Immediately, Gu Songzi sat upright with a stern face, acting like a respected person, saying, “Young man, as a senior, I have to tell you the truth that it’s best not to know what you shouldn’t know.”
Zhang Ruochen walked closer and sat directly opposite Gu Songzi, staring into his pair of pale eyes, saying, “What exactly is something that should be known? What is something that shouldn’t be known?”?
“Shouldn’t know, that’s because your cultivation is too low, it’s not the time to know. In addition, your brat is too restless, therefore, it’s also someone who shouldn’t know.”Gu Songzi said.
Zhang Ruochen was silent for a moment and said, “With my current cultivation level, I’m not even qualified enough to know?”
“Not enough.”
As Gu Songzi replied to Zhang Ruochen, his nose sniffed vigorously and said, “Miss Qing Mo, just how much longer do we have to wait? I see that the meat is already cooked through and the elixirs are all about to be boiled, is it possible to start eating now?”
Zhang Ruochen laughed, Gu Songzi had changed his words very quickly, he used to call Qing Mo as Little Girl, but now he even called her Miss Qing Mo, which actually had some pleasing connotations.
For the sake of eating, he was not even willing to give up his old face!
Qing Mo didn’t have a good face for Gu Songzi and said, “My son has already said that you have to tell us the secrets of the Dead Clan for the soup meat to have your share.”
“Tsk tsk, I’ve already said that your cultivation level is too low, it’s not time to know.”Gu Songzi felt that Qing Mo was a bit dead-set and let out a long sigh.
“Then let’s change the question, what exactly is the grudge between senior and the wine madman? This can always be told, right?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“This …… can’t be said either.”
Gu Songzi shook his head, his eyes becoming somewhat strange.
“Plus what about a pot of Dragon Amazing Wine, which is ranked eighth amongst the world’s spirits? With meat, soup, and wine, it’s just right to pair it with a story. Isn’t it?”
Zhang Ruochen took out a jug of Amazing Dragon Wine from within his spatial ring, opened the lid of the jug, and placed it in front of Gu Songzi.
The rich aroma of the wine wafted out, causing Gu Songzi’s eyes to well up with a burning light, and his tongue couldn’t help but lick his lips.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ruochen knew that his guess was correct, since Gu Songzi had once befriended the Wine Crazy Man, he was also definitely a good wine drinker.
Gu Songzi lunged forward and went to grab the wine jug, but his lunge was empty, and the wine jug was retrieved by Zhang Ruochen one step ahead of him.
Gu Songzi sighed, “It’s all just some old stories, what’s there to talk about?”
“Since they are old stories and hundreds of years have passed, what is there not to talk about? Do you really want to bring your grudges all the way to the dirt?”
Zhang Ruochen was curious to know the reason for this, feeling that with the character of the Wine Crazy Man, he didn’t seem like someone who would betray his friends. What exactly was the reason that made the two former life and death friends turn against each other?
Could it be that there was some kind of misunderstanding?
If it was possible, it would be a good idea to help them resolve their misunderstanding.
Zhang Ruochen took out a spatial ring and placed it in front of Gu Songzi, saying, “With another spatial ring, it should be enough, right?”
Gu Songzi grabbed the spatial ring and released his spiritual energy into it, probing the inner space within the ring, his expression becoming even more excited.
For an alchemist, a spatial ring was extremely useful, enough to save a lot of unnecessary trouble.
“A spatial ring that is really only used to exchange a story without having to owe you a favour? You’re not thinking of the Sacred Transformation Pill formula in my hands, are you?”
Gu Songzi was a bit distrustful of Zhang Ruochen, how in the world could something be so cheap?
Zhang Ruochen took the soup that Qing Mo served over and said, “The story of a Dan Dao Saint Master is worth this price.”
Gu Songzi no longer had any scruples and put the spatial ring on the top of his right hand’s little finger, looking at it carefully and liking it.
Afterwards, he grabbed the Dragon Amazing Wine again and took a sip, raising his head to look at the bright moon in the sky, plunging into endless memories, and let out a cold laugh, “The bullshit Dan Dao Saint Master, six hundred years ago, it should have been called the Poison Dao Saint Master. Old me’s attainments in the Poison Dao were much higher than those in the Dan Dao.”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression moved as he said, “Are you really the Poison Dao Saint Master, Duke Kuk?”
“It’s been six hundred years, the Kunlun Realm has produced generation after generation of geniuses and heroes, and I thought that the name I once held had long been forgotten. Hehehe, at your kid’s age, you actually know old me’s real name, it’s quite rare.”
Ancient Pine Zi developed a few favourable feelings towards Zhang Ruochen, a young junior actually knew his name, and there was more or less some joy in his heart.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Six hundred years ago, what exactly happened?”
“It was the near ancient period, the most chaotic period of years in the Kunlun Realm, where wars were unending and no power was spared, including the Moon Worshipping Divine Sect that was as strong as the sun. At that time, the Empress had not yet ascended the throne, and the First Central Empire had not yet been established. Of course, at that time, Empress Chi Yao was already sharp enough to lead a large army to attack the main altar of the Moon Worshipping Divine Sect.”
“In that battle, the experts of the Moon Worshipping Divine Sect were killed and injured, and even the sect master fell. Of course, the Divine Sect’s depth was so deep that it wasn’t completely wiped out, and there were still some important figures who survived to gather the congregations scattered all over the place and prepare to reorganise the Divine Sect. Among them, there were the Sect Master’s eldest disciple, Shi Qianjie, and his fourth disciple, Ling Xiu.”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression moved as he said, “Demon Sect Master Shi Qianjie.”
