Secret Recipe

“What kind of look is that?”

Lian Qiao: “What? I didn’t pick on you, and you’re already starting to dislike me?”

Lu Wu Jiu scanned her from head to toe, then turned his head away expressionlessly.

Although he didn’t say anything, it was more mocking than words.

Heh, did he think she wanted to be with him?

Lian Qiao angrily slammed the table at the medical cultivator: “Where’s the antidote? How do we undo this?”

The medical cultivator lazily said: “The antidote is a separate price.”

Lian Qiao: My fists are getting hard.

But compared to spending money, getting rid of this annoying pest was obviously more important.

She took a deep breath: “How much?”

The medical cultivator slowly held out a hand, with five fingers.

Lian Qiao was shocked: “Another fifty thousand? Are you trying to rip us off?”

The medical cultivator smiled slightly: “Not fifty thousand, five million.”

Lian Qiao: “…Are you trying to save people or taking advantage of the situation?”

The medical cultivator said matter-of-factly: “That’s right, it’s five million. This love Gu was raised on seventy-seven kinds of poisonous insects and seventy-seven kinds of poisonous herbs. Just finding these one hundred and fifty-four ingredients will take a lot of effort. I also need to adjust the appropriate dosage. Doing this for you will delay a lot of business. Even if you’re willing to buy it, I might not be willing to sell it!”

Lian Qiao: Fine, I admit it.

She reluctantly touched her already meager money bag, steeled herself, and hesitated for a long time before daring to take it off: “It’s all in here. I’ll pay a deposit first. When can I get it?”

The medical cultivator weighed the money bag: “Just one hundred? Keep waiting, it’ll take at least a year.”

“A year?” Lian Qiao couldn’t bear it, “I’ll be angered to death before I even die of the Gu!”

“Then there’s nothing I can do.” The medical cultivator was dismissive.

At this time, another cold voice sounded.

“How soon can you make it?”

“Didn’t I say? A year…” The medical cultivator was getting impatient, when suddenly a long sword was held to his neck.

The speed of the attack was so fast that she could still hear the whistling sound of the wind being cut. Let alone resist, he didn’t even see how the sword was drawn.

Lu Wu Jiu leaned in slightly, his tone calm: “I’ll ask again, how soon?”

The medical cultivator immediately became honest: “…Half a year.”

“Can’t you make it sooner?” Lu Wu Jiu asked indifferently.

The medical cultivator cried: “There’s really no way! But, there’s a folk remedy…”

“Speak.” Lu Wu Jiu said concisely.

The medical cultivator hesitated, then leaned forward and whispered.

Lian Qiao was stunned. This was indeed the black market. Bargaining wasn’t done with words, it was done with real swords.

But, what kind of folk remedy was it that she couldn’t hear?

Lu Wu Jiu had a natural ice-cold face, without any expression on his face.

Lian Qiao watched him listen expressionlessly, then his thin lips moved slightly: “Is this the only way?”

The medical cultivator said embarrassedly: “This is the fastest way, otherwise, you have to find the antidote, which will take at least half a year.”

Lu Wu Jiu nodded with a complicated expression, and finally withdrew his sword.

The medical cultivator immediately backed away: “Are you sure you don’t want to consider it? Then I can’t do anything.”

Then, he looked at Lian Qiao.

Lu Wu Jiu said coldly: “It’s useless even if she hears it.”

Why was he deciding things for her again?

Before she could ask, Lu Wu Jiu activated the formation and swept her away with him. By the time they landed again, they were back at the Wu Xiang Sect.

Lian Qiao pulled away: “What exactly is the secret recipe? Why can’t I hear it?”

Lu Wu Jiu said expressionlessly: “You don’t need to hear it.”

Lian Qiao was even more angry: “Why can you hear it and I can’t?”

Lu Wu Jiu seemed to have a headache: “This method…is not feasible.”

Lian Qiao understood. It seemed like it wasn’t a good method.

Otherwise, with the degree of mutual dislike between Lu Wu Jiu and her, he would have done it even if it meant going through fire and water.

