sinovels #500 - Golden Words
#500 - Golden Words
"The elixir is yours, the poison is mine!", the words of Han Shan Ke struck Lu Jing deeply, as if struck by lightning. He stood there dumbfounded for a long while before regaining his senses.
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"You're lying to me."
"I am not."
"You're lying to me. I can't believe a word you say.", Lu Jing shook his head.
"I have no need to lie to you. It does me no good.", Han Shan Ke said calmly, "If I still wanted to leave the academy, even if I had to make something up, I would have come up with an excuse to make you believe that I could still help you concoct the poison you wanted."
Lu Jing found himself unable to refute him.
Han Shan Ke continued, "So what I'm telling you now is the truth."
"I still don't believe you're telling the truth. Otherwise, wouldn't you be personally ruining your last chance to leave the academy?"
"It seems that way at the moment."
Han Shan Ke paused, then continued, "You don't need to find it strange. There's no trap here. Indeed, I dream of leaving this damned place and returning to the outside world. It's driving me crazy.
"But I'm going back to reclaim what I once had, to regain power, to reorganize the country, and to enjoy the pleasures of a king, not to escape in this ghastly state, find a corner where no one knows me, and eke out a living. I'd rather die than live like that.
"Moreover, I can't even stand steadily now, so I've naturally lost the strength to resist that person. Going out like this is just becoming someone else's puppet."
Lu Jing had actually guessed long ago that Han Shan Ke had accomplices, and it wasn't just the old eunuch hiding in the bustling city.
Because the method of turning Han Shan Ke into a strange object to break free from the shackles and leave the academy could not have been conceived by the old eunuch, and the old eunuch could not command Dong Xuan and his disciples.
"What did he say about Mr. Ji?" Han Shan Ke asked with interest.
"There's no reason for you to keep asking and me to keep answering," Lu Jing said, "You've also met Mr. Ji. Why don't you tell me first what kind of person Mr. Ji is in your eyes?"
"An extraordinary person."
"… … … … Could you answer any more perfunctorily? I know he's an extraordinary person without you telling me."
"I'm not being perfunctory, but I really can't see through that person either," Han Shan Ke pondered for a moment and then said, "His followers all say that he is a very sincere person, selfless, walking in the world only to spread love and hope.
"But I don't believe that there really is such a person in this world. I have seen many famous hermits. No matter how aloof and untainted they try to appear, as long as you are willing to spend time, you can eventually peel off their layers of disguise.
"Then you will see their hidden selfishness. But I can't tear open Mr. Ji's disguise. I can't tear open even one layer. In fact, his whole person gives me a feeling of natural perfection, impeccable, with no way to start. But one thing is certain, and that is that he is extremely good at manipulating people's hearts.
"Because I was in Mirror Lake Valley, I never really met him. Our communication was done through letters, only three or four in total, and that was six years ago.
"After that, the person who contacted me became one of his followers, but with just those three or four letters, I, a naturally suspicious person, was persuaded by him. It can be seen to what terrifying extent that person's grasp of people's hearts has reached.
"And such a person has been unknown for so long. If he is not really desireless and selfless, then it means that his plot must be very big."
"Does he want to destroy Great Chen?"
"More than that, but I can feel that he seems to care a lot about the Department of Celestial Observation and the academy," Han Shan Ke said, "How about it? Are you a little regretful?"
"Regret what?"
"If I were you, I should have silently let me leave the academy just now, because what I and he seek are not the same. Right now, we are just traveling together by chance. Sooner or later, we will fall out with each other.
"In fact, I had already planned to get rid of him. If I can succeed, it will be one less big trouble for you. Even if I can't succeed immediately, maybe we can still cooperate in the future and join hands to deal with him."
"That's something for Guo Shaojian and Huang Jianyuan to worry about," Lu Jing waved his hand, "I just want to get my poison pill."
"Why are you so persistent about that poison pill?" Han Shan Ke asked in confusion, "With your martial arts and secret power cultivation, how many people in this world can you not deal with? Do you need to rely on this poison pill to solve it?
"Moreover, according to your requirements, even if this poison pill is refined, its toxicity will be limited. At most, it will only make a person's cultivation stagnate."
As a result, after he finished speaking, he saw Lu Jing's mouth closed, with no intention of explaining.
Han Shan Ke didn't dwell on it and said to Lu Jing, "Forget it, this kind of thing has nothing to do with me anymore. Whether it's Mr. Ji or that poison pill, leave it for you to have a headache over. I won't worry about it for you.
"But no matter what the reason, I didn't do what I promised you before, it's my fault after all. I, the emperor, can't go back on my word to you, so forget it, I won't pursue the matter of you causing my lifespan to burn out, I'll give you something else."
"Are you so generous?" Lu Jing didn't believe it.
Han Shan Ke smiled slightly and didn't answer. He just stood there.
After a moment, Lu Jing's gaze fell on Han Shan Ke's legs, and he was shocked, "Hey, what's wrong with your feet?"
In the time they had been talking, Han Shan Ke's two feet had actually turned into tree roots, deeply rooted in the soil, and his calves had merged together, turning into a tree stump, and other parts of his body were also turning into trees.
Coupled with his previous words that seemed like a dying last will, an ominous premonition rose in Lu Jing's heart.