Fifteen minutes later.
The three of them devoured the entire table of food and drinks. Their faces were flushed, and they lay on their chairs clutching their stomachs. They had all drunk quite a bit and were talking nonsense in a drunken stupor.
Tie Rushan, drunk, said, "Brother Li! Do you know? You are the first person among my peers to defeat me. I admire you very much!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng laughed and said, "Brother Tie! You're just arrogant! Don't think you're invincible just because you're in the Ironclad Gate. I've even lost to one of my peers! This world is vast, and there are plenty of people more capable than you!"
"What! Brother Li! You've even lost to someone of your own generation! Who was it? Could you tell me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng shook his head, unwilling to reveal who the person was. Seeing this, Tie Rushan urged Li Changfeng relentlessly to speak.
The Old Drunkard slowly stood up. "Young Li! It's time for us to go!"
Li Changfeng nodded upon hearing this and slowly stood up. "Alright! Senior, where do we go now?"
Upon hearing this, Tie Rushan immediately stood up and said, "Senior! Where are you going? Please take me with you!"
The Old Drunkard glanced at him, shook his head, then grabbed Li Changfeng's shoulder and vanished from the private room without a trace.
Upon seeing this Tie Rushan hurriedly shouted, "Senior! Take me with you!"
At this moment, the Old Drunkard led Li Changfeng to a cave in the suburbs, gathered a domineering aura in his fingers, and pressed it hard on the major acupoints around Li Changfeng's body, sealing the flow of true qi throughout his body.
Li Changfeng was slightly taken aback upon seeing this. "Senior! What are you doing?"
The Old Drunkard said solemnly, "By sealing your true energy, I am also sealing the flow of demonic energy within your body, so that the demonic energy on your body will not erupt!"
Li Changfeng nodded upon hearing this. "I see! So what's the next step?"
The Old Drunkard slowly said, "What you need to do now is to cultivate your mental state and resolve all difficulties with your Buddhist teachings. In this way, you can simultaneously improve your mental state and Buddhist practice!"
Li Changfeng gave a wry smile upon hearing this, "The problem is that you've sealed all my cultivation! How am I supposed to train now?"
The Old Drunkard rolled his eyes upon hearing this. "Is all you know about fighting and killing? Is training just about going on adventures to dangerous places?"
Li Changfeng's face turned bitter upon hearing this. "Isn't that how it is? What else can we do?"
The Old Drunkard looked helpless upon hearing this. "I really don't know what you've learned at Shaolin Temple all these years! Life is full of different aspects! Not everything can be solved by fighting and killing. You can use the Buddhist teachings you know to resolve the world's hatred and problems!"
Li Changfeng frowned upon hearing this. "You mean to go through all the disputes and problems in the world, and then resolve them one by one using Buddhism without resorting to force?"
The Old Drunkard smiled slightly upon hearing this, "This child is teachable!"
"But I have no cultivation! What if Buddhism can't solve this, and I'm being hunted down?"
Upon hearing this, the Old Drunkard slapped his forehead and said helplessly, "You can't do anything without true energy, huh? With your brute strength, you could easily escape even from a master who's just entered the Grandmaster realm!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng scratched his head and laughed, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot about that!"
The Old Drunkard sighed slowly, "Now that you know the method of training, I should be leaving!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng hurriedly said, "Wait! Senior! You're just leaving like this?!"
The Old Drunkard glanced at Li Changfeng. "I'm not leaving! What am I doing here? Watching you train? I don't have that many techniques! I'll come looking for you when the time is right!"
After saying that, the Old Drunkard was about to leave when Li Changfeng stopped him. "Wait! Senior! I have something else to say!"
The Old Drunkard frowned upon hearing this. "Speak up if you have something to say! Spit it out if you have something to say!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng slowly took out the Blood Demon Halberd and slammed it into the ground. "Senior! Do you know the origin of this Blood Demon Halberd?"
The Old Drunkard examined the Blood Demon Halberd for a moment, then said solemnly, "This halberd is filled with demonic energy! It seems to be the Divine Weapon of the demon lord Blood Demon of Heavenly Weeping! How did you obtain this Blood Demon Halberd!"
Li Changfeng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "This Old Drunkard really knows everything! He seems to know everything!!"
"I obtained this Blood Demon Halberd from a villain I killed!"
The Old Drunkard gave him a deep look upon hearing this, "So you were involved in that operation too! I never expected that this Divine Weapon would fall into your hands! You're truly blessed!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng chuckled, "Senior! I wonder if this Blood Demon Halberd can recognize a master? I don't want to miss out on such Divine Weapon!"
The Old Drunkard frowned upon hearing this. "I advise you not to! Although the spirit of this Blood Demon Halberd energy is too strong. You already have demonic energy within you. If you rashly accept it as your master, you might suffer a qi deviation and become a bloodthirsty demon!"
Li Changfeng nodded upon hearing this, "I did have this concern too! That's why I was asking you, senior!"
The Old Drunkard nodded upon hearing this. "You're quite cautious! You knew to ask me! Otherwise, your rash acceptance of a master might have led to disaster!"
"Senior! What should we do with this Blood Demon Halberd? Are we just going to leave it here unused?"
The Old Drunkard frowned upon hearing this. "If you trust me, I'll help you exorcise the demonic nature of this Blood Demon Halberd! However, its power will be greatly weakened afterward, turning it into an ordinary Treasure Weapon. But its potential is astonishing; with some further forging, it's not impossible for it to regain its Divine Weapon!"
Li Changfeng nodded upon hearing this and handed the Blood Demon Halberd directly to the Old Drunkard. "Senior! Although I don't know why you're helping me, I know that with your strength, dealing with me would be extremely easy, so I trust you!"
The Old Drunkard gave him a deep look upon hearing this. "You trying to trick me into revealing information? Fine! Actually, we're destined to meet. You'll find out what you want to know later!"
After saying that, he took the Blood Demon Halberd and left without giving Li Changfeng a chance to ask him a question.
Li Changfeng frowned upon hearing this. "Fate? What fate? Never mind! I'll find out someday!"
Then, Li Changfeng transformed into a burly monk, his body covered with various patterns, his face full of beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, looking extremely fierce. He slowly walked out of the cave and headed towards Cloud City.