A single sip of wine immediately made Lin Bai relive his entire life.
Lin Bai's mood had not been particularly high to begin with. Now, sitting at his place, his expression grew even gloomier, and he looked exceptionally melancholy.
The "Yanluo's Banquet" seemed to possess some kind of magic. After taking one sip, he wanted to take a second.
Lin Bai no longer paid attention to the Slovenly Daoist sitting beside him on the left, nor to Yi Jinyun sitting on his right. He simply picked up his cup and began drinking.
The memories surging endlessly through his mind seemed to place Lin Bai before the "Three Lives Stone on the Bridge of Helplessness," where he looked back upon his entire life.
After one painful memory after another came to an end, scenes of happiness and bliss made Lin Bai linger, unwilling to leave.
He recalled the scenes of meeting Bai Xiaoxiao, the moment he reunited with his parents, and Yin Jiuling and the group of friends and brothers around him.
Amid these long, drawn-out memories, Lin Bai gradually sank deeper into them, drowning within and unable to free himself.
The wine in his hand poured into his mouth cup after cup.
He could no longer tell how much wine he had drunk or what he was doing. He only wanted to use this fine wine to preserve the beauty in his heart and forget the pain he had endured and the troubles that awaited him.
Sinking into it all, Lin Bai gradually became unable to pull himself free.
Just as Lin Bai could not break free from his "eternal descent," a soft sigh suddenly sounded beside his ear:
"Ah!"
"Wine, oh wine. You are what makes people forget their pain, and you are what makes people commit monstrous mistakes."