Chapter 122: Wine and Stories
"Thank you, little sister, then I'll congratulate you first, yes, it's been more than two years since we entered Lingshan, it's time for you to go back"
"Okay, then I'll borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and I'll use your freshly brewed liquor to feed you today."
After Xiao Hua finished speaking, he stepped on the big bed and came to sit cross-legged opposite Zou Shuniang.
"Thank you, Brother Xiao"
"By the way, these pots of high spirit wine are made according to the secret recipe of our Qingyun Sect."
"But there are still a few elixirs missing in the mountains, so I used other alternatives, the efficacy of the medicine is less than half of the original formula, but the alcohol is enough."
"It doesn't matter if the medicine works, as long as the alcohol is enough, I really haven't been drunk for a long time."
Xiao Hua waved his hand, summoned the two bone cups placed on the square table to him, opened a porcelain bottle and poured a cup, handed it to Zou Shuniang, and poured another cup for himself.
"Come, little sister, I toast you",
Xiao Hua raised his glass.
"Thank you, Brother Xiao."
Zou Shuniang raised her glass and took a sip, and Xiao Hua drank it all.
The spirit wine is very fragrant, the wine taste is very strong, and as soon as he takes a sip of it, Xiao Hua feels that there is a spicy smell of wine rising from his stomach to his throat, which seems to be stronger than the high second pot head in the world.
"Wow, cool, really cool, good wine".
Xiao Hua finally felt the taste of spirits again, and he was very happy.
Zou Shuniang raised her cup and frowned.
"Brother Xiao, this spirit wine is different from ordinary spirit wine, you can only drink one sip at a time, and you have to let your body absorb it slowly to enjoy the wine, otherwise it is easy to burst your blood."
"Ah, there's still this kind of exquisiteness, okay, then I'll drink slowly."
Xiao Hua also felt the surging medicinal power of the spirit wine, and hurriedly used the gong to refine, and after more than ten seconds, he regained his calm.
"Little sister, don't blame me, I was a little impulsive that day."
Xiao Hua raised his glass and took a sip and took the initiative to admit his mistake.
"What is over is over, and without saying this, we drink".
Zou Shuniang smiled and took a sip.
Time passed slowly in a somewhat awkward atmosphere,
The two of them were polite to each other without a word, and they were both drinking sip by themselves, maybe there were some things they didn't want to say, maybe there was not enough wine.
In less than half an hour, a bottle of high spirit wine was drunk like this.
Xiao Hua opened the second bottle, he was a little dizzy, but he could still stay awake.
Zou Shuniang's face was crimson, and her eyes slowly became a little blurry.
After drinking for a while, Zou Shuniang suddenly turned her head to look at the night of the small lake outside the cave, and began to speak slowly.
"Wan Lei is my senior brother, his parents and my parents are fellow villagers, we grew up together, we are childhood sweethearts, he is very good to me, and he has always taken care of me and protected me in the world"
"When I was twelve years old, the Huang Gang Leader of the Taibai Qingyun Sect passed by our hometown and found that Wan Lei was the Heavenly Spirit Root of the Earth Attribute, and I was the True Spirit Root of the dual attributes of wood and earth, and I wanted to accept us as disciples."
"Wan Lei's parents agreed, but my parents disagreed, and the Huang gang leader gave me a Qi refining heart method, let me practice slowly at home, and took Wan Lei away."
Zou Shuniang's thoughts seemed to have returned to the past, and her eyes became more blurry on her reddened face.
Xiao Hua didn't interject, just quietly listened to Zou Shuniang's slow narration.
"A few years later, my family had an accident and I became a miserable person with nowhere to come but to return"
"The Huang gang leader sent someone to take me to the Qingyun faction, where I met Wan Lei, who was already in the foundation building period."
When Zou Shuniang said this, she gently brushed the hair on her forehead, and then continued.
"Wan Lei is very happy to see me, and I am also very happy, I feel that I have a family again, and I am no longer so lonely."
