Chapter 93: Drunken Madness

  Du Fei walked alone for about ten minutes and arrived at the edge of the plank road. Looking out at the vast expanse, he couldn't see the end of it. There was no one else on the plank road except himself. Du Fei also looked around cautiously, took out the Wordless Heavenly Book, and asked, "Hey, speak."

  "What's up? I thought you'd forgotten about me." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Not at all, no way! Aren't you being taken out right now?" Du Fei said with a smile.

  "Stop smiling in front of me, you little scamp. You're definitely up to no good, with a smile so wanton." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Cut the crap, I don't have any. It's just been a long time since I've seen you and I wanted to chat with you." Du Fei said somewhat evasively.

  "Who do you think you are? I don't know what kind of person you are! You think I don't know about the things that have happened these past few days? You little brat, calling me out here is just because you want me to help you break the yuanqi seal that old beggar placed on you, right? I still don't know who you little brat are!" Wuzi Tian wrote. The words above were written in a crooked and twisted font, clearly filled with dissatisfaction.

  "Hehe, no way, who's better than whom?" Du Fei said with a smile.

  "But to be honest, it's best not to forcibly break the old beggar's seal for now. After all, this is the human world, and if you suddenly break it, that old beggar will definitely find out, which will bring unnecessary trouble later. As long as I'm by your side, even if that old beggar activates the seal on you, it won't have any effect on you, so don't worry." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Oh, right, I'm relieved you're here too. But to be honest, what's the old guy's actual strength level?" Du Fei looked at the Wordless Heavenly Book with a puzzled expression.

  "I'm not quite sure either, anyway it's very powerful, that old guy seems to have something on him that conceals his aura, I couldn't see through it." The Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "Oh, is it? There's something covering his breath, and even you can't see it?" Du Fei asked.

  "This is normal, there are many things that I don't understand either. Even if I did see the old beggar's true strength, I wouldn't tell you, just to let you suffer a bit by his side, haha." Wordless Heavenly Book wrote.

  "You don't want to live anymore, is that it?" Du Fei said as he made a motion of pulling down his pants.

  "Shh, someone's coming, quick." The text on the Blank Heaven Book changed rapidly. Du Fei immediately looked around and saw a group of people walking towards his location, about 500-600 meters away. Du Fei quickly put away the Blank Heaven Book and said, "Consider yourself lucky this time, kid. Next time you're done for." After that, Du Fei ran towards the crowd in an instant.

  "It's full, there's a situation." At this time, only one horseback riding man was seen holding up his hand to signal everyone to stop their footsteps. The man looked like he was in his early twenties, wearing light armor and carrying a long gun on his back, looking very majestic. Everyone looked at a half-naked person with bandages wrapped around his chest running over, and it turned out to be Du Fei.

  "Halt! Who are you?" The horseman shouted at Du Fei.

  Du Fei was stopped in his tracks by the angry shout of the man, and looked at the crowd with some annoyance, saying: "What's going on, I didn't mean any harm." As he spoke, Du Fei took a closer look at the man and found that there was no fluctuation of yuan energy on his body. Du Fei's first thought was that the man was not a Yuan Master, but at most just a martial artist.

  "Hmph, there are many bandits on this mountain road. I'll know if you're a good person or not by what you say. What's your business?" The man glared at Du Fei.

  "I'm telling you, how can you be so unreasonable?" Du Fei said somewhat discontentedly. In fact, what Du Fei didn't know was that there were many bandits on this mountain path, and the man's behavior towards him wasn't entirely unjustified.

  "Reason? Hmph, I think you're not up to any good. I advise you to leave quickly, or don't blame me for being unforgiving." As the man spoke, his right hand had already rested on the long gun behind his back.

  Du Fei saw the man's movement and was slightly stunned, after carefully looking at the group of people, apart from the man and a few young men, the rest were older people sitting on horse-drawn carriages, all staring at Du Fei in shock.

  Du Fei also noticed the strange gaze of the crowd on himself and said disdainfully, "Does it matter if I have malicious intentions or not? Why are you all staring at me like that?"

