"If the Wang brothers are genuinely trying to get on my good side, they might be worth befriending. Still, I need to be careful!"
Lu Ren thought to himself.
He was no greenhorn fresh out into the world. After everything he had experienced on the Xuanhuang Continent, he would hardly mistake the Wang brothers' courtesy for genuine goodwill.
It only meant they saw some use for him. He could not trust them completely. First, he would see what game they were playing.
Before long, Wang Tong and Wang Guo led Lu Ren into a private room at the Drunken Immortal Tower.
The room was spacious. Besides the banquet already laid out, it held a huge stage.
Wang Tong showed Lu Ren to a seat at the table, then clapped his hands.
At once, a dozen or so young women in revealing, flamboyant outfits stepped onto the stage with swords in hand and began to dance with them.
Each was breathtakingly beautiful. Their swordplay flowed with their graceful movements, drawing the eye and making it hard to look away.
"Junior Brother Lu Ren, come! Let's drink, enjoy the dancing, and talk business!"
Wang Tong poured Lu Ren a cup of wine.
Lu Ren looked at the wine before him. "What wine is this? Its spiritual energy is so potent!"
"This is the Drunken Immortal Tower's most famous wine, Dream-Severing Heart-Tying Wine. An ordinary Virtual God Realm cultivator is bound to get drunk after ten cups. But getting drunk is when it feels best. When that happens, I'll have a few of the singers upstairs attend to you!"
With that, Wang Tong poured himself a cup and drained it in one gulp.
"Oh?"
Lu Ren raised a hand, picked up his cup, and drained it too.
Gulp!
His throat bobbed as he