Chapter 25: Drunken Encounter with Xiao Fan

  He thought so and followed the footprints to a small wine house, where someone was drinking together. One of them said, "Don't mind him, just drink our wine!"

  "You're afraid I'll kill him, aren't you!" said another voice, a young man's.

  The man didn't say anything, all he could hear was the sound of the wine jug being placed on the table.

  Zhang Yu Fan was taken aback, wondering what kind of person would appear in this godforsaken place. He thought to himself that it must be someone who cultivates the Tao, as there are indeed people in this world who are strange and unusual, taking advantage of chaos to gain benefits for themselves. It seems that this is called "profiteering from national calamity", and he looked down on such people the most.

  "Are they talking about me?" He thought to himself that he must scold them severely and walked up to them.

  Inside the house, there were countless wine jars, broken tables and chairs scattered all over the place, and dust everywhere. As soon as Zhang Yufan entered the house, something flew towards him with a whooshing sound. With his quick reflexes, he pointed his finger to deflect it, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an apricot pit. However, the person who threw the apricot pit had transformed into an invisible bullet. If Zhang Yufan hadn't possessed Jin Daxia's ultimate skill, this one strike would have been fatal.

  Just as Zhang Yufan was about to get angry, a "squeaky" cry suddenly came from the side. On the ground was a monkey with gray fur all over its body, carrying a wine bag on its back and riding on a strange beast that looked like a big dog. The one who threw the fruit pit was it. At this moment, Zhang Yufan's attention was focused on the strange beast. Its fierce head had four eyes growing horizontally, its mouth was as wide as its face, and its sharp teeth were all visible. Seeing Zhang Yufan enter the door, it let out a loud roar.

  Zhang Yufan's body shook violently, and he suddenly remembered something. The monkey and the beast were none other than Xiao Hui and Tian Gou, and the two people sitting opposite him were not Beast King and Gui Li.

  He stood still on the spot, while the two people inside the house were also frightened by Zhang Yufan. The beast king in red clothes looked at Gui Li and then at Zhang Yufan with a scornful smile, saying: "Friend, is he your brother?"

  Gui Li was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Hui and slowly said: "No!"

  The Beast King poured himself a bowl of wine and drank it alone, saying: "That person who is in the same sect as you also has Buddhist, Taoist, and demonic cultivation!"

  The demon also dared to sense the true power on Zhang Yu's body, and softened his tone: "Since you've come, why not sit down? Are you afraid of me, this inhuman monster?"

  The beast king drank another bowl of wine, but Gui Li had been drinking only a small mouthful since he drank that big bowl earlier. The face that was the same as his own indeed had countless worried expressions.

  "Haha!" Zhang Yufan smiled, found a usable chair, and casually picked up a jar of wine, hugged the wine jar and took two big gulps, then said: "What's there to be afraid of? People live for the sake of living, and when they die, no one can stop them. The only things that are bitter and regretful are going into the empty world without friends, without love, without accomplishments, without deeds. I know I'm not worthy of sitting with you two, but since you're willing to give me this face, I'll show some appreciation!"

  "What a pity to be born into this empty and loveless world!" The Beast King was moved, but his extremely pale face showed no ripple, and he poured himself another bowl of wine and gulped it down.

  On this side, the ghost is full of emotions and has a lot of leftover wine. He drinks it all in one gulp, but can't handle the liquor as well as the Beast King, and already shows three-tenths drunkenness.

  The little grey donkey on the ground was riding on the back of the glutton, wiping his head with a towel. He was very indignant for his master and picked up the wine bag to drink it all in one breath, but still didn't feel half drunk. The three-eyed spirit monkey's capacity for liquor was indeed not to be covered.

  Men just want to have a heroic spirit, although they don't know their own drinking capacity, but even if they die, they can't lose face in front of these two people. Zhang Yufan thought so and raised the wine tank again, taking a few more sips, unexpectedly choking and coughing several times.

  Three people drinking together, all get drunk. Two of them are sentimental and use wine to drown their sorrows, while the other is just pretending for the sake of appearances. Although the wine here can't compare to the strong wine from Miaojiang, finishing a whole jar would still be enough to make Zhang Yufan suffer. As he drinks, he doesn't realize that among the three of them, he's already the first in terms of drinking capacity.

  With a "bang", the Beast King casually threw out an empty jar, shattering it to pieces, and gazed at the distant sky with emotion:

  Empty and void like dust, without even dust.

  Drunk moon flying flower loves falling flowers.

  Infatuated feelings ask the sky and earth if they are cold

  Dust is left alone.

  Zhang Yu Fan deeply felt that the beast king was hiding in the depths of his heart, that crazy and infatuated part. The importance of Ling Long's witch god in his eyes had already surpassed his life. He only wanted revenge, and for this revenge, he would shift his anger to all living things. Can a single word "love" really change a person's character?

  He thought so, on the other side, Gui Li was also drunk and confused, crawling on the table humming "Bi Yao..." followed by a name that was unclear, suddenly shouting: "I couldn't save her, I couldn't save her..."

  Ten years of keeping promises in Qingyun

  "Turning enemies into friends through kindness and generosity."

  Heavenly strange change foolish love curse

  The moonlit tower and pavilion miss the elegant person

  Who among the four seas has tears to shed?

