Chapter 428: Drinking and Talking

The wind dragon's spirit was destroyed, its spiritual energy was swallowed, and Tuoba Lan's defeat was certain.

But what surprised everyone was that when they walked down the Douyun Altar, Gui Hai and Tuoba Lan, who had previously fought each other, were arm in arm and called each other brothers.

"So these two people know each other?"

"Gui Hai? He seems to be one of the top ten young masters in Liyunmo!"

"I have some impression of Tuoba Lan. He seems to be the one who voluntarily gave up in the top ten competition three years ago. That's right! Because of his giving up, he was able to enter the top ten!"

"Are you talking about Tuoba Jian? I heard that Tuoba Lan is Tuoba Jian's cousin. He gave up the competition voluntarily that year, which was also considered to be considering the brotherhood..."

"But the fight just now was also thrilling. Tuoba Lan was very scheming. He could even think of using Gui Hai's ghost wind spirit to counterattack Gui Hai. Unfortunately, he was only a Jindan beginner. He lost because his true essence was not long enough..."

"No! No! Gui Hai's claw looks ordinary, but it actually has the power to capture dragons and tigers. Even if Tuoba Lan is also a Jindan intermediate cultivator, I'm afraid he won't be able to get away with it!"

For a while, there was a lot of discussion near Douyun Altar.

"Cousin Lan!" With a crisp sound, it was Tuoba Ling who called Tuoba Lan. Tuoba Lan came here following the voice, and was stunned when he saw Xiao Mian and Tuoba Ling. When he saw Zhu Yanji again, his expression changed slightly, but he quickly pulled Gui Hai over. When they got close, Tuoba Lan stretched out his hand and scratched Tuoba Ling's nose, and said with a smile: "Ling girl, aren't you following the little holy monk? Has the little holy monk already arrived in Liuyun City?"

"Cousin Lan! I'm so old now, can you please stop scratching my nose in the future?" Tuoba Ling said this, secretly looking at Xiao Mian, and was relieved when he saw that Xiao Mian didn't look away, and then asked: "By the way! They just said that you took the initiative to give up the top ten competition and gave the victory to big brother?"

"This..."

"What this and that! Who is Tuoba Jian? In the last top ten competition, he barely made it to the final round of the top ten competition with talismans, elixirs, thunder beads and a set of top-grade magic tools. If it weren't for you, Xiao Lan, who let him, would he be able to enter the top ten?"

It was Gui Hai who took over the conversation.

Tuoba Ling was stunned when he heard this, and then he saw Tuoba Lan just touching his nose awkwardly. Then he thought of his elder brother's usual careless appearance, and he believed it nine points.

Xiao Mian looked at Tuoba Lan, and a new understanding came to his mind: If what Gui Hai said was true, then there was a reasonable explanation for Tuoba Lan's delay in forming a golden elixir. Now that he left the Tuoba tribe, he must have his own good intentions.

Otherwise, it would not be enough to explain why Tuoba Lan not only formed a golden elixir smoothly after just a month of not seeing him, but also stabilized his cultivation at the initial stage of the golden elixir.

It seems that Tuoba Lan is a rare and modest gentleman...

Xiao Mian was thinking this way, and Tuoba Lan had already introduced the three of them and Gui Hai. However, because there were too many people in Douyuntan, the group simply returned to Xiangyun Pavilion again.

Perhaps because many people went to Douyuntan to watch the duel between the two, Xiangyun Pavilion surprisingly vacated a few private rooms. Naturally, they would not let them go because of their large number of people.

Everyone was not from Liuyun Desert, and it was their first time to visit the private rooms of Xiangyun Pavilion. After entering the private rooms, they realized that these private rooms were actually extended from the main building of Xiangyun Pavilion on the cloud, and the whole was suspended between the clouds and the sky, which was ingenious. What was even more rare was that the entire private room was made of a transparent crystal called Yunjing, which was transparent from top to bottom and had empty walls, so everyone seemed to be suspended in the air.

Although Xiao Mian and the other two had just eaten, Gui Hai and Tuoba Lan had just had a fight. Although they were not hungry at this time, they still had some appetite. Xiao Mian took out a pot of spirit wine and planned to drink and chat with Gui Hai and Tuoba Lan who were eating.

These spirit wines were originally prepared by Xiao Mian to please Bai Yuxi. Later, after he accidentally lost contact with Bai Yuxi, these spirit wines were kept in Xiao Mian's storage bag.

How could the spirit wine that Bai Yuxi liked be a common commodity?

Therefore, when Xiao Mian opened the lid of the wine flask, before Tuoba Lan did anything, Gui Hai suddenly twitched his nose, like a shark smelling blood.

At the sight of this, Xiao Mian knew that this was another drunkard!

Since it was taken out, Xiao Mian did not mean to treasure it. He first filled a cup for Gui Hai who was impatient, and Gui Hai drank it all.