"But it didn't take long for me to find that Wan Lei's eyes had changed when he looked at me, no longer like the big brother who had always taken care of me and protected me in the past, and there were some other things in his eyes."
Zou Shuniang still calmly looked outside the cave and spoke slowly, as if she was talking to herself.
"Three years ago, Wan Lei begged the master to marry me to him, so I had a marriage contract with Wan Lei."
Zou Shuniang smiled bitterly when she said this, and tears began to flicker faintly in her eyes.
"Wouldn't that be great? You have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and he is good to you, which is a good thing."
Xiao Hua said a little insincerely.
"Yes, if this matter is changed to someone else, it is indeed very satisfying, but it is a pity that ......"
"Hehe, it's a pity that I have regarded Wan Lei as my brother and my relatives since I was a child."
Zou Shuniang smiled bitterly again.
"Ah, this, uh......, maybe you'll accept him in a little while, after all, he's good to you."
Xiao Hua had never experienced this kind of feeling, so he could only simply comfort him.
"I thought the same way at first, I always thought that I would change my mind after a long time."
"But every time I see the way he looks at me, I feel very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable."
"So I've been running away, and I've been looking for excuses, this time I went into the mountains to find Tang Pear Blossom and Lingmu Alcohol Liquid for the sect, which is actually an excuse for me to escape."
"So that's the case, then why don't you tell Wan Leiming, or ask your Huang gang leader to help you get free?"
Xiao Hua didn't understand.
Nowadays, it is a modern society, not only is love free and marriage is autonomous, even if you are married, you can still divorce, since you don't like it, then say it clearly, why put up with it?
Zou Shuniang shook her head.
"I am now a rootless person who only has a way back, the Qingyun faction is my home, and the master and her old man will marry me to him because they know that I am with Wan Lei's childhood sweetheart."
"But the problem is that you don't like him, if your master really loves you, then he will definitely respect your opinion and consider your feelings, can you beg her more?"
Xiao Hua was a little anxious.
Zou Shuniang shook her head again.
"I begged, but it's a pity that the hidden world of cultivating immortals is different from the world, once you enter the sect, you can only respect the head of the sect, and some things cannot be changed once they are decided."
"Isn't it? Is your master old and confused? Do you have to put two people who don't love each other together? ”
"It's just ordinary mortals, and it's only time to grit your teeth for a few decades, but you are immortal cultivators"
"With your Heavenly Spirit Root and True Spirit Root's cultivation qualifications, you can live for at least a few hundred years, hundreds of years, it's terrifying to think about."
Xiao Hua began to feel sorry for Zou Shuniang.
Everyone knows that twisted melons are not sweet, and if you really want to live with someone you don't love for hundreds of years, it is completely a kind of mental torture.
"So I figured it out during this time, this is my fate, I can't hide for a while, I will eventually leave Lingshan, and I will eventually go back to face it"
"Since it can't be changed, there is no point in escaping, okay, don't talk about me, talk about you, Brother Xiao."
Zou Shuniang finally withdrew her eyes from the cave and looked at Xiao Hua.
"Me? Uh......, what do I have to say? I'm just an ordinary casual cultivator."
The sudden change in Zou Shuniang's topic caught Xiao Hua off guard, and he didn't know what to say.
"Loose cultivation? Then tell me how you came to be a loose cultivator, and why did you enter the spiritual mountain? ”
"And your Broken Spirit Son, the unique secret recipe of the Thousand Gu Sect, where did you get it?"
Zou Shuniang's eyes continued to be confused, and after finishing speaking, she raised her glass and took another sip.
"It seems that you haven't believed that I'm a casual cultivator, or I can't get out anyway, so it's okay to talk to you."
Xiao Hua didn't want to deliberately hide it, so he told Zou Shuniang in detail about himself and Huang Ming accidentally falling into the cave and inexplicably becoming immortal cultivators.
Of course, the matter of letting the minotaur go must not have been told.