Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 673 - 669: Abnormal Memory

Chapter 673: Chapter 669: Abnormal Memory

Chapter Six Hundred Sixty-Nine: Abnormal Memory

Li Zheng Yi stood among the crowd, watching as Xiao Yi stirred up public anger, being regarded as a "delicious bun," with everyone ready to jump on him. The corners of his eyes grew more pleased, and without any noticeable change in expression, he whispered a few words into the ears of several friends who were close to him, then stood aside, waiting to see Xiao Yi become a laughingstock.

Zhao Gao, who had just been displaced by Xiao Yi, stood aside with a gloomy and cold smile on his face, looking at Xiao Yi. In his heart, his hatred for Xiao Yi had reached a certain level. He had secretly decided that no matter what, he could not allow Xiao Yi, who appeared out of nowhere and relied on dumb luck and shameless tactics, to win that glass of Lafite and feel triumphant.

He had already prepared himself. From now on, no matter what Xiao Yi asked, if anyone else could not answer, he would stand by to advise them, to help them answer, to give them the solutions, willingly acting as their brain trust and strategist.

Xiao Yi, seeing so many people scrambling to question him, was not flustered. He maintained the same smiling, courteous demeanor while speaking politely.

As the first person to rush forward to answer, Xiao Yi finally asked the first question in no hurry. His attitude was still so sincere, with a hint of respect, as if he genuinely sought instruction, regarding the other party as a senior or teacher who knew more than he did. However, the person who heard his question felt none of the joy or comfort of being respected or regarded as a teacher; rather, his complexion turned pale in an instant.

"We all know that during the Tang dynasty we had the Poet Immortal Li Bai, who could compose a hundred poems over a jug of wine. I’ve always been curious about the alcohol content of the wine that Li Bai drank during the Tang dynasty. How strong was it?"

As the first question asked by Xiao Yi fell, the room fell silent, and everyone was stunned or, rather, shocked. Nobody had expected Xiao Yi’s second question to be this!

A jug of wine, a hundred poems—all those present knew about it and even relished discussing this cultural anecdote, incorporating it into the culture of wine. When speaking of great drinkers, one had to mention Li Taibai. But who knew the alcohol content of the wine Li Taibai drank?

Present were businessmen, sports stars, and entertainment celebrities, but notably, there were no historians. Those celebrities, let’s not mention them since their general education level isn’t high, and few have attended university. Knowing a little about Li Bai from reading simple classics was already good. Even the more cultured businessmen, including those like Li Zheng Yi, who boasted of their talents, and Zhao Gao, who prided himself on his elegant taste and could recount various historical and cultural anecdotes of Wine Country, none had paid attention to such details or even thought about focusing on them.

"You... you are being shameless!"

After a while, the person who rushed to answer finally turned red-faced and angrily pointed at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi helplessly shrugged and signaled to Li Zheng Yi.

Seeing Xiao Yi’s gaze, Li Zheng Yi’s face instantly turned even more ashen, his eyes darkening nearly to the point of dripping ink. In his heart, he could not express enough regret. Had he known earlier, he would have set the rules under any circumstance to prevent Xiao Yi from exploiting such loopholes.

Xiao Yi’s shameless attack discouraged some people, but it was not enough to deter everyone. Soon, more people continued to challenge him.

However, as Xiao Yi continued to throw out question after question, those who challenged him were defeated without exception. After Xiao Yi defeated two more challengers, Li Zheng Yi finally could no longer bear it. Casting aside all concerns for face, he directly added a new condition, demanding, for the sake of fairness, that Xiao Yi could only ask questions to which he knew the answers.

After the rules were amended, those who had been disheartened by Xiao Yi, too unsure to continue, suddenly regained boundless confidence. One by one, they returned, ferocious and determined to cripple Xiao Yi and give him a lesson.

Each person thought to themselves, "Hmph, just now you relied on being deceitful to win a few rounds—now I want to see what you can use to win against us, you country bumpkin!"

After the rules were changed, Li Zheng Yi and Zhao Gao once again revealed cold smiles and mockery, looking at Xiao Yi.

Hearing Li Zheng Yi’s sudden change of rules, clearly targeting Xiao Yi, Zhao Yuhua slightly knitted her fine eyebrows and her lips moved as if she wanted to say something. However, after glancing at Xiao Yi and seeing that he showed no reaction and still wore a smiling face, she closed her mouth again and stood there with a calm expression.

