Zhu Zhuqing Asked Dugu Yan to Deliver a Message, Li Zhexian Drew the God King's Attention

The seven members of the Imperial Dou Team left the Suotuo City Soul Fighting Arena.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others had been quite happy about their victory.

But what Yu Tianheng had said about Jian Jiu put them under tremendous pressure.

Ning Rongrong clicked her tongue.

"One sword defeated Yu Tianheng. This Jian Jiu is terrifying."

Oscar glanced at Ning Rongrong, whose pretty face was full of amazement, then lowered his head without saying a word.

Ma Hongjun let out a derisive snort.

"Who knows whether Yu Tianheng was telling the truth?"

"Even if it is true, I don't believe that Jian Jiu can beat Boss Dai and Third Brother."

Dai Mubai curled his lips.

"Too bad Master's third phase of special training is about to begin."

"Otherwise, I really would have liked to visit Heaven Dou Imperial City and meet this so-called Jian Jiu."

Tang San smiled faintly.

He did not take the Jian Jiu Yu Tianheng mentioned to heart.

With Tang Sect Secret Arts and Twin Martial Souls, he had no reason to fear anyone of his generation.

"Hey, Zhuqing, where are you going?"

At that moment, Xiao Wu suddenly called out.

The Shrek group saw Zhu Zhuqing chasing after the seven members of the Imperial Dou Team.

As he watched Zhu Zhuqing's slender back,

a trace of gloom flashed through Dai Mubai's sinister eyes.

If Zhu Zhuqing had been willing to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Hell White Tiger—with him today,

the Imperial Dou Team would have lost even more cleanly.

Instead of them having to rely on Yu Tianheng's injury for a lucky victory.

Back when Shrek Academy was recruiting students,

he had made it clear that he wanted to pursue Zhu Zhuqing.

Yet so much time had passed,

and Zhu Zhuqing had not paid him any attention at all.

"Why are you following us?"

"Do you Shrek Seven Devils chase after people just to mock them?"

The seven members of the Imperial Dou Team had a terrible impression of the Shrek Seven Devils.

So when they saw Zhu Zhuqing catch up to them, they did not give her a friendly look.

"Don't misunderstand. I mean no harm."

Zhu Zhuqing clenched her fists.

Usually calm, she was now so nervous that she even stammered a little.

"I... I want to ask you about Jian Jiu..."

"Are... are you familiar with him?"

Yu Tianheng and the others exchanged looks. Just as they were about to say they were not,

Dugu Yan nodded.

"We know him. We're close, practically brothers."

"We even had a meal together before coming to Suotuo City."

Noticing the faint suspicion in Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes,

Dugu Yan twirled a strand of her purple-streaked hair around her slender finger and smiled.

"Jian Jiu always wears white. His sword can make lotuses bloom, and it's fast and sharp."

That was it!

It really was Li Zhexian!

Zhu Zhuqing held her personal wine pot out to Dugu Yan, her beautiful eyes gleaming.

"Please, Sister, give this to Li... Jian Jiu."

"I collected fine wines from Suotuo City. And tell him..."

"I still remember my promise. Tell him not to forget it."

The way Yu Tianheng and the others looked at Zhu Zhuqing changed.

There was something going on here.

Who would have thought that the icy Jian Jiu had such a beautiful confidante in Suotuo City?

"No problem."

Dugu Yan accepted the wine pot with her smile unchanged and waved to Zhu Zhuqing.

"I'll definitely deliver both your words and your wine."

"See you again if fate allows, little sister."

Watching the seven members of the Imperial Dou Team gradually disappear into the distance,

Zhu Zhuqing returned alone to the inn where they were staying.

Yet Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were waiting for her in the room.

"Hmph, tell us, Zhuqing. Where did you go?"

Xiao Wu pouted unhappily.

"Do you even think of us as sisters? You don't tell us when something is going on."

Ning Rongrong gave a delicate huff.

"Even if Zhuqing doesn't say it, I know!"

