The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#421 - Arrow coming!

The faces of the guests in the hall only improved slightly after receiving Zhu Xie's assurance.

However, they also knew that the words of this official were not necessarily reliable. After all, he had been enthusiastically calling Dongxuan and his apprentice 'Immortal Masters' just moments before, but now he had already changed his tune and called them 'evil Taoists'.

This made everyone experience firsthand what it meant to 'serve a ruler is like serving a tiger'. Therefore, upon hearing what Zhu Xie said, most people didn't waste any words and turned to leave the hall.

They planned to leave this dangerous place before Zhu Xie changed his mind. As for what happened later, once they were out of the capital, given Chen Dynasty's current situation, even if Zhu Xie wanted to deal with them, he probably wouldn't have the strength.

Before long, the hall, which had been full of people, became empty. Besides the people from the Department of Astrology and Dongxuan and his apprentice, only a few people remained.

These were all exceptionally courageous individuals. Someone said, "Your Majesty, I will help you deal with this gang of evil Taoists."

Others, however, stood on the side of Dongxuan and his apprentice, saying, "I am willing to join the Immortal Master's sect and fight against the false emperor with the Immortal Master."

However, Master Dongxuan only smiled upon hearing this, "Thank you for your kindness, but the official is only temporarily blinded and mistakenly regards us as treacherous villains. When he comes to his senses, he will naturally understand who is truly thinking of him and his kingdom."

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Xie again and said softly, "After enjoying a night of feasting, Your Majesty must be tired. Why not return to the Funing Palace to rest? This old Taoist can teach Your Majesty a set of breathing exercises. Although it cannot make Your Majesty become an immortal, practicing it diligently can prolong life."

"I'm not going!" Zhu Xie said without hesitation, "I still have matters to discuss with the Immortal Masters of the Department of Astrology."

Dongxuan sighed upon hearing this, seemingly disappointed, and said to the calligrapher and painter not far away, "Why don't you try to persuade Your Majesty?"

The calligrapher and painter had long been impatient. Hearing his master's words, he reached his hand into the painting basket behind him again.

However, before he could grab the scroll, a wine cup flew towards him!

This wasn't a turn-based game. Of course, Lu Jing wouldn't obediently wait for the other side to make a move first. Especially since Dongxuan Zhenren's disciples all seemed to have something wrong with their brains, but their respective abilities were indeed very bizarre.

Whether it was Night Crow's transformation into birds or Firewalker Sun's incredible ability to control fire, they had already surpassed the scope of magic.

Lu Jing had never even seen them perform any hand seals, and Xia Huai hadn't sensed any secret force fluctuations either. If he had to say, the way they activated their abilities was closer to that of strange objects.

Thinking of this, Lu Jing's heart stirred again, as if he had grasped something.

However, with a strong enemy in front of him, he didn't have time to think about it. After throwing a wine cup, he moved as well.

Activating his lightness skill to the extreme, he arrived in front of the calligrapher and painter in the blink of an eye.

However, the latter remained unhurried upon seeing this, dodging the wine cup with his head lowered. Then… he was punched in the chest by Lu Jing!

One must know that Lu Jing was now a top-notch expert in the martial world. Even a simple punch from him could not be withstood by many people in the martial world.

Lu Jing only realized after making his move that the calligrapher and painter didn't have any internal energy cultivation. Therefore, after taking Lu Jing's punch head-on, his ribs immediately broke, his chest visibly caved in, and he spat out blood as he flew out, looking like he wouldn't survive.

This contrast was a bit too strong. Not only Lu Jing, but everyone else in the hall was stunned upon seeing this scene. Zhu Xie was so excited that he almost cried out.

However, he then saw a patch of ink appear on the fallen calligrapher and painter's chest, and his collapsed chest visibly swelled up again, returning to normal.

The calligrapher and painter stood up from the ground, patted the dust off his sleeves, and nodded to Lu Jing, "Not bad strength, now it's my turn."

After speaking, he pulled out the scroll that he hadn't been able to pull out earlier from the painting basket. This painting was much longer than the previous two he had taken out.

It depicted the scene of two armies fighting. A large expanse of armored soldiers stood with their weapons, nervously looking at the sky, because a large rain of arrows was pouring down on them from above.

Even people outside the painting could feel the solemn atmosphere.

Upon seeing that painting, Dongxuan Zhenren's expression changed first, and he hurriedly said, "No!"

However, he was ultimately a step too late, or perhaps the calligrapher and painter pretended not to hear him. He smiled grimly and said, "Arrows, come!"

As his voice fell, all the flying arrows flew out of the painting and fell upon everyone in the hall.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Firewalker Sun immediately jumped into the nearest oil lamp and slipped away one step ahead.

Night Crow also hurriedly transformed into a crow, but compared to Firewalker Sun, his crow form was not as useful in the face of the overwhelming rain of arrows.

Before he could fly high, an arrow pierced his wing, and he fell from the air with a mournful cry.

The crane and the spirit turtle were not much better off. The former was the worst, directly shot in the head and killed on the spot. The latter saw that the situation was not good and immediately shrank into its shell, dodging the disaster, but then instantly transformed into a hedgehog.

Dongxuan Zhenren's blood pressure soared as he watched, and he almost burst into curses, but he didn't have time to curse at the moment, because the arrows had already fallen on his head.

Dongxuan Zhenren hurriedly performed hand seals and chanted spells. The next moment, a gust of wind swept over his head, blowing away all the arrows that were shot at him.

Xia Huai, not far away, also took similar actions in unison, but she gathered all the wine in the hall together, forming a wall of water in front of her.

Xia Huai was the academy's recognized cultivation genius, and she learned spells much faster than others. The current spell was one she had secretly self-taught, and it was perfect for dealing with this overwhelming rain of arrows.

After the arrows shot into the water wall, they soon lost their power.

Even if they could still pass through the water wall, they became soft and could no longer hurt anyone.

However, Xia Huai's expression was not relaxed. Although she had successfully cast the spell, it was, after all, a new spell, and it was difficult for her to control the consumption of her secret force. In addition, in order to protect everyone as much as possible, she had to expand the length and height of the water wall, which further accelerated the loss of her secret force.

And Xia Huai had only recently established her foundation, even if she was a first-class secret cauldron, she couldn't last too long.

As for the others, in such a dense and terrifying rain of arrows, it was difficult to expect them to do anything.