The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#731 - movement

Lu Jing nodded, "Since Master says that tonight there will be demon people stealing the blade, then they are probably already lurking in this vicinity. Later, Master will need to concentrate on controlling the formation, making it difficult to divide his attention. Those demon people may also take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Someone needs to be here to protect you."

"Having Xijun stay by your side is more useful than her following me."

Lu Jing's words were reasonable and didn't leave any room for fault-finding.

At this moment, Xia Huai had already drawn her sword and stood silently by Zhihai's side.

Zhihai glanced at the bright long sword in the girl's hand and didn't say anything more. "In that case, I'll have to trouble Benefactor Qi to make this trip."

"As far as this humble monk knows, that demonic blade is placed in an iron box in the vault, but I don't know exactly which one. There are seven iron boxes in that vault, and Benefactor Qi will probably have to search them one by one."

"Besides that, there is another troublesome matter, which is that those iron boxes are very difficult to open. They are all made of wrought iron, and each one weighs more than a thousand catties. Opening the boxes requires two keys, one of which is in the hands of Taiping Qianzhuang, and the other is in the hands of the person who stored the items."

"Does Master have any suggestions?" Lu Jing asked.

"I suggest first using inner vision to get a glimpse of the scene inside the iron box, find that demonic blade, and then use object manipulation to transport the box out together. What do you think, Benefactor Qi? Can you do it?"

Lu Jing would not give Zhihai an excuse to send Xia Huai away.

Lu Jing left Xia Huai outside, firstly because he didn't want the girl to take risks with him, and secondly, and most importantly, to keep an eye on Zhihai.

It was covered with densely packed "red scriptures." Without a doubt, this was the array plate for Zhihai's Heavenly Fire Formation.

Zhihai recited a Buddhist chant again, and then used the gavel to strike a sentence on the wooden fish.

The sky-filled fire suddenly stagnated, and in the next moment, it split into two, separating out a path.

Upon seeing this scene, all the residents present were stunned, and some simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed, thinking that the God of Fire had manifested.

On the other side, Lu Jing at this time also covered his mouth and nose with wet clothes.

"Now, go!" Zhihai shouted in a low voice.

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Jing had already rushed out, and after only two leaps, he landed in that sea of fire.

Zhihai looked solemn, staring intently at Lu Jing's back. Seeing that he was about to reach the end of the path, he reached out and struck the wooden fish three times in a row.

Lu Jing saw the wall of fire in front of him miraculously split in two again. At the same time, the flames behind him re-gathered and converged. Not having time to think, Lu Jing jumped into the new path.

It must be said that Zhihai's strategy of attacking fire with fire did indeed have its own unique features. With the help of the Heavenly Fire Formation, Lu Jing quickly arrived at the front of the Taiping Qianzhuang's vault.

At this time, the vault door was tightly locked.

Lu Jing kicked it, and the door let out a wail, trembling a few times, but still standing firm and not falling down.

Lu Jing's kick was infused with internal energy, and not a small amount, at least eighty percent. However, Taiping Qianzhuang had obviously taken the attacks of martial arts masters into account when designing the vault.

This door was also cast in iron, and its thickness reached an astonishing two inches.

It was enough to withstand the siege of many people. However, Lu Jing only paused for a moment, and then continued to kick it.

Because these two doors might be unbreakable by anyone, but that didn't mean that the wall that held the doors was equally strong.

No matter how insane Taiping Qianzhuang was, it was impossible for them to create a room that was entirely cast in iron. In that case, the connection between the wall and the door would naturally have loopholes, not to mention that it had been baked by the fire for so long.

Lu Jing kicked for a while and kicked the door down.

Then he was stunned because the first thing he saw was a large hole, right where the iron box had been before. And the iron box that had originally been located above the large hole had naturally disappeared.

Lu Jing's heart sank at first, but he quickly calmed down again.

He knew that the person who stole the iron box must not have gone far, because not long ago, the Child-Seeking Golden Turtle was still burrowing in the fire, which meant that the iron box was still in Taiping Qianzhuang at that time.

So the theft of the black blade was something that had just happened.

Lu Jing bent down and put his ear to the ground, and sure enough, he heard movement coming from below.

The movement was very noisy, as if many people were acting together. Lu Jing quickly thought of the group of rats he had seen in the bronze basin before.

Sure enough, this fire was also related to the guy who was manipulating the rat swarm.

Lu Jing was about to jump into the hole, but after thinking about it, he stopped. The other party shouldn't be able to open the iron box for a while, which meant that the black blade was still safe for the time being.

And there was also a Child Golden Turtle in the box, which could be located at any time through the Mother Golden Turtle.

So Lu Jing turned and walked to another iron box. He didn't know inner vision or object manipulation, so he used the simplest method, found a section of chain, tied the box up, and dragged it out.

Lu Jing walked to the vault door in less than half a cup of tea's time, so he waited for a while.

Perhaps it was because the Fire Scale Armor had been cultivated to the fifth level, the heat wave that was difficult for others to endure didn't pose too much of a threat to Lu Jing.

He even deliberately stood in front of a burning wall for a while. In comparison, the smoke produced by the burning was more deadly.

However, with Lu Jing's internal energy cultivation, it wasn't a big deal for him not to breathe for a while.

Then Lu Jing's gaze turned around the room again, and finally landed on a lampstand.

… … … …

On the street, Zhihai's wooden fish was struck more and more urgently.

He had been working hard to control the fire, not letting it spread in the direction of the vault, giving Lu Jing enough time to find the black blade. As a result, the monk's robe on his back was wet, and he supported it for a while.

Calculating the time, it was almost time, so Zhihai began to create an escape route for Lu Jing again.

He tried to divide the fire to both sides as much as possible, leaving a blank area in the middle. However, perhaps because his secret power was being consumed too much, the blank area created this time was only half as wide as before, but it was enough for one person to pass through.

After a while, Zhihai saw Lu Jing's figure appear again, and he was dragging a large iron box behind him.

"Found it!" A hint of joy appeared on Zhihai's face, and he said to Lu Jing, "Quick, quickly throw the thing out first."