The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

What is this supposed to be?

Is this Xie Liancheng's stand-up comedy routine? He's just showing off to all these martial arts masters to feel good about himself, but what's the point? Is he trying to die even faster?

Lu Jing was puzzled. And what were all these martial artists around him hollering about? Did the blank book in their hands give them brain thrombosis, or were they planning to cooperate with Xie Liancheng to create a large-scale performance art exhibition?

Judging by their enthusiastic performances, anyone who didn't know better would think they had really obtained some divine skill manual.

Immediately after, Lu Jing noticed a change in Wei Da Niang's expression. Although it wasn't as obvious as the other martial artists, he could still sense the heartfelt joy in her eyes.

Lu Jing tentatively asked, "Da Niang, aren't you... angry?"

"Angry? Of course, I'm angry," Wei Da Niang sighed.

Before Lu Jing could relax, he heard Wei Da Niang continue, "I'm angry at myself for practicing martial arts for over twenty years, only to realize today that all my previous efforts were wasted. It's a pity that martial arts can be relearned… but the lost youth can never be recovered."

After saying that, she reached out and touched the wrinkles at the corner of her eyes, seeming lost in thought.

What the hell is going on? Cold sweat began to seep out of Lu Jing's back.

He looked at Lu Meilang on the other side. This young master from a wealthy family, who loved eating, drinking, and having fun more than practicing martial arts, was also stunned after receiving the blank secret manual.

Lu Jing looked at him with hopeful eyes, hoping that he could be the child who exposed the emperor's new clothes.

However, after a moment, Lu Meilang's hands began to tremble. His handsome face was twisted with excitement, "Divine skill! It's a divine skill! Hahahaha, I can finally surpass that bastard Lu Ping!

"Why is it that all the good things have always been his since childhood! Why is it that the person who gets praised is always him, the older brother? And I, the younger brother, can only live in his shadow for the rest of my life?

"Did you think I was really willing to be a good-for-nothing playboy? No! I will personally take back everything I've lost! The person who should be on the Azure Cloud List is me, the Xiaoyao Manor is mine! Fu'er is mine too!!! Hahahaha, all mine!"

By the time he spoke the last word, Lu Meilang was almost crazy, and he crushed the wine glass in his hand.

Lu Jing's heart sank completely.

They're all crazy! They're all crazy!

He looked around and found that, unknowingly, the hall was full of madmen. Those martial arts masters, one by one, holding the blank white paper in their hands, were crying and laughing, wailing and lamenting.

The scene was both comical and terrifying!

Lu Jing knew very well that even if they were holding a real divine skill manual, they shouldn't have lost their composure to this extent.

He could ignore the others he didn't know, but Wei Da Niang and Lu Meilang, one was a world-renowned pawnshop owner whose phoenix eyes had seen countless people and events and should have cultivated a calm and unperturbed demeanor.

As for Lu Meilang, if what he said just now was really what he thought, then it seemed that he had harbored resentment towards his brother for a long time. But he had been able to play the good younger brother for so many years without revealing any flaws, perhaps even deceiving himself. How could such a scheming person eagerly expose his ambitions as soon as he got the secret manual, before it even warmed up?

Was it some kind of neurotoxic drug?

But the heroes had been on guard against similar things all night. Most people were very careful, not touching the wine and food on the table, and rejecting the beauties from a distance.

And the most crucial thing was, if it was really a drug, then why wasn't Lu Jing affected?

Before Lu Jing could figure this out, he saw Xia Huai reach out to the secret manual in front of her.

Lu Jing was shocked and quickly said, "Don't!"

Xia Huai obviously trusted Lu Jing very much, and stopped obediently when she heard this. However, after a while, she couldn't help but want to flip through the secret manual again.

Left with no choice, Lu Jing could only grab Xia Huai's hand and said anxiously, "Don't, look around! This thing is not to be touched!"

Hearing this, Xia Huai tried to look up, but her eyes could not move away from the secret manual. At the same time, she muttered, "If I practice this skill… I won't have to be forced by my master to breathe every day."

"If you practice this skill, I don't know if your master will force you or not, but we're all going to be stuck here tonight," Lu Jing persuaded bitterly.

After saying that, he didn't ask for Xia Huai's consent and directly hugged the girl in his arms, "Forgive me."

Then, he stood up and was about to go out the door, while shouting, "Young Hero Wei, Young Hero Wei, something's wrong here, let's retreat first."

Wei Zixian and Lu Jing were probably the only two people among the heroes who could still restrain themselves from flipping through the secret manual in front of them.

But unlike Lu Jing, who had no interest in flipping through it at all, Wei Zixian's situation was far from as relaxed as it seemed. At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, his breathing became faster and faster, and upon closer inspection, his forehead was covered with sweat.

He was obviously trying his best to resist the desire in his heart.

Lu Jing was startled. Don't! Big brother, you are the chief MT and DPS of our team. You haven't even cast a single skill before you've been controlled. How can we fight this?

Unfortunately, Wei Zixian couldn't hear the cries in his heart. No, more precisely, Wei Zixian couldn't sense anything happening in the outside world anymore.

There was only one thought left in his mind, and that was to open the secret manual in front of him!

It was as if a voice kept tempting him in his ear, quick, reach out, quick, reach out, as long as you look at the divine skill on this, you can immediately enter the first-class realm. This is a great opportunity that all martial artists would be envious of!

And perhaps laughably, what prevented Wei Zixian from opening the secret manual at this moment was not his reason, but his arrogance and pride!

He was unwilling to accept that there were martial arts in this world that were more powerful than the divine skills in his sect. The whole person was just repeating like Xianglin Sao, "No, no, this is not true."

Lu Jing saw that, well, it's the same whether we pack one dish or two, so he reached out another hand, grabbed Wei Zixian's belt, and felt like he was back to being a porter for the Green Bamboo Gang, pulling and hugging him as he ran towards the main corridor they had come from.

As for the others in the hall, Lu Jing could no longer help them.

In fact, Lu Jing wasn't even sure if he could run out.

The next moment, his worries unfortunately came true.

Lu Jing only felt a blur in front of him, and Xie Liancheng had already come to him, blocking his way forward. At the same time, he sneered and took out something from his arms.

It was precisely the secret manual that Lu Jing had left on the table. Then, Xie Liancheng held the secret manual in front of Lu Jing's face and opened it in front of him.

Lu Jing only felt all the hairs on his body stand on end!

He looked at the secret manual in horror.

However… there were still no words on it.

?

After a moment, question marks appeared on the heads of both Xie Liancheng and Lu Jing.