The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#216 - Half senior

When Lu Jing and Xia Huai followed Supervisor Huang back to the end of Nightingale River Valley and looked at the bare rock face, they realized that *Bie You Dong Tian*… had really disappeared.

The original entrance was now empty. To verify this, Lu Jing even knocked on the rock wall with his Zen staff, only to find that the rock layers there were incredibly solid. Clearly, it wasn't just the entrance that was gone, but the entire cave inside had vanished.

Moreover, the open space in front of the cliff was not just occupied by the three of them. In fact, many instructors from the academy had rushed there after hearing the news.

Some were even setting up formations to survey and search for the location of *Bie You Dong Tian*, but ultimately, they all came up empty-handed.

Thus, everyone had to accept the fact that *Bie You Dong Tian*, the most historically significant scenic spot in the academy, had indeed completely disappeared.

Afterward, the way they looked at Lu Jing and Xia Huai became strange.

Finally, Supervisor Huang spoke, "Alright, everyone, disperse. I will report this matter to the Academic Director later."

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The instructors clearly knew the temperament of this supervisor. Hearing him say this, although curious, they still walked out of the valley one after another.

Afterward, only Lu Jing, Xia Huai, and Supervisor Huang remained in front of the rock wall.

Supervisor Huang first glanced at Lu Jing, then at Xia Huai, his expression serious. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a sharp, piercing bird call, followed by a melodious and drawn-out warble.

Then, the three of them saw a grayish-brown nightingale that looked like a sparrow and a slightly larger, sneaky-looking yellow nightingale flying towards them from the forest.

"Chicken Leg!" Xia Huai exclaimed happily when she saw the yellow nightingale, and then reached out her hand, allowing the latter to land on it.

Lu Jing also seemed to have thought of something, and quickly pulled out a fluffy little nightingale from the cloth bag at his side.

It had only just hatched when it fell into *Bie You Dong Tian*, but by the time it came out of the cave, its feathers had already grown in.

However, this growth was purely physical, because lacking the guidance of its parents, this little nightingale still couldn't fly, and couldn't even stand steadily.

However, it still recognized its mother. Seeing the grayish-brown nightingale flying in front, it immediately made a piercing cry, flapped its wings, jumped from Lu Jing's hand to the ground, and then snuggled affectionately with its mother.

Seeing that Lu Jing had fulfilled his promise, after a moment, the grayish-brown nightingale flew up from the ground again and came in front of Lu Jing.

Lu Jing, as agreed, took out the pill he had previously obtained from Chen Bo.

Then, they saw the grayish-brown nightingale take the pill and feed it into the mouth of the little nightingale on the ground.

Supervisor Huang had been silently observing from the side. After the grayish-brown nightingale appeared, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. When he saw the bird feeding the pill into the young bird's mouth, he seemed unable to restrain himself and took half a step forward.

However, he ultimately didn't speak until the young bird swallowed the pill, and then he sighed.

"Supervisor Huang, do you perhaps recognize this bird?" Lu Jing asked, noticing the expression on his face.

"Indeed," Supervisor Huang nodded.

"Is there anything special about this bird?"

"No," Supervisor Huang shook his head, "Or rather, there wasn't at first. As you can see, it's small and its call is unpleasant. It wasn't very popular among the other nightingales in this valley until it met its master."

"Its master? Who is it?" Lu Jing asked curiously.

He had previously found fingerprints on the grayish-brown nightingale's rear, and knew that this bird had once been someone's messenger.

However, the grayish-brown nightingale couldn't speak, and Lu Jing had thought that he would never be able to find out who its former master was. He didn't expect that Supervisor Huang would actually recognize this bird.

Lu Jing heard a trace of helplessness in Supervisor Huang's tone.

"You don't seem to want it to reproduce?"

"That's not the case. It was Senior Chi's messenger, and it has served our Directorate of Astronomy for so many years. It can be considered… half a senior. After Senior Chi died, we, according to custom, brought it back to this valley to live out its remaining years."

"However, it does have a… troublesome aspect."

"What aspect?"

"We don't know how it does it. Its previous call was just unpleasant, but it didn't have any special effects."

"But after returning from Senior Chi's side, it seems that it can control and command other nightingales through its own call. In other words, as long as it's willing, it can intercept any messenger."

"So, you should be able to understand why we paid so much attention to it. Fortunately, it has been staying in Nightingale River Valley since it returned, and hasn't gone out again. And a nightingale can only become one person's messenger in its lifetime. Even if Senior Chi is gone, it can't find a new master."

"Therefore, we don't have to worry about students coming to the valley and mistakenly choosing it as a messenger. It's just that… after so long, it suddenly produced three chicks, and one of them became your messenger," Supervisor Huang said with emotion.

"Then why didn't you stop me just now?" Lu Jing asked in surprise.

"Without rules, there can be no order. As the supervisor of the academy, I should naturally set an example for all the teachers and students of the academy."

"Since Nightingale River Valley is the place for new students to choose messengers, and we haven't made any other explanations regarding the current situation, I naturally have no reason to interfere with your decision."

"As for the remaining two chicks, I will find another place to properly settle them later, to prevent them from being chosen by other new students in the future. As for you… I only have one piece of advice."

Supervisor Huang paused, and then said, "If this bird truly inherits its mother's ability in the future, I hope you can use it cautiously and use it for the right path."

"Understood," Lu Jing said solemnly.

After finishing talking about the messenger, Supervisor Huang finally returned to the main topic. He looked at the empty rock wall and sighed again.

"What you said earlier is true? Senior Jing and Senior Gu really perished together in *Bie You Dong Tian*?"