“Six hundred years ago, Shi Qianjie wasn’t yet the head of a sect, and there were actually far more people amongst the congregation who embraced Ling Xiu. Among the Sect Master’s six disciples, Ling Xiu had the highest natural talent and was the Sect Master’s first son, making him the best candidate for the new Sect Master.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What happened afterwards?”
Gu Songzi took another sip of the Dragon Amazing Wine before having said slowly, “In order to compete for the position of Sect Master, the brothers and sisters who were originally on good terms with each other turned against each other and engaged in bloody killings, and even the Divine Sect almost completely collapsed as a result.”
For some reason, Zhang Ruochen thought of the Sacred Ming Central Empire, after the disappearance of the Ming Emperor, wasn’t there also a group of people who were vying for power and profit, and ultimately the country was destroyed under internal and external troubles.
Zhang Ruochen asked, ”At that time, Senior was an Elder in the Sect and possessed a not-so-low status. Which side did senior stand on?”
Gu Songzi closed his eyes and shook his head, saying, “I don’t want to stand on either side.”
“I’m afraid it’s not that easy, is it?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“That’s right.”
Gu Songzi nodded, “One night, a group of cultivators from the sect, carrying Ling Xiu, who was seriously injured and dying, barged into the place where I was refining pills and asked me to save him. According to them, Ling Xiu was injured by Shi Qianjie.”
“It seems like senior has to take sides!”Zhang Ruochen said.
“I don’t want to take sides at all, and I don’t dare to do so because, all of my family members and clansmen are in Shi Qianjie’s hands. If I save Ling Xiu, my family and clansmen will die. If I don’t save Ling Xiu, I will die.”
“That’s why I immediately sent a message to the Sect Master’s third disciple, Feng Drunken Sheng, hoping that he would rush back to help me. Of the Sect Master’s six disciples, only three of them are still alive, and Feng Drunken Sheng is extremely close to both Shi Qianjie and Ling Xiu. As long as he can rush back, even if he can’t stop Shi Qianjie and Ling Xiu’s fight, he can at least save my family and clan.”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression shook as he said, “The Wine Crazy Man is the Devil Emperor’s third disciple, Feng Drunken Sheng, known as the Wine Immortal?”
With one pass, Zhang Ruochen finally understood why the Wine Crazy Man’s attainments above the Way of Wine were so profound, and as it turned out, he actually had such a shocking identity.
However, in Zhang Ruochen’s reflection, eight hundred years ago, the crowd’s evaluation of Feng Drunken Sheng, that was a beautiful man who was suave and playful, and how it was not like the same person as the Wine Crazy Man.
Even if a person would be crippled after ageing, however, this is also too much of a crippled person.
“Wine Immortal? He’s just a liar, a shrunken head turtle. After I summoned him, he clearly promised that he would definitely be able to help me save my family and clansmen, so that’s why I went out to save Ling Xiu. But …… but …… when he came, what he brought to me were corpses all over the ground, dead, all dead, not a single living soul.”
Laughter came out of Gu Songzi’s mouth, but tears were flowing from his eyes.
Zhang Ruochen fell into silence, and only after a long while did he say, “Perhaps he also had a bitter feeling.”
“He told me that because of something, he was delayed and when he went to meet Shi Qianjie, the person was already dead. I wondered, we are such good friends, what else is more important than saving my family? I think he was just afraid of taking sides, afraid of offending Shi Qianjie, afraid of getting himself killed, and deliberately went so late.”
Gu Songzi’s emotions stirred, clenching his teeth as anger spread in his heart.
Zhang Ruochen carefully thought about it, and the wine madman couldn’t help but say that it was really possible for him to do such a thing, because, indeed, this old fellow was very afraid of death.
At first, in order to save his life, he had knelt down to Chi Yao and made several poisonous oaths.
Being a Saint, or a disciple of the Demon Emperor, to not even care about his own dignity and kneel down to a woman who killed his master, was indeed a bit unjustifiable.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t know how to persuade him and asked, ”And then what happened? What happened to the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, why did Shi Qianjie become the Sect Leader, and Ling Xiu, who had more supporters, is now fading into obscurity?”
Gu Songzi shook his head and said, “After that incident, I was disheartened and left the Divine Sect. Later, I learnt a bit about it, and it was said that the fight between Ling Xiu and Shi Qianjie had caused the Divine Sect, which had already suffered a great deal of vitality, to become even more precarious. Some lineages and sects in the Central Region are preparing to join forces to exterminate the Divine Sect and divide its resources.”?
“At the time when the Divine Religion was at the point of survival, Ling Xiu took the initiative to give up the fight for the position of Sect Leader, and wasted his own cultivation in the Peakless Mountain, and since then, Shi Qianjie has become the new Sect Leader, while Ling Xiu is living in deep seclusion, and never interfered with things in the Sect again.”
“It is said that after becoming the sect master, Shi Qianjie was also quite remorseful, feeling that the master and brother shouldn’t have turned against each other so much, so he searched for the life renewing holy pills all over the world, and begged all the holy masters of the dan dao, wanting to heal Ling Xiu. Even Ling Xiu’s daughter, who was also named as the Head Holy Woman, has the status of one person under ten thousand people in the sect. However, in my old man’s opinion, he is just buying people’s hearts.”Gu Songzi snorted coldly.
He was hateful towards the Wine Crazy Man, but he was a blood feud with Shi Qianjie.
Unfortunately, Shi Qianjie’s cultivation was too high, so I’m afraid that he wouldn’t be able to take revenge in this lifetime.
