Chapter 295: Treasure

Chapter 295 Treasure

After two sticks of incense had burned, Li Huowang, seated on the stool, ran his hand over the gold-threaded sandalwood table before him and stepped on the soft beast fur rug beneath. Glancing around at the room's lavish interior, he knew a meal here would certainly not come cheap.

He had seen this restaurant before; it stood beside the Linglong Tower. Judging by its location, within all of Silver Ling City, it ranked among the finest.

With a creak, the door opened. Beautiful women in colorful garments brought various delicacies on trays, carrying scents of fragrance, placing them upon the round table.

As for the dishes on the table, Li Huowang hadn't just never eaten them; he couldn't even tell what ingredients they were made from.

"Hehehe~ Come, come. Brother Er, let us knock cups." Tuoba Danqing lifted the silver pot, ready to pour wine into the cup before Li Huowang.

Li Huowang's heart tightened instantly. "Brother Tuoba, I am not skilled in drinking wine, please forgive me."

Finishing his words, he picked up the teapot beside him and poured himself some. "I shall use tea instead of wine to toast you, Brother Tuoba. Wishing you everything goes well!"

Smiling broadly, Tuoba Danqing lifted his wine cup and clinked it against Li Huowang's tea cup. "Good~ Then I wish younger brother Er an early ascent to the Crimson Palace!!"

Li Huowang placed the cup of tea beneath his mask and took a gentle sip.

Tuoba Danqing flicked back his long sleeve, raised his chopsticks, and poked towards the steaming dish before him.

"Come, come, eat, eat! Taste this Ten Thousand Purples and Thousands of Reds. This dish is a specialty of Silver Ling City; you cannot find it elsewhere."

Chopsticks rose and cups fell; the atmosphere inside the room relaxed considerably. Conversing at a dinner table felt different from conversing anywhere else.

Tuoba Danqing, whose chubby face flushed with blush, clicked his tongue a few times, leaned his elbow on the round table, and spoke slowly: "Younger brother Er, from now on we are brothers of the same family. If there is anything you do not understand within the Bureau, just ask me."

"Also, remember you are now part of the Bureau of Celestial Observation. If you encounter trouble with officials, you can invoke the Bureau's name. As long as it isn't a major matter, most yamens will give us some face."

"Thank you, Brother Tuoba. Since that is the case, I won't be polite. I actually happen to have encountered some difficulties." Li Huowang extended his hand and produced the Bagua Mirror he had prepared long ago.

"This is a magical tool of the Sitting Forgetting Path, terrifying in power, but I cannot find the method to drive it. Please take a look, Brother Tuoba."

"Something of the Sitting Forgetting Path? Heh, how could they have their own things? It looks like something swindled. Let me see."

Tuoba Danqing reached out to take it, pondering carefully, his hands never stopping, nor did his mouth.

"Younger brother Er, how was that day? Tell your older brother. How did you resolve that Sitting Forgetting Path issue?"

There was naturally nothing to hide. After omitting some details regarding Black Tai Sui, Li Huowang told Tuoba Danqing the vast majority of what happened that night.

"Heh, these Sitting Forgetting Path folks, claiming others are their people again. Such scams are old news." Tuoba Danqing constantly showed a hint of disdain on his face.

"But ah, with such a simple scam, there are always a few greenhorns who fall for it."

"Actually, as long as you see through their tricks, I'll kill as many of these Sitting Forgetting Path members as come. What Great Three Elements, Small Four Joys, dice and flower cards, they are all waste products!"

Hearing that the other party began to boast, Li Huowang naturally wouldn't expose him, merely chiming in from the side.

Drinking wine and liking to brag wasn't bad; it actually made Li Huowang feel the other person was a living, breathing human being.

"This looks like a Taoist magical tool, but haven't you noticed? The Bagua positions are wrong. Kun is above, Qian is below. This kind of inverted heaven and earth Taoism, as far as I know, exists in only three places in Great Liang."

Tuoba Danqing pushed the mirror towards Li Huowang. "Alright, take it for now. I'll check and reply later. If there is a matching technique, I'll send word."

