The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#399 - Dongmen Weilan

The poison that Lu Jing had been longing for finally had a lead.

When he walked out of the small valley where Hanshan Ke lived, he felt that his steps had become much lighter.

Calculating the time, it was just the day to protect the Green-Clad Girl, so Lu Jing didn't leave Mirror Lake Valley and went straight to the latter's residence.

From afar, he saw the Green-Clad Girl bending over and drying herbs outside the thatched cottage.

Today she was different from usual, no longer wearing green clothes, but changed into a purple褙子, with a pleated skirt on her lower body, looking a bit more youthful and beautiful, and less of the previous indifference and unapproachability.

Moreover, Lu Jing also saw a basket of eggs and a jar of old wine in front of her door, not knowing who brought them.

The Green-Clad Girl also noticed Lu Jing approaching, her expression a little embarrassed, and she spoke before Lu Jing could say anything.

"It's not what you think. Ding Liu went up the mountain yesterday to collect herbs and accidentally fell and injured his leg. Although it's not a big problem, he is old after all and needs to rest for a while. So during this time, I will temporarily help the paper figures in the valley to see a doctor."

"Well, the main thing is to check and collate those prescriptions. This is what I promised Ding Liu to do before. This basket of eggs and wine was brought by someone who came to see a doctor just now, and this dress of mine…"

"You don't need to explain so much," Lu Jing interrupted the Green-Clad Girl.

"No one knows your determination to take revenge better than I do. Most people wouldn't practice the exercises you practice, let alone that you almost lost your life for it not long ago. Besides, being clear about gratitude and grudges is always better than having only hatred in your eyes. You were able to survive last time thanks to the help of those paper figures in the valley. It's always good to treat them and repay some of your kindness."

"But I don't know how to repay some people's kindness," the Green-Clad Girl bit her lip.

"Who?"

"Yours."

Most of the time after she was poisoned, she was unconscious. She only knew that Lu Jing was the last person to use his energy to dissolve the poison for her. It wasn't until later that Ding Liu mentioned this matter again that she realized that she was almost rescued by Lu Jing with his own strength.

It is said that in order to save her, Lu Jing performed the exercise for nearly five hours. According to Ding Liu, even a first-class master would find it difficult to withstand such terrifying consumption.

However, Lu Jing didn't mention a word about it afterwards, and didn't mean to take advantage of her gratitude at all, as if he had forgotten about it.

But the more this was the case, the more the Green-Clad Girl felt heavy in her heart. With her character, now that she knew it, she couldn't pretend not to know.

However, she probably wouldn't have thought that Lu Jing himself had indeed forgotten about it.

Because Lu Jing is different from other martial arts masters. He must use up his internal energy every day. Saving the Green-Clad Girl was just a piece of cake for him. There was no problem of overdrawing or consuming anything.

On the contrary, it saved him a sum of money for falling into the mortal world. Apart from spending a little more time, it was a win-win situation.

So Lu Jing was slightly startled when he heard this, and then said, "Well, after all, I broke my promise first. You were so eager to practice that the poison entered your heart. Even if it's to make up for it… As for gratitude, let's not mention it. After all, it's most useful to me that you're alive. I'm still waiting for the day when your poison skills are great."

However, his set of rhetoric obviously couldn't fool the Green-Clad Girl. After pondering for a moment, the latter said, "When you came to me last time, you mentioned that you planned to practice another kind of poison pill related to secret power."

"Oh, but you can't practice secret power, so I went to find someone else. I was lucky. That person has already agreed, and has already found a preliminary direction."

"Who?"

"A guy named Hanshan Ke, like you, is also a paper figure in Mirror Lake Valley, but he entered the valley very early, almost forty years ago, and he hasn't done anything during these forty years. He has been refining pills, so his alchemy should be very good."

The Green-Clad Girl didn't have any impression of the name Hanshan Ke.

However, she herself entered the valley relatively late, and she didn't interact with people much before, so it's normal for her not to know anyone.

Since Lu Jing had already found someone to help refine the pills, the Green-Clad Girl didn't dwell on this issue anymore, but other than that, she couldn't think of anything else she could do to help Lu Jing.

After all, Lu Jing is a first-class master, and his martial arts are already rarely matched. Now he has become a disciple of the academy and started practicing secret power. There are probably not many things in this world that can stump him.

Even if there are, most of them are not something she can solve. Therefore, the Green-Clad Girl could only temporarily put out this idea. Then Lu Jing began to protect her again, helping her to practice the Ten Thousand Poisons Returning to the Source.

The two of them are now familiar with doing this.

After the Green-Clad Girl's internal strength cultivation advanced to the third-rate level, the toxicity of the poison she swallowed was obviously stronger. It was no longer just a single toxin, but a mixture of two, or even three or four toxins, and the danger naturally became higher.

Of course, this still couldn't stump Lu Jing.

He used his Little Vajra Strength to perfectly resist the invasion of those toxins time and time again, helping the Green-Clad Girl to overcome the various crises during the exercise.

However, Lu Jing estimated that the situation would not be so easy after the Green-Clad Girl cultivated to the second-rate realm.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, practicing the Ten Thousand Poisons Returning to the Source is like walking a tightrope in the sky.

You can succeed countless times, but as long as you fail once, you may lose your life, especially the further you get to the back, the stronger the toxicity of the poison the Green-Clad Girl takes. If it attacks her heart again at that time, Lu Jing is not sure that he can save her again.

But for the sake of revenge, Lu Jing knew that the Green-Clad Girl would definitely choose to go down this road. Thinking of this, he found that the situation of the two of them was actually somewhat similar.

It's just that what drives Lu Jing to practice is not hatred, but the threat of being burst by secret power or internal energy.

Moreover, it is difficult for him to confide this threat to others.

Thinking of this, Lu Jing couldn't help but be a little distracted, and didn't withdraw his internal energy into his body in the first time after the Green-Clad Girl finished her exercise.

And for some reason, the Green-Clad Girl didn't remind him.

The two of them sat quietly in the thatched cottage for a while, listening to the rustling sounds from the forest.

After a while, the Green-Clad Girl suddenly spoke again, "Dongmen Weilan."

"Huh?"

"This is my name, because my parents hoped that I could live a plain life, like a ripple that occasionally rises in the water," the Green-Clad Girl said softly.