Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 237 After a few drinks, the cycle of life and death continues.

The cork fell to the ground.

It made a soft sound.

Under the moonlight, the little mouse, listening to Chen Xu's conversation with the monkey king, finally understood something and suddenly let out a squeak.

The mouse became anxious and grabbed Chen Xu's collar tightly, as if it wanted to pounce on him and snatch the gourd of wine from his hand.

But after Chen Xu popped the cork, he tilted his head back.

The wine, like fine nectar, shone with a jade-like luster under the moonlight, flowing slowly into Chen Xu's mouth.

"Scholar!" the mouse cried out hastily.

As it called out, it stood upright, its round, rat-like ears trembling, its big eyes fixed on Chen Xu.

"Squeak..."

The first sip of wine had already gone down Chen Xu's throat.

As the rich aroma of the wine burst in his mouth, Chen Xu instantly felt a wonderful, slightly tipsy state.

It's a slight buzz, not drunkenness.

His mind was unusually clear.

In that instant, he felt as if he was no longer himself.

It seems he has soared over the sunrises and sunsets in the mountains, witnessed the trials and tribulations of the four seasons, and walked through the spring blossoms and autumn harvests of the world...

He stepped into a long river of time, tracing back to every wave, and returned to the very beginning.

What was the beginning like?
Heaven and earth were shrouded in mist, and the world was plunged into chaos.

There was neither wind nor rain, neither sunshine nor snow.

It is the beginning of silence, the mother of chaos.

In the very beginning, humanity and the universe were remarkably similar.

dong dong dong-

Chen Xu felt that there was complete silence all around him. He could not hear the mouse's cries, but he could hear his own heartbeat.

The sound is extremely unique, each beat is so rhythmic and beautiful, it seems to be in harmony with heaven and earth, yet it seems to ignore everyone, existing in solitude, and destined to exist for a long time.

The primordial Qi in Chen Xu's dantian had shrunk into a ball.

Unlike its usual lively and flowing state, the primordial energy, now condensed into a ball, clearly possessed a more mysterious quality.

Just like a chicken incubating its eggs, it is a natural process.

Then at some point, perhaps the mountain breeze in the night blew past the hem of her clothes, or perhaps the Monkey King opposite her let out a soft "Eh," or perhaps the clouds in the sky suddenly obscured the moonlight.

Thus, the tightly compressed primordial energy seemed to have received some kind of wondrous call, suddenly seizing that perfect opportunity and bursting forth.

boom!
Chen Xu seemed to hear the sound of the world being created—

what?
That wasn't the beginning of the world; it was merely the chaos in his dantian being blasted open.

No, for Chen Xu at this moment, this is actually the beginning of the world.

Because at the same moment that the primordial Qi exploded, Chen Xu discovered that his dantian had also undergone a tremendous change at the same time.

If Chen Xu's dantian was originally like a lake, then Chen Xu's dantian at this moment is like a starry sea!

In that sudden explosion, the walls of his dantian were expanded many times over.

The vast true energy gathered and circulated within the even more vast dantian, like nebulae wandering the ocean.

Rumbling--

As the clouds churned, Chen Xu's full potential was rapidly unleashed.

[Cultivation Level: Late Stage of Meridian Opening Realm 74.1%]

[Cultivation Level: Late Stage of Meridian Opening Realm 79.8%]

[Cultivation Level: Late Stage of Meridian Opening Realm 82.6%]

...At the same time, his lifespan also changed.

【Shouyuan: 18/200】

Previously, Chen Xu's lifespan was estimated at 180 years.

But after drinking that Thousand Treasures Wine, his lifespan increased by a staggering 20 years!
It's not ten years as the entry says, but twenty years.

It turns out that Chen Xu's three elemental attributes were balanced and sufficient, and his cultivation level exploded wildly to the extreme. As a result, the Thousand Treasures Wine, which normally increases lifespan by ten years with a single sip, became a twenty-year lifespan increase with a single sip for him!

With increased cultivation level, lifespan extended, life potential highly stimulated, and life force rapidly integrated.

In the time it takes to drink a sip of wine, Chen Xu experienced countless wondrous changes.

What seemed like only a fleeting moment to the mouse was actually a moment later when Chen Xu turned his head to look at it.

Suddenly, the little mouse Ashi felt that Chen Xu's gaze was exceptionally bright and full of vitality.

So much so that Ashi was stunned and forgot to exclaim, only muttering, "Scholar, why do I feel that even just one glance from you makes me feel full of power?"

After speaking, it quickly snuggled closer to Chen Xu's neck.

Chen Xu felt a warm, cozy feeling in his body, with a vigorous energy that could dispel all his pain and anxiety.

The Monkey King then picked up his wine cup again, poured himself another cup of Drunken Spirit Wine, and sighed, "Fellow Daoist, you have already drunk a mouthful of wine."

As Chen Xu experienced the strange changes in his body, he raised his wine gourd and gestured to the Monkey King as if to raise a toast.

"Yes, I have already drunk the first sip. Monkey King, why don't we drink the second sip together?"

The Monkey King said, “If you have the energy, you can try a second bite, but as for the third bite… I advise you not to.”

Fellow Daoist, you may temporarily store the remaining wine in the gourd.

"We can drink again when our lifespan comes to an end."

Why not drink it then?

Because when that time really comes, it's a gamble with your life.

If you win the gamble, you'll live another fifty years; if you lose, you'll die anyway.

Chen Xu stared at the Monkey King, and the Monkey King stared back at Chen Xu.

At that moment, Chen Xu suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He finally understood why the Monkey King had invited him to drink this rare and precious wine.

Could it be that the Monkey King himself was afraid to gamble with his life, therefore—

Chen Xu laughed: "Monkey King, do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. So, do you want me to gamble, or do you want me not to gamble?"

This statement was somewhat vague and cryptic, and the little mouse Ashi ultimately didn't understand it.

But the Monkey King understands.

Chen Xu has pointed out its contradictory psychology!
It was both afraid and hopeful. It dared not gamble itself, but hoped that Chen Xu would. If someone could gamble, it seemed to ignite its courage.

But it was also afraid that Chen Xu might actually gamble. If he did gamble, then... should it gamble or not?

The Monkey King sat opposite Chen Xu, and even his kind-faced monkey face couldn't help but show a hint of shame.

However, Chen Xu raised his gourd of wine again without hesitation and drank the second mouthful of Qianzhen wine.

Once the wine enters the stomach, it's as if the vitality of an entire spring has burst forth within.

It is like rolling thunder in spring, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, like a pond overflowing with moisture, or like spring grass sprouting anew...

Chen Xu recited in a loud, slow voice: "The grass on the plain grows lush and green, withers and flourishes year after year. Wildfires cannot burn it all, the spring breeze brings it back to life."

He sat cross-legged in place, yet it was as if he had experienced an entire cycle of rebirth.

The abundant vitality rushed into his body, but it did not shake his foundation in the slightest. Instead, it added to his strength once again.

The Monkey King, sitting opposite him, was completely stunned.

Then, it just watched as Chen Xu drank his third sip of wine.

(End of this chapter)