"Regardless, this thing must be valuable. I estimate it's worth at least thirty or forty years of Yang Life. Younger brother Er, your luck is quite good."

Beyond the surface meaning, this revealed that within the Bureau of Celestial Observation, the currency for transactions was not gold or silver, but Yang Life.

"Then thank you once more, Brother Tuoba."

"What are you saying? We are all one family. Why thank me for such a small matter? That makes us strangers. Drink, drink!"

Tuoba Danqing lifted the wine cup, tilted his head back to send it down his throat, lowered his head and let out a belch, then picked up his chopsticks to start eating.

Suddenly, Tuoba Danqing thought of something. He set his chopsticks on the rim of the dish and reached his hand into the cloth sack under the table.

After fishing around for a while, he pulled out over a dozen pitch-black pills. "Here, almost forgot. This is your reward for this time. Thirteen years of Yang Life. Keep it safe. It uses Pill Sealing, slightly different from your method."

Li Huowang pulled out the gourd at his waist. As the small mouth of the gourd wriggled a few times, the entire front end split open into a ferocious, sharp large mouth, swallowing those Yang Life pills one by one.

Seeing Li Huowang's gourd, Tuoba Danqing's drunken face revealed a hint of pride.

"Younger brother Er, this thing of yours isn't very good. It's not as strong as my old ragged sack. Though my bag is broken, it holds a lot."

"In the future, find some time to go to Shangjing and buy some useful magical tools there."

"Oh? The Bureau of Celestial Observation actually has a specialized place for trading?" Li Huowang was startled in his heart. Whether for future intelligence gathering or strength improvement, this offered significant help.

"How strange? It would be odd if there wasn't one."

Li Huowang agreed, quickly poured himself a tiny bit of wine, and toasted Tuoba Danqing.

Sharp perception made Li Huowang get drunk very easily, yet in certain situations, getting drunk was indeed necessary.

That night, the two drank more and more, their relationship growing better, until finally they were ready to burn yellow paper, slaughter chickens, and swear brotherhood.

Tuoba Danqing's voice reminded Li Huowang of his dormitory classmates. He seemed to return to the time when he stayed overnight in high school, that beautiful period before his illness struck.

Back then he had no mental illness and no transmigration, Yang Na was real, and his future was filled with light. "Sigh... how wonderful it would be to return to that time..."

"However, I have already joined the Bureau of Celestial Observation. Those days of uncertainty are past. From now on, it will surely get better day by day. One day I will live better than ever before!"

In a daze, Tuoba Danqing hugged Li Huowang's shoulder, leaning against the window sill looking out at the silent Silver Ling City, his voice carrying a touch of emotion: "Brother~! Look how beautiful this Silver Ling City is? The Rabbit God of Silver Ling City is also beautiful! To be honest, I haven't been here many times."

"Brother Tuoba, then I apologize! Punish myself with three cups! I actually caused Brother Tuoba to run around east and west!" Li Huowang's tongue was tied from drinking; sometimes he didn't even know what he was saying.

"Why apologize? What nonsense is that? I just happened to pass by, not specifically for you kid. Guess, guess what your older brother was doing before?"

"How could I guess? Brother Tuoba... burp, look, is the sky about to dawn? Shall we stop drinking for today?"

Hearing Li Huowang didn't pick up his cue, Tuoba Danqing was very dissatisfied. "Come here, I'll show you a good treasure! Let your little eyes open wide!"

He pulled Li Huowang back to the table edge, thumped down onto the ground, and rummaged through his yellow ragged sack.

Soon, a man's head connected with a mass of bloody viscera was dragged out of the sack by force.

"Hmm?" Li Huowang looked in shock. "Brother Tuoba, what is this?"

"Hehe, didn't know, right? This is a Heart Pure that Lord Ji Xiang and I specially went to the depths of Qingqiu to fetch!"

Upon hearing this, the Hongzhong hallucination beside them suddenly burst into laughter. He laughed happily, bending over, gasping for breath.

(End of Chapter)