The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#171 - Monitor the world

Seeing that Lu Jing had understood his words so quickly, Supervisor Huang seemed very pleased.

"That's right, while strange objects are real, their existence defies logic and is extremely absurd. Therefore, studying them will only make us more confused about the world we live in. Moreover, most strange objects bring only chaos and death to the world.

"If left unchecked, they could even destroy the entire world. Therefore, the first group of people who discovered strange objects have been trying to control the harm caused by them.

"It can be traced back to three thousand years ago. Most of the predecessors at that time had family and friends who died from the mischief of strange objects. After discovering their existence, they began to investigate these things on their own initiative.

"However, people at that time mostly acted alone, with varying skills and limited understanding of strange objects. As a result, there were heavy casualties in the investigations, and almost no one was able to die peacefully.

"Until seventeen hundred years ago, a genius with extraordinary talent decided to change this unfavorable situation where everyone was fighting alone. He tried to gather all the people in the world who knew about and investigated strange objects, and they addressed each other as Supervisors.

"He formulated the rules that Supervisors needed to abide by together and clarified the organization's goals. This was the predecessor of the Supervisory organization.

"It was also that predecessor who advocated classifying and recording strange objects, both to facilitate management and to leave a reference for future generations. Since then, every strange object that has appeared has been numbered with a Heavenly Stem and a number.

"The Heavenly Stem at the beginning corresponds to the five elements and yin-yang of the strange object, and the string of numbers that follows is sequentially sorted according to the time when the strange object was first discovered."

"For example, the paper mentioned earlier, 'Yi' Two Hundred and Nineteen, is prefixed with the character 'Yi' because its five elements belong to wood and are yang.

"In addition, that predecessor also advocated treating different strange objects differently, using some of the less harmful strange objects to deal with those more troublesome ones. Later, he established academies to select and teach new people, injecting fresh blood into the Supervisory organization.

"And the Supervisory organization slowly developed into the current Sitianjian."

"Sitianjian?" Lu Jing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, obviously not expecting that this mysterious organization was actually the well-known idle government office in the court that observed celestial phenomena and compiled the calendar.

"So we are working for the Son of Heaven?" Lu Jing asked.

"We are working for the world, not for any one person." Supervisor Huang shook his head, "The rise and fall of the Chen Dynasty has nothing to do with us. The Sitianjian does not get involved in any court politics or party disputes. Our responsibility is only to solve the troubles caused by strange objects.

"This is what we agreed upon from the beginning with the existence in the imperial court, because the existence of strange objects will undoubtedly threaten and damage imperial power. Therefore, no matter who sits in that position, they need us to solve their troubles.

"And we also need a reasonable identity to travel the world. Sometimes we also need the government to assist in our investigations. In addition, the court allocates silver to us every year, so we can be considered a cooperative relationship."

"But if there is a change of dynasty in the future, we will only sit and watch," Supervisor Huang said faintly.

Lu Jing wanted to ask more questions, but the next moment, another person appeared out of thin air in the room.

That person looked twenty-four or five years old, wearing a Taoist robe and holding a sword. He must have been in a great battle with someone before coming here, and he was still immersed in the fight.

Glancing at the figure beside him, he subconsciously stabbed out with his sword.

In terms of this sword alone, it was indeed quite masterful. Although it was launched in a hurry, the move was fast but not chaotic, and it also contained three variations.

No matter what Lu Jing's reaction was, the young Taoist had follow-up moves waiting.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lu Jing didn't move at all, but just waved the Zen staff casually and patted it on his sword.

Immediately afterward, the sword uncontrollably flew out of his hand and stuck diagonally on the roof!

The young Taoist was shocked, but after this brief exchange, he finally saw his current situation clearly.

He apologized to Lu Jing, "This friend, I was very rude just now."

"It's okay." Lu Jing waved his hand and pointed to the top of his head, "Do you want me to help you get your sword down?"

"No, no, I can do it myself." As he said that, the young Taoist tapped the ground lightly with his toes, and his body suddenly jumped six feet high, while his figure was still relaxed, obviously with energy to spare.

He had suffered a loss from the previous sword strike, and now he wanted to regain some face with his light work.

However, when he reached out and grabbed the sword stuck in the roof.

The result… he couldn't pull it down the first time.

The young Taoist's face turned red. He obviously didn't expect this sword to penetrate so deeply.

He quickly channeled his inner strength to his arm and exerted force again, while shaking his wrist slightly, and finally pulled out his sword.

When he landed, his gaze towards Lu Jing became more admiring, and then he cupped his fist and said, "Friend, may I ask… what is this place?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Lu Jing's expression was a little strange, and he pointed to his back.

At this time, Supervisor Huang also looked down at the stone slab, "Yu Guan, right? Please wait a moment while I send the person in front of you away first, and then I will tell you your assessment results."

Yu Guan heard this and exclaimed softly, and then he reacted and quickly saluted Supervisor Huang under the plaque.

But his eyes couldn't help but peek at Lu Jing.

After personally experiencing Lu Jing's skills, he had always regarded Lu Jing as the owner of this place. He didn't expect that the other party was also a candidate participating in the assessment with him.

"You have been in the trial realm for a long time, more than a month. It just so happens that the assessment is coming to an end soon, and the academy will start classes soon. You can familiarize yourself with your future classmates first. I heard that there is an old friend waiting for you, so don't let her wait too long."

"An old friend?" Lu Jing was stunned, "Yang Tao? Did he pass the assessment too?"

When he first entered the academy, he couldn't think of any acquaintances other than Yang Tao, whom he had met once in the coffin shop.

However, Supervisor Huang didn't say anything more, but asked him to take out the wooden token and wrote Lu Jing's name on the back.

Then he handed the wooden token back to Lu Jing.

"You'll know when you go to see her."