The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#261 - Try Guanpu

Lu Jing was still sizing up the fair-faced scholar, but the black cat on the other side couldn't bear it any longer and moved first.

It shot out like an arrow leaving the string, heading straight for the scholar's left leg.

Because there were too many people on the bridge, the scholar remained unaware until the black cat pounced in front of him, still looking around. Then, he heard someone shout, "Don't swallow!"

The scholar was wondering who 'Don't Swallow' was when he felt a slight pain on his leg.

He quickly looked down and saw a black shadow first, then a white line in the middle of the shadow. However, before he could see what exactly had bitten him, the black shadow and white line disappeared into the crowd.

Everything happened so fast that the scholar even doubted if it was just his imagination.

Then, the scholar looked at the place where he had been bitten. Fortunately, it was just a scratch, not a serious injury, so he didn't take it to heart.

At this time, the black cat had already returned to Lu Jing's side.

Lu Jing hurriedly asked, "What does it look like?"

The black cat extended a paw and drew a pattern on the ground.

Lu Jing carefully examined it from all angles, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the shape resembled a golden leaf.

However, to be cautious, he asked the black cat, "Is it good luck?"

The black cat nodded.

So Lu Jing didn't hesitate any longer, extended his arm, and said to the black cat, "Come on."

Anyway, it's good luck. Even if it has nothing to do with wealth, nothing major should happen, Lu Jing thought. The black cat didn't stand on ceremony and bit his arm.

As a result, a red纹路 flashed under Lu Jing's skin, and the black cat's two canine teeth were almost broken.

Lu Jing scratched his head. He had trained the Fire Scale Armor to the third level. The good thing was that he was now wearing a well-made suit of armor at all times, and he was no longer afraid of being ambushed.

But the bad thing was that he had just started learning this body protection skill, and he couldn't control it freely, and he didn't know how to take off the armor.

However, this didn't stump Lu Jing. Then, he bought a dagger from a nearby stall.

He used the dagger to cut a small opening on his arm, and then extended it to the black cat. The latter then leaned its mouth over.

Lu Jing felt a faint warmth flow from the black cat's tongue into his body, and then into his spiritual platform acupoint.

Is it done?

Lu Jing tried to move his hands and feet again, feeling no different from before. Then, he quickly turned his gaze to his feet, but he didn't immediately find any money.

However, Lu Jing wasn't disappointed. Luck, in his understanding, should only increase the probability of something happening. It doesn't work all the time, and finding money is a matter of chance. Finding it once a day is already amazing.

If he picked up money all the way, it wouldn't be luck, but causality.

And the easiest way to test the probability is to repeat the independent experiment multiple times.

Lu Jing had already thought about where he should go.

He saw a jade stall ahead, with a sign that read "Can Gamble."

So Lu Jing took Amu and the black cat over.

However, Lu Jing didn't know that just after he left, the fair-faced scholar had also waited for the owner of the purse. It was a rather handsome young man, with a little maid.

However, anyone with discerning eyes could see that the handsome young master was a woman disguised as a man, probably a young lady from some family, secretly running out to play without her family's knowledge.

And now the woman disguised as a man looked anxious. She had lost her purse on the way and hurried back to find it.

In fact, she didn't care much about the few taels of silver in the purse, the key was that there was also a jade ring that her grandmother had given her, which was very important to her.

Even if she had to redeem it, she had to get it back.

However, the woman disguised as a man knew in her heart that the hope of finding the purse and ring was very slim.

However, when she searched all the way to the bridge, she saw a man standing on the bridge, looking around with her purse in his hand.

The woman disguised as a man couldn't help being overjoyed and immediately rushed up and shouted, "Mine! Mine!"

The scholar didn't immediately return the purse to her, but asked again, "What's inside?"

"Four taels of silver, twenty-three copper coins, and a jade ring," the woman disguised as a man said without hesitation.

"Then that's right," the scholar nodded and returned the purse with both hands.

The woman disguised as a man opened the purse and saw the jade ring inside, and her heart returned to her stomach.

Then, she finally had time to size up the scholar in front of her.

As a result, at just one glance, she couldn't help but feel her heart pounding.

Heavens, how could there be such a tall and handsome man in this world? Moreover, that man was so brave, resourceful, and law-abiding.

After seeing the purse, he didn't secretly swallow the wealth in it, but waited here bitterly. Could this person be her destined marriage partner that the fortune teller said when she was a child?

The latter was immediately frightened out of her wits and hurriedly held her head and cried as she fled down the bridge.

Listening to the ridicule of the onlookers along the way, she only felt that she had lost all her face tonight, and she no longer had any of the previous romance.

It wasn't until she ran to a safe place that the master and servant gasped for breath and cursed the scholar named Qin together.

At this time, Lu Jing had already arrived at the jade stall. The stall owner was an old man in his fifties, and when he saw a customer, he greeted him warmly, "Come and see if there's anything you like. All the jade items here can be sold or gambled."

"How to gamble?" Lu Jing asked.

The stall owner pointed to a pottery jar next to him, "Just throw copper coins into this jar. If they are all tails, you can take the jade item you have chosen. The jade items in the front row are five copper coins per gamble, the middle ones are six, and the back ones are seven. I also have a jade bottle at the bottom of the box, ten copper coins per gamble."

Lu Jing looked at the jade items he had put out. The quality of the front row was not very good. Many had cracks or missing corners. The middle ones were slightly better. The jade items in the back row were basically without any problems. As for the jade bottle, it was indeed beautiful, but it was too difficult to win.

Ten copper coins are all tails, that's 0.5 to the tenth power, the chance feels too small.