Devour

Chapter 164: Dinner Game

Taste the finished white wine one by one, complemented by fine wine.

The color of Iron Blood Nectar is as bright as a ruby. Although it is not as effective as the Earth Spirit Wine in improving your strength, the more you drink it, the stronger its aroma becomes. It seems that there are several aromas changing in turn. It is rich and mellow, rich and elegant, and you will never get tired of drinking it.

"Good wine."

Cheng Bai savored the food carefully and was amazed in his heart: "This menu is perfect, and it complements each other. It is extravagant and luxurious. It is one of the great pleasures in life. I must study it well."

Jixiang worked hard to prepare enough dishes, and they were eaten up in no time after being put on the table. The empty plates piled up like a mountain and were pushed away continuously, leaving the waiters who were coming and going to look at them in amazement.

Cheng Bai was secretly proud: "Miao Ting's appetite is not much bigger than that of ordinary people. The smoker and the black beetle combined are comparable to me. I didn't realize that my appetite has become so big."

There were shouts coming from outside the Danxin Pavilion: "Didn't they say there would be Garuda bird meat? How come it's gone when I got here? Yanbo Pavilion has never seen such a fuss before."

Someone consoled him, "Prince Nie, please calm down. The breast of the Garuda bird has just been eaten up by the guests. There are many more delicacies in Yanbo Tower that will surely satisfy you."

The shouting voice continued, "Since the owner of Yanbo Tower said so, come and have a few drinks with us. The main dish of this meal must include the pheasant's egg."

The owner of Yanbo Tower hurriedly apologized, "We are out of the eggs of the pheasant. This ingredient is too rare. How about changing it to the Black Dragon Banquet? It has a wonderful color, aroma and taste. How about that?"

Hei Long had sharp ears and was unhappy with what he heard. He put down his wine glass and asked, "What are the people outside talking about the Black Dragon Banquet?"

Jixiang explained, "The Black Dragon Banquet is also a main dish. The ingredients are the famous wild game black-horned python from the North, cooked with eight kinds of side dishes. This dish alone is comparable to a banquet. When it is served, the black horn is placed in the center of the dish, and the surrounding dishes are arranged like a black dragon dancing, so it is called the Black Dragon Banquet."

While the guests outside were talking, they headed west towards Xinghan Pavilion.

The more Cheng Bai ate, the happier he became. He was overjoyed: "The Five Continents is the place where I can enjoy myself to my heart's content. It's not impossible to eat everything in heaven and earth. It's a paradise for gluttons."

Just as they were eating and drinking to their heart's content, with the cups and plates in a mess, beautiful music came from outside the Danxin Pavilion.

The beautiful music floats in and leaps into people's hearts, like the gurgling of water and the gentle breeze blowing on the face, sometimes melodious and sometimes soul-stirring, with lingering sound, making people intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves.

Cheng Bai laughed heartily and said, "The melody is beautiful, the sound of nature, the Beilin musician is extraordinary."

Jixiang smiled and said, "I'm afraid none of our Beilin musicians are as talented as this one. This musician cannot be hired anywhere else, so we specially invite him to show his talent today."

She walked to the north side of Danxin Pavilion and opened the white jade curtain that blocked her view.

There are only four large private rooms on the top floor of Yanbo Tower, namely Riyue Pavilion on the east, Danxin Pavilion on the south, Xinghan Pavilion on the west and Guancang Pavilion on the north. The indoor courtyard in the middle is equipped with rockery fountains, flowers, trees, stone tables and chairs. It is quiet and elegant, as if you are in a poem or painting.

Cheng Bai and others looked up and saw a slender woman in a black and white robe and a veil covering her face sitting in front of a stone table amidst the flowers in the indoor courtyard. Her slender hands were whiter and more flawless than auspiciousness, and whiter than snow and frost, as if she did not exist in this world.

She gently stroked the elegant turquoise guqin and played the song "The Moon Rises over the Sea".

"It's her again, the woman who came with the Saint of Jingtao Sect."

Cheng Bailing's eyes were as bright as lightning as he identified the material of the musical instrument on the stone table. He was secretly delighted, "It's the spiritual wood. It really exists in this world. It is also used to refine the Mystical Truth Stringless Lute. The grade of the magic weapon may be better than the Four Symbols Cauldron."

The woman playing the zither clearly used her true essence to condense seven strings on the stringless zither, and used her magic power to play the zither. The tone was ethereal, and her cultivation was not low.

Cheng Bai had listened to many songs on Earth and had a basic understanding of music. He interpreted the meaning of the song with great interest and composed a poem on the spot: "When will we be together as the moon rises above the sea tide? The mist and waves stretch across billions of miles, and the night of longing is winding. I only seek a soulmate, and there will be a time when we can meet again."

