Chapter 2527 The Self-Proclaimed Wine Immortal

As he spoke, Lin Xun took the beggar's arm and helped him up, looking at the waiter. "Prepare a private room and bring up your best wine and food."

"Master Lin, are you really going to treat this guy to a meal? In the past, some people took pity on him and treated him to a meal, but..."

The waiter was halfway through his words, but when he met Lin Xun's deep eyes, he couldn't help but shiver all over. He fell silent and dared not say anything more. Instead, he hurriedly turned around and walked into the restaurant.

"What best wine and food. I only drink Winding Stream Banquet," muttered the beggar.

"Okay, let's drink Winding Stream Banquet."

Lin Xun sighed inwardly, took the beggar's arm, and walked into the restaurant.

"Could that person be Lin Xun's relative or friend?"

The nearby onlookers saw this and couldn't help but wonder. The beggar had been in Chaotian City for many years, and many people had speculated about him. He must have had a great background. Otherwise, he would never have arrived in Chaotian City alive.

However, after all these years, people discovered that the beggar truly was crazy after countless attempts. His dao heart had been lost, his cultivation had disappeared, and he was no different from a piece of trash. No matter how great his origins were in the past, he was still a crazy beggar in the present.

Under such circumstances, Lin Xun had still invited him to drink, which was naturally surprising and confusing to them. Soon, people dispersed. The news that Lin Xun had invited the crazy beggar to drink quickly became a joke in the city.

At the same time, in a private room on the third floor of Baofeng Restaurant, a large table was filled with all kinds of delicacies. Beautiful waitresses were presenting pots of Winding Stream Banquet.

The beggar, with tattered clothes and unkempt hair, squatted on a chair. He was holding a pot of wine and drinking it wildly. Lin Xun sat opposite of him with a complicated expression.

In his eyes, although the beggar was dirty, he still couldn't hide his youthful features.

Lin Xun couldn't help but recall the scene he had seen in Nirvana of Transcendence that year.[1]

Kaboom!

The depths of the starry sky collapsed into an empty abyss as if it had been shot and shattered. Law power rumbled, radiating an incomparable might.

Immediately following, a figure stepped out from that empty abyss. It was slender, straight, and tall...

Crack! Crack!

The moment this figure appeared, the starry sky quaked like it was about to break apart. The power of the Great Dao crumbled into a chaotic turbulence.

It was as if a god from a different spacetime had descended. This piece of the universe looked like it was unable to withstand the mere energy emanating from him and would collapse soon!

...

From the depths of the starry sky, that figure walked out. Every step taken shattered the void and the law power around him.

He was lean and straight, covered in an extremely bright and splendid immortal radiance, which transformed into light wheels that reflected various heavens.

Upon closer inspection, however, his appearance was that of a teenager with handsome features. He wore a black outfit and his long hair loose. A wine gourd was hung at his waist by a red rope.

Only his eyes exuded the seasoned aura of ages.

That scene had incomparably shocked Lin Xun at that time. He remembered it with great detail even now, as if it had been branded into his memory. Later, he had learned that the lean figure’s name was Kong Jue.

He was the man who had the Devouring Wilderness Gourd hanging by his side as he walked the path of the great dao. He had endured eighteen lifetimes of tribulation, and in death, he would claim the immortal legacy!

Kong Jue considered himself as ‘peerless and unparalleled, I am the only one!’

He was the first person to make it to the other side of the cosmos in the beginning of the primeval era. He was considered a ‘leader’ among his peers at that time, possessing extraordinary talent and unrivalled abilities.

He was also the close friend of the Lord of Fangchun Mountain. Thus, the disciples of Fangchun Mountain would call Kong Jue ‘Martial Uncle.’

However...

Was this crazy beggar-like guy on the streets still the legendary master who had crossed the starry sky and confronted the Lord of Fangchun Mountain?

An indescribable pain suddenly surfaced in Lin Xun’s heart. How unparalleled and arrogant was Martial Uncle Kong Jue back then? Now, how could he have become like this?!

"Refreshing, haha, so refreshing! I haven't drunk such good wine for a long time. Even if I get scolded to death today, being able to drink good wine like this makes it worth it, hahaha..."

While drinking, Kong Jue, who was as crazy as an insane beggar, laughed out loud. His expression was full of joy as if he was a child who had gotten his hands on tasty candy.

The look in Lin Xun's eyes was changing constantly. How could he not tell that Kong Jue's dao heart was empty and without any intelligence? At this moment, he was indeed no different from a madman who was utterly insane.

"What have you experienced in these years?" Lin Xun couldn't help asking.

Unfortunately, Kong Jue ignored him and drank from the wine pot from the opposite side of the table. He didn't touch any of the delicacies on the table and instead just drank. It seemed that alcohol had become his sole desire in life.

Lin Xun fell silent. He remembered what his master, the Lord of Fangchun Mountain, had said back then.

"Kong Jue, true to his name, pursues a peerless and unparalleled path. But his obsession has consumed him. After overcoming the Tribulation of Immortality, he believed he had transcended the great dao and truly achieved great immortality and ultimate freedom...

"It is precisely because he is so obsessed that his state of mind has encountered an unforeseeable tribulation.

"If he does not overcome this mind tribulation, his state of mind will continue to deteriorate. Even if he retains his cultivation, his personality, experiences, and memories will keep regressing, returning to their earliest time."