“Then what should we do? Do we really have to wait half a year? What if half a year doesn’t work? Will the Gu poison worsen, like that demoness and cultivator?”

Before Lu Wu Jiu could answer, she felt a chill all over her body, and shook her head decisively: “That won’t do. If that day really comes, I’d rather die. I’ll kill you first, then kill myself.”

Lu Wu Jiu turned his head slightly.

Lian Qiao: “What? You don’t want to die first? Then it’s okay for me to die first, right!”

Lu Wu Jiu didn’t speak, and turned his head back.

Lian Qiao also turned her head to the side: “Stingy! We’re about to die, and you still have to fight me for who goes first.”

Lu Wu Jiu finally stopped and said coldly: “…Do you have to die? What else is in your head besides death?”

Lian Qiao was confused: “We’re already in this situation, what else can I think about? Of course, I’m thinking about the worst-case scenario. What else can we do besides die? Anyway, we can’t really… Strange, why are you looking at me like that? Could it be that there’s another way?”

Lu Wu Jiu: “Can’t you really think of anything?”

Lian Qiao was even more confused. She thought for a long time, then suddenly realized: “I know.”

Lu Wu Jiu looked at her calmly.

Lian Qiao glanced around suspiciously, and lowered her voice: “It’s the Kongtong Seal, right? It’s said that the Kongtong Seal can break through all obstacles, so a small love Gu is nothing. You must have thought of the wonderful use of this thing. Why didn’t you say so earlier? You almost made me prepare to die!”

Lu Wu Jiu suddenly fell silent. After a long silence, he finally spoke: “Is that all you can think of?”

“Otherwise, what else is there?”

Lian Qiao felt that Lu Wu Jiu was really strange today.

Lu Wu Jiu didn’t answer, but asked: “The Kongtong Seal is in the Sutra Pavilion. Are you planning to steal it?”

Lian Qiao thought: “It’s a little difficult for me to steal it alone. With you, it shouldn’t be a problem. You must want to undo this more than I do, right? In that case, we should go tonight. It would be best if we can undo it by tomorrow morning. Then we can go our separate ways and not bother each other!”

The plan was perfect. Lian Qiao seemed to see the light of freedom.

Lu Wu Jiu refused: “Impossible.”

Lian Qiao: “…Did you take the wrong medicine?”

Lu Wu Jiu said indifferently: “The Kongtong Seal is already gone.”

Lian Qiao: “Are you kidding me?”

Lu Wu Jiu glanced at her: “Didn’t your father tell you? The Kongtong Seal was stolen three days ago.”

Lian Qiao really didn’t know. But, she was even more strange: “Such a big thing, my father didn’t even tell me, why would he tell you?”

Lu Wu Jiu: “Isn’t this a question you should be reflecting on?”

“…”

He was indirectly saying that her father didn’t trust her. Impossible! He must have used some means to find out from somewhere else.

“Then what should we do? Why do you seem so calm? It’s already dawn.”

Lu Wu Jiu looked calm: “I’m thinking about the cause and effect. Haven’t you thought about how the Gu was taken by mistake?”

Lian Qiao said unconvinced: “Of course I thought about it. When I took the Gu, the box fell on the ground. I guess the Gu was probably switched, from the itch Gu to the love Gu.”

Lu Wu Jiu: “Oh?”

Lian Qiao thought: “It must have been done by someone who hates me to the extreme. Knowing the relationship between you and me, and knowing that I was going to drug you, they switched it to such a vicious Gu, so that we were forced to be together. Not only could it disgust me, but it might even force me to end my own life. It’s so vicious!”

Lu Wu Jiu’s face turned slightly green.

Lian Qiao was even more certain: “You should also think about who it could be. This person must hate you to the extreme, otherwise, how could they think of such a vicious trick, actually thinking of tying us together?”

Lu Wu Jiu’s face became even more unsightly, and he sneered: “Can’t think of anyone.”

