The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#584 - Bare fangs and claws

（Correction: The previous chapter should have stated that only the black fish was lost; it has been corrected. Sorry!）

After the black fish entered the water, it immediately wagged its tail and swam around in the pool. Before long, it had submerged to a place where Lu Jing could no longer see it.

Up until now, the pool had always appeared very calm.

Lu Jing hadn't seen any signs of ferocious beasts inside, only the reflection of a bright moon in the center of the pool, adding a touch of serenity to the scene.

According to the plot of a typical horror movie, Lu Jing should now be wondering why his method hadn't worked.

He would hesitate and struggle in his mind, then walk step by step to the edge of the pool, peering down into it.

And at that very moment, a terrifying monster that had been lurking below for a long time would suddenly burst out of the water and bite off his head.

Although Lu Jing was confident in the hardness of his head, he decided not to go over. Otherwise, wouldn't he become the kind of idiotic protagonist he had previously despised?

So he patiently stood his ground. Anyway, he had already used up most of his secret power today. If things really got bad, he still had a talisman treasure in his upper dantian.

When the time came, he could use a Mountain and River Slash, which would activate the super-charging mode and absorb some secret power. At least he could survive until the next refresh without any problem.

Therefore, Lu Jing wasn't too afraid of wasting time.

He simply sat down cross-legged on the ground, holding the array disk.

Besides the movements in the pool, Lu Jing was also paying attention to the other white fish in the wooden basin and the compass beside him, but he hadn't gained anything yet.

Just when he was suspecting that the old fisherman's method was pure nonsense and that he had been tricked again, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him, "Did you throw that fish?"

Lu Jing turned his head, but didn't see anyone behind him.

Coupled with a gust of cool wind blowing through, the rustling of the leaves made the atmosphere even more like a horror movie.

Especially since the voice threatened after speaking, "You're dead, kid!"

Lu Jing didn't panic. He just stood up from the ground and said loudly, "Since a master has arrived, why not show yourself and have a chat?"

However, the voice disappeared again.

Lu Jing quickly scanned his surroundings. Not only the pool, but also the nearby grass and trees were taken into his sight, but he still couldn't find the source of the voice.

Until Lu Jing looked down at the white fish in the wooden basin, he discovered that the white fish was no longer swimming around. Instead, it stuck its head out of the water and stared at him coldly with one eye.

Why one eye instead of two? That's because a fish's eyes are located on both sides of its head, so it's easier for it to stare at people with one eye.

Lu Jing moved two steps to his left, and the head of the white fish also turned a small angle with him.

At this point, Lu Jing could finally confirm that the one who had spoken earlier was most likely this guy.

A white carp speaking human language would probably scare an ordinary person half to death.

But Lu Jing, as a disciple of the academy, and having seen almost twice as many strange things, was already used to it. He just didn't expect that the strange thing he encountered this time seemed to be able to communicate.

In addition, he still didn't know whether that thing was possessing this fish, or using some method to transmit sound through this fish, so he didn't immediately activate the Beast Taming Array to avoid startling the snake.

So he casually asked, "What are you?"

The white carp sneered upon hearing this, "Still not running? It seems you came prepared. Let me see how you plan to deal with me."

The white carp couldn't help but become furious upon hearing this, "Fine, fine, fine, you asked for this!"

After saying that, it plunged its head back into the wooden basin. Lu Jing gripped the array disk, preparing to meet the opponent's offensive.

But the white carp only plunged its head in for a short time before sticking it out of the water again, "You still have time to run now. If you wait any longer, your life will be in danger!"

Lu Jing was wondering why there wasn't any twist in its words, and why it didn't just say everything in one breath. But he quickly realized that this guy must have been unable to breathe just now and went down to get some air.

Because, as everyone knows, most fish can't breathe in the air.

Lu Jing didn't know what to say for a moment.

And the white carp was still cursing and threatening to kill Lu Jing, but it was just shouting empty threats and didn't take any action.

Moreover, after cursing for a while, it had to go down to take a breath before continuing to curse, which made it really hard to be persuasive.

However, Lu Jing didn't let his guard down because of this, because he still trusted Ye Gongmei very much.

If the thing in the pool really only had this little bit of strength, Ye Gongmei wouldn't have specifically warned him and forbidden him from coming to this place to retrieve the sword before his Beast Taming Array was completed.

The white carp cursed for a while, and probably realized that Lu Jing wouldn't be scared away by just verbal threats, so it finally quieted down and completely buried its head in the water.

After a while, there was finally movement from the pool.

Then, a monster with short limbs, sharp teeth, covered in scales, and possessing a bloodthirsty mouth crawled out of it.

Meanwhile, the white carp, which had already been silent, stuck its head out again, "Hehe, are you scared? This is the consequence of you provoking me!"

"I thought it was something special, but it's just a 'tuo long'?" Lu Jing said with a sneer.

The so-called 'tuo long', also known as a 'zhu po long', or more commonly known as a crocodile, was probably as rare as a panda in the Chen Dynasty. Most people had never seen one, but for Lu Jing, there was nothing to be surprised about.

He had seen it countless times in the zoo in his previous life.

Moreover, the strength of that 'tuo long' was obviously not equal to its fierce appearance. Seeing it rush over, Lu Jing activated the Beast Taming Array. As a result, the 'tuo long' was firmly suppressed on the ground by the 'Suppress' array and couldn't move.

It was so easy that Lu Jing couldn't believe it. Especially after seeing the terrifying power of the previous stone python, this crocodile that crawled out of the pool was even more truly weak.

It really only had the combat power of an ordinary crocodile, so Lu Jing couldn't help but look back at the white carp in the wooden basin.

The latter, seeing that the situation was not good, had already taken a step back and shrunk its head back, pretending that nothing had happened. The variety show effect was simply full.

Anyone who didn't know would think it was some kind of comedian.

But then Lu Jing noticed that Gu Jing's eyes seemed a little wrong, and just now, the mental connection between the two had suddenly disappeared.

Then, Gu Jing flapped his wings, flew down from the tree quickly, and used his claws to grab directly at Lu Jing's eyes.