Life-and-Death Artistic Conception!

After finishing his explanation, Wang Zhuo boasted with complete confidence, "In short, to sum it all up, it's that simple."

"Although my Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden 1.0 still has room for improvement, I think it's very suitable for Outsiders."

"..." Everyone fell silent. In their minds, they had already quietly classified him as a capable lunatic.

Only someone this deranged could innovate in the Outsider world.

"Outsider Extinction Guide 1.0."

After hearing this, Feng Baobao struck her left palm with her right fist in sudden understanding. "Oh, so that's how you do it! I get it. Tonight, I'll..."

"Mmph! Mmph!"

Zhang Chulan hurriedly clapped a hand over her mouth. "My dear Sister Bao'er, you didn't hear anything just now. Nothing at all! It was a hallucination. It was all a hallucination!"

"Mmph?" Feng Baobao nodded, and only then did he uncover her mouth.

Zhang Chulan wasn't worried about anyone else, but he really was worried about Sister Bao'er. This silly girl would actually dare to do it.

The crucial thing was that Liu Guanyi had both top-notch comprehension and luck. Reaching this point was purely a matter of heaven's favor. An ordinary person would simply end their Earth Online run early.

Lu Jin clicked his tongue repeatedly. "So that's how you did it. I was wondering why transforming your body into Qi was so strange. It turns out interference from the Qi of the five elements caused it."

After the pleasant surprise came profound helplessness.

Could the Three-One Sect still pass on its legacy?

What the hell had it been turned into? Tell someone just the opening section, and they would take off running.

"Little Liu, yours can only count as a special case. Is there a gentler method?"

"...No." Wang Zhuo rejected the idea decisively.

"But what I was talking about was the Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden, not really the Threefold Reversal. I have my own unique views on the Threefold Reversal, so I made changes that make it easier to comprehend and break through to the third stage. We can take our time discussing it later, just the two of us."

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Lu Jin was delighted. Finally, some good news.

None of those present took this damned monstrosity of a technique, the Five Refinements of Returning to the Hidden, to heart. Only Xiao Xiao quietly committed the steps to memory.

He's a madman, but there's no doubt that this practitioner will become outrageously powerful.

If he had known that no one but Wang Zhuo could learn this monstrous technique, he would certainly have coughed up three liters of blood in fury someday and beaten his current, deranged self to death.

Zhang Chulan hurriedly piled on the praise. "That's my Brother Liu! You're practically a true immortal reincarnated! Your little brother bows down in utter admiration!"

Wang Zhuo rose and assumed the bearing of an aloof master. After a long sigh toward the heavens, he murmured, "You will never understand. Seeking life through death, comprehending the Dao through life and death."

"Life is death, and death is life. Death and life, life and death."

"The final stroke of 'life' is also the first stroke of 'death.'"

I'm just too damn cool~ I'm the lofty, solitary one!

The hidden Three-Legged Golden Toad promptly launched an attack. "Who would've thought this two-stroke dumbass had comprehended life and death?"

"Pfft!"

This time, even Lu Jin couldn't keep a straight face. For a moment, mocking laughter rang out without end.

"Two-stroke dumbass, my ass!" Jia Zhengliang clutched his stomach and rolled around on the ground, laughing like mad.

Lu Linglong covered her face. "Sorry, Brother Liu. I really don't want to laugh, but... I can't hold it in!"

Zhang Chulan covered his mouth, trembling all over. "Brother Liu, my teeth are too hot. I'm taking them out to cool off~ Pfft~~~"

"Hahahahaha! Master Two-Stroke!" Xi rocked back and forth with laughter, looking distinctly close to death.

The Golden Toad kept piling it on. "Master Two-Stroke, tell us about your two-stroke artistic conception again."

At those words, even a bandage couldn't have held things together.

Xi was already laughing beyond all hope. "No, I can't breathe! Someone save me!"