  "You think you're looking for trouble, kid." The man said as he drew out the long spear on his back and pointed it at Du Fei. Du Fei didn't show any fear towards the man's spear either. He glared at the man and said, "I don't want to fight with you, but if you want to, I can accompany you." The man was slightly shocked by Du Fei's fearless expression, after all, he didn't know what Du Fei was capable of, and if there were others backing him up, he would be the one to lose big time. After a moment of contemplation, the man asked, "What do you want to do?"

  "There's nothing, I just wanted to ask if you have any wine. I'm only here for the wine. I'll pay in advance." As Du Fei spoke, a handful of gold coins appeared in his hand, and everyone who saw the gold coins in Du Fei's hand was also shocked. At first, they thought Du Fei was a bandit or something, but now they immediately reassessed their impression of him.

  "Take it." The man spoke as he tossed a bag of wine to Du Fei, who caught it with one hand. Du Fei smiled and said, "I'm not someone who likes to take advantage of others either. Here, take this." After finishing speaking, Du Fei also tossed all the gold coins in his hand to the man, who was somewhat surprised as he caught the coins that Du Fei had thrown. He laughed with a mixture of surprise and delight, and just as he was about to lift his head to speak, he found that there was no one in front of him anymore.

  Du Fei was walking alone on the way back, constantly shaking the wine bag that the man had thrown to him. He looked puzzled and said, "What is this thing? Why does that old guy like it so much?" As he spoke, Du Fei opened the wine bag, and a strong aroma of wine wafted out, attracting Du Fei's attention as well. He closed one eye and took a peek at what was inside the bag. "I thought it was something else, but it's just water! That old guy must have been thirsty and asked me to find him some water to quench his thirst. What a waste of time!" As he spoke, Du Fei picked up the wine bag and took a big gulp. "Ptooey!" Du Fei suddenly spat out all the wine in his mouth. "Ptui, ah, so spicy!" Du Fei looked disheveled, sticking out his tongue and saying... In fact, Du Fei had no idea what this wine was, but he saw others drinking it and thought it was just ordinary water with a different name. Today, Du Fei finally understood the power of this wine.

  "Ah, don't mention it, this stuff is quite spicy, but compared to drinking and having a hot belly, it's not bad. Come on, let's give it another try." Du Fei spoke as he took another sip of wine, but no longer drank as fiercely as before. He slowly savored the wine, one mouthful at a time...

  "Hey, it's strange, that little devil has been gone for half a day and still hasn't come back. Could he have run away? No way, I clearly felt him not far from here." The old beggar muttered to himself in confusion.

  "Don't worry, elder. My little brother won't leave. This road is rarely traveled by people, I think he's still waiting because no one has arrived yet." Zujitian smiled at the old beggar.

  "Well, he didn't run away, but I don't know why that little devil hasn't come yet, it's been two hours. I'll go out and take a look." As he spoke, the old beggar had already stood up and walked towards the plank road. Zu Ji Tian also followed behind the old beggar at this time.

  "Stop... stop right there." At this moment, a muffled voice came over. Holding a large kitchen knife in his hand, it was Du Fei, who had already gotten drunk and fallen over, standing at the edge of the plank road with a red face and a drunken expression, blocking the horse carriage with his butcher knife.

  "Not good, something's wrong." At this time, a sturdy man jumped down from the carriage, holding two broad knives and staring at Du Fei in surprise. At the same time, a boy of about 14 or 15 years old poked his head out from the top of the carriage, opening his big eyes to stare at Du Fei. A woman with a beautiful face that was even more stunning than Du Fei's asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

  "Master, please hurry up and go in. If the situation gets worse, we'll be attacked by enemies." The man anxiously looked at the young boy and then turned to Du Fei: "Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?"

  "Huh." Du Fei let out a belch, pressed down on the churning wine in his chest and said: "You, you're what kind of people, why are you holding knives... pointing them at me?" Du Fei's current appearance was also quite small, completely like a drunkard. Originally, Du Fei was already short, and with the bandages wrapped around his chest, holding a large kitchen knife, and a drunken expression on his face, anyone who saw him would feel somewhat afraid.

