A master of comedy!

"I'm sorry, we're out of wine..."

"Du Kang? Even the cheapest liquor is gone, they've all been bought up!"

"I'm so sorry you're too late, we've sold out of wine. Will you come back tomorrow?"

"Yes, even the wine in the cellar is gone. My manager originally wanted to keep a few jars, but in the end, he found that even those jars were gone. Perhaps the staff were careless and took them all..."

In Ruzhou City, a disheveled old man looked depressed. He had visited several restaurants but had not been able to buy any wine, and his stomach was rumbling with hunger.

From the day he realized someone was plotting against him, he secretly engaged in a contest with that person.

To his astonishment, no matter what methods he used to conceal the truth, he could not confuse the man's vision.

The other party could always accurately calculate his location.

The Three Scenes and Nine Smokes Deceiving Heaven Technique, the Taiyi Golden Lock Escape Technique, the River Luo Mirage Mirror Flower Technique, the Ziwei Doushu Borrowing Palace Method...

He had used all his knowledge and skills, but in the face of that mysterious power, it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; all his disguises were crushed to dust in an instant.

He even had a vague feeling that it was absurd, as if the one fighting against him was not human, but heaven.

As high as the sky, it is unscalable; as deep as the abyss, it is unfathomable.

Even when facing his master back then, he had never had such a misconception, so he was quite frightened and his old legs almost broke from running.

Strangely, although the opponent's divination skills were far superior to his own, they seemed somewhat stiff and rigid. After exchanging blows a few times, he gave up on his own.

He then hid in the Funiu Mountains for several days until he could no longer bear the craving for wine and returned to Ruzhou City. However, to his surprise, all the wine was sold out.

A quick calculation reveals the answer.

A cold smile appeared on Old Man Niu Shan's face. It turned out that the other party had not given up yet. They wanted to use their wealth to buy up all the wine stored in the restaurants in the city and force him to show himself!

"Heh, such a simple scheme, you really think I'd fall for it?"

"Pah! Not a chance!!"

……

Inside a very spacious courtyard, various wine jars were piled up, and each jar had been opened, allowing the aroma of the wine to waft out.

The strong aroma of the liquor alone was enough to make one drunk.

"Will this... really work?"

Zhou Sheng moved the last jar of wine over and placed it down, a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

What kind of person was Old Man Niushan? He was not only a master of alchemy, array formations, and talismans, but also a world-renowned diviner. Even the Luoshu could not force him to show himself.

"Let's give it a try. Almost all the wine in the city is here now. I don't believe a true wine connoisseur can resist coming."

Yao Tai Feng clapped her hands and laughed, "Instead of us going to him, why don't we let him come to us? Dan Shan, what do you think?"

"The logic is sound, but it's just—"

Before Zhou Sheng could finish speaking, there was a sudden, urgent knocking on the door.

"Who is it?"

He called out a question, but the person outside remained silent, only knocking on the door repeatedly, as urgent as a drumbeat.

Zhou Sheng's expression hardened, and he went to open the door.

The next moment, a disheveled figure rushed in, with long, disheveled hair, an ugly face, and even festering sores on his skin.

But those eyes were unusually bright and piercing, and at that moment they were flashing with fanaticism.

"I can't take it anymore!"

"Wine, the aroma of wine!"

He ran into the courtyard and, with just a gentle sniff, easily found the finest wine among countless jars—the most expensive one, a Zhuangyuanhong aged for thirty years.

Glug! Glug! Glug! For a moment, only the sound of desperately swallowing filled the courtyard.

Jar after jar.

He drank three large jars of fine wine in one go, until his stomach was bulging, before letting out a long, satisfied burp.

"Burp! That feels so good, so satisfying!"

"This young lady is quite wealthy despite her young age, and she's also very shrewd. This time, the old beggar has to admit defeat. Do with her as you please!"

He lay amidst the pile of wine, seemingly drunk but not quite, chuckling as if he had already disregarded life and death.

Yao Tai Feng smiled and stepped forward to bow, saying, "Yao Tai Feng greets Elder Niu Shan. This scheme was only to invite you to appear. The fine wine in this house today is a gift for you."

Upon hearing this, the old man from Niushan's eyes lit up.

"really?"

"really."

"Tsk tsk, young lady, you're very generous. You're quite a woman. As for your husband... well, he's a man after all."

Zhou Sheng's face darkened, and the sentence his master had repeatedly emphasized suddenly popped into his mind.

"Don't do it."

No wonder Master couldn't help but hit him back then; it turns out the other person's mouth was really infuriating.

"However, this old beggar has no right to receive a reward without having done something. I drank your wine earlier, so now I will tell your fortunes and settle the karmic debt."

"Three people?"

"What, don't you consider the little girl in that violin case to be a human being?"

An old man's casual remark sent a shiver down Zhou Sheng's spine, making the disheveled old man before him seem even more unfathomable.

More importantly, he discovered that he couldn't see through the other party's cultivation level.

This means that the old man of Niushan himself was also extremely skilled, at least at the sixth level. It was just that he was so outstanding in other aspects that people overlooked his cultivation.

"Well, there's no need to tell our fortunes. We've come to see you, senior, because—"

"Stop, you brat...wait, huh?"

Old Man Niushan let out a soft exclamation, carefully examining Zhou Sheng. He even leaned in and touched Zhou Sheng's bones, the dust on his hands soiling Zhou Sheng's white robes.

"Your bone structure is actually an extremely rare 'Dragon Devouring Immortal' formation, a truly ominous destiny. Countless people will have their paths to immortality cut short by you in the future. These hands are destined to be stained with the blood of countless top masters..."

"Now that the evil aura has just begun to take shape, it has already gained some momentum. It is only waiting for the thunder to sound before it can transform into a calamity dragon, causing rivers of blood and piles of white bones to flow across the world. Tsk tsk, I never thought that after the old beggar has been out of the public eye for so long, such a vicious person would appear in the world again."

Yao Taifeng listened intently and quickly asked, "Will Dan Mountain be in danger?"

"Danger? Isn't this commonplace for him? He's not used to it yet!"

"It's alright, he probably won't live long anyway. After all, if you walk by the river often, you're bound to get your shoes wet. With that wretched look of someone who's about to die young, even a jinx would find him unlucky!"

"Then what can I do for Danshan?"

"Remarry as soon as possible, and try to leave a child, so that he won't have any regrets later."

Zhou Sheng: "..."

"Don't disbelieve me, have you heard of Yu Zhensheng? Back then, the Demon of Drama killed countless ghosts and gods, and his fate was extremely ominous, only slightly weaker than your Demonic Dragon Devouring Immortal. But now look what's happened, he's become an old cripple. The foot he used to kick me back then is probably too weak to even do a simple horse-riding exercise now..."

"As for you..."

Old Man Niu Shan looked Zhou Sheng up and down, his gaze filled with regret and sympathy.

"Young man, eat and drink as you please, do more things that make you happy, don't overthink it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

...(End of this chapter)