"Sister Qianqiu!"
Du Yu called out as he entered the Legend Management Bureau.
"Hmm?" Dong Qianqiu was sitting in front of a screen with Pu Songling. "What is it, Du Yu?"
"Elder Pu's here too? Perfect!" Du Yu said with a smile. "Do you two know Liu Ling?"
Dong Qianqiu looked blank, but Pu Songling raised his eyebrows.
"Liu... Ling?" Elder Pu thought for a moment. "Do you mean Liu Ling, the former Wine Immortal?"
"Yes, yes!" Du Yu said. "That Liu Ling. You really do know him, Elder Pu."
"Of course." Pu Songling smiled and nodded. "Among drinkers, Liu Ling's story is something of a celebrated tale."
"A celebrated tale?" Du Yu's interest was instantly piqued. "Could you tell me his story?"
"A story? Splendid."
Pu Songling nodded and beckoned Du Yu to sit down.
Dong Qianqiu poured Elder Pu a cup of tea, then joined Du Yu in listening as he slowly recounted the story.
As it turned out, despite his seemingly unrestrained nature, Liu Ling had been a distinguished scholar of the Wei-Jin Period and one of the renowned Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.
Yet what had preserved his name through the ages was not his identity as one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, but his love of wine, which he cherished as dearly as life itself.
Naturally, the legend people most delighted in recounting was "Du Kang Brews Wine, Liu Ling Gets Drunk."
Liu Ling's passion for wine and extraordinary capacity for drink had caught the attention of Du Kang, the Wine Immortal of the time. Du Kang decided to descend to the mortal world and guide Liu Ling to immortality, so he would no longer have to drink alone and they could become drinking companions in the Immortal Realm.
And so