The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

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Xie Lili's eyes were filled with excitement as she looked around.

Just a moment ago, she was in a coffin shop, even placed inside a cold coffin. But when the coffin was opened again, she was standing in a small courtyard.

The surroundings were lush with vegetation, and behind her was a spacious and bright house.

Along with her, eleven other people had arrived at the courtyard, all of whom were now curiously examining their surroundings.

After a moment, a woman walked out of the house. She wasn't a beauty in the conventional sense.

Her features, taken individually, weren't particularly stunning, but when combined, they gave people a rather comfortable feeling.

It was like a traditional ink painting, using only a few strokes to outline an unspeakable artistic conception.

Even Xie Lili, being a woman herself, couldn't help but take a few more glances, secretly praising in her heart, 'What a gentle person.'

Moreover, the woman wasn't just outstanding in terms of temperament. She clearly hadn't met the eleven people in the courtyard before, yet she could accurately call out each person's name and family background with just a few glances.

"Young Master Lu Xiaofei of Qingming Mountain Manor, the amorous swordsman Hua Yuerong, the Imperial City Division's top divine constable Ying Jiuzhi, the Southern Sea Divine Monk Master Xuyun, and also, Xie Lili, daughter of Xie Fuzhi, Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, known as the 'Female Zhuge'."

The woman's gaze finally landed on Xie Lili, and she smiled at her, "Welcome everyone to the academy. I am the academy's new supervisor, Xuan Ji. You can call me Supervisor Xuan."

"Supervisor Xuan, are you also a cultivator?" Xie Lili asked.

Xuan Ji nodded, "But I've only just started cultivating mystical power not long ago. I can't compare to the other instructors in the academy, let alone Vice Preceptor Xu."

"Is there anything else you need?" Xuan Ji asked Xie Lili, her tone still gentle.

"Is the great hero Lu Jing currently in the academy?" Xie Lili asked, blinking her eyes.

"Why, do you have something you need to see him about?"

Xie Lili nodded, "He previously asked a friend of mine to help him investigate something. Now, that matter has some clues, so my friend asked me to come and tell him."

"What is it?"

Xie Lili smiled without saying a word.

Xuan Ji wasn't angry either, she just asked again, "Is it very important?"

"I don't know if it's important or not, but judging from his previous appearance, he should care about this matter quite a bit."

"But he's not in the academy right now. He left a few days ago to handle an urgent matter," Xuan Ji said.

"Where is he?"

This time, it was Xuan Ji's turn to remain silent.

"Do you have a way to find him?"

"You can write down what you want to say, and I'll help you pass it on to him."

"Uh, this matter might be a bit complicated. I still want to talk to him in person. Don't worry, I'm not just making up some excuse to go find him, although I do want to meet him, but I didn't lie to you."

Xuan Ji stared at Xie Lili for a while, probably considering the latter's credibility. After a moment, she nodded, "Come with me."

The two then went directly to Juxian via a well.

Then, they set off from Juxian and headed to Qinglong Mountain. Before they even reached the foot of the mountain, they saw a large army from afar.

This army numbered tens of thousands, with banners waving. However, the armor and weapons of these people were a motley crew, divided into several groups camped separately, surrounding an earthen fortress, and appearing quite wary of each other.

Xie Lili widened her eyes, "Are you saying that the great hero Lu is in that earthen fortress? Is he being surrounded?"

Xuan Ji also frowned upon seeing this, but when the two women walked to the front of the army, they discovered that they had actually left a path in their encirclement, and a small medicine boy was driving an ox cart along that path towards the earthen fortress, and no one stopped him along the way.

Xuan Ji and Xie Lili, seeing this, went up and stopped the small medicine boy. According to the latter's introduction, his name was Xixin, and he had fled here from Wujiang City with his master. He usually treated people and healed their injuries in the earthen fortress.

However, the small medicine boy didn't know much about the events outside the earthen fortress. In his words, the army outside had come a long time ago, but there weren't many people back then, only a few thousand.

Later, many people came one after another, and now there were more than 30,000. There were soldiers, bandits, and some local strongmen who had organized their own retainers and militiamen.

Some of them even had some grudges against each other. There had been constant friction outside the earthen fortress these days, but fortunately, no major disasters had occurred for the time being. However, no matter where they came from, they had always been very polite to the people in the earthen fortress, and they hadn't stopped the people inside from going out.

On the contrary, when Xixin went to the city to buy medicine, they even lent the small medicine boy an ox cart, which made the latter feel flattered.

The two women also knew that it would be difficult to get any information from Xixin, so they decided to enter the earthen fortress first.

Compared to Xie Lili, who was here for the first time, Xuan Ji had already been here once during the New Year's Eve before. However, compared to that time, the atmosphere inside now was obviously different.

Everywhere there were armored people, but their faces didn't show any nervousness. Instead, they all looked cheerful.

Some people even brought out their ancestral Guan Dao (偃月刀) and were carefully wiping it, looking like they were preparing for battle.