This time, Peony once again led the mechanical guards in assembling the Stone Slab Wall. Wang Jixuan, Fu Jian, and Zheng Shiduo set up a table and chairs in the corner, prepared some grilled meat and beer, and waited at ease.
Zheng Shiduo knew about this matter and had been called over to lend a hand.
When Zheng Shiduo tasted the dried squid Commander Fu Jian had grilled himself, the Psionicist who had once been a frontline soldier became so moved that his eyes reddened.
Zheng Shiduo was rather sentimental at heart.
It was just that...
Wang Jixuan asked, "Did you really take that medicine?"
"I did," Old Zheng muttered guiltily. "After taking it, I felt warm all over, and then... there was no then."
Wang Jixuan asked, "Did you have any other reaction?"
"A reaction, well..." Zheng Shiduo mumbled shyly, "That night, I used the Thorn Entanglement Technique all night long. I cranked the voltage way up, and in the end, I only stopped after getting shocked unconscious."
Fu Jian asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing," Zheng Shiduo hurriedly said. "Just a little technical exchange."
Wang Jixuan snapped, "Who was exchanging that technique with you?! I'm asking about the pill!"
"What does that medicine do?"
"It's nothing." Daoist Wang continued skewering meat with full concentration. "I'll be refining pills over the next few days anyway. I'll save up some scraps for you."
The three turned to look at the completed wall ahead.
The wall emitted no fluctuations at all, like an ordinary work of art.
Fu Jian asked, "How do we activate it?"
"He was probably scared by me last time." Wang Jixuan smiled faintly. "Should I step aside?"
Fu Jian said, "You can't step aside. That would keep you from suspecting us of reaching some unspeakable agreement