Gao Wu: I'll enjoy the benefits, but you'll bear the side effects.

"Blood-Breaking Pill, and also a piece of junk Blood and Qi Pill."

Gao Jie sat on the sofa at home and poured a bunch of pills he had bought from the pill shop onto the table.

No matter what it is, eating it will cause great damage to the body.

In particular, the negative effects of the handful of worthless Qi and Blood Pills he grabbed from the medicine shop far outweighed the slight increase in Qi and Blood that he managed to gain.

But Gao Jie has a system that can transfer side effects, so he doesn't care about these.

Even if the medicine has no effect, he still has to take two pills. What's more, the defective Qi and Blood Pills only had problems in the refining process, and the medicinal power was actually still partially retained.

Thinking of this, Gao Jie sneered, picked up a Blood-Breaking Pill, and put it into his mouth without hesitation.

After all, it's a genuine elixir, practically melting in your mouth.

Immediately afterwards, a rich medicinal aroma filled his mouth.

Name: Gao Jie

[Realm: Quasi-Martial Artist]

[Qi and Blood: 76 points]

[Current side effects: Chongmai Dan (After the effects wear off, the meridians will shrink due to their previous expansion, causing blockage of the meridian pathways, and deficiency of qi and blood; duration: ∞); Poxue Dan (After the effects wear off, the whole body will feel sore and weak; duration: 3 days)]

[Designated recipient of side effects: He Lian (current maximum: 1)]

Gao Jie sat cross-legged on the sofa. As soon as he closed his eyes, he could feel a pure medicinal power stirring up the blood and qi in his body, as if it were about to boil, making his whole body hot and his limbs burning.

Even the bones seemed to have undergone some change, making a slight cracking sound.

"It really is a good medicine; it can forcefully push the qi and blood in my body to a higher level."

Gao Jie couldn't help but secretly praise, "If it didn't have the side effects, it probably wouldn't be sold so cheaply."

"Of course, that's for other people." Thinking of this, he chuckled, and He Lian's image reappeared in his mind.

Someone else takes the blame for him, so he can eat all sorts of random things without any psychological burden.

"Eat these worthless Qi and Blood Pills too!" Gao Jie picked up the gray-black pills on the table and tossed them into his mouth.

"Ugh..." The first thing you tasted was a bitter, nauseating flavor.

Since it's a failed, defective pill, it naturally can't be like the Blood Breaking Pill, which takes into account the taste.

"Tsk." Gao Jie clicked his tongue, got up and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water and a metal spoon.

"It's not like candy, it's too hard to chew."

He poured the remaining waste Qi and Blood Pills into the cup, stirred them vigorously into a thick, dark liquid, and forced himself to swallow it down in one gulp, enduring the bitter taste.

Even if it's a defective pill, it still retains some of its medicinal power.

"interesting!"

Gao Jie felt his blood and qi surge up suddenly and smiled.

Looking at the panel displaying He Lian, who had taken all the side effects for him, he couldn't help but laugh even more heartily.

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Jincheng, at the He Family Martial Arts School.

"Master, I have already handed over the payment you gave me to the Wantong Chamber of Commerce."

The manager in charge of external negotiations for the He Family Martial Arts School walked into a training room and respectfully addressed the school's master, He Lian, who was sitting cross-legged in the center.

"This is the energy source medicine they provided."

"it is good."

He Lian opened his eyes, looked at the small green bottle handed to him by the manager, and revealed a hint of joy.

Immediately afterwards, the small green bottle in the manager's hand was lifted up by an invisible force and floated leisurely toward He Lian, making him widen his eyes in astonishment.

Manipulating objects through the void—this is a wondrous technique that only fourth-tier martial artists can use!

"Congratulations, Master, on mastering your divine skills!" he exclaimed hastily.

"There hasn't been a breakthrough yet."

He Lian shook his head, reached out and grabbed the small bottle, then drank the medicine inside in one gulp.

"We're just one step away from completing this potion."

"By the way, librarian, what about those parents..."

"Ignore them. If they try to cause trouble again, kick them out!"

He Lian said impatiently, "You get out too, don't interrupt my cultivation!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Watching the manager rush out of the training room, He Lian closed his eyes and began to meditate inward.

The energy potion he just drank cost him nearly ten million Alliance Coins.

If he hadn't been short of his savings, he wouldn't have thought of such a despicable idea as selling fake medicine.

However, "it was all worth it!"

Looking at the surging blood and qi within his body, gradually stimulated by the source energy potion, He Lian smiled.

"Once I break through to the fourth rank, none of this will be a problem!" Suddenly.

He suddenly felt somewhat listless.

"What happened?"

Although He Lian was in an introspective state, he still felt extremely sleepy, as if his eyelids were about to close and he was about to fall asleep at any moment.

This has never happened before since he broke through to the third rank!

Just as he was feeling puzzled, the meridians in his body suddenly began to shrink.

He Lian knew these symptoms all too well.

Isn't this a side effect of the fake medicine he sold to those foolish parents and students, Chongmai Dan?

How could this happen to him!

He Lian had been preparing for the breakthrough to the fourth level for a full three years, and he could confirm that he had never taken any fake medicine with known side effects!

"damn it!"

He suddenly opened his eyes and roared, "Who is it? Which villain is secretly plotting against me?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than He Lian slammed his fist heavily onto the ground. As expected of a peak third-tier martial artist, his full-force punch cracked the iron floor of the training room.

However, immediately afterward, drops of cold sweat began to fall from He Lian's forehead onto the ground.

His body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Just now, he could clearly feel that the strange symptoms in his body seemed to have become more serious! Originally, he was just exhausted, his meridians were atrophied, and his blood and qi were difficult to circulate.

But just now, his whole body started to sting! He Lian knew very well that kind of needle-like pain.

Back when he was at the first and second levels, he took a lot of pills in order to break through quickly.

Over time, a considerable amount of toxic pills accumulated in his body, which kept him stuck at the peak of the third tier for a long time, making it difficult for him to break through. In the end, he had no choice but to place his hopes on the source blood potion.

In the past, when erysipelas broke out on a large scale, He Lian would experience considerable stinging pain.

But these symptoms should have been suppressed by his powerful blood pressure at the peak of the third rank long ago, so why did they suddenly re-emerge?

Moreover, judging from the immense pain I've never felt before, it's clearly more intense than anything I've experienced before.

It was as if he had gone mad and swallowed dozens of useless pills in one go!

"Ahhh!" He Lian screamed, his face contorted, already showing signs of madness.

Crimson blood dripped onto the ground, spreading out in streaks of crimson.