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Chapter 6 First-Rank Divine Record

Guided by her memory, Lu Renkui found the courtyard she had cleaned before. She stood in the courtyard looking around for a while, and then a gust of wind blew in, taking away the two packets of medicinal herbs from her hands.

Lu Renkui looked in the direction of the wind and saw Jing'an sitting on the wall of the courtyard, tossing two packets of medicinal herbs in his hand. He looked at "Caihua" with great satisfaction, especially after seeing the three big characters "sedative medicine" written on the two packets of medicinal herbs. Jing'an's smile became even wider.

"You did a great job. Keep the rest of the money for yourself." With that, Jing'an turned and disappeared. Only after hearing this did Lu Renkui take out the money pouch that Wang Fenglang hadn't taken from her. After confirming that Jing'an wouldn't be coming back, Lu Renkui opened the pouch and counted the money inside—twelve coins in total.

Lu Renkui emptied the money from his purse onto the ground, dug up a clod of earth from the yard, stuffed it into the purse, tied it tightly, then found Caihua's purse and put the twelve copper coins inside. He then quickly walked out of the yard, and as he passed the pond, he threw the purse full of earth into the water. After doing all this, Lu Renkui pretended nothing had happened and went back to his work.

After receiving the medicine, Jing'an returned to his room, took out his medicine stove, and, possessing fire, lit it to begin decocting the two doses of counterfeit tranquilizers.

Jing'an had been eyeing Wang Yuefeng, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, for a long time, but he had been struggling to find a way to make her see him—because the Wang family kept a close eye on Wang Yuefeng—but yesterday he found a way to make Wang Yuefeng devoted to him from an ancient book he had accidentally obtained from a secret realm.

Prepare two doses of Hehuan Powder, then add the spiritual herb Qi Ai grass brought from the secret realm—this is how you create Illusion of Love. Have two people take it, and the one who takes it later will fall madly in love with the one who takes it first, until the effects wear off.

However, since the Artemisia argyi had been taken out of the secret realm for too long, its medicinal effects would probably only last for one night. Jing'an thought to himself, but one night would be enough. I could completely make Wang Yuefeng submit to me overnight and willingly become my wife.

The thought of Wang Yuefeng crawling beneath him filled Jing'an with uncontrollable joy, and he eagerly awaited the medicine to be ready.

After waiting a while longer, wisps of purplish-red smoke rose from the medicine furnace, a sign that Huan Ai had finished preparing it.

Jing'an eagerly took out the medicine, poured himself a bowl, and, ignoring how hot it was, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp, as if he had already won Wang Yuefeng's heart.

As Jing'an was contemplating what he would do to Wang Yuefeng after she drank the remaining medicine that night, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He rushed to the outhouse and remained there for almost half an hour.

After emerging from the outhouse, Jing'an clutched his stomach with one hand and rested the other on the eaves of the outhouse door. His face was contorted with pain from the abdominal cramps, and he looked ashen-faced.

"That damned brat!" Jing'an said through gritted teeth. "The next time I see her, I'll skin her alive, rip out her heart, and teach her a lesson for offending me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jing'an felt the cramps in his stomach become even more intense, and a surge of heat rushed to his anus. He hurriedly turned around and rushed into the outhouse, where he stayed for several more hours.

Meanwhile, Lu Renkui, who was being scolded by Jing'an, was diligently washing dishes for Granny Li in the kitchen while listening to the progress report from the system WQBYRZM.

"It seems our plan will succeed," said System WQBYRZM. "Once we wait until tomorrow, the male protagonist will be expelled from the royal family and will no longer pose a threat to Ayaka's life. In this way, our first mission will be successfully completed."

The system WQBYRZM's report sounded like everything was going smoothly, but for some reason, Lu Renkui felt a little uneasy: "I hope there are no problems."

"What are you worried about?" System WQBYRZM said. "Don't let my being a completely new system that nobody has ever heard of fool you. I've never failed a mission before. Do you know why?"

"Because of...confidence?" Lu Renkui said somewhat uncertainly.

"Because you are the first host I brought along," the system WQBYRZM replied.

Lu Renkui: "..."

"Alright, stop thinking about it. Let me give you a report on the male lead's current situation." System WQBYRZM said, bringing up the current situation of the male lead, Jing'an, for Lu Renkui.

Jing'an remained in the outhouse as before.

"Won't he really die from dehydration?" Lu Renkui was a little worried—after all, if the male lead died, she wouldn't know if her mission would be successful.

The system WQBYRZM replied: "Cultivators have better physical fitness than ordinary people. Don't worry, this amount of laxative is nothing to him; it's just a little bit of physical discomfort."

As night fell, Granny Li and "Caihua" fell asleep, and Jing'an finally came out of the outhouse, no longer feeling the cramps in his stomach.

"Damn it, little maid." Jing'an was almost out of strength, and her words were broken. "She actually changed the medicine to a laxative that can cause even cultivators to have diarrhea."

The maidservant had probably already told the Wang family about it. Thinking of this, Jing'an inwardly cursed himself and planned to quickly scramble back to pack his things and run away. If the Wang family caught him buying the medicine, he would definitely be in deep trouble.

Just as Jing'an finished packing his things and was about to escape by climbing over the wall, he heard a clear female voice.

"Are you Jing'an?"