Preparing to Depart

Huangfu Yuan laughed heartily and waved a hand. "It's a pity I'm only at Fourth Turn right now, and I haven't earned enough merit on the battlefield.

"Otherwise, I'd exchange for more Imperial Wine and let the brothers drink their fill."

Li Xiao smiled and added, "Brother Huangfu is generous and kindhearted. One day, you will surely become a wise prince."

He raised his cup and took another sip, then asked as if casually, "Imperial Jade Liquor, one hundred eighty a cup—how is this wine, Brother Huangfu?"

Huangfu Yuan gave it no further thought and nodded in praise. "It truly is incomparably delicious, and it can even increase True Qi.

"Unfortunately, I'm still only at Fourth Turn, so more than half the wine's effects are going to waste on me.

"Brothers, have a few more cups. Don't let such fine wine down."

After draining his cup, one man set it down and said somewhat sheepishly, "I haven't made much merit, yet I've made Brother Huangfu spend so much."

Another took up the conversation.

"I heard that the Zhou Kingdom Royal Family has an Imperial Wine called Hundred-Day Drunk.

"The wine is extraordinarily mellow and rich, and it can even assist with breakthroughs.

"I heard that a Bone-Generating Peak expert once fell asleep for an entire hundred days after drinking Hundred-Day Drunk. When he awoke, he had directly broken through to the Marrow-Piercing Realm.

"It truly is miraculous."

A man beside him nodded in agreement. "That is indeed true.

"They say Hundred-Day Drunk contains many precious Herbs and Demonic Beast flesh and blood. Even in the Zhou Kingdom, it is something one can only encounter by chance, never seek.

"I wonder when we will get the chance to taste even a mouthful."

Huangfu Yuan laughed heartily at that, raising his cup