Mortal Mirror

The mountain before Li Ergou was twice the size of Orange Mountain in Fish City, equivalent to the area of three Orange Mountains. It was just a pity that it was even more desolate here, with bare rocks everywhere.

If it weren't for this, Li Ergou might not have been able to buy it.

Actually, three months had passed since Li Ergou left Fish City. He had arrived in the capital a month ago.

Naturally, he wouldn't immediately report to the Divine Dragon Hall. Instead, he started his plan to buy a mountain. After all, such a large group of people consumed a lot every day. If he didn't acquire some property, wouldn't he just be sitting around eating his savings?

Therefore, the chicken-raising plan had to continue. After much inquiry, he finally found this desolate mountain. However, being under the emperor's feet, prices were high. Even though it was a desolate mountain without any mineral resources, it still cost one million taels of silver.

This startled Li Ergou, who was already quite wealthy. Fortunately, after bargaining back and forth, he finally succeeded in trading it for nine hundred and ninety-five thousand taels of silver.

Li Ergou couldn't help but sigh. The money in the capital was too worthless. He thought he was already very rich, but it seemed that he was still poor compared to the capital. He still had to work hard to make money; that was the key.

The following time would be spent leading everyone in planning the entire mountain. The first thing to do was to transform the desolate mountain, buying some tree and grass seeds that were particularly easy to grow and survive.

This kind of thing was best left to the Tree Demon to identify. He suggested planting some maple trees on the outermost layer of the mountain, so that when autumn arrived, the entire mountain would be a fiery red, a beautiful sight.

Further inside, half of it would be planted with orange trees and half with peach trees.

The forest would be filled with Starry Grass, less than a foot tall. Finally, he also thought that for the safety of the mountain, a large circle of thorn trees should be planted on the outermost periphery, so that ordinary mortals would not be able to go up the mountain to cause trouble.

Li Ergou thought about this suggestion carefully and found it was indeed good. He added that the Yin-Yang Spirit Gathering Formation he obtained in Majiagou should also be arranged, so that the mountain would be complete.

Still others suggested calling it Orange Mountain directly, so that it would feel like returning to Fish City.

In the end, Second Uncle said, "I am nostalgic. As the saying goes, leaves fall back to their roots. Now that Wanglong Village is gone, there are still us old people. Why not call it Wanglong Mountain?"

Actually, Li Ergou didn't care what the mountain was called. Since Second Uncle was homesick, he might as well follow his wishes. So the mountain had a name, Wanglong Mountain, to commemorate their former roots, Wanglong Village.

After hearing Li Ergou's agreement, Second Uncle was filled with tears and was overjoyed, feeling that this mountain had really become like Wanglong Village, and had also become his root.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ergou began to prepare to buy various seeds. Of course, he copied all these seeds once. The original ones were stored away by him and not used. All the copied seeds were used.

After all, he believed in the mirror's ability. Things that had been copied would be improved and were much better than the original.

What he bought were not ordinary seeds, but all spirit seeds that he had bought at a high price, all of which were newly cultivated by the disciples of farming families.

The peaches were flat peaches, which would bloom in the second year and bear fruit in ten years, with each fruit the size of a human head.

The orange variety was even better than that of Orange Mountain, sweeter and containing spiritual energy. Moreover, this orange variety could bear fruit in three years.

Li Ergou believed that with the copper mirror's copying, these two kinds of fruit trees could actually bear fruit in less time than they stipulated.

The maple tree was also the best variety, called Ancient Maple. Its leaves were red from birth, like flames. The thorns were the latest breeding of explosive thorns.

One tree could cover a distance of ten feet in radius and grow to two meters high, covered with dense, steel-needle-like thorns. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary monsters could not enter.

The person selling the seeds also said that this kind of thorn tree would bear fruit, and once someone or a beast walked on it, the fruit would explode, releasing countless steel-needle-like seeds, just like a hedgehog's quills.

This kind of thorn was better than anything else to use as a fence.

Due to time constraints, only a few simple wooden houses were built on the mountain for everyone to use. The designed houses would be built gradually, which was all very good, but it was too expensive.

Li Ergou's savings over the years were almost emptied, which made his heart ache.

It must be said that although the people at home were all performing well, compared with Jing'er and Mei'er, they were really far behind. He sighed in his heart, wondering how long these two guys would have to cultivate outside before they would return.

Back on the mountain, Li Ergou changed into the clothes of the Divine Dragon Hall, and his temperament suddenly became extraordinary. Not only was he energetic, but he also had an unspeakable majesty.

The standard weapon of the Little Flag Officer was a knife, named Guanshi Knife. The blade emitted a cold light, making people shudder. Although it was only a high-level magic weapon, it was extraordinary.

Although Li Ergou didn't use knives very much, knives and swords were connected, and it was not a problem for him. What's more, he cultivated both magic and body, and body cultivation with a knife was even more like a fish in water.

Besides, this weapon was just for showing off. Whether or not to use it was up to him.

Everyone applauded and cheered for him when they saw him dressed like this. Ye Wanwan was even more envious and asked Li Ergou to quickly find her a chance to get into the Divine Dragon Hall.

Li Ergou naturally agreed, and amidst everyone's applause, he was self-satisfied, almost losing himself in everyone's praise.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner. The next day, after Li Ergou explained everything to everyone, he set off and began his first trip to the Divine Dragon Hall.

The Divine Dragon Hall was extremely large. After all, there were tens of thousands of people here. Li Ergou found the Azure Dragon Pavilion where the Azure Dragon Division was located. First, he naturally had to meet his superiors, and then his subordinates.

Soon, he saw a burly man with a full beard named Zhao Xiong, who was an ordinary Dragon Guard. Because he was in the Azure Dragon Division, he was also called an Azure Dragon Guard.

Zhao Xiong looked at Li Ergou, who was energetic, and nodded slightly. In fact, he was still a little unhappy in his heart.

Why? Wasn't it because he had recommended his brother-in-law several times, but the higher-ups had not approved it? Finally, he had almost taken care of it.

Just when the higher-ups had already loosened their mouths, this guy didn't know what relationship he had used to cut in.