I took a sip with joy, savoring the smooth taste that lingered on my lips and teeth, and immediately decided to stay and drink!

As time went by, Zhang Lingyun, who got very close to the masked boy and chatted with him, and who became tipsy due to drinking too much wine, did not notice that the invisibility charm had expired.

The masked boy looked at the man who suddenly revealed his figure in front of him. His handsome and delicate cheeks had a peach-like pink blush, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.

"How lucky I am to be able to discuss the past and present with my Taoist friends over good wine and delicious food!"

Zhang Lingyun drank another glass of sweet and delicious wine, tried his best to stabilize his body, and raised his eyes to look at the masked boy who had not spoken for a long time.

When we discovered that under his half-mask, the dimples that appeared due to his smile seemed to be filled with fragrant wine, people couldn't help but want to confirm the fact of their existence.

"I'm so lucky to meet you!"

The masked boy's unchanging smile became brighter and brighter, as if the person in front of him had an indescribable attraction that made it impossible to look away.

"Why are you smiling so happily? Ah...what's going on! Alas...,"

Zhang Lingyun immediately put his thoughts into action. He wanted to tease the other person with bad intentions. Just as he reached out to poke the masked boy's cheek, he suddenly realized that he could see his own arm clearly. He was instantly confused and didn't know what to do.

When Zhang Lingyun was completely awakened by his stupid behavior and thought of covering up his appearance, his eyes swept across the extremely calm and calm expression of the masked boy, and Zhang Lingyun immediately gave up this meaningless action.

"Senior brother, senior brother, senior brother Lingyun...!"

When Zhang Lingyun was extremely embarrassed, Zhang Lingfeng's voice shouting around in the imperial garden successfully diverted the two people's attention.

"Junior Brother Feng, the banquet is over and you can go back now, right?"

"Senior brother, hurry up and follow me to the banquet. He is provoking the people of the country and competing with my junior sister in pot throwing!"

Finally finding Zhang Lingyun's trace, Zhang Lingfeng briefly explained the problem, then anxiously took his senior brother's hand and rushed downstairs.

Completely ignoring Zhang Lingyun's uncoordinated hands and feet due to drunkenness, he staggered directly towards the stairs with his head facing downwards.

"ah...…!"

Just when Zhang Lingyun was confused by the unexpected situation, completely forgetting that he, a monk, had magic around him, he closed his eyes in resignation and exclaimed, preparing to face the harm.

A pair of powerful and extremely warm hands tightly grasped Zhang Lingyun's arm that was waving towards the void, and pulled it upward with force, making Zhang Lingyun's body like a grass fluttering in the wind, hitting the solid chest of the person applying the force.

"well...…,"

Seeing that Zhang Lingyun was about to fall, the panicked masked boy just wanted to save others, and subconsciously moved too hard, causing Zhang Lingyun to hit his chest and fall backwards due to the excessive momentum.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Lingyun was pulled back and forth like a roly-poly. He finally regained his balance, but was dragged down by the rescuer's unconscious actions, and finally fell onto the solid chest of the masked boy.

"Ahem...!"

The masked boy who was used as a meat pad was hit twice in succession. Although he was not seriously injured due to his strong body, he was so suffocated because someone pressed his chest so hard that he could hardly breathe. The face is red!

"Ah, get up quickly... I was just sorry, thank you!"

Zhang Lingyun, who was so drunk that he couldn't hold back the feeling of gastric juices surging up, hurriedly pulled up the masked boy. After settling him down and sitting firmly, he hurriedly bowed and apologized.

Although the two of them were drinking and chatting just now, and it would not be a big deal if they fell over themselves as immortal cultivators, they did receive help from the masked boy just now, so they should be polite.

"Third Senior Brother, what happened?"

"You almost made me fall on my face, and I got implicated for helping you!"

Looking at the young junior brother with innocence written all over his face, Zhang Lingyun rolled his eyes and began to ignore this reckless junior brother. He stood still and waited for the masked boy to speak.

"Fellow Taoist, there's no need to worry about it. It's just a simple task. Don't you still have things to deal with?"

Seeing Zhang Lingyun's embarrassed and helpless expression, the masked boy smiled meaningfully again, patted the other person's arm gently, stood up suddenly, and walked towards the stairs.

"Well, fortunately, this young master is a good person and has not offended this force!"

Looking at the back of the masked boy who had entered the Qin'an Palace, Zhang Lingyun gently stroked his beating heart, exhaled slowly, and walked slowly towards the stairs.

"It seems that the Qing dynasty is really declining! It's so interesting that Yin is prosperous and Yang is declining!"

"Don't say that! It makes it seem like we don't respect others!"

"That's right! Women should stay at home to take care of their husbands and raise children, and how decent it would be to show up in public!"

Stepping into the Qin'an Hall again, Zhang Lingyun couldn't help but frown as he listened to the noisy discussions among the people, and gently rubbed his forehead and temples to relieve the boredom.

Looking up, he saw a man sitting on the dragon chair at the top, wearing a golden crown with jewels in his hair, and a bright-colored brocade robe embroidered with a dragon pattern on the sea.

His long, flying eyebrows were slightly raised, and his black jade-like pupils shone with a hint of fierceness. His inherent majesty and innate nobility made his whole person exude a kingly aura that shocked the world.

And there was a bohemian smile on his cold and handsome face.

"Junior brother, it will be fine if you come back!"

Zhang Lingxiao, who was still distracted, glanced at the entrance of the hall from time to time. When he saw the appearance of his third junior brother, he ran over as if he had received a reassurance.

