At that moment!
Bixiao's face was filled with astonishment and disbelief.
As far as she knew, even the finest wine was bound to burn fiercely.
Yet when the Moon Laurel Fine Wine entered her mouth, there was not the slightest burning sensation.
Instead, the instant it touched her tongue, it turned into a gently flowing warmth and merged into the very essence of her flesh and blood.
The spiritual root's medicinal power surged, even drawing the vital energy throughout Bixiao's body into resonance with it.
Her body shone, her flesh and blood radiant!
Above her head, streams of rosy light shimmered, sacred beyond description.
The Three Xiao had taken form from innate clouds, and this was precisely the stirring of her origin essence, which could not settle.
"My cultivation is rising, and my divine sense is growing stronger too?"
Bixiao looked at Gu Changqing in stunned amazement and cried out.
It felt as though she had cultivated tirelessly for ten thousand years and finally sensed an opportunity to break through.
The magical power within her grew at a visibly rapid pace.
Her divine sense also spread outward of its own accord.
A thousand li... ten thousand li...
A hundred thousand li... a million li...
The power of Bixiao's divine sense surged beyond Golden Ao Island.
For a moment, countless immortal islands across the sea seemed to lie right before her eyes.
She could even keenly sense every tiny surge of the vast waves in the East Sea.
Bixiao's aura continued to ascend.
Her cultivation, originally at the early Taiyi Golden Immortal stage, kept approaching the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
At last, a flash of insight struck her, and she understood.
"It's the effect of this wine!"
"Junior Brother Changqing, this Moon Laurel Fine Wine can actually improve cultivation and transform divine sense?"
Bixiao was even more shaken.
Once that cup of Moon Laurel Fine Wine entered her stomach, she had no need to actively sense or guide anything.
Streams of extraordinarily dense spiritual energy flowed from the world into her body.
Without a doubt, this had to be the effect of the Moon Laurel Fine Wine.
Meanwhile!
Hearing Bixiao's words and seeing the shock on her face, Gu Changqing merely smiled faintly.
"Hehe, it seems you've discovered the joys of wine, Senior Sister Bixiao."
Although he did not answer her question.
That response undoubtedly confirmed Bixiao's guess.
In an instant, realization dawned on Bixiao, and many things came to mind.
No wonder her little junior brother Changqing had been so formidable back then, intimidating Qiu Shou Xian with a single sword strike.
No wonder her little junior brother Changqing had raised his sword high in the heavens and even forced the East Sea Dragon King to retreat.
Could it be that Little Junior Brother drank all day because he was actually using wine to replenish his magical power and keep improving?
But... surely not every wine could have such an effect.
Only wine brewed from a supreme spiritual root like the Moon Laurel Blossom could help someone improve.
While Bixiao was pondering this.
Gu Changqing spoke leisurely:
"Hehe, Senior Sister Bixiao, how's the wine?"
"Would you like some more, so the two of us can drink to our hearts' content?"
Gu Changqing looked thoroughly exuberant, as though a thousand cups were too few when drinking with a kindred spirit.
At his words, Bixiao nodded almost instantly, without a second thought.
"Hehe, yes!"
Now that she knew the heaven-defying effects of the Moon Laurel Fine Wine, Bixiao could hardly resist such temptation.
She agreed without hesitation.
Bixiao was usually lively and spirited, a source of joy to Tongtian.
Thus, she was not particularly afraid of a Sage's might.
Even if Master Tongtian found out, a little wheedling would smooth things over.
The two sat cross-legged inside the cave abode.
The fragrance of wine filled the space, and Bixiao immediately began drinking with Gu Changqing.
"Today's goal is to get Senior Sister Bixiao drunk..."
Gu Changqing teased, sounding as though he were spouting nonsense in a drunken stupor.
But if Zhao Gongming had heard those words, he would surely have stomped his feet in fury.
It was bad enough that you, Gu Changqing, drank excessively and neglected your proper duties.
Now you want to drag Bixiao into drinking with you?
Isn't that leading Bixiao astray?
Little would he have known that this actually benefited Bixiao and could accelerate her cultivation.
Every jar of wine Gu Changqing brewed contained profound Dao resonance and essential truths, allowing anyone who drank it to achieve twice the cultivation results with half the effort.
Moreover, the Lunar Moon Laurel Blossom had even more extraordinary effects on a woman like Bixiao.
If she could get thoroughly drunk, Bixiao would surely undergo an astonishing transformation as well.
Besides.
Gu Changqing appeared to be seventy or eighty percent drunk.
Yet his mind was perfectly clear, and he, too, sensed something at that moment.
The legends were true. The Moon Laurel Blossom really does have the power to repair damage and temper the flesh!
Gu Changqing could clearly sense it.
Nourished by the Moon Laurel Fine Wine, his physical body was undergoing astonishing improvements and changes.
The hidden injuries to his origin essence left by past cultivation healed in an instant, returning to their original state.
Gu Changqing's own strength also climbed steadily, improving at a tremendous pace.
No!
More precisely, this was no longer merely a transformation of his physical body.
Combined with the Great Dao of Wine, the Moon Laurel Fine Wine became even more heaven-defying in its effects.
Even Gu Changqing's innate foundation was improving along with it.
After transmigrating, he had originally possessed only the foundation of a human, an acquired being.
But now, the impure acquired energy within his body continually dissipated.
In its place came streams of innate energy, shimmering with spiritual light and transcending the mundane.
In other words, Gu Changqing's entire body was gradually becoming free of every speck of impurity.
This was precisely the sign of an acquired foundation transforming into an innate one.
Fortunately, Bixiao was not particularly powerful, and by then she had already drunk herself into a daze.
Thus, she did not sense the changes in Gu Changqing.
Otherwise, her jaw would surely have dropped, leaving her utterly dumbfounded.
After all, improving one's innate foundation after birth was unheard of even in the Primordial World.
Of course, truly improving his foundation was not something that could be accomplished overnight.
Even drinking every last drop of the Moon Laurel Fine Wine he had brewed might not suffice.
Thus, for the next hundred years, Gu Changqing immersed himself completely in fine wine.
At some unknown point, both of them had fallen into a drunken stupor.
They appeared utterly silent and still, sunk deep in sleep.
Yet immense currents of energy circulated around both Gu Changqing and Bixiao.
The other disciples knew nothing of the profound workings behind this.
Whenever they passed Gu Changqing's cave abode, they merely shook their heads and sighed inwardly, curling their lips again and again.
Good grief!
He had already angered Master Tongtian enough to make him sweep his sleeves and leave.
Yet Gu Changqing could still get thoroughly drunk without a care in the world?
Just how carefree could he be?
Gu Changqing knew nothing of this.
After he had angered his master, Tongtian, and then fallen into a drunken stupor in his cave abode.
At that moment, inside a cave abode on Golden Ao Island.
Two figures sat cross-legged.
Both looked toward Gu Changqing's cave abode, their eyes filled with deep malice.
"Senior Brother Qiu Shou Xian, Master Tongtian has now lost all goodwill toward that brat!"
"This... is the perfect opportunity for us to take revenge!"
The speaker was none other than Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal, one of the Seven Attendant Immortals.
Dingguang Xian stared intently at Qiu Shou Xian before him, his tone brimming with incitement.
Clearly, the two had gathered for this secret discussion to plot against Gu Changqing.
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