Yellow Crane Tower.
Li Ping'an's wealth had soared lately, and he could afford a meal at Yellow Crane Tower.
"My treat today." Li Ping'an clapped Monk Changqing on the shoulder with great generosity.
Monk Changqing sighed inwardly. All this humble monk did was treat Benefactor Li to a dozen or so pounds of noodles.
Yet Benefactor Li is treating me to Yellow Crane Tower. I misjudged him~
Just then, Li Ping'an said, "Changqing, you can't eat meat, only vegetables, right?"
Changqing nodded. He cares so much about me.
(づ￣3￣)づ╭❤~
Li Ping'an said, "Waiter, no vegetable dishes, only meat. And fry the rice with lard, too."
Changqing: ...
The two men and one ox ate while waiting for Jing Yu.
Only as evening approached did Jing Yu finally arrive.
After several years apart, the fellow still looked as flashy as ever.
"Waiter, take these bowls away. The three of us brothers will drink straight from the vats."
Jing Yu shouted.
This was Monk Changqing's first meeting with Jing Yu.
It was also the first time Li Ping'an, Changqing, and Jing Yu had gathered together.
That day, a scene unfolded at Yellow Crane Tower that people would talk about with relish.
Wine vats surrounded the three men and one ox. Old Ox hugged a vat, drinking wine as though it were water.
Li Ping'an and Jing Yu took turns urging Monk Changqing to drink.
The wine vats around them piled up into little mountains, putting the other guests to shame.
As it happened, a cultivator was drinking there, too.
Much, much later, that cultivator revisited Yellow Crane Tower.
He suddenly recalled how those three figures, whose formidable reputations had long since spread far and wide, had once drunk here.
Yellow Crane Tower was consequently renamed Three Heroes Tower, and a wooden sign