Chapter 1039: Drag him away (2/2)
Long Feiye set down the goblet and Xu Donglin refilled it to the brim. There was no difference between the two cups, but Long Feiye still remained impartial and told Gu Qishao, “Pick a cup.”
Gu Qishao’s eyes twirled in his sockets before he picked up a goblet and proclaimed, “Come! Drink!”
Before he even started, Long Feiye had down the contents of the other cup into his stomach. Even if Gu Qishao regretted things now, there would be no turning back. He too, went ahead to drain the cup dry! All the cups before only served to bloat him, but this one made him give out a drunken hiccup. Everyone looked at him, but he seemed alright and was even smiling.
Yet abruptly, his eyes widened before he face-planted onto the table, unconscious!
Expressionless, Long Feiye ordered, “Xu Donglin, drag him away!”
The reunion banquet this time would be an unforgettable memory for both Tang Li and Gu Qishao. The latter ended up sleeping for three days and three nights. When he woke up, he didn’t say a peep about his loss, but only told Gu Beiyue he desperately wanted to get Ning Cheng over here to have a drinking contest with Long Feiye instead!
Like so, the New Year’s passed. No one was in the mood to celebrate for long, nor did they have the time. It was equally dull over at Tiger’s Den. Mu Linger spent New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day with Ning Jing inside her rooms. Bai Yuqiao ended up hiding outside of Su Xiaoyu’s courtyard to keep her company for a entire night. Before she left, she secretly left a red envelope under a stone on the wall.
Uncle Cheng was the same as always, hiding in his rooms all day. Manager Jin had gone to the back courtyard multiple times but never saw Mu Linger, much to his disappointment.
The New Year’s atmosphere faded after the third day or so. Han Yunxi and Long Feiye didn’t grow idle because of their change in plans. Both of them were busy with different things. Long Feiye had to keep an eye on developments in the Northern Li civil war while searching for Bai Yanqing’s whereabouts and the origins of that mysterious figure in the Poison Sect. Meanwhile, he had to review the end of year accounts from his banks.
It would be strange if Bai Yanqing wasn’t up to something after being missing for so long! Neither had the mysterious black-robed figure from Poison Sect ever turned up. These two issues made up the bulk of Long Feiye’s worries.
As for Han Yunxi, she cultivated the poison storage space and spent most of her other time with Gu Beiyue and Gu Qishao. Together, they poured over the ancient poison texts, dan pellet books, and even records of strange and fantastic stories in hopes of finding the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace. Tang Li was extremely docile and followed Gu Beiyue around all day, helping him look through the books. Sometimes he’d ask a question or two about medicine.
On this day, Han Yunxi and Long Feiye were chatting in their rooms when they heard a shriek from outdoors.
“Tang Li!” Long Feiye sprang to his feet.
It really was Tang Li’s voice, but what had happened? Alarmed, Han Yunxi joined him to run outside. As they rushed to the source of the voice, Tang Li yelled a few more times.
He’s been fine the past few days, what’s happened now?
Both Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s hearts were in their throats, but when they found Tang Li, he was clutching a thick poison codex while whooping and jumping around. Both Gu Beiyue and Gu Qishao were stunned by the sight when they arrived at the scene.
“Tang Li, what are you doing?” Long Feiye asked coldly. Although he doted on his brother, he rarely expressed it.
Tang Li turned back with a huge grin. “Big bro, the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace! The Earthly Fire Kun Furnace! I’ve found it!”
His bombshell shocked the group.
Gu Qishao was the first to rush over and snatch the codex from Tang Li’s hands. He poured over its contents before rejoicing. “So it was there!”
“Where?” Han Yunxi asked hastily.
“Guess!” Tang Li smiled.
Han Yunxi had no idea what to guess and pressed on, “Hurry and tell us. If I could guess where it was, would I be looking for it in the first place?”
“Big bro, you guess!” Tang Li crowed.
Long Feiye wasn’t as patient as Han Yunxi and simply made a grabbing motion at the air. In an instant, the poison codex flew into his hands. When he saw the record in its pages, both he and Han Yunxi were surprised!
The location was a little too…
1. The exact saying in Chinese is 借花献佛 jiehua xianfo, which literally means “present Buddha with flowers given by another.” A fancy way to say, “I’m regifting this!”
2. 玉琼浆 Yu qiong jiang, nothing special here, as Yu is jade and qiongjiang is literally “jadelike/good wine.”
3. Name for a type of wine in China, which literally translates to “red daughter.”