The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#722 - Heavy rain and ruined temple

The members of the Heroes' Assembly were all crowded at the ship's railing, anxiously watching the river surface.

By now, they all knew that this was not a mere trick, but a real battle to slay a demon.

And the outcome of this battle concerned their very survival, so everyone's heart was in their throat.

At this time, some time had passed since Lu Jing and Xia Huai had entered the water.

Master Bai Er didn't care about the previous discord and asked Chen Tong, who was holding a lantern beside him, "You have good eyesight, can you see anything?"

"Uh… no."

Chen Tong widened his eyes, trying hard to search the surface of the water, but apart from the滔天 wind and waves, he couldn't see anything.

On the other side, a man in a Taoist robe was calculating with his fingers. His fingers flew up and down as he chanted, and finally his expression became solemn.

"I have already calculated that the great snake is not just an ordinary monster. It has some true dragon bloodline in its body, and it has now awakened. I'm afraid that the two immortals, Lu and Xia, will not be easy to deal with."

But before he could finish speaking, someone retorted, "Bullshit! What time is it, Rice Calculator, and you're still adding to the chaos here? Outsiders don't know your details, but who in our Heroes' Assembly doesn't know that you used to be a monk in Purple Bamboo Mountain? Later, you were envious of people making money by fortune-telling, so you switched to the Three Purities Sect. What kind of fortune-telling do you know? Which time didn't you rely on observing people's expressions to swindle money?"

Rice Calculator's old face turned red from what he said, and he was about to retort.

But then someone shouted from the other side, "Blood… a lot of blood!"

Hearing this, everyone looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, they saw that the river water there was slightly red.

"Because there's too much. Ordinary people's blood can't possibly dye such a large area of the river red."

"That makes sense." Master Bai Er's eyes also lit up.

And Rice Calculator looked embarrassed, but still stubbornly said, "That's hard to say. Lu and Xia are immortals, and an immortal's blood may be more than ordinary people's."

But as the wind and waves on the river gradually subsided, Lu Jing and Xia Huai emerged from the water again, and Rice Calculator's persona as a divine calculator was completely shattered.

Looking at the two people who had walked around underwater, but didn't have a drop of water on their bodies.

The members of the Heroes' Assembly couldn't help but marvel in their hearts. After a moment, someone said, "Immortal, that dragon… oh no, that snake demon."

"Has been killed by us," Lu Jing said.

"The two immortals are indeed skilled!" Master Bai Er gave a thumbs up.

The other members of the Heroes' Assembly also thanked Lu and Xia, thanking them for saving their lives.

If it weren't for the two of them taking action, everyone on this ship would have been buried in the river. Now, not only did they survive, but they also witnessed a battle between immortals and demons.

And this wonderful battle also inspired their creative inspiration.

Many people were now bursting with inspiration, wishing they could run back to their rooms now to compose music and write lyrics, and then travel all over the world to sing it everywhere.

However, Lu Jing and Xia Huai, as the parties involved, didn't seem very excited, but just asked the boatman to find a place to dock as soon as possible.

Although the two of them had killed the big snake, their whereabouts had also been exposed. Staying on the boat would only make them a living target, and it would also implicate the others on the boat.

However, before getting off the boat, Lu Jing asked someone for a teapot, brewed the remaining Farewell Tea from before, and then gave everyone a bowl.

Master Bai Er and the others didn't suspect anything and drank it all happily.

This was immortal tea bestowed by an immortal. It smelled very fragrant, and it might have some other effects.

They didn't ask for longevity, as long as it could eliminate some of the hidden ailments or injuries on their bodies, it would be a bargain.

Unfortunately, this tea could only erase their memories.

When the Farewell Tea took effect, they didn't remember what had happened in the river before, and not only the things in the river, but they also forgot that Lu Jing and Xia Huai had ever been on the boat.

On the other side, Lu Jing and Xia Huai didn't stop for a moment after getting off the boat. They first traveled twenty miles quickly, then changed direction and walked ten miles before slowing down and resting briefly.

In order to shake off any pursuers or stalkers behind them, the two simply didn't enter the city and spent the night in the wild.

Early the next morning, Lu Jing and Xia Huai ate some dry food and continued to hurry on their way.

The two deliberately chose to walk on remote paths where few people traveled, and they were not afraid of encountering wild animals and bandits.

Anyway, with their skills, they could easily deal with even the most ferocious wild animals and bandits.

Four days later, the two came to a dilapidated temple, and just then, a torrential rain fell.

Although Xia Huai had a Water Avoidance Spell that could prevent her from getting wet, she couldn't do anything about the mud under her feet. Stepping on it, one foot deep and one foot shallow, her boots would be covered in mud in no time.

Moreover, it was not like the past now. It was becoming more and more difficult to absorb secret power from the world. In the previous battle in the river, Lu Jing attacked mainly, and Xia Huai provided restraint with spells from the side. The consumption was not too great, but she did not replenish the lost secret power until yesterday.

Using spells for a mere rainstorm was obviously not cost-effective.

So Lu Jing suggested going to the temple to rest for a while and leaving when the rain stopped.

Xia Huai had no objection, holding her sword in her hand, she took the lead and walked towards the temple.

Pushing open the creaking temple door, the first thing that came into view was a large area of ​​spider webs, followed by a mud statue behind the spider webs, ten feet tall, which seemed to be an unknown little mountain god.

Anyway, Xia Huai and Lu Jing didn't recognize it.

But Lu Jing didn't know why, he always felt that this scene was a bit familiar.

At this time, Xia Huai had already begun to inspect the mountain temple.

This place was not big. Basically, as long as you casually glanced a few times, you could have a panoramic view of the entire temple, but Xia Huai still walked around the four corners.

And she soon made a discovery.

"Hey, there's someone here." Xia Huai said when she went behind the mountain god statue, "He seems to be still alive."

As a result, after she finished speaking, she found that Lu Jing's expression had become strange.

"The person you saw, is he an old beggar?"

"Yes, how do you know?"

Lu Jing didn't answer, but continued to ask, "Are his eyes blind?"

"This…" Xia Huai walked up, hesitated, put away the long sword in her hand, then reached out and patted the old beggar's shoulder, and whispered, "Old man, old man, can you hear me?"

The old beggar turned over, and then slowly opened his eyes. Xia Huai was surprised to find that his eyes were gray and white.