Light Fortress
Chapter 515 - 118 Banquet Aftermath_3

Chapter 515: Chapter 118 Banquet Aftermath_3

"I’ve got something good here,"

Gu Shen took out a small bottle wrapped in black cloth containing an unidentified liquid.

Gong Zi stared in surprise, observing Gu Shen with a nuanced expression.

"Something good..."

In front of Gong Zi, Gu Shen poured some into a wine cup and took a small sip.

"Is this wine?"

Gong Zi also poured himself a cup.

As the liquid went down his throat, it was spicy, cutting down like a knife, followed by a warmth all over his body.

And a "dizziness" that reached straight to his spirit!

It was a type of anesthesia that acted directly on the spirit... Even Transcendents couldn’t resolve its immense potency.

With just one cup, Gong Zi’s face turned red, he propped up his head, his eyes widened in astonishment, trying to clear his head, but inevitably, the effects of the alcohol hit him, and he felt a moment of haziness.

Seconds later... came a new kind of "clarity."

"Lion Awakening Wine, the top-notch technique of Huazhi, an exquisite rarity that diminishes with each sip," Gu Shen spoke calmly, "How’s the taste?"

Seconds later.

He received a prolonged answer: "Wow..."

Gong Zi’s expression was like he had discovered a new world.

He had never tasted such... wine.

Yet he looked at Gu Shen as if he had seen a ghost.

How terrifying was the potency of this wine... why was Gu Shen able to drink cup after cup, sip after sip, without stopping?

Judging by his tone and expression, he seemed completely unaffected?

"By the looks of it, you seem to want to drown your troubles in alcohol," Gu Shen said calmly, "But judging by the amount you’ve drunk, it seems you’re almost at your limit... Want another cup?"

Gong Zi clenched his teeth and extended a finger, slowly bending it halfway, "Half a cup... give me half a cup more."

Yet another half cup...

He poured out all his frustrations in one go: "Damn it... I’ve never even met that damn Duke... and I certainly don’t want to marry a woman I’ve never met before..."

Gu Shen listened quietly, while using his spiritual power to create a narrow barrier to prevent the sounds from escaping.

"I told the Family Head, cancel the engagement."

"The Elder Council said they’d consider it... consider?" Gong Zi angrily slapped the table, like a lion, "Those guys, who are they to decide my fate! If anyone disagrees, I’ll smash their..."

At this point, his voice abruptly stopped.

Gu Shen considerately reminded, "I’ve used spiritual power to create a barrier, no one can hear us."

"Good!"

Gong Zi said through gritted teeth: "Anyone who disagrees, I’ll smash their head in..."

You could tell that the last few words were still somewhat feeble.

"I’ve decided to go out for training... not just to get stronger."

Under the stimulation of Lion Awakening Wine, he held his head and slowly smiled, "Mainly, I want to personally take a trip to the North Continent. I’ll cancel the marriage myself and then return... Better to ask forgiveness than permission, I’ve been fed up with those old fossils for a while, what can they do when they find out?"

Gong Zi chuckled: "Brother Gu... since you knew about the engagement, you must have guessed this move, right?"

Gu Shen’s expression was complex.

He hurriedly took a sip of wine to calm his shock.

"Bold," Chu Ling remarked, "This guy is a real madman."

Indeed.

The "plan" Gong Zi mentioned is indeed...unexpected.

Gu Shen glanced at Mu Ya, who had passed out from drunkenness. If this girl knew Gong Zi was going to act this way, perhaps she wouldn’t have drunk herself to such an extent in sadness.

Presumably, Gong Zi kept this matter buried in his heart and didn’t share it with anyone else... Obviously, heading to the North Continent to cancel the engagement right after pondering the Flame Dream was a far crazier deed than challenging Bai Xiu.

Half a day passed.

Gu Shen’s face still had that calm, unruffled expression.

Gong Zi felt somewhat disappointed.

"Alright, I know I can’t fool you," he said with a wry smile, his consciousness already becoming chaotic and blurry. Seizing the last of his lucidity, he asked hoarsely, "Brother Gu... since you know everything, can you help me calculate... what the outcome will be for A Ya and me in the future?"

"Divination Skill can’t predict everything," Gu Shen couldn’t bring himself to deceive Gong Zi.

"Help me... calculate it..."

Gong Zi lay sprawled on the table, just repeating that one sentence.

Gu Shen stood up, draped a coat over Gong Zi.

He shook his head and said nothing.

"Drink..."

Luo Yu, half asleep and half drunk, slouched in his chair. He raised his glass to Gu Shen, motioning grandly for Gu Shen to keep up the fight: "I can still drink three hundred more!"

Gu Shen looked at Fatty Luo with a bit of helplessness and clinked glasses with him.

Incidentally... he spiked his drink.

Luo Yu, murmuring as he guzzled the wine, mumbled, "Why is this wine... so strong..."

He fell backward with a thud, chair and all.

Shen Li, drawn by the commotion, crawled out from under the table. Spitting out a mouthful of sawdust, with bleary eyes, he sniffed seriously at Fatty Luo’s "iron fist" and, before taking a bite, cracked a wide, contented smile.

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Gu Shen left the banquet.

Outside there was a familiar black car.

Li Qingsui lay asleep in the backseat of the car.

Uncle Gao hadn’t left; he had been waiting outside the estate for Gu Shen the whole time.

"The wine you handed me earlier tasted good."

Gao Tian leaned against the front of the car, extinguished his cigarette, and for the first time in a long while, his mood was truly cheerful.

"I’ll have someone send you another bottle later," Gu Shen softly said.

"No need... I know that stuff is precious. Besides, I am the driver." Gao Tian said leisurely: "Federal law clearly stipulates that drunk driving can lead to a revoked driver’s license... I have always been a law-abiding citizen."

Gu Shen smiled wryly and shook his head.

With Gao Tian’s spiritual power, a bit of Lion Awakening Wine was nothing; if he wished, he could dissipate it all with just a couple of deep breaths.

"Do what you love, love what you do," Gao Tian said in an even tone, making his second dry joke.

He looked into the car, his eyes softening: "I want to continue as the young lady’s driver for a long time... But I know that perhaps one day she will leave Changye, just like the young pup from the Gong Family."

"For the five major families... Changye is a field of power, and also a gilded cage."

"Being in Changye, one can have the greatest freedom."

"Being in Changye is also the greatest captivity."

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