"As everyone knows, vodka is one of the strong liquors. Please tell us about the history of vodka," Xiao Yi said with a faint smile on his lips and a humble tone, asking his question after the rule change.

Indeed, once deprived of his earlier deception tactics, he seemed to have no understanding of alcohol at all. He asked such a simple question. The corners of everyone’s mouths curled into a faint cold smile and a sense of triumph, while also showing a relieved expression.

"Vodka..."

The friend of Li Zhengyi who accepted the challenge also smirked condescendingly, started speaking with full confidence, talked eloquently, and quite proudly. After finishing, he looked at Xiao Yi with a hint of scorn and asked, "I don’t know if what I’ve said is correct?"

"Basically, there’s nothing wrong, but the years you mentioned are incorrect, including..."

Xiao Yi shook his head, his face expressing regret and sympathy as he spread his hands.

"You... I don’t believe what you’re saying is correct!"

The man was originally full of confidence, but after being continuously refuted by Xiao Yi on several data points and told he was wrong, his face turned red with frustration.

The other guests around also didn’t believe Xiao Yi’s words. They all thought that the man had spoken very thoroughly, very convincingly; they had listened with great interest. Moreover, they didn’t believe that Xiao Yi could remember so many years, so much data!

Everyone immediately started checking for themselves, some went online, others made phone calls.

However, soon, their faces turned pale again, all looking at Xiao Yi with disbelief and strange expressions.

"I’m sorry, I happened to have read about Vodka in the library some time ago, so I remember this data quite well," Xiao Yi said, somewhat sheepishly shrugging his shoulders.

Plop!

Listening to Xiao Yi’s explanation, everyone couldn’t help but roll their eyes, and it took them a moment to steady themselves. This guy was just too lucky. After a while, they all realized that he was a freak of memory and no longer dared to challenge him. Looking at him, a seemingly scholarly fellow who liked reading, who knew how much he had read and remembered, it wouldn’t be proper to be humiliated by him.

Excluding Li Zhengyi’s few guys, other people calmly and wisely chose other opponents and gave up on Xiao Yi.

As events unfolded, those who chose to give up, especially several capable individuals who ended up laughing last among the top five, silently sighed in relief. They were fortunate to have made the wise decision to give up. Xiao Yi was an anomaly with extraordinary memory power. During the subsequent time, all those selected by Li Zhengyi fell at Xiao Yi’s feet without exception, becoming stepping stones for Xiao Yi.

Listerning to Xiao Yi speak eloquently about anecdotes, legends, or official history he had just read not long ago, quoting various sources extensively, he was like a walking encyclopedia. Not just the years, but even months and dates, he recounted without the slightest mistake. Looking at those chosen by Li Zhengyi, each with a pallid complexion, the onlooking guests couldn’t help wiping sweat from their foreheads while casting admiring and astonished glances at Xiao Yi.

Even some of the female guests began to look at Xiao Yi with stars in their eyes.

After all, extraordinary book-learning and memory skills are indeed an impressive talent!

Here, many male and female celebrities, who had little cultural background due to early training or other reasons, revered and admired such cultural knowledge.

Initially, some people went online to verify Xiao Yi’s statements, but later, everyone almost became numb, no longer doubting the authority of Xiao Yi’s words.

Li Zhengyi had never expected things to turn out this way; he had been prepared to watch Xiao Yi make a fool of himself, to humiliate him severely, but in the end, he watched him steal the show continuously, capturing everyone’s attention. Even he, the host, was momentarily pushed aside, his every move seeming almost like setting the stage for Xiao Yi, giving him an opportunity on purpose!

Li Zhengyi could hardly contain his frustration, nearly exploding with anger.

But no matter how angry he was, he couldn’t say anything. Xiao Yi’s "hillbilly" memory really left him speechless. Although he wanted to find something to argue about, to undermine Xiao Yi’s prestige and spirit, he never found the right opportunity to speak up.

Eventually, the last challenger was thoroughly defeated.

Xiao Yi, with a smile, looked around at his opponents, who were pale from his blows, and the guests who had cast admiring and speechless glances at him. Finally, his gaze landed on Li Zhengyi, whose face was as dark as ink. He grinned cheekily and said, "Young Master Li, it seems no one else is coming forward to challenge me. According to the rules, I presume I’ve earned a drink. When are we opening this bottle of Lafite? I’ve been talking for so long, my throat is quite dry."