Bai Xiaosheng, Who Loved Wine as Much as Life

Unrivaled City.

The place was bustling with people and cars, exceptionally lively.

On a street full of vendors, one group stood out from the crowd.

A young couple was accompanied by two beautiful women, one older and one younger. The man was handsome and had an extraordinary air about him, while the woman, though wearing a veil, possessed an ethereal beauty that made one want to peek at her face beneath the veil.

Beside them were a lively girl of seventeen or eighteen and a beautiful girl of twelve or thirteen.

The four people in this group were Chu Feng, Bing Yan, Chen Qianqian, and Bai Qian.

Chen Qianqian, who rarely gets to go out, immediately transformed into a little glutton. Her eyes sparkled as she scanned her surroundings. "Master, I want to eat candied hawthorns."

Chu Feng: "Buy."

"Master, I want to eat a sugar figurine."

"Purchase."

In no time, Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian, the two little girls, had more than a dozen skewers of snacks in their hands.

Chen Qianqian, that little girl, ate until her cheeks were bulging, making you want to pinch her little face.

The group walked through a long street and arrived at a restaurant; it was lunchtime.

Chu Feng then found a window seat on the second floor, ordered some drinks and snacks, and quietly listened to the discussions upstairs and downstairs.

"Have you heard? A top-grade sacred artifact actually appeared at this auction! Normally, such treasures only appear at the once-a-decades grand auction."

"I've heard about it for a long time, and I even heard reliable information from my seventh aunt's brother's sister-in-law's nephew that the Thunderclap Hammer was brought out for urgent auction by the descendants of the Great Sage Leixuan!"

"Alas... In his prime, the Great Sage Leixuan was a renowned figure, how come his descendants are so incompetent?"

Just then, a voice with a hint of amusement rang out. "You don't understand. The descendants of the Great Sage Leixuan are not incompetent; on the contrary, they have great courage."

Upon hearing this, everyone, including Chu Feng, instinctively turned their gaze to the speaker.

A young man dressed like a scholar slowly walked up to the second floor.

He completely ignored everyone's gaze and walked straight to a table where someone was drinking.

Upon seeing this, the cultivators at the table all cast puzzled glances at him.

One of them asked, "What do you mean?"

The scholar merely glanced at the wine and beverages on the table, his meaning clear.

Fortunately, the cultivators were also clever. Seeing the look in the other person's eyes, they immediately filled the scholar's cup.

"Good wine."

The scholar downed the wine in his bowl in one gulp, and then said unhurriedly, "As far as I know, the Thunderclap Mountain Villa founded by the Great Sage Leixuan now has three King Conferment experts in charge, one of whom is only one step away from becoming Half-Saint."

But this one step is what keeps countless cultivators trapped at that crucial juncture for their entire lives. Therefore, the three powerful King Conferment of the Thunderclap Mountain Villa, all at the King level, decided to offer their ancestor's most precious treasure in exchange for a chance to break through and become Half-Saint.

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Upon hearing this, the cultivators present instinctively gasped.

"What courage!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

The surrounding cultivators echoed, "The cultivators of the Thunderclap Mountain Villa are truly going all in, but isn't the risk they're taking just too great?"

The scholar laughed and said, "Without Half-Saint to oversee things, even three King Conferment experts would struggle to maintain their former glory. They might even die at the hands of others, ending up with neither the sacred artifact nor their lives."

The cultivator at the same table asked, "So, this time Thunderclap Mountain Villa doesn't want spirit stones, but rather a method to break through to the Half-Saint realm and some pills."

"Good."

The scholar was very satisfied with the other party's answer, casually poured himself a bowl of wine, and continued to drink heartily.

His action gave the impression that he was deliberately there to freeload, and this news was most likely fabricated.

Then someone asked, "Fellow Daoist, is your information reliable?"

The scholar didn't speak, but as if by magic, he produced a fan, twirled it once, and then the folding fan opened with a whoosh.

Upon closer inspection, everyone saw the three large characters "Bai Xiaosheng" written on the fan.

"He is Bai Xiaosheng, the abandoned disciple of the Heavenly Secrets."

"I never expected to see Bai Xiaosheng here."

"..."

Bai Xiaosheng, waving his folding fan, asked with a smile, "You may pay for everyone's drinks today."

"That's natural."

A cheer erupted from the second floor.

Chu Feng slowly shifted his gaze to the table, then continued sipping his drink.

After finishing their meal, Chu Feng led Bing Yan and the others back to the villa they had previously rented.

When Great Sage Golden Wing saw Chu Feng and the others return, he smiled and asked, "Brother, you're back so soon?"

He didn't act as a third wheel for Chu Feng today; instead, he stayed to cultivate.

"Um."

Chu Feng responded and said, "I plan to refine a batch of pills in the next few days. You'll need to shield the courtyard from that aura."

"Good."

Great Sage Golden Wing agreed without hesitation, then asked, "Brother, why did you suddenly decide to refine pills today?"

Chu Feng said, "Naturally, it's to obtain that Thunder Duke's Saint Hammer."

Although the Great Sage Golden Wing wanted to ask more questions, Chu Feng had already entered the backyard, so he could only turn his gaze to Bing Yan standing to the side.

"Sister-in-law, can you help me with this?"

"Can."

Bing Yan quickly informed Great Sage Golden Wing of the information she had gathered at the restaurant that day.

Chu Feng went to the backyard, summoned the Rocket Turtle, and then started refining pills.

Seeing Chu Feng's actions, Rocket Turtle asked curiously, "Master, could it be that some extraordinary being has invited you to refine pills?"

"Of course not."

Chu Feng smiled and said, "I'm doing this to prepare a top-quality weapon-forging hammer for you."

Rocket Turtle felt a mix of emotions upon hearing this; he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

Chu Feng: "Alright, kid, stop acting all innocent after getting the benefits. Come on over and help me out."

"Yes."

Rocket Turtle dared not think any further and immediately went to the furnace, emitting flames.

Chu Feng's Spirit Fire Alchemy Technique has reached its peak, and refining a batch of Dao Comprehension Pill that can help him break through the bottleneck of the Half-Saint realm is not difficult at all.

He was refining pills with great skill, completely absorbed in the process and forgetting everything that was happening outside.

Bing Yan, Great Sage Golden Wing, and the others came to the backyard and watched Chu Feng refining pills. No one went forward to disturb him, but instead patiently observed him.

The more they watched, the more astonished they became. Chu Feng's alchemy skills were truly superb, even surpassing those of the elders in the Dao-Seeking Academy Pill Dao Institute Academy.

The most surprised was Rocket Turtle, who never expected its master's alchemy skills to be so strong.

If it weren't for the fact that it needed to control the heat carefully, it would have wanted to ask Chu Feng about the details of refining the pills.

Forty-nine days passed in the blink of an eye. Chu Feng stopped what he was doing, had the Rocket Turtle extinguish the spiritual fire, and prepared to start the furnace...