The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#728 - I made a fortune (Happy New Year~)

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Lu Jing personally watched the shopkeeper place the two long boxes into different iron chests, lock them up, and then pocket the keys.

Only then did he and Xia Huai leave the vault together.

Seeing that the matter was settled, the shopkeeper put on a smiling face again and said with a chuckle, "Young Master Lu is from Wujiang, right? As it happens, I just received a batch of Wujiang Yunwu tea. I'd like to invite Young Master Lu and Miss Xia to sample it."

"Oh, I appreciate Shopkeeper Yu's kindness, but we have other matters to attend to, so we won't bother you," Lu Jing politely declined Shopkeeper Yu's invitation.

Shopkeeper Yu didn't force them, politely escorting the two to the door.

After leaving the Taiping Bank, Lu Jing and Xia Huai kept moving, choosing bustling and crowded places to walk. They passed through two markets and then turned into a small alley.

After confirming several times that no one was following them, Lu Jing took out two human skin masks from his luggage, one male and one female. Lu Jing chose Qi Kui's face for himself, while the female one was a young girl named Xijun, which was perfect for Xia Huai.

After the two changed their appearances, they found a clothing store and bought several sets of ready-made clothes.

They found an inn nearby and booked two rooms.

Lu Jing first asked for a bucket of hot water, took a bath, and changed into new clothes, finally feeling alive again.

And most importantly, the sword that had been hanging over their heads had finally disappeared.

Lu Jing even had time to study the string of bodhi beads.

He tried wearing the string of bodhi beads on one wrist and carefully circulating his energy, running the Little Vajra Strength.

As a result, after one cycle, Lu Jing's face immediately turned ugly, and he quickly pulled the string of beads off his wrist!

Damn it, what a scam! This thing can actually increase internal energy cultivation?!

【Gui Character Zero Zero One】What a terrible gift, to send him such a thing, is he worried he won't die fast enough?!

But after a moment, Lu Jing grabbed the string of beads again.

He hesitated and put it back on his wrist.

This time, he didn't run the Little Vajra Strength, but instead started practicing the Fire Scale Armor.

After a cup of tea, a hint of joy finally appeared on Lu Jing's face.

However, he didn't jump to conclusions immediately. He also tried performing a set of Stone Breaking Palm in the room.

After he finished practicing this set of palm techniques, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The effect of this string of bodhi beads is not just to increase his internal energy cultivation speed. More precisely, it should be able to increase the cultivation speed of all martial arts.

And the effect is actually as high as sixty percent!

When Lu Jing played games in his previous life, he had seen settings where eating bodhi seeds increased comprehension. He didn't expect that stringing them together and wearing them on his wrist would have the same effect.

Afterwards, Lu Jing had a flash of inspiration and tried practicing Sword Control Technique while wearing the string of beads.

The final result overjoyed him.

This thing is also useful for spell cultivation!!!

Doesn't this mean that no matter what he practices in the future, it will be equivalent to opening a 6x speed boost?!

Not bad, this trip was a complete win!!!

Along with this, Lu Jing also paid more attention to the matter of the black knife. He put away the string of bodhi beads and went to knock on the door next door.

"Come in," Xia Huai's voice came from inside.

Lu Jing pushed the door open and saw the girl fiddling with a copper basin in front of the bed.

Xia Huai added about half a basin of clear water to it. In addition, dense incantations were engraved on the bottom of the basin. She wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Then she closed her eyes, placed her hands on the edge of the copper basin, and chanted.

"Clear the source and restore the origin, take Kan and fill Li, let the heavenly secrets assist me, penetrate the source!"

After saying the last word, the originally clear water surface suddenly became turbid, as if ink had been poured into it. As the ink gathered and dispersed, it gradually formed a pattern.

The place in the pattern was none other than the interior of the Taiping Bank's vault!

When Xia Huai and Lu Jing went in together before, she wasn't idle. While Lu Jing and Shopkeeper Yu were placing the two long boxes, she also found the right position and quickly stuck a Celestial Eye Talisman there.

Now, with the help of this copper basin with incantations engraved on the bottom, she could clearly see every move inside the vault.

Lu Jing leaned over to take a look for a while, and then couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Isn't this just a magical version of a camera and monitor?"

Then he turned to Xia Huai and said, "Thank you for your hard work. This way, as long as someone enters the vault, we can find out immediately."

However, Xia Huai's expression was not as relaxed as Lu Jing's.

"To see the scene in the vault, I have to cast the spell every half an hour. With the current concentration of mystic power in the world, I can only maintain it for three days at most. If Mr. Ji's people, or Guo Shaojian, don't come after three days, then we can only think of another way."

"And I'm using all my mystic power on this. I'm worried that after discovering someone, I won't have any spells available."

"Oh, that's simple," Lu Jing said, "Teach me this spell, and I'll be responsible for casting it afterwards. I have a lot of mystic power, this little consumption is just a drop in the bucket for me."

"It's not easy to master a new spell," Xia Huai said, "Even in the academy, it usually takes ten days or half a month for an average person. If you learn it now, I'm afraid there won't be enough time in just three days."

"There's enough time," Lu Jing said confidently.

With the precedent of cultivating Luxuriant Greenery, it couldn't be easier for Lu Jing to practice spells. He only needs to desperately stack proficiency at the cost of mystic power.

What's more, he now has the bodhi beads in his hand, and the 6x speed boost will come in handy immediately.

In fact, he won't need three days to master this spell. By then, he can give Xia Huai more time to rest and recover her mystic power.

Hearing Lu Jing say this, Xia Huai didn't say anything more, and taught Lu Jing the incantation of the spell. Afterwards, she carefully explained the tricks and key points to Lu Jing to help him understand the spell.

After Lu Jing memorized it, he asked Xia Huai two small questions, and then asked the waiter to help him buy a copper basin, engrave the incantations on it, and went back to his room to practice.

Whether it was because Mr. Ji's people hadn't prepared yet, or because the other side didn't have a good way to deal with the thousand-pound iron chest, in short, the first day passed peacefully.

And Lu Jing had already practiced the spell in a decent manner, ensuring that he could succeed almost once out of three times.