Beilin values ​​martial arts over literature, and there are not many people with a little knowledge. The woman playing the zither was quite surprised when she heard it, and the sound of the zither suddenly stopped.

Cheng Bai's heart moved: "Oh no, I hit the nail on the head about what she was worried about." He pretended nothing had happened and looked back at the table where people were drinking and enjoying themselves.

The beautiful eyes of the woman playing the piano moved under the hazy veil, and she could not help but look into the Danxin Pavilion again and again.

A dissatisfied male voice came from the Xinghan Pavilion in the west, shouting, "What musician gave up halfway through playing? Play it again for me."

The woman playing the zither frowned slightly, not wanting to play any more, she stood up, picked up the zither and was about to leave.

The man in Xinghan Pavilion was used to being bossy on weekdays. Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he was quite dissatisfied and simply walked out.

He was tall, with fair skin and slightly curly hair. He wore a luxurious silver-ringed mail armor that only the wealthy warriors of Beilin could afford. It was gorgeously decorated with golden silk clouds, and he wore shiny boots, exuding the unique temperament of a northern noble.

Seeing the elegant and moving curves of the lady in front of him that could not be concealed by her robe, the noble man could not help but said with a strong smell of alcohol: "Hey! That young lady, take off your veil and let me see."

The woman playing the zither stopped, turned around and asked, "May I ask who you are?"

Her voice was as beautiful as the music she played. Her sweet voice made the noble man's desire burn. He said with a drooling face: "I am the prince of Beiwei Kingdom..."

Before he finished speaking, another young noble in splendid clothes hurried out from Xinghan Pavilion behind him and said, "Prince Nie, please give me some face and don't argue. The elegance of Yanbo Tower should not lose our noble status."

Cheng Bai curiously watched the dispute outside Danxin Pavilion and asked Jixiang, "Who are they?"

Jixiang said softly, "The tall one is Nie Bao, the newly promoted prince of the neighboring country Beiwei, and the other one is Mu Luo, the prince of Canghai Kingdom."

Cheng Bai noticed that she didn't reveal the identity of the woman playing the zither, and wondered, "Is it inconvenient to tell me?"

In the indoor courtyard, Nie Bao was a little drunk. The iron blood and fine wine aroused his heroic spirit. Mu Luo's words made him even more conceited. He shouted capriciously: "Young lady, come and sit down in my pavilion. Play the music again, and this bag of gold will be yours." He took out a bag of gold ingots from his arms and dropped it to the ground with a plop.

The heavy bag of money weighed at least several hundred taels, and he looked down on the man with great contempt, treating him as an ordinary street performer.

The woman playing the piano did not look at the money on the ground, but a sharp light flashed in her eyes.

Cheng Bai stood up, walked out of Danxin Pavilion, leaned against the door and chuckled, "Your Highness, if a girl doesn't like to be forced, don't bother her."

Nie Hail was so angry that he shouted, "What does it have to do with you? Do you know who I am?"

Cheng Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, cursing in his heart: "This guy must have drunk too much. I am talking to save you. Do you really think you are so important?"

Nie Hai glanced at the figure and the pretty face of the woman playing the zither for a few times. The more he looked, the more satisfied he became. He loudly lectured Cheng Baidao: "The four major powers in Beilin are headed by my Beiwei. I am the first prince of Beilin. Do you know? I have friends all over the Canghai Kingdom. All the princes are sworn brothers with me. The owner of Yanbo Tower pours wine for me, and the city manager of Lanhui City personally accompanies me."

His face turned pale, but he was speaking to the girl playing the zither. You see how important I am, why don't you obey me quickly?

Cheng Bai simply praised him, "Great, above everyone else, a pillar of a great country."

The sound of conversation startled the other two boxes. The jade curtain was lifted, and Wang Xiongwu and others walked out of the Sun and Moon Pavilion.

Yao Shuang looked disdainful and muttered, "How dare a mortal prince bully a weak female musician like this? Senior brothers, teach him how to behave."

Xu Buwei thought he was from a prestigious family and tried to mediate, "My two friends, you are all people of some status here, why bother arguing over trivial matters? Listen to me and take a step back, how about that?"

Nie Bao looked Cheng Bai and Xu Buwei up and down, and asked, "What are your identities? Tell me."

Cheng Bai said without thinking, "I am the leader of the Heaven-Swallowing Sect, known as the 'White Emperor' who created the world through the Six Paths and is the only one in the Eight Wastelands."

After many life-and-death battles in the Qiongqi Continent, and training with real swords and guns, the title of Thunder Blade King is no longer enough, and the emperor is the future goal.

Nie Bao was so intimidated that he felt that the man's name was more famous than his own. He felt so depressed at being outdone that he couldn't even express it in words.