[A Few Minutes Earlier]
At the same time the three from the train crew were interacting with the Cloud Knight, inside the courtyard.
"Are you copying or not! Are you copying or not? Just tell me, are you copying or not!" Lu Furong looked at the person in front of him, only feeling anger surge up, losing his reason.
Although there was quite a height difference, Nero, standing opposite Lu Furong, didn't lose in momentum at all, even overpowering him.
Facing Lu Furong, who for some reason had already become extremely irritable, Nero's attitude remained calm, even carrying a relaxed, strolling-in-a-garden kind of ease.
Nero spread his hands, his tone carrying a bit of disdain. "If copying your scripture actually works, then I'd definitely copy it. But what if copying your scripture doesn't work?"
"Doesn't work?" Lu Furong was clearly very confident in those scriptures, even sounding a bit smug. "If it doesn't work, I'll let you deal with me however you want!"
Hearing this, Nero raised his hand and pointed at Lu Furong, looking at him as he spoke word by word, "Alright, deal with you however I want."
"You said that yourself. I won't do anything excessive, when the time comes you just let me slap you once."
The boy's tone was light, yet it felt like a boundless force surged up like a raging wave and crashed down.
For a moment, Lu Furong seemed to see himself overturned by that giant wave, finally turning into debris smashed apart within it.
This baseless illusion made Lu Furong's heart tighten. He took half a step back in slight panic.
At this moment, he had already lost in momentum.
Even so, Lu Furong didn't know what got into him, but he just felt he couldn't lose to this little guy in front of him, he had to compete.
He straightened himself and said harshly while bluffing, "One slap then one slap!"
"Alright."
Seeing Lu Furong agree, Nero nodded, then sat down. A breeze lifted the child from below, and he just sat there in midair.
Nero looked at Lu Furong and said, "Since you say copying this book shows sincerity, and I've heard the Abundance Medicine King always grants wishes. Then tell me, can copying scriptures let you see the Medicine King?"
"Ah?"
The question Nero asked left Lu Furong stunned. Who could even answer that.
Even so, he didn't want to lose just like that.
An ordinary slap might not matter, but… a slap from this person in front of him would probably send him straight to rebirth.
Lu Furong felt he could still struggle a bit and continued, "No… but the Medicine King is an Aeon! How could just anyone see them whenever they want?"
"Aha, If I don't copy this scripture I can't see the Medicine King, and if I copy it I still can't see the Medicine King, then what the hell am I copying it for!"
Nero spread both hands, as if settling the matter once and for all.
"Ah?" Lu Furong froze in place again.
At this moment, he only felt his state of mind becoming unstable, as if something was stirring it.
At the same time, he still hadn't noticed that Nero had already directly called the Medicine King by name four times.
He even overlooked what exactly they were arguing about, not whether they could see the Medicine King, but whether being willing to copy books represented sincerity.
Just as they were arguing, Nero's phone suddenly vibrated.
"Wait a moment, someone messaged me. We'll argue later."
Nero raised his hand to stop Lu Furong, who was about to speak, then took out his phone to check. The message was from Aha…
[Aha: I heard your call~]
[Aha: The Medicine King is a bit far from here, but that's fine.]
[Aha: If you wanted to see the Medicine King, you should've told me earlier. I can pass along a message for you.]
[Aha: No need to thank me, we're bros after all.]
Looking at the messages from Aha, Nero blinked beneath his headgear, a bit stunned.
'Ah?'
[Aha, are you serious again?]
[This is the Xianzhou, Lan's blessing is covering it. If you really call the Medicine King over, won't a light arrow follow right behind them!]
Nero instinctively started complaining about Aha, but then his tone paused.
[Aha, are you some kind of peeping freak?]
[Have you been watching me this whole time? How do you immediately know what's happening here?]
Lu Furong stood there in a daze, watching the suddenly agitated person, not knowing what kind of message he had received.
He slowly raised his hand. "Um… you…"
"Just shut up for a second, can't you see I'm busy? I don't have time to argue with you right now! If you keep interrupting, I won't care whether it's appropriate or not, I'll just slap you!"
While responding to Lu Furong, Nero quickly typed on his phone.
[Nero: Aha!]
[Nero: I know you can hear me!]
[Nero: Reply!]
[Nero: If you can spy on me, why can't you reply!]
[Nero: Reply!]
Under Nero's irritable response, Lu Furong obediently shut his mouth and silently withdrew his hand.
'This outsider looks too hard to deal with. I'd better go along with him for now.'
'If someone like this could join us, it would definitely be terrible news for those followers of the Hunt. I need to try a bit more.'
'Speaking of which… what exactly was I arguing with this person for again…'
'I…'
'How did I even bring him into the courtyard?'
'Or…'
'Did I follow him into the courtyard!?'
Lu Furong lowered his head, his eyes somewhat vacant, chaotic thoughts lingering in his mind.
'Medicine King, the Hunt, Vidyadhara…'
A large number of memories turned into vivid scenes, and he seemed to be within them, as if he could smell the soil in each place and hear the faint whistling of wind.
Then everything became thick and heavy, pouring down from above like fresh blood, almost crushing his body…
As if a soft whisper sounded in his mind, 'The trial begins…'
At the same time, a crisp sound that hadn't been heard for a long time rang out in Nero's mind.
[Ding! All the fragments previously obtained from Jetok have now been fully converted!]
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