Miles chimed in, insulting Darryl." A mere live-in son-in-law-how dare you question Declan’s elixir? You're just jealous, aren't you.”
Darryl snickered as he looked at Declan.
"Indeed, the elixir you gave her was the Spirit Petrification Elixir. However, did you know that this elixir needs to be kept in a dark, cool, and humid environment? It cannot be exposed to the sun. The Spirit Petrification Elixir is originally a deep dark yellow color. It turns light yellow when exposed to the sun. Since yours is light yellow, I assume it was already exposed to the sun by the time you purchased this from the wandering cultivator," Darryl explained nonchalantly. The room fell silent. 1
"So what if it has been exposed to the sun?" Declan questioned with a laugh. "Is it still effective?"
'This pretentious Darryl-thinking that people would believe the nonsense he spews.'
Darryl shook his head. "I don't think it will lose its effect, but there will be some changes in its properties."
"What would happen if one consumes it?" Declan sneered.
"I wouldn't' know," he chuckled.
Indeed, Darryl does not know. He had only skimmed through the Spirit Petrification Elixir section in the Infinite Elixir Manual, not studying it thoroughly. He does not know what would happen if someone consumed it after it had been exposed to sunlight.
"Haha! you can't explain, can you?” Declan snickered, seeing how Darryl could not muster an explanation." You can't go on with your lies anymore. Here I thought that you were an expert."
The others burst into laughter. This pretentious man was such an attention-seeker.
Katherine sighed as she consumed the elixir, refusing to believe Darryl’s words.
Miles stood up and jeered, "Darryl, everyone knows who you are. I'm begging you; stop pretending to be an expert. Look at you! You can't even make up any lies. I’m worried about you.”
Haha!
The entire room erupted in laughter once more.
"Let’s not get worked up by this live-in son-in-law,” Daisy detested. "He's just a know-it-all clown; an absolute idiot."
Katherine glared at Darryl with disapproval. She did not think that he would dare to make such a thing up. What a disappointment he was.
Everyone ignored Darryl after the debacle, continuing t o drink and chat with each other.
Darryl sat to the side. Feeling bored, he left to the washroom. As he exited the room, he caught a glimpse of Miles and Declan standing in a corner in a secretive deep conversation.
He crept closer to them out of curiosity to eavesdrop.
"Bloody hell. Daisy, that b*tch! She ordered Romanee-Conti. I'm afraid this meal is going to cost about twenty million bucks or more," Declan said solemnly a s he lit a cigarette.
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