The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#563 - Squeak

Lu Jing returned from investigating a case and had gained another palace, becoming a true two-palace cultivator.

Although he had expected this day to come, Lu Jing couldn't help but sigh when it actually happened.

However, now was not the time for sentimentalism.

While others could celebrate their level-ups with friends and beer, Lu Jing had to deal with the troubles brought on by excessive secret or internal energy every time he leveled up.

Since his own life was at stake, he had to be fully focused.

Fortunately, unlike when he first embarked on the path of cultivation and completed his foundation building, Lu Jing knew this time that he couldn't escape his fate, so he had made many preparations.

And now was the time for those preparations to come in handy.

Lu Jing rushed back to the academy as quickly as possible, without even having time to distribute his 'duck pears', and hurried back to his residence to retrieve the Beast Taming Formation.

Then, he ran to the maple forest where Ye Gongmei lived, skillfully passing through the illusion array she had set up.

As soon as he entered, he saw Ye Gongmei lying by the fish pond he had recently built, using a paper net to scoop up goldfish, and it looked like she had been playing for quite some time.

Her bangs were stuck to her forehead with sweat, crooked and askew.

Seeing someone enter, Ye Gongmei was also startled, and subconsciously hid the paper net behind her, but after seeing that it was Lu Jing, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, perhaps because catching goldfish was so much fun, or perhaps because Lu Jing had already seen her in a more embarrassing state, she now planned to let things go, anyway, Ye Gongmei didn't put down the paper net in her hand, but just asked.

"Are you here to find Ah Hua? But it hasn't come back since it was scared away by you last time. By the way, what did you do to it, why is it so afraid of you now?"

"I'm not here to find Ah Hua," Lu Jing said, "I need some more powerful guys. You promised me before that you would tell me the whereabouts of several big guys."

"Really? Did I say that?" Ye Gongmei asked, brushing her bangs in confusion.

"Yes, you did, I remember it very clearly, you can't deny it, only children would go back on their word, adults always keep their promises."

"Alright, alright, you don't need to provoke me, I remember now, but I remember there was a condition, right?" Ye Gongmei's eyes were still fixed on the fish pond, searching for her next prey, "I think I said you had to practice the Beast Taming Formation first."

"I've practiced it," Lu Jing said seriously.

Ye Gongmei curled her lips, "Although I live here alone, I'm not completely ignorant of what's going on outside. I heard that you got into trouble again a month ago, and were sucked into the world in the book by that strange object, and only came out three days ago."

"So I advise you to spend less time thinking about how to deceive this old woman and more time practicing the Beast Taming Formation, so that next time you come, maybe I will tell you."

"Not next time, I can't wait that long," Lu Jing shook his head.

"Why?" Ye Gongmei glanced sideways.

"Uh… Cultivation waits for no one, I've deeply realized this recently, so I'm becoming more diligent and motivated, and don't want to waste time," Lu Jing fabricated.

Ye Gongmei looked Lu Jing up and down several times, "I didn't expect these words to come out of your mouth, aren't you the academy's recognized king of truancy, wandering around all day, planting ginseng, following others home, oh, and coming here to build a fish pond for me… I haven't seen you do anything serious, how come you've suddenly become motivated now."

"People can change, I've also turned over a new leaf."

"You don't want me to use the Beast Taming Formation to deal with it, do you?" Lu Jing pointed at the big parrot.

"Of course not," Ye Gongmei said, "Chatterbox only mimics human voices, it doesn't fight."

As soon as she finished speaking, the parrot opened its mouth and shouted, "Fight, fight, come and fight!"

The parrot flapped its wings as it shouted.

As a result, after about a cup of tea's time, Lu Jing saw a hedgehog rushing out of the bellflower bushes not far away. Saying it was rushing, its speed was probably less than one mile.

It waddled its short legs and twisted its butt as it came.

Lu Jing thought it was there to warm up the atmosphere like the parrot, but Ye Gongmei pointed at the hedgehog and said, "Your opponent is it. If you can subdue it with the Beast Taming Formation, I will tell you the whereabouts of the other fierce beasts."

"Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding," Ye Gongmei said, "Squeak is more powerful than Ah Hua, you better not be careless."

Lu Jing looked at the hedgehog on the ground, and the hedgehog on the ground was also looking up at him intently.

However, Lu Jing really couldn't see what was so powerful about this thing.

But since Ye Gongmei had said so, Lu Jing didn't waste any words, and took out the formation plate he carried with him.

But then he heard Ye Gongmei say again, "What are you doing, if you want to fight, go outside, don't break my fish pond."

"Alright," Lu Jing said, and took the lead to walk out of the illusion array.

Then he stood there and waited for a while before he saw the hedgehog slowly crawling out from inside.

Lu Jing set up the formation and beckoned to Squeak.

The latter didn't enter Lu Jing's Beast Taming Formation at all, and directly shook its body, and a cluster of steel needles shot towards Lu Jing. Lu Jing blocked the steel needles with his Zen staff.

The force from above was beyond his expectations, and actually made him take two steps back.

And the hedgehog was not polite, and immediately chased after Lu Jing and shot out another cluster of steel needles.

Moreover, it didn't walk straight forward into the Beast Taming Formation, but rushed towards Lu Jing around the edge.

Lu Jing said to Ye Gongmei, who was watching the excitement on the side, "You want to test the power of my Beast Taming Formation, isn't this a violation of the rules? It's not even coming into my formation."

Ye Gongmei sat on a tree stump and swayed her small feet, "When you use the Beast Taming Formation to deal with those fierce beasts, do you expect them to obediently step into your formation every time? Please, this is something you have to solve, not it."

Lu Jing was unable to refute, and could only carry his Zen staff to meet the hedgehog, using a golf swing posture, preparing to sweep the hedgehog into the Beast Taming Formation with the Zen staff.

However, Squeak seemed to see through Lu Jing's thoughts, and immediately shot another wave of steel needle rain towards Lu Jing, making Lu Jing worry that it would go bald at a young age.