The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#648 - I'm better at fighting.

Lu Jing dug a pond next to the medicine field on the mountaintop and released the twenty golden-scaled carp he had found in Shizhou into it.

This way, when he released the luxuriant energy, he could use the dissipated secret force to feed these carp.

Unfortunately, he still knew too little about these carp; he only knew that they could absorb secret force.

But he had no idea how to use these carp to solve the problem of excessive secret force in his body.

Adhering to the principle that professional matters should be left to professionals, Lu Jing threw this problem to Qi Wenren. Anyway, Qi Wenren's job next would be to study these carp.

Once he had figured it out, he would naturally send a letter to inform Lu Jing.

After dealing with the affairs of the Outer Azure Dragon Fort, Lu Jing returned to the academy.

As a result, he had only just returned to his residence when someone came to visit again.

Lu Jing didn't recognize the person outside the courtyard for a moment until the other party took out four bottles of pills from their arms.

"The Three Immortals Pills have been refined. We invited Professor Lu to help this time. The cat-thread grass yielded a full seven bottles of Three Immortals Pills. According to the previous agreement, we will give you half."

Lu Jing then remembered that the woman outside the door was from the group he had encountered when he used the giant stone python to consume secret force. They seemed to be heading for the cat-thread grass at the time.

There had been some misunderstandings between the two sides at that time, but they were later resolved.

Lu Jing said "Oh," took the four bottles of pills, and then threw one bottle back to the woman, "You invited Professor Lu to help, which must have come at a price. Three bottles are enough for me."

The woman looked very surprised after receiving the bottle of pills, nodded, and then smiled bitterly, "We originally wanted to refine them slowly, but isn't everyone about to leave the academy soon to officially handle cases involving strange objects? We thought we should refine the Three Immortals Pills before then, so we would have more security."

After a pause, she added, "I heard that you, Great Hero Lu, have handled more than one case involving strange objects. Do you have any experience in handling cases?"

"Experience?" Lu Jing thought for a moment, "Observe more, think more, listen more to the words of the supervising official who is your partner, and don't act blindly or take matters into your own hands."

"Is this the key to your successful resolution of every case, Great Hero Lu?" The woman's spirit was lifted upon hearing this.

"No, it's because I'm better at fighting."

Lu Jing finally told the truth.

"… … … …"

Seeing that the other party seemed a little frustrated, Lu Jing comforted her, "My situation is quite special, so it's not very meaningful for reference. Just do as you learned in class, and there shouldn't be any major problems. After handling a few more cases, you will naturally know what to do once you have experience."

After seeing off the woman who came to deliver the medicine, Lu Jing immediately sent the three bottles of Three Immortals Pills, which were still warm, to Xia Huai, Yan Yun, and Wen Xiaochuan respectively.

One bottle for each person. In addition, Lu Jing also divided the bottle of pills he had obtained from the one-eyed Taoist last time into three.

Although this pill also speeds up the recovery of secret force, it is, after all, a treasure from a senior expert, which is obviously at least one level higher than the Three Immortals Pills.

Then, the spirit communication incident happened, and Lu Jing suspected that the two void ghosts that had entered his and Yan Yun's upper dantian had some kind of subtle connection.

And these connections now also appeared on him and Yan Yun.

So the awkwardness between the two of them doubled, and since then, he and Yan Yun had hardly spoken to each other.

Lu Jing also wanted to take this opportunity to break the deadlock by sending medicine.

But unexpectedly, Yan Yun was not at her residence. At first, Lu Jing thought she had gone somewhere to practice her skills.

But after waiting outside the door for a while and meeting another female disciple of the Yunshui Jingci Pavilion, he learned that Yan Yun had gone to pick up her master.

"What, Pavilion Master Qiu has come to the capital?" Lu Jing was a little surprised.

"Yes, didn't you know, Great Hero Lu? Recently, the leaders of the top sects in the martial world have all come to the capital."

"What are they here for?"

"Seeing that the world is about to fall into complete chaos, the guys from the Demonic Path are becoming more and more active, and even many old demons who have been dormant for a long time have begun to stir. Our righteous path in the martial world naturally needs to have countermeasures, so Pavilion Master Qiu, Abbot Huitong, and others have gathered some fellow martial artists to come to the capital to discuss how to deal with the Demonic Path."

"Senior Sister Yan was called away by her master yesterday," said the female disciple of the Yunshui Jingci Pavilion.

"Is that so?" After hearing this, Lu Jing wanted to ask the female disciple of the Yunshui Jingci Pavilion to help him bring the medicine to Yan Yun, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind. It was originally a very upright thing, but doing it this way seemed a bit sneaky.

Moreover, since it was about breaking the ice, of course, he had to break it himself.

So Lu Jing thanked the female disciple of the Yunshui Jingci Pavilion, then returned to his small courtyard, called Amu and the black cat, and sat together in the coffin heading to Lintian Prefecture.

Having just traveled around the three northwestern prefectures, and having personally witnessed the desolation of the countryside between Huzhou and Yuzhou, Lu Jing did not feel any tension or unease when he returned to Lintian Prefecture.

Everything was the same as usual.

The street vendors were still calling out their wares, and the BMWs and fragrant carriages on the streets were endless. It was unknown which family's young master or young lady was traveling and playing. The sumo performances, cuju, and cockfighting in the entertainment district were still in full swing.

At most, there were more scholars and gentry discussing the major events of the world, but most of them still didn't think that Da Chen had reached the point of being incurable.

People in the center of prosperity always find it more difficult to see what is happening around them.

Lu Jing's plan was to find Yan Yun first, give her the medicine, and then take Amu to find Granny Tangren for treatment.

But before that, he had to go to Gu Caiwei's newly opened pharmacy to collect the previous two silver payments. The ginseng he had planted in the back mountain of the academy had already been harvested twice.

And Gu Caiwei was also very efficient and had already sold most of it for him.

Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, there was no shortage of dignitaries and nobles, and these people were busy with their daily affairs, and their bodies had more or less problems, so the demand for ginseng was also very high.

Even after deducting the rent of the shop, the cost of hiring people, and some miscellaneous expenses, he had already profited nearly 40,000 taels of silver so far.