A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 161 Grandma's Restaurant
Wang Zhuoyong glanced at Xiao Zongting, only to see that Xiao Zongting had a sullen face, sitting there without saying a word.

Xiao Zongting's eyes swept over the large pool of vomit at Liang Wu's feet. At this time, the disgusting smell of alcohol had already drifted over with the wind. Xiao Zongting frowned and thought to himself: Could it be that Liang Wu was still drunk and his steps were unsteady, which allowed Duan Rong to easily avoid his attack?
Duan Rong only moved twice just now, and he didn't see it very clearly.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Xiao Zongting finally made a judgment. He glanced at Duan Rong who was standing alone on the stage and put the matter out of his mind.

Wang Zhuoyong saw Xiao Zongting's expression change, and immediately asked with a somewhat shameful look on his face: "Mr. Xiao, how about we do it again? This Liang Wu, I will definitely punish him severely when I go down!"

Wang Zhuoyong was a little embarrassed at this time. He originally thought that even if Liang Wu had drunk some wine, he would not be defeated by a trainee escort. He really didn't expect that Duan Rong, like Sun Huang, had achieved the second level of Inner Breath Realm during his internship.

Xiao Zongting pondered for a moment and said, "If we draw again, I'm afraid it won't comply with the procedure."

According to what Xiao Zongting said, this battle just passed like this.

Duan Rong was from the second escort team. Sun Huang was not in a position to comment on this matter, but Li Gu, who was sitting next to Sun Huang, laughed and said, "Liang Wu is at the second level of internal energy anyway. Even if he was still hungover, he was knocked off the stage in one encounter. That speaks volumes!"

In addition to agreeing with Xiao Zongting's opinion, Li Gu actually had his own little thoughts. If the draw was repeated and the escort from his fifth escort team was chosen, and the escorts in his team were defeated by Duan Rong, wouldn't he be the one to be embarrassed?

"I also think there is no need to compete anymore." Zhao Meng obviously shared the same idea as Li Gu.

Wang Zhuoyong's eyes swept over Sun Huang, but Sun Huang's lips were tightly shut, and he had no intention of speaking. He sighed and said, "Then... let's do this..."

Wang Zhuoyong was quite regretful at this time. He should not have taken action when Xiao Zongting first attacked Liang Wu. At that time, after Xiao Zongting taught Liang Wu a lesson, he would definitely draw again. Now that Liang Wu has entered the ring and the competition has already begun, there will indeed be procedural problems if he draws again.

Wang Zhuoyong really wanted to slap himself now. He turned his head to look at Liang Wu, his eyes so angry that they could shoot fire.

Liang Wu was standing there with a frustrated look on his face. When he noticed Wang Zhuoyong's gaze, he wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into...

Several errand disciples who were in charge of cleaning quickly cleaned up the mess Liang Wu had vomited. Liang Wu sneaked away while the errand disciples were cleaning the floor...

Duan Rong passed the martial arts test.

Next, Zong Yong and Zhao Mu's martial arts tests went on as usual without any accidents, and after the judging, both of them passed.

Thus, this year's May 15th trainee escort conversion assessment has come to an end.

Then, Duan Rong, Zong Yong, and Zhao Mu stood on the stage. Xiao Zongting distributed the complete set of the Five Tigers and Sheep Swords secret manual to them, and also gave them official escort badges!

Duan Rong and Zong Yong were relatively calm, but Zhao Mu was already overjoyed.

After it was over, the crowd dispersed, Xiao Zongting also limped away, and the three of them walked down from the stage.

As soon as Duan Rong got off the stage, Sun Huang came over and said with a smile: "Congratulations!"

"Thank you, Chief Escort, for your training!" Duan Rong said happily.

"It was Elder Xiao who cultivated you, and your escort team's master Xiao Yu. I just picked up a ready-made one." Sun Huang laughed and said, "Also, the tradition of the escort team is that the newly promoted escort master must treat everyone to a meal."

Duan Rong said: "That's great, I was just thinking of getting together with everyone."

