The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#300 - Unstoppable

Professor Zheng stared at the newly delivered slip of paper in his hand, a look of disbelief on his face.

"What is it? More news about him?"

The Proctor Huang, who was standing nearby, also noticed something and took the initiative to ask.

Professor Zheng nodded, "He… he has solved the third question!"

This time, even Proctor Huang was stunned, "The third question? How did he do it? Did someone secretly help him? Who? Xia Huai? If so, then neither of their scores in this small competition can be counted."

"It wasn't Xia Huai. You might not believe it, but he solved it with the help of a groundhog."

"A groundhog?"

"Yes, Professor Hu said that he traded an apple with the groundhog, asking it to find the 'Ji Zi Ninety-Five' character behind the earthen wall. Although the groundhog didn't find the right thing twice, it still dragged the 'Ji Zi Ninety-Five' over to him on the third try."

"Is that even allowed?" Proctor Huang's square face was filled with astonishment.

"Professor Hu wasn't sure at first, but after reviewing the rules of this small competition, he found that there was indeed no prohibition against such things."

Unless they had studied it privately, otherwise, with the current progress in class, the earth escape spells would not be taught until half a year later.

But regardless of which solution, the key was to approach the strange object without being detected.

Because once the strange object discovered someone entering the maze, the earthen walls would begin to move, preventing the person from approaching it.

This was also why Proctor Huang had previously said that Lu Jing simply couldn't solve this question.

However, Proctor Huang didn't expect that Lu Jing hadn't even entered the maze.

After observing, Lu Jing unexpectedly discovered that the groundhog's movements in the maze wouldn't trigger the maze's moving mechanism. In addition, Yan Jun had told him before she left that the strange object was a jade bamboo shoot, which didn't have any attack power, even a groundhog could easily subdue it.

So Lu Jing tried to communicate with the groundhog, took out an apple from his satchel that he was carrying as a snack, and made a deal with the groundhog.

He would let the latter run into the maze to help him find the jade bamboo shoot, and then he would give the apple in his hand to the groundhog.

That's right, it was that simple.

The difficult problem that had troubled Lu Jing for almost an incense stick of time was easily solved by a groundhog.

Of course, this sounds simple, but in reality, only Lu Jing, who had learned beast taming from Ye Gongmei for so long, could do it. If it were someone else, trying to communicate with the groundhog and make it understand what the thing to be found looked like, they might as well wash up and go to bed early.

After solving the third question, Lu Jing didn't know if it was his lucky streak, but he felt that the difficulty of the following two questions dropped sharply. Especially the fifth question, the knife array. While others were still thinking about solutions, he simply relied on the defense of the Fire Scale Armor to charge through.

The iron knives in the array struck his body, emitting a series of metallic sounds like a storm, but in the end, they only left a few white marks on his body.

In just a few breaths, Lu Jing successfully passed, which made up for a lot of the time he had spent on the third question.

By the time he reached the sixth question, he had caught up with Zhao Ming, Bai Yu, and others, but he still hadn't seen Yan Jun. However, he did see Xia Huai again.

The girl wasn't standing with the others, but sitting alone under a poplar tree. When she saw Lu Jing, she immediately stood up, her eyes smiling into a pair of small crescents.

Proctor Huang said to Professor Zheng, "Let's go, we'll go to the last question."

Professor Zheng was puzzled when he heard this. He had just received the news that Lu Jing had solved the third question, and he didn't know why Proctor Huang wanted to go straight to the last question.

Proctor Huang seemed to see the doubts in Professor Zheng's mind, so he explained, "This time, I temporarily changed the first three questions in order to stump him. I thought he would never be able to solve the third question, but I didn't expect him to be even more powerful than I thought."

Professor Zheng was puzzled, "The fourth and fifth questions are fine, I also think they won't be able to stop him for too long, but if I remember correctly, the sixth question is also a secret power question, and it's quite difficult, even better than the previous three questions. Why do you think he can solve it?"

"Because of Xia Huai." Proctor Huang said helplessly, "The sixth question is a two-person question, requiring you to choose a partner to complete it together. This is also the basic personnel configuration for the Sitianjian's supervisors when investigating cases. Having a partner in adversity can reduce the danger."

"But with Xia Huai's secret power talent, she can actually solve this question alone, so why do you think she's been waiting until now without solving the question?"

Professor Zheng felt that he, a man in his forties, couldn't help but feel jealous, so he said sourly, "His luck is too good."

"You still think he can get here just by luck?" Proctor Huang asked back.

Professor Zheng was stunned when he heard this. He carefully recalled Lu Jing's solutions to the first three questions, and finally realized, "Before, I heard people say that he was either wandering around or closing the door to thank guests, and I was still worried that he would give up on himself because he couldn't cultivate secret power."

"Now it seems that my worries are completely unnecessary. He didn't waste this time at all."

Proctor Huang nodded, "That's right, be indifferent to honor and disgrace, maintain your original heart, and not be moved by external things, that is the way of a gentleman. Very good, he is better than I expected."

"But in this way, our previous plan to use him to encourage other students in the academy to study hard may be in vain." Professor Zheng reminded, paused, and then said, "If he really wins the top spot in this small competition, the blow to other students may not be small, or… should we give Yan Jun a little hint?"

Proctor Huang frowned, "Although I temporarily changed the questions before, that was before the small competition started. During the small competition, I, as the proctor, have a responsibility to ensure that everyone is treated fairly, even Lu Jing. Moreover, you underestimate Yan Jun a bit."

"Do you think the top spot in this small competition must be Yan Jun's?"

"No, what I mean is that with Yan Jun's character and arrogance, she will not accept such an unfair victory." Proctor Huang said, "So don't mention this matter again. As for the others, if they can't even withstand this little setback, then they don't need to cultivate."

Professor Zheng couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart. The matter of stimulating the students to study hard was originally proposed by Proctor Huang, and now he can refute this plan so righteously. No wonder a teacher like himself who only knows how to teach can't be the proctor.