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"A jar of fine osmanthus wine, please take it with you."

Zhongli said.

"Please wait a moment."

The tavern owner immediately had two jars of wine brought over, and before Zhong Li could even speak, she had the clerk put the bill in the account of the Rebirth Hall.

Zhongli nodded and left with the wine.

"Why are you so skilled at keeping accounts?"

Ji Fang was taken aback.

"As a tavern owner, it is key to keep in mind the personality and needs of your customers. Mr. Zhongli is like that. He often forgets to bring his wallet. Rather than waiting for him to say it himself, it is better to anticipate that he has not brought his wallet to avoid embarrassment."

The tavern owner smiled and said, "How was it? My hospitality was pretty good, wasn't it?"

"Indeed, it's quite good."

Ji Fang nodded and said.

"However, I have some doubts. Isn't the book release date tomorrow? Why is Mr. Zhongli here tonight?"

"That's what the tavern owner said."

"Maybe something unpleasant happened. Everyone has unpleasant moments sometimes."

Ji Fang said, "By the way, why didn't that Master Chang Jiu, the one you mentioned who drank here day and night the other day, come today?"

"I don't know. He used to drink 'Little Nine' every time he was drinking, but ever since the head of the Rebirth Hall came to the tavern to look for him, he hasn't come back."

"That's what the tavern owner said."

"Hiss... Why do you make it sound so creepy? It sounds like you were secretly disposed of by the Hall of Rebirth..."

Ji Fang gasped slightly.

“That’s right. A while ago, I heard from my friend at Liuli Pavilion that she overheard Mr. Zhongli and that young master from the Fool’s Clan talking. They said that the Hall of Rebirth is actually a gang, and that they walk in the shadows…”

The female shop assistant next to her said, "Moreover, last time I caught a cold in the middle of the night and went to Bubulu, I saw the head of the Wangsheng Hall secretly kidnap the medicine boy Qiqi from Bubulu and said he was going to bury her."

"hiss……"

Upon hearing the clerk's words, many people present gasped, and for a moment, the tavern was filled with gasps.

Meanwhile, Zhongli carried two jars of wine and headed out of the city.

A girl with white hair and a red rope tied around her neck walked past him expressionlessly.

Zhongli remained calm as he left the city and disappeared into the night.

Golden rays of light streaked across the sky.

On Mount Ozang.

A gust of wind blew by, rustling the leaves. A yellow leaf drifted down into the pond, causing gentle ripples to spread across the calm water.

Zhongli, carrying a wine jar, sat down at the stone table in the center of the pool, poured himself a cup, drank it all in one gulp, then turned his gaze to the other three empty seats and sighed deeply.

once Upon a time.

Like Li Xiaoyao in the book, he was surrounded by new and old friends gathered here.

Ruotuo, Guizhong, Mark Hughes, the major guardian demons, and so many other friends...

Most of them have disappeared into the long river of time.

Some perished, some lost much of their wisdom, and some, through relentless wear and tear, have forgotten everything...

Therefore, he could understand Li Xiaoyao's feelings very well...

It's understandable how Li Xiaoyao felt when he shouted at the lake, "Li Xiaoyao, you're useless! Why are all the people around you dead?"

There was even some resonance.

Sometimes, he wondered if many things wouldn't have happened if he had been stronger back then...

He picked up the wine jar, poured himself another cup of osmanthus wine, and drank it down in one gulp.

I long to drink with old friends again...

Unfortunately……

This wine just doesn't taste the same as it used to...

Zhongli took out the copy of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" that Hu Tao had given her. On the cover, Li Xiaoyao was sitting in a room full of his relatives and friends.

He sighed, his expression somewhat forlorn and lonely...

The longer you live, the more likely you are to evoke memories of the past when you see this kind of work...

He sighed again.

One cup after another, and soon the jar of wine was empty.

Just as Zhongli frowned, a jar of wine floated out of Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun's cave and landed steadily on the table.

"Please use it."

The voice of the True Lord Liuyun Borrowing the Wind rang out.

