Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

Ye Chen looked at her and said, "Beautiful lady, what's your reason for drinking? It's not my birthday today!"

They disrespect the birthday person first, and then they pay respect to this freeloader. Seriously, I don't know how these people fill the holes in their heads.

"Brother Jun, you've toasted me, so I'll toast you too!" The girl even secretly glanced at Zhou Jun.

"You guys should at least pay some respects to Caiwei first, shouldn't you? She's the star of the show today!" Ye Chen said irritably.

"Although Caiwei can't drink alcohol today because she's on her period, she can drink rice milk. The ingredients are the same, so you can't ignore her just because she drinks rice milk."

Zhou Caiwei's face darkened: "Could you speak any louder?"

"Hey, this is a normal physiological phenomenon, don't mind it, keep a good mood!" Ye Chen said as he filled Zhou Caiwei's cup with rice milk.

The girl next to Zhou Jun looked at Caiwei and smiled, "Weiwei, let's have a drink first, wishing you to stay 18 forever!"

"Whatever you like!" Caiwei took a sip of rice milk.

"Hey, you two, you skipped over Caiwei and went straight to toasting me. That's not very polite. Should you punish yourselves with a drink?" Ye Chen looked at Zhou Jun and the young man with white-rimmed glasses.

You little brat, trying to force me to drink?

That depends on your individual alcohol tolerance!

Caught off guard by Ye Chen's words, the two had no choice but to pick up their glasses and say something polite: "Weiwei, let's punish ourselves with a drink and wish you a happy birthday!"

Weiwei naturally took a sip of the rice milk, while Zhou Jun and the young man with white-rimmed glasses finished their entire cups!

"Come on, Caiwei, happy birthday! Just because you remembered to invite me to dinner, I have to toast you!" Ye Chen smiled and clinked glasses with Caiwei!

"Drink less, or you'll get too drunk and try to become sworn brothers with my great-grandfather again!" Zhou Caiwei rolled her eyes at Ye Chen.

"Hehehe..." Ye Chen chuckled awkwardly, but his wine glass was already empty!

Drinking with others is one cup, and drinking with the person you're drinking with is no exception.

Next, Ye Chen had a drink with everyone present, and then had several rounds of conversation with Zhou Jun and the young man with white-rimmed glasses.

Ye Chen didn't know exactly how much he drank, only that two bottles of Maozi were empty and the third bottle was almost empty.

Zhou Jun and the young man with white-rimmed glasses started speaking loudly, gesturing constantly as they talked about things from back then!

Apart from feeling a little full, Ye Chen didn't seem to have any other feelings.

It seems this detoxifying pill is quite effective!

"Brother Ye Chen, how come you can drink so much today?" Zhou Caiwei's eyes widened in amazement!

Ye Chen had been drunk before, so she roughly knew his alcohol tolerance.

But Ye Chen drank much more than before today, yet he's still so sober.

Could this be counterfeit alcohol?

Zhou Caiwei couldn't help but pick up the bottle and take a look, but her family didn't have any fake alcohol.

"I'll let you in on a secret: I drank some hangover soup before I left the house, but don't tell anyone!" Ye Chen said mysteriously.

Zhou Caiwei's eyes widened: "You're cheating!"

"What do you mean by cheating? This is called believing in science!" Ye Chen blatantly lied.

"Oh!" Zhou Caiwei said "oh" and silently refilled Ye Chen's glass!

"Come on, let's continue! We won't leave until we're drunk!" Ye Chen called out.

Zhou Jun and the young man with white-rimmed glasses were also decisive: Let's do it!

They've been drinking so much that they've almost forgotten what they were supposed to do. Oh right, they were supposed to get Ye Chen drunk!

But how can Ye Chen drink so much?

They couldn't understand it, and they didn't have enough brain cells to think about these things right now.

Just drink it!

We must drink Ye Chen under the table today!

And then they finally got what they wanted.

They finally saw Ye Chen collapse. Not only did Ye Chen collapse, but the entire house was turned upside down!

Ye Chen looked at the two people lying on the ground with some apology, then turned to Zhou Caiwei: "What should we do with them? They can't just stay at your house!"

After all, these two guys were trying to get him drunk, and it was all because of Ye Chen.

"It's okay, someone from their family will come to pick them up!" Zhou Caiwei covered her mouth and smiled.

A large cake was served at the end of the birthday party, but everyone had drunk a bit too much, so the cake ceremony ended rather abruptly.

Ye Chen returned to his villa at 8:30 p.m.

Ye Chen checked his phone and saw five missed calls, all from his second uncle!

It turned out the sound wasn't on, so Ye Chen quickly called back.

"Hey, Second Uncle, what's up? My phone was on silent, so I didn't hear you!"

"Nothing much, I just wanted to invite you out for a stroll at night!" my second uncle said with a smile.

"I've just had a few drinks, so I'll skip shopping. I'll take you guys to the city center tomorrow morning!" Ye Chen had just had a few drinks and wasn't in the mood to go shopping with his second aunt and the others, so he declined.

"Okay, it's a bit noisy here, so let's leave it at that for now!" After saying that, my second uncle hung up the phone.

Ye Chen guessed that his second uncle and the others had gone to the student street, which was indeed a lively place.

With Chen Tingting by their side, the three of them wouldn't get lost while shopping.

Ye Chen collected his thoughts and sat cross-legged to practice breathing exercises.

Although there is no spiritual energy, it still provides some psychological comfort, just in case there is a subtle, imperceptible spiritual energy present!

As the saying goes, little by little, a great pool is formed!

Anyone who knew this extraordinary breathing technique would probably be restless.

The next morning, Ye Chen struggled to stretch his shoulders, neck, and legs that had lost all feeling!

"Ugh—ah—holy crap, how did I fall asleep!"

Ye Chen cultivated until late last night, but without any results whatsoever. As expected, he fell asleep!

He had been sitting up all night, his muscles were tense, and he looked like he had been beaten up!

Ye Chen immediately swallowed a healing pill. The cool energy entered his body, and only then did his feet feel like their own!

Ye Chen let out a long sigh of relief. This damn cultivation really does require a lot of perseverance!

How do those characters in novels manage to sit for years at a time?

Ye Chen stretched his arms and bent his waist, doing a set of stretching exercises.

Ye Chen changed his clothes, washed up quickly, and went out to practice Tai Chi with the elderly folks.

Now he is also a member of this senior citizens' fitness team.

The sun hadn't risen yet, and the sky was still overcast, but that didn't deter the elderly couple from their determination to exercise.

Halfway through my Tai Chi practice, the orange-red sun just came out!

Ye Chen glanced at the rising sun, took a deep breath, and felt refreshed, as if he were full of vitality!

Ye Chen was suddenly taken aback. This... this feeling was spiritual energy?

Ye Chen didn't have time to think, and started breathing exercises right there!

Unlike before, this time I finally felt the breathing technique!

It was the feeling of exceptionally fresh air, a subtle coolness that made his whole body feel refreshed, and a sense of comfort that ran from his tailbone straight to the top of his head!

Yes, that's the feeling!

This...this seems to be spiritual energy?!

Holy crap, there's actually spiritual energy here! Ye Chen almost jumped up in excitement.

He forcibly suppressed his inner excitement and maintained his breathing rhythm.

However, the good feeling didn't last long; it only lasted for about half a minute before it was gone!

Ye Chen practiced breathing exercises for a while longer to make sure he didn't feel that way anymore; the spiritual energy must have disappeared again.

What happened?

It came quickly and went quickly. If Ye Chen's perception hadn't far surpassed that of ordinary people, he probably would have thought it was an illusion.