The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#676 - Big profit

Lu Jing didn't know how the topic suddenly shifted to solving cases.

Moreover, judging from the other party's tone, they weren't just looking for a casual pastime, but rather intended to establish a stable and long-term cooperative relationship with him.

But the question was, what was the significance of solving these cases for Granny Tangren? She didn't hold a position in the Dali Temple or the Ministry of Justice. Playing around once or twice for a taste of novelty was understandable, but constantly thinking about solving cases, what was the point?

Seemingly sensing the doubts in Lu Jing's heart, Granny Tangren then added, "In any case, I've lived in the capital for so many years, and I have feelings for this city. Naturally, I hope it can become better."

Lu Jing remained noncommittal.

So Granny Tangren continued, "Don't worry, I will only come to you for cases related to strange objects. You are from the Sitianjian, so investigating cases related to strange objects should also be within your scope of duties, right? And once a case is solved, the Sitianjian will issue rewards."

"You want those rewards?"

"No, no, no, those rewards are all yours. I only hope that the place where I live can always be safe and sound. What do you think?"

"Why choose me?"

"Because my identity… makes it impossible to directly contact the Sitianjian." Granny Tangren gave a very sufficient reason, "I can be responsible for collecting information, just like when we first met, telling you where there are strange objects, and you just need to rush over to solve them."

"Sorry, I'm not interested in this matter. You should go find someone else." Lu Jing shook his head, beckoned to Amu beside him, and prepared to get off the carriage.

And his answer made Granny Tangren stunned.

"Don't make a decision so quickly. Why don't you… go back and think about it first."

"There's nothing to think about. Help me tell Granny Tangren that if she really wants to cooperate with me, she should come herself. Finding a substitute to impersonate her makes it hard not to suspect that her so-called cooperation has ulterior motives."

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to reply, and walked straight off the carriage. After Amu also came down, he politely closed the carriage door.

Leaving the bewildered "Granny Tangren" alone in the carriage.

… … … …

After busying around for a long time, he still couldn't get Amu to speak. Lu Jing was very upset, and even the joy of breaking the ice with Yan Jun was diluted a lot.

But even if he was upset, life had to go on.

Especially on the way back, Amu patted Lu Jing's back with his short hand, which also dispelled a lot of the gloom in Lu Jing's heart.

So in the next two days, Lu Jing simply took Amu to Baima County to find the sword.

At the beginning, Lu Jing's main area of activity was still within the county town, but as the county town was searched empty, he later ran outside the city.

Now, he was running further and further, and had already run to places where people were rare.

However, on the second day after taking Amu with him, Lu Jing finally turned the corner. In the evening, the Sinan in his hand reacted.

He followed the direction indicated by the Sinan all the way, and finally found a dry well.

Lu Jing walked around the dry well and found that the handle of the Sinan also turned around.

He was immediately overjoyed, it seemed that this was the place!

This place was not easy to find. It was already hundreds of miles outside Baima County, and it was still in a dense forest. No wonder whether it was those who came to search two hundred years ago, or others who bought information to try their luck later, they couldn't find it.

If it weren't for the Sinan in his hand, Lu Jing would never have found this place.

Moreover, when he poked his head down to look, he only saw a thick layer of fallen leaves at the bottom of the well, and did not see any shadow of a flying sword.

However, Lu Jing was not in a hurry. He first tied the rope he brought to a big tree, then grabbed the other end of the rope and jumped into the dry well.

The moment he landed, his legs were immediately submerged by the fallen leaves.

Fortunately, after reaching his waist, Lu Jing's body finally did not continue to sink.

Then Lu Jing reached out and began to grope in the pile of fallen leaves.

After a while, he felt his fingers touch something hard. He picked it up and saw that it was a rusty dagger.

Although it was not a flying sword, which was a bit regrettable, the unique eye of the Sitianjian on the back of the knife was also reminding Lu Jing that he was getting closer and closer to his goal.

Unfortunately, bones don't answer.

But from the dagger from the Sitianjian that Lu Jing found earlier, and the positioning of the Sinan, this bone was most likely that of Xin Daofu, the third-rank supervisor of the Sitianjian more than two hundred years ago.

The other party was a senior of the Sitianjian, and Lu Jing came this time to find Xin Daofu's flying sword.

Since he received the favor, then collecting and burying the other party's bones exposed in the wilderness could be considered his duty.

So Lu Jing didn't throw away the bone, but threw it to the wellhead.

He groped in that dry well until the moon was on the willow branches, and only then did he pick up the bones in the well. As for small bones such as finger bones, he couldn't collect them all, so he could only give up.

In addition, a gray-black small sword also appeared in Lu Jing's palm.

He looked at the sword body by the moonlight, and the two small characters engraved on it were indeed Wanshi, without a doubt.

It really corresponded to the old saying, 'Wearing iron shoes, seeking in vain, it comes without any effort'.

This flying sword that made countless people wear out their iron shoes was successfully found by Lu Jing.

And he spent a total of only six Sitianjian copper coins before and after, plus more than ten days.

This deal couldn't be more profitable!

It also made Lu Jing determined that when he had copper coins in the future, he would buy all the information related to flying swords from Treasurer Jin.

With the Sinan in his arms to find swords, would he still worry about not finding the flying swords in the information?

Of course, these are all things for later. For Lu Jing now, having the fourth flying sword also meant that he had more free time, and he basically didn't have to worry about not using up the secret power in his body.

Greatly alleviating his secret power anxiety.

Lu Jing didn't hesitate and immediately refined Wanshi.

Looking at the newly appeared sword spirit in the Dongfang Palace, he only felt refreshed.

Then Lu Jing's gaze moved to the pile of bones. He had picked up most of Xin Daofu's bones, and Lu Jing also pieced them together, roughly piecing together a human figure.

He was about to wrap it in cloth and take it back to the academy for burial.

But the next moment, his hand stopped in mid-air, because Lu Jing found that there was a wound suspected of being cut by a sharp weapon on a rib on Xin Daofu's back.