readytorunbook Chapter 357 The Wind Brings New News
Chapter 357 The Wind Brings New News
"Xu Ning, are you awake?"
Xu Ning chuckled and ruffled Master Ji's hair. "I'm not sleeping."
Master Ji nodded. “I know. Once you’ve slept in all five places, you’ll be able to rescue the Five Hundred Treasures and find the stinky fox.”
"Don't call me stinky fox, call me Lord Zhaigong."
Master Ji scratched his head, "That would upset the Five Hundred Monks..."
Xu Ning smiled helplessly and said to Shen He and the little raccoon, "It's getting late. Let's go to the exorcism point at the shrine tomorrow. We can rest at Chenyin Cave and also check on how Lady Chiyo is doing."
The cave was quite lively.
As soon as Xu Ning led Shen He and Master Ji inside, they saw Yu Yuqian and Qingyi each standing on a wooden stool, holding wine bowls and staring at each other.
Yae Shinko stood opposite Chiyo, and Wendy stood opposite Aoki, cheering for their favorite players.
"Drink! Drink! Drink!"
"Chiyo, stake your oni clan's honor, let your boiling blood burn again, start by drinking this little snake down, you're already two bowls ahead."
The scumbag fox muttered cringeworthy lines, urging Chiyo across from him to drink more.
Wendy, sitting opposite the woman in blue, remained remarkably calm, chanting in a steady tone, "Little snake, keep going. Little snake, keep going..."
The woman in blue slammed her bowl on the table with a "Duang!" and said angrily, "You're supposed to be a bard who won a major award in Mondstadt, and you're just going to treat me like this? You've got no presence at all, and I'm not even in the mood for a drinking contest anymore."
Wendy smiled wryly, "As the saying goes, you can't do two things at once..."
As Xu Ning approached, he saw that Wendy, though also fawning over Chiyo like a sly fox, had one hand behind Chiyo's back, emitting a bluish glow.
A gentle breeze continuously blew from his palms into Chiyo's body, spreading out with specks of black threads. The breeze carried these black substances into the Thousand Wind Wine Spring, like snowflakes being pressed into water. The blackness was instantly eliminated by the wine pool.
"Well done. You've been freeloading here for so long, you've finally made some contributions, which is much better than reciting those few lousy poems."
Xu Ning walked over and praised Wendy highly.
Wendy gave him a disgruntled look, withdrew her hand, and said, "After so much recuperation, that evil power can no longer harm her. She just needs some alcohol and slow recovery. As for her past memories, let her remember as much as she can. As long as she's still alive, it's not a big deal if she can't remember anything."
Hearing Wendy say that, Xu Ning finally felt completely relieved.
"That's good. Alright, let's not have a drinking contest anymore. Qingyi, hurry up and prepare some hearty dishes. Tonight, let's all drink until we drop."
Just as Qingyi was worrying about how to escape this drinking contest with no end in sight, she suddenly heard Xu Ning's words and hurriedly dropped her wine bowl, ignoring the fox-like lady behind her who was cheering with Chiyo's hands raised.
"I'll show you all what I've got today."
The next day, when Xu Ning stood in the cave by the pool, most of the guys in the Dust-Hidden Cave were still fast asleep.
Except for Shen He, who only drank a little before meditating and resting, most of the others were drunk. Even Master Ji was dragged by the scoundrel and forced to drink a bowl of wine, then lay down in a corner of the cave, lying on his back and sleeping.
"This is the last of the five purification points. Once we've taken care of this one, we'll see what the real test is."
Xu Ning stretched lazily, nodded to Shen He, and said, "I'm going to begin."
When Xu Ning appeared in the open space of the Guardian Forest, he couldn't help but frown.
There were many tanuki statues around here, and I watched as Harunosuke Yuugami sealed them one by one.
But now, not only did he not see a single stone statue, Xu Ning could even faintly sense whispers carried on the wind.