"Is this... the fourth-level spiritual wine Qingliuhui?" After exclaiming, Gui Hai snatched the wine flask from Xiao Mian's hand, opened his mouth and took a sip. Xiao Mian was stunned by him, but Tuoba Lan explained with a little embarrassment: "Brother Gui Hai is a person of true temperament, Xiao brother, please don't blame me... don't blame me..."

"Uh!"

Gui Hai stopped drinking after a burp.

Seeing that Xiao Mian and others were looking at him blankly, and Tuoba Lan was embarrassed and holding his forehead with his hand, Gui Hai realized how reckless his behavior was.

"This... that..."

"Brother Gui Hai is really a big drinker! This pot of Qing Liu Hui is for Brother Gui Hai."

Xiao Mian said with a smile without leaving any trace.

Gui Hai touched his nose awkwardly, but he was really reluctant to part with the pot of fourth-level spiritual wine Qing Liu Hui. He suddenly slapped his forehead and took out something and handed it to Xiao Mian.

"What is this?"

"I don't know what this is!"

"What is this?"

"Exchange the wine!"

"..., Brother Guihai is really an expert! You exchange something you don't even know what it is for Xiao's fourth-level spiritual wine Qingliuhui?"

"Yes! If this thing is a natural treasure, you will be rich!"

Guihai patted Xiao Mian's shoulder carelessly.

What else can Xiao Mian do?

Meeting this big brother comparable to Zhu Yanji, he can only smile bitterly.

Fortunately, a pot of fourth-level spiritual wine is just a drop in the bucket for Xiao Mian now. It is not a loss to be able to make friends with a mid-level Jindan cultivator with good combat power with it.

With a bitter smile, Xiao Mian looked at the thing in his hand.

It was a thing that looked like a pitch-black round stone, emitting a faint black and shiny luster. Xiao Mian tried to pinch it, but it didn't move at all. This made Xiao Mian's heart move slightly: after practicing the "Ten Thousand Poisons Curse" hard, Xiao Mian's hand strength was terrifying. Under his fingers, ordinary spiritual materials below the third level were basically crushed with a pinch. This round stone could not be crushed, which means that even if it is not a natural treasure, it is at least a rare thing.

It seems that He Guihai is not as unsophisticated as he appears to be. He is a bit rough but delicate. Even if Guihai doesn't know this thing, he should know that it is unusual.

Thinking about it, Xiao Mian put the black stone into the storage bag.

After that, the five people drank and talked happily in the private room. After getting familiar with each other, the true colors of Zhu Yanji and Guihai were exposed.

At first, Guihai was a little in awe of Zhu Yanji, a quasi-Nascent Soul cultivator.

But when he found out that Zhu Yanji wanted to treat him as a younger brother, he immediately quit and began to divide the ownership of the other three.

In the end, it was not known whether Guihai drank too much or got angry, and he had to compete with Zhu Yanji, a quasi-Nascent Soul cultivator.

In desperation, the people who had eaten and drunk enough returned to Douyun Altar again.

However, no matter how powerful Gui Hai was, he was only a mid-level Jindan cultivator after all. How could he be a match for Zhu Yanji, who was a quasi-Yuanying cultivator?

In three consecutive games, Gui Hai was easily defeated by Zhu Yanji.

Fortunately, Gui Hai was not someone who could not afford to lose. He called Zhu Yanji "Sister Zhu Yan" straightforwardly, which made Zhu Yanji tremble with joy. However, after admitting defeat, Gui Hai argued that he lost to Zhu Yanji because of his insufficient realm, but not because of his skills. He also threatened that he would fight Zhu Yanji again when his cultivation level improved in the future.

After that, the group of five people left Douyun Altar and found a quiet residence.

In the next few days, the five people were inseparable and toured Liuyun City.

During this period, Xiao Mian would deal with some useless spiritual materials every now and then, and exchange them all for medium-grade or even high-grade spiritual stones to prepare for future travels in Zhongzhou.

After traveling in Liuyun City, Xiao Mian deeply felt that he was indeed short-sighted in Nanyue Province.

The overall strength of Xishu Province can only barely rank in the middle among the five states in the world, ranking below Zhongzhou and Dongwuzhou, but slightly stronger than Beiweizhou and Nanyuezhou.

Therefore, the overall level of cultivators in Xishu Province and even the wealth of cultivators are one level higher than the overall level of Nanyue Province.

If the wealth of ordinary Jindan masters in Nanyue Province is between 50,000 and 100,000 middle-grade spirit stones, then the wealth of Jindan masters in Xishu Province is more than doubled!

This is just Xishu Province, which is in the middle of the five states in the world. If it is in Zhongzhou, which is known as the only one, this situation may double again.

After coming to this understanding, how could Xiao Mian not prepare for a rainy day and stockpile spirit stones?