The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#295 - Question 1

Although Lu Jing's lightness skill had already reached the Great Perfection realm, it was only at the fifth rank after all. Judging by rank alone, it was inferior to most of the students in the academy.

Not to mention compared to core disciples of top sects like Yan Yun and the little monk Zhao Ming.

However, Lu Jing did indeed have an advantage that others didn't, or rather, something he called a nuisance, which was that his inner strength was inexhaustible. So when he needed it, he could use his lightness skill without worrying about consumption at all.

In other words, he didn't need to shift gears; he could just stay in fifth gear and floor it all the way. Even Yan Yun couldn't do that.

Of course, it could also be said that Yan Yun had more precise control and distribution of her inner strength, without wasting a single bit.

In short, once Lu Jing started running at full speed, theoretically, as long as the distance was far enough, there was really no one in this world who could outrun him.

Before, in the Otherworld Cave, Jing Xiang had the blessing of spells, but in the end, he almost lost to Lu Jing, losing his senior's grace.

And now, climbing the mountain, the academy disciples also discovered that even with the Swift Steps technique activated, they still couldn't catch up to that hateful guy in front.

And he wasn't the only one with this thought. Watching Lu Jing run past them, many people thought the same way.

Let this guy be arrogant for a while; we'll open his eyes later.

However, just as they were all envisioning the future, Lu Jing had already run to the top of the mountain.

It only took him less than two incense sticks' worth of time, and seeing one of the instructors waiting there, he shouted from afar, "What's the second question?"

"Pass the first question first before thinking about the second one," the instructor replied.

"But haven't I already climbed the mountain?" Lu Jing asked, stunned.

"That's right, but climbing the mountain isn't the question for this small competition," the instructor said leisurely.

Lu Jing recalled for a moment, and it seemed that was indeed the case. Supervisor Huang only said that he wanted people to climb the mountain, but he didn't say that this was the first question.

So he asked the instructor again, "Then what is the first question?"

"Descend the mountain."

"… … … …"

Alright, so all these people exhausted so much effort to run up the mountain just to descend again.

But since the question was set up this way, Lu Jing could only turn around and prepare to run down again, when he heard the instructor say, "No, no, no, descending the mountain is different from ascending. There's a fixed route."

"Please enlighten me."

As the two were talking, several students who were not far behind Lu Jing also arrived one after another, so the instructor, to save trouble, simply said it all together, "Descending the mountain is not simple. If you're not confident, I advise you to just give up."

Although he said this to everyone, his gaze was actually fixed on Lu Jing's face.

Unfortunately, the latter didn't react much, so the instructor pointed to the cliff behind him, "You have to go down the mountain from here."

Upon hearing this, the few students took a few steps forward and looked down the cliff. They all changed color after just one glance.

This was almost the steepest side of the back mountain. The rocky walls were like they had been hewn out by an axe. Although there were some footholds in between, they were not close to each other. You needed to calculate the force of each jump, and some of the footholds were very far apart.

If you weren't careful when landing, you might break your leg.

However, Zhao Ming and the others in front were already demonstrating for them. If the Light Body Technique had only played a supporting role in accelerating and helping them conserve inner strength before, then this cliff was undoubtedly the Light Body Technique's main stage.

It was precisely by relying on the Light Body Technique to lighten their bodies that Zhao Ming and the others were able to withstand the huge impact of falling time after time and land steadily on the protruding rock walls.

However, just because they could do it didn't mean that the latecomers could do the same.

Even with the help of the Light Body Technique, descending the mountain from here required finding each foothold and even dealing with the mountain winds that blew from time to time. If you weren't careful, you could fall into the cliff.

Although everyone felt that the academy wouldn't have no protective measures at all, they didn't want to use their lives to verify this, so they couldn't help but hesitate and wanted to ask the instructor again.

But unexpectedly, someone had already jumped down beside them.

Everyone was shocked, especially when they saw the person's appearance, their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

Because the person who jumped down was actually Lu Jing, the only one among them who didn't know the Light Body Technique.

The instructor was also frightened. Generally speaking, the Foundation Establishment Small Competition wouldn't start with such a difficult question, but he didn't know why, Supervisor Huang suddenly notified him last night that the question had to be changed.

As a result, the original climbing the mountain became descending the mountain, and descending from the cliff at that.

In the instructor's opinion, just this first question would probably eliminate at least twenty people, especially that student named Lu Jing, who would probably be dumbfounded on the spot when he got here.

However, he didn't expect that the dumbfounded person would become him. Then, his expression changed, and he quickly blew a whistle, summoning a group of celestial cranes flying in the air, preparing to save people.

Because without the blessing of the Light Body Technique, Lu Jing's jump was completely unabated, like a meteorite smashing down. When he jumped to that cliff wall where he could land, his calf would probably be broken on the spot.

The instructor couldn't understand at all why someone would be at odds with their calf.

In fact, even if he called the celestial cranes now, he couldn't avoid the tragedy from happening. He could only send the injured Lu Jing down the mountain as soon as possible.

All of this was just a matter of a snap of the fingers. With a loud bang, the people on the cliff only felt the ground under their feet tremble.

One could imagine what kind of impact Lu Jing, as the person involved, would have to withstand when he landed. Some female students even couldn't help but close their eyes, but soon they heard exclamations in their ears again.

"No way, really? !"

The female student opened her eyes and happened to see the unscathed Lu Jing performing his second free-fall exercise.

He just jumped unprotected towards the second large rock fifteen zhang away. When he landed, there was another loud bang, and the rocks under his feet cracked and rolled down.

Forcing Bai Yu Gongzi below to hurriedly use his lightness skill to avoid this inexplicably appearing natural disaster.