Jia Zhengliang laughed until he got a stitch. "Cough, cough, cough! I'm dying!!!"

Wang Zhuo's face gradually flushed until he had transformed completely into the red-faced Guan Yu.

You goddamned toad. I'll kill you sooner or later!

It was destined to be a sleepless night. Wang Zhuo considered himself the king of show-offs, and he had never failed since his debut.

Yet today, a toad had humiliated him relentlessly.

He sat up, looked out the window, then lay back down in satisfaction.

Outside, Xi, Jia Zhengliang, and the others were hanging from a tree, wearing nothing but patterned underpants, swaying together in the cold wind like lantern fruits.

"Bliss~"

Late that night, beside the perimeter wall, Gong Qing watched the shivering Lü Liang.

"What, scared already?"

"Scared? How could I not be? Have you even looked at what's up on the mountain right now?"

"Our entire Quanxing could end up done for here!"

"And weren't we supposed to launch the surprise attack the night after tomorrow? Why has it been moved up to tomorrow night?"

Ever since Lü Liang had secretly watched Wang Zhuo's match, his psychological trauma had reached its limit. He didn't know why, but every cell in his body was telling him the same thing.

Run!

That powerful premonition left Lü Liang deeply conflicted, feeling as though all his internal organs were burning.

"You don't know shit. If we wait any longer, things might change. We need to catch these people off guard while they're at their most relaxed!"

Gong Qing responded expressionlessly, "Relax. He might not be able to kill every last one of us."

"Once he exhausts his true Qi, he'll be doomed all the same."

"Might not? Kill? Every last one?" Lü Liang nearly blacked out and fainted when he heard that.

So your plan is to buy time with people's lives!

Who the fuck gave you that kind of courage?

Gong Qing's gaze darkened, taking on a vicious edge. "You need to understand that once you join Quanxing, you have to prove your worth. If you back out now, they'll kill you anyway."

"Better to take a big gamble."

As he spoke, he pulled a medicine bottle from inside his clothes and said coldly, "This is called Roadside Robbery Powder, also known as the Immortal Pill. Tomorrow morning, I'll put it in his food. As long as he eats it, he'll definitely fall victim to it. When that happens..."

Hearing this, Lü Liang, who had thought they had no chance, suddenly gained confidence. Once the target swallowed this drug, he would definitely be finished.

The moment he used his true Qi at full power, the drug would activate, blocking and disrupting the true Qi throughout his body and putting him straight out of commission.

"I've endured three years! All for this moment!"

The next morning.

Wang Zhuo got dressed and came into the courtyard. Gong Qing, who was responsible for delivering food, approached with a tray.

"Your breakfast. The Old Celestial Master sent this humble Daoist to bring it to you and specifically instructed that you eat."

"Sure. You can have it as a reward."

Gong Qing: ???

Why aren't you following the script?

Wang Zhuo was utterly speechless inwardly. His Six Eyes gave him a third-person view, and this bastard had hidden by the door, dumping drugs into the food like mad.

He certainly had some very plump balls.

"W-w-well... Please don't tease this humble Daoist. The Old Celestial Master personally ordered this delivered. How could I eat it?" Gong Qing feigned grievance, his face full of difficulty and bitterness.

With acting like that, it was a shame he wasn't an extra in Hengdian. At the very least, he could play a sly, two-faced supporting man.

Don't blame me, big brother~ It's all my fault~~~

Seeing this, Wang Zhuo grew interested too and put on a troubled expression. "This humble Daoist has divined that today is unsuitable for eating grains."

"W-why?"

Gong Qing's heart leaped into his throat. He hadn't expected the man to possess divination methods, let alone calculate things so precisely.

"Because I just ate."

???

Gong Qing nearly dropped to his knees, his mind stampeding like ten thousand horses.

At least put some fucking effort into your excuses! What do you mean, you just ate?

I fucking brought this over the instant the kitchen finished cooking it! Are you taking me for an idiot?!