sinovels #297 - Too much
#297 - Too much
The instructor in charge of the second question was still feeling sorry for Lu Jing when he heard the latter suddenly say, "Before solving the problem, can I take a look at that teacup first?"
"Hahaha, I advise you not to show off this kind of petty cleverness," the instructor said with a smile. "Wanting to trick me into handing over the teacup with just your words? That's absolutely impossible. Even if you talk until you're hoarse today, I won't let this teacup leave my hand."
"… … … …"
"Teacher, don't you think this question is a bit much?"
"Indeed," the instructor nodded. "This question is indeed a bit bullying for you, but there's no helping it. In the end, you can only blame yourself for not having the talent for secret force cultivation. Although it's not your fault, this small competition is the Foundation Establishment small competition, and it tests secret force cultivation.
"To be honest, I'm already very impressed that you were able to pass the first question. I still don't know how you did it. With that, you definitely won't be the last place in this small competition, which can be considered proof of yourself. Why not stop here?"
"But what if I don't want to stop?" Lu Jing said, taking a step forward to his left.
Seeing this, the instructor vigilantly took a step back.
"What, are you planning to use force against me next? Heh, I did say I wouldn't let you touch this teacup, but I didn't say you couldn't touch me. And you, as a master on the Tianji List, your martial arts are naturally very powerful, if not the best among this year's newcomers, then the second best. To be honest, if we really fought, I wouldn't be your opponent, but… …"
The instructor's tone suddenly changed here, and he said with a smile again, "You didn't think I wouldn't think of this, did you? Fine, I'll just give you a lesson today and teach you how cultivators deal with this kind of situation."
"Teacher, could it be that you have already set up a formation in advance?" Lu Jing seemed a little surprised.
"More than that," the instructor said, taking out a thick stack of things from his chest. They were actually all talismans, probably hundreds of them. It seemed that he had invested a lot this time to guard against possible battles.
The instructor was confident that he could stop any first-rate master in the world with the things in his hand.
However, Lu Jing then took two more steps forward to the left. This time, it was the instructor's turn to be puzzled. Although Lu Jing was approaching him step by step, for some reason, he didn't choose the shortest distance to approach directly, but walked in a diagonal line.
Could it be that he wanted to break the formation? But the formation clearly hadn't been activated yet, and there was more than one.
As a gust of mountain wind blew past, the instructor's heart suddenly stirred, and he finally understood why Lu Jing was walking like this.
He was trying to seize the upwind position!
Thinking of this, the instructor immediately became vigilant, but he was still a step too late. He had already smelled a sweet and greasy scent in the wind, and his head began to spin.
"You actually used poison! ! !"
Fortunately, after staggering two steps, the instructor activated his internal force to suppress the dizziness. As a result, he looked up and saw Lu Jing raising his hand again, throwing something into the air.
The instructor didn't dare to be negligent and immediately activated the formation, using the Shrinking Earth Technique to send himself directly from the downwind position to the upwind position, and pulled a large distance away from Lu Jing, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
However, before he could ask Lu Jing where he got the poison from, he heard the latter say loudly again, "Teacher, won't you put down the teacup yet?"
Then, he heard Lu Jing say again, "I'm thinking of the teacher. There's still a lot of poison on the wall of that bowl."
Hearing this, the instructor looked down again and saw a circle of green on the wall of the bowl. Although he was a little unwilling, life was more important, and in the end, he had no choice but to throw the teacup far away.
"Thank you, teacher, for showing mercy and allowing me to solve this problem," Lu Jing cupped his hands and said.
"If you really want to thank me, you might as well give me the antidote quickly," the instructor said unhappily.
Hearing this, Lu Jing groped in the bamboo basket for a moment, took out a small bottle, and handed it over, while respectfully saying, "Teacher, this is the antidote to the poison powder you inhaled earlier."
However, the instructor waved his hand, "The poison powder you released before doesn't matter. I've already suppressed it with my internal force. What I want is the antidote to the poison you put down later, the one that turned my palm green."
Although he said that, the instructor actually tasted something wrong at this moment, because until now, his poisoned hand hadn't had any reaction, and the poison didn't seem to be spreading.
As if to confirm his guess, Lu Jing then said, "Oh, that? That's just copper rust I collected, it's not poisonous."
"… … … …"
The instructor in charge of the second question knew that he had been tricked. The main reason was that he was preconceived. Because he had inhaled the poison powder thrown by Lu Jing earlier due to carelessness, and his head was dizzy, he naturally subconsciously felt that what he had touched on his hand was also poison powder, and the color of the copper rust was too bright, which made him panic.
As a result, he also ignored many things that he should have noticed when he was calm, and finally completely fell into Lu Jing's trap, as the latter hoped, and took the initiative to throw away the teacup in his hand.
Thinking of this, the instructor couldn't help but sigh. He was still a little unconvinced, but on second thought, this question, which seemed unsolvable to non-cultivators, could be solved by Lu Jing in this way, which could be said to be very powerful. Moreover, he didn't use much time. Until now, the third person had just come down from the mountain.
If this doesn't count as a beautiful solution, then what can be called a beautiful solution?
However, although he was very satisfied with Lu Jing's performance in his heart, he still said, "Hmph, you've muddled through another question. But don't be too proud, there are still difficult problems waiting for you later. You go ahead… … I want to see how far you can go in this small competition."
Hearing this, Lu Jing thanked the instructor again, and then carried the bamboo basket towards the direction the latter pointed out for him.
This time, he saw a large area of earthen walls from a distance, and he even ran into Yan Yun, who had been running in the lead, outside that area of earthen walls.