Heavy Sweetness Ash-Like Frost

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Chapter 7: Vinegar (Jealousy) Can Also Cause Drunkenness

"In life in this world, there are only four great pleasures - eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling." The local god's face was bright red, his tongue swollen, and he was holding a cup of wine in one hand and grasping my sleeve with the other. Appearing to have great confidence, he sincerely said to me: "But if we talk about the stuff in this cup, compared to Lian Guang Gong Zi's secret family brew, the insignificant wine of the Mortal World, that is, that is what's-its-name. Oh, that is like cat urine diluted with water, and is not presentable at all!"

I very leniently allowed him to tug at my sleeve, and modestly asked for advice with a smile: "Besides eating and drinking, I don't know what kind of pleasures gambling and whoring are? This is Lian Guang's first time here, and must ask this local god for some pointers."

"Hehe!" The local god laughed shadily: "I'm not making this up. What's so great about the Heavens? It's just a bit duller and more desolate. High-brow art and literature is good, but how can it compare to the ready pleasures of earthly life? I am indebted to Lian Guang Gong Zi for coming to this minor god's place as a guest, so of course this minor god will give you a host's hospitality!"

While he was saying this, he took me by my hand and boldly said: "Let's go, let's go, let's go. This minor god will take you to find pleasure!"

"I have troubled you." I fisted my hands and straightened my hair. Completely carefree, I followed the local god outside.

During the half of a month that I've stayed in the Mortal World, Ren Yu Xian Guan goes on duty at night, and during the day, besides sleeping for a small while, most of his time was spent playing go, playing the zither, discussing poetry, and discussing the classics with me. He took care of me very well. But then, being taken care of too well also has some cons. Not being able to leave the courtyard day after day, gave me the illusion that I was still imprisoned in Shui Jing, only that I had moved to another place.

Xiao Yu Xian Guan warmly said to me: "There are many filthy things in the Mortal World which may tarnish Immortal Lady Jin Mi's peaceful immortal core. Ren Yu cannot be absolved of that crime even if I die ten thousand times."

Tarnish me! Tarnish me for now! As long as I can go out and play for a bit. Despite what my heart cried out, in front of Xiao Yu Xian Guan's water-like and sincere gaze, everything finally turned into one phrase: "Ren Yu Xian Guan is right."

The past few days, Xiao Yu Xian Guan has been very busy with some kind of official business, and during the day, he does not have the time to play go with me, so he could only ask the local god of wind and water to look after me. The local god respectfully accepted First Highness's edict and came every day to present local delicacies to me. Some duck neck, dried salted duck, osmanthus duck, salt water duck... I was never picky about food, but did not have any great enmity with the ducks in the Bird Clan, so I asked the local god to change to something else, but the local god's face was full of incredulity: "Lian Guang Gong Zi does not know, duck is the best dish to pair with wine. Sip on a little yellow rice wine, munch on a bit of osmanthus duck, and that is a content life, a content life!"

This little local god is an alcoholic, but his capacity for alcohol is not very good. Every time, he cannot drink more than ten or so jars, before his tongue becomes swollen. Unexpectedly, his words do not lessen, but he actually becomes even more garrulous, as if he was spilling the beans, he would tell one dirty joke after another.

I tried that yellow rice wine, and it tasted extremely bad. I don't know how the little local god drinks that so happily. I really couldn't watch as his ruined himself, so I specially used the osmanthus flowers in the courtyard to brew some wine for him, figuring that I could conveniently knock him unconscious, but this little local god had only drank one jar of osmanthus brew when his eyes began to droop, ready to answer any question. Oh, how lamentable. Even in I drink twenty jars or caskets, I probably won't be tipsy at all. In Shui Jing before, the other fairies were most afraid of drinking with me, and I couldn't even find a companion who dared to drink with me, this is the so-called 'it's lonely on the top'.