  Don't make heroes suffer in vain

  A sigh to the sky, a drunken moan, all for the sake of love. Zhang Yu Fan let out a belch, his face bright red, clearly also unable to hold on. He thought to himself, why did I get stuck between these two? Neither crying nor laughing would do, and he too shouted loudly:

  Why am I here

  Why am I here

  I have come for the sky

  I came for the beauty

  He shouted on this side, and the two people beside him were stunned at the same time, not knowing what he was saying, whether it was a poem or nonsense. Each of them thought to themselves that this person was even stranger and crazier, and the three of them burst out laughing at the same time.

  The "squeaky" little monkey Xiaohui put down the wine bag, and in unison with its master let out a long whistle. In the excitement, it didn't stop punching the head of the rice bowl, it's unknown whether the monkey's fists were powerful or the rice bowl was magical. The three people and two objects simultaneously made this quiet little town seem very lively.

  Zhang Yufan climbed onto Gui Li's shoulder, and the two of them fell asleep like that. Xiao Hui looked at the departing food cart with some reluctance and let out a couple of squeaks. Turning his head, he saw Zhang Yufan's arm draped over Gui Li's neck, and in a fit of anger, he jumped up and pushed him down.

  At this moment, Zhang Yufan was drunk and fell asleep on the ground with a bloody mark on his forehead from hitting the chair, but he didn't know.

  He didn't know how long it had been, but he felt his lips were a bit dry, his whole body was like being burned by fire, and he kept having strange dreams. In the dream, he drank eight big bowls of water, but still felt thirsty and couldn't bear it, unable to sleep anymore. Slowly opening his eyes, he found himself lying on the ground, with a long bench broken in two next to him, the crack was new, probably he had smashed it when he was drunk and lost consciousness.

  "Chirp chirp", Xiao Hui sat on the table with a wine bag on his back, grinning at him, but what he was laughing at was something he couldn't have imagined even in his dreams.

  "Xiao Hui!" Zhang Yu Fan rubbed his sore forehead, trying to call out, but Xiao Hui continued to smile foolishly at him. Suddenly, he handed over the wine bag on his back. Zhang Yu Fan thought the monkey wanted him to drink, so he took it and looked inside, only to find that the wine bag was empty. The monkey seemed even more pleased with itself, laughing even harder as it pointed at the empty wine bag.

  Zhang Yu Fan understood, thinking that the monkey wanted him to fill up the wine bag. Hehe, it was indeed cunning. Thinking this way, he still felt that the monkey was lovely. Laughing, he turned around and walked towards a row of wine jars. The top row of nine jars were all empty, he didn't know if they had been drunk by passersby during their escape or if they were originally empty. He slowly took down these empty jars, his whole body aching, feeling extremely strenuous with each one he picked up. Before long, his whole body was sweating, and his dry throat felt even more unbearable.

  It's unknown whether it was the heavens playing a trick on him, but after checking all forty wine jars one by one, he found that the larger jar hidden in the back had not been opened yet. There were also signs of someone taking away wine jars on the empty ground beside it. He silently scolded himself, "Stupid, why didn't I think to check first? Where did Gui Li get the wine from?" With a bitter smile, he slowly lifted the wine jar and poured wine into it.

  "Chirp chirp", Xiao Hui gave him another joyful silly smile, rejoicing that he could now order others around.

  Zhang Yufan's hands were shaking, his whole body was hot and cold, watching the wine bag almost full, one couldn't hold it, the wine jar "bang" fell to the ground, "Still lacking a few liang of wine to be full, forget it Xiao Hui, even if there is more wine, it's not enough for you to drink!"

  Who knew that Xiao Hui took over the wine bag and looked at it for a moment, suddenly his monkey face changed greatly, and he made a fierce gesture towards him with an evil look.

  Zhang Yu Fan was taken aback, this gray-haired monkey is so greedy, others are calculating every ounce and it also wants to calculate, it's really a guy who can't be provoked. As he thought this, Xiao Hui hadn't finished yet, and with his mouth facing Zhang Yu Fan, he threw over a fruit pit. Zhang Yu Fan secretly cursed "This guy still wants revenge, what a pain to serve!" Ling Xi pointed lightly and easily caught it in his hand, just about to make a move when the ghostly Ji on the table moved slightly.

  "What are you doing, Little Gray?"

  The monkey was startled and its arrogant air suddenly subsided a lot, but it still stuck out its tongue at Zhang Yu Fan.

  The ghost stood up and looked at Zhang Yu Fan with a brief daze, then quickly said: "This beast is unreasonable!"

  Zhang Yufan nodded and said: "It's okay, it's cute, just like a friend!"

  Xiao Hui jumped onto Gui Li's shoulder with a "whoosh" sound, and his master couldn't help but make a mischievous face at Zhang Yu Fan.

  "That man just now was the Beast King, I don't know why he didn't make a move on me, but whether or not he will show mercy to you is unknown!" Gui Li looked at Zhang Yu Fan's face, his eyes also showing a hint of surprise.

  Just now drinking with him was Beast King Zhang Yu, so it's natural that he knew. But how could Gui Li be treated like this and not feel grateful? He clasped his fists and said: "Thanks to Big Brother Zhang for your kindness!"

  The ghost let out a startled cry and said: "Do you know who I am?"

  "I know!" Zhang Yufan smiled and said: "I don't just know who you are, I also know that the person from just now is the Beast King!"

  The ghostly figure's body shook violently, and he looked at the person in front of him again. Suddenly, his face turned cold as he discovered the Qian Kun Qing Guang ring on Zhang Yu Fan's right hand. The Soul Devourer hidden in his sleeve cuff emitted a faint red glow, and he said coldly, "Where is Big Brother Qing Long?"