Duobao's reaction left all the Outer Sect's nominal disciples staring in bewilderment.
Huh?
Wasn't something wrong here?
Gu Changqing had refused their master's summons, yet Eldest Senior Brother Duobao was this delighted?
Little did they know that Duobao was thinking something entirely different.
Excellent!
Absolutely wonderful!
Junior Brother Changqing couldn't have picked a better time to get drunk.
His obsession with fine wine and his days spent in a drunken stupor were already known to all living beings.
Now, that happened to provide the perfect excuse to report back to their master Tongtian—or rather, to Senior Uncle Laozi.
If you can't even meet Junior Brother Changqing, won't all your schemes come to nothing?
With a smile on his face and a spring in his step, Duobao returned to Biyou Palace.
"Reporting to Master and Senior Uncle!"
"Junior Brother Changqing is already drunk and muddleheaded. He refuses to come before Master."
Duobao's words sounded as though he were reporting misconduct.
Yet the moment he spoke, delight appeared on the faces of Jin Ling, Wudang, Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao, and the others.
Again?!
Everyone immediately recalled what had happened before.
When Dao Ancestor Hongjun had personally visited the Interception Sect, he had summoned Gu Changqing three times, only for Gu Changqing to put him off each time by claiming to be drunk.
In the end, he had even forced Dao Ancestor Hongjun to visit his cave abode in person.
They had never expected him to use the same old trick today.
Back then, however, they had been full of worry, afraid he would anger Dao Ancestor Hongjun and bring a fatal calamity upon himself.
Today, they were filled with smug delight instead.
Through this, they had already understood Gu Changqing's stance.
I'm already drunk, so whatever I do is perfectly natural.