"Master, didn't you tell me to secretly remind you to ask Captain Bai for wine?" Zhi Yi chimed in, trying to smooth things over.
Taoist Feng Qing blushed instantly. "You call that secretly?!"
As though possessed by Zhi Rui, Zhi Yi gave a goofy chuckle. "We're all friends here. Don't worry about it."
Only after Bai Yaoyao had enjoyed the show did she speak up. "Martial Uncle, come on. Hand over your Wine Gourd."
Taoist Feng Qing hesitated for only a second before readily passing it over.
"Ahem, I feel bad always asking you for more..."
Bai Yaoyao's hand froze as she poured the wine. "So do you want it or not?"
Taoist Feng Qing knew Bai Yaoyao's personality all too well, so he didn't dare keep up the polite refusal.
Instead, he answered decisively, "Yes, of course I do! How am I supposed to get through the days ahead without wine?"
Only then did Bai Yaoyao give a sarcastic "Oh" and fill his Wine Gourd right to the brim.
Great Sage was currently cultivating inside her space, brewing wine whenever he had time. Who knew where he had learned it, but he had started sealing the wine and burying it in the ground.
Bai Yaoyao simply stopped looking for containers and sectioned off an area specifically for storing wine.
After all these days of stockpiling, the total amount had become quite impressive.
"Good, very good. This batch smells even better. Once you're done with your business and come back, make sure you leave Little Monkey with me. I'll teach him some real skills."
Taoist Feng Qing took the Wine Gourd, thoroughly pleased.
"Sure. You can take Great Sage as your direct disciple then, too. Let him be Zhi Rui's Junior Brother."
Zhi Rui jumped up excitedly. "No problem, no