Sun Huang smiled and said, "We usually go to Grandma's Restaurant in the alley not far away. The food and drinks are affordable and the prices are fair."

Duan Rong's heart moved. He knew that place, but it was a bit shabby and dilapidated. He was originally planning to treat everyone to a good meal, but when Duan Rong saw Sun Huang's faint smile, he immediately understood what he meant. In this case, it would be safest to follow the crowd to avoid being suspected of showing off.

"Then let's go to Grandma's Restaurant." Duan Rong said with a smile.

Sun Huang looked at Duan Rong's expression, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll take you there at 4 p.m. tonight." After Sun Huang finished speaking, he turned and left.

Duan Rong watched Sun Huang leave, his eyes looking at the oxtail knife on Sun Huang's waist, and said to himself: "It seems that Sun Biaotou's alcohol tolerance is not very good..."

In the evening, just after the beginning of the evening, Duan Rong was already at the A-Po Tavern in that shabby alley. He had ordered wine and food and was waiting for his colleagues from the second escort team.

Although the dishes had not been served yet, eight jars of strong liquor had already been placed on the table. Duan Rong sat there, drinking tea alone. Before he finished his cup of tea, Sun Huang led everyone in.

"Congratulations, Master Duan Rong!" The two porters, Tang Dejin and Ren Tiewa, were the first to congratulate Duan Rong.

The others immediately surrounded Duan Rong and congratulated him.

Duan Rong smiled and clasped his fists in return.

Afterwards, everyone took their seats, but Duan Rong discovered that almost all the members of the second escort team had arrived, except Xiao Yu.

Sun Huang noticed Duan Rong's eyes sweeping over everyone, so he explained, "When I went to tell Xiao Yu, I was stopped by Old Man Xiao. He said that in March next year, Xiao Yu will participate in the Taiyi Sect's three-yearly selection of registered disciples, and now he must seize every moment to practice diligently. All social engagements are cancelled."

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat. "Next March?"

As the saying goes, the speaker may not mean it but the listener may take it seriously. Duan Rong has long intended to participate in the selection and assessment for registered disciples of Taiyi Sect next year, because if he misses next year, he will have to wait another three years.

Yao Liangrong continued, "It seems that the shopkeeper will arrange a selection quota for Xiao Yu and Luan Bao by the end of the year."

Shao Yongping said: "The shopkeeper is really bleeding money this time. For one quota, it seems that Taiyi Sect has to pay 30,000 silver coins as a head fee."

"Okay! Stop talking about the shopkeeper behind his back." Sun Huang suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Yao Liangrong and Shao Yongping immediately stopped talking. Duan Rong sighed slightly in his heart. He was just wanting to hear more about this.

Everyone was seated and the dishes came up quickly, including braised lamb legs, stir-fried beef, and pork heads, all of which were classic dishes.

Duan Rong opened the wine seal and poured a bowl for Sun Huang first.

Then, he started from Sun Huang and toasted everyone one by one.

Although this restaurant was simple, Duan Rong had given enough money beforehand and specifically asked the restaurant to serve enough good wine and food.

After the toast, everyone started eating and drinking.

During this time, Duan Rong found an excuse and toasted Sun Huang twice. Seeing how attentive Duan Rong was, everyone naturally did not dare to show weakness and toasted Sun Huang. Sun Huang had a low alcohol tolerance and soon passed out.

The food and wine were strong, and everyone was basically drunk. Luo Fanglong held Duan Rong's hand and sighed, "Duan Rong, being a bodyguard is a good thing. But I want to tell you that it's really not easy to make a living by fighting and killing!"

As Luo Fanglong spoke, he took another big gulp of strong liquor down his throat… He almost choked to tears…

The sufferings of these gangsters are usually suppressed in the deepest part of their hearts, and they dare not express them easily. They can only vent them when they are drunk.

All the eight jars of wine were drunk, and all the food on the table was eaten up. Everyone left the party drunkenly, and Duan Rong and Luo Fanglong sent the drunk Sun Huang home.

(End of this chapter)