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"Cough, cough! Lu Ge!" I immediately broke into a violent coughing fit, while Sun Muchen's face flushed bright red on the spot. Only then did Lu Ge remember that Sun Muchen was present. He had just blurted out that he was buying me "aphrodisiacs," which was practically guaranteeing that I would never be able to hold my head up in front of a beautiful woman again. She grew terribly embarrassed as well and hurriedly said, "This... haha... I didn't mean it! Brother, why don't you just beat me up... Ah, damn it, I'll slap my own mouth!"
Lu Ge regretted it terribly. I helplessly waved my hand. "Forget it, forget it. One good turn deserves another. I can't blame you."
"Huh? What do you mean, 'one good turn deserves another'?" Lu Ge looked at me suspiciously. This is bad. He still didn't know that, when I had gone to gather materials earlier, he had conspired with Gu Rong to set me up. I had casually mentioned it and actually brought the matter up. Fortunately, seeing his confusion, I immediately smoothed things over. "Nothing, nothing. I just mean that, considering how you've been running around everywhere for Heaven's Unity, I'll let bygones be bygones as thanks."
Lu Ge smiled bitterly and cupped his hands respectfully. "Oh... then I really have to thank you, brother, for sparing my life! Otherwise, I'd truly have to die to atone for my crime. After all, you bought aphrodisiacs, so surely..."
"You're still talking!" I angrily kicked at him. Lu Ge hurriedly leaped aside and said with a grin, "Don't worry. Fellow Daoist Sun isn't an ordinary immortal cultivator, and she won't mind us misspeaking. It's just..."
After saying that, he glanced at Sun Muchen. She was still extremely embarrassed. Discussing such matters in front