Chapter 3141: The Third Drinking Game
Even a single drop of the Divine Spring was extremely precious.
The twelve flowers blooming in the ten clay jars must have been infused with a vast amount of Dark Divine Spring. After drinking it all, even with Zhang Ruochen's physique and spiritual will, his brain felt heavy and painful, his consciousness becoming blurred.
"Excellent!"
Yan Wushen stood up with a laugh, but before he could finish, his legs gave way and he fell backward onto the ground.
Yan Ting and Wen Chu immediately rushed over to help him down for meditation.
"Are you alright? Do you need help refining the dark power contained in the Dark Divine Spring?" A fragrant scent wafted nearby as Wu Yue extended her jade-like fingers to support the swaying Zhang Ruochen, sending a voice transmission.
"It's nothing!"
Zhang Ruochen forcibly steadied himself, stabilizing his body, and laughed boldly at the gods present: "Did you all see that? That's what happens when you bring humiliation upon yourself. Today, Yan Wushen's reputation is utterly ruined. Even if he becomes a God Venerable in the future, or ascends to the ranks of the All Heavens, he will never wash away this shame."
"Haha!"
The gods burst into laughter.
Someone jeered, "From now on, Yan Wushen should be called Yan Weak-Knees!"
"Kneeling God, Yan Weak-Knees."
"Realm Lord Ruochen, don't laugh too soon. You still have the third drinking game ahead! If you end up face-down on the ground yourself, how will you save face?" Wen Chu said with a smile.
Zhang Ruochen immediately took the Qing Shen Dan that Gong Nanfeng had given him.
Many gods protested.
Yan Huangtu and Luo Shengtian rushed forward to stop Zhang Ruochen, but Wu Yue blocked them with her spiritual power domain.
She smiled gracefully, "Since everyone has come to the banquet, Ruochen is naturally delighted and willing to drink with you all. But if he gets drunk before even entering the Destiny Temple, who will this god marry?"
Yan Huangtu and Luo Shengtian had no choice but to step back, feeling strange and uncertain about the true relationship between Zhang Ruochen and Wu Yue.
Were they really mortal enemies?
"Haha, before the wedding ceremony is even complete, Hall Master Wu Yue has already started protecting her husband! From now on, if Yan Wushen wants revenge, it will be difficult!" someone laughed.
"To be able to marry Hall Master Wu Yue as a wife is truly enviable. Xue Jue, are you jealous?" The Great Clan Chief of the Demon Heaven Tribe of the Undying Blood Clan deliberately teased Xue Jue War God.
Xue Jue War God said, "To this day, I still think of Wen Xuan."
"Good for you, Xue Jue! You're still thinking about Wen Xuan? Are you also thinking about Tian Yin?"
The Great Clan Chief of the Demon Heaven Tribe howled and lunged at Xue Jue War God, ready for a big fight, because Wen Xuan was his clan chief's wife and also a proud daughter of heaven from the same era as Xue Jue War God.
Rumor had it that when Wen Xuan was young, she greatly admired Xue Jue War God and had once trained together with him.
Among the crowd, Heavenly Sound Divine Mother remained calm and elegant, her expression unruffled, but she cast a glance at Xue Jue War God.
The gods of the Tian Luo Divine Kingdom were furious and charged at the Great Clan Chief of the Demon Heaven Tribe. Fortunately, the Old Clan Chief stepped in immediately, intimidating them into silence.
On the other side, Zhang Ruochen and Wu Yue arrived before the third drinking game.
Seeing the two women who had set up the game, Zhang Ruochen's headache, which had just eased, flared up again.
And it hurt even more.
Luo Sha and Bai Qinger stood behind a long white jade table, like twin lotuses, a pair of fairies, both dressed in white, each more ethereal than the other.
One was pure yet seductive and intelligent.
The other was cold yet proud and profound.
Seeing this scene, the gods outside the Destiny Temple fell silent, smiles of ill intent on their faces.
Some were envious. Which of these three women before them was not a peerless beauty? Which was not an extraordinary woman of the age? Which did not have her sights set high?
To obtain one would be to claim victory in a lifetime.
Luo Sha clearly had the intention of competing with Wu Yue for beauty. Her attire was meticulous—though white, it was embroidered with silver thread cloud patterns and trimmed with a blue border. Her makeup was exquisite, every eyelash carefully groomed.
She spoke first, "Elder Chen and Fairy Wu Yue's wedding is the greatest joy in the Hell Realm. This princess and Sister Qing'er have taken the liberty of setting up this game. You two won't be angry, will you?"
Before Zhang Ruochen could speak, Wu Yue stepped forward gracefully, a smile in her beautiful eyes, "Princess Sha is joking. How could this sister be angry? I'm delighted, in fact. After all, we will all be one family from now on! However, Ruochen has already drunk two rounds and likely cannot handle a third. Shouldn't family avoid internal strife? We'd only be giving them a show."
Bai Qinger said, "Actually, we mainly wanted to invite Fairy Wu Yue for a drink! No competition, just one cup."
On the long white jade table were three small, exquisite bronze goblets, each containing a cup of wine.
"It won't be this harmonious, will it?" Yan Huangtu was disappointed, muttering to himself.
He was not disappointed. Bai Qinger said, "We've long heard that Fairy Wu Yue has powerful spiritual power, on the verge of achieving Tien Yuan Wu Que, and is a divine master of Illusion, Talisman, and Alchemy. These three cups—one is formed by illusion, one by talisman art, and only one is real wine."
