Not far away, in the small pavilion on the lake, Zhou Zuixi, dressed in a luxurious outfit woven from black and gold, had a smile on his lips and a gentle curve to his eyes as he loudly asked Zhou Yuqing who stood outside the pavilion.

At this moment, Zhou Zuixi indeed possessed an air of royal nobleness, that is, if he weren't holding a jar of wine, but a folding fan instead.

"Hmm? This senior... looks somewhat familiar?" Initially, upon hearing that a woman was able to articulate the Cultivation Technique he practiced, he thought an elder of the Immortal Dynasty was present.

Yet from a distance, he recognized no one, and upon a closer look, he couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity for some reason.

"Which volume have you practiced up to?" Instead of responding, Zhou Yuqing asked another seemingly nonsensical question.

"The ninth volume..."

Zhou Zuixi, still contemplating where he had seen this senior before, answer subconsciously, but the next second, he suddenly became fully alert.

Although it wasn't a big deal for someone to know he was cultivating the Heart Confession Free Wine Immortal Scroll, it wasn't something that should be shared with a stranger.

And who knew if this person was really an elder from the Immortal Dynasty? What if she was a descendant from that ancient dynasty?

"Idiot, this is your auntie Meow!"

A flying kick akin to one from a cat landed squarely on the back of Zhou Zuixi's head.

"My aunt? Doesn't that mean... the Emperor's sister?" Zhou Zuixi's eyes widened in shock, and he looked at Zhou Yuqing with a sudden realization.

No wonder she looked so familiar, she was the Emperor's sister.

"Strange, besides that deceased second aunt, did the Emperor have other sisters?" Zhou Zuixi thought hard, his head spinning, failing to find anyone fitting from the family tree.

"The Heart Confession Free Wine Immortal Scroll is one of the Great Tang Immortal Dynasty's National Guardian Techniques, spanning nine volumes. It takes the path of refining the heart through wine before returning to the Way, with the difficulty increasing with each volume," Zhou Yuqing explained to Liang Yi and Su Youyi. As for the guard, he had already fled at the first sentence; such matter was not within his hearing.

"Cultivating through wine?" Liang Yi and Su Youyi pondered as they looked around at the wine jars scattered on the ground.

"Different wines have different flavors, containing varying Conceptions, and the feeling when one is drunk is also different." Having known the identity of the woman before him, Zhou Zuixi became indifferent, since she was an elder, there was no point in him opposing.

He never doubted that this woman was an imposter, not to mention that the subjects she spoke of were not known to those outside of the core Royal Family, even the name Heart Confession Free Wine Immortal Scroll was not something ordinary people could be aware of.

"What I seek is to maintain a thread of clarity amidst countless drunken dreams; the world is drunk, everything is drunk, but I am not drunk."

Zhou Zuixi shook the wine jar in his hand, his expression alternating between a blurred daze and a focused awareness, at times staggering as if on the verge of drunken collapse, at others, his eyes shining with a brilliant light.

"So it's 'while all are drunk, you alone are sober,' right?" Liang Yi summarized in one sentence.

"Exactly! Exactly! That's it!" Zhou Zuixi burst out laughing, the joy on his face unmistakable, truly feeling that Liang Yi's words had struck a chord with him.

Raising the wine jar in his hand, Zhou Zixi's noble air disappeared in an instant, transforming him into a carefree rogue of the streets. With an uninhibited gesture, he poured the wine directly into his mouth, instantly soaking the precious Vestment robe he wore.

It was a simple act of drinking, yet all present could sense the mysterious fluctuations from Zhou Zuixi. The pulsations leapt about, driving the Mana within him to continuously strengthen; it seemed as if the more he drank, the faster his Mana grew!

"It seems he truly has the constitution of a Wine Immortal..." Zhou Yuqing watched Zhou Zuixi and seemed to confirm something.

"Alcohol Immortal Constitution?" Su Youyi could roughly guess that this was a constitution related to alcohol, but she had no idea what exactly it entailed.

However, given that it was named with the word "Immortal," it shouldn't be something ordinary.

"The last person who had the Alcohol Immortal Constitution should have been the number one expert of the Great Tang Immortal Dynasty, the Alcohol Immortal 'Li Taibai'!" Zhou Yuqing said in a low voice.

Su Youyi's eyes flashed with surprise. She hadn't heard of the Alcohol Immortal Constitution, but she was certainly familiar with Li Taibai.

Before Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty unified everything, the Great Tang Immortal Dynasty was recognized as the premier Immortal Dynasty. And the Alcohol Immortal Li Taibai was the acknowledged number one expert of the Great Tang Immortal Dynasty, a cultivator at the peak of Seventh Realm.

But what he was most famous for was his devotion to alcohol. He would do many unthinkable things just for a new type of Spiritual Wine.

For instance, reciting poetry!

Most of the poetry that circulated among the common people today originated from the Great Tang Immortal Dynasty, and Li Taibai was the best at crafting them.

During the time Su Youyi and her senior brother relied on each other for survival, she too had briefly attended a private school to study, and her favorite activity was learning Li Taibai's poetry. However, at that time, she had no idea that this person written about on bamboo slips was actually an incredibly powerful cultivator.

Liang Yi slowly nodded. Li Taibai, could he be the Otherworld counterpart of Li Bai?

Loving alcohol, indulging in poetry, and having a great reputation too - isn't that just like Li Bai?

"Can this guy become the second Li Taibai?" Liang Yi expressed deep skepticism.

"I'm not becoming the second Li Taibai, nor will I become anyone else. It's just a coincidence to have the same constitution; I just happened to learn his cultivation technique as well," Zhou Zuixi, who was drinking, instantaneously became unhappy upon hearing this, even pausing his drinking to correct Liang Yi's misconception.

"I don't like writing poetry; I like beauties."

Having said that, Zhou Zuixi continued his binge-drinking behavior. Liang Yi's previous comment had subtly touched him; drinking alcohol wasn't necessary, but refining his heart was extremely important to him.

As long as he had a thorough understanding, he even felt that he could make a significant improvement in a short period.

"Hey? Don't tell me you've been drinking non-stop since you guys got back?" Liang Yi curiously pulled the big orange cat aside and asked quietly.

"Let me correct you, it's not us, it's just him." The big orange cat cleared itself of blame, then pointed a paw at Zhou Zuixi.

"I'm not some alcohol fiend, I was satisfied after a little while and was about to slip away."

"As for this guy, he thought it was too noisy over there, too many vulgar people, not the right atmosphere for drinking. After coming back, he insisted on dragging me in here to drink. I figured waiting for you guys there or here is the same, so I followed him in."

"..." Liang Yi looked helplessly at Zhou Zuixi, who had actually created the situation over there, and now was even complaining about it.

"But hey, I did discover some important information."

The big orange cat's proud words brought Liang Yi's thoughts back.

"What information?" Liang Yi asked casually.

"That wine this guy treated us to, called Bright Moon Edge, seems to come from the Secret Realm we're planning to visit." The big orange cat mysteriously shared the intelligence it had just obtained.