The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#367 - Kind Reminder

Lu Jing hadn't planned to hide the fact that he had already started cultivating, otherwise, he wouldn't have brazenly gone to listen to the "Secrets of Mystical Power Explained."

He just hadn't expected that Professor Zheng, after seeing him, wouldn't even try to verify the recent rumors, but instead looked at him with a gentle expression the entire time.

His expression was like that of a kind old father, sizing up his son who was disabled but determined.

In this situation, Lu Jing found it difficult to proactively announce that he had already established his foundation.

Because he had already successfully attracted a wave of hatred when he won the first place in the previous small competition, now if he revealed his identity as a cultivator in front of everyone, it would inevitably seem like he was deliberately showing off.

In order to take care of everyone's feelings, Lu Jing ultimately listened to the entire mystical power lesson very considerately and quietly.

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After leaving the school hall, he originally wanted to go directly to the back mountain to continue using up today's mystical power and practice "Lush Green."

But after thinking about it, he changed direction and walked towards the school fields.

However, after walking for a while, he kept hearing footsteps following him from behind.

Lu Jing didn't pay much attention, only thinking that it was some bored person trying to verify the previous rumors.

It wasn't until he reached a place with few people that the footsteps finally stopped, and then a voice rang out, "Great Hero Lu."

Lu Jing turned around and found that the person speaking was someone he didn't recognize.

He looked about seven or eight years older than him, and his appearance was quite honest, but his eyes were slightly turned outwards, which made his gaze seem direct when he looked at people.

He had followed him all the way from the school hall, so he was obviously a student of the academy.

"Is there anything I can help you with, friend?"

Although Lu Jing was in a hurry, he still stopped and said politely when he heard this.

Seeing that Lu Jing was so good-tempered and didn't even mention the fact that he had been following him all this way, the man was a little unaccustomed for a moment, and then he remembered Lu Jing's reputation in the martial world and his ranking on the Heavenly Pivot List, and subconsciously felt a little inferior.

He took half a step back with his left foot, but then he seemed to think of something, and stepped out again, and this time he stepped out even further than before, and said to Lu Jing solemnly, "For the next small competition, please be sure not to be absent!"

"Oh," Lu Jing nodded, noncommittally.

Seeing that Lu Jing didn't seem to care much, the man immediately became anxious, and his tone became much heavier.

"I know what you're thinking, you just want to take advantage of the fact that everyone's cultivation time is short, and you were lucky enough to win once and then immediately stop, so that you can earn enough fame, haha... Great Hero Lu is really good at planning, no wonder you can become famous in the martial world in such a short time."

Lu Jing smelled a strong sour taste in the other person's words, but he didn't care much. In a sense, he could understand why the other person would have such thoughts.

After all, he was an ordinary person without mystical power participating in the small competition, and no one would believe that he was actually going for the Heavenly One Life Water, so he had to be after something, so in the end, most people could only attribute his motivation for participating in the small competition to wanting to prove himself.

"Why?" Lu Jing asked curiously, "Did you solve the last question before me?"

"... ... ... ..."

The man choked when he heard this, and then said vaguely, "I had something to do at the time and didn't make it in time to participate."

Hearing his words, Lu Jing finally guessed his identity, and suddenly realized, "You are Chen Hanqing from the Divine Fist Sect, right? I heard about you before. Your cultivation aptitude is very good, and you and the little monk Zhaoming are currently the only two people in the academy with Grade A mystical cauldrons."

When Chen Hanqing heard this, his back immediately straightened up, and he looked three years younger. He said in a deep voice, "That's right, it is me. Moreover, after a period of hard cultivation, my internal strength has also been successfully promoted to the second-rate realm. It was precisely because I was catching up with the moment of breakthrough that I was unable to participate in the small competition, otherwise, who would win is still unknown."

"Maybe," Lu Jing didn't argue about this kind of purely hypothetical thing, but said to Chen Hanqing, "Is that all you wanted to say? I have something urgent to do and I'm in a hurry. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first."

Chen Hanqing was stunned, "Then the next small competition..."

"I don't know, we'll talk about it when the time comes."

Lu Jing waved his hand. He was telling the truth. He had already obtained the Heavenly One Life Water and drank it. Now it was too late to regret it, and for the time being, he didn't seem to want anything else. From this point of view, he wasn't interested in the next small competition.

But who told him that he still owed Chi a large sum of money for buying a flying sword? So if the next small competition really had some very valuable prizes, then he might have to work hard again.

So whether or not he participated in the small competition completely depended on what the academy planned to use as prizes next time.

But to Chen Hanqing, Lu Jing's deliberate refusal to commit was still to avoid fighting him. So he gritted his teeth and became ruthless, "I will send you the challenge letter before sunset tonight. If you don't accept it, then wait for the reputation of being timid and cowardly to spread throughout the academy. Maybe it will even spread to the martial world. Don't say I didn't remind you!"

Lu Jing only felt a little dumbfounded, "No, I said, friend, no matter what, we are still classmates. I, Lu, have never had any grudges with you, and since you didn't participate in the previous small competition, then it doesn't count as losing to me. Why are you so obsessed with competing with me?"

Hearing Lu Jing's question, Chen Hanqing seemed to be stung by something. His honest square face also wrinkled up, and he said in a cold voice, "A challenge is a challenge, why are there so many reasons? You want a reason, then doesn't washing away the shame for cultivators count?"

"This... Actually, I am also a cultivator now," Lu Jing kindly reminded him.

"So the rumors are true?" Chen Hanqing was stunned. Thinking of Lu Jing's martial arts and the fact that he now also had mystical power, he couldn't help but feel a little hesitant in his heart.

But this hesitation was only for a moment, and it was quickly dispelled by a burst of boldness.

He was no longer the ordinary, unknown disciple of the Divine Fist Sect, Chen Hanqing.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation and becoming one of the only two people in this year's new students of the academy with Grade A mystical cauldrons, his fate had also changed quietly.

He no longer had to look up to geniuses like Yan Yun, Lu Jing, and the White Jade Young Master. Now he already had the qualifications to stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

He just needed to prove it to one person.

Thinking of this, Chen Hanqing couldn't help but clench his fists, and the fighting spirit in his eyes was high as he looked at Lu Jing.