bookbashuk Chapter 1005: Burning Xiao
Chapter 1005: Burning Xiao
At night, everything is quiet. A bright moon hangs high in the sky, casting a silvery glow and illuminating the sea surface of Guyun Pavilion.
The Death Star was quietly docked on the shore of Solitary Cloud Pavilion, swaying gently with the waves.
Beidou was busy all day and finally found the goods to be sent to Xumi in Liyue Harbor.
After some bargaining, she successfully negotiated the price, boarded the small boat, and returned to the Death Star.
When Beidou climbed the rope ladder and stepped onto the deck, she felt a wave of fatigue, especially in her waist and back.
She couldn't help but moan.
"I am back."
Shao Yun, who was standing on the deck enjoying the breeze, turned around immediately when he heard Beidou's voice.
Seeing Beidou's tired face, he hurried forward and asked with concern, "Captain Beidou, have you found the cargo to be sent to Xumi?"
Beidou nodded, a smile on his face, and replied: "I found it. Liyue Harbor is the most prosperous commercial port in all of Teyvat. It's nothing."
When Shao Yun heard that the goods were ready, he thought it was time to pay her the reward, so he treated her to a drink.
"In that case, I've prepared the wine and other things, and the snacks are already on the table on the deck."
Beidou looked at the wine and snacks prepared on the table not far away, and said with a greedy look, "Oh? That's perfect! Today I want to have a drinking contest with Mr. Shao Yun!"
……
The two of them sat down one after another, and the wooden benches made a slight sound when they collided with the deck, which was particularly clear in the quiet night.
The light from the lanterns on the boat poured down, coating the wine jars, bottles and dishes on the table with a warm golden edge.
Beidou picked up the wine bowl, raised his wrist, and swallowed the amber yellow wine down his throat into his stomach.
As his Adam's apple rolled, the bowl was soon empty.
She slammed the empty bowl onto the table with a crisp "clang" sound, then opened her mouth carelessly, exhaled freely, and blurted out an exclamation of praise with a hint of alcohol.
"It's so satisfying, so satisfying, ah... This alcohol is really strong!"
Shao Yun held his own bowl, looking at her carefree appearance, and said with a hint of teasing in his tone: "Well, this reputation of 'three bowls and you're done' isn't just an exaggeration, right?"
Beidou nodded vigorously, picked up a large piece of venison with chopsticks, put it into his mouth, and said incoherently while chewing:
"Good, very good! This wine is really mellow, smooth on the throat, but the aftertaste rises slowly, so comfortable!"
"This meat is also very tasty. The more you chew it, the more fragrant it becomes. It is perfect for drinking."
Shao Yun took a sip of rice wine and his eyes fell on the neatly arranged rows of glass bottles next to him.
He pointed at the bottles and slowly introduced them, "The wine in that jar is 'Three Bowls Don't Pass the Port' yellow wine."
"These glass bottles of wine... well, you could think of them as Fontaine wine. The flavor is very different from Liyue wine."
"Fontainebleau wine?" Beidou's eyes lit up instantly. She put down her chopsticks and reached out to pick up a bottle.
"Really? I've never tasted wine from Fontaine before. I really need to try it!"
Before she finished speaking, she had already unscrewed the bottle cap neatly, and a refreshing scent completely different from rice wine instantly spread out, with a hint of the fragrance of plants.
Without waiting for Shao Yun to say anything else, Beidou tilted his head back and started drinking. The "dun dun" sound of his swallowing was particularly clear in the night. In just a few moments, the bottle of wine was empty.
She wiped the corner of her mouth, smacked her lips, savored it carefully for a moment, and gave her own evaluation.
"This wine is completely different from rice wine. It's dry and refreshing, with a hint of spiciness, but not as strong as our Liyue baijiu. The stimulation comes and goes quickly, which is quite unique. It feels pretty good!"
Shao Yun looked at the empty bottle of "Gin" in her hand, smiled and raised his own wine bowl.
"As long as you like it. Come on, cheers."
Beidou immediately picked up the jar of rice wine on the table, filled his bowl with wine again, and gently touched it against Shao Yun's bowl, making a crisp sound.
"cheers!"
She tilted her head back and took another big sip. The wine slid down the corners of her mouth and dripped onto her clothes, but she didn't care.
……
As the night deepens, the sea breeze blows in with even greater coolness.
Alcohol is something that makes you drunk easily when mixed with other drinks.
At the beginning, Beidou was able to clink glasses with Shao Yun, drink a bowl of rice wine, and then open a bottle of gin, feeling very heroic.
But gradually, her eyes began to wander, her cheeks turned as red as ripe apples, and even her speech became incoherent.
After drinking another glass of wine, Beidou shook his head violently.
She subconsciously covered her forehead with her hand, but the slight coolness from her fingertips couldn't suppress the surging dizziness. She muttered, "Ugh... I feel so dizzy..."
Shao Yun looked at her like this, raised his hand and gently shook the wine bowl in his hand, his consciousness still clear.
Because Shao Yun has the effect of the "Legendary Wolf Heart Ornament", he will get drunk only after drinking twice as much wine.
