I just broke up with my boyfriend and then I transmigrated into the world of "The Lost Tomb&quo

Just then, Black Bear slowly pulled a crumpled pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his tattered coat, deftly flicking out two cigarettes. He casually put one in his mouth, and the other…

With utmost naturalness, even a touch of familiarity, it was shoved directly between Ling Xiao's slightly parted, bloodless lips! The white cigarette sat there abruptly and limply across Ling Xiao's pale lips, creating an extremely bizarre and absurd scene with his silent, stunned expression.

"Why say so much?" Black Bear mumbled indistinctly, his voice carrying its usual laziness, as if discussing the weather. "Even if you guess what happened, the young master won't wake up in his current state." As he spoke, he lit his lighter with a "click."

The pale blue flames leaped up.

Amidst everyone's stunned silence, Hei Xiazi actually lit the cigarette in his mouth first, took a deep drag, and then very naturally brought the lit cigarette butt closer, precisely lighting the cigarette in Ling Xiao's mouth with that tiny spark!

A bright orange spark ignited between Ling Xiao's pale lips, and a wisp of faint, eerie blue smoke rose and swirled around his lifeless face.

"What are you doing?!" Xie Yuhua instantly flew into a rage. Without even thinking, he reached out to snatch the damn cigarette from Ling Xiao's mouth! In his current state, Ling Xiao could barely swallow, how could he possibly smoke? This was utterly absurd and blasphemous!

"He's already like this! How could you let him smoke this stuff!" Xie Yuhua's voice was torn apart by extreme anger and heartache, her fingertips whistling as she grabbed at the cigarette!

But just as his fingers were about to touch the cigarette—

"Master Hua, don't rush." ​​Hei Xiazi's voice suddenly changed, no longer the previous laziness, but with a rare, almost solemn, low tone. His mouth, which was holding a cigarette, didn't move, and his voice was squeezed out from between his teeth. At the same time, his hand, which wasn't holding a lighter, gently rested on Jie Yuhua's wrist as she reached for the cigarette!

The force wasn't strong, but it carried an undeniable sense of restraint.

Jieyuhua's movements suddenly froze, her angry gaze shooting like a sharp sword into Heixiazi's eyes behind his sunglasses: "Let go!"

Black Bear didn't let go. Instead, he moved closer and lowered his voice, so that only Xie Yuhua, who was right next to him, could hear him clearly: "Master Hua, look closely, this isn't smoke."

Xie Yuhua was shocked! His anger was instantly replaced by immense surprise and doubt! He abruptly lowered his head and looked again at the burning "cigarette" between Ling Xiao's lips.

By the faint glow of the sparks and the dim light in the passageway, Xie Yuhua focused intently on the examination. Upon seeing it, his pupils suddenly contracted!

The cigarette filter... looked really off! To his surprise, he reached out to touch the cigarette, but this time Black Bear didn't stop him.

It wasn't the soft texture of a regular filter; instead, it had an unusual hardness and a coolness! Moreover, the aroma emitted by the burning tobacco was extremely faint, not the burnt fragrance of tobacco at all, but rather a faint, almost imperceptible, bitter scent, similar to some kind of dried herb?

He held the "cigarette" in his hand and stubbed out the burning tobacco on the sand. Then, under the breathless gaze of everyone, he deftly peeled away the incredibly realistic "cigarette paper" with his fingernails, bit by bit!

The cigarette paper peeled off, revealing what was inside—

That's not tobacco at all!

Inside was a cylindrical object, about the length of a finger, slightly thinner than a cigarette, with a warm, dark gold hue... The surface of the cylinder seemed to be engraved with extremely fine, barely discernible runes. In the instant the cigarette paper was peeled back, a faint, warm luster seemed to briefly flicker across the dark gold surface before disappearing. At one end of the cylinder was a small, dark brown "catalyst" emitting a faint, bitter aroma—this was what had just been burned.

"This..." The fat man's mouth dropped open, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets. "What the hell is this thing?"

Wu Xie was also stunned, completely bewildered by the situation.

The young man's gaze also locked onto that thing, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

Cheng Yu's eyes were filled with shock and curiosity.

Black Bear held the dark gold cylinder in his hand, twirling it deftly between his fingers. His gaze, behind his sunglasses, swept across the astonished faces of the crowd, finally settling on Xie Yuhua's still bewildered expression. A meaningful smile curved his lips.

"This is a Miao specialty. The young master is in such a state that ordinary methods won't wake him up. We'll just have to try anything, this method was taught to me by my master back then, but I don't know if it will work for him."