The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#162 - Boss Battles

When Lu Jing and the female shopkeeper arrived outside the city lord's mansion, they found it was already under martial law.

The guards at the gate refused entry to anyone, and even when they saw Lu Jing, their faces showed embarrassment, but they still reached out to block their way.

The original guard commander, Ishag, was dead, and the newly appointed commander, named Nassin, was also an old acquaintance of Lu Jing's; he was the one who had led the people to the tailor shop to arrest Lu Jing.

As a result, Lu Jing seized his knife and twisted it into a Tianjin Ma Hua.

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So no one knew better than him just how strong Lu Jing's strength actually was.

Nassin braced himself and went up to Lu Jing, respectfully saying, "Great Hero Lu, something just happened, and the city lord is talking with Lord Yazdan; it's inconvenient for outsiders to enter."

"You know that you and your men can't stop me, right?" Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.

Hearing this, cold sweat flowed down Nassin's forehead, but because of his duty, he didn't move his feet, but gripped his newly replaced saber tightly.

The female shopkeeper also spoke at this time, "We have a very urgent matter to see the city lord about, concerning the survival of Marasal Khan; please, Lord Nassin, be accommodating."

"It's not that I don't want to let you in, it's just that the city lord has given a strict order that no one is allowed in," Nassin said with a mournful face.

Two days ago, when he had just taken over as the guard commander, he had been very excited, but if he had known he would encounter this situation, it was hard to say whether he would still be willing to sit in this position.

Just as the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense, a voice suddenly came from behind Nassin.

"Let them in!"

Nassin turned his head and saw the ugly and evil face of the dwarf black wizard.

However, he was still a little hesitant, until the black wizard increased his tone, impatiently saying, "This is the city lord's order."

All the guards, including Nassin, knew that Bald Eagle was the most trusted and relied upon person by the old city lord now.

His words were almost no different from the city lord's own words.

In addition, they subconsciously didn't want to fight Lu Jing, and upon hearing this, they finally moved their bodies away.

Allowing Lu Jing and the female shopkeeper to smoothly enter the castle.

But after walking to a place where the guards couldn't see, the arrogant expression on Bald Eagle's face immediately disappeared, becoming frightened, and he said with a mournful face.

"It's a good thing you guys came."

"What? What happened?" the female shopkeeper asked.

"I don't know exactly what happened, but this place is obviously a little too strange," Bald Eagle said, shivering as he spoke.

"Not long after Yazdan was captured, the old city lord had people seal off the castle, and after the shrike incident, I also knew that beauty could lead to trouble, so I chased away all the women around me, and then I went back to the house alone, wanting to take a nap; I have a quirk.

"That is, when I sleep alone, I like to sleep in a box; even Shrike doesn't know about this, and this time I also took a nap in the box, and as a result, I vaguely heard someone coming in.

"That person called my name twice, but I didn't want people to know that I was lying in the box, so I didn't respond, and then that person walked around in my house and left when they didn't find anyone.

"I slept for a while, and when I just opened my eyes and pushed the door open, I found that the maids and guards in the castle had disappeared, and now the entire city lord's mansion is empty, it's too creepy."

Although the black wizard usually likes to do some mystical things, this time it could be seen that he was indeed frightened, after all, if anyone woke up and found that the people around them were gone, they would probably be even more panicked than him.

Especially since this castle is very large, with more than sixty halls and rooms alone.

Bald Eagle casually pushed open four or five of them, and when he found that there was no one inside, he didn't dare to push any more, but he didn't run away either.

Mainly, Bald Eagle also knew how bad his reputation was in the city, and even if he ran out, probably no one would take him in, and as for leaving the city, forget about it, Marasal Khan is in the Mingsha Desert, and he was already very lucky to find this oasis city before.

It's not certain that he would have such good luck again, and he might be taken away by the sandstorm outside.

In fact, even if Lu Jing didn't come, Bald Eagle was preparing to find a way to ask him for help.

Hearing him say this, the female shopkeeper's heart also cooled down, but she still tried to comfort herself, "It's okay, didn't you say there are still five days left?"

Lu Jing was not as optimistic as she was, shaking his head and saying, "I don't know how much of Shrike's words are credible."

However, Lu Jing was indeed not too nervous, but held the fine iron Zen staff in his hand and said to the black wizard, "Where is the city lord's room? Let's go there together and take a look."

And perhaps Lu Jing's arrival also brought courage to Bald Eagle again, and then he volunteered to take Lu Jing to the second floor of the castle, the city lord's bedroom, but the three of them couldn't find the city lord's figure inside.

However, as soon as she entered the door, the female shopkeeper smelled a strong aroma that was almost suffocating.

Then she looked around and saw that almost every corner of the room was filled with spices.

"With such a strong smell, can anyone really live here?" the female shopkeeper questioned.

Lu Jing was also choked by the overwhelming aroma.

However, this also confirmed from the side that the spices that Physician Jasmine took from the pharmacy were indeed what the old city lord wanted.

So Lu Jing also said to the female shopkeeper and Bald Eagle, "You'd better not get too far away from me, since the investigation is over, it looks like the boss fight is next."

"What?" Bald Eagle was dizzy from the aroma, and retreated seven or eight steps in one breath, and then said blankly.

Because he was worried that someone was ambushing behind him, Lu Jing directly waved the Zen staff in his hand when he entered the door, and just listening to the whistling sound of breaking through the air, he knew how miserable the end would be if he was hit by a staff.

However, after Lu Jing entered the door and took a closer look, he didn't find any suspicious people in the room, and he quickly found the source of the previous sound.

He saw a fruit plate fall on the ground, and the fruits in the plate rolled all over the place, and the culprit was licking his paw on the table on the other side.

The female shopkeeper kept Lu Jing's instructions in mind, and followed closely behind, also walking in, and after seeing the black cat, she was stunned for a moment, and then relaxed.

"So it's a cat?"

However, Lu Jing's expression was not as relaxed as hers, because Lu Jing knew that this cat did not appear here for no reason.

He glanced at the half-open window in front of the table, and then seemed to think of something else, and quickly rushed out of the room, but the figure of the black wizard was already gone in the corridor.