Luo Sha said, "If the fairy chooses correctly and drinks the wine, this princess and Sister Qing'er will immediately let you pass."
"So simple? It seems this wine is quite special," Wu Yue said.
Luo Sha squinted, smiling, "Don't worry, it won't poison anyone to death. At least, it certainly can't poison a fairy to death."
Wu Yue said, "And if I choose wrong? Won't today's wedding have to be canceled?"
Luo Sha said, "It won't go that far. The fairy only needs to return that garment to Sister Qing'er. We will still let you pass."
The atmosphere around them gradually heated up. This was indeed a good show.
They thought Luo Sha was referring to the phoenix coronet and wedding gown Wu Yue wore, believing the two women had come to disrupt the wedding. But Zhang Ruochen understood that Luo Sha was referring to the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze, and a worried look appeared in his eyes.
"In a scene like this, how can there be no poetry? Why are you all backing away so far? It's just a poem!" Huang Baohu said urgently.
The more he insisted, the more the gods present distanced themselves from him, looking as if they were saying, "We don't know you."
Feeling that his art was too refined for the masses, Huang Baohu recited alone: "On this day, this hour, this fine time, I compose a new poem for Ruochen."
"One woman has a husband, two women share a husband."
"Three women have no husband, husband, husband, what should be done?"
After hearing this poem, the gods present secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then burst into laughter.
It was actually quite fitting for the occasion!
"Husband should cultivate to become a Heavenly Venerable, invincible under heaven, spring everywhere." Huang Baohu pondered for a long time before reciting the last line, laughing loudly, "Now it's complete! The momentum has really picked up!"
No one dared to speak anymore, consciously moving even farther away from Huang Baohu.
Wu Yue remained calm and unaffected, looking at the two women across from her and gently shaking her head, "This game is unfair. No matter what, I lose out, doesn't it?"
"What does the fairy think?" Luo Sha asked.
Wu Yue said, "If I choose wrong, I drink the wine and return the garment. But if I choose right, you drink the wine!"
Zhang Ruochen knew that Luo Sha and Bai Qinger were both extremely intelligent, but was Wu Yue any weaker than them?
Moreover, Wu Yue far surpassed them in both experience and spiritual power.
How could they possibly win?
Zhang Ruochen stepped forward and said, "On such a joyous day, why make things unpleasant? These three cups—whether illusion, talisman, or real wine—I'll drink them all myself!"
Wu Yue gently but firmly pressed down on Zhang Ruochen's hand as it reached for the table, her lips red and teeth white, smiling, "Why are you so worried, Ruochen? You don't really think that Princess Sha and Qing'er's wine is poisoned, do you? Everyone is just having fun, a little game."
"Elder Chen, this is a little game between us. If you join in, it won't be as fun," Luo Sha said.
Bai Qinger said, "I'm not really concerned about that garment. I just want to see how high Fairy Wu Yue's spiritual power mastery truly is."
Bai Qinger's hint was very clear. Zhang Ruochen couldn't continue to stop them, because stopping them would be equivalent to preventing her from reclaiming the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the three cups of wine on the table, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. Then, he used the Heart of Truth to sense them, but still couldn't distinguish the real from the fake.
How was this possible?
Could it be the work of Senior Nine Heavens?
It must be.
Without absolute certainty, how could Luo Sha and Bai Qinger, with their intelligence, set up this game in front of all the gods?
In terms of spiritual power, Zhang Ruochen was indeed far inferior to Wu Yue.
But in terms of perception, Zhang Ruochen was confident he was not weaker than Wu Yue. If even he couldn't detect any abnormality, it might not be easy for Wu Yue to find the real wine.
The gods present, including powerful figures like Xue Jue War God, Xue Zhi Gu Shen, and the Great Clan Chief of the Demon Heaven Tribe, all released their spiritual power and divine thoughts to probe, but the result was the same as Zhang Ruochen's.
"What formidable illusion art! No flaws at all."
"The talisman technique is also very profound. I can't find any trace of talisman patterns."
"Of course you can't, but Hall Master Wu Yue might. She is a divine master of Illusion and Talisman. There might be illusions in the world that can affect her, but she would never fail to discern whether an illusion exists. The same goes for talisman arts."
"That's not necessarily true! Don't forget, Xinghuantian has a Tien Yuan Wu Que level spiritual power expert. What is Tien Yuan Wu Que? It means that spiritual power exists but has left no trace, coexisting with heaven and earth. The illusions they cast can even become reality directly, creating a world with a single thought."
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The Old Clan Chief and Di Lao, both Boundless realm experts, also became curious and secretly peered over.
But even with their cultivation, they couldn't detect any clues.
"This round won't be easy for Wu Yue! But even if she picks randomly, she has a one-third chance," Xue Zhi Gu Shen said.
Wu Yue looked at the three bronze goblets on the table and reached for the one on the far left, watching Luo Sha and Bai Qinger's expressions. Seeing no emotional change in their eyes, she withdrew her hand.
She then reached for the goblet on the far right.
The two women's faces still showed no change.
With Luo Sha and Bai Qinger's intelligence, how could they let her test them this way?
Wu Yue withdrew her hand again and was silent for a long time.
Zhang Ruochen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Wu Yue was truly stumped this time.
But just then, Wu Yue very decisively picked up the bronze goblet on the far left and handed it to Luo Sha.