The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#243 - Climb over

Leaving Maple Forest, Lu Jing told Xia Huai and Yang Tao about the things he had learned from Ye Gongmei, of course, only the parts related to the Iron Eater.

As for the secret about Amu, Lu Jing was determined not to speak to anyone about it easily until he had enough information.

Speaking of which, he still had to thank the black cat. If it hadn't appeared and taken Amu's place to pass the Pixiu's judgment, Lu Jing and the little wooden dummy might have encountered big trouble in the Star Observation Tower.

However, because there had been a lot of things happening recently, one after another, Lu Jing couldn't spare any time for the black cat. After confirming that it could absorb luck, he temporarily continued to let it roam free.

He didn't even have time to complete the assignment that Ye Gongmei had given him, which was to think carefully about how to use the black cat's ability.

It wasn't until he saw Ye Gongmei again this time that Lu Jing was considering whether to reward the black cat a little, to see who had been having bad luck recently, and take it to suck some of it up?

It could be considered as returning the favor for helping Amu get away with it.

However, the top priority right now was to solve the matter of 【Xin Character Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven】 first.

After all, this matter was related to all three of them, and they had been busy with it for almost three days. Seeing that they were about to see the dawn, Yang Tao's spirits were also lifted.

Immediately, he pulled Lu Jing and Xia Huai towards the residence of that Senior Chi.

The three of them searched for a long time among the cliffs on the west side of the Layered Forest, before finally finding a cave that looked like it was inhabited.

There were two stone doors outside the cave entrance. Saying they were stone doors, they felt more like randomly found large stones, split in the middle. So when the stone doors were closed, it was difficult to spot the cave from a distance.

And finding the cave was only the first step. After seeing the location of the cave, Lu Jing understood why Ye Gongmei said that people with poor lightness skills couldn't get through at all.

Because the rock wall where the cave was located was very steep, with almost no foothold, and the rock wall was covered with moss, making it extremely slippery. Lu Jing even suspected that the guy named Chi lived here not because he was obsessed with refining weapons, but because he couldn't get out at all.

"What about tying a few together?"

Xia Huai pointed to the large piece of slightly upturned stone wall above the cave, "That looks like it has been specially polished by someone, and it looks sharper than a knife. If your rope touches it, it will probably be cut off quickly."

"Then what should we do?" Yang Tao looked quite distressed, "Last time you guys went to Another World, you left me outside. Are you going to have me keep watch for you again this time?"

"If you really want to go, it's not like there's no way," Lu Jing said.

"What way?"

"Climb over."

"But there's nowhere to borrow strength on the rock wall?" Yang Tao said worriedly, looking at the mossy rock wall.

"It's okay, you'll have it if you follow behind me," Lu Jing said leisurely.

After saying that, he didn't explain further. He directly tied the Meteorite Iron Zen Staff to his back, and then climbed towards the cave with both hands and feet.

Lu Jing circulated his inner strength to the extreme, and then stretched out a hand, pressing it on the stone wall. After only a few breaths, a deep groove five fingers wide appeared on the originally smooth stone wall!

At the same time, one of Lu Jing's feet also exerted force, stepping out a small hole.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jing repeated the same trick, stretching out his other hand and other leg, also leaving a deep groove and a small hole on the rock wall.

Xia Huai and Yang Tao on the cliff were stunned by this scene.

They didn't expect that there would be someone in this world who could just use their flesh and blood to carve out a path for climbing on the incomparably hard stone wall!

You must know that ordinary inner strength experts are already very powerful and can be called a show of skill if they can step out a shallow footprint on a stone slab.

Even they, who had already entered the Second-Rate realm, could hardly step out a footprint more than an inch deep even when they exerted their full strength.

Not to mention the state when the body was still suspended in the air, the difficulty was much higher than standing on the ground.

And the depth of each of the deep grooves and small holes carved out by Lu Jing exceeded two inches.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, it would have been difficult for Xia Huai and Yang Tao to believe that someone could really do such a thing.

Moreover, there were a full fifty zhang between here and the cave! From Lu Jing's appearance, it seemed that he was planning to carve all the way to the end.

While Yang Tao and Xia Huai were in a daze, Lu Jing had actually completed almost one-third of the project.

The reason why he was carving so fast was not only because of his profound internal strength, but also because the Fire Scale Armor, this body-protecting divine skill, played a great role, allowing his fingers to become harder than the stone wall in front of him, making it easy to insert them into it.

In the end, Lu Jing only spent half a stick of incense's time to climb to the cave, and his face was not red, his heart was not beating fast, and his breathing was still even and powerful.

He waited for a while, waiting for Yang Tao and Xia Huai to successfully climb down along the footprints and handprints he had carved out, before knocking on the stone door in front of him.

However, there was no response from behind the door.

So Lu Jing had to knock again, while saying loudly, "Disciple of the academy, Lu Jing, Xia Huai, Yang Tao, come to pay a visit to Senior Chi, and want to borrow Senior's Iron Eater for a use."

This time, there was finally movement behind the door. A rough voice came from inside, "Not lending!"

The voice refused very decisively, without any room for maneuver.

This made Xia Huai and Yang Tao feel a chill in their hearts. Lu Jing was also a little helpless, but fortunately, he was prepared for this, and said again, "Senior Chi, Senior Ye Gongmei sent us here."

Although Ye Gongmei herself said that she and Chi were not very familiar, and had only met once a few years ago, since Chi had gone to Ye Gongmei to ask her about issues related to the Iron Eater, Lu Jing felt that Ye Gongmei's banner should still be able to play some role.

And things were as he guessed. After waiting for a while, the two stone doors were finally slowly pushed open from behind.