Could It Be That Kind of Drug?

Listening to the whispers around him, Zhou Qing secretly rejoiced.

After all, no one wanted to bear the foul reputation of a sex fiend. He still needed to team up with other female disciples for training in the future—who would be willing to join his group if he carried that name?

Even out in the wilderness, they would have to sleep with one eye open.

"Strange, why are those two together?" Li Daoxuan, who had just come out of a Private Room, casually glanced downstairs and frowned in confusion.

Today was Second Brother's birthday, and the fellow disciples had gathered here to celebrate. He had not expected to see such a sight.

Let me see what this is about.

Very quickly, he noticed something from Shi Zhen's actions and the look in her eyes.

"Looks like they became acquainted through a fight. This Junior Brother Zhou has instead become her chance to get close to Gui Ao."

Li Daoxuan shook his head and stopped paying attention.

Junior Sister said she had never tried Jade Cuisine Hall's signature Rabbit Silk Stir-fried Spiritual Celery. I need to hurry over and order two extra portions.

After entering the Private Room, Zhou Qing looked around, inwardly astonished.

To be honest, despite having been in the Taiqing Sect for so long, he had hardly come here. Usually, as long as he could eat his fill at the Fire Kitchen, that was enough. Spiritual stones were better spent on cultivation.

"I should've brought Third Senior Brother too!" The thought had barely crossed Zhou Qing's mind before he immediately felt that it would be inappropriate.

A serving disciple brought over the menu. Zhou Qing sensibly ordered only a few dishes, while Shi Zhen added several more.

Before long, all manner of delectable dishes were brought out.

The two ate and chatted. Sure enough, as they talked, Shi Zhen began probing indirectly about Eldest Brother Gui Ao's closed-door cultivation—whether he would emerge for this Five Sects Treasure Exchange Gathering, what he liked in daily life, and so on.

Zhou Qing answered every question, but he genuinely knew little of most of it and could only muddle through vaguely.

Knock, knock, knock!

Just as the two were chatting happily, a burst of knocking suddenly sounded outside.

Before Shi Zhen could rise to open the door, a round-faced head with tiny eyes impatiently poked in.

"Oh my, Fourth Child, you're something else! Eating alone here behind your senior brother's back!" Yan Xiaohu said indignantly.

Zhou Qing immediately felt a little awkward.

Shi Zhen smiled and explained, "Junior Brother Yan, I invited Junior Brother Zhou. I had planned to invite you too, but didn't you say on the way here that you had something to do and wouldn't be coming?"

"Hehe, I finished dealing with it. Better to arrive by chance than arrive early. Looks like plenty of these dishes haven't even been touched yet, and I'm hungry after running all this way. Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

After saying that, Yan Xiaohu sat down beside them, grabbed a pair of chopsticks, and began wolfing down the food.

Seeing Third Senior Brother stuffing himself so wildly, Zhou Qing looked at Shi Zhen with an apologetic expression.

Shi Zhen merely smiled faintly, signaling that it was fine.

After all, they were both that man's junior brothers.

"Dishes alone won't do—we need wine. Come, come, come, try the treasure I've been saving. You two are in for a treat today."

Yan Xiaohu shoveled down a few bites of food, seemingly choking on them. His eyes rolled white as he hurriedly thumped his chest.

Then he slapped his Storage Bag, and a jar of brewed wine appeared on the table.

The moment the seal was pulled out, an indescribable fragrance of wine rushed into their noses, and Zhou Qing and Shi Zhen's eyes instantly lit up.

Yan Xiaohu bent over the wine jar and took a deep breath, his face filled with intoxication.

"Third Senior Brother, not bad! Hurry, hurry!"

Zhou Qing unconsciously licked his lips and hurriedly picked up an empty bowl to hand over.

He had drunk with Third Senior Brother before, but never had he tasted wine this fine. Third Senior Brother had hidden it deeply indeed.

As expected, fine dishes deserved fine wine.

Yan Xiaohu immediately poured Zhou Qing a bowl, then looked at Shi Zhen and asked, "Do you want some?"

