The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#793 - bath

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"What did you say?" Lu Jing's heart stirred slightly, and he turned his head.

But at this moment, Dongmen Weilan was already leaning on the wooden bucket, retching.

Seeing this, Lu Jing had no choice but to retreat back to the kitchen and pour her a bowl of water.

After vomiting, Dongmen Weilan regained some clarity, and her tongue was no longer tied. She took the bowl Lu Jing handed her, rinsed her mouth, and then said, "Do you really have no thoughts about me?"

"I definitely have thoughts, but not in that way," Lu Jing said.

Dongmen Weilan sneered.

"Okay," Lu Jing signaled the girl to continue.

Dongmen Weilan looked into his eyes, "If... if from now on, I break off all relations with you and no longer interact, can you accept that?"

"No," Lu Jing said without hesitation.

What a joke.

Before, after he had Soul Charmer and Bone Erosion, Dongmen Weilan's usefulness to him was indeed not as great, because without Dongmen Weilan, Lu Jing seemed to be able to control his inner force.

However, after accidentally cultivating the Yang-Absorbing True Qi in the Martial Scripture, this balance had been broken. Lu Jing could now only rely on Dongmen Weilan to save his life.

Of course, he couldn't let go of this lifeline.

Dongmen Weilan continued to ask, "You said you don't have those kinds of thoughts about me, then let me ask you, if I marry someone else now, can you accept that?"

"I..." Lu Jing originally wanted to say that he could.

But just as the words were about to come out, he suddenly thought of a very serious problem, a problem that he had previously overlooked.

If, nine months later, Dongmen Weilan really successfully cultivated the Ten Thousand Poisons Returning to the Source, and could use her true qi to simulate all the poisons in the world, including Fallen Dust, and Lu Jing hadn't found another way to solve his problem of excessive inner force.

Then he really wouldn't be able to live a single day without Dongmen Weilan.

Even if he didn't care about Dongmen Weilan marrying someone else in the future, would Dongmen Weilan's husband really allow his wife to meet with another man every day?

Moreover, the frequency at which his inner force was refreshed was no longer once a day, but about every twelve hours, which meant that the time he refreshed each day was changing, from evening to morning, then to noon and dusk, and even possibly in the middle of the night.

If he really went to knock on Dongmen Weilan's door after midnight, her husband would definitely chase him out with a knife.

Even if Lu Jing himself had a clear conscience, the gossip of the neighborhood would be enough to make Dongmen Weilan's family unable to live in peace.

In addition, it was impossible for Lu Jing to stay near Dongmen Weilan's house all the time. He would always have to travel far away, and he would need Dongmen Weilan to accompany him at that time.

In other words, from the moment he learned the Yang-Absorbing True Qi, his life had been tied to Dongmen Weilan, and he had no choice at all.

Moreover, Lu Jing also admitted that he had lied before, he didn't really have no thoughts about Dongmen Weilan at all.

Otherwise, when he saw that scene in the courtyard just now, Lu Jing wouldn't have taken so long to put the clothes on the girl.

"You see," Dongmen Weilan said, "Your own heart already has the answer, doesn't it?"

After a pause, she looked up at Lu Jing again, "I've asked you so many questions, for the sake of fairness, I'll answer one of your questions now. You said before that I wanted to repay you, and that's not wrong."

"But it's not just for the gift of two hundred thousand taels of silver. Although my Dongmen family has declined, I wouldn't go so far as to sell my honor for money. If that's the case, what's the difference between Dongmen Weilan and those singing girls in the pleasure quarters? After I die, I won't have the face to face my parents."

"Then what is it because of?" Lu Jing asked.

The girl didn't answer immediately, but instead started talking to herself about something else, "Do you know, you are the first person who doesn't stop me from seeking revenge."

"After the Ten Thousand Poisons Valley was destroyed, everyone who knew what I was planning to do tried to persuade me to give up. Some people didn't want me to die in vain, and others, like Eunuch Guo, didn't want me to cause chaos in the martial world after I became a cultivator."

"Only you, not only didn't use any great righteousness or heavenly principles to suppress me, but even helped me cultivate the Ten Thousand Poisons Returning to the Source."

"Don't think of me as so good," Lu Jing said, "I helped you cultivate, and I have my own purpose."

"I know, but no matter what, you were the one who saved me when I later went into Qi Deviation and my heart was poisoned."

"It was Divine Physician Ding Liu, and the other paper figures in the valley, okay? I did put in the most effort," Lu Jing scratched his head.

"After I was saved, I kept thinking about how to repay you. I found ways to repay everyone else, but only you and Divine Physician Ding Liu, I don't know how to repay you."

"Actually, the greatest repayment you can give me is to reach the first-rate realm sooner."

"That doesn't count, because I myself also want to become a first-rate expert sooner, leave this place, and avenge my parents, senior brothers, and sisters," the girl said, clenching her fist.

"So you deliberately got yourself drunk earlier, and then took off your clothes and stood in the courtyard, just to repay me?"

Lu Jing didn't know why, but when he said this, he felt a faint sense of disappointment in his heart.

"No," Dongmen Weilan shook her head, "Although at first I did think so too."

Lu Jing was a little confused by her, "Then what is it?"

"No," Dongmen Weilan said very definitely, "Because this is also something I want to do. I told myself in my heart that doing this was to repay you for your kindness to me, but in reality, this is just my excuse."

"Hmm?" Lu Jing felt his heartbeat inexplicably quicken, "You mean..."

"Can you stay tonight?" the girl exhaled a breath of alcohol, and said seriously.

"That's probably the most unnecessary question in the world," Lu Jing sighed.

"You're right, I sometimes do say one thing and mean another. I don't even know what I was struggling with before. In fact, I simply can't bear the cost of losing you. Since that's the case, then I should have been more proactive from the beginning."

Even though the alcohol was already wearing off a bit, Dongmen Weilan's cheeks became even redder. This time, she lowered her head, not looking into Lu Jing's eyes again, and said in a voice smaller than a mosquito's, "It's, it's not too late, I've already taken off my clothes, and the water in the bucket is still hot... do you still want to take a bath?"

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