  "You're really something, blocking our way isn't enough, you even dare to take out your weapon and stand in front of us, and then say I'm the one pointing a knife at you." The man eyed Du Fei warily.

  "Oh, really? Oh, then I'll just... put away my knife." As he spoke, Du Fei carefully sheathed the Zither Sword in his hand. The man was also left speechless by Du Fei's actions and became even more convinced that Du Fei was drunk and acting crazy.

  "Hey, I'm saying... you... do you still have wine? Give me some." As he spoke, Du Fei forcefully opened his eyes and shook his head.

  "Gentleman, I think this guy is just drunk and acting crazy, nothing's going to happen," the man said, turning his head to speak to the young man in the carriage. The young man also jumped down from the carriage, grinning at Du Fei. Seeing the young man jump down, the man became somewhat anxious: "Young master, please get back on the carriage, it's really not safe for you to be getting off like this. If something were to happen, it wouldn't be good." Just as the man finished speaking, another person jumped down from the carriage - an elderly woman dressed in elegant clothes, holding a staff, calmly looked at everyone with a serene expression. The old woman had a rosy complexion and even breathing, showing no signs of aging or frailty.

  "The old lady, I was unable to protect you properly, I await your punishment." The man knelt on one knee towards the elderly woman.

  "This has nothing to do with you, I know everything about this matter from start to finish, hurry up." The old woman said, glancing at Du Fei.

  "Grandma, how did you come down?" The young man asked excitedly as he looked at the old woman.

  "You little rascal, whenever there's something going on, you're always the first to go and watch the commotion. It's so dangerous, how can I possibly feel at ease with you?" The old woman said mischievously to the young man, as she lightly flicked his nose with her hand.

  "Isn't grandma here? I'm not afraid." The young man said with a bit of petulance, pulling on the old woman's hand.

  "Hey, I... was asking you guys, is there any wine?" Du Fei asked again.

  "He's just a little kid, you can just shoo him away." The old woman instructed the man.

  "Yes, ma'am." The man bowed to the old woman and walked over to where Du Fei was standing. Just as he was about to make his move, Du Fei suddenly pushed him away with great force. The man hadn't expected it and stumbled backward, rolling on the ground several times before finally stopping. "What do you want to...do?" Du Fei asked dazedly.

  "You scoundrel." The man stood up, glaring furiously at Du Fei, his hands tightening around the hilts of his twin blades. But he was also shocked by Du Fei's power. He immediately turned around and respectfully addressed the old woman: "Madam, this guy seems to be a Yuan Master?"

  "Well, I also find it strange. With your strength, you were actually overpowered by him. It's absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to do that. But I didn't sense any aura or energy fluctuations from him at all. How strange?" The old woman said with puzzlement.

  "What are you all muttering about over there?" Du Fei shouted.

  "You wine-crazy man, what's wrong with you!" The young man also shouted loudly.

  "Haha, I said that little devil wouldn't come back, turns out he's been drinking my wine and now he's drunk. Just then, a playful voice came from afar, it was the old beggar's voice. The group of people were all shocked, staring at the nearby woods, only the old woman had a calm expression."

  In a short while, the old beggar and Zujitian walked out of the forest, with a smile on his face as he looked at the carriage. When the old beggar saw the old woman for an instant, the smile on his face also suddenly froze. The old woman's expression changed to joy when she saw the old beggar, but just as she was about to speak, she saw the old beggar give her a signal with his eyes, and the old woman understood what he meant, so her expression changed back to calmness. The old beggar also smiled again in an instant, and only outsiders didn't know that it had happened within the time of just one breath. The old beggar walked up to Du Fei's side and said: "You little scamp, not only did you drink all my wine by yourself, but you're also making a scene here, let me deal with you today." As he spoke, the old beggar lightly pressed on Du Fei's shoulder, and instantly, Du Fei fell to the ground and began snoring...