Although the dream was fake, the worries in Lu Jing's heart were real.
Recently, his energy has been focused on the newly emerged secret power. Every day he is either practicing sword control or growing vegetables and practicing spells, so much so that he has almost forgotten the purpose of entering the academy in the first place.
Until the nightmare just now brought Lu Jing back to the cruel reality.
When he came to the capital from Wujiang City, the fire lantern grass and white-eyed cicada clothes he brought with him were only enough for half a year. Even if he added those that Gu Caiwei bought for him with a lot of money and those that came from the ancient tombs in the desert, It can barely last ten months.
In the meantime, Lu Jing also thought of some other methods one after another, and used up some internal energy in bits and pieces.
But there are more or less accidental elements and it is not sustainable.
And after calculation, he has been in the academy for more than five months. Even excluding the time wasted in the otherworld, he has almost used up half of the time he has fallen into the mortal world.
This was certainly not good news for him.
Compared to when he first entered the academy, not only had the problem of his internal power not been solved, but now he had more problems with his secret power. In addition, he also owed a lot of debt.
After a lot of fussing together, his troubles were not lessened at all, but even more.
To outsiders, Lu Jing is a top-notch master at a young age. Now he has embarked on the path of spiritual practice. With Xia Huai, Yan Jun and other confidants, his life cannot be more perfect.
But only Lu Jing himself knew the price of all this.
The previous dream seemed absurd, but it was a possible future, just like the bad ending in the game.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again. The three hundred poison pills he had gotten from Dongmen Weilan had been placed under the bed.
Originally, he wanted to wait for Hanshanke to refine the poison elixir he needed before trying it, but now it seems that he may still have to approach it on both sides.
Lu Jing planned to try it when he went back. Even if it could not completely replace Falling into the Mortal World, it would be a great success if he could take it from once a day to once every two days, which meant that he had gained five more months.
In addition, Lu Jing felt that he had to think of some way to keep Dongmen Weilan, a key figure, from being poisoned so easily. However, there was no rush. There would still be some time before Dongmen Weilan could reach the second-rate level. .
Lu Jing was distracted, but Professor Cui in front of the lecture hall had finished talking about the last strange thing he had brought today, but he did not declare the end of class directly as usual.
Instead, he called the names of a few more people. Lu Jing and Xia Huai were also on the list. After everyone else dispersed, Professor Cui glanced at the seven people in front of him and said again, "You must be curious, why should I Will you stay here?"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the seven people to answer, Professor Cui continued, "Now is the troubled season, the world is in turmoil, and Si Tianjian's side is much busier than before. Even Guo Shaojian has not been seen for almost two months. Fortunately, his messenger came back ten days ago to report that he was safe."
"Isn't Mr. Guo not in the capital now?"
When Lu Jing heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt Professor Cui. He was still confused before. He, Yan Yun and Wu Jiangcheng later told Si Tianjian's Hyacinth about what happened.
Whether it was the existence of the strange object or Mr. Ji, it was obviously a big deal. It stands to reason that Guo Shouhuai, the young eunuch of Si Tianjian, should contact them as soon as possible to learn more about it.
However, after Lu Jing waited for more than a month, Guo Shouhuai did not show up. Except for the Huang Supervisor who asked him to find out some things about that day in private, there was no movement from the Si Tian Supervisor, which seemed quite abnormal.
Now there is finally an answer to all this. It turns out that Guo Shouhuai was not around at all during this period.
However, at the moment when the storm is raging, and the aftermath of the magic pen has not subsided, it would be irresponsible for Guo Shouhuai to sit in Si Tianjian properly and run around at this juncture.
In particular, he should have received a briefing from Si Tianjian, but he still has not come back. This seems to indicate that what he is doing now is very important. In his eyes, it is even more important than the mysterious and hostile person who is hostile to Si Tianjian. Mr. Ji.
Lu Jing inexplicably thought of Guo Shouhuai's previous visit to the library to check out books related to the secret realm. Could it be that he was still having a headache about this matter?
Professor Cui nodded, "I only found out recently. It is said that Guo Shaojian only told a few people around him when he left. However, he also brought Kui and several other powerful supervisors with him when he left. I think he should be safe for self-protection." , I just don’t know when they will come back.”
Professor Cui paused at this point, "Anyway, Si Tianjian is indeed a little short of manpower during this period. Some things are really too busy, so we can only let the academy do it, and the seven of you are my most outstanding disciples." , I plan to let you take a trip."
"Is there something strange that we need to investigate?" It was Yan Yun who spoke.
But this time, Professor Cui shook his head and said, "Although you are all excellent, after all, you have only been practicing for less than a year, and I haven't even finished listening to my lectures. It is too early to be alone and deal with strange things now."
"Then you want us to..."
"Let's make a show," Professor Cui said, "Si Tianjian has actually already investigated the matter, and initially concluded that it has nothing to do with the monster, but the other party is still a little uneasy, and hopes that we can send someone over to investigate carefully. By the way, um... I'm going to do a religious ceremony."
"Practice? Since when did Si Tianjian still provide services in this area?" Lu Jing was surprised.
"It's not the case for other people, but this person is different. After all, he allocates a lot of money to us every year. Now that something has happened to his family, we still have to give him this face. Let's treat it as peace of mind."
"The one you're talking about..."
"Yes, they are today's official families." Professor Cui did not hide anything, and revealed the answer simply and neatly, "He found the eunuch about twelve days ago and said that maids and eunuchs in the palace were missing one after another, and his favorite Ning Jieyu also suffered from a serious illness and has not been able to get out of bed yet. He suspects that something unclean has appeared."
"Wait, twelve days ago." Lu Jing interrupted Professor Cui again. He thought about it. This time happened to be after he had fought with those eunuchs from the Jingzi Guard, so he naturally became suspicious of that person's behavior. With ulterior motives, Lu Jing then asked, "Did the officials ask me to go by name?"
"How is it possible? The officials don't know that you are a disciple of the academy. I added you in. After all, you were the top player in the last competition. Your martial arts skills are also high enough, and you can bullshit." Professor Cui said.
"Remember, this time you are not going as academy disciples. You have to declare to the outside world that it is a formal inspection. This is also a requirement of the officials. If it were not for the fact that they could not spare more manpower, Si Tianjian would have originally planned to send A few people monitored the past."
