The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#140 - New discovery!

Chapter 140: New Discovery!

Whether it's in Yazdan's or Nada's description, the black wizard suspect named Vulture is undoubtedly very suspicious.

He arrived in Marasalkhan less than half a month before and after the disaster.

And it just so happened that when he encountered trouble and was about to be expelled from the city, the disaster struck, and then he transformed from being hated by all the residents into a guest of honor of the city lord.

If anyone benefited the most from this disaster, it was undoubtedly Vulture.

He is like those classic villains in Disney fairy tales, relying on evil witchcraft to spread disaster and manipulate the king of a country.

However, if there is one thing that the thousand-plus episodes of Detective Conan have taught Lu Jing, it is that the person who is most suspected at the beginning of the animation is often not the real culprit.

Well... the real reason is actually because Lu Jing hasn't figured out some things yet.

He broke off a branch from a poplar tree beside him and wrote a string of characters that he himself didn't recognize on the sand beside his feet, and asked Nada, "Do you know what this means?"

The female shopkeeper tilted her head and took a look, "This should be a surname... and a very old one. Why are you suddenly asking about this, Young Hero Lu?"

"The string of characters is very small. Because it has been too long, it has become very blurred, and someone deliberately scratched it with a knife, not wanting it to be seen by later people," Lu Jing said, "But fortunately, my eyesight is relatively good."

"Is it Vulture?" Nada asked.

"I don't know," Lu Jing shook his head, and then asked, "Do you know anyone with this surname?"

"I can't remember very clearly," the female shopkeeper frowned, "Here is different from Chen Dynasty. People generally call each other by their given names, and few people know what another person's surname is."

But soon she continued, "But I know one person who definitely knows."

"Who?"

"The city's registrar, Ayub. He has been a registrar for forty years and knows everyone's name and surname. Whenever a newborn is born in the city, he will visit that family and copy down the child's name and surname."

"Okay, then we will visit Ayub tomorrow," Lu Jing said.

"Tomorrow? There's still some time before dark. If we hurry, we can visit Ayub before the next sandstorm arrives and still return to the tailor shop," the female shopkeeper said.

"Oh, before that, I have to deal with some personal matters first," Lu Jing said vaguely.

… … … …

Although investigating the case is important, Lu Jing didn't forget himself to the point of neglecting his body.

Seeing that the time for internal energy refresh was not far away, Lu Jing still returned to the tailor shop with the female shopkeeper, asked for a room with no one in it, and told others not to disturb him.

He locked the door and sat cross-legged on the bed.

However, this time Lu Jing did not open the gourd on his waist.

Instead, he first took out the three black stones he had previously found on the armored warrior.

As soon as he opened the handkerchief wrapping them, the room suddenly became a little gloomy.

After carrying them on his body for so long, these three small stones, like black agate, still had no temperature and felt icy cold to the touch.

Lu Jing carefully recalled the feeling when he had previously poured internal energy into them.

He also checked his meridians again to confirm that no hidden dangers remained.

Then, the gaze he turned to the three black stones became fiery again.

The reason why Lu Jing finally chose to come to the capital was not only to learn those rather magical spells and further enhance his own strength, but the most important purpose was to solve the problem of his dantian.

As a result, he didn't expect to have already gained something before passing the assessment.

The yin-cold and corrosive energy he accidentally came into contact with could actually effectively consume his internal energy!

Although the internal energy lost in the previous battle has now been replenished by the true energy continuously generated between his Ren and Du meridians.

But if he happens to consume all of this internal energy before the next refresh, wouldn't that mean he has found another way to solve the problem of excessive internal energy in his dantian besides Falling into the Mortal World?

This couldn't help but excite Lu Jing.

Especially when there was a serious shortage of the two main ingredients for refining Falling into the Mortal World, the Fire Lantern Cage Grass and the White-Eyed Silkworm Clothes, this discovery was of extremely important significance to him.

The priority even exceeded the assessment itself.

So Lu Jing no longer hesitated, and in the next moment, he once again injected his internal energy into the black stone.

And the latter did not disappoint him. A trace of yin-cold and corrosive energy, which was feared by everyone in the martial world, poured out from the black stone and drilled into Lu Jing's meridians like a poisonous snake.

Good!

Lu Jing cried out inwardly, feeling the internal energy in his dantian draining frantically.

His expression couldn't help but show joy.

And this time he didn't stop, but continued to pour true energy into the black stone, as if he couldn't feel the yin-cold and corrosive energy consuming him at all.

As a result, more yin-cold and corrosive energy poured out from the black stone towards Lu Jing's fingers, no longer a trace, but a stream.

The consumption rate of internal energy in Lu Jing's body also became faster.

White smoke emerged from his head, a sign that the operation of internal energy had reached its peak!

And the black stone, which was originally as deep and smooth as agate, was actually covered with a trace of water vapor.

However, in just a few moments, cracks began to appear rapidly on its surface.

One after another intertwined, like a spider web!

Immediately afterwards, with a muffled sound, the black stone actually shattered into powder in Lu Jing's hands!

It's gone?!

Lu Jing was a little unsatisfied. He checked his dantian and found that the yin-cold and corrosive energy contained in this black stone had consumed almost one-third of his internal energy.

So Lu Jing quickly took out another one and continued to pour internal energy into it.

Now he has finally found a bit of the feeling of a cultivation novel!

Those protagonists inside were probably like this when they got spirit stones, impatiently starting to cultivate.

Of course, they were practicing in the right direction.

Lu Jing was practicing in reverse, in order to consume the excess internal energy in his dantian.

But the mood of both parties is indeed similar now.

While practicing, they were still sighing.

Spirit stones/black stones are really good things, I have to find a way to get more!

Lu Jing greedily absorbed all the yin-cold and corrosive energy from the three black stones, and at this time, the internal energy in his dantian had also been completely exhausted.

Of course, his Ren and Du meridians are still continuously generating internal energy.

This is the curse of being a first-class master.

And just in case, Lu Jing still left enough time for Falling into the Mortal World to take effect, as usual, half an hour.

But this little internal energy was no longer difficult for Lu Jing. He jumped up from the bed, grabbed the Zen staff, rushed to the backyard, and began to dance the Mad Demon One Hundred and Eight Staffs!