The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#592 - Knowing Choice

Although Lu Jing was carrying a person in his hand, it hardly affected his speed.

With a few leaps, he plunged into the maple forest.

But after running only a few steps, he saw the soil churning in an open space ahead, followed by a gray figure leaping from the ground.

Wielding twin blades, it slashed at Lu Jing's calf!

The first to catch up was none other than Ah Hua, who had mastered the art of earth遁.

And its purpose was also very clear, not to defeat Lu Jing, but to delay Lu Jing as much as possible, so that its companions could catch up.

Therefore, its swordplay was three parts offense and seven parts defense, giving full play to the spirit of a dogskin plaster. As long as Lu Jing fought back, it would soon fall into entanglement.

And Lu Jing was obviously aware of this, so his response was simple. He drew the Lake Light from his sleeve and waved it casually.

Ah Hua's pupils also shrank suddenly, and it hurriedly retreated.

It recognized this move. Lu Jing had also waved his sword lightly like this before, cutting the flying fish in the air in half, and then the sword's momentum did not diminish, and he also cut a crack in the tortoise shell.

Ah Hua didn't think its head would be harder than a tortoise shell, so when it saw Lu Jing repeating his old trick, it quickly used its hands and feet to avoid this deadly slash.

But after it finished its movements, it awkwardly discovered that nothing had happened.

Lu Jing on the other side had already seized this gap and ran out a few more steps, leaving it behind.

So Ah Hua burrowed into the ground again and rushed to the front of Lu Jing, but Lu Jing also waved his sword without hesitation when he saw it for the first time.

Although Lu Jing had tricked it twice, no one could guarantee that Lu Jing's previous two feints were not to paralyze it, paving the way for the subsequent killer moves. So it could only follow Lu Jing not too far and not too close.

On the other side, Lu Jing was also scratching his head while running. Although he had successfully contained Ah Hua with the terrifying power of the Mountain River Severing Slash, it was not very likely to get rid of the latter.

As a generation of hide-and-seek masters, Ah Hua was naturally like a fish in water once it chased after someone.

With earth遁 clearing the way, it could basically go anywhere unimpeded, not to mention that Lu Jing's qinggong was so loud that it couldn't possibly lose him even if it wanted to.

Fortunately, that water pool personally admitted that its range of action was only twenty miles in radius.

Lu Jing estimated that as long as he ran out of twenty miles, the water pool would not be able to control Ah Hua anymore, and as for that toad-headed monster and that giant tortoise, they should not be able to move in such a distant place.

What, what if you guess wrong?

Then Lu Jing planned to go straight to Huang Jianyuan's residence for help. Anyway, he had already caused enough trouble, and it didn't matter if he caused another one.

However, the final result made Lu Jing breathe a sigh of relief. He ran all the way out of the maple forest, and never encountered the toad-headed monster and the giant tortoise again.

And Ah Hua, who had been following him, finally gave up halfway.

It seems that the two have escaped the danger.

It seems...not that difficult.

Lu Jing stopped, waited for a while, and confirmed that no one was following him, then he walked out of the maple forest.

He first sent the old fisherman back to Mirror Lake Valley, and then had time to carefully examine his newly acquired third flying sword.

But what Lu Jing didn't know was that he didn't escape the tiger's mouth tonight because of good luck.

If he had seen the toad-headed monster's way of moving, he probably wouldn't be so optimistic.

Just a joss stick of incense ago, the latter poked its head out from behind the tortoise shell, and watched Lu Jing and the old fisherman drill into the maple forest, but it didn't rush to chase after them.

It just sent Ah Hua to follow the two first, and then curled up its four legs and kicked the ground!

And its whole person jumped up like a toad, and one jump was a full three miles away!!!

After three times, it came to the edge of the maple forest, and also saw the backs of Lu Jing and the old fisherman. It silently calculated the distance in its heart, planning to jump directly in front of the two in the next jump.

Then, before Lu Jing could react, it would open its mouth and swallow the two in one gulp.

But the next moment, its bulging eyeballs suddenly turned and looked in another direction of the forest.

There, a little girl with pigtails was sitting on a short tree, her calves swinging in the air.

The toad-headed monster tilted its head and said, "Neighbor?"

The little girl yawned, "What are you trying to do by making such a big noise late at night?"

"I'm sorry," the toad-headed monster hurriedly apologized. As the person who hates being disturbed the most, it knows how unpleasant it is to be disturbed, so it is also very happy to admit its mistake.

"Something happened, but I'll solve it soon. After I'm done, I'll come back and sincerely apologize to you," the toad-headed monster said sincerely.

These days, even a water pool knows the truth that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. A good neighbor can minimize your troubles.

Therefore, the existence in the water pool also cherishes its good neighbor very much.

However, the little girl shook her head, "I can't let you chase them."

"Why?"

"Because one of them is my apprentice," the little girl sighed, "This person looks like he has no desires, but he can cause more trouble than everyone else combined, and when he causes trouble, I, as his master, will also suffer. Who made me his master, I can't just leave him alone, right?"

The toad-headed monster frowned, "Are you trying to fight me?"

The little girl didn't answer it immediately, but jumped down from the tree branch first, patted her butt, and then continued, "That depends on you, you can try to attack me and see."

The toad-headed monster looked at the little girl, seemingly thinking about something, and shook its head after a while, "Forget it, fighting you is probably very troublesome, I might as well go back to the water pool and continue lying down."

"A wise choice," the little girl said.

"But what if they come back?" The toad-headed monster puffed out its cheeks.

"Don't worry, it's hard to say about that old man, but since that kid has already got what he wants, he shouldn't bother you again... How about this, to compensate him for taking your flying sword, I'll give you a set of maze formations so that people can't easily find you."

"This is good," the toad-headed monster nodded repeatedly, "Then let's just leave it at that. I'm also a little annoyed, anyway, that sword is not important to me, as long as you tell that kid not to throw things at me again."

After saying that, it was too lazy to stay outside any longer, and turned around and jumped back into the water pool.

And looking at the figure disappearing under the moonlight, Ye Gongmei also breathed a sigh of relief.