"Young friend, wake up."

Feng Jizi flicked his fingers, and a wisp of fresh breeze drilled into Liu Zheng's nostrils.

"Whew~"

Liu Zheng opened his eyes, sweat pouring from his pores, thick as mud.

"How does it feel to be roasted by your own life flame?"

Feng Jizi asked with a smile.

"Uncomfortable. It reminds me of a poem."

He shook his head and said.

"Oh? What poem?"

Feng Jizi asked with curiosity.

"Only see the moon cold and sun warm, cooking lifespan."

Liu Zheng recited.

"The alternation of sun and moon using the word 'cooking,' this poem is quite mysterious. Who wrote it?"

Feng Jizi couldn't help but ask.

With Liu Zheng's level of writing couplets, he naturally knew this poem wasn't written by Liu Zheng.

"It was written by the Tang Dynasty poet Li He, who was nicknamed 'Poetry Ghost.'"

"Poetry Ghost, indeed a fitting name. That later generations have this poem and this person shows the unbroken literary lineage of Huaxia, wonderful, wonderful."

Feng Jizi sighed.

"Senior, I've also written a few poems myself. How about I recite them for you?"

Liu Zheng said with interest.

"Hmm... Let's see what the ancestors have gifted us instead."

Feng Jizi said with a flicker in his eyes.

Forcing him to praise well-written couplets was one thing, but forcing him to praise well-written poems would be too much for him, a righteous person.

"Alright."

Regretfully, Liu Zheng picked up the Jade Bamboo from the ground.

"Huh?"

He exclaimed in surprise because no item description popped up.

"Young friend, why the exclamation?"

"I have an appraisal method, but I can't determine the origin of this item."

Liu Zheng admitted honestly.

"Could it be that the item's quality is too high?"

"Probably not."

He shook his head.

Even epic level items can be identified by the system. The ancestors wouldn't be so generous as to dispense a mythic or even above-mythic item.

"Young friend, don't panic. Let me separate the item first."

Feng Jizi pulled out a strand of his hair and, after stretching it straight, sliced through the middle of the Jade Pearl, immediately splitting it into two.

Indeed, it became two, not halves.

The two Jade Pearls were identical, only slightly less lustrous than the original.

And the item description appeared.

"Name: Wind Queen Jade Pearl (Incomplete)"

"Type: Equipment/Item"

"Quality: Perfect"

"Effect One: Greatly enhances effectiveness when using Qimen Dunjia-type abilities."

"Effect Two: After use, randomly gain two Qimen Dunjia-type skills, and the item will be automatically destroyed."

"Remark: The Wind Empress, a descendant of Fu Xi and one of the Three Dukes trained by the Yellow Emperor. Proficient in the Way of Fu Xi, using Eight Diagrams to set Nine Palaces, secure fortresses, and set the graves of people."

"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"

"What a pity."

Feng Jizi sighed.

"What does the senior find regrettable?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"If it were a complete Jade Pearl, it could be a priceless treasure. Now that it's split into two, it can only be said to be usable."

Feng Jizi replied.

"Why not just merge them back together?"

"This item is neither real nor unreal, and now they're individually linked to our destinies. Without supreme mana, it'd be nearly impossible to recombine them."

He shook his head.

"If they can't be combined, let's just keep them apart. It's already quite good for me."

Liu Zheng seemed unbothered.

Items like equipment can enhance one's strength, and using them as an item can also gain two skills, which is already very practical.

"Young friend is broad-minded; it's me who's being petty."

Feng Jizi said self-deprecatingly.

"The senior is only considering my well-being. However, if he truly feels guilty, there is a way to make it up."

He said, turning his eyes.

"How to make it up?"

"Teach me a few Qimen Dunjia spells, hehe."

Liu Zheng said thick-skinnedly.

Using the Wind Queen Jade Pearl as equipment is naturally more worthwhile than using it as an item to exchange for skills.

"Haha. I wondered what the difficult request was. It's just a few spells, no problem at all."

Feng Jizi laughed.

"Great, can you teach me now?"

He eagerly asked.

After all, who knows when he'd come back to the Du Kang Wine Workshop again.

"Sure. Step aside, young friend."

Feng Jizi instructed.

"Oh."

Liu Zheng backed away a bit.

"A bit further."

Feng Jizi added.

"Alright, senior, is this far enough?"

This time he retreated to a distance of three meters.

"Hmm, that's about right."

Feng Jizi waved his robe, and several piles of books appeared out of nowhere on the ground.

There were stone steles, knotted ropes, bamboo slips, as well as brocade, grass paper, and others.

"Are all these Qimen Dunjia spells?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Ah, no. These are just the introductory knowledge of Qimen Dunjia. Once you've mastered them all, I'll teach you the advanced knowledge. When you also fully comprehend the advanced knowledge, I can then teach you spells."

Feng Jizi explained.

"Senior, if you don't want to teach, just say it. It's not like I have to learn."

He said with a helpless expression.

Just the introductory level might take him a century or two to master.

It's not that Liu Zheng couldn't live that long; if they're saying he's already half an Immortal Species, living two to three hundred years shouldn't be a problem.

The key is, the restaurant wouldn't possibly allow him to stay in the Du Kang Wine Workshop for a century or two.

If he took the books out to self-study, that would probably require a thousand years.

With that amount of time, Liu Zheng might as well master Qimen Dunjia, going to the sewer to eat shit might make him the number one under Si Xue if Si Xue was still the boss then.

"It's tough, Qimen Dunjia taps into the wonders of heaven and earth, explores the true meaning of the great Dao; naturally, the difficulty of learning it is extremely high. However, if the young friend wants a shortcut, there is a way."

Feng Jizi said.

"Now I do want to learn."

Liu Zheng immediately changed his attitude.

"Which type of spell does the young friend want to learn?"

Feng Jizi asked.