The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#749 - Cai Wuyang

Lu Jing didn't wait for Xie Lili to answer, and turned his gaze to another young girl beside her, "This young lady is…"

"I am Cai Yong's daughter," the girl said.

Xie Lili interjected from the side, "You might find it a bit strange, because no one in the capital knows that Grand Tutor Cai has a daughter. In fact, Wu Yang hasn't left the Cai residence since the day she was born."

"I don't care much about politics, and I don't know much about Grand Tutor Cai either."

Although Lu Jing found the name Cai Wuyang a bit odd, he didn't pay too much attention to it. After a pause, he continued to ask, "Where is Kui? How did you get to know her… Hmm, eh?"

Lu Jing smelled a somewhat familiar fragrance when he was halfway through his sentence.

The fragrance came from the girl named Cai Wuyang, and it evoked some memories in Lu Jing.

The latter didn't hide it anymore, "Lu Daxia might be more familiar with my other name. Those strange objects who came to the capital to seek treatment from me like to call me Granny Candy."

"You are Granny Candy?" Lu Jing was surprised, but then shook his head and said, "That's not right, the age doesn't match up."

Lu Jing said this not only because the name Granny Candy had the word 'Granny' in it, but mainly because Huo Xingsun had told him that he had come to Granny Candy for treatment seven years ago.

The girl in front of him looked about the same age as Xie Lili, about fifteen or sixteen years old.

In other words, she was at most nine years old seven years ago, which would be too early to treat people, not to mention that Granny Candy has only been treating strange objects for more than seven years.

Cai Wuyang seemed to have expected Lu Jing to say this, and explained, "I have been weak and sickly since I was born. The doctors who saw me all said that I would not live past ten years old."

"The reason why I was able to survive is thanks to a strange object that turned me into a candy person. Although you see that my appearance is not much different from other ordinary people,"

"But my internal organs, and even my bones and blood, have all been candied. The price is that my body has become very brittle, especially my limbs, such as my fingers. If I'm not careful, they may be broken off, but they can be reattached. Besides that, my body has also stopped growing."

"It has been maintained at the appearance of fifteen years old, but in fact, I will be twenty-seven years old after the New Year this year."

Cai Wuyang paused here, and then continued, "As for why I call myself Granny Candy… this is because this is after all Lin'an Prefecture, where the Department of Celestial Observation is located. I have to take some measures to hide my true identity as much as possible, to avoid bringing trouble to me and my father."

"Letting Mother Wang meet Lu Daxia on my behalf before was not intentional concealment. The main reason is that I really can't leave this small courtyard. I have actually felt guilty about the last incident and wanted to apologize to you in person. After all, you have completed my request, but I have not been able to do what I promised you."

Lu Jing remained noncommittal, and just glanced at Xie Lili again.

It was easy to understand that Cai Wuyang wanted to stop the Righteous Path Alliance, after all, her father was the current Grand Tutor, and she certainly didn't want the capital to be in chaos, let alone the world to be in chaos.

But Lu Jing had no kinship with her, and had no previous contact.

The fact that this matter would eventually fall on his head meant that someone must be involved.

Not to mention that Mother Wang came to see him that day and proposed that the two parties cooperate in handling cases in the future. Lu Jing only felt a little inexplicable at the time.

Now that he saw Xie Lili beside Cai Wuyang, he already understood everything.

Lu Jing said to Xie Lili, "There should be a limit to the nonsense. The danger of strange objects is far beyond your imagination, and the Department of Celestial Observation is already investigating. Don't worry about this matter."

Cai Wuyang agreed, "That's what I told her too."

Xie Lili rolled her eyes, "But I see that your Department of Celestial Observation seems to be a bit too busy recently."

"So you are frantically looking for trouble for me?" Lu Jing was speechless, "Forget it, tell me what cases you have, and I will help you report them to the Department of Celestial Observation. Don't worry, I won't reveal your existence."

Xie Lili and Cai Wuyang looked at each other, and then stammered, "This time, the matter must not be known to the Department of Celestial Observation."

"Why?"

"Because it's related to Mr. Ji."

A voice came from behind Lu Jing.

Lu Jing turned his head and saw Kui in black standing in front of the courtyard gate.

Then he thought of something, his expression changed slightly, "You guys… don't you want to save Mr. Ji, do you?"

"Indeed, some people want to save Mr. Ji."

Kui was suspected by Lu Jing, but she wasn't too angry. There wasn't much expression on her face either, she just continued, "The news of Mr. Ji's capture has already spread among the strange objects, so someone took the lead and called on everyone to come to the capital and rescue Mr. Ji."

Lu Jing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "Do they know where Mr. Ji is being held?"

"I don't know. According to the news I got, those strange objects plan to threaten the Department of Celestial Observation to release people with the lives of millions of civilians in Lin'an Prefecture," Cai Wuyang said softly.

"Such a big thing… why not just tell the Department of Celestial Observation?"

"Because this is… what I requested," Cai Wuyang said.

"But…" Cai Wuyang bit her lip lightly, "I also don't want those strange objects to be killed or arrested and imprisoned by the Department of Celestial Observation. Many of them were my patients and have done a lot for me. I repair their souls and think I understand them quite well."

"Most of them may not be good people, but they are definitely not vicious people. I don't want anything to happen to them, so the best result is that someone can make them change their minds and give up this rescue without alarming the Department of Celestial Observation. That's why Lili and I wrote a letter to you, Lu Daxia."

"You think too highly of me," Lu Jing said, "I'm not Mr. Ji, I'm okay with physical persuasion, but I'm not very confident in verbal persuasion. Either you give me the list and addresses of the strange objects entering the capital, and I can help you beat some of them back."

"It's useless. There are many strange objects gathered in Lin'an Prefecture this time, scattered all over the city. Even if I have the help of a candy person, I can't find them all," Cai Wuyang shook her head.

"Then I can't do anything about it," Lu Jing spread his hands, "I still suggest reporting this matter to the Department of Celestial Observation for handling."