Chapter 21: Ye Li lay

The next morning.

"Master, please spare me!"

In the room, Ye Li lay on her side on the bed, nonchalantly flipping through an ancient book, while Luo Xing knelt at her feet, crying out for mercy.

When he woke up this morning and saw the vase in his room, he automatically recalled what happened yesterday.

Although his memories after getting drunk were fragmented, he was certain that he had lost his composure again yesterday...

So, he went to Ye Li immediately to kneel and beg for forgiveness.

A man’s knees have gold, and now was the time to cash in!

Without any means of self-preservation, "spending money to avert disaster" was Luo Xing's only option.

"Oh, you're awake, Great Emperor." Ye Li put down the book and glanced at Luo Xing sideways. "Did you have fun drinking yesterday?"

Just what did he talk about with those two women, enough to start drinking for entertainment?

"I've been wronged, Master!" Luo Xing quickly explained. "I didn't want to drink at all yesterday!"

He then explained what had happened yesterday without holding anything back, especially regarding the "Body Tempering Liquid," repeatedly assuring her that he hadn't wanted to drink it at all at the time.

After listening to Luo Xing's account, Ye Li's expression sank slightly...

So, it was Ji Chuying and Lin Zhiwei who got Luo Xing drunk yesterday?

Tsk...

It seems I didn't give them enough to drink yesterday...

"Enough, don't let just anyone in from now on." Ye Li put down the book and stood up. "Also, I'm setting a rule: when I am not around, don't touch a single drop of alcohol."

It wasn't that she feared something would happen if he drank too much; she was mostly worried about him getting drunk and saying things he shouldn't.

It was fortunate that she returned in time yesterday, otherwise if he had told those two women what that "Gou Zhuoze" said...

Whether they believed it or not was one thing, but Ye Li certainly wouldn't have let them continue speaking...

Tsk...

Just how low is Luo Xing's alcohol tolerance...

On the other side, Luo Xing's pupils trembled in shock at Ye Li's actions.

Wait, what?

This isn't right, is it?

Ye Li...

Is she really this easygoing?

Although he didn't quite remember what he did while drunk, he had just heard Ye Li call him "Great Emperor"...

Could it be that he said everything he dreamt about yesterday, and even...

Maybe the alcohol gave him the courage to ask Ye Li to do something...

But soon, Luo Xing stopped thinking about it, because he was shocked by the small mountain of spirit stones and medicine pills piled up in front of him.

Is this... a holiday gift?

"Master? These..."

"You have half a month," Ye Li said as she walked toward the door. "If you haven't reached the Tui Fan Stage when I return in half a month, don't blame me for disregarding our master-disciple relationship."

Having said that, she left Duan Tian Peak.

Luo Xing stared at Ye Li's disappearing silhouette for a long time, then looked at the cultivation resources piled up like a small mountain in front of him...

He reached out and pinched his face hard. "Ouch... it hurts! Am I not dreaming?"

This woman...

When did she become so easygoing?

Didn't she say that if he wanted cultivation resources, he had to make some "contributions"?

He didn't make any contributions yesterday, did he?

And he even...

Sigh...

Something is wrong...

Something is definitely wrong!

But no matter how wrong it felt, Luo Xing could only accept it gratefully.

What else could he do?

Not to mention whether he could catch up to ask Ye Li, but how would he even ask...

'Master? Did you lose your mind?'

Luo Xing believed that if he dared to ask that, Ye Li would absolutely slap him out of the Xuantian Sect.

Never mind, why think so much?

She gave it, so he would just keep it.

*

Meanwhile, at the Fengling Sect.

Ji Chuying and Lin Zhiwei also woke up from their hangovers.

In the courtyard, the two women sat slumped in chairs, holding cups of hot tea. Their hair was messy, there were dark circles under their eyes, and their faces looked incredibly exhausted...

"So..." Ji Chuying asked Lin Zhiwei, "do you remember what happened yesterday?"

Lin Zhiwei pinched the bridge of her nose. "I stopped remembering after the 400th bottle..."

To be able to drink two cultivators at the He Ti stage until they were unconscious...

Looking across all of Nanling, Ye Li is probably the only one who could do that...

"Sigh..." Ji Chuying sighed. "Seriously, I think we lost big time..."