Shi Zhen was a little embarrassed, but the wine's fragrance was simply too enticing. Even the spiritual power within her body seemed to thirst fiercely for it.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Yan!" She also picked up a bowl and held it out.

Zhou Qing stared at the brewed wine in his bowl in surprise. It was a pure snowy white, like the most flawless ice and snow condensed in winter.

He took a light sip. The wine flowed down his throat like an icy spiritual serpent slithering through his body, making Zhou Qing shudder uncontrollably. Every pore felt as though it had been washed by ice and snow.

But immediately afterward, an ultimate sense of comfort spread swiftly through his limbs and bones. Stimulated by the wine, the spiritual power within him seemed like a fierce beast roused from slumber, racing through his meridians and growing stronger.

"Fine wine!" Zhou Qing's face flushed as he could not help shouting.

Shi Zhen nodded repeatedly as well. Though women drank less often, this was the finest wine she had ever tasted in her life.

"Burp~~" Yan Xiaohu had already downed two bowls, then let out a long burp and grinned.

"Of course. This wine was Old—" Yan Xiaohu's expression suddenly changed slightly just as he reached this point.

Then he swiftly put away the wine jar and hurried off.

Zhou Qing stood there blankly, unable to make sense of it. Just as he was about to stand and call after Third Senior Brother, his legs went weak, and he nearly toppled to the floor.

"This wine is strong!" A wave of dizziness washed over him, and Zhou Qing could not help sighing.

But the next second, as though he had suddenly thought of something, he stared incredulously at the open door, goosebumps rising all over his body.

"Third Senior Brother didn't have any annotation over his head just now!!!"

Shi Zhen gently shook her head. She had only taken a small sip, yet the aftereffects were unexpectedly potent.

"Junior Brother Zhou, what are you talking about?" Shi Zhen asked in utter confusion.

Zhou Qing could not help swallowing, a deep sense of helplessness rising in his heart.

Because Second Uncle had toyed with him again.

Looking at Shi Zhen's similarly slightly flushed face, then at the brewed wine in the bowl, his heart abruptly clenched.

"Damn it, could he have put that kind of drug in it?"

After dragging him off to peep at Senior Sister Shi Zhen bathing just moments ago, Second Uncle had then appeared here to drink with them.

Wasn't that too much of a coincidence?

"Uncle, Uncle, this isn't how you repay a life-saving favor. If it really comes to it, take those spiritual stones back. I don't want them anymore, all right?"

This was simply impossible to guard against!

Fortunately, he had only taken a small sip. To keep the two of them from doing anything improper, Zhou Qing prepared to leave.

But at that moment, a mischievous little head poked in through the doorway, followed by a laugh.

"Senior Brother Zhou, you really are here! I was wondering why the voices next door sounded so familiar. I told the other senior brothers, but they didn't believe me!"

Lu Yaoyao walked in with a delighted expression, then glanced at Shi Zhen's slightly flushed face as though she had discovered some secret.

But when she saw Shi Zhen's jet-black hair, she became somewhat confused again.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Shi Zhen!" Lu Yaoyao still politely offered a salute first.

Shi Zhen stood and smiled. "I didn't expect Junior Sister Lu to be at Jade Cuisine Hall today as well. Come, sit with us."

Before Zhou Qing could speak, he saw five burly men with towering builds and muscles all over their bodies appear at the doorway.

Who else could they be but those five from Divine Peak?

Seeing the looks in their eyes, as though they wanted to swallow him alive, Zhou Qing immediately felt his head grow huge.

Without another word, he hurriedly put away his own wine.

"Senior Sister Shi Zhen, this wine is no good. Don't drink it!" Zhou Qing moved with lightning speed and conveniently put away the bowl of wine before Shi Zhen as well.

Shi Zhen was full of confusion.

Didn't your senior brother pour this for us? Why could it not be drunk?

Lu Yaoyao blinked, then immediately raised her brows. It seemed she understood something, and she shot Zhou Qing a meaningful, lewd look.