Lian Qiao thought for a while: “That’s right, after all, you’ve offended too many people. It’s probably not easy to find someone from your side.”

Lu Wu Jiu: “…Can you shut up?”

Lian Qiao turned a deaf ear: “This Gu is too vicious. The person who poisoned us has temporarily surpassed you and is ranked number one among the people I hate the most! Uh…”

Lian Qiao was talking non-stop when suddenly her lips came together and were stuck together.

Silence Charm!

Damn Lu Wu Jiu, he actually stuck such a low-level charm on her while she wasn’t paying attention.

Which sentence of hers had hit his sore spot?

Lian Qiao widened her eyes and gestured fiercely to cut her throat, telling him to undo it.

Lu Wu Jiu ignored her.

Lian Qiao stomped her feet in anger and had to force it open herself. As a result, a piece of skin was almost torn off her lips.

She gasped in pain, and was about to reason with Lu Wu Jiu, when she heard Lu Wu Jiu ask: “You just said that when you went to the

Sutra Pavilion to steal the itch Gu, the box was on the ground?”

“Yeah.” Lian Qiao nodded, then frowned, “Tch, who stole it? The Sutra Pavilion was originally donated by our Lian family. I was just borrowing something from my family.”

Lu Wu Jiu automatically skipped the meaningless explanation in the second half, and sneered: “As expected.”

Lian Qiao: No, what do you understand again? She didn’t seem to say anything, right?

“What do you mean?”

“The person who stole the Kongtong Seal and the person who switched the Gu should be the same person.” Lu Wu Jiu said.

Lian Qiao was unconvinced: “Didn’t you say that the Kongtong Seal was stolen three days ago? But this itch Gu was obviously stolen by me yesterday, how could it be the same person?”

“Who else besides you would pay attention to this kind of thing in the Sutra Pavilion? Even if they knew that the Sutra Pavilion had an itch Gu, who would risk violating the rules to steal something that has no use other than making people itch? Not to mention stealing it and using another forbidden Gu to cover it up?”

Lu Wu Jiu pondered: “The only explanation is that this person stole the wrong thing. What he originally wanted to steal should have been the love Gu. When he came out, he accidentally dropped it and mixed it up with the itch Gu that was placed on the shelf in the aisle. After all, the outer boxes for storing Gu in your Sutra Pavilion are all the same.”

Lian Qiao understood. What he meant was that no one would bother to steal the useless itch Gu except for her, so it was only possible that they had taken the wrong thing.

What did this mean? Was she very bored?

Although, the shelf where the itch Gu was placed was indeed dusty…

Lian Qiao was angry, but soon she thought of an even more serious problem: “That’s not right. The Sutra Pavilion is a forbidden area. How do you know that the outer boxes for storing Gu are all the same? And how do you know that the itch Gu happened to be on the shelf in the aisle?”

Lu Wu Jiu didn’t speak. After Lian Qiao repeatedly asked, he finally admitted that he was watching from the side with his arms crossed when she stole the Gu.

“So, you wanted to laugh at me again like last time?” Lian Qiao was exasperated.

Lu Wu Jiu didn’t feel guilty at all for being exposed: “Who told you to be up to no good?”

Lian Qiao hated him so much that her teeth itched: “You’re smart? Aren’t you being too clever for your own good? Now that things have come to this, I don’t want to stay with you anymore. Not even for a moment. What was the method that the medical cultivator said? I’ll try it even if it means the sky is falling.”

Lu Wu Jiu raised his eyelids: “Do you really want to know?”

“Of course.” Lian Qiao was smug, as if she had caught something: “I want to hear what this secret recipe is. If you can’t say it, then I’ll…”

“Intercourse.” Lu Wu Jiu spat out two words.

Lian Qiao choked: “Wh…what?”

Lu Wu Jiu curled his lips slightly: “The medical cultivator said the secret recipe is intercourse. Daily intercourse, for seven consecutive days, and you can undo it. Are you in a hurry? If you’re in a hurry, take off your clothes and you can undo it immediately.”

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What a vicious method.