"Wow, it really is!" Liang Yi glanced over and found it quite a coincidence. He hadn't planned to meet certain individuals, yet fate had led him to encounter them by chance.

Su Youyi took a light sniff and smelled the strong, rich scent of liquor wafting over from the opposite side.

"This Second Prince really does enjoy his drink, just like the rumors suggest..." Su Youyi thought of Zhou Wudao, who loved to paint—could it be said that they were indeed brothers?

Liang Yi glanced over and saw that unlike the sparsely populated teahouse on this side, the tavern was bustling with people, including a fair number of players.

The players had naturally noticed this golden name NPC long ago and knew that he was the master of this city, the Second Prince of the Immortal Dynasty. They had been eyeing this NPC not just for a day or two, but were counting on him week by week!

But this guy was as elusive as a Divine Dragon showing its head but not its tail; the players had indeed encountered him in taverns all across the continent, and even in some Secret Realms that could spawn ancient liquors.

However, so far, there weren't many who had managed to receive a task from him, and those lucky enough to trigger a task had all used rare Spiritual Wine items as a key to the door.

The players also realized that any unseen rare liquor could trigger a rare hidden task with Zhou Zuixi.

Within the time limit of the task, the more interesting liquors found for Zhou Zuixi, the more rewards one would receive.

Massive amounts of experience and super rare Orange skills, Magical Treasures, or items—every player's account of their experience on the forums would always make other players envious.

Once, there was even an ultra-rich guild leader who spent a fortune posting on player forums offering to buy rare fine liquors of purple grade or above.

After all, if it was just one jar of liquor, triggering the task would only result in some useful items from Zhou Zuixi. However, at that wealthy guild leader's place, it could be exchanged for rewards far more valuable than the task rewards.

It was best to do this task as early as possible, because the more frequently players triggered it, the fewer Spiritual Wines would be left for players later on.

Finally, after Zhou Zuixi picked out one hundred jars from the numerous Spiritual Wines, he directly gave the ultimate reward to that ultra-rich guild leader—

A land title right in the center of Fuchao City!

When this item was released, other guild leaders were green with regret; for a Super Guild, this item was even more important than a golden skill!

Only with the land title could one establish one's own sect, which is to say, a true guild base.

Usually, players could only get land titles in smaller towns, even then it would be fiercely contested.

For a city of the caliber of Fuchao City, one of the four great protectorate cities of the Immortal Dynasty, players even thought that they would have to wait until at least two versions later, not realizing that now an exception had popped up!

Establishing a sect in such a top-tier city, with its abundance of resources, conveniences, and the speed of sect level upgrades, simply can't be compared with other cities, especially since it's in the heart of the city center!

Since then, the player forums have been perpetually filled with countless posts seeking to buy Spiritual Wine. But there are only so many types of Spiritual Wine available within a certain timeframe, and after that big spender's campaign, Zhou Zuixi had not appeared before players for a long time.

This situation continued until players had the capability to develop their own Spiritual Wine, only by then the land titles, although still in Fuchao City, were no longer in the city center.

Liang Yi looked around and, as expected, saw a circle of players around Zhou Zuixi, each holding a jar of wine, yet there seemed to be an invisible wall around Zhou Zuixi, separating them as if they were in two different worlds.

However, Zhou Zuixi seemed utterly indifferent to these wines. His visit to the Wind God Commerce this time was prompted by a rumor that Wind God Commerce had unearthed an exquisite wine called Bright Moon Edge from a Secret Realm, which aroused his interest to come and taste it.

Now that the peerless wine had just entered his stomach, even if those Abnormal People had a few wines he had never tried, they could not spark his curiosity in the slightest.

"What a wine, what a wine; the name 'Bright Moon' is truly deserved..." Zhou Zuixi, with his senses slightly blurred, mumbled as he leaned on the table.

Being inebriated was his favorite state; the taste of the wine was secondary, it was the Conception within it that he loved! This was akin to his artistically obsessed imperial brother who painted not for the physical likeness, but for the Conception.

In his drunkenness, he could best experience the wine's Conception; this state allowed him to remain desireless and thoughtless, not needing to consider anything, putting all troubles out of mind, and wholly surrendering his body and spirit to the wine.

"Hmm?" Zhou Zuixi was basking in the afterglow of the exquisite wine when suddenly, he felt several gazes upon him.

With blurred eyes from his intoxication, Zhou Zuixi looked up and saw an extremely handsome, pure and youthful man in white clothes, with his long hair tied up. His posture and temperament were unmatched by anyone he had seen in his life. Even just glimpsing at his features for a few moments gave Zhou Zuixi a sensation similar to the intoxication of tasting fine wine.

Next to the young man was a girl, dressed in the same style as the young man beside her, with beauty so unparalleled that even he, who had lived in the Imperial Palace and was accustomed to seeing all kinds of female cultivators from the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, couldn't help but marvel inwardly.

Her eyes shone like glistening red jade, adding a touch of mystery to the somewhat simple-minded girl.

The two of them sat together, peering at him through two windows, as if they recognized him.

"Both are from the Sixth Realm, yet so young, and while their Sword Intent is somewhat concealed, its sharpness is still hard to hide; they must be the two from Taoist Sect," thought Zhou Zuixi. While he knew few of the Chiefs and True Inheritors or First-grade successors of each Super Force personally, he recognized almost all of them.

Yet, these two were somewhat unfamiliar to him, but this unfamiliarity itself betrayed their identities.

Taoist Sect's Liang Yi and Su Youyi!

In recent years, he had shown little concern for other matters, busying himself with the pursuit of fine wines. Though he had increasingly heard of the two from Taoist Sect, he never took the initiative to view their portraits.

Now that he had finally met them in person, he guessed their identities from various clues.

"But why are these two here?" he wondered.

Lost in thought, Zhou Zuixi then saw Liang Yi across the way smiling and waving at him, seemingly inviting him over.

"Well then, let's see if the Banished Immortal's two disciples are as impressive as the rumors say!" Zhou Zuixi smirked in response, the alcoholic fumes around him instantly dissipating significantly, gripping the unfinished Bright Moon Edge in his hand, and disappeared from the tavern in a flash.

"Ah, that guy is gone again. Looks like nobody among us triggered a mission this time."

"That leader of the Black Cat Knights Guild took out so many Spiritual Wines, making Zhou Zuixi drink to his heart's content, and got a perfect reward for himself. It's tough for us players who rely on luck."

"What's the use of saying all that, can you outdo his spending power with your boasting?"

The players, seeing Zhou Zuixi disappear, all wore expressions of being used to it. After stowing away the Spiritual Wines in their hands, they exchanged a few casual jokes and dispersed, waiting for the next appearance of Zhou Zuixi.