The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

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“Friends from the capital?”

The gazes of the women turned strange as they looked at Lu Jing.

Especially the old woman eating dates, who sized Lu Jing up and down.

Thanks to the outfit Wen Xiaoqian had meticulously prepared for Lu Jing, and his groomed appearance, the old woman's wrinkled face finally showed a hint of satisfaction, and she said, “Thank you, young hero, for escorting Xiaoqian home.

May I ask where young hero is from?”

“Oh, Old Madam, you're too kind, I'm from Wujiang.”

“And what is your lineage?”

“I have a master, but I belong to no sect or school.”

Hearing this, the old woman seemed stunned for a moment, then said, “Your esteemed master must be a reclusive expert.”

“This… not really.”

The old woman eating dates seemed confused by Lu Jing's answer.

Since Wen Xiaoqian said she was escorted back by this young man, his martial arts must be good.

But he's neither a disciple of a famous sect nor a student of a reclusive expert, so where did he learn his martial arts?

Could it have fallen from the sky?

However, hearing Lu Jing's answer, Aunt Wen seemed to have thought of something, and a flash of insight gleamed in her eyes.

But before she could speak, another woman with a baby face, who looked about the same age as Wen Xiaoqian, suddenly exclaimed softly, “A person from Wujiang, with no sect or school, only a master, and whose weapon is a Zen staff… it all adds up.”

“Adds up to what?” the old woman eating dates asked in confusion.

“Grandmother, he is the hero Lu Jing I told you about yesterday.

Seventh Sister is being dishonest, deliberately not mentioning Hero Lu's name, wanting to see us make fools of ourselves.”

“Lu Jing?” The old woman eating dates was taken aback.

“The first-rate master who is not yet twenty years old on the latest Celestial Ranking? I didn't expect Hero Lu to be so handsome.”

“It's mainly because Hero Lu rose too quickly.

Not many people in the martial world have seen him.

Apart from the locals of Wujiang, most people's understanding of him is limited to those rumors in the martial world.

Moreover, because his martial arts are too strong, people inevitably overlook other aspects of him.” Another woman chimed in.

“However, it is said that not long ago, when he fought against Li Feilong of the Heavenly Dragon Gate and a group of Jingziwei experts alone, many young girls by the river who were fortunate enough to witness the battle fell in love with him.

Xie Yu, one of the four beauties of the capital, even offered herself as his bed warmer.

Now that I see him, it's not surprising.”

Seeing that the women were about to start gossiping about Lu Jing's various news, and seemed to want to verify it with him, Aunt Wen coughed lightly, interrupting them.

“Alright, Hero Lu has come from afar and is not here to satisfy our curiosity.

Besides, you are all married women, so don't pester him with questions.”

After saying that, she looked at Lu Jing, “These days are unstable, and you must have worked hard coming all the way from the capital.

I have already had someone prepare a guest room for Hero Lu, where you can rest for a while, or you can wander around the manor.

“There is only a short time left before the birthday banquet begins, and I don't recommend Hero Lu to leave the manor at this time, because the surrounding area is not very peaceful.

Of course, if you really have something urgent to leave the manor, you can come and find me.”

Lu Jing thanked Aunt Wen, then bowed to Wen Xiaoqian's grandmother, ending the visit and walking out of the door.

The speakers were two men, one with a deep and powerful voice, and the other with a slightly hoarse one.

“I'll leave the matter of the Great Roc Sect to Brother Li.”

“Brother Yu, you don't need to be so polite.

This is originally also a matter for my Chang Le Gang.

Some time ago, someone in the Qingzhou branch became addicted to Taking Flight Pills.

After it was discovered, Qian, the leader of the Qingzhou branch, locked them all up in a small building, hoping to help them quit.

As a result, someone actually tried to escape by climbing out of the window at night.

“Leader Qian was furious and drove all those who wanted to escape back into the small building, then had people nail the doors and windows shut, leaving only a small opening to deliver food.

“Who would have thought that when they opened the door again three days later, those people were already dead inside.

Moreover, according to the gang members guarding the small building, the screams inside the building were incessant during those nights, and the voices sounded as if they were being tortured, which was terrifying.”

The man with the hoarse voice sighed, “These Taking Flight Pills are really harmful.

I only paid attention to this thing because of the experience of a friend.

His family was quite wealthy, and he had also learned some martial arts.

Although he was not a master, he had always been strong and healthy.

“Who would have thought that when I saw him four months ago, he had already fallen into the streets, and was so thin that only skin and bones remained.

As soon as he saw me, he rushed up to ask me for money, saying that he still wanted to buy those Taking Flight Pills.

After that, I noticed that many people in that small county town looked like him, so I investigated all the way down.

“However, the other party is very cunning.

The pharmacies selling Taking Flight Pills don't know who made these pills.

I spent almost two months to find out about the Great Roc Sect, but I am not a local of Qingzhou, and I have already attracted the attention of some people there, so I can't continue to investigate.”

“I understand, Brother Yu has already done enough.

Leave the rest to me.

My Chang Le Gang has branches everywhere, especially in Qingzhou, which has been operating for a long time.

In terms of strength, it is far above the Great Roc Sect.

“Previously, because I saw that this Great Roc Sect had always behaved properly and acted quite low-key, I ordered the Qingzhou branch to befriend them.

If they are really related to the Taking Flight Pills and are doing something harmful to the local people behind their backs, then my Chang Le Gang also has the responsibility to eliminate this scourge for the local people.”

Hearing this, Lu Jing already knew who the two people outside the door were.

The leader of the Chang Le Gang, Li Bufan, and the number one swordsman in the Central Plains, Yu Wenyu.

One of them married the eldest daughter of the Wen family, and the other married the fourth daughter of the Wen family.

Now they are both here with their wives to celebrate the birthday of the Old Madam Wen.

Normally, at this time, people would definitely go out and meet them, after all, both of them are famous figures in the martial world.

If one could befriend them, there would naturally be many benefits in the future.

But Lu Jing didn't have such thoughts.

Whether in his previous life or now, social interactions always gave him a headache, so he planned to continue pretending not to exist in the room, but then he heard something else.