"The person she's been thinking about is in Heaven Dou Imperial City, right? Did you ask the Imperial Dou Team about him?"

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face flush while she remained silent,

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong exchanged a glance before suddenly lunging for Zhu Zhuqing's waist.

"Hehe, if you still won't talk, don't blame us for getting rough!"

"Ah, stop it..."

Not long after,

Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face was crimson, while her neat hair and clothes had been thoroughly disheveled.

"Fine, I'll tell you."

"I found out about him. He's that Jian Jiu."

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes widened.

"Jian Jiu?!"

"The Jian Jiu who defeated Yu Tianheng with one sword?!"

Hearing the astonishment in Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong's voices,

Zhu Zhuqing immediately felt proud.

"Mm."

Ning Rongrong hurriedly asked,

"Zhuqing, is it true that he defeated Yu Tianheng with one sword?"

Zhu Zhuqing answered without hesitation.

"Of course. Others might not be able to do it, but he can."

At those words, a trace of envy quietly flashed through Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes.

Why was her good sister's romance so wonderful?

Unlike her own...

Ning Rongrong could sense Oscar's feelings for her.

But dislike was dislike. She felt nothing at all for Oscar.

Whenever she saw Oscar, she thought of his lewd appearance selling sausages at the academy gates.

There was nothing she could do about it.

She had once met a youth as carefree and unrestrained as a clear breeze.

They had drunk and composed poetry beneath the moon, secretly pledging themselves to each other.

But unfortunately, that youth's talent for Soul Power was far too poor.

She had no choice but to painfully let him go.

Xiao Wu tilted her head, looking in confusion at the sweet Zhu Zhuqing and the melancholy Ning Rongrong.

She could not understand

what was wrong with her two good sisters.

Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Within a small courtyard.

Li Zhexian half-reclined against the steps, raising his cup to the bright moon in the night sky.

"Burp~~~"

He let out a wine burp. Feeling the liquor slide smoothly down his throat, he suddenly sighed with melancholy.

"An empty golden goblet faces the moon; where can I find Jade Nectar?"

"I'll eventually grow tired of the wine from the Clear Spring Wine Gourd. Where can I find finer wine with more flavor?"

"The Wine Martial Soul still needs to evolve, and my sword is still not sharp enough. Sigh..."

Li Zhexian rarely had anything to worry about.

Well, perhaps for the current him, only swords and wine could trouble him.

One cup after another...

One cup after another...

The wine vapor curling around Li Zhexian's body drifted away on the wind, no one knew where.

He fell asleep leaning against the steps like that.

And had a strange dream.

The Sea of Clouds churned with seven-colored rosy light.

Palaces like Glazed glass floated amid the Clouds.

A majestic figure stood within a temple. His short hair stood erect like silver blades; blazing white flames hovered over his left shoulder, while dark blue flames coiled around his right.

Black Evil Divine Power flowed across his black-and-red armor, writhing like liquid shadows.

Something seemed to have caught his interest, for a smile rested on his lips.

At that moment,

a gentle voice sounded.

"Ji Dong, what are you looking at?"

A peerlessly beautiful woman shrouded in a holy halo approached gracefully. The hem of her dress, embroidered with golden lotus patterns, trailed across the clouds, radiating a warm divine aura like the dawn.

"Lie Yan, you're here."

At the sight of the woman in white, even Ji Dong's Evil Divine Power was purified. Only tender longing remained in his sharp eyes.

"A youth from the lower realm is quite interesting."

Lie Yan smiled.

"Has your God of Evil divine position found an inheritor?"

"It is still too early to say."

"But Lie Yan, you know that compared to God of Evil..."

"I prefer it when people call me..."

Ji Dong turned his palm over.

The clouds and mist within ten thousand miles all flowed into his wine pot.

"God of Wine."

Wishing all dear readers a happy Children's Day. May you always keep a childlike heart~~~

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Also: Ji Dong and Lie Yan are from the Tang Sect Universe novel God of Wine. It's part of the same series; this little author didn't make them up.

And the protagonist is not the God of Evil...