Chapter 396 - Daily Life in a Demon Sect (6) (1/2)

Although the Village Head felt some anger after hearing the report, he still suppressed it and brought along some servants to Shi Sheng’s little residence.

Shi Sheng gave him a few once-overs.

‘Still came, even though I was so unfriendly? If that doesn’t spell “I have an ulterior motive”, I’ll(bbb) carry your damn shoes.’

“Take a seat.”

The Village Head, “…” ‘Doesn’t this place belong to me?’

After taking a deep breath, the Village Head spoke like a proper host, “Are you comfortable here, Ms Wu Zheng?”

“I guess.”

“If you have anything you’re unsatisfied with, you can tell me. I’ll get people to make arrangements.”

“Okay.”

No matter what the Village Head said, Shi Sheng only replied with “I guess”, “okay”, or “oh”.

The Village Head tried to keep up a conversation for a while but was struggling to do so, due to it mostly being one-sided. He fell silent for a few seconds before continuing on, “Have you eaten yet, Ms Wu Zheng?”

Shi Sheng lifted her eyes slightly, so that her gaze met his. The look she gave him was rather odd—as if she was looking at a rare object.

The Village Head didn’t know why, but he felt a coldness creeping up his spine.

That feeling lasted for only a moment. When he looked again, the woman had already lowered her eyelashes, her expression placid as she spoke, “I haven’t.”

‘That must’ve just been me.’ The Village Head comforted himself inwardly before asking, “If Ms Wu Zheng doesn’t mind, how about I accompany you for a drink?”

Shi Sheng looked up once more, a derisive smile on her face. “Village Head, you want a girl like me to drink alcohol? What are you planning on doing, eh?”

The Village Head, “…” ‘As someone in jianghu, who doesn’t drink wine?’

“Just kidding. To share a drink with you is an honour.” ‘Which you’ve accumulated over a few lifetimes.’

The Village Head sent people to prepare the meal while he chatted about mundane things with Shi Sheng, who gave the occasional reply.

Despite her rude and arrogant attitude, the Village Head kept holding himself back from displaying any hint of dissatisfaction.

‘Well now, that’s interesting.’

The meal was soon served. Shi Sheng swept a glance over it and didn’t find anything off.

“Ms Wu Zheng, do see if it’s to your taste.”

“If I don’t like it, would you get people to re-do it?”

The Village Head, “…” ‘That was just basic courtesy, okay?!’

He suppressed his thoughts.

The meal was actually quite tasty—at least it was better than the stuff Shi Sheng had had to make do with out in the wilderness.

She ate without much pause, drinking whenever the Village Head toasted to her. After several cups of wine, a rather uncomfortable burning sensation started to form in her stomach, though she showed no outward signs of this.

Towards the end, even when the Village Head felt like he couldn’t continue on, the person sitting opposite him still appeared unfazed.

“Village Head, it’s getting late, so I won’t drink with you anymore.” Shi Sheng was telling him to leave.

“Oh… Okay… Then rest well… Ms Wu Zheng…” The Village Head muttered somewhat incoherently, as he drunkenly waved her goodbye. One of his servants immediately came forth to support him out.

Shi Sheng sat and rested for a moment.

Worlds with inner energy wouldn’t contain spirit energy. Since she couldn’t cheat by using spirit energy, she could only try to deal with the alcohol on her own. Luckily it seemed that Wu Zheng’s tolerance was quite high.

……

Only once the Village Head left the courtyard and got a distance away did he brush off the person supporting him, continuing onwards with a dark expression.

Wu Zheng was an ancestor-level expert in poisons; he naturally didn’t dare to use poison against her. But he hadn’t expected for a girl like her to have such high alcohol tolerance.

“Village Head?” Ah Fu asked somewhat tentatively. He kept feeling that Wu Zheng had already discovered their intentions.

“Go find out if she has any weaknesses.” The Village Head spoke with a dark face.

Ah Fu replied respectfully, “Wu Zheng is an orphan who was adopted by Medicine Granny. But now that Medicine Granny is dead, she doesn’t have any other family. At least…I haven’t heard of anyone being particularly close to her.”

Towards the end, Ah Fu’s tone weakened.

The Village Head smiled coldly as he spoke certainly, “All humans have weaknesses.”