Classic Red and Blue Pills

Ye Lingling reached out and tugged at Jiang Li's sleeve.

"Hm?" Jiang Li turned around and looked at Ye Lingling in confusion.

Ye Lingling said, "How about you agree to his terms? I wasn't hurt anyway, was I?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Miss Ye is right."

Xue Beng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly nodded in agreement with Ye Lingling.

"Did I let you speak?"

Jiang Li glared at Xue Beng and smacked him across the head.

After being hit, Xue Beng immediately shut up and lowered his head, not daring to say another word. However, the sideways glance he cast at Jiang Li was filled with venomous resentment.

"Is that really what you think?" Jiang Li stared into Ye Lingling's eyes. "Do you know what would have happened to you if I hadn't been here?"

Ye Lingling was at a loss for words. "I..."

Who in Heaven Dou City did not know of Xue Beng's reputation as a debauched imperial prince? If she had fallen into his hands, how could she possibly have come to a good end?

If she had a choice, she naturally would not want to let him off so easily.

But Xue Beng was still the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Imperial House. She truly did not want Jiang Li to offend him because of her.

Since Xue Beng had said he was willing to compensate Jiang Li, it would be better to accept the situation while things were good.

Watching the emotions shift across Ye Lingling's face, Jiang Li understood what she was thinking.

What a foolish girl.

Kind people were bullied, and gentle horses were ridden.

Some people were like that. The more you gave in, the more they pushed their luck. Only when you drew your blade against them would they realize they were wrong.

Jiang Li could not help reaching out to pat Ye Lingling on the head, wanting to comfort her.

"Mm..."

Ye Lingling instinctively took a step back like a startled rabbit.

"I..."

Realizing what she had done, Ye Lingling raised her head to explain herself, only to hear Jiang Li say, "Don't worry, I understand what you mean. Just watch from the side. Leave everything to me!"

Then Jiang Li looked at Xue Beng. "Don't say I'm not giving you a chance. I have one red pill and one blue pill here. As long as you take one of them, this matter will be over."

With that, Jiang Li took out two pills of different colors, one red and one blue, from the Summoning Space and displayed them in his palm for Xue Beng to see.

"Can I ask what effects these two pills have?" Xue Beng's eye twitched as he looked at the two pills in Jiang Li's hand, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

His instincts told him that if he truly swallowed one of Jiang Li's pills, he would most likely be truly finished.

"Of course. Even if you didn't ask, I would have told you."

As he spoke, Jiang Li released Xue Beng. However, to prevent him from running away, he still drove a vicious punch into Xue Beng's stomach as he let go.

"Urgh!"

Xue Beng clutched his stomach and dropped to his knees, dry-heaving uncontrollably as if he were about to vomit up even his stomach acid.

"Listen carefully. I'll only say this once."

Hearing that, Xue Beng ignored the pain in his body and hurriedly pricked up his ears, afraid of missing even a single word.

Jiang Li picked up the red pill and continued, "This red pill is poison containing a slow-acting toxin. After taking it, your entire body will itch intensely, as though you have been bitten by ants."

"If you do not find an expert in poison to detoxify you within one month, the person who takes this pill will eventually die suddenly."

"That is, if you can endure the endless itching for that entire month."

Xue Beng could not help swallowing. Just hearing Jiang Li describe the effects made him feel as if his whole body had begun to itch.

If he really took that red pill, wouldn't it be worse than death?

Xue Beng quickly looked toward the other blue pill in Jiang Li's hand, hoping its effects would not be even worse than the red pill's.

Seeing this, Jiang Li merely smiled. He put the red pill back into his palm, picked up the other red pill, and explained, "This blue pill is not fatal. It even offers tremendous benefits to the human body."

"As long as you take this blue pill, all worldly lust and desire will have nothing to do with you from then on. You will devote yourself wholeheartedly to cultivation and become someone useful to the Heaven Dou Empire."

"Well? Isn't that a wonderful effect? Tempted?"

As he said that, Jiang Li glanced at Xue Beng's expression.

