The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#587 - Keep your word

"I said I came to find the relic of a deceased senior, a flying sword that fell into the pool. I don't know if you have any memory of it," Lu Jing said.

"Flying sword?" The white carp's head froze in the air, motionless for a long time, looking as if it had suddenly gone offline.

After a while, it came back, but with a look of weakness.

"Is there a problem?" Lu Jing asked.

"No, it's just that finding things is very troublesome," the white carp said. "Or maybe I shouldn't seek revenge."

"… … … …"

"But you've only been looking for less than ten breaths," Lu Jing originally thought that the Three-Harmony Grand Deity was the limit of lying flat, but only today, after encountering this pool, did he understand the biological limit of lying flat.

"I have too many things. Just looking at them gives me a headache. Otherwise, why do you think I didn't use a big move right away? Letting you kid be rampant until now," the white carp said with confidence.

"But when you scolded me just now, you were full of energy, scolding for a long time without stopping, and without repeating yourself. I didn't see you complaining about being annoyed."

"Because I can lie down and not move when I scold you," the white carp said. "Besides, I'm really a bit annoyed now. Forget it, you go. Take this white fish away too, and let me have some peace and quiet. As long as you don't come back, I'll pretend this never happened."

"I could leave, but from what I know about that person, he won't just deceive me alone," Lu Jing said. "He enjoys this kind of thing. If you leave it alone, sooner or later there will be a second, a third victim coming to find you. By then, I'm afraid your pool will have more and more new residents."

"That bastard!" The white carp's body shook. "You wait!"

Finally regaining some energy, this time a good half cup of tea passed, but the white carp still didn't show its head.

Just when Lu Jing suspected that the other side was too lazy and simply pretending to be dead, there was movement from the pool.

A monster with a toad's head, a monkey's body, and covered in scales crawled out of the water.

For some reason, from the first moment Lu Jing saw the monster, a sense of danger arose in his heart.

He subconsciously activated the Beast Controlling Array.

But the monster didn't attack him. It just took a few steps forward, then opened its mouth and started to retch. After retching for a long time, it finally spat out a small green sword that looked like it was made of jade from its throat.

Afterwards, while wiping its mouth, it muttered, "Damn it, how could anyone find this place where the sword is hidden?!"

After saying that, it looked up at Lu Jing again, "See if this is what you want."

"Oh."

Lu Jing put away the array plate, walked over, casually picked up a few leaves, wiped off the mucus sticking to the green sword, picked it up from the ground, and looked at it carefully.

As a result, he found that the material of this flying sword was a bit familiar. Previously, Lu Jing had been punished to cut bamboo at Quzhu Path because he had lost Another World, and he had touched a lot of bamboo there.

After getting the flying sword, he also reacted immediately. This sword was probably made from the bamboo there, which is why this sword looks so verdant.

Of course, refining a flying sword is a very complicated matter, and the materials used will not be just one kind, but Lu Jing couldn't quite see the other materials.

But he could be sure that this was indeed a flying sword, and the compass he carried with him confirmed this again.

"That's right, it's this sword."

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he returned the flying sword to the toad-headed monster. The latter opened its mouth and sucked, and the flying sword returned to its belly.

Afterwards, it wiped its mouth, glanced at Lu Jing again, "I can't tell that you kid is quite trustworthy. I thought you would run away with the sword as soon as you got it."

Lu Jing said, "Since you trust me and are willing to let me see the sword first, I naturally can't let you down."

"I don't trust you…" The toad-headed monster shook its head, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. You go and bring the person to me, and this sword will be yours. I keep my word."

… … … …

The old fisherman put away his fishing rod early today and went home carrying his fish basket.

Even if they're stupid, they won't bite the hook anymore.

So the old fisherman is also becoming more and more anxious. Fortunately, some time ago, new fish entered the valley again, and that fish was actually not a new resident of the valley, but a student of the academy.

This couldn't help but remind the old fisherman of the happy times he had fishing in the academy before.

The fish there were fat, and when they first entered the academy, they were all dull and stupid. Just hang a little bait, and you could catch one every time. Unfortunately, he fished too hard later, alarmed the academy's supervisor, and gave him a confinement order, forbidding him from leaving the valley again.

So the old fisherman now has to often face the embarrassment of returning empty-handed.

It wasn't easy to encounter a new fish again, and the old fisherman naturally didn't want to let it go. Unfortunately, the first time he cast his line, it was ruined by the sudden appearance of the Little Marquis.

And the next few times he wanted to find an opportunity, he didn't succeed. The main reason was that Lu Jing was different from other academy students. He was so young, but he didn't have any ambition at all.

The various treasures and inheritances that the old fisherman had prepared for him were useless. Until later, he thought hard and finally found, or rather, thought he had found, the other party's only weakness.

Being an academy student but unable to cultivate mystic power must be very sad.

Starting from this point, how could that fish not take the bait?

The old fisherman thought confidently, but the reality disappointed him. He originally thought that Lu Jing would immediately start trying after seeing the hope of being able to cultivate.

And when he found out he had been deceived, he would angrily come back to find him, but then he could naturally tease him again and fully enjoy the pleasure of fishing.

But in the next few days, Lu Jing didn't come to Mirror Lake Valley again, and when he came next time, he went directly to Dongmen Weilan, completely ignoring him.

This made the old fisherman very anxious. He scratched his head for a long time, thinking about when Lu Jing would take the bait, but reality disappointed him again and again.

Now he has basically accepted the result of the failed fishing, but he can't figure out why Lu Jing didn't take the bait.

This shouldn't be. If he were in Lu Jing's position, there was no reason not to try.

The old fisherman couldn't understand, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't ask Lu Jing in person, so he could only silently think about what excuse he should come up with next time.

But what he didn't expect was that he had just fallen asleep not long after, when he felt a jolt, and when he opened his eyes, he found that he was actually on a Zen staff.

To be precise, he was tied to it, unable to move his hands and feet, and in front of him was the figure he had been thinking about day and night recently.