The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#269 - Rain on Banana Leaves

After Silkworm Girl left, Lu Jing didn't kill the merchant-like man. Since he had revealed his name in front of him, he naturally hoped that the man would pass his name on to the boss behind Gold Coin Pavilion.

To make the other party restrain themselves in the future and not always think about resorting to force.

As for any possible retaliation that might follow, Lu Jing didn't take it to heart at all.

Feng Jiulang was just one of his alts, and he usually spent most of his time holed up in the academy. It would be a miracle if anyone could find him.

Moreover, although he himself wouldn't go around robbing the rich, he wouldn't refuse if any rich people insisted on delivering themselves to his door to be robbed.

In less than an hour, Lu Jing had already achieved successive victories, first trying his hand at the jade stall, and now reaping eight thousand taels of silver, his confidence soaring along with it.

He felt like he was about to figure out how to use his own windfall luck.

However, by this time, it had already been quite a while since he had left the academy, and since the black cat had finally filled its stomach, Lu Jing temporarily stopped experimenting.

Instead, he found a secluded place, removed the human skin mask from his face, changed his clothes, and ran to the small courtyard where Gu Caiwei lived.

As soon as he entered, he saw a girl of seven or eight years old, with pigtails, wearing coarse clothes, holding two wooden Emei Piercers, practicing the movements of stabbing and picking in a serious manner.

Her little red face was covered with sweat.

Lu Jing looked at her for a moment and casually pointed out, "The force from the wrist and calf should not be applied simultaneously, but with a time difference, so that the force from the calf can be transmitted to the wrist first, and then merge with the force from the wrist, so that the move will be faster and more ferocious."

"Thank you, Senior Lu," Cui, who was watching her daughter practice, said.

The girl heard this and quickly put away the Emei Piercers in her hands and respectfully said, "Thank you, Senior Lu. I could never grasp the key to this move before. It turns out that the force wasn't applied in sequence. If Senior Lu hadn't taught me, I don't know how long it would have taken me to figure it out."

"Oh, you're welcome," Lu Jing waved his hand, feeling a little emotional.

Just over two years ago, he was still an outsider even inferior to the girl in front of him, making a living as a porter at the dock. Now, he was already a first-rate expert in the martial world, and a casual pointer from him could benefit others greatly.

This shows that hard work really... is not as important as having a cheat!

Since he had already started, Lu Jing simply did a good deed to the end, and had the girl perform the remaining moves one by one, then pointed out the areas where she was not practicing well, and explained them in detail.

Although Lu Jing had never learned Cui's set of piercing techniques, his eye skills were excellent, and coupled with his constant practice with Amu, his grasp of details was something that most disciples of the great sects could not match.

After all, Amu could be said to be the strictest teacher in the world. If Lu Jing did anything wrong, the wooden stakes of the wooden dummy would definitely poke at him.

However, thanks to Amu's strict teaching, Lu Jing had almost never revealed any flaws due to improper moves when fighting against others, and even when he was tired, his moves would not be deformed, as standard as a robot.

Therefore, when instructing Cui's daughter, he could immediately see which muscles were uncoordinated and the way force was applied was incorrect.

Some of these even conflicted with the original records in the secret manual, but Cui frowned and thought about it, and combined with her own practical experience, she felt that Lu Jing's words made more sense.

So she couldn't help but sigh, "Senior Lu is indeed a top expert on the Tianji List, and his understanding of martial arts is more profound than ours."

Lu Jing scratched his head, feeling like he had stolen Amu's credit.

While he was instructing Cui's daughter, Gu Caiwei also came out of the house wearing a thin shirt. Judging from her appearance, she should have already gone to bed, but she hadn't slept, and it was unknown whether she was reading or doing needlework in bed.

After coming out, she didn't disturb the three of them, but just leaned against the door and watched Lu Jing.

It wasn't until Lu Jing finished explaining the last piercing technique and encouraged Cui's daughter a few words that she called out, "Lu Lang!"

Perhaps because she had been lying in bed for a long time, her voice sounded a little lazy, like the sound of rain hitting banana leaves.

"Are you done with your business?"

"No," Lu Jing walked to Gu Caiwei's side and hugged her soft, boneless waist, "I'm busy learning skills, and it will be a long time before I finish learning. I sneaked out in the middle, but the place where I'm learning skills is not far from the capital. In the future, I should be able to come back to see you once every month or two."

"With Lu Lang's current martial arts skills, do you still need to learn skills?"

"No, with Princess Fu'an's care, my business has been going smoothly," Gu Caiwei said, pretending to be relaxed.

However, after she finished speaking, she waited for a long time but didn't receive Lu Jing's reply.

It wasn't until she raised her head again that she realized that Lu Jing's gaze had been fixed on her face.

"Liars will be spanked."

"This... this servant didn't lie," Gu Caiwei said shyly, "Lu Lang, you just want to find an excuse to take liberties with this servant."

"Is that so? Then what about Jiang Yuanmao's matter?" Lu Jing looked at Gu Caiwei with a half-smile.

"Jiang... Jiang Yuanmao? Where did you hear that?" Gu Caiwei was slightly flustered when she heard the name, but she quickly calmed down, "There was only a small misunderstanding between me and Guild Leader Jiang, and it has now been resolved. Moreover, Guild Leader Jiang is now overwhelmed and has no time to pay attention to me."

"I don't think Guild Leader Jiang looked like he only had a small misunderstanding with you at the birthday banquet, Brother Gu," Lu Jing lowered his voice.

Hearing this voice, Gu Caiwei's delicate body trembled, and she immediately understood what was going on.

She was both surprised and moved, "Feng... Feng Jiulang, was that you disguised? I was wondering why that person seemed so strangely familiar, even though I had never met him before."

Lu Jing nodded, "Originally, I just wanted to use his methods to retaliate for your tricking me by pretending to be my cousin last time, but when I arrived at your firewood shop, I realized that you were in trouble, so this new identity came in handy. But..."

Lu Jing suddenly paused in the middle of his sentence.

"But what?" Gu Caiwei asked curiously.

"It's just that someone's butt is about to be in danger again," Lu Jing said leisurely.