Chapter 1766: Haven’t You Ever Wondered Why?

"This... this won’t do!"

Manager Zhou wasn’t as thick-skinned as Ma Nanfeng. Seeing this, he instinctively tried to push the wine pot away, quickly speaking out, which made Yun Xiao have a bit more favorable impression of him.

However, just as Manager Zhou was about to push the jade wine pot back to Yun Xiao, the latter unexpectedly released his hand at that moment, causing the unbalanced wine pot to head downwards, ready to fall.

"Oh no!"

Upon seeing this, Manager Zhou couldn’t help but exclaim. Fortunately, he was a Heavenly Realm Late Stage expert, quick in reaction and speed. In this critical moment, he managed to lower his arm and catch the wine pot.

The jade wine pot is unlike iron or silver ones; if it were to fall to the ground, it would instantly shatter into pieces, and a pot of Holy Rank Wine would be a total waste.

Moreover, even if the jade pot didn’t break, just a little spillage would cause Manager Zhou heartache for years. He never imagined that this young boy would treat Holy Rank Wine so carelessly.

Little did Manager Zhou know, the one before him was the Long Xiao Battle God in his previous life. What Holy Rank Wine hadn’t he seen before? In Yun Xiao’s eyes, this Ice Sandal Jade Liquid was quite ordinary.

No matter how high-ranking the wine, it’s ultimately just wine, something that drunken sots dream of. Although Yun Xiao was a wine enthusiast in his former life, he wasn’t a heavy drinker or indulgent in pleasures, unlike ordinary drinkers.

People like Ma Nanfeng coveted this Holy Rank Wine not just for its unique taste but more for the chance of gaining insights to break through to the Holy Vein Third Realm.

But Yun Xiao was a reincarnated extraordinary person. With his former self being a peak figure of the Holy Vein Third Realm, he experienced no bottlenecks below the highest realm attainable in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

Other people struggle to comprehend the Heavenly Dao, whereas it was effortless for Yun Xiao. Thus, the Holy Rank Wine Ice Sandal Jade Liquid was merely a trivial indulgence for him.

Since that was the case, why not use it as a favor to gamble on that elusive opportunity? Should Murong Sou truly be the hidden owner of Drunken Immortal Restaurant and conveys the message in time, it would also be an opportunity for Yun Xiao.

Yun Xiao considered searching the Drunken Immortal Restaurant but knew clearly that the items given to Murong Sou by Xu Tongshi would not be casually placed and are likely carried personally.

Therefore, Yun Xiao refrained from useless efforts. For a person like Murong Sou, if he didn’t want to be found, flipping the Drunken Immortal Restaurant upside down would be futile.

As to whether Manager Zhou could find him in Drunken Immortal City, Yun Xiao was not concerned at all. Moreover, he believed that after today, many more people would pay attention to him.

"Wait... wait... I haven’t agreed yet! Well... fine!"

As Manager Zhou finally caught the jade pot and was pondering, the plainly dressed boy turned and walked out of the hall, snapping him back to reality, calling out repeatedly.

Yet Yun Xiao ignored Manager Zhou’s calls until he heard the latter’s last two words, a faint, enigmatic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Who is this extraordinary boy, really?"

Inside the hall, holding the jade pot, Manager Zhou was a bit dazed. Even though he hadn’t opened it, he could sense that the wine within was anything but ordinary.

To casually gift such precious Holy Rank Wine, to say the boy was a native from some remote northwestern region, Manager Zhou wouldn’t believe it, even at the cost of his life.

But no matter how hard Manager Zhou racked his brains, he couldn’t recall any sect or family with a genius like "Yun Xiao." However, this time, he indeed received an enormous favor from Yun Xiao.

This was Holy Rank Wine, even if it couldn’t help him break through to the Holy Vein Third Realm, it still held great hope for helping him advance to the Heavenly Realm Peak.

"Alas, it seems I have to use that item again!"

As the saying goes, once you accept someone’s favor, you are bound by it. Now, Manager Zhou couldn’t even return the wine, so he passively accepted it, murmuring to himself as he turned his head and walked deeper into the Zuichun Hall.

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Yun Xiao, stepping out of Zuichun Hall, was led by the Drunken Immortal Restaurant guard back to the lobby. However, just as he reached the doorway, faint exclamations were heard from outside.

"What’s going on?"

Hearing those exclamations, Yun Xiao didn’t feel much but was slightly curious, wondering if there might be another spectacle to watch.

"Ah!"

At this moment, Yun Xiao suddenly heard a painful cry in his ears again. The cry was somewhat familiar to him, causing his face to turn somber instantly.

