Underworld entries, starting with ghost stories.

Once you start drinking alcohol, it's actually quite difficult to resist toasts from many other people.

Fortunately, Miss Dou protected him. Seeing that he was swaying after drinking one bowl, she stopped him from drinking any more.

Although he didn't drink any more, the effects of the first bowl of wine made Wu Qing's voice much louder.

Even as the banquet drew to a close, the others were still going.

He staggered out of the side hall, intending to return to the courtyard to rest.

Standing at the entrance of the side hall, his courtyard was not far ahead.

Unfortunately, the rain was heavy, and if you rushed over, even for such a short distance, you would definitely get soaked.

It's one thing to get wet yourself, but it's a real problem if the feather fan in your hand gets wet.

"Qing-ge'er!" A soft, melodious girl's voice, like that of a nightingale, came from behind.

Wu Qing turned around and saw Shan Ailian.

Dan Ailian had put on a straw raincoat and was holding a large oil-paper umbrella.

She came to Wu Qing's side, opened the oil-paper umbrella, and shielded Wu Qing from view.

She lifted her face, slightly flushed—whether from the alcohol or something else, it was hard to tell—and said, "Qing-ge'er, let me take you there!"

Wu Qing looked down at her, and at that moment, his heart was pounding, whether from the bowl of wine he had just drunk or something else.

He said, "Lend me the umbrella, I can get there myself."

Dan Ailian and Dou Xianniang lived in the backyard of the Great King's Palace and did not need an umbrella.

Wearing a straw raincoat, Shan Ailian smiled sweetly: "It's alright, I'll take a walk too."

Since the pretty girl was willing to give it to him, Wu Qing didn't refuse.

Dan Ailian, wearing a raincoat, took the initiative to hold an oil-paper umbrella and walked with him in the rain.

The raindrops pattered against the oil-paper umbrella.

Although it was already night, the sky was not dark.

The watchtower was still lit up, and the guards on it gave the two of them a strange smile as they walked in the rain with umbrellas.

"If Qing-ge'er drinks seriously, he might be able to drink a lot too."

Shan Ailian said softly, "I could tell you were quite drunk back then, but now you seem perfectly fine."

Wu Qing wasn't sure if he could drink it.

After drinking that big bowl of water, my head was indeed throbbing and my brain was hot.

But after that initial rush, it seems like nothing's wrong now.

He turned his head slightly towards Shan Ailian and leaned closer to her: "Miss Shan, are you perhaps doing this on purpose to get me drunk? What do you intend to do to me?"

The reason he drank such a big bowl was because this pretty girl came over to toast him.

Since a young woman had brought over the drinks, and with the surrounding crowd egging her on, it was indeed difficult to refuse.

She actually wanted to offer a toast later, but Dou Xianniang stopped her.

Although his face came close, Shan Ailian did not flinch.

In the night rain, the silent lightning flashed like plucked strings, and her flushed face was revealed in the light.

She held the umbrella handle with her two small hands. Wu Qing was much taller than her, so her hands were raised quite high as well.

Even in the rainy night, her bright eyes shone with a cheerful smile: "I just want to see what you'll be like when you're drunk, Qing-ge'er, and no longer so confident of victory."

Wu Qing said, "It's definitely not that simple."

"It's that simple!" For some reason, the pretty girl's face turned even redder.

Although she didn't avoid his face as he leaned in, her gaze drifted to the other side.

Wu Qing realized that he had guessed correctly; she must have had other intentions.

But what exactly it was, they didn't understand for a while.

It couldn't possibly be that they deliberately got me drunk so they could take care of me, could it?

Look, I'm so good to you, I'll take care of you, so don't worry about why you need someone to take care of you.

He felt that the pretty girl probably didn't mean that, but just as he was about to leave, she had already put on her raincoat and prepared her oil-paper umbrella, which made him somewhat suspicious.

The road was short in the rain, and Wu Qing entered the courtyard.

As night deepened, he didn't want to let the young woman in to sit down, as it might lead to gossip.

"Thank you!" He turned around. "You should get some rest too."

Shan Ailian gave a soft "Mmm" and said, "Qing-ge'er, you should get some rest too."

Wu Qing watched her leave, seeing her return to the side hall of the Great King's Palace, where she turned back and waved to him before entering.

He then turned around, walked through the eaves, and returned to his residence.

**

Wu Qing washed up and lay down on the couch.

His room was quite spacious, but not much stuffed inside.

The overall conditions in the mountain stronghold were not very good. Although they received 80,000 taels of tribute silver, all of that money had to be spent on essential items such as food, weapons, and intelligence.

The candlelight on the table emitted a faint, yellowish glow. He leaned against the pillow, closed his eyes to rest, and after calming himself down, he finally opened the system.

—"Underworld entry: Green Snake, White Snake (Note: You wouldn't believe it, would you? You're actually Xu Xian!)"

Open the instructions section.

— "Upon use, the script of 'Green Snake, White Snake, and Past Life' will be released (Note: Snake demons, I will control your cultivation). The host will be transformed into the legendary tale 'Xu Xian'."

—"The system will proactively find women with the constitutions of the Green Snake and White Snake for the host."

—"The host will experience the 'Green Snake and White Snake' scenario together with the two women in their past lives. The host can assist the Green Snake and White Snake in their cultivation in their past lives."

—"After the karmic ties of their past lives end, the Green Snake and the White Snake will remember their past lives and gain some of the magical techniques they cultivated in their previous lives."

Wu Qing sat up on the couch and tilted his head.

That's all the description; there's nothing else.

I think further hints will only be given after using the term, right?

The key words are "Snake demon, I will punish your cultivation."

注？

Is it a typo in the system, or is it really "注"?

But then again, what's the story behind the ghost story "Xu Xian"?

Wait a minute, Xu Xian in the Legend of the White Snake was indeed in love with a demon.

Falling in love with a monster, telling ghost stories... it doesn't seem so wrong!

Besides, in "The Legend of the White Snake", the white snake is a demon, and "legend" can be interpreted as a legend or a topic of conversation.

The Legend of the White Snake can also be considered a ghost story... Is this explanation okay?

If there's anything I'm dissatisfied with, it's that in the so-called "past life connection," I "instructed" them in their cultivation, and after it ended, they obtained some of the techniques from their past life's cultivation.

Why not the other way around, where they help me cultivate, and I acquire magical techniques?

Wu Qing also wanted to use his feather fan to borrow the east wind, set up the Eight Gates Formation, and arrange the Nine Palaces Lanterns, thus becoming a true reincarnation of Zhuge Liang.

Well, even though he didn't get any benefits, he couldn't refuse the chance to "inject" two snake demons into cultivation.

So, with a simple swipe, he added the entries "Green Snake, White Snake" to his account.

Two star-like spheres, one blue and one white, flew out of the window.

—The host has successfully acquired the physique of the legendary figure "Xu Xian".

— Currently searching for beautiful women with the constitutions of green snakes and white snakes for the host.

Wu Qing jumped up, rushed to the window, and pushed open the window covered with oilcloth.

He saw the blue orb of light fall directly into the backyard of the Great King's Palace, while the white orb of light flew out of the mountain.

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