The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#313 - The Drunkard's Intention

In the astonished gazes of everyone, Lu Jing picked up the small bottle containing the Heavenly One Water on the table, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

He had raced against time all the way, racking his brains, using almost everything he could get his hands on, plus a little bit of luck, and finally passed this small competition as the first, all for the thing in the bottle.

However, in the eyes of others, Lu Jing's choice was a bit inexplicable.

Although the Heavenly One Water was also very precious, in terms of value alone, among the prizes of this small competition, it was not only less valuable than the Foundation Establishment Pill that made everyone's heart flutter, but it was also difficult to rank in the top three.

Whether it was another bottle of pills that also helped in cultivation, or the Dragon Gate Fish Shadow book, they were more rare than the Heavenly One Water.

Although Lu Jing was not a cultivator, he could not use those pills and cultivation methods, but the Heavenly One Water was equally useless to him.

Therefore, everyone thought that he would choose the most valuable thing in this small competition and then become a middleman.

Although everyone was very unhappy that he had overshadowed them in this small competition, one thing was separate from another. If the Foundation Establishment Pill could really be bought, it still had to be bought. Some people with extraordinary family backgrounds, such as the White Jade Young Master, had already begun to calculate how much they could pay.

"Have you made your choice?" Supervisor Huang asked.

"I've made my choice."

"Are you sure? You can't go back on it later."

"I'm sure," Lu Jing nodded.

So Supervisor Huang didn't say anything more, just took a deep look at Lu Jing, and then instructed, "This thing can only be used after Foundation Establishment, remember, if the void in the dantian is separated before establishing the cauldron, then you won't be able to cultivate anymore."

"Yes."

Lu Jing agreed very readily, but in his heart, he was actually a little eager to gulp down the thing in the bottle.

However, if he were to do it now in front of everyone, it would be a bit too shocking, and it would also be too disrespectful to Supervisor Huang, so he could only wait until he returned to the small courtyard to enjoy it.

As he held the small bottle in his hand and returned to his seat full of expectation, Supervisor Huang also announced the second place in this small competition.

Hearing Yan Yun's name, the expressions of the students were somewhat subtle.

Since some time ago, Yan Yun had become the object of admiration and pursuit for all young people in the martial world, especially when she entered the first-class realm at the age of less than twenty. Wei Zixian and others, who originally had some competitive relationship with her, had also completely given up and been distanced from her.

For someone like her, taking first place would never cause any waves, but losing the first place would give people a sense of unreality, let alone losing to Lu Jing, who was also on the Heavenly Pivot List.

However, Lu Jing's failure to choose the Foundation Establishment Pill was equivalent to leaving the Foundation Establishment Pill to her again.

Thinking of this, some people who were usually more gossipy were suddenly shocked. Wait… could that guy's real intention be elsewhere?

Otherwise, there was no way to explain why he didn't take the precious Foundation Establishment Pill, but instead took that Heavenly One Water.

He… could he be using this kind of behavior to show his goodwill to Yan Yun?!

But wasn't he very close to Xia Huai, and just before the small competition, there was also a bronze-skinned girl riding a strange beast to send him weapons, and it was said that Secretary Xuan of the library also had a close relationship with him.

Hiss~

Everyone couldn't help but gasp, it was true that if you didn't count, you wouldn't know, but after counting, you would realize that this guy was simply the enemy of all men.

And this time, he even dared to extend his claws to Yan Yun?

This guy's courage was a bit too big, you know, many people didn't even have the courage to say a word to Yan Yun, let alone have other thoughts.

There was no way, to most young heroes in the martial world, Yan Yun was like the bright moon in the sky, spotless, emitting light but also thousands of miles away.

No matter how the people on the ground ran, they couldn't close the distance with her, so naturally no one dared to confess their love to her.

But now, a bastard seemed to want to attack everyone's moon.

Despicable!!!

This was the first thought that arose in everyone's mind, but after indignation, everyone had to admit that Lu Jing was really spending a lot of money, you know, that was the Foundation Establishment Pill.

It was hard to find for ten thousand gold, but he just gave it away, without even frowning. They definitely couldn't do it so simply, so it was not without reason that this guy had so much romance.

Just as they were thinking wildly, Yan Yun had already gotten up and walked to the table where the prizes were placed. Without any hesitation, she generously picked up the bottle of Foundation Establishment Pill.

The expression on her face was the same as usual, neither showing the joy of getting the pill, nor the depression of losing the small competition. She just put the bottle of pill into her arms, and then thanked Supervisor Huang before returning to her seat.

This also made many people breathe a sigh of relief. Was this an indirect rejection? It should be like this, right? Otherwise, why didn't she look in Lu Jing's direction from beginning to end, nor did she thank Lu Jing.

That is to say, she didn't intend to accept Lu Jing's favor at all. However, Wen Xiaochuan, Yan Yun's best friend, couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart when she saw this.

With her friendship with Yan Yun for so many years, she knew very well that if Yan Yun didn't want to accept the favor, she wouldn't take the bottle of Foundation Establishment Pill at all, no matter how important that thing was to her.

On the contrary, since she had taken the bottle of Foundation Establishment Pill, it at least proved that she didn't hate Lu Jing in her heart. Of course, it wasn't to say that she would fall in love with Lu Jing because of this, but not hating was the most dangerous thing in this world, and many things started from not hating.

Moreover, with her understanding of Yan Yun, after she took this bottle of pill, she would probably find a way to repay this favor. In addition, she had previously asked Lu Jing to help her investigate the case. Wen Xiaochuan knew that these two men and women would probably have a lot of entanglements in the future.