The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

Lu Jing was reminded of the old saying, "You never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident."

However, a silver lining in this misfortune was that the problem was discovered relatively early.

After experiencing the initial tension and frustration of encountering the bug, Lu Jing had gradually calmed down and realized that the situation didn't seem as bad as he had imagined.

Initially, when he felt most hopeless about the future, he had indeed considered whether to cripple his own martial arts and return to being an ordinary person, solving the problem on his body once and for all. However, Lu Jing quickly realized the flaws in this approach. Simply dispersing his inner force wouldn't mean much to him because when the time came, his dantian would still refresh with new inner force.

Moreover, it was said that the pain of dispersing one's power exceeded the limits of what ordinary people could endure, no less than his brush with death ten days ago. It would also damage his meridians and shorten his lifespan, which was not wise at all.

However, apart from actively dispersing his power, there was also the passive loss of martial arts due to damage to the dantian. This sounded slightly more reliable than self-destruction, but upon closer inspection, there were still significant problems. It was true that Lu Jing's inner force appeared in his dantian, but that didn't mean it wouldn't reappear if his dantian was destroyed.

On the contrary, if it had nowhere to stay in the dantian, it might directly appear in the meridians or somewhere else. And if Lu Jing lost his dantian as the starting point for circulating his inner force, then he would truly be in deep trouble, beyond help.

In conclusion, this idea was discarded by Lu Jing as soon as it crossed his mind.

Although his original plan was to study and take the imperial examinations if he failed in martial arts, in truth, this was just an alternative plan he had after realizing that he was unlikely to achieve much in martial arts. Now that he had finally gained this power, he was a little reluctant to throw it away.

Since that was the case, Lu Jing needed to prepare to coexist with the constantly appearing inner force in his body.

He had already listed using up his inner force as a daily must-do, even higher in priority than eating and sleeping.

After all, skipping a meal for a day would only make him hungry, and not sleeping would only make him listless. But if he didn't use up the inner force in his dantian in time, it could really be fatal. Lu Jing had already experienced that once and didn't want to experience it a second time.

Actually, before, it was because the inner force in his dantian was uncontrollable, which meant that he could only rely on a few forced methods to consume it, leaving Lu Jing in a very awkward position. However, since he had successfully reversed the Minor Diamond Force, he had found a way to initially control that inner force, regained the initiative, and could naturally do more things.

Using acupoint strikes now seemed unusable, at least not as a regular solution anymore. Although acupoint strikes were the simplest and most efficient, currently allowing Lu Jing to empty his dantian and feel relaxed again in less than an hour, the after-effects were very troublesome, a moment of pleasure with endless troubles.

So, it was time to develop new uses for the constantly appearing inner force in his body.

Early this morning, Lu Jing didn't rush to strike acupoints again but instead came to the foot of a small mountain in the south of the city with a dantian full of inner force.

When he first left home, Lu Jing decided to keep a low profile and walk. Only when he reached a deserted place did he couldn't help but speed up. He hadn't learned qinggong (light body skill) yet, so he couldn't display any decent movements, but simply and crudely poured his inner force into his legs and then sprinted in the way college students do the 1000-meter physical test.

As everyone knows, the peak of physical fitness for college students is usually at the beginning of their freshman year, after which it steadily declines year by year. By the time they reach their junior and senior years, they basically turn pale at the mention of long-distance running. Lu Jing was no exception back then. Fortunately, there were no more physical tests after he started graduate school, and when he started working, he had a pile of baldness-inducing things to solve every day, and it was even more difficult to squeeze out time to exercise when he got busy.

So, Lu Jing knew his own physical condition. If he hadn't been ten years younger after transmigrating, returning to high school, he probably would have died on the spot after carrying goods at the dock a few times.

He had almost forgotten the last time he sprinted with all his might. And even in high school, he would have felt tired after sprinting a hundred meters with his physical strength. However, this time, with the blessing of inner force, his legs felt almost no soreness.

Lu Jing maintained his initial speed, striding and running in the fields, feeling the morning breeze on his face, and watching the grass, trees, and villages on both sides quickly receding. A sense of exhilaration rose in his chest.

Sure enough, having martial arts was good. The moving speed became much faster, just like opening a VIP with money, and the game experience was greatly improved.

When his master returned, Lu Jing planned to ask him for a qinggong technique, even if it was just the most basic one. Then he could even save on transportation when he went out, and he could complete a tour of Chen Country on his own two legs. Just thinking about it made him happy.

The time saved might not even be enough to use their inner force to replenish the lost inner force. So, even the top qinggong masters usually rode horses if they could, and walked slowly if they didn't have horses. No one would rush forward like Lu Jing, spreading their legs and rushing forward.

Lu Jing ran ten miles in one breath and only took a quarter of an hour to reach the foot of the mountain. Moreover, his breath was not scattered, and he didn't even sweat a few drops. The only regret was that the inner force in his dantian hadn't been consumed much either.

Lu Jing roughly estimated that even if he kept running all day, he could only use less than one-tenth of it. So, just running was definitely not enough. But he wasn't discouraged. It didn't matter, this was just the beginning. Fighting with heaven and fighting with people were not as good as fighting with bugs. This was truly endless fun.

Although he had just traveled a considerable distance, Lu Jing didn't need to rest at all and continued to climb the mountain. This mountain wasn't high, but the mountain road was relatively steep. There used to be a Bodhisattva temple on the mountainside, and nearby villagers would go to burn incense. But later, the road was slippery on rainy days, and there was a mudslide, killing a few people. In addition, a local gentleman had donated a new temple not far away.

After that, fewer people came to burn incense, and over time, the Bodhisattva temple was abandoned, and even fewer people came. Lu Jing valued the quietness here, which was suitable for doing some experiments, especially some experiments that were not convenient for people to see. So, before, when he wanted to see if there was a relationship between the inner force that had been added out of thin air in his body and the location, as well as sleep, he would run here.

Now, Lu Jing was even more familiar with the road, and as soon as he went up the mountain, he went straight to the Bodhisattva temple on the mountainside.