The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#512 - Gold Medal Sparring

Coming out of the Scripture Repository, Lu Jing raised his head and looked at the sky, discovering that it was already dusk, and the day was almost over.

Before, because of the poison pill promised by Han Shan Ke, Lu Jing was not too anxious even though he was about to reach the Second Palace, but now he had returned to the state of counting the days in Wu Jiang City.

Other cultivators are overjoyed when they see a breakthrough is imminent, wishing they could achieve it in one fell swoop and reach the next level as soon as possible, but Lu Jing only hopes that this day will come later, giving him more time.

Fortunately, those backup plans he had prepared before have now been launched one after another.

Compared with the panic and helplessness when he encountered this kind of thing for the first time, Lu Jing today can be said to be armed to the teeth. Even if Plan A undergoes a major change, there is still a series of Plan Bs available.

However, backup plans are ultimately just backup plans, and even if they succeed, they are only treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

If he had a choice, Lu Jing would of course still hope to get the poison pill smoothly and completely curb the expansion of his secret power.

But now it seems that this kind of thing has become a luxury.

However, after so long, Lu Jing has accepted it more or less. After sorting out his mood, he became busy again.

No matter what, he still has many friends to rely on now.

Afterwards, Lu Jing went to find Xia Huai, Yang Tao, and Wen Xiaochuan in turn. After thinking about it, he turned to Yan Yun's room at the end.

Yan Yun listened quietly to Lu Jing's general idea, and without any nonsense, she only said one word, "Okay," and then closed the door, continuing to practice her secret power inside.

In fact, since the news that Lu Jing had embarked on the path of cultivation gradually spread, many people began to feel the pressure.

After all, Lu Jing won the first place in the Little Competition when he had no secret power. Now that he can cultivate, wouldn't the first place in the Great and Little Competitions be monopolized by this guy in the future?

In order to avoid this dark and sunless thing from happening, other people are also working harder to catch up with someone's footsteps.

And this is what Supervisor Huang, Su Tixue and others are willing to see.

I just don't know if the other disciples know that Lu Jing is about to open the Second Palace, can they still maintain this enthusiasm for catching up, or will they be like Chen Hanqing, who is so stimulated that they are utterly disheartened and just want to go home and farm the land properly.

As for Lu Jing, who doesn't want to become a Second Palace cultivator on the other side, is now becoming more diligent than ever before.

After arranging the matters of the Scripture Repository, Lu Jing called Ah Hua, and the man and the monkey came to the back mountain again, found a secluded place, and began to formally practice the set of formations he had obtained from Ye Gongmei.

Lu Jing had previously learned some basic knowledge of formations in class.

Compared with spells, formations and talismans are like apps with pre-written programs, which are much easier to use than directly coding.

Their difficulty is more concentrated in the stage of making apps.

But this is only limited to formations and talismans that can be put down or thrown away and don't need to be taken care of.

For example, Lu Jing himself can barely set up a low-level illusion formation, which can confuse some birds and beasts with little intelligence and keep them away from his ginseng field, as well as the test talisman he used before to test the rank of the secret cauldron.

Well, and the use of talisman treasures is also very simple, but this is a special case.

Like some high-level formations and powerful talismans, they also need to be manipulated after being thrown out.

According to Ye Gongmei, this Beast Control Formation in Lu Jing's hand has ninety-nine and eighty-one changes, which is enough to cope with all possible situations.

Let the fierce beasts trapped in it have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, and finally can only bow their heads and surrender obediently.

As a result, Lu Jing, who had set up the formation, tried it, and when Ah Hua made the first move, he had to go back and look up the manual.

After practicing for an hour, Lu Jing roughly recognized which changes should be used in various situations.

However, once Ah Hua's movements became complicated and no longer just rushing around, Lu Jing was out of his depth again, especially when he needed to combine several changes, Lu Jing was even more flustered, and pressed a bunch of buttons randomly.

It's like a novice who has just come into contact with King of Fighters, watching him rub the handle with a crackling sound, but in the end, what move is made is completely random.

The Beast Control Formation under his control is naturally full of loopholes.

Fortunately, Lu Jing was mentally prepared for this situation. He didn't specialize in formations, and he hadn't even touched a few formations before. It would be a ghost if he could play so well when he came into contact with the Beast Control Formation, a full-level formation.

But it doesn't matter, isn't it just brushing proficiency? Lu Jing is best at this kind of thing.

Ah Hua practiced with Lu Jing for a while, and the previous fear gradually disappeared, feeling that the guy in front of him was nothing more than that.

He is very good at beating monkeys, but he is far behind in playing formations. Not to mention comparing with Ye Gongmei, the ancestor, Ah Hua thinks that I can do it with this level.

But after a while, Ah Hua finally noticed something was wrong.

Why hasn't that guy on the opposite side shown any signs of fatigue after manipulating the Beast Control Formation for so long?

Although the level is still ridiculously low, the secret power seems to be very abundant.

Ah Hua couldn't help but feel uneasy.

It's an illusion, it must be an illusion! How could this guy last so long? He will definitely be unable to do it in a while, and then he can regain his freedom and do whatever he wants.

But half an hour passed, Lu Jing had no intention of stopping, and Ah Hua could only continue to jump around in the Beast Control Formation, tirelessly playing the role of a guinea pig.

Its brow furrowed, and it began to feel that things might not be that simple.

After another half an hour, the Beast Control Formation continued to change, and Lu Jing, who was controlling the formation, seemed to be more skilled than before, and Ah Hua felt that the soles of his feet were a little numb from jumping, and his calves began to ache.

Why hasn't this man finished yet? Then it seems that I can only persevere.

Ah Hua gritted his teeth, it had already lost once in a fight, and it couldn't lose again in a long run.

So after another hour, Ah Hua felt that his consciousness was a little blurred, and the man on the opposite side finally stopped the movements in his hands.

Is it over? Ah Hua breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Is it still the final winner?

As a result, he heard Lu Jing shout at him, "Hey, don't just run, attack the great formation, otherwise how can I consume... oh, no, practice other changes."