The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#153 - Fall out

Chapter 153: Turning Hostile

Just as the people of the academy were discussing the two new names that had appeared on the Celestial Pivot Ranking.

Lu Jing, one of the parties involved, was still diligently opening cans in the sandstorm, completely unaware that he had already caused a storm outside.

Lu Jing was somewhat mentally prepared for being on the list, after all, when he met Kui before, the latter mentioned that his name had already entered the next issue of the Azure Cloud Ranking.

He just didn't expect that after the real list change, he would directly jump to the Celestial Pivot Ranking.

You know, it has only been a little over a month since Lu Jing entered the ranks of first-rate masters, and considering that there are no mobile phones or Wi-Fi in this era, the speed of information transmission is surprisingly slow.

It is also what the petty bourgeoisie often say in later generations: "In the past, carriages and horses were slow, letters were far away, and a lifetime was only enough to love one person."

Take Lu Jing himself as an example, don't look at him being known to everyone in Wujiang City, but he is just a regional celebrity. Once he leaves Wujiang City, everyone may just find the name a little familiar.

Further away, people in the martial arts world may have heard about his killing Yan Wang Xiao two years ago, but other than that, they know nothing about him, and ordinary people don't even know who Lu Jing is.

So, according to Lu Jing's own estimation, it would take at least another month for the news of his entry into the first-rate to reach the capital, and he shouldn't be able to make this list.

Lu Jing didn't care about this. This is not an annual evaluation of outstanding employees. Being on the list does not mean getting money, and now he has more important things to worry about.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jing seized the flaw and struck his abdomen with the staff.

The armor there, which had already been dented beyond recognition, was directly knocked away by this Zen staff.

Lu Jing's left hand followed closely, without hesitation inserting into the sand pile behind the armor, and forcibly pulled out a black stone!

As soon as he took out the stone, the mighty and tall Ironclad Warrior collapsed, the armor on his body constantly peeling off, turning into a pile of sand!

This AI is too weak.

After putting the black stone into his pocket, Lu Jing couldn't help but shake his head.

When he first encountered these Ironclad Warriors, he felt that these opponents, covered in heavy armor from head to toe and without vital points, were quite tricky, but now he no longer feels that way.

Take the squad just now as an example, he repeated the same routine three times, killing three Ironclad Warriors, and when it was the fourth Ironclad Warrior's turn.

It was as if it hadn't seen what happened to its companions before, and it still didn't have the slightest defense. With a wave of its scimitar, it generously sent itself to its doom.

The level of idiocy is comparable to teammates in the NBA2k series.

However, considering that there is only sand under the helmets of these Ironclad Warriors, this rigid and stiff performance seems to be excusable.

Lu Jing put away the stone, and after taking a meaningful look at the just dissipated sandstorm, he turned and walked back to the oasis town behind him, preparing to carry out the next stage of his plan.

The guards guarding the city had just cautiously walked out of the garrison, organizing the flags that had been blown down by the sandstorm and the chevaux-de-frise that had been trampled by the Ironclad Warriors, while at the same time, their gazes towards Lu Jing were full of admiration.

In recent days, Lu Jing's identity as a hero has been completely confirmed.

After all, for ordinary people, when the sandstorm arrives, they can't even think of walking out of the house, but this man can unhesitatingly rush into the sandstorm and constantly fight with those Ironclad Warriors, protecting the residents of the city again and again.

If this is not a hero, who else is qualified to be called a hero?!

So, no matter where Lu Jing goes now, he will receive the warmest welcome.

In order to repay the love of the people of Marasar Khan, Lu Jing also decided to do more for this beautiful oasis town.

So, after this round of sandstorm ended, Lu Jing took Nada and swaggered into the tax office together.

The guards guarding the tax office should have prevented all personnel outside the tax office from entering, but when they saw Lu Jing, they were all dumbfounded. They wanted to warn him but couldn't open their mouths, and they didn't dare to reach out to stop him.

In the end, they could only watch Lu Jing and Nada enter.

Then, a relatively clever guy ran to Yazdan to report the news, and a quarter of an hour later, this finance officer of Marasar Khan also rushed to the tax office.

When he saw Lu Jing, although Yazdan was quite dissatisfied with the former's unannounced intrusion into his territory, he still tried his best to squeeze out a smile on his face and said.

"If Grandmaster Lu wants to visit here, you can tell me in advance, so that I can arrange for people to explain it to you."

"I'm not here to visit," Lu Jing shook his head and said, "I'm here to help Finance Officer Mr. check the accounts."

"Help me check the accounts?" Yazdan was stunned.

"As you can see, I have been helping your place investigate the cause of the sandstorm. Just now, I suddenly thought that in my country, whenever there are strange phenomena or terrible disasters, it is often because there are treacherous officials in the court who bring disaster to the country and the people.

"Of course, I am not talking about Finance Officer Mr. I trust Finance Officer Mr.'s character very much, but a person's energy is limited, and the things that can be managed every day are also limited. There are always some places that Finance Officer Mr. cannot see or accidentally ignores.

"And what we are doing now is to help Finance Officer Mr. check for omissions."

Yazdan's face gradually sank upon hearing this, but he didn't want to tear his face with Lu Jing yet, so he could only reluctantly say, "Grandmaster Lu's reminder makes sense, but checking accounts is a very tedious task. It would be a bit of an overqualified job for Grandmaster Lu to do it.

"I'd better organize people to check it myself. I will definitely find the treacherous official that Grandmaster Lu mentioned."

"It's okay, I haven't been very busy recently, and I happen to have a lot of time," Lu Jing said as he pulled up a chair and sat down.

The female shopkeeper continued to direct several bookkeepers to bring out the previous tax records.

Upon seeing this, Yazdan couldn't help clenching his fists, because Lu Jing's actions were equivalent to directly slapping him in the face.

He just couldn't understand that the relationship between the two of them was clearly quite good before. Lu Jing's current reputation is inseparable from his vigorous promotion, and the two sides also have a common enemy, Vulture.

How could Lu Jing turn hostile to him first in the blink of an eye?

Yazdan is not a child. He doesn't believe a word of the excuse of expelling treacherous officials. Looking at Lu Jing, who was leisurely drinking refreshing soup in front of him, Yazdan knew very well that this guy was here to make trouble for him on purpose.

So, the anger in his eyes became more and more intense, but what surprised Lu Jing was that even at this point, Yazdan didn't completely turn hostile to him.

He even asked Lu Jing if he was short of manpower for checking accounts. After receiving a negative answer, he didn't stop him anymore and left with a cold face.

Sorry, it's a little late.