"Then he's still a child." Ling Nu couldn't help saying it. His wife had praised me, and he was probably feeling a little jealous. Who could blame him when his wife was as beautiful as a sinking fish and falling geese?
But the Sect Master's wife had drunk quite a bit and started bickering with her husband. "Good-looking is good-looking. Even if he's a child, could he marry Lingzhao?"
"Hmph, why don't I ever hear you mention Xiao Jing, who once cut such a dashing figure with his jade sword?" Ling Nu couldn't help grumbling.
Those words instantly seemed to ignite the Sect Master's wife's fury. She shot to her feet and said, "Don't ever bring that up again. Back then, you could have picked any child from an aristocratic clan in Fengpo City, and any one of them would have been better than Xiao Jing, wouldn't they? But did you ever think about me? Didn't I end up marrying far away into the Star Soul Sect? Those are old matters. Why dredge them up?"
That retort sparked a proper clash between them. Perhaps realizing he had gone too far, Ling Nu hurriedly smoothed things over. "All right, all right. I was wrong to say that."
"You were wrong!" The Sect Master's wife set down her chopsticks. I knew the couple had both drunk themselves silly. These Three Cups See the Sun really were extraordinarily potent.
Three cups were enough to let you see the sun the next day. How could that not count as potent?
Anyone who didn't get drunk after the first cup was probably formidable, so several disciples nearby were already exchanging uneasy glances. Still, this was convenient too—it saved us the trouble of all that back-and-forth toasting.
The married couple began trading barbs. Since I hadn't