The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#773 - True infinite blue

If the bell initially siphoning off Lu Jing's mystic power was like a small stream, now that stream had transformed into a river.

Moreover, this river was constantly growing larger.

As the surrounding blood mist was drawn in, Lu Jing felt as if a water pump was frantically extracting mystic power from his body.

In just a short while, roughly one-tenth of his mystic power was gone.

At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he was completely drained.

Hearing the hunchback's words, Kui's hopeful eyes immediately dimmed.

She spoke in a trembling voice, "What… what else can we do? How can we possibly persuade her?"

The hunchback felt somewhat guilty towards the deceased Wu Yi and the others, but he had indeed run out of ideas.

Moreover, he was now extremely exhausted; after only saying a few words, his eyelids began to droop.

The hunchback closed his eyes and said to Lu Jing and Kui, "I… I'll sleep for a while."

After he said those words, his neck lolled, and he remained motionless on the chair.

Lu Jing reached out and felt under his nose, then said to Kui, "He's dead."

Kui was struck by lightning, standing there dumbfounded.

The most cruel thing in the world is to first ignite hope and then watch that hope be extinguished. Just as Kui was grief-stricken, she heard Lu Jing say again.

"Don't worry, I still have a way."

"You don't need to comfort me anymore. I heard what the hunchback said too. With such a large expanse of blood mist, even if all the cultivators within the blood mist joined forces, they couldn't save Hong Luo," Kui paused, "Besides, you've already done enough for me. Thank you."

"I'm not comforting you, I genuinely think she can still be saved," Lu Jing said.

Seeing that less than a third of the mystic power remained in his upper dantian.

Lu Jing didn't continue to explain anything, but simply said to Kui, "Trust me one more time!"

Kui hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Seeing this, Lu Jing grabbed Hong Luo again, then cast a Light Body Technique on himself, channeling the Raging Waves to the extreme, and dashed towards the small courtyard he had visited before.

Because the agreed time had already passed, the One-Eyed Taoist was no longer there, probably planning to deal with the blood corpse alone.

This was good news for Lu Jing, saving him the trouble of explaining Hong Luo's identity.

As he stepped into the courtyard, he felt all the blood mist in the world frantically pouring into Hong Luo's body, and his mystic power, comparable to that of a Three Palaces cultivator, was about to bottom out in just a short while.

This move better be useful.

Lu Jing ran all the way to the well, looked inside, and saw the blood-colored moon shadow.

In the next moment, his upper dantian, which had been nearing depletion, miraculously filled up again.

— After the internal energy had been basically controlled by the medicinal pills, Lu Jing's greatest fear now was the endless growth of mystic power in his body, with the intervals between each refresh becoming shorter and shorter.

He simply hadn't expected that one day, the thing he feared the most would actually come in handy.

Kui was right. Considering the area covered by this blood mist, let alone him alone, even if all the inspectors of the Directorate of Celestial Observation came together, it probably wouldn't be enough for this bell to absorb.

Although Lu Jing had always touted himself as having infinite mana, the daily mystic power in his upper dantian wasn't truly infinite.

But after being blessed by this well, he was truly infinite mana in the truest sense.

Lu Jing could feel his mystic power being frantically sucked into the bell, and even a vortex was forming in the surrounding blood mist.

However, whenever his mystic power was about to be drained, his upper dantian would be refreshed with mystic power again.

The bell absorbed faster and faster, and Lu Jing's mystic power was refreshed faster and faster!

Lu Jing now felt like he was on a pirate ship, soaring into the sky one moment and plummeting vertically the next.

However, he didn't get to enjoy the thrilling ride for too long. Soon, the originally overwhelming blood mist began to gradually thin out.

The suction force at the other end of the bell also began to gradually weaken.

This was the dawn before victory, but Lu Jing couldn't be happy because he now felt his body swelling up.

Lu Jing was all too familiar with this sensation, awakening a deeply buried fear in his heart.

Back when he first started practicing martial arts, he had almost been burst to death by the suddenly increased internal energy. Now, his nightmare had returned.

The remaining mystic power in the two palaces increased more and more, and the pain became more and more intense.

Fortunately, at this time, the blood mist in the sky had become so faint that it was almost invisible. When the last wisp of blood mist also surged towards Hong Luo's body and offset Lu Jing's mystic power.

Lu Jing felt his body suddenly lighten.

Then he plopped down on the ground.

At this time, the One-Eyed Taoist, along with four other inspectors whom Lu Jing didn't recognize, were attracted by the blood mist vortex that had appeared earlier and successively arrived at this small courtyard.

Lu Jing took off his coat and covered it over Hong Luo's body, then spread out his hands and lay down directly.

The One-Eyed Taoist was very patient, waiting for Lu Jing to rest for a while and regain some energy before asking again, "What happened here? Why has all the blood mist disappeared?"

"Because I killed Hong Luo," Lu Jing said.

"You killed Hong Luo?" The One-Eyed Taoist was stunned, then pointed to the girl on the side, "Then who is she?"

"Kui's niece," Lu Jing said, "She was captured by Hong Luo, but I rescued her."

"You killed Hong Luo alone?" An inspector couldn't help but say, "How did you do it? Its movements are very fast… It requires someone to set up a formation."

"I've also learned formations," Lu Jing said, "My master is Senior Ye Gongmei, she taught me the Beast Controlling Grand Formation."

"But how did you set up the formation alone? Didn't it attack you?" Someone else asked.

"It attacked," Lu Jing said, "I was caught by it for a while, it even tried to bite me."

"… … … …"

"Oh right, I also encountered Inspector Kui before. She had a big fight with a group of strange objects, in… a restaurant," Lu Jing said.

Someone wanted to ask more, but was stopped by the One-Eyed Taoist.

"It looks like he's just been through a fierce battle, let him rest for a while."

So the other inspectors didn't say anything else. This time, everyone was able to leave the blood mist safely thanks to Lu Jing.

Naturally, everyone was also full of goodwill towards Lu Jing. The previous inquiries were more out of curiosity.

After all, there was only Lu Jing and a victim here. Everyone was quite curious about how Lu Jing managed to kill the blood corpse.

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