be so serious?

Although Captain Wang was angry at everyone's stubbornness, he was helpless. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Which of you this year's newly promoted martial artists has cultivated martial arts or divine arts? Stand up for me."

Li Ergou was depressed. This matter could not be concealed, and if it was discovered, he would be punished according to the court's law.

He could only bite the bullet and stand up. At the same time, a tall teenager stood up with him.

Captain Wang smiled and said, "It's really unexpected that there are so many talents in our team. Li Ergou, Zhang Long, you two go too. If you perform well, we can consider promoting you ahead of schedule."

Li Ergou was speechless. Why was Lu Yun being promoted immediately, while they had to perform well? However, he didn't dare to say this, so he could only nod and agree helplessly.

Zhang Long also looked helpless, but he didn't dare to say anything either.

Then, Captain Wang called out a few veteran constables and a squad leader, making a total of ten people including Deputy Captain Huang San. He taught them a lesson, nothing more than useless nonsense such as being careful, and then let Huang San lead everyone to set off immediately.

There were specially assigned swift horses for missions in the yamen, named Moon Rabbit. These horses ate better than people, each of them fat and strong. Everyone mounted their horses and galloped away, leaving a trail of dust on the street.

It must be said that at this time, Li Ergou felt infinitely glorious. Although it was a bit dangerous, the gazes of attention and envy from everyone were indeed too good.

Riding his horse, galloping all the way, without stopping, it took two hours to reach Tiangou Town. Two local constables were there to meet them. The matter was urgent, so everyone did not stay in Tiangou Town and went directly through Tiangou Town to Wanglong Village.

On the street, Big White Elephant rubbed his eyes. He had just seen Li Ergou among those majestic constables, but it was too far away to see clearly. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Li Ergou should be living a carefree life now. He thought that if he had time, he should really go and see him.

Unfortunately, his father wouldn't let him take the martial artist exam, insisting that the job was dangerous, and he had to stay and guard his meager land, a dilapidated grocery store. 'Sigh, wouldn't my life be wasted like this? I have to step up my cultivation. If it doesn't work, I'll secretly take the exam. Anyway, if I pass, he won't have any reason to object.'

Having made up his mind, Big White Elephant decided to go to Baihua Tower for a drink before working hard, hehehe...

Wanglong Village was close at hand. Perhaps this place still held too many memories for Li Ergou, and he actually felt a sense of timidity about returning home.

Huang San led the team into Wanglong Village, where the village chief and some villagers were already waiting at the entrance of the village.

Neigh! Neigh!

Huang San pulled the reins, and the black horse neighed, rearing up before stopping.

The villagers were so frightened that they kept backing away, their eyes wide open, obviously startled.

Huang San didn't dismount, and said with an arrogant face, "What exactly happened? Tell me quickly."

Upon hearing this, the village chief immediately walked up to Huang San, his eyes red, and began to tell the story. Everyone then learned that ten days ago, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the direction of Laolong Pit, and thunder rumbled. Then, torrential rain fell near the entire Wanglong Village.

That night, two pigs were lost from someone's house. In the following days, it was either someone's chicken or someone else's duck that was lost. Four or five days later, everyone was horrified to find that all the livestock in the village had been stolen, and there were many bloodstains on the ground.

Everyone panicked and was helpless. After the livestock were gone, people began to disappear. At night, they could also hear screams. In just a few days, more than forty people had been lost in the village. If this continued, Wanglong Village would be empty in a few days.

Hearing about Laolong Pit, Li Ergou couldn't help but be slightly stunned. The legend of Laolong Pit was related to Wanglong Village. Legend has it that someone once saw a divine dragon flying over the village, and then, for some reason, it fell from the sky. The huge body smashed a big pit in the ground. Strangely, the divine dragon wiggled a few times in the pit and disappeared.

What was even stranger was that from that day on, the pit always had water, no matter how dry the year was, it would not dry up.

Some people said that this place led directly to the bottom of the sea and was drilled out by the divine dragon, so it was called Laolong Pit.

Huang San narrowed his eyes when he heard the old man's words, wondering what he was thinking. After a moment, he looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think of this matter?"