The instant the two human-skin lamps went out, the tall man in black also vanished from my sight, dragging the four scapegoats with him.
The chilling feeling in the room disappeared. Big Yellow Rooster, which had been trembling beneath the front desk, suddenly darted out.
It came over to me with a series of clucks, looking at me lying on the floor.
Then it craned its neck and let out a crowing "cock-a-doodle-doo"...
The sound was deep and powerful, incredibly penetrating.
As the rooster crowed, its body tilted to one side and it collapsed right beside my head. Its body twitched, and it was clearly not going to survive.
Not only that, the oil lamp at the front desk also went out with that crow.
The entire room was plunged into darkness.
I lay there on the floor in a drunken haze, unsure whether the man in black had truly left.
What if he was hiding by the door, spying on me?
I did not sigh or spout nonsense. I simply lay there, breathing weakly.
I was so tired! Really, truly exhausted. I had drunk so much that my head was spinning terribly.
I wanted to get up and lie on the sofa beside me, circulate a breath of true qi to clear my head a little.
But my body was too weak, and after drinking so much, even circulating my qi had become incredibly difficult.
I did not have the strength to get up from the floor either. After struggling twice, I truly could not hold on any longer.
I closed my eyes and sank directly into darkness...
But vaguely, I seemed to hear someone calling me.
"Junior Brother, Junior Brother!"
"We have to save him!"
"..."
I could not tell whether the voices belonged to men or women,