So, he is not drunk at all now.
He put down the wine bowl and was about to say something, but he saw Beidou suddenly raised his head and looked at him with a dazed look.
When people are drunk, their mouths are like they have no control over themselves, and they just say whatever is on their mind.
Beidou leaned forward slightly, leaning on the table. He spoke drunkenly, reeking of alcohol, "Mr. Shao Yun, tell me, how come you're so lucky?"
When Shao Yun heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he almost laughed out loud.
I am so lucky, you are such a joke!
He shook his head and said in a lighthearted tone, "I'm lucky? Beidou, you really love to joke."
When Beidou heard Shao Yun's denial, he immediately frowned and argued with a slightly louder voice: "Why don't you have a good life?"
As she spoke, she stretched out her fingers and fiddled with them clumsily, muttering to herself in a drunken mess.
"You're Ningguang's favorite now. People like her are always trying to curry favor with you and befriend you."
"You are also the general of the Inazuma resistance army. You have money, power, and status. Many people would beg for it."
She paused, then stretched out another finger, her eyes filled with envy.
"And now you're married to Ying and have a child. Your family is so happy. How can you be so unlucky!"
Shao Yun listened to Beidou recounting every detail one by one, especially when he heard "married Ying", his heart seemed to be gently hit by something, and a warmth slowly spread.
He looked at the stars twinkling in the distant night, a gentle smile on his lips, and said softly: "If you say so, I feel that my life is pretty good."
Seeing that he agreed with his statement, Beidou immediately clapped his hands with a smile, pointed at Shao Yun with his fingers not yet flexible, and said drunkenly:
"Yeah, you! You're just being ungrateful!"
……
Just as Shao Yun and Beidou were drinking on the Death Star, at the same time, a strange atmosphere was spreading over Wuwangpo in Liyue.
Although the Ruling of Life and the Ruling of Death have repaired the boundary between life and death in Liyue, the death energy and abyss breath that leaked out before have become a thorny problem.
However, this problem is neither difficult nor easy, after all, the boundary between life and death has been repaired.
Now, all that was left was for Kurumi to deal with the leaked death energy and abyssal power in her usual way.
As for Xiao, he was in a high-intensity combat state throughout the whole day.
He engaged in a fierce battle with those crazy monsters tainted by the aura of death, and at the same time he had to destroy those souls polluted by the power of the abyss.
During the battle, Xiao was inevitably contaminated by the death energy and the power of the abyss, which caused great damage to his body.
Fortunately, Shao Yun had previously given Xiao a bottle of powerful magic supplement.
This bottle of supplement played an important role at the critical moment, helping Xiao resist the erosion of death energy and abyss power on his body.
Otherwise, with the amount of death energy Xiao has been exposed to, he might very well go insane and follow in the footsteps of the other four Yakshas...
Now, the entire Wuwangpo has returned to silence, and Xiao can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
At this moment, although the concentration of death energy in the air of Wuwangpo will not affect Xiao, it is a deadly threat to ordinary creatures.
Xiao was so tired as if all his strength had been drained away. He knelt on one knee, holding the Hepu Yuan tightly in the ground with his right hand.
His body was shaking slightly, and every breath was accompanied by a weak cough.
"Ahem..."
Just when Xiao's consciousness was a little dazed, Zhongli, who was guarding Qingce Manor, immediately rushed to Wuwangpo to look for Xiao after waiting for Zhenjun Xueyue Zhuyang and Zhenjun Lishui Dieshan to take over.
When Zhongli saw Xiao kneeling on one knee exhausted on the ground, his heart suddenly tightened. He strode forward and asked with concern:
"Xiao, are you hurt?"
When Xiao heard Zhongli's voice, he slowly raised his head and said in a voice as dry as a riverbed exposed to the scorching sun:
"I'm fine, Emperor... I'm just a little tired..."
Zhongli felt a pang of pain in his heart when he saw Xiao looking so weak.
He squatted down, gently placed the index and middle fingers of his right hand on Xiao's neck, carefully feeling his breath.
After a while, Zhongli breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"As I expected, the death energy entered my body, but it was much less than I expected..."
Zhongli stood up and said, "Xiao needs some time to rest so that his body can slowly expel the dead air and recover its vitality."
Xiao slowly took out the empty bottle of powerful magical tonic that Shao Yun had given him during the day from his arms.
"Mr. Shao Yun gave me a bottle of this..." Xiao's voice was hoarse, with a hint of fatigue and weakness.
"After drinking it, I feel much better. If it weren't for this bottle of supplement, I'm afraid I would have lost consciousness by now."
After saying that, Xiao turned his gaze towards the distance, which was the direction of Qingce Manor, and said worriedly:
"As for Qingce Village...how are the residents there? Have they been affected?"
Seeing this, Zhongli quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, the death energy hasn't affected that place yet."
"Besides, Ningguang has already dispatched the Thousand Rocks Army to Wuwangpo, sealed the entrance there, and evacuated all the residents of Qingce Village."
After hearing the news, Xiao felt relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"That's good... ahem."