Just as he had expected, Xue Beng's face was filled with disbelief.

"What? You don't believe me?" Jiang Li narrowed his eyes, a smile hanging at the corner of his lips. "Perhaps you didn't understand the effect I mentioned. That's fine. I'll put it more simply."

"To describe this blue pill's effect in two words: erectile dysfunction!"

Xue Beng's eye twitched violently. This was even worse than the red pill; at least the red one could still be cured.

If he truly became impotent, how could he compete with Xue Qinghe for the throne in the future?

After all, no one in any country would be willing to support an impotent man as king.

He might as well die.

"Well, Your Highness the Fourth Prince? Which one will you choose?" Jiang Li asked teasingly.

One meant itching so badly that life would be worse than death, while the other meant severing lust and leaving no descendants.

Neither was a good choice.

If he could, Xue Beng naturally did not want to choose either one.

"What? Can't make up your mind? How about I choose for you?" Jiang Li continued. "Why not take both pills together?"

Looking at Jiang Li's sunny smile, Xue Beng felt that he was simply a devil.

Jiang Li's words sounded like the whispers of a devil in his ears as well.

But he did not dare gamble that Jiang Li was merely trying to scare him. Afraid Jiang Li would force both pills into his mouth, he hurriedly pointed at the red pill and said, "The red one! I choose the red one!"

If he took the red pill, he could still ask his uncle, Prince Xue Xing, to find the Poison Douluo to detoxify him.

But if he took the blue pill, his life would truly be over.

"Fine, then this one!" Jiang Li handed the red pill to Xue Beng.

Jiang Li had not lied. The effects of both pills were real. He knew Xue Beng would choose the red pill, and he also knew Xue Beng would definitely seek out the Poison Douluo for help afterward.

And the Poison Douluo would certainly be able to cure this poison that ordinary people would be helpless against. That was precisely what Jiang Li wanted.

Because the Poison Douluo had once owed Prince Xue Xing a favor, Xue Beng's greatest backing was actually the Poison Douluo.

It was also because the Poison Douluo stood behind him that Xue Beng dared to act so recklessly as a debauched imperial prince in Heaven Dou City.

That was why he had waited until Dugu Yan was no longer by Ye Lingling's side before choosing to make a move against her.

As long as Xue Beng took this pill, then Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan about this matter, considering how much the Poison Douluo doted on Dugu Yan, his only granddaughter—

Even if the Poison Douluo was willing to detoxify Xue Beng, the favor he owed Prince Xue Xing would probably be nearly used up.

And without the Poison Douluo's help, what difference was there between Xue Beng and some stray dog by the roadside?

Unfortunately, Xue Beng was too deeply involved to see that.

As for what if Xue Beng had not chosen the red pill and had instead chosen the blue pill that caused erectile dysfunction?

Jiang Li would not have made things difficult for him. He would only give him a thumbs-up in his heart and sigh:

Xue Beng, what a real man.

Xue Beng took the red pill, glanced at Jiang Li, gritted his teeth, and tossed it into his mouth.

"Argh..."

He had originally wanted to secretly hide the pill beneath his tongue while Jiang Li was not paying attention. Unexpectedly, the pill melted the instant it entered his mouth and slid directly down his throat into his stomach.

The exposed skin on his body soon broke out in red spots as though he were having an allergic reaction, and he could not help rubbing himself madly against the ground like a caterpillar.

Seeing Xue Beng swallow the pill, Jiang Li raised his foot and kicked several of the subordinates lying on the ground, waking up the men Xue Beng had brought with him.

"Take this prince back!"

Jiang Li's irrefutable tone made the awakened subordinates shudder. Then they obediently carried Xue Beng away.

"Thank you. My name is Ye Lingling. Can you tell me your name?" After the group had left, Ye Lingling finally gathered her courage and spoke to Jiang Li.

"Jiang Li!!!"

At that moment, a voice filled with bitter resentment rang out behind them.

Hearing that voice, every hair on Jiang Li's body stood on end.

Oh no!

He had forgotten about Xiao Wu!