The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#113 - Hidden Spirit

Because they possessed martial arts skills, the people of the Imperial City Division, except for that unlucky scout who had his door knocked open at the beginning, all survived the rat plague.

Although almost everyone was injured, and one person even had to set their house on fire to prevent the rats from entering, fortunately, their lives were ultimately not in great danger.

In comparison, the situation of the villagers was much more severe.

The few households on the periphery were relatively okay because they encountered fewer rats and managed to barely withstand the attacks. However, in the center of the village, especially the families living close to Cui Er Gou, there were almost no survivors after the rat plague.

Many of the able-bodied men in other families were also covered in wounds, groaning in pain, while the elderly and children all lost their lives to the rats.

Lu Jing first found Yan Guangbo, who then organized some of the less injured villagers to distribute herbal medicine. He also sent two scouts to the neighboring village to ask a doctor to come and save people.

Seeing that the situation was gradually getting under control and the injured were basically receiving treatment, Yan Guangbo wanted to ask Lu Jing how the rat plague had subsided and where he had obtained the herbal medicine that specialized in treating rat bites.

However, he turned around and found that Lu Jing was already gone.

… … … …

East River. Three miles away, at the pavilion.

When Lu Jing arrived here, it was less than half an hour since the two had separated last time.

But it wasn't until he saw the figure of the woman in green in the pavilion that he breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, and cupped his fist.

"May I ask for the lady's name?"

"There are regulations from above that we should try not to use our real names when we are out on missions. If Young Master Lu is willing, you can call me Kui."

The woman in green also cupped her fist at Lu Jing, returning the polite greeting.

Her voice sounded a bit cold, just like her.

She was clearly standing there, just a short distance away, but she gave people the feeling of being separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, vaguely indistinct.

Like the bright moon overhead.

"You know who I am?" Lu Jing was a little surprised.

"It's hard for anyone who has been to Wu River City not to recognize Young Master Lu, your portrait is plastered all over the docks."

"Hey." Lu Jing smiled wryly.

"Meeting Young Master Lu today, I see that your benevolence is indeed well-deserved. When the rats attacked earlier, with Young Master Lu's lightness skill and skill, you could have escaped on your own. But I didn't expect you to stay behind for the sake of your companions and the villagers."

"I always have to try to do something, I can't just run away in fright, and besides, I have... a way to protect myself." Lu Jing said.

However, Kui seemed to misunderstand his meaning, shaking her head and saying, "Once it has its eyes on you, you won't be able to escape. There are only two paths, either marry it or be killed by it."

"That's so ruthless?" Lu Jing was stunned. "My lightness skill is actually quite good."

"I know that Young Master Lu, you are very skilled. It is said that when the Azure Cloud Ranking is updated next month, your name will be on it. But some things in this world have nothing to do with martial arts." Kui said.

After a pause, she added, "Among the twenty-seven people who married it before, there were also first-rate experts. Unfortunately, they couldn't even exchange twenty moves with it before their hearts were crushed. There was also one time when we were prepared and used... some means to send someone ten miles away, but they were still caught up and killed.

"It seems to have some kind of special method. Once it has its eyes on you, it will find you no matter where you hide."

"Just a simple rule killing people? Sure enough... it's just like the things in that organization." Lu Jing murmured upon hearing this.

"What?" Kui frowned slightly.

Lu Jing recalled the situation at that time, thinking of the desire and pain in the porcelain doll girl's eyes, he only felt a rush to his head and drank the bowl of foul-smelling green soup.

However, Kui then said, "It does have some charm spells, but once you let it into the house, it won't use them anymore, otherwise so many people wouldn't have died at its hands."

"Miss Kui's meaning... could it be that I have some special talent?" Lu Jing's spirit was shaken upon hearing this.

Kui shook her head, "It can't be considered a talent... Your situation sounds a bit like latent spirit, about one in a thousand people will be like you, easily connecting with the spirits of others, infiltrating their hearts... As for the benefits, you should be quite suitable to become a painter or lyricist, someone who needs inspiration to create, and also..."

"And also?"

"And also, your luck with women should be pretty good, because many women will unconsciously develop a sense of confidante with you as long as they spend some time with you." Kui said lightly.

What kind of scumbag talent is this?

Lu Jing subconsciously wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, he was speechless.

Not to mention Xia Huai and Gu Caiwei, even the Hong'er teacher who taught him soft skills, the way she looked at him when they were together often made him feel strange.

The physical contact between the two of them was also a bit too frequent.

Lu Jing originally thought it was necessary for practicing, but now that he thought about it again, there were indeed some times when it was not necessary to use his hands, he could have explained it clearly by just talking, but Hong'er teacher insisted on teaching him hand-in-hand.

Isn't this workplace sexual harassment?

It's just because the genders were reversed, making Lu Jing a little slow to react, and on the day he graduated, Hong'er teacher looked at him with incomparable resentment.

Seeing that Lu Jing didn't speak, Kui continued, "The disadvantage, of course, is that you are more likely to encounter strange things in life than ordinary people."