The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#691 - The Hero and the Witch

Lu Jing originally thought that the affair between the dragon-bun-haired girl and Xia Huai shouldn't last too long.

But unexpectedly, a good half hour passed, and there was no sign of the sounds in the room diminishing.

Helpless, Lu Jing could only calm his mind and practice his swordsmanship, until the sky was already turning a fish-belly white.

Only then did the dragon-bun-haired girl come out of the house.

She tidied up her somewhat rumpled clothes, stretched contentedly, and then raised her head to Lu Jing on the wall, "What's for breakfast?"

"Looking to die?" Lu Jing raised his eyelids.

The dragon-bun-haired girl quickly fell silent, but she didn't stay quiet for long before she couldn't help but ask, "What is a 'marvelous object'… and who is Mr. Ji? And what exactly is the Sitian Jian? Isn't that just a yamen for watching the stars and compiling calendars?"

"You want to know?"

The dragon-bun-haired girl nodded.

"You can guess slowly yourself," Lu Jing said indifferently.

"Tch, if you don't want to say, then don't…" The dragon-bun-haired girl touched her throat, "Ah, I screamed for too long, my voice is a little hoarse.

Forget breakfast, but you can at least give me a bowl of water, right?"

Lu Jing nodded, "The well is right next to you, you can fetch it yourself."

"But my back is too sore."

Lu Jing revealed his flying sword, so the dragon-bun-haired girl obediently ran to fetch water.

"Boil some tea, there should still be some tea cakes in the kitchen, make me a bowl too."

"You have a sword, you call the shots."

The dragon-bun-haired girl first fetched water, then took out the tea cakes and started brewing tea, and while boiling the water, she also brushed her teeth.

It must be said that her tea-brewing skills were quite impressive.

Just by looking at her posture, one could tell she was an expert, her spirit and energy united, without the previous laziness.

It's a pity that Lu Jing only had ordinary tea cakes at home.

However, the tea brewed by the dragon-bun-haired girl still tasted very good.

It just so happened that Lu Jing was also a little thirsty, so he picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

On the contrary, the dragon-bun-haired girl, who had been complaining about her uncomfortable throat, did not immediately drink tea, but looked at Lu Jing with a strange expression, "It seems you really have a way to resist 'Fleeting Joy,' otherwise you wouldn't be so unguarded."

"You can keep guessing."

"Stingy," The dragon-bun-haired girl finally picked up the bowl of tea in front of her and took small sips.

"How is Xia Huai?" Lu Jing asked.

"She's fine, the 'Fleeting Joy' in her body has been completely exhausted, but she's a little weak now and has already fallen asleep," the dragon-bun-haired girl said.

Seeing Lu Jing's strange expression, the dragon-bun-haired girl quickly added, "I didn't mess around, I just used my Joyful Palace's massage techniques to massage her body, you can go in and check if you don't believe me."

"Then why were you screaming like a banshee?"

"I just got carried away and couldn't control myself, hehe hehe…" the dragon-bun-haired girl said, "I don't think I've introduced myself yet, my surname is Tong, my given name is Tang, and I'm a little enchantress from the Joyful Palace."

"If I brew another bowl of tea, can I leave?"

"Don't rush, brew the tea first."

Hearing this, Tong Tang could only sit down again, brewing tea while cautiously saying, "Great Hero Lu, what will it take for you to let me go?"

"You are a demonic enchantress, and I am a righteous hero, why should I let you go?"

Tong Tang smiled bitterly, "Great Hero Lu, I'm timid, don't scare me.

Although my Joyful Palace is classified as demonic, we are different from other demonic sects.

Firstly, we hardly associate with other demonic sects, and secondly, we haven't done anything evil.

Why would Great Hero Lu want to exterminate us?"

"You absorb other people's inner force, isn't that considered evil?" Lu Jing retorted.

"But we also brought those people a pleasure they could never experience," Tong Tang said, "The Joyful Palace is actually like those brothels, we're just doing business, it's just a matter of mutual needs."

"But your business isn't clearly marked with prices.

Those martial artists who have their inner force absorbed by you, as far as I know, mostly find it difficult to restore their previous cultivation level, and in severe cases, even lose all their power."

Tong Tang said, "That's their own fault."

Seeing Lu Jing's confusion, Tong Tang explained, "Actually, the world has many misunderstandings about my Joyful Palace.

Under normal circumstances, we are careful about the extent to which we absorb our targets' martial arts.

We only take a small portion each time, and we don't damage the target's meridians.

The lost inner force can be regained with a little time, three to five days at the shortest, or one to two months at the longest.

"We only really get ruthless with a very small number of people, and we conduct thorough investigations beforehand, choosing those who are ungrateful and heartless.

These guys usually pretend very well in their daily lives, and ordinary people would never know the dirty things they've done.

"The law and justice can't punish them, so my Joyful Palace can only take action.

There must be someone to seek justice for those miserable women they hurt.

"And among them, there are quite a few great heroes and famous scholars.

Over time, my Joyful Palace's reputation on the righteous side has become completely ruined.

In addition, we use brothels to find targets, and our origins are humble, so no one will believe what we say, and eventually, we were classified as demonic."

Tong Tang sighed.

Seeing that Lu Jing didn't seem to believe her words, she rolled up her sleeves, revealing a section of her white, lotus-root-like arm.

"Look?"

"Look at what?"

"My virginity mark," Tong Tang said, "Don't think that we have no losses when we drain others' martial arts.

To deal with ordinary targets, we don't need to really have intimate relations with them.

Relying on 'Fleeting Joy' and the secret massage techniques of our sect, I can easily give men the pleasure they want, but to drain them, to make them suffer greatly, and to lose all their martial arts, we have to invest heavily."

Tong Tang finished speaking and lowered her sleeves, "But my virginity mark won't last long."

"Why?"

"The Joyful Palace has a rule that before the age of nineteen, you must find an extremely ungrateful and heartless man and drain him.

This is a test that every Joyful Palace disciple must pass, and of course I'm no exception."

Tong Tang was very generous when talking about this, and didn't cry or whine.

"Although it's a bit disgusting, there are rules in every profession.

We juniors can't disobey the things set by the founder."

"This kind of thing should be a secret of your Joyful Palace, why are you telling me?"

"Of course it's to save my life," Tong Tang rolled her eyes, "I've said so much, Great Hero Lu, please be kind and let this little enchantress go.

"Although I poisoned Xia Huai, didn't I also help you expose that person's conspiracy and capture the culprit?

At the very least, that should offset my crimes, right?"