The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

It was still in Master Guo's residence.

However, this time, in addition to Master Guo and Yin Qing, there was also a fat man wearing a jade thumb ring, sporting a small mustache, and dressed like a wealthy merchant.

He and Master Guo were both silent, quietly watching Yin Qing, who was still circulating his energy to heal his injuries.

After about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, Yin Qing finally opened his eyes and uttered a single word, "Deep."

"Deep? Deep what?" The fat man, resembling a wealthy merchant, blinked, puzzled.

"Deep... unfathomable," Yin Qing said solemnly.

"How deep is unfathomable?" The fat man, resembling a wealthy merchant, frowned, clearly not very satisfied with this answer, and continued to press, "Second-rate realm?"

"More than that," Yin Qing said, while closing his eyes again, carefully recalling the scene when he fought Lu Jing.

At first, he was afraid to use his full strength, fearing that he would displease Lu Jing, but he didn't expect that when he used 60% of his power on the other party, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the subsequent backlash almost overwhelmed him.

The internal force, pouring out like a flood, almost instantly shattered all his strength.

At that moment, Yin Qing's brain was blank, leaving only four words, which were—a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

The pitiful and insignificant mantis raised its seemingly strong arms, trying to stop the rolling wheels, but it didn't expect that its heroic act of standing up was just a joke in the face of the terrifying wheels.

"A first-rate master?" The fat man, resembling a wealthy merchant, finally changed his expression, "How old is he? How is that possible?!"

"I haven't fought a first-rate master before, so I can't say for sure, but I think that ordinary second-rate masters definitely don't have such vigorous internal energy," Yin Qing said, his pupils still filled with lingering fear.

"There is only one first-rate master in Wu Jiang City, and that is Old Master Zhao of the Tianma镖局 Escort Agency, and Old Master Zhao retired three years ago and no longer asks about the affairs of the martial world. This time, the secret manual incident has caused a storm in the city, but from beginning to end, there has been no movement from Old Master Zhao's side. If another first-rate master appears, then without a doubt, it will immediately change the power structure within the city," the fat man, resembling a wealthy merchant, said with a serious expression.

"Not one," Master Guo interjected at this time, "Have you forgotten? He also has a master. If the disciple is so powerful, then the master must not be far behind..."

"Doesn't this mean that whoever can win over this master and disciple pair can walk sideways in Wu Jiang City?" The fat man, resembling a wealthy merchant, said this, but the expression on his face was not very happy, but rather a bit ugly.

Yin Qing guessed what the other party was thinking and said, "Hall Master Huang is worried that recruiting these two into our Three Tigers Hall will mean that the Three Tigers Hall will have to change its name to Lu from now on?"

Hall Master Huang nodded, "There are no outsiders here, so Huang doesn't need to pretend. Let me just say it straight, I still have some self-awareness. Although I am fortunate to be valued by a group of brothers and still have some prestige in the hall, my little prestige is definitely not enough to suppress a first-rate master, let alone two. But... if this master and disciple pair is really won over by other martial arts forces in the city, then my Three Tigers Hall will probably not escape the fate of being annexed in the future."

His words made the expressions of the people in the courtyard become solemn.

However, after a moment, Yin Qing spoke again.

"Things may not be... as bad as Hall Master Huang said."

"Oh? What does Protector Yin mean by this?"

"I had a brief contact with this... Young Master Lu today and found that he doesn't seem to have much interest in the matter of fighting for power and profit. Wei Zixian also said before that his master is a reclusive expert who is playing in the mortal world, and now it seems that this disciple is the same. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why their master and disciple have been in Wu Jiang City for so long without making a sound."

"Young Master Lu used to be a porter in the Green Bamboo Gang, and now he goes to the coal kiln to chop wood. He does hard labor. Of course, a master like him is definitely not doing this kind of work for a living. Moreover, I can feel that Young Master Lu has an unusual obsession with chopping wood. He even urged me to move faster before we started sparring today.

"Perhaps in the eyes of such peerless masters, daily trivial matters like chopping wood... are more important than annexing many gangs and expanding many territories. So, I think that 80% of the time, their master and disciple will not accept the recruitment of other gangs."

Yin Qing finished his analysis.

Hall Master Huang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the previously tight frown relaxed a lot. He said to Master Guo with emotion, "Look, this is the realm..."

Master Guo nodded in agreement upon hearing this, "That's right. If it weren't for such a person who is wholeheartedly devoted to martial arts and not bound by wealth and power, how could he have such cultivation at such a young age."

"That makes sense, but we still can't take it lightly," Hall Master Huang regained his spirits, "Now that we have determined that this master and disciple pair are true Buddhas, then we must be careful to worship them in the future, especially to avoid making the same fatal mistakes as before. By the way, what about those three idiots?"

"They have already been lit up with sky lanterns according to Young Master Lu's request," Master Guo said.

"That's good, that's good," Hall Master Huang nodded.

"I also gave Young Master Lu that pair of gold silk arm guards," Yin Qing added, "It's considered making a good connection. It can be seen that Young Master Lu still likes that pair of arm guards very much."

"No one in the martial world can refuse the fabrics of Miss Sun of Brocade Embroidery Workshop. The regret is that this kind of thing is originally something that is hard to come by. Otherwise, if something really happens in the future, wouldn't we be afraid of not being able to solve it by sending one to Young Master Lu?"

"Everyone has likes and dislikes, and reclusive experts are no exception. Now that we know what he likes, then we can slowly look for it in the future."

… … … …

Just when the three members of the Three Tigers Hall were racking their brains about how to establish a relationship with Lu Jing and his master in the future, Song Zhongwen, on the other hand, personally smashed two vases after returning home and beat his favorite concubine, whipping the latter's buttocks with a horsewhip until they bled.

It wasn't until the concubine ran away crying that Song Zhongwen finally stopped venting his anger when there was nothing left to smash in the study.

However, the evil fire in his heart did not extinguish, but instead burned more and more fiercely.

Especially when he thought of the scene at the coal kiln before, Gu Caiwei standing next to Lu Jing, holding Lu Jing's arm, almost pressing her chest against Lu Jing's arm, smiling and saying to him, "Young Master Song, Caiwei already has someone she is in love with," Song Zhongwen almost vomited out of disgust at this woman.

However, at that time, he was so powerless that he couldn't do anything.

The expert from the Three Tigers Hall only hit Lu Jing twice, and Lu Jing stood there without fighting back, and that expert from the Three Tigers Hall vomited blood and flew out himself.

Song Zhongwen knew very well that even if they all went together, they would probably not be able to move a single finger of the other party.

Therefore, Song Zhongwen had no other choice but to roll away with his tail between his legs.

However, after returning home, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't swallow this breath, and he felt that his dignity as a man had been ruthlessly trampled underfoot by those two people. So, he called into the house that knight who had reminded him earlier, who was also the best at martial arts among his followers.

Staring with red eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Yi, I want to kill that Lu!"

"Young Master, please think twice!" Xiao Yi was shocked upon hearing this, "The other party's martial arts are too high. You also saw that even if Protector Yin of the Three Tigers Hall goes all out, he can't move the other party! We are just humiliating ourselves."

"Then find a way to break his protective inner energy first!" Song Zhongwen said with a sinister look in his eyes.