Perverted creep?
Elder Sister, what exactly did that nouveau riche do to you?
Chen Yue responded via secret voice transmission: We'll talk about that later. First, we need to trick him into swallowing the Spiral Dream-Return Pill.
Alright.
Xiaolian nodded, then looked at Gu Qingfeng and said, "Hey, nouveau riche, I heard that at the Ice Xuan Sect celebration, you scared that Young Lord Zhenghao from the Luowen family so badly he wet his pants, right?"
"Hmm, that's right. There was such an incident."
Gu Qingfeng watched the two girls with great interest, glancing at Xiaolian, then at Chen Yue, his gaze making them feel uneasy deep down. Xiaolian handled it a bit better, but Chen Yue seemed quite uncomfortable. Indeed, the moment her eyes met Gu Qingfeng's, the scene from the Black-Raven Secret Realm cave dwelling immediately flashed in her mind—when she was enveloped by the Union Bliss Breath, her body completely exposed, and this guy had shamelessly swept his eyes over her with that very same look.
Perverted creep!
Just you wait, you'll get yours later!
"This young lady came here today precisely for this matter."
"What matter?"
Gu Qingfeng laughed. "What, are you here to avenge Luowen Zhenghao?"
"Avenge him? Pfft! Why would I avenge scum like Luowen Zhenghao? Hmph! That guy harassed me before. You beating him up and scaring him into wetting his pants actually vented some of my anger for me."
"So then?"
"So, this young lady came to thank you this time."
Gu Qingfeng peeled the skin of a Red-Leaf Monster Fruit and smiled. "Well, that's good to hear."
"I heard you're quite fond of drinking. So, this young lady specially stole a jug of exquisite fine wine from our family's Ancestral Patriarch."
As she spoke, Xiaolian instructed, "Xiao Huan, pass over the exquisite fine wine. Let Young Lord Chiyan have a look."
Chen Yue, standing beside her, nodded in understanding, took out an exquisite wine jug from her storage pouch, and opened it. A refreshing, heart-soothing aroma of wine wafted out. Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but nod in praise. "Good wine!"
"At least you have some taste."
Xiaolian shot Gu Qingfeng a glance, proudly saying, "Of course this exquisite fine wine is good. What's it called again... Sea-Blue... Sea-Blue..." Perhaps she had forgotten, she looked toward Chen Yue.
Chen Yue immediately picked up, speaking softly, "Young Lord, this wine is called Sea-Blue Moon. It's brewed from over ten kinds of rare and precious resources like Mandala Blue Ice and Illusory Sea Spirit. It was unearthed from an ancient cave dwelling three thousand years ago. Since Mandala Blue Ice has long been extinct in the present day, all existing Sea-Blue Moon in the world today are peerless treasures. Every jug drunk is one less."
"That fatso Ancestral Patriarch Jiangzhu actually managed to hide something this good?"
Gu Qingfeng was a connoisseur of fine wine. The moment Chen Yue opened the jug, he knew this was Blue Moon's Heart.
Just as Chen Yue said, due to the scarcity of its resources, this fine wine had long been extinct. The existing wine was all peerless.
In his memory, that fatso from Jiangzhu Mountain was also a wine lover. If he really had something like this, he would have drunk it himself long ago; he couldn't have kept it hidden. Moreover, Gu Qingfeng didn't believe that fatso could have gotten his hands on something like this. He looked at Chen Yue.
He pondered that this girl possessed the Firebird bloodline, making her a descendant of the Phoenix, albeit a collateral branch, but still one. Only ancient families like the Phoenix descendants likely had such fine treasures.
And indeed, that was the case.
The wine was indeed stolen, but not by Xiaolian from the Jiangzhu Mountain Ancestral Patriarch. It was Chen Yue who stole it from her own family. She knew how precious Sea-Blue Moon was. Normally, her grandfather treasured it like his own heart and soul, not daring to take a single sip for so many years.
This time, to trick Gu Qingfeng, Chen Yue had gone all out, paying a heavy price by stealing this jug of wine her grandfather had cherished. Her goal was to coax Gu Qingfeng into taking the Spiral Dream-Return Pill, because she remembered her grandfather saying that any true wine lover could never resist the temptation of Sea-Blue Moon.
Of course, she wasn't foolish enough to let Gu Qingfeng drink it all. It was just for show—she poured only one cup. And into that cup, she had placed the Spiral Dream-Return Pill. She believed that once Gu Qingfeng drank this cup of wine, no matter how great his abilities, he would inevitably fall unconscious. Then, they could repay grievances with grievances, and settle debts with revenge!
"Young Lord Chiyan, please."
Gu Qingfeng took the wine cup, sniffed it, and nodded in praise again. "Such good wine..."
Opposite him, both Xiaolian and Chen Yue waited with bated breath for Gu Qingfeng to drink the wine, their hearts filled with both excitement and nervousness. But to their frustration, the guy just held the cup, kept saying it was good wine, but simply wouldn't drink.
"Young Lord Chiyan, don't just keep saying it's good wine. Drink it! Only by drinking it can you truly call it good wine."
Xiaolian was getting anxious inside.
"No hurry, no hurry."
Gu Qingfeng set the cup down again and smiled. "Such fine wine, if drunk just like that, would truly be a pity."
Chen Yue was also very anxious but forced herself to be patient. "Then how does the Young Lord think it should be drunk to not feel it's a pity?"
"As the ancient saying goes, 'Wine drinks the world to intoxication, intoxicated, one watches the beauty's dance. The dance stirs my heart, only then does the heart bloom...'"
Xiaolian was a bit confused and asked via secret transmission, "Elder Sister, what does this guy mean?"
"This damnable guy! He wants to watch us dance before he'll drink the wine..."
"Ah! I didn't expect this guy to be such a lecher! What do we do? Elder Sister, you know how to dance, right? Just dance a segment for him."
"Me dance?"
"Who else? I don't know how... Didn't you learn it last time? What was it called again? Seems like... 'The Drunken Consort's Dance to Seduce the Monarch,' right?"
Chen Yue's expression changed. She responded, "That's the dance Empress Shizun performed after getting drunk to seduce the Chixiao Monarch..."
"So what?"
"That's a... seductive dance..."
"Obviously! This guy looks all lustful. If you don't dance a seductive dance, are you going to perform a sword dance for him?"
"You little brat!"
Chen Yue had indeed learned the famous dance 'The Drunken Consort's Dance to Seduce the Monarch.' Because she admired Empress Shizun, she studied all the music and dance arts left by her. But that kind of dance was really... too explicit.
Everyone under heaven knew that Empress Shizun once admired the Chixiao Monarch, but the Chixiao Monarch remained unmoved. Hence, after getting drunk, Empress Shizun used her dance to seduce the Monarch. One could imagine how provocative that dance must have been...
"Oh, Elder Sister, why are you still hesitating? This is the Spiral Dream-Return Pill and a cup of Sea-Blue Moon! If we waste this chance, it would be such a shame!"
Right!
Chen Yue thought it over carefully. Both the Sea-Blue Moon and the Spiral Dream-Return Pill were extremely precious. If they succeeded in tricking this guy into drinking it, she could accept any punishment from her grandfather upon returning. But if they wasted this opportunity and still got punished upon returning, that would be truly infuriating.
After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Yue steeled her heart, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "Alright... I'll dance for you..."