The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#675 - We unite

Lu Jing was stunned by these words.

As if afraid he hadn't understood, the candy figurine granny specially explained again, "What I can cure are the problems that arise when becoming a strange object due to a missing soul.

"Moreover, it's not really a cure. I'm just using malt sugar to blow a fake soul, filling the void of the missing soul. It's definitely not the same as a real one, but at least the problems on the body can be alleviated.

"But if your problem isn't caused by the lack of that one soul, then even if I install that soul for you, it won't be of any use."

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Lu Jing understood, "Are you saying that Amu's inability to speak was something he had from the womb?"

"More than that," the candy figurine granny continued, "I checked his soul earlier and found that his soul is much weaker than ordinary people. Not to mention ordinary people, even this old woman like me, who is already in her twilight years, can't compare. People with such weak souls usually die young and never grow up."

Lu Jing's eyes flickered, "Are you saying that the person who refined Amu into a strange object actually saved his life?"

"Have you ever thought that the person refined him into a strange object in order to save him?"

The candy figurine granny snorted, "I know that you people from the Sitianjian generally have prejudices against strange objects and the people who refine them, but in fact, this child's situation is not an isolated case. I've seen two other children who were refined into strange objects because they really couldn't survive, one of whom was even done by his parents.

"The person who refined this child into a strange object might also be his parents."

Lu Jing shook his head, "Don't lie to me. If it was his parents, or someone close to him, there's no reason not to keep his body and instead refine him into a little wooden figure. Moreover, his ability is obviously to serve the refiner."

"You are not a refiner, you don't know why they made this choice."

"You are also not a refiner, why are you so sure that the refiner's purpose was benevolent?" Lu Jing retorted.

The candy figurine granny was speechless.

Lu Jing then asked, "Can you see anything else about the refiner?"

The candy figurine granny was silent for a while before saying, "The other party's methods were very crude and direct, and very different from the most commonly used refining methods now. From this, it can be inferred that he was refined into a strange object very early."

"How early? A few years, a dozen years?"

"More than that."

"More than that means…"

"At least a hundred years ago," the candy figurine granny said.

"A hundred years? How is that possible?" Lu Jing didn't believe it.

He looked at Amu, who was sitting obediently on the side, and found it hard to imagine that it was already a hundred years old.

And the most important thing is, "Is Mr. Ji also over a hundred years old?"

"You seem to have misunderstood something," the candy figurine granny said, "Although many of the strange objects that have appeared recently are related to Mr. Ji, he wasn't the first to start refining strange objects."

"What?!" Lu Jing felt numb.

He had already heard too many bizarre things today, but even so, this matter still shocked him.

"Hehe, of course the Sitianjian wouldn't tell you this kind of thing. In fact, apart from the past Shaojians, there are very few people in the Sitianjian who know about the existence of strange objects."

"Who was the first person to refine strange objects?"

"No one knows his name, only that he was a member of the Sitianjian, originally researching strange objects, but accidentally refined a strange object. And this was about three or four hundred years ago."

"Three or four hundred years? Is the history of strange objects that long?"

"Yes, because it was against human ethics, the strange object he refined was erased by the Sitianjian as soon as it was born, and then the refining method was also destroyed. Note that it was destroyed, not sealed, because the Sitianjian didn't want this refining method to be passed down."

"And that person was later strictly controlled by the Sitianjian, and he never refined a second strange object until his death.

"For the next hundred years or so, no strange objects appeared again. Just when the Sitianjian was about to forget about this matter, a young supervisor accidentally found a few words about strange objects in a senior's notes.

"And he happened to be a very smart and curious person. Soon after, he began to try to secretly refine strange objects, and in the end, he really managed to create one.

"At the same time, as I said, he was a very smart person. He knew very well what he would face if the Sitianjian found out about his refining of strange objects, so he had always been very careful to keep this secret.

"No, after all, she was a supervisor, and she had made meritorious contributions by reporting the crime. The Shaojian at the time even planned to let her continue to work as a supervisor in the Sitianjian, but after everything had settled down, she quietly chose to commit suicide," the candy figurine granny sighed.

After a pause, she continued, "In any case, some strange objects escaped, so the method of refining strange objects was passed down. It's just that because of fear of the Sitianjian, no one has dared to refine strange objects openly these years, and most strange objects are very low-key, wishing they were the same as ordinary people."

"Until Mr. Ji appeared?" Lu Jing asked.

"Until Mr. Ji appeared," the candy figurine granny said, "You may not like him, but you have to admit that he is a very capable person."

"He not only improved the method of refining strange objects, allowing ordinary people to refine strange objects, but also created a wide variety of strange objects with various uses. At the same time, he transformed this power into faith, uniting people willingly under his banner."

"What exactly does he want to do?" Lu Jing said, "Become an emperor himself?"

"You underestimate him too much."

"It can't be such a grand goal as to allow strange objects and humans to live in peace."

The candy figurine granny didn't answer, but suddenly changed the subject, "You did a good job with what I asked you to do before, but I couldn't do what you asked me to do. I can see that you really want to understand this little wooden figure. How about this, I'll help you inquire about things related to him.

"I know a lot of strange objects, maybe someone has heard of him. Besides that, I can also compensate you in other ways."

"Other ways?"

"Yes, maybe we can cooperate more in the future and solve cases together."