The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#837 - Take a shower and go to bed

The stone was just there to guide people, but somehow it had suddenly fast-forwarded to saving the world.

Moreover, these people kept talking about saving the world, but in reality, they were just wandering around Bailongbo like headless flies.

Indeed, in Shi Tou's opinion, the most absurd part of the whole thing was that Lu Jing and the others didn't even know where they were going.

Every day, when the sun went down and the starry river shone overhead, the seemingly drowsy old man would fiddle with his strange instruments, while also scribbling on the ground.

Lu Jing would then promptly open the large box containing the Brahman Heaven and engage in a friendly exchange with the bronze statue inside, ultimately deciding where to go the next day.

In the initial days, their direction of travel was still fixed.

But on the seventh day, there was a sudden shift, fortunately only a slight adjustment compared to the previous direction.

And by the twelfth day, the deviation was quite large, directly turning from northwest to southwest.

After walking for another six days, things started to become more and more outrageous.

It also confirmed to Shi Tou that these people were just wandering around in the desert, because they actually turned back towards the direction of Wulan City.

However, this time they only walked for half a day before stopping.

It wasn't until the evening, when Professor Xu had observed the stars again, that he overturned his previous conclusion and pointed out a new direction.

This time, Lu Jing couldn't take it anymore, and after carefully considering his words, he said, "Old sir… is it possible that you miscalculated?"

Professor Xu glanced at Lu Jing and said, "This time, at your request, I calculated it twice, and then I had An Shi help me check it. There's no mistake."

"Then why is the direction so different from before?" Lu Jing asked in confusion.

Professor Xu's eyes flickered, "The starry sky here is a bit strange."

After saying that, he saw Lu Jing looking at him with a hesitant expression.

Professor Xu immediately understood what someone was thinking and said unhappily, "I'm not making excuses for myself, and I'm not as stubborn and defensive as you think…"

"You mean someone, because they don't want us to find the pearl, artificially interfered and changed the positions of the stars, but that's a bit too outrageous, isn't it…"

Lu Jing looked incredulous, "Even if you pulled out the existence that imprisoned the dragon back then, they shouldn't have such means."

Lu Jing, who had taken junior high school geography, knew better than anyone how far away those twinkling little things hanging in the night sky were from them.

Not to mention moving a planet from such a distance, even those cultivation novels wouldn't dare to write it like that.

"Moving the original position of the stars is of course impossible," Professor Xu also said, "but using some means to affect the observer might be possible."

"How to do it?"

"How would I know?" Professor Xu said unhappily, "This is the first time this old man has encountered this kind of situation."

After a pause, he added, "Let me just guess, the person hiding the pearl probably added an invisible cover between us and the stars."

"Refraction phenomenon?" Lu Jing was stunned.

"What refraction phenomenon?" This time it was Professor Xu's turn to be confused.

Lu Jing scratched his head, "It's not easy to explain, it basically means that we usually see objects through light, and light will be refracted when passing through a medium. Theoretically, by changing the material or thickness of the medium, it will bring about a visual shift of the object."

Professor Xu listened in a daze.

At this time, the little Taoist Xie Anshi suddenly opened his mouth and said, "It's like when we look at chopsticks inserted in water, the chopsticks will be refracted, as if they are broken, but in reality, after taking out the chopsticks, we find that the chopsticks are not broken, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's what I mean." Lu Jing nodded and muttered, "If someone really added a cover over this Gobi Desert, then their physics must be very good."

"But in that case, wouldn't the star map be useless?" Kui asked, "Didn't the person who left this star map hope that someone could find the pearl?"

Everyone was puzzled by this question, and no one answered.

In the end, a chuckle came from the wooden box.

Lu Jing opened the wooden box and looked at the Brahman Heaven inside, who had come back to life, and said, "Do you know the reason?"

However, Brahman Heaven closed his mouth again at this time.

"Speak, what do you want?" Lu Jing asked directly.

"A sacrifice." Brahman Heaven licked his lips, "I've been pointing the way for you for so many days, but you haven't given me anything, so it's not too much for me to make this request now, right?"

As Brahman Heaven spoke, his gaze swept over Shi Tou's body, causing the latter to shiver.

"As a reward, how about I break your remaining two legs?" Lu Jing said lightly, "I don't think you need them anyway."

"Threats are useless to me." Brahman Heaven shook his head and smiled, "I'm just descending into this bronze statue. If you destroy the bronze statue, I won't feel any pain."

Seeing that Lu Jing didn't speak, and seemed to be lost in thought, Brahman Heaven continued to entice him, "You said you want to save the world, I like what you are doing, usually in such stories everyone in the team will be useful, and some people's use is to sacrifice for this world."

His words made goosebumps rise on Shi Tou's body.

He couldn't help but take a few steps back, but the young man immediately reacted. This was Bailongbo, a desolate world ruled by wind and sand. Even if he turned around and ran away now, he would not be able to save his life at all.

Because once he left the team and lost the water and dry food on the camel, he wouldn't be able to last for a few days.

In other words, his life and death now depended entirely on Lu Jing's decision.

And Lu Jing didn't speak for a long time, and now everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Seeming to want to see how he would choose.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Lu Jing's mind. Exchanging the life of an irrelevant person for the whereabouts of the pearl was indeed a very cost-effective deal.

Although it was a bit unfair to Shi Tou himself, seeing that the world was about to be destroyed, now was obviously not the time for a woman's kindness.

Since ancient times, those who can achieve great things must be ruthless when it is time to be ruthless.

After a moment of silence, Lu Jing spoke again.

"If you don't want to say it, shut up and go to bed early."

A hint of disappointment appeared in Brahman Heaven's only remaining eye, "Such indecisiveness cannot save the world."

"Come on, if I give him to you, I'll fall into your trap." Lu Jing said, "After that, you will constantly try to lower my bottom line."

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