Thank you.

Zhongli opened the wine jar, and a rich aroma of wine mixed with the fragrance of osmanthus wafted out.

The passage of time is exquisitely reflected in this jar of wine.

He poured himself a glass and drank it down, then silently continued drinking.

Time passed slowly.

After finishing another jar of wine, Zhongli slowly stood up, nodded towards the cave, and then took a step and disappeared from the spot.

After the Emperor left, True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng emerged from his cave.

She looked at the small island in the pool.

On the stone table on the island, there was a bowl of wine left.

It was left to her by the Emperor.

She sighed, stepped forward, picked up the wine, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Your Majesty..."

She looked in the direction Zhongli had left, her eyes dimming slightly. Then she frowned and muttered to herself, "If I'm not mistaken, what the Emperor was holding just now seemed to be 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3,' right? Wasn't the Legend of Sword and Fairy series only up to the second book? Could it be Fang Qiu's new book? Could it be that the Emperor was in a bad mood because he read Fang Qiu's new book?"

"But didn't Fang Qiu go to Inazuma? Could it be that a traveler brought him back?"

She thought for a moment, then flapped her wings and flew away.

Since she had nothing to do tonight, she planned to invite True Lord Lishui Dieshan and True Lord Xiaoyue Zhuyang to go to Liyue to buy Qiu Xinshu.

Before long, the three immortals arrived at Wanwen Collection House. Looking at the new book announcement board that "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" would not be released until tomorrow, they fell into deep thought.

……

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P.S.: I'd like to recommend a book by a friend, a novel about the male protagonist of Honkai Impact 3rd called "The Four Swords of Zhu Xian: Starting with being simulated by Alicia".

Xiao Qingshan transmigrated, transmigrating to a pre-collapse civilization.

However, he was not flustered, because the Four Swords of Zhuxian came with him. Given enough time, he could cultivate all the way to become a primordial saint and create three thousand worlds with a single thought!

But when Xiao Qingshan wanted to develop peacefully, he didn't expect that Alicia would also obtain the Savior Simulator, which allows her to designate anyone other than herself to simulate traveling to the future!

Simulating Kosmo, she is introverted and easily manipulated by the Archbishop of Destiny.

Simulating Mebius, stubborn and arrogant, he was isolated from all the major powers and had no choice but to seek refuge with Kevin!

The Kevin clone only knows how to slurp noodles... Wait, is he about to launch the Stigmata Project?!

Such a valiant and outstanding figure cannot find a single savior!

…But Alicia discovered that no matter who she was impersonating, she could always find one person's shadow in her…

Alicia was astonished when she saw the unassuming Xiao Qingshan being simulated!

In space, the once invincible Herrscher of the End was utterly exhausted.

"Why aren't you dead yet?!"

Xiao Qingshan casually flicked his perfectly intact clothes.

"The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, brat!"

Chapter 390 Even Rocks Will Return to Dust

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Rice wife.

The night was deep, and the moonlight was cold and clear.

Riverside.

There was no one around.

The young man in green gently stroked his harp, playing a song he had composed with his friends in the past.

The bard's lyre vibrated, and a hint of melancholy lingered in the smile on the boy's lips.

A lonely wind blew from the high sky, and the limited-edition signed collector's edition of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" lying quietly beside the boy turned its pages gently in the breeze.

The sound of pages turning, along with the babbling of flowing water and the music played by a bard plucking his harp, drifted away on the wind.

The wind swept across the gradually quieting streets of the outlying island, passing by the hotel of the World Chamber of Commerce.

Inside the hotel.

Fang Qiu was fast asleep, holding the traveler in her arms, while Ayaka Kamisato crouched in bed, secretly watching this scene, her mind a jumbled mess, unable to make sense of what was going on.

However, she didn't notice that not far away, Yae no Miko took out a phonograph and used magic to block out the sound it would make when taking pictures.

I took a picture of Fang Qiu, her clothes disheveled, with a traveler's thigh between her legs.