Phoenix Destiny

Chapter 305: Chance

“Drug Lord, look at this method. What do you think?” Xie Lianzhen acted like he didn’t sense the Drug Lord’s anger as he kept bugging him. “If we add something more, it seems better, doesn’t it? And if we grill this for a while more...”

Hearing Xie Lianzhen chatter nonstop at his ear, the Drug Lord couldn’t help but laugh even though he was annoyed. “Why are you thick-skinned? Get lost!”

Being sensitive to such things, Xie Lianzhen could immediately tell that the Drug Lord was no longer angry from all his pestering. He immediately plastered a smile on his face and started to bootlick him. “How many good deeds did I perform in my past life to be able to know such a good pharmacologist and learn from him? I’ll lose my precious chance if I’m not thick-skinned! Please don’t be angry at me, I’ll take any punishment willingly.”

Seeing Xie Lianzhen sulking and hearing what he said, the Drug Lord felt extremely pleased. “You do indeed have good taste, huh? You can’t learn my methods anywhere if you miss this chance.”

“Yes, Drug Lord’s always right. After seeing your methods, I realize that what I learned previously is a joke....”

Somewhere not far away, Lu Mingshu scrunched when she heard him. She couldn’t bear to watch him bootlick the Drug Lord. Even though he was faking it, he looked so genuine, like the pure and well-mannered gentleman he was, who really admired the Drug Lord.

“Miss,” the grandma called her. “These were freshly picked by me.”

Lu Mingshu diverted her attention from Xie Lianzhen and took the basket. “Thank you, grandma, please rest well.”

“Okay!” The grandma placed the basket in her hand and slipped a small piece of paper over. She then beamed at Lu Mingshu.

While Xie Lianzhen was annoying the Drug Lord, Lu Mingshu seized the time to go around to the five of them to collect the papers.

At night, Lu Mingshu entered the Heavenly Wheel and copied down all the information she had gathered and sketched it out.

“Okay, here’s everything.” Lu Mingshu made a check before she contacted the wizard.

The other party contacted her immediately after receiving the sketch. “Come with papers after two days, I’ll teach you what you should do.”

“Okay, thank you so much.”

...

Lu Mingshu was once again in a dream. “I’m almost done here. I just need two more days.”

Xie Lianzhen raised his eyebrows. “Such a coincidence, me too.”

“What do you mean?” Lu Mingshu didn’t get what Xie Lianzhen meant.

“After wasting much of my breath on him, the Drug Lord decided to experiment on himself tomorrow, to increase his body’s resistance to drugs.”

“Wouldn’t that cause the poison to not work on him?”

“Be at ease.” Xie Lianzhen laughed. “I have checked the prescription. The experiment can increase resistance, but it has its limits. Think about it, those herbs that he is going to use on himself would be extremely rare, as it is going to help him breakthrough. He definitely would not use them on us.”

Lu Mingshu shook her head.

The materials that a Spirit Realm had were extremely precious, and materials to help them breakthrough were the rarest materials of all, so why would he waste it like that? Lu Mingshu knew the materials used on her were precious but not as precious as the ones he was going to use on himself.

“I’m guessing that the materials he used on us are after simplifications. The main ingredients are likely excluded too. The ingredients he’s going to use on himself should be of the best quality and of very old age. Adding in the main ingredients...” Xie Lianzhen looked at Lu Mingshu suggestively. “Do you think he would be able to resist that?”

Not only would he not be able to resist, but there would also be a huge backlash.

Cunning: that was the only word to describe their plan.

“When shall we start?”

“Soon. The effect of the drug resistance experiment would not last for such a long time. As long as he succeeds tomorrow, he would try to breakthrough within the next few days.”

Lu Mingshu took in a deep breath. That meant there would be a result after three or four days.

“Such a pity that my dear idiot Zhanghui is not as smart as you.” Xie Lianzhen looked sorry. “The three of us would increase the chances of success by a lot.”

“...” If Xie Zhanghui heard that, he would surely be in tears.

Two days passed, and Lu Mingshu contacted the wizard like she was told.

“First, you break the spell, then you alter it,” the wizard explained to Lu Mingshu. “I have already broken down the steps for you in detail, so even if you know nothing about spells, you can do it by following my steps closely.”

Lu Mingshu looked through the steps thoroughly. Even though she didn’t know much about spells, she was still able to figure out something, and she was very good at math, so calculating would not be a problem even though she didn’t know how to break spells.

After confirming that everything was good, she kept the instructions in her sleeve. “Okay, if I succeed, I’ll pay you your points.”

“Sure. See you then.”

After ending the conversation, Lu Mingshu saw the points at the corner of her eyes. She couldn’t help but sigh.

Firstly, the Transformation of Bones, then the antidote, she wasted a hundred on that. Points were hard to earn but easy to spend.

...

On the third day, the Drug Lord gathered everyone, looking radiant. “Starting from tomorrow, I’m going to go into seclusion. None of you is allowed to come in or disturb me! If anything goes wrong, I’ll never let you off!”

Everyone replied, “Yes,” in unison.

Lu Mingshu looked up at Xie Lianzhen. Seeing him nod, she decided to start preparing herself.

He’s going into seclusion, which means it’s our time!

“Drug Lord, then I’ll-” Xie Lianzhen tried to convince him.

“Nobody will stay with me,” the Drug Lord cut him off firmly.

“Then you must remember to keep the records!” Xie Lianzhen acted as if he was reluctant to part with the Drug Lord.

Seeing that he still remembered that even now, the Drug Lord smiled at his antics. “Annoying boy. Okay, I’ll show you!”

Xie Lianzhen smiled shyly. “Then, I’ll be right outside. Call me if you need me.”

“Okay.” The Drug Lord’s mood was surprisingly good.

Seeing what Xie Lianzhen did, Lu Mingshu felt like giving him a standing ovation. The grandma was right; his mouth is indeed powerful.

Night fell, and Lu Mingshu was in the dream once again.

Xie Lianzhen got straight to the point; “Is it okay to act tomorrow?”

“Sure,” Lu Mingshu answered confidently. “It’s even easier since he has chased all of us out. The crucial parts of the spell are all outside. Initially, I was still thinking of excuses to get out. Now there isn’t even a need to do so.”

“Great.”

Silence took over for a while. “What about you...?” Lu Mingshu started.

“More than fine.” Xie Lianzhen smirked. “I’ll get in without any tricks tomorrow.”

Lu Mingshu looked confused. “You mean...?”

“He doesn’t have a trusted aide. Who else would he call when something happens?”

“This...”

“The Drug Lord is ignorant and arrogant. I’m almost sure that he’ll call me if he needs help. Then, we can coordinate.”

Lu Mingshu nodded. “You should be prepared too. Before he loses all his ability, he may be able to sense it if you do something weird and might counterattack.”

“For you, I’ll take good care of myself.” Xie Lianzhen smiled sweetly.

“...Get lost!” Lu Mingshu wanted to hold it in, but she decided not to in the end.