"Lu..."
Just as Deng Pao Pao was about to step forward to greet him, he saw Lu Zheng not even glance in his direction, rely waving his hand seemingly unintentionally towards him.
Deng Pao Pao was quite perceptive and instinctively halted his steps. At the sa ti, Lady Sun had already grabbed his arm.
The two exchanged a look, tacitly fell silent, then quietly retreated to the side, blending into the crowd like invisible figures.
"Isn't Mr. Lu a doctor? When did he beco a magician?"
"How would I know? But no matter what, we can't let Mr. Lu suffer any grievances."
"That's for sure!"
Deng Pao Pao and Lady Sun whispered to each other on the side, while the two parties in the magic duel were already prepared.
Wu Junyi sneered, "What kind of magic are you going to perform? Playing cards? Did you bring props?"
"Props?" Lu Zheng chuckled, "A true magician can use anything around them as a prop, why would they need to specially prepare?"
The implication was clear: those who need to specially prepare props aren't true magicians.
This broadside shot was sowhat extensive, but aside from the most experienced Sun Yao and another magician present, no one else minded as everyone knew this was the two sides belittling each other, not targeting others.
"What do you need?" Wu Junyi asked.
"I need..." Lu Zheng scanned the surroundings, pointed to a young man, and asked, "The paper cup in your hand, is the water finished? Can I borrow it?"
"?"
The young man, engrossed in watching, froze upon hearing this, pointed to himself, looked down at the paper cup, then turned to his boss — the beautiful magician.
The beautiful magician Ling Yuchen wasn't in her stage persona at the mont; her elegant face was filled with excitent from watching.
So when her assistant looked over, she decisively nodded.
Then Lu Zheng had an empty disposable paper cup in his hand.
Wu Junyi frowned, puzzled as to what magic Lu Zheng could perform with a disposable paper cup.
Was there a hidden object that would be pulled out from inside the cup?
Or was it a blinding technique with the cup to transfer props from elsewhere?
Wu Junyi watched Lu Zheng's hands closely, eager to see what trick he could pull.
Lu Zheng rolled up his sleeves to show his arms contained nothing hidden.
He then turned the paper cup upside down, shook it a few tis, and displayed the mouth of the cup to the surrounding crowd, indicating it was empty.
Then...
He held the paper cup with his left hand and gently grasped the air with his right, made a graceful gesture, and pointed at the cup.
"Alright, it's done." Lu Zheng smiled.
Wu Junyi: ???
The crowd: ???
Lu Zheng beckoned the young man, and when he ca forward, handed him the paper cup.
"What the heck!" The young man, surprised upon receiving the cup, exclaid, "What's going on?"
"What happened?"
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
Everyone looked at the young man, who hurriedly said, "The cup is full of water!"
"What?"
"Why?"
"How did that happen?"
Creating water from air, a simple beginner-level magic, not to ntion the many magicians present, even an assistant to a magician could perform it.
But... everyone knew the principle behind this magic, but performing it requires specialized props!
How did Lu Zheng do it?
He stood right in the middle of the crowd, empty-sleeved, without a special table, cup, or auxiliary props, and with a clean, empty disposable paper cup, filled it with water out of thin air.
"Impossible!"
Wu Junyi's pupils shrank sharply as he hurried to the young man, seeing the paper cup in his hand was indeed full of water.
Wu Junyi suddenly raised his head, "You exchanged a cup for him!"
The only possibility was that in the mont Lu Zheng handed the cup to the young man, the young man used a blinding technique to fool everyone, swapping the empty cup for one full of water.
"I didn't!" The young man hurriedly denied.
Being caught up in the act, Ling Yuchen was also displeased, "He's my assistant!"
"But there are no other..."
"Alright, alright, it's no big deal, I just wanted to return the cup to him casually and didn't expect to cause any misunderstanding." Lu Zheng waved his hand, "Who's your assistant? Let them give another cup and I'll do it again."
Lu Zheng looked at Wu Junyi, calmly smiling, "Don't worry, let show you again."
Wu Junyi, "..."
Soon, Wu Junyi's assistant got an empty paper cup from the water dispenser, checked it multiple tis, and handed it to Lu Zheng.
Then...
The sa actions, the sa steps.
This ti Lu Zheng didn't hand the cup to anyone; he directly gave it to Wu Junyi.
Wu Junyi held the water-filled cup, sinking into a deep silence.
"Did you figure it out?" Lu Zheng laughed.
Wu Junyi remained silent.
"Even if you didn't, it's fine, I'll perform another magic trick, if you figure it out, I'll still concede." Lu Zheng laughed.
Wu Junyi sharply raised his head. Despite regretting, there was no cure for regret, and he was unwilling to admit defeat, so he couldn't resist wanting to see Lu Zheng's second magic.
"The second magic is simple too, I see your assistant has a notebook." Lu Zheng pointed to Wu Junyi's assistant beside him, who held a leather notebook for recording Wu Junyi's possible instructions.
"Is this notebook an ordinary one or a special prop?"
"An ordinary notebook," the female assistant instinctively replied.
Wu Junyi shot the female assistant a glance, scaring her into a shiver.
"What's the use of scaring a woman? Don't you dare let make a move?"
Wu Junyi snorted, "Go on!"
"Alright!" Lu Zheng nodded, smiled at the female assistant, "Now, tear off a blank page from the notebook, or to avoid waste, a scrap piece will do."
The female assistant glanced nervously at Wu Junyi, saw her boss nodding blankly, and quickly tore off a blank page from the notebook, stepping forward to hand it to Lu Zheng.
"No, no, no, don't give it to !" Lu Zheng stepped back several tis, "You hold it, lest your boss thinks I'm doing sothing to the paper."
"Oh." The female assistant held the blank page, then quickly stepped back twice.
"Alright, now, hold the lower part of the paper and lift it in front of your chest, slightly far from yourself," Lu Zheng said.
The female assistant obediently stretched out her hand, grasped a corner of the blank page, and held it vertically in front of her.
"Good, the gesture is very standard." Lu Zheng smiled and said, demonstrating his ability to control the stage during magic performance, "Get ready, don't be scared."
Female Assistant: (°ー°〃)
Wu Junyi impatiently asked, "What on earth do you want to perform?"
Lu Zheng faintly smiled, "Earlier was creating water from air, now it's of course creating fire from air."
"What?"
"Boom!"
"Ah!!!"
Suddenly, the upper half of the blank page burst into flas, burning fiercely.
The female assistant was startled, instinctively let go, and the burning notebook blank page fluttered and landed on the ground in front of her.
"Please note, I never touched that paper from start to finish!" Lu Zheng shrugged, looking at Wu Junyi, "I've perford my two magic tricks; now it's your turn to unveil."
Wu Junyi, "..."
The crowd, "..."
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