The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#541 - Forget it, don't forget it either.

Lu Jing and Xuan Ji spent the better part of the day wandering around the capital, drinking wine together, watching a play, and buying a bunch of miscellaneous little trinkets.

After that, Lu Jing returned to the academy and主动投案自首 (turned himself in).

In the library, Supervisor Huang reached out and silently recited the name of a book in his heart. It was clear that the book was right there on the shelf in front of him, but after he finished reciting the name, the book remained motionless.

Supervisor Huang was still unwilling to give up. This time, he simply closed his eyes and silently recited the name twice more, but still nothing happened.

So he turned to look at Lu Jing, who was standing to one side.

The latter very obediently handed over the book, "Old Yan Tales." Supervisor Huang took it, flipped through a few pages, then went directly to the end, glanced at it, closed the book, and said with a serious expression.

"So, 【Gui Zi Lu Shi Liu】 really has disappeared?"

"That's right."

Lu Jing felt a little guilty, but still nodded.

"Then in the future, if the teachers and students of the academy want to borrow books here, they can only search for them one by one?"

"It seems… that's how it is."

At this time, Xuan Ji plucked up her courage and said, "I, I can help everyone find books."

Supervisor Huang's square face didn't reveal any expression, but he was much more polite to Xuan Ji than he was to a certain someone, and he said, "Miss Xuan Ji, I wonder if you could help me transcribe a copy of the 'Secret Force True Explanation'?"

"Oh, oh, okay."

Xuan Ji nodded and turned to go upstairs. Seeing this, Lu Jing quickly said, "I'll go help too."

"No, you stay here," Supervisor Huang said lightly. "I haven't finished talking to you yet."

Lu Jing's attempt to escape failed, and he had to stay put obediently.

Supervisor Huang waited a while longer, until Xuan Ji's figure disappeared, then he spoke again, "The Department of Celestial Observation studied 【Gui Zi Lu Shi Liu】 a long time ago, and knew that its obsession was related to the sorting of books.

"But no matter how we arranged the books in the library, it could find them immediately. Later, someone suggested emptying the library of its books, so that it would have no books to sort.

"But the fact is that once the number of books in the library is less than ten thousand, it will automatically judge that this is no longer a library, and then disappear and appear in other libraries. So, in the end, the Department of Celestial Observation also classified it as a type of strange object whose obsession could not be resolved."

Lu Jing was a little embarrassed, "I didn't intend to resolve its obsession anyway."

"I know, Xuan Ji has already told us everything. You were trying to find her hand," Supervisor Huang paused. "The starting point may have been good, but it was still too reckless, and it disregarded the rules of the academy."

Lu Jing couldn't refute this point, and could only grit his teeth and say, "I was the one who proposed this matter. Everyone else was just helping me, so Supervisor Huang, if you really want to punish someone, just punish me."

"Coincidentally, you're not the first person to say that to me," Supervisor Huang still said expressionlessly. "The others have also come to me in private, it seems they are also worried that you will cause too much trouble."

Lu Jing was embarrassed when he heard this.

However, Supervisor Huang still didn't say how he planned to punish him this time, and instead changed the subject, "I heard that you went to the capital with Xuan Ji this afternoon. So, Xuan Ji has completely transformed into a human and can leave the library?"

Lu Jing nodded again.

"I didn't expect that strange object that only knew how to sort books would be quite good at helping people achieve their goals," Supervisor Huang raised his eyebrows.

"Ah, no…"

Lu Jing was about to explain, but Supervisor Huang waved his hand to interrupt him, "Alright, I'm not concerned about your emotional life. Let's get back to the main topic.

"I don't know if you've ever calculated how long you've been in the academy?"

"Um, about seven months," Lu Jing answered quite quickly.

"Then calculate how many times you've attended lectures in the lecture hall in these seven months?" Supervisor Huang asked again.

Lu Jing was speechless.

However, Supervisor Huang's subsequent rhetorical question left him speechless again.

"Do you yourself believe such nonsense?"

"… … … …"

Lu Jing naturally didn't believe it. He made a decision at the last moment, choosing Xuan Ji instead of the strange object he created himself, which meant that his secret force trouble had not been resolved, so he would still be busy later.

The statement about calming down was originally intended to fool Supervisor Huang and others, but unfortunately, Supervisor Huang wasn't stupid either. Lu Jing had too many previous offenses, and Supervisor Huang completely didn't believe him anymore.

"Since you like running around outside so much, you might as well just stay outside," Supervisor Huang then said in a deep voice.

Lu Jing was stunned, and then his heart sank, "Is the academy planning to expel me?"

He knew that he had caused trouble again this time, but he didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.

He had only been in the academy for more than half a year. Although he hadn't really listened to lectures honestly, he had learned no less than anyone else, and most importantly, he had accidentally gained a secret force trouble after starting his cultivation.

To solve, or rather, alleviate this trouble, the answer still had to be found on the path of cultivation. Leaving the academy to explore slowly on his own would probably not lead to any good solutions even if he died.

So, unless absolutely necessary, Lu Jing didn't want to leave the academy, let alone that he still had many people he couldn't let go of here, not just Xia Huai, Wen Xiaoqian and the others, but also Xuan Ji, Dongmen Weilan, Ye Gongmei, Chi, and others.

Seeing Lu Jing frowning, a hint of relief flashed in Supervisor Huang's eyes, but he didn't rush to speak, and waited a while before continuing.

"I'm not trying to drive you away. Actually, this is the result of my discussion with Chief Supervisor Su and Junior Supervisor Guo. I've found that no matter where you go, you always run into strange objects or oddities."

"Um… when I first met Kui, she seemed to say that I had some kind of Spirit-Attracting Physique."

"I know about Spirit-Attracting. It's said that one in every thousand people has it, but others don't seem to be as exaggerated as you. Fortunately, you also seem to be very good at dealing with strange objects and oddities. In that case, why not make use of your talent?" Supervisor Huang said with his hands behind his back.

"What do you mean, am I going to become an inspector ahead of time? This… wouldn't the leap be a little too big, and I haven't even participated in the final assessment yet, right?"