destiny eternal calamity

Since the last time he entered Xie Youshan's dream, Li Wei has received a call from Xie Youshan every three days in the middle of the night.

When you enter a dream state, you are in a completely unconscious state. Although you can be woken up by someone from the outside, it will be obvious that something is wrong.

To avoid Yaoyue, he came up with a good plan.

On the day he was about to enter his dream, he would go to find Xiao Shuying.

Because Xiao Shuying had warned Yaoyue beforehand, she had become aware of the situation, so the other party had restrained herself somewhat.

He stopped hypnotizing Xiao Shuying and continued to mess around her.

Even so, he and Yaoyue (Shang Xueyan) practiced dual cultivation twenty times this month, and his spiritual awareness increased more than he had in a whole year in the ancient times.

The true energy has also been refined to become even purer.

His cultivation level thus broke through to the late stage of the Divine Treasury realm.

This is of course because Shang Xueyan is very powerful. Her forming a cultivation interest group with Li Wei is simply a case of the big cart pulling the small cart.

However, she also gained a lot, since Li Wei was constantly replenishing his blood and qi with the Blood Sea Divine Treasury Technique.

Looking at the system panel, Li Wei spent 8960 recharge points (at a 30% discount) to directly upgrade the 'Yin Yang Reverse Sword' to the perfect level.

This thing is too difficult to learn.

As for the "Great Miro Step", it is relatively simple and can be gradually understood on one's own, saving some recharge points.

Because he was so short of recharge points, he even planned to wait until he reached the Dharma Aspect Realm and then learn the art of invisibility from Xiao Shuying so he could rob some wealthy patrons.

Now that we have enough strength, there's no need to be as cautious as before.

Uncle Xu had already finished the New Year's decorations at the Viscount's mansion before he left.

The princess's residence also had maids, servants, and even the Jade True Guards who worked diligently for her, so he didn't need to help at all.

Watching the women bustling about, Li Wei felt it wasn't right for a grown man like him to stand idly by.

After thinking about it, he decided to write a couplet himself and have the maid post it on the gate, so that he could at least feel a sense of participation.

In the evening, Long Bilin brought Long Xiaoxiao back and told him that this year was the Emperor's 70th birthday, so a Lantern Festival party would be held in the capital, with a grand banquet for all officials.

As a viscount appointed by the imperial court, Li Wei was naturally among those invited to the banquet, and in a few days, palace servants should send the invitations to the viscount's residence.

Besides Li Wei, the Long Bilin sisters, Xiao Shuying, and Li Wei's senior sister Yan Xueshang, the guests at the princess's residence for the New Year's Eve dinner were also present.

The four women, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju, served her from the side.

The three female cultivators at the Heavenly Fate Realm who served as guardians declined the invitation, citing their advanced age and a desire not to associate with the younger generation.

Li Wei was extremely pleased to see that all the women present had close relationships with him.

It's just a pity that Li Anguo, the father in this life, will never see this scene.

Thinking of this, Li Wei suddenly remembered his father's killer, the deposed Crown Prince Long Ming. Although he had lost his power, he was still alive and well.

Long Yin was very fond of his eldest son, and even though he demoted him to a commoner and placed him under house arrest, he still sent people to protect him.

Moreover, Li Wei harbored too much hatred for him, and if he were to take action, it would easily arouse suspicion.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

Anyway, without the Shadow Assassins organization, Long Ming can't do anything; he's just a dead man in the futures market.

The most important thing right now is to help Long Bilin ascend the throne.

Suppressing these thoughts in his mind, Li Wei looked at the women.

Although everyone present except Long Xiaoxiao had fasted, most of them still started eating, considering the atmosphere of the New Year's Eve dinner.

Only Shang Xueyan kept drinking without picking up her chopsticks.

"I practice a special technique that prevents me from absorbing the Qi of the five grains."

Shang Xueyan explained it this way.

It wasn't exactly a lie, but she couldn't say that the technique was called the Blood Refining and Joyful Union Technique.

To keep the area clean, she certainly dared not eat the food.

The group expressed their understanding, after all, martial arts in this world even involve something as ethereal as destiny, and it is not uncommon for techniques to have strange and unusual limitations.