"Lu Ye!"

These two words were almost squeezed out from Yun Xiao’s teeth. After a brief moment of reflection, he remembered who the cry belonged to.

Immediately, Yun Xiao quickened his pace a bit. When he parted the gathering crowd and saw the miserable figure outside the second-floor pavilion, his eyes filled with anger.

In the open space outside the second-floor pavilion, there extended four ropes as thick as a child’s arm, each tied to one of the pavilion’s four eaves.

The other ends of the ropes were tied to the limbs of a human figure, who was none other than Lu Ye, who had a good relationship with Yun Xiao at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.

However, Lu Ye was now covered in blood. Yun Xiao’s powerful Power of Soul could sense clearly that the muscles and bones in his hands and feet had been broken.

The person who broke Lu Ye’s limbs was extremely ruthless. Lu Ye was already in unbearable pain, and now his limbs were tied with four ropes. The intensity of such pain is imaginable.

Even with Lu Ye’s resilience, he couldn’t help but continually scream in agony, causing the many cultivators below to show expressions of sympathy. However, upon seeing the three figures standing on the pavilion, they dared not utter any words of reproach.

"Ma Nanfeng!"

At this moment, Yun Xiao’s gaze also turned to the three figures. Upon seeing them, he found that they were not unfamiliar; they were indeed the three big shots of the Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace.

The one standing in front was the Emperor Palace Supervisor Ma Nanfeng. Beside him, the one-armed Great Elder Shan Changxin was present, and the other one was also a strong figure from the Emperor Palace who had reached the Heavenly Realm Late Stage.

"Ma Nanfeng, as the Supervisor of this Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace, is your mind really so narrow?"

When Yun Xiao’s gaze turned to the three figures, Ma Nanfeng seemed to sense something and immediately turned his head, causing Yun Xiao to immediately lose control and shout aloud, startling everyone.

The cultivators in this Drunken Immortal City were not all participants in the Drunken Immortal Conference. Many of them were seeing Yun Xiao for the first time, not knowing who he was.

However, though they didn’t recognize Yun Xiao, they knew Emperor Palace Supervisor Ma Nanfeng, which was why they didn’t dare voice their discontent about Lu Ye’s treatment by the Emperor Palace.

Over the past hundred years, the Emperor Palace’s influence had spread throughout the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, with its domineering style deeply rooted in people’s hearts. Anyone who dared to offend them would end up extremely miserable.

Yet, this rough-clothed young man who seemed to appear out of nowhere seemed not to fear Ma Nanfeng at all. His words carried undisguised sarcasm; was he courting death?

"Hmph, does the Emperor Palace need a young beast like you to instruct us on what to do?"

Pointed and questioned by Yun Xiao, Ma Nanfeng’s old and new grudges surged in his heart. He let out a cold snort, then pointed at Lu Ye, whose face still showed a pained expression.

"Do you see? Because of your arrogance, Yun Xiao, your friend’s limbs are broken, turning him into a cripple. Haven’t you thought about the reason?"

Seemingly wanting to assert his authority publicly, Ma Nanfeng didn’t attack Yun Xiao immediately. His words made the crowd learn Yun Xiao’s name for the first time.

In the corner of the crowd, a somewhat dejected figure’s eyes held a trace of viciousness, along with an unquenchable pleasure, overwhelmed with mixed emotions.

If Lu Ye had been conscious, he might have recognized this person as his old rival, Yu Xu, a hapless guy left severely injured by Ma Nanfeng in Zuichun Hall.

Yu Xu, filled with venom towards Ma Nanfeng yet undeniably pleased by his old enemy Lu Ye’s misery, dared not make a sound at this time, fearing Ma Nanfeng’s wrath might turn his way again.

"I may not have thought about the reason, but I only know that today, Ma Nanfeng, or the Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace, will pay the price for their actions!"

Yun Xiao didn’t answer Ma Nanfeng’s question, but after his bold words were spoken, the area around the Drunken Immortal City fell into sudden silence. Many thought they had misheard; was there really someone who dared openly challenge the Emperor Palace?

The Emperor Palace, after all, was a subordinate organization of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Sovereign Canglong Emperor Palace, offending them meant offending the Canglong Emperor Palace. Over the past century, how many dared to do so?

And those who did, had long turned to piles of bones. Numerous facts proved that those Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Cultivators who dared challenge the Emperor Palace died with miserable fates, even dragging their Sect Family down with them.

What these people didn’t know was that entire Emperor Palaces in two cities had already been uprooted by the bold and outspoken youth.

At this moment, they all thought the boy had lost his mind, speaking such madness here.