When Ding Liu heard what the young marquis said, he turned to look at Lu Jing aside.
"This friend has a tight face, but is he the new guy who came to the valley recently?"
"Oh no, I am a student of the academy. I was asked by Uncle Wu Han to deliver fruits and vegetables to you." As Lu Jing said this, he had already picked off the basket tied to the pole and placed it on Ding Liu. in front of.
Then he cupped his hands and said, "I have another basket to deliver. If you don't have anything else to do, I won't bother you."
Ding Liu was about to nod when he heard this, but he saw the young marquis on the side winking at him.
So he stopped there in the middle of nodding, then paused and said, "Little friend, wait a moment, let me... uh, see what dishes are on offer."
Ding Liu opened the bamboo basket as he spoke, but his attention was not on the vegetables in the basket. Instead, he used the excuse of looking at the vegetables to turn half a circle and block Lu Jing with his back. eyes, and then secretly glanced at the young marquis.
The latter pointed to his wrist with his little finger.
Ding Liu understood immediately.
He turned around and said to Lu Jing, who was waiting eagerly to leave, "The food is good, thank Wu Han for me. In addition, I have made a new pill that can help cultivators increase the speed of recovering their secret power.
"Si Tianjian has ordered a large batch of goods from me. Are you interested in trying it out first?"
Ding Liu originally thought that Lu Jing would not refuse such a proposal no matter what, because the medicinal materials that can increase the speed of secret power recovery are extremely precious and can help practitioners save a lot of time.
After all, when ordinary people practice, they may release spells a few times before their secret power reaches the bottom, and then they can only meditate and contemplate. This process is not only boring but also very long. If it can be shortened, the efficiency of practice can also be effectively improved.
It can be said to be something that every cultivator dreams of.
However, Ding Liu didn't expect that Lu Jing would shake his head when he heard this and said, "No, thank you sir for your kindness, but it's my job to deliver food, so you don't need to thank me specifically."
"I'm not thanking you. I also want to see how effective the pills are. Well, just...just think of it as doing me a favor. After you are done, I will give you a bottle of pills. There are about twelve pills, which is enough for you. I have been practicing happily for several days." Ding Liu glanced at the young Marquis again and said with pain.
The old man has never encountered such evil things before. In the past, people came to him for medicine. Now that he wants to give medicine to others, he actually takes the initiative to increase the amount. It is simply unheard of.
But something even more unimaginable was yet to come. When Lu Jing heard that he wanted to give away another bottle, he waved his hand quickly, "No, no, no, I don't practice secret power. Even if I want to try, I can't try it. It's all wasted." Your pills.”
"You don't practice secret power?" Before Ding Liu could speak, the young Marquis asked curiously, "But aren't you an academy disciple? As far as I know, there are no academy disciples who don't cultivate secret power."
"My situation is quite special..." Lu Jing suddenly paused when he said this, because he found that the topic had somehow turned to the cultivation of his secret power.
If things continue like this, isn't he really here to find a way to cultivate secret power?
Sure enough, I heard the young Marquis continue to ask with great interest, "If you don't practice the secret power, do you don't want to or can't? If you don't want to, Wu Han probably won't send you to Jinghu Valley, so you probably can't. You have cultivated your secret power, so you came to Ding Liu and Jian Yao because you wanted them to help you solve your secret power cultivation troubles!"
The young Marquis felt that she had discovered Lu Jing's purpose for entering the valley, but after satisfying her curiosity, her interest in Lu Jing also greatly diminished.
In her opinion, Lu Jing is just another poor person who comes to Jinghu Valley to seek help, and there are more or less such guys every year.
Whether it was the teaching in the academy or the supervision of Si Tianjian, they could not find a solution to the problem, so they imagined that they could get the answer in the mysterious Mirror Lake Valley. However, most people just returned disappointed in the end.
The young Marquis found it a bit funny. I don’t know when the role of Jinghu Valley in the academy began to be mythologized, as if this valley had some special magical power.
But the fact is that most of the residents here can't even solve their own troubles, otherwise they wouldn't live here in seclusion.
Thinking of this, the young Marquis wanted to find any excuse to leave.
But then he saw Lu Jing put down the pole in his hand, sighed, and instead of answering her question, he asked, "Who were you two before coming to Jinghu Valley? Where do you live, and how many people are there?" , have you ever been married?"
The young Marquis narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, "Didn't Wu Han tell you not to pry into other people's affairs in Jinghu Valley?"
But after saying the last word, she also reacted, and suddenly laughed and said, "You kid... do you want to tell us not to mind our own business? You are very brave."
"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you," Lu Jing clasped his fists again, "I entered Jinghu Valley not wanting to find out the secrets of your seniors, and I hope you won't make it difficult for me. I said it from the beginning, come here. It’s just to deliver the food, and I’ll leave after delivering the food. As for why I don’t cultivate my secret power, it has nothing to do with delivering the food, so please don’t delve into it any further.”
Contrary to Lu Jing's expectation, the young Marquis was not angry after hearing his words. Instead, he nodded and said, "You are right. It was Meng Lang before me who always wanted to find out your true purpose of entering Jinghu Valley, but ignored it. Forget the trouble this causes you.
"Jinghu Valley is a quiet place. Everyone who comes here should have the freedom to not be disturbed, whether they are paper figures in the valley or outsiders. So be it, I won't follow you anymore, but from now on you If you need any help in the valley, I can help you once as an apology to you."
"Thank you very much."
Lu Jing didn't take the apology to heart. Seeing that the matter was revealed like this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said goodbye politely to the young marquis and Ding Liu, and then arrived with the remaining basket of fruits and vegetables on his back. The last place on this trip.
All the paper people in Jinghu Valley have given themselves very strange names, such as Little Marquis, and Ding Liu... You can tell at first glance that they are not real names, but they are consistent with the casual names of Jian Yao, which are not even names. Compared with that, Xiao Houye and Ding Liu seem to be less difficult to listen to.
According to what the young marquis said before, the person who prepared the medicine should be as proficient in medical skills as Ding Liu. However, Ding Liu seemed to be somewhat disapproving of the medical skills of his colleague.
But Lu Jing asked him for directions, and he patiently gave Lu Jing directions so that Lu Jing could find a newly built thatched cottage deep in the valley, in a rather remote place.
