7 Killers

Chapter 2 - Injury Of The Self-Inflicted Nature

Part 1

The cups were tall and ancient, filled with mellow, thirty-year old wine.

The green-clad, middle-aged man poured six cups.

Dragon Fifth said, "You alone can accomplish a task set for three people. You should also be able to drink the wine of three."

Liu Changjie replied. "This is good wine. I could drink thirty cups!"

His alcohol tolerance was high, and he drank quickly.

And got drunk.

People who have a high alcohol tolerance but drink quickly, also can get drunk easily.

Suddenly, he slipped off the bench as if it were made from slick mud.

Dragon Fifth crouched next to him and stared, as if he were meditating.

The fragrance of wine drifted throughout the room, and outside it was very quiet.

After a very long time, Dragon Fifth suddenly said, "Ask."

Lan Tianmeng immediately approached. Grabbing Liu Changjie by the hair, he poured half a pot of wine onto his face.

Sometimes wine makes drunk people sober.

"What is your surname?" said Lan Tianmeng. "What is your given name?"

"I'm surnamed Liu. Given name Changjie." It seemed Liu Changjie's tongue was swollen to twice its normal size.

"Where did you grow up?"

"Jinan Prefecture, Yang Liu Village."

"Who taught you martial arts?"

"I taught myself." Liu Changjie giggled. "No one is good enough to be my master, and I have the Book of Heaven."

This wasn't all just drunk talk.

In the world, there were many secret martial arts manuals that had been lost for ages, then were suddenly discovered again.

Lan Tianmeng continued: "Have you mastered all the techniques of this martial art?"

"I've studied enough. I'm not stupid."

"Who sent you here?"

"I sent myself. At first I was thinking of killing Dragon Fifth." He suddenly smiled. "If I killed him, then I would be the most famous person under heaven."

"It seems that you're unable to kill him, after all."

"I'm not stupid." Liu Changjie continued. "Being the second most famous person under heaven is good too ... He asks me to sit, asks me to drink, he must also be able to see my ability."

Lan Tianmeng wanted to continue questioning him, but Dragon Fifh waved his hand. "That's enough."

"What should I do with him?"

Dragon Fifh's face was once again filled with a weary expression. "He's completely drunk," he said coldly.

Lan Tianmeng nodded, and suddenly punched Liu Changjie in the ribs.

Part 2

Starlight glittered and the full moon was like a large block of ice.

Liu Changjie was suddenly woken by a sharp pain, to find himself hanging like a wind chime from the eaves of the Heavenly Fragrance pavilion.

The late night wind of July carried a sharp chill.

The cold wind cut across his body like a knife.