Lin Xiaowei's Update

Cao Rui waved a hand at Li Yao. "Relax, relax. Do you really think I'd hurt you? It definitely won't kill you!"

Li Yao: "..."

So as long as it did not kill him, they could drink themselves to death? I...

Li Yao stared at him with dead-fish eyes. "Leave some room when dealing with people, so we can meet again in the future, I'm telling you!"

Cao Rui said, "Don't worry. I'd recognize you even if you turned to ash!"

Li Yao: "..."

His composure was a little shaken. He had actually lost in a war of words.

Cao Rui took a bottle from that crate of Water of Life. "At first, I figured this stuff would be enough. Then I learned that you metahumans are all physically tough. No matter how strong the liquor is, it might not do much to you, so I got my wife to help out. And let me tell you—my wife is amazing!"

Everyone: "..."

Could you not say something like that with such a smug expression? This world was filthy enough already! What you said was way too suggestive!

Even the idiom "war of words" that had flashed through Li Yao's mind earlier had become somewhat hard to look at directly.

Yet Cao Erha did not notice the changes in everyone's expressions at all. Still lost in his fantasy of "my wife is incredible," he continued, "This liquor has eleven kinds of Spiritual Herbs in it, plus seven extracts taken from exotic creatures. The effect is absolutely top-notch! Not to mention, I soaked it for so long!"

Li Yao sucked in a breath...

Was the result of combining a scientist and Cao Erha this terrifying? Li Yao looked toward Old Man Lu. "Does this count as using public resources for private purposes?