The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#561 - Meeting an old friend

The man looked at the chessboard, knowing that his situation was hopeless. After losing the largest territory, he also lost any chance of a comeback. Even if he could regain a few points when finishing the game, it wouldn't change the overall outcome.

So, the man didn't hesitate and directly placed two white stones in the lower right corner of the chessboard, which was the so-called resignation.

"This game is yours," the man readily admitted his defeat.

However, Kui's face remained expressionless, showing no signs of joy or sorrow.

She returned the chess pieces in her hand to the chess container and then said, "According to the rules of this cursed object, the winner can order the loser to do something, and as long as the loser can do it, he can't refuse, right?"

The man nodded, "That's right, so what do you want to order me to do?"

He looked at Kui with interest, anticipating her answer, just like a child expecting candy, his face full of innocence.

Seemingly not considering some very terrible possibilities.

Kui said, "In that case, go to Yu Province. Leave now, don't stop for a moment, and don't contact anyone. When you arrive in Yu Province, find a boat and go directly out to sea, heading south until you find swimming fish that can soar in the sky and flying birds that can spread their wings at the deepest part of the sea, and a singing stone, then come back."

"Swimming fish that can soar in the sky, flying birds that can spread their wings at the deepest part of the sea, and a singing stone," the man couldn't help but chuckle. "You really know how to make things difficult for me. But instead of going around in circles like this, why don't you just ask me to kill myself in front of you? Wouldn't that be much simpler?"

Kui said, "Since you've investigated my background, you should know that I don't like killing people, but if you really insist, I might make an exception for you."

"Maybe next time. Next time, if I have the chance, I'll come and learn from your chess skills or magic," the man said, then pointed to a strange creature not far away, chained up, snow-white all over, resembling neither a fox nor a dog.

"The one who attacked you before was this thing. It's also the culprit behind the silent disappearance of many people in Lingyang County recently."

"To be honest, before I caught it, I didn't know how many people had disappeared here. After all, except for a few lucky ones, the traces of the remaining people in the world have been completely erased. This guy is a troublemaker in every sense of the word."

"But its own strength isn't that strong. Unlike [Xin Zi Thirty-One], it can be killed, and when it really fights, it's not much stronger than a real fox. Any hunting dog can bite it to death. So I guess in your Si Tian Jian's classification, it should belong to the easier type to deal with."

Kui didn't interrupt the man. She believed that the other party wouldn't introduce the cursed object that was causing trouble in Lingyang County for no reason.

Sure enough, the man's tone suddenly changed, "But it does have some small troubles. It belongs to a very rare type of cursed object that, even if killed, its effects will not change."

"A Class Three cursed object?" Kui frowned.

"Yes," the man said.

"Do you have a way to eliminate the influence it brings?" Kui asked directly without wasting words.

"I don't have that much ability, but a strange object on my body can indeed nullify its effects."

Kui thought for a moment and said to the man, "I order you to restore all the people who have been affected by it to their original state."

However, after she said this, the man on the stone bench remained motionless.

"Why aren't you acting?"

The man shook his head, "Because I can't do what you asked me to do. My strange object can only affect people who are still in this world, that is, you. As for the others, especially those who have disappeared completely, and no one remembers them anymore, I am powerless."

"And I can only prevent you from continuing to disappear, but I can't bring back the things that have already disappeared."

… … … …

Lu Jing felt like he was lost now.

Gong Hao didn't have time to tell him where the other supervisor was before he was sucked into the cursed object's Buddha kingdom.

So Lu Jing was a little lost at the moment. He could only assume that the other party wanted to deal with him, guessing that Gong Hao still had accomplices nearby. Then, he searched the surrounding hills, using Qingquan Temple as the center.

However, his sense of direction was average. As he walked, he didn't know where he had gone. Anyway, east, south, west, and north, front, back, left, and right, looked almost the same. Besides trees, there were still trees. Just as Lu Jing was getting dizzy, a black nightingale landed on the chinaberry tree in front of him.

Lu Jing couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the nightingale, because nightingales were the most commonly used messengers by cultivators from the academy and the Si Tian Jian.

Moreover, the nightingale in front of him was bright-eyed and full of energy. It was clear that it wasn't a wild nightingale. In that case, there should be someone from the Si Tian Jian nearby.

Thinking of this, Lu Jing couldn't help but feel a surge of energy. Although he had already asked Gu Jing to send a letter to the Si Tian Jian, Gu Jing should have just arrived not long ago, and the reinforcements from the Si Tian Jian hadn't had time to reach Lingyang yet.

This nightingale was very likely from the supervisor who was supposed to be his partner, so seeing the nightingale spread its wings and fly again, Lu Jing quickly used his lightness skill to follow.

He ran for about an incense stick of time, crossing two hills. During this time, Lu Jing looked at the messenger in front and always felt that the other party looked familiar, but he couldn't remember.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Kui asked.

"I don't know. Tell me, a guy came to me before and also said he was a supervisor from the Si Tian Jian, and he also had a wooden tag."

"Oh."

"But you do give me a somewhat familiar feeling. Have we met before?" Lu Jing asked, "There's a very dangerous cursed object in Lingyang County that can erase a person's existence. I seem to have been affected by it and forgotten some things."