"Imagine a wise old man whose mental state and experience are reduced to that of a teenager overnight.

"But his cultivation won’t disappear, and this is what makes him the most dangerous. Can you imagine a child, with little experience and a blank slate of a mind, wielding power greater than that of an Emperor? How dangerous would that be?"

At that time, Lin Xun was shocked and trembled inwardly when he learned about this.

It was truly unbelievable. A mind tribulation could cause a supreme figure’s state of mind, experience, and wisdom to regress to their original state. Then, how could he possibly control the cultivation and power he still possessed?

If he chose the path of evil, the world would no doubt suffer!

The most frightening part was that the decline of memory and wisdom would cause him to no longer recognize his dearest loved ones!

However, now that they had met again, Lin Xun discovered that Martial Uncle Kong Jue had not only had a declining state of mind, memory, and wisdom...but even his cultivation had also been completely lost!

At least, from what Lin Xun could sense, Kong Jue's cultivation was entirely gone. There was no difference between him and a real mortal.

Wait, that wasn’t entirely correct. After all, he was still stronger than a completely ordinary mortal. At least, he was able to drink pots of divine wine that contained surging aeth qi. Real mortals wouldn't be able to stomach this kind of alcohol at all.

Kong Jue had already finished seven pots of wine. When he was about to start on the eighth one, Lin Xun grabbed his hand.

"Want to continue drinking?" Lin Xun stared at the other person's eyes.

"Yeah." Kong Jue nodded fiercely, his eyes full of desire.

"As long as you answer a few questions for me, I will let you drink to your heart’s desire." Lin Xun said.

Kong Jue said angrily, "Over the years, many people have asked me questions, but when I answered, they were not happy with what I said and did not give me a single glass of wine."

Lin Xun was startled and responded, "Don't worry, as long as you answer, I promise to let you drink to your heart's content."

Kong Jue said impatiently, "Then ask quickly, don't waste time."

"Do you...remember who you are?" Lin Xun asked.

Kong Jue laughed heartily, "How could I not know who I am? I am the Wine Immortal!"

Lin Xun frowned and asked a follow up question, "Wine Immortal, how did you get to Chaotian City?"

Kong Jue scratched his messy hair and said, "I forgot. I must have come here when I was drunk. Oh, never mind, as long as there is wine to drink."

Lin Xun asked, "Do you remember this person?"

As he said that, he drew a line with his fingers, and a curtain of light emerged. In the panel of light, a lean and straight figure appeared, with delicate eyebrows and eyes. He was wearing a black outfit and his long hair was casually loose. A wine gourd was hung at his waist by a red rope.

At the same time, Lin Xun whispered, “With the Devouring Wilderness Gourd hanging by my side, I walk the path of the great dao. In life, I endured eighteen lifetimes of tribulation, and in death, I claim the immortal legacy!”

However, before he finished, Kong Jue pointed to the wine gourd at the waist of the figure in the light panel, salivating, and said, "The wine inside that must be the best wine in the world!"

As he said that, he raised his hand to grab it.

Lin Xun’s frown became even more prominent. After asking a few more questions, he realized that he couldn't get any answers at all. He sighed inwardly, and a resolute look flashed in his eyes. He suddenly released a ray of consciousness and poured into Kong Jue's body.

Time passed, and finally, Lin Xun retracted his spirit sense in disappointment. Kong Jue's body was empty, without a trace of aeth qi, and there was no underlying mystery at all.

"Drink, I want to drink!" Kong Jue yelled. At this time, he was really like a child and had only one focus: drinking wine.

Lin Xun said, "Come with me, I will let you drink as much as you want, not only Winding Stream Banquet, but also all kinds of the best wines in the world."

"No, I need to wait for someone." Kong Jue shook his head and refused.

Wait for someone?

Lin Xun felt his spirits rise, and he said, "Waiting for whom?"

Kong Jue scratched his head, his eyes were blank, and he said, "I don't know, but I will wait forever for that person."

"If that person finally comes, what are you going to do?" Lin Xun asked.

"Go home." Kong Jue grinned, his eyes were full of longing, resembling a child wishing to return to his mother's arms.

Lin Xun was silent for a while, and then he said, "Martial Uncle, my master once said that if he had the chance to see you one day, he would take you back to the Ancient Nebula Road, because you are the 'pioneer' of the Ancient Nebula Road as well as the senior brother of Fangchun Mountain."

Kong Jue was stunned, his expression changing. Hope blossomed, and Lin Xun held his breath. However, to his disappointment, his martial uncle shouted the next moment, "What master, what pioneer, is it more important than wine? Are you like everyone else, trying to trick me without giving me wine to drink?"

Lin Xun sighed and gave up completely on testing the man before him. He waved his sleeves and put away all the wine on the table, which made Kong Jue anxious. The crazy man rushed forward and hugged Lin Xun's legs, saying, "Wine, my wine! I want to drink!"

The Dao Endless Pagoda quietly emerged from Lin Xun's palm, and he said, "If you want to drink, then walk into this pagoda on your own."

Kong Jue raised his head and said happily, "You are not lying to me?"

Lin Xun nodded.

"Let me in quickly, quickly!" Kong Jue said anxiously.

Lin Xun opened the Dao Endless Pagoda and sprinkled a piece of light. At this moment, a wave of invisible law power quietly and suddenly appeared in this room.

1. See chapter 2189 ☜