Master, don't tease me, you can't handle three of them.

Chapter 177 Jing Shu! Really! Thank you so much!

Han Luo knew what she would be like after drinking, so she secretly used her spiritual power to dissipate the effects of the alcohol and stay sober.

After all, you can't get drunk right after you start drinking, right?

Shi Chuan picked up the wine bowl and carefully observed the wine inside. It was as clear as water, but very fragrant.

Is this... wine?

Shi Chuan lowered his head and drank it all in one gulp.

"Boom--!"

A crisp sound startled everyone. Gu Meng tentatively nudged Shi Chuan, "Senior Brother?"

Shi Chuan's head slammed into the table, and he remained motionless.

"Brother..." Jingyou was stunned. "Senior Brother seems to be... a bit dead..."

Jing Shu hadn't expected that Shi Chuan's alcohol tolerance was so poor; he passed out after just one bowl.

"It's alright, Senior Brother... let him sleep first."

Jing Shu had no choice; he had forgotten to ask his senior brother if he could drink it before he came.

In the Hanfeng lineage, apart from Gu Meng who can't drink, none of them can drink alcohol.

Jing Shu looked at Fu Huaizhi with concern, wondering if his senior brother could drink it.

But Jing Shu quickly looked away. His master had the Demon Lord with him, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

When Xue Niang saw that Shi Chuan was the first to fall, she didn't react much, but just smiled and said, "I should have prepared an extra jar of spirit juice."

Then Xue Niang raised her wine bowl high, "Come on! Let's drink!"

Fu Huaizhi watched everyone drinking and simply smiled. He took a small sip of his drink and put it down, then turned to look at Jun Mo and asked with a smile, "How is it?"

Junmo refilled his glass, "It's not as strong as the Demon Realm wine, but it's not bad."

Just as Jun Mo was about to pour wine for Fu Huaizhi, he noticed that the wine in Fu Huaizhi's bowl was almost untouched. Jun Mo raised an eyebrow slightly, "Huaizhi doesn't like to drink?"

Fu Huaizhi shook his head. "I like it, but I can't hold my liquor. It would be a shame to use my spiritual power to neutralize the effects of the alcohol."

Junmo picked up his wine bowl and made a gesture to clink it with Fu Huaizhi's, saying, "Huaizhi, drink as much as you want, I'll take care of everything."

Fu Huaizhi was also somewhat tempted, and raised his bowl to clink with Jun Mo's, "Okay."

Fu Huaizhi lowered his head to drink, naturally unaware of the fleeting glint in Jun Mo's eyes.

Jingyou watched everyone drinking with great gusto, then silently glanced at his juice jar. He really, really wanted some too...

Jingyou caught a glimpse of the wine jar next to Shichuan out of the corner of his eye, and his eyes lit up instantly.

I'll sneak a little drink; it should be fine, right...?

No one noticed Jing You; Gu Meng, the only one who hadn't drunk any alcohol, had all her attention on Ji Chen.

Ji Chen wasn't a very good drinker. After realizing he was getting a little drunk, he stopped drinking and slowly moved his chair next to Gu Meng.

"Little Meng'er, can I have a sip of juice?"

Ji Chen's mind was still sharp, just a little slow. He couldn't drink anymore; he really wanted something else...

Gu Meng held the cup in one hand. Although Xue Niang had given Gu Meng a cup, it was not an ordinary teacup. The cup had a large capacity, and Gu Meng felt that one cup was enough for her to drink, so she nodded.

"Pour it yourself." Gu Meng pushed the jar toward Ji Chen, her gaze already fixed on the roast chicken on the table.

Ji Chen chuckled and used his chopsticks to pick up the chicken leg from the roast chicken and put it in Gu Meng's bowl.

"Thank you, Xiaomeng'er, here's a chicken leg for you."

Gu Meng looked bewildered, then picked up a chicken leg and stuffed it directly into Ji Chen's mouth, saying, "I don't like chicken legs."

Gu Meng picked up a chicken wing with her chopsticks and said, "I like this, no need to treat me."

Gu Meng's cheeks were stuffed full, and Ji Chen also started eating a chicken leg. "That's good, I like eating chicken legs."

The two chatted casually, and it seemed quite harmonious.

Jing Shu drank the bowl in one gulp and felt that he could not drink anymore, so he used his spiritual power to try to neutralize the effects of the alcohol, but Han Luo grabbed his wrist from the side.

"You are not allowed to use spiritual power to neutralize it," Han Luo transmitted telepathically.

He had never seen Jing Shu drunk before, and he was quite curious.

"Didn't Master also use spiritual power?" Jing Shu tilted his head towards Han Luo and echoed in a telepathic message.

"Then we won't need to do any of that."

Han Luo slightly curled the corners of her lips, picked up the wine bowl in front of Jing Shu, and drank it all down.

Jing Shu also became interested, poured more wine for himself and Han Luo, clinked their glasses lightly, stared intently at each other, and drank it all in one gulp.

After a while, everyone was drunk.

"Jing Shu!" Lin Yuru suddenly stood up, raised the bowl in her hand, her pretty face flushed from drinking too much.

Jing Shu was already drunk at this point, staring blankly at Lin Yurou, "What are you doing?"

"This bowl! I toast you!"

After Lin Yuru finished shouting, she tilted her head back and drank the full bowl of wine.

"Great!!!" Lu Yunqi clapped loudly from the side, showing that he clapped very hard.

After Lin Yuru finished drinking, Jing Shu slowly spoke, his eyes full of doubt, "Why? To toast me?"

"I want to thank you! You gave me the courage to attend this sect competition! Without any hesitation or inferiority! With my water elemental root, I won fourth place in this sect competition with honor!"

Lin Yuru shouted every word she spoke, as her water spirit root had caused her a lot of trouble.

To protect her, her master concealed her spiritual root and went to great lengths to find the Heavenly Spirit Vine to fake a wood spiritual root, and devoted everything to nurturing her.

Even so, her master and the sect still distrusted her greatly, and she rarely even stepped out of the sect. However, during the battle of Huacheng, she saw a cultivator with an even rarer light spiritual root than herself—Jing Shu.

He was incredibly strong, unlike what one would expect from a cultivator with a light spiritual root. Whether it was the talisman given to her or the battle against the Soul Devouring Beast, Jing Shu's performance was simply too powerful.

Although both were cultivators who were not highly regarded, Lin Yuruo deeply felt the gap between her and Jing Shu. It wasn't just in terms of strength, but also in terms of their inner selves.

She wanted to become stronger, and she also wanted to be like Jing Shu, no longer needing to be protected, and become a cultivator who could stand on his own!

After returning to the sect, she refused her master's offer to find her another Heavenly Spirit Vine to conceal her water spirit root. Not only that, Lin Yuru also took the initiative to explain that she wanted to participate in the sect competition.

So what if she has a water elemental root? There's no need to hide it. As long as she's strong enough, as long as she's like Jing Shu, no one will look down on her because of her water elemental root anymore!

Lin Yuru did indeed achieve that. When the sect competition ended, the people looked at her with more admiration than anything else.

She used her own strength to place the name "Lin Yurou" before "Water Spirit Root".

"Jingshu! Really! Thank you so much!"

Lin Yuru bowed sincerely, then stood up straight. Her hair was slightly disheveled, but Lin Yuru was truly happy!