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#566 - Each one depends on his own ability
The woman in the purple dress nodded and said, "We've been preparing for a full month to deal with that strange creature, and we've fought it nine times before, one after another. Although we haven't won once, we've accumulated a lot of experience. I believe you can use that experience, Grandmaster Lu."
"Uh, this…"
Lu Jing's hesitation caused the atmosphere, which had been relatively harmonious, to suddenly become tense.
Including the woman in the purple dress, the faces of the disciples of the academy were more or less unsightly.
Although Lu Jing did not directly reject the woman in the purple dress's proposal to join forces, his hesitation itself was enough to show his attitude at the moment.
In the eyes of the woman in the purple dress and others, Lu Jing certainly wouldn't dislike having too many helpers, but rather, he probably wanted to monopolize that precious thing and didn't want to share it with them, so he couldn't bring himself to join forces with them.
He was only refraining from speaking directly because of the fellow students of the academy.
Soon, a cold snort came from the crowd.
It was a young man slightly younger than Lu Jing. This age is when people are at their most vigorous, and they cannot tolerate the slightest contempt, even if the other party is the first person in the last academy competition, and now there are rumors of a possible perfect Foundation Establishment. But that young man did not show any fear.
He just glared at Lu Jing with wide eyes.
They belonged to the group of people who learned about that thing the earliest. They had tried to take it once before completing the Hundred Days Foundation Establishment, but they failed. For more than three months after that, they had been trying to deal with that strange creature, almost to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.
Many people had made many efforts before and after, and gradually worked out the current plan.
It can be said that this plan condenses all their hard work for such a long time. Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Lu Jing suddenly appeared from nowhere, also paying attention to that thing.
When the woman in the purple dress said just now that as long as Lu Jing was willing, the two sides could join forces, the young man was a little unwilling.
In his eyes, Lu Jing had done nothing at all. It was just because he came at a more opportune time, plus he had a slightly bigger reputation, that he finally picked the fruit.
As a result, he didn't expect Lu Jing to be so insatiable. Judging from that guy's appearance, he clearly wanted to kick them all away and swallow all the gains alone.
So the young man was no longer polite and said to the woman in the purple dress, "Fairy Ying, then let him go on his own. I want to see what ability he has, whether he is really as strong as the rumors say, and can take care of that strange creature by himself."
The gunpowder smell in his words was very strong. Usually, at this time, other people would rush out to smooth things over, but perhaps because they also felt somewhat dissatisfied with Lu Jing's arrogance, this time, the people around him all tacitly remained silent.
The woman in the purple dress originally wanted to say something, but when she saw the reaction of her companions, she could only close her mouth, sighed, and said to Lu Jing.
"Since that's the case, then let's rely on our own abilities. Since Grandmaster Lu, you are the one who arrived first, then you should be the first to try."
It wasn't until he heard a rustling sound that he poked his head out and took a look.
Although he had already been vaccinated by Ye Gongmei, when Lu Jing saw the main body, he couldn't help swallowing.
It was a giant python with an estimated body length of more than ten zhang.
A single head was almost the size of a calf, and its entire body was made of rock. Usually, as long as it found a cave and coiled up, and then blocked the entrance with its head, it would be impossible for anyone to find it.
This is why Lu Jing didn't encounter it last time he came.
According to Ye Gongmei, this stone python spends most of its time sleeping alone, and only comes out to move around when it is looking for food.
Moreover, its food is very simple, which is the red soil unique to the Nightingale Valley, so it and the nightingales in the valley are also at peace. However, Ye Gongmei warned Lu Jing not to take it lightly because this stone python has a gentle nature.
Because the more honest people who don't lose their temper often have more serious consequences when they get angry.
Lu Jing also asked Ye Gongmei what to pay attention to when fighting this fierce beast. As a result, Ye Gongmei asked him to find it while fighting.
So when the woman in the purple dress said that they had information about this fierce beast in their hands, Lu Jing was indeed a little tempted. However, he ultimately did not agree to the other party's proposal to join forces.
It wasn't because, as the young man thought, Lu Jing was so inflated that he looked down on them.
In fact, on the contrary, Lu Jing heard them talking eloquently, with rich experience and sufficient preparation, and was worried that they would subdue the fierce beast as soon as they made a move, and then he would be dumbfounded.
So Lu Jing would rather take the initiative to make a move alone before them. In any case, he had to exhaust the secret power in his upper dantian today and get through it safely. As for what happens later, he can only take it one step at a time. Who asked him to encounter such bad luck?
Lu Jing certainly knew that the woman in the purple dress and her group might have misunderstood his meaning, but this matter could not be explained at all.
He couldn't possibly say that he was idle and came to this valley to find a powerful fierce beast to fight, and winning or losing was not important. The key was to exhaust the secret power in the upper dantian, right?
If he really said that, regardless of whether the other party would believe it, just the Versailles-like feeling that came over him would probably further intensify the conflict between the two sides.
At that time, this group of people might not just be verbally criticizing him, but might even have to do it themselves.
So Lu Jing wisely remained silent.
He saw the stone python crawling to the edge of his formation, and then… it stopped, raised its snake head, and looked around.
Looking back at the previous squeaking behavior, Lu Jing also realized that he was indeed far behind in the way of formations. Just the knowledge of how to set up a hidden formation was enough for him to study for a long time.
However, now that things have come to this, it is too late to say such things. Lu Jing can only hope that the red soil in the formation will work.
Fortunately, in this world, all living beings, from the supreme ruler to the flies and grasshoppers, cannot resist the temptation of food. The stone python is no exception. After hesitating for a moment, it finally crawled into the Beast Controlling Formation.
When Lu Jing saw this, he suddenly woke up and took out the formation plate from his arms.