The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#371 - stop

Lu Jing pulled Chen Hanqing to help him calculate how much his life was worth.

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After the calculation, Chen Hanqing himself was filled with emotion, never having imagined that his life would actually be worth so much.

Moreover, he had to admit that the 140,000 taels of silver were all justified, and the price could be said to be not expensive at all.

But after his emotional moment, Chen Hanqing had to tell Lu Jing the truth, "I don't have money."

Seeing that Lu Jing seemed a little disbelieving, Chen Hanqing also became conflicted.

After a moment, he raised his head and quickly glanced around, and seeing that no one was passing by at the moment, he opened his mouth again and said softly, "Chen… I wasn't born into a family of martial arts; my parents are ordinary people from Qizhou, who rely on farming for a living. There isn't much wealth in my family. Although I entered the Divine Fist Sect, I have been focusing on practicing martial arts all these years and haven't been distracted by other things."

Chen Hanqing said it euphemistically, but Lu Jing still heard it. It seemed that although he was a disciple of Jiang Jun, the master of the Divine Fist Sect, Jiang Jun probably didn't value him very much and didn't arrange any errands for him.

Focusing on practicing martial arts was obviously just an excuse. Even martial arts fanatics like Jie Liancheng were still the leader of the Green Bamboo Gang, and it didn't seem to delay his practice.

In fact, in ordinary gangs, many positions are just nominal, and they make money themselves, letting their subordinates do things when something happens.

So, hearing Chen Hanqing say this, Lu Jing was 90% sure that he had been marginalized by the Divine Fist Sect.

But this was troublesome. If Chen Hanqing had no money, Lu Jing didn't know what else he could get from him. He couldn't possibly be after his looks, could he?

Although Chen Hanqing, apart from his eyes being a little uncomfortable, looked quite decent, what the hell did that have to do with Lu Jing?

Lu Jing was still a little unwilling and continued to ask Chen Hanqing, "Besides your parents, do you have any wealthy relatives or friends?"

Chen Hanqing shook his head, righteously saying, "Chen is not the kind of person who is opportunistic and rushes to those who have money."

"… … … …"

Lu Jing looked at Chen Hanqing's righteous face and felt a bit of creative exhaustion. He didn't know how to squeeze any more value out of him, but he was a little reluctant to give up just like that.

In the end, he could only say, "Then let's write an agreement first, saying that you owe me 140,000 taels, and you'll pay it back slowly later. Hmm, no, you can't pay it back slowly. The way you pay it back will be up to me. Don't worry, I won't force you to kill or set fires or do anything bad."

"Okay." Chen Hanqing hesitated for a moment, but nodded in agreement.

Lu Jing's impression of him changed slightly. Although this guy kept pestering him and forcing him to participate in the next small competition, he was still quite reasonable and dared to take responsibility.

It's just that he doesn't seem to have much financial prospects.

Lu Jing sighed. It seemed that he still had to rely on himself to make money.

He took off the challenge letter on the wall, then returned to the house to take out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and asked Chen Hanqing to add the last gambling agreement. Then, the two of them put their handprints on it, and in this way, the challenge was completed.

Chen Hanqing let out a long breath, as if he had completed a wish.

Then, without saying anything more, he cupped his hands at Lu Jing and planned to leave.

But before he could walk out the door, he heard a voice from outside the door, "Stop."

When Chen Hanqing saw who it was, his expression suddenly changed, and a hint of panic appeared between his eyebrows, as if he wanted to escape, but the door was blocked by the person in front of him.

Lu Jing kindly reminded him from behind, "Climb over the wall."

Chen Hanqing was somewhat tempted when he heard this, but he felt that this action was a bit too rude, so in the end, he could only stand there blankly.

Then, a figure walked in from outside the door.

Lu Jing was a little surprised because the person who came had met him once before.

"You are… Wen Xiaochuan?"

Lu Jing said to the young girl in front of him. Earlier, when he and Yan Yun were competing, because of a misunderstanding, Yan Yun brought a witness with her, who was Wen Xiaochuan, the seventh daughter of the Wen family in front of him.

"Young Master Lu." Wen Xiaochuan also bowed to Lu Jing when she heard this, but her gaze quickly turned to Chen Hanqing, who was trying to sneak away.

She sneered, "Brother Chen is in such a hurry to leave, don't you want to see me?"

"No, no." Chen Hanqing didn't dare to look into Wen Xiaochuan's eyes and said timidly.

Wen Xiaochuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and said directly, "Where's the challenge letter?"

"It's here with me." Lu Jing waved the challenge letter in his hand. When Wen Xiaochuan saw the two fresh fingerprints on it, she was shocked, "You've already…"

"That's right," seeing that he couldn't escape, Chen Hanqing finally stopped hiding it and simply admitted it directly, "And the whole academy should already know about this, so it doesn't matter whether there's this challenge letter or not."

Wen Xiaochuan was so angry that she laughed, "Just because I said at last night's banquet that Lu Jing is a refined gentleman, who doesn't compete but puts the world first, you have to come and challenge him?"

Chen Hanqing first nodded, then said, "Miss Wen, I have always admired your talent and vision. It is said in the Jianghu that the women of the Wen family never misjudge people, but this time I want to prove that you are wrong. I didn't make it to the last small competition, so next time I want to compete with Young Master Lu and vindicate our cultivators."

"Do you want to vindicate the cultivators, or do you want to make a name for yourself?" Wen Xiaochuan mocked.

Chen Hanqing was silent.

And silence is often an answer in itself.

Wen Xiaochuan wanted to say something, but in the end, she swallowed the words back, "Forget it, this is your own business after all. Who am I, Wen Xiaochuan, to be able to change other people's decisions? Do whatever you want to do."

Seeing Wen Xiaochuan turn her face to the side, as if she didn't intend to pay attention to him anymore, Chen Hanqing bowed to Wen Xiaochuan, then continued to walk towards the door.

But when he reached the door, he stopped again and said faintly, "You still care about him after all, otherwise, why would you rush over so quickly when you heard the news? But it doesn't matter, I will also prove myself."

Wen Xiaochuan was amused by his last sentence, "Do you think I'm stopping you from having this competition for his sake?"

Finally, she sighed and softened her tone slightly, "Brother Chen, it's rare for you to have a Grade A Secret Cauldron, and you have outstanding talent in cultivation. Now you should calm down and cultivate well, and continue to hone yourself. When the time comes, fame and everything else will naturally fall into place. Why be so impatient?"

"Because I can't wait that long." Chen Hanqing looked at Wen Xiaochuan with a very complicated expression.

But he didn't say anything more. He just looked at Wen Xiaochuan again and walked out of Lu Jing's courtyard.