We risked getting beaten up by Ye Li to head to the Xuantian Sect, wanting to find out if she really intended to keep that boy named Luo Xing as a daoist companion.

It turned out that she was just on a whim, wanting to prove that she could cultivate a medium-grade talent into a prodigy, and had absolutely no other thoughts...

We lost...

We lost big time...

"However..." Lin Zhiwei frowned. "I still don't really believe it..."

Cultivating a medium-grade talent to prove oneself?

At first glance, it sounds reasonable, but if you think about it, the argument doesn't hold water.

Although medium-grade talents are indeed hard to train, with enough resources, even a pig can be trained into a spirit beast, let alone a human.

If that's the case, how could Ye Li possibly use that to prove herself?

Besides, Ye Li did blackmail both of them for a large amount of spirit stones and medicine pills yesterday...

Ji Chuying silently turned her head to look at Lin Zhiwei. "So?"

"So either that woman Ye Li isn't telling the truth..." Lin Zhiwei's tone grew more certain, "...or she is confused and has a screw loose."

Ji Chuying: "..."

Lin Zhiwei: "Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Senior Sister, do you remember what that Luo Xing said yesterday?" Ji Chuying suddenly asked for no reason.

Lin Zhiwei frowned. "Said what?"

"He said... never speak ill of Ye Li behind her back..." Ji Chuying faced Lin Zhiwei, but her eyes were not focused on her face. "...otherwise she will suddenly appear behind you..."

"You believe that kind of talk?" Lin Zhiwei sneered. "It was just a coincidence yesterday."

Besides, they were at the Xuantian Sect yesterday, and now they were at the Fengling Sect; no matter how powerful Ye Li was, she couldn't just come in whenever she wanted, right?

"I see..." Hearing her say this, Ji Chuying revealed a look of relief. "Then I must still be drunk."

Otherwise, why would I see that woman Ye Li standing next to Lin Zhiwei?

Hearing this, Lin Zhiwei turned her head.

The emerald green bamboo forest swayed in the wind, making a rustling sound, which blew Ye Li's ink-washed white dress...

"I don't think I'm sober yet either..." Lin Zhiwei turned back silently. "I actually see that woman Ye Li too..."

...

Ji Chuying: "..."

Lin Zhiwei: "..."

Ye... Ye Li!?

Ji Chuying and Lin Zhiwei finally reacted, sitting up abruptly to look at the sneering Ye Li.

Wait, what?

How is she here?!

How did she get inside?

What about the gatekeepers?

Did they drink too much yesterday, too?

"Ye... Ye... Ye Li?" Ji Chuying said with a trembling voice. "You..."

"Don't be nervous." Ye Li walked up to the two women with an elegant gait, then sat down gracefully. "My disciple told me that you were very 'accommodating' to him yesterday..."

When she said the word "accommodating," she clearly emphasized the tone. "Since that's the case, it wouldn't be right for me, as his master, not to offer a return gift, right?"

With that, she waved her slender hand, and the stone table in front of them was instantly filled with various jade bottles; the strong aroma of alcohol permeated the entire courtyard.

Ji Chuying knew that Ye Li had come to settle the score, because they had forced the alcohol on Luo Xing yesterday...

"Ye... Ye Li..." Ji Chuying said with a pale, trembling face. "Can we strike a bargain?"

Ye Li raised her eyes to look at her.

"It was our fault for forcing alcohol on your disciple yesterday..." Ji Chuying forced a smile. "How about this... I'll call over my two disciples, and you can get them drunk too, and we'll call it even, how about that?"

As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise a disciple but only a moment to use one, and although this might be a bit unfair to them, but...

If I let her drink us again, I fear I won't live long enough to see my disciples treat me with filial piety...

"I... me too..." Lin Zhiwei weakly raised her hand. "Ye Li... if you think two isn't enough... I still have another disciple..."

Yesterday they only got Luo Xing drunk; today if Ye Li can get three drunk, it should be even, right?

Ye Li didn't say anything to their proposal, just looking at them coldly...

"Fine... I understand..."

Ji Chuying understood Ye Li's meaning, then gave a desolate smile, stretched out a trembling hand, and picked up a red jade bottle from the table.

And Lin Zhiwei beside her also resignedly picked up another golden-patterned white jade bottle...