Long Xiaoxiao is at the Meridian Opening Realm, which is when she has a big appetite, so she naturally eats the most.

However, as expected of a royal princess, Long Xiaoxiao's etiquette training from a young age was genuine. Although she was focused on eating, she ate very elegantly.

Li Wei, Long Bilin, and Xiao Shuying chatted casually about the interesting things that had happened to them recently, while drinking and eating.

Shang Xueyan remained silent, simply listening attentively.

Seeing that all the dishes had been served, Li Wei turned to the four women standing to the side, who were dressed as plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums, and said:

"You guys come and eat too."

Upon hearing this, the four women looked somewhat frightened.

"We've all fasted, so we're just tasting it. There's so much food on this table, we definitely can't finish it all, and it would be a waste. This table is big enough, it'll be more lively if you all come up here."

Li Wei spoke again.

The four women then turned their gazes toward Long Bilin.

"Didn't I tell you before that Li Wei's words represent my will?"

Long Bilin certainly wouldn't refuse Li Wei's request, especially since Li Wei was right; a larger group of people would make the New Year's Eve dinner more lively.

In addition, all four women were his confidantes, so they deserved to be treated this way.

Seeing that their prince had agreed, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju no longer hesitated and sat down, though they were somewhat reserved.

Seeing the somewhat tense atmosphere, Li Wei's eyes lit up, and he thought of a game that had been passed down from his previous life.

"Let's play a drinking game."

Long Bilin was somewhat puzzled upon hearing this.

What is a drinking game?

"It's just a game to liven things up."

"One person must be chosen as the leader during the banquet, and the rest will take turns reciting poems, couplets, or other similar games. Those who disobey the order or lose will be punished by drinking."

"Originally, the commanders were to be selected in rotation, but Xiaoxiao is too young to drink alcohol, so let her be the commander tonight."

The women found this intriguing.

The reason why the Princess's Mansion has a place like Mingyue Tower to attract guests is because Long Bilin is eager to find talented people. The four girls, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju, were personally trained by Long Bilin and are naturally well-read.

Long Bilin and Xiao Shuying, needless to say, received royal education from a young age.

They all lived up to the literary and intellectual requirements of this drinking game.

As for Shang Xueyan, she was originally somewhat unable to join the conversation as an elder, but at this moment she was eager to try.

Back in the day, she, Shang Xueyan, the Holy Maiden of Kongsang, was a perfect fairy proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting...

Seeing their positive attitude, Li Wei knew they all had some knowledge of poetry, so he decided to behave in a more refined manner.

"Using words as commands, the last word of each line becomes the first word of the next line, forming a chain of commands."

Li Wei announced the rules.

"Xiaoxiao, you are the commander, so please set the question."

"Oh well."

Upon hearing this, Long Xiaoxiao put down her chopsticks, tilted her head back and thought for a moment, then said, "Moon."

She naturally thought of the poem Li Wei had written for her.

"The moonlight shines brightly through the night window," Li Wei casually recited.

Since his martial arts cultivation improved, he felt that his mental ability had also become much stronger. Combining his knowledge and experience from his past and present lives, writing some social poems was no longer a problem.

Moreover, this drinking game doesn't require it to conform to any rhyme scheme.

It's naturally easy to handle.

To his right was Shang Xueyan, who answered after only a moment's thought:

"A solitary lamp flickers, illuminating the old courtyard."

Next are the four women: Plum Blossom, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum.

"Suddenly, a star fell from the depths of the courtyard."

"..." Xiao Zhu stammered for a while, unable to continue, and had no choice but to accept the penalty drink.

In this way, the atmosphere gradually heated up.

……

In the end, almost all the women, except for Xiaoxiao who didn't participate, got drunk.

Of course, the few with higher cultivation levels deliberately didn't shake off their drunkenness for the sake of creating a good atmosphere.

Seeing that Xiaoxiao had finished eating, Li Wei took her back.

Then they helped Senior Sister Yan back to her room and covered her with a blanket.

He also sent the four women, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju, to their rooms to sleep.

In the end, only Long Bilin and Xiao Shuying remained.