"Tell me what happened, Master, what do they mean?"

Looking at the empty space in the main hall, the junior sister was standing with a relatively thin Japanese man.

The two of them each held a slender bamboo arrow in their hands. On a wooden frame more than ten meters away, a copper coin with a red thread hanging on it was pushed by the chamberlain and swayed back and forth extremely unsteadily.

"During the banquet, there were always various dances to add to the fun. I didn't expect that group of Chinese people to play some games. The people talking were all juniors, so Master couldn't speak!"

"Obviously they are deliberately looking for trouble, and they are specifically targeting our immortal cultivators from the Qing Dynasty. They have defeated two waves of people and they are not satisfied!"

Zhang Lingfeng saw that his elder brother was too tactful in his words, so he directly pulled Zhang Lingyun's sleeve and scolded the Chinese people for their despicable behavior in a low voice.

"Junior sister was afraid that if we failed, we would lose the reputation of the 'Zhengyi Sect', so we faced everyone's disdain and ended up competing!"

As the husband-in-law of my younger junior sister, I was unable to

Protecting his wife's reputation at such a critical moment, and requiring her to make sacrifices to protect the majesty of the sect, Zhang Lingyu silently lowered his head in guilt.

"It's just a small matter, just throwing bamboo arrows. Even if they cheat, there is a way!"

Zhang Lingyun relied on his innate spirit-gathering physique to sense that the men participating in the game were emitting inexplicable energy fluctuations. The hanging copper coins were also shrouded in a similar energy.

If Zhang Lingyun's guess is correct, this man should have taken advantage of today's royal banquet, and no monks around him would release their spiritual sense to detect the situation, so he dared to cheat in such a big way!

"What...what? Third Junior Brother, are you sure?"

"Junior Brother Lingyun is born with a special physique. He can sense fluctuations in spiritual power without releasing his spiritual consciousness!"

Seeing the second junior brother looking at Zhang Lingyun with questioning eyes, Zhang Lingxiao immediately clarified the facts for the junior brother in a low voice, and held the second junior brother's arm tightly to prevent the other junior brother from getting angry and revealing the truth without any scruples.

"Everyone think of a way to sabotage this competition without anyone noticing!"

Although Zhang Lingyun didn't know what his junior sister's technique was, if the energy restraint on the wooden frame was broken, at least the competition would be fair, but the actual implementation was a bit difficult.

"Whoosh...,"

As a loud buzzing sound was heard, the Japanese had successfully thrown a bamboo arrow, and successfully passed through the hole of the copper coin that was moving more than ten meters away.

"Oh ho, that's awesome!"

"Beautiful, this is much more interesting than that boring song and dance!"

"That beautiful little sister, it's your turn to take action, come on!"

The crowd, who were so drunk that they could hardly walk unsteadily, cheered and cheered for such a wonderful performance, and at the same time urged Zhang Lingshuang to move faster.

Zhang Lingyun walked slowly into the center of the hall, whispered in Zhang Lingshuang's ears about the cheating of the Chinese people, and suggested that the junior sister aim at the red rope, which is harder to hit, so as to kill two birds with one stone.

"Third Senior Brother, I don't know how to play bamboo arrows at all, and they don't allow substitutions on the spot!"

"Just think of it as a pebble and just throw it away!"

After hearing the young junior sister's grievances and accusations, Zhang Lingyun felt a surge of energy and blood, and his brain, which was already full of alcohol, was filled with stars, and he wanted to faint on the spot.

Zhang Lingyun, who endured the dizziness, softly comforted the junior sister and said the only advice he could give now.

"Whoosh...,"

As Zhang Lingshuang threw the bamboo arrow full of hope, the sound of breaking through the air sounded again, and everyone held their breath and stared at the bamboo arrow intently.

After seeing the bamboo arrow hit the wooden frame in an extremely embarrassing manner, everyone present burst into laughter, regardless of the identity of the other party as a woman.

"These guys who take every step to make a fool of themselves will not be much better themselves!"

While Zhang Lingyun was holding a bamboo arrow, struggling with how to release spiritual power in a low-key manner and dispel the opponent's energy interference, without being noticed by so many pairs of eyes around him, a figure unexpectedly appeared!

"How do you play with this thing? I want to try it too!"

The masked boy grabbed the jug and drank it all in one gulp. He tossed the jug and staggered to Zhang Lingshuang's side. He picked up a handful of bamboo arrows and threw them at the copper coins without any plan.

"Whoosh, whoosh...!"

Accompanied by bursts of sound piercing the air, the bamboo arrows seemingly thrown randomly by the masked boy changed shapes in the void, forming an arc like a smile, and shot straight towards the copper coins.

Just when everyone thought the shot was a sure hit, the masked boy suddenly slipped due to drunkenness and fell directly in the direction of the Japanese man.

The man who felt something was different instinctively stepped back, and it was this short action that caused the tall figure of the masked boy to block the man's extremely focused eyes.

"Boom..., clatter...,"

The masked boy fell to the ground without any image, and the sound of bamboo arrows falling to the ground was also remembered. In an instant, the whole audience gasped and booed one after another.

Some people were secretly delighted by the masked man's ugly appearance, but even more people had doubts about the entire competition because the copper coin suddenly trembled abnormally.

"So many bamboo arrows were shot at the same time but none of them hit. It turns out that someone is shameless and openly acting rogue!"

"Oh, fellow Taoist, what you said is wrong. The red rope was bent, but the bamboo arrow didn't pass through the copper coin. This is enough to prove the skill of this spell caster!"
To be continued...