Little Bad King truly had not expected to run into Daoist Chu in Heavenly City. They had last parted in Nine Li, where the fat man had received guidance from Senior White-Striped Chicken and gone looking for the eighth of the Eight Sceneries in Eight Scenery Palace-the Fallen World Star River Secret Realm.
This Fallen World Star River Secret Realm was entirely different from the one in Delusion Village. The latter was merely an artificially created, world-shaking phenomenon modeled after the former, while the former was a naturally formed, top-tier Blessed Land, and the legendary true sacred ground of a Heavenly Lord.
When Daoist Chu had left, Little Bad King had still been fighting in the Emperor's Tomb. They had not even shared a farewell drink. The fat man had then been gone for nearly a year without sending any word, so his sudden appearance in the West Tower Bustling District truly filled Ren Ye with surprise and excitement.
When the Park District's bad influences reunited, a few drinks were naturally in order, along with plenty of toasts and any chance to fleece each other.
Daoist Chu packed up his divination stall in the West Tower Bustling District, then took Ren Ye back to a small courtyard he had temporarily rented on a back street. On the way, he even voluntarily paid for some food to go with their drinks. But as for the fifty thousand Star Source he had promised for solving the riddles, he paid not a cent and simply reneged.
After they entered the courtyard, Daoist Chu laid out the six dishes he had bought-three cold and three hot-one by one on the table in the courtyard pavilion. Then he opened a jar of Drunken Immortal Brew from his private collection and personally poured Ren Ye a