Everyone's a Hunter? I'm a Hunter x Hunter!

After the braised crocodile was served, the chef's assistant also brought out several jars of wine.

Three-year-old craft plum wine

Quality: Excellent

Effect: Spirit +1, Confusion Value +5

Description: A fine wine made primarily from plums, aged for three years.

How can you eat meat without drinking alcohol, especially since it adds to your attributes?

"Everyone, pour! Let's toast to our meeting!" Ma Qilin, the leader of the atmosphere team, raised his glass first.

Everyone echoed in agreement.

After downing one glass, Team Leader Ma immediately poured himself another.

"I'll play through it again!"

Start by toasting Lü Xiu on your left, one cup at a time, and continue until you reach Niu Jiaojiao on your right. This is called passing the test.

"Me too!" Lin Yufei followed suit.

Under the "correct" guidance of Team Leader Ma, and with the stimulation of alcohol, the group, who were already getting to know each other, began to become familiar with each other even faster.

They drank alcohol and ate meat at the same time.

Braised mud dragon crocodile, roasted dragon leg, fried dragon crocodile, pan-fried dragon dumplings, stewed dragon crocodile.

Five main dishes were served one after another.

The chef seemed to have deliberately controlled the portion sizes, dividing each dish into seven portions.

Therefore, everyone has food to eat, and everyone's attributes increase.

The dishes made from the meat of the five mud dragon crocodiles were finished, but the feast was not over yet.

Teacher Lin Nanwen caught some swamp mudfish yesterday, and everyone got one. They were all stewed in a pot with scallions. It's nourishing and good for the complexion, and most importantly, it can improve hearing.

Finally, a dessert of "lotus seed and white fungus soup" was served, along with a large fruit platter.

Judging from the way the dishes were prepared and the combination of ingredients, Lü Xiu suspected that Chef Rou Song must have been the head chef at some high-end restaurant. However, what kind of restaurant could possibly have a chef with a title like Hunter as their head chef?

It's probably a large restaurant he owns...

After several rounds of drinks and dishes, the banquet came to an end as night deepened.

The dishes on the table had long been devoured. And those who had eaten were slumped over.

At the dinner table, Lin Yufei was sleeping while hugging a chair. The most honest of them all was drunk under the influence of Ding Qiaoqiao and Tang Baibai not long after the banquet started.

But Ding Qiaoqiao and Tang Baibai weren't much better off; they were the ones who drank the most.

Ding Qiaoqiao held Liu Yuerou tightly, her tail swaying back and forth like a dog's tail, making a jingling sound, and occasionally meowing.

Tang Baibai had the best drinking manners. She would hug her knees, curl up in a chair, and sleep with her face flushed.

Although Niu Jiaojiao had drunk quite a bit and her cheeks were flushed, she was still able to stand up.

"I'll take you home," Ma Qilin said to Niu Jiaojiao.

Surprisingly, he was still conscious.

Or rather, it wasn't surprising. This guy only made a quick start, got the atmosphere going, and then stopped making any further moves. His goal was to be able to soberly escort Niu Jiaojiao and the other three girls home after the banquet.

It has to be said that someone like Ma Qilin can give girls a great sense of security.

A short while later, Ma Qilin saw the four girls off together.

All four of them came from the Floating Clouds Chamber of Commerce.

Liu Yuerou is an appraiser for the magical beast business at the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild, much like Old Xiao who helped Lu Xiu appraise his magical beast materials when he went to the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild to sell them. Tang Baibai is one of the chefs traveling with the guild. Niu Jiaojiao is the daughter of a hunter hired by the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild to accompany them.

They all lived at the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild, so Lu Xiu didn't need to help them get there.

After watching the five people leave, Lü Xiu carried Lin Yufei on his back, intending to take him back to his room before going to sleep himself.

Stepping out of the room, one finds the titled hunters still drinking in the banquet hall.

Given their physical condition, the banquet has only just begun. However, there were originally five people, but now only four remain; the knowledge hunter who was reading is not here.

Lu Xiu took a closer look and found that his teacher Lin Nanwen and Chef Rousong, who had changed out of his chef's uniform and was sporting a beer belly, were the most active people at the banquet.

"Two little bees, flying among the flowers!"

"mua~"

"Flying among the flowers!"

"Pia! Pia!"

"Ahhh~~"

It's hard to describe how cringeworthy this scene is: a greasy middle-aged man in his forties or fifties playing rock-paper-scissors with an equally greasy man, whose body is as big as a small mountain.

This was the first time Lü Xiu had met him, both in his past and present lives.

As Lü Xiu walked out of the banquet hall, he saw the young man at the door.

He leaned against the wall, took out a cigarette with his left hand, and rummaged through his spatial backpack with his right hand, seemingly unable to find a lighter.

"despair!"

Lu Xiu snapped his fingers lightly, and the Shadow King sword he always wore condensed a ball of flame at his fingertips, which he then handed to the young man.

The young man was slightly taken aback, then reached out and grabbed the flame from Lu Xiu's fingertips.

That's right, it's as if an invisible glass ball has captured the flame, pulling it right in front of you.

The young man then lit a cigarette and looked Lü Xiu up and down. "Not bad, the phantom beast on him."

"Thanks"

"Mutant, and a king-level individual at that, very rare. If you accidentally die sometime, you can come find me." The young man took out a business card from his spatial backpack and handed it to Lü Xiu, then walked in another direction of the corridor.

Lu Xiu looked down at the business card in his hand; it only had two names on it.

Wei Mu

【Erudition Society】

"The Society of Broad Learning?" Lu Xiu had never dealt with this organization in his previous life, but he had heard of it.

The Knowledge Society is one of the three largest factions within the Hunting Alliance, formed by Knowledge Hunters.

What they sought was all the knowledge in the world, and they longed to understand the world like gods.

In Lü Xiu's memory, they were like mad scientists from a movie in his past life. It was hard to say whether they were righteous or evil.

As for why there are members of the Society of the Arts at the headquarters of the Golden Gathering, it's not surprising. The Golden Gathering is an extremely loosely organized group, and many of its members also have their own factions.

This "Wei Mu" is just one of them.

The other party asked me to find him after the Shadow King's death, so they must be involved in research in this area...

They escorted Lin Yufei back to her room.

Lu Xiu stood on the balcony gazing at the Golden Coin Valley.

The streets of Golden Valley were even more bustling than in the past few days. After all, today was the official start of the Golden Gathering.

The cold wind blowing under the night sky helped to sober up Lü Xiu somewhat.

Before going to sleep, I first calculate how much of a buff I got from today's dragon meat feast.

Basic attributes: Strength +12, Agility +12, Constitution +14, Spirit +8.

额外增幅:皮肤防御+2、攻击力+4、腿部力量+4、体力恢复速度提升60%、听力+4

The additional boost may not be visible in the attribute panel, but it's a targeted enhancement, so its effect is quite noticeable. For example, Lü Xiu now feels a significant improvement in his hearing, allowing him to clearly hear vendors' cries from a great distance.

Moreover, even considering only the basic attributes, Lü Xiu could say that he had gained a lot tonight.

There are a total of 46 attribute points. Including free attribute points, each level increase only grants 5 attribute points.

That means Lu Xiu leveled up 9 times and gained 1 more attribute point in one night.

But tonight isn't for hunting; it's for feasting on meat and drinking wine.

So comfortable, I wish every day could be like this~

Lu Xiu stretched.

"Hey, if I lived like this every day, would my third hunter class be an elemental hunter?"