Sun Bumin and the two others were seeing the blind man for the first time. Although puzzled by the stranger's enthusiasm, they still politely nodded.
Their eyes lit up instantly when they saw the familiar figure sitting next to the blind man.
"Teacher Ye, you're here too?"
Teacher Ye was still in his plain shirt, which appeared recently wetted and somewhat damp. His slightly tired eyes lifted, and he was momentarily stunned to see Sun Bumin and the other two approaching.
"...Is that you all?"
The blind man asked, puzzled, "Do you know each other?"
"Haha, of course we do."
Sun Bumin chuckled and sat directly on the chair opposite the blind man.
They weren't surprised to find Teacher Ye there; after all, Chen Ling had come to the South Sea Domain specifically to find a home for the Integration Faction, and Teacher Ye would certainly be invited to a welcome banquet.
Jian Changsheng and Jiang Xiaohua also took their seats, their eyes like those of hungry wolves, fixated on the dishes on the table. It was as if their brains had ceased functioning, with only the most primitive eating instincts dominating ninety-nine percent of their brain cells.
After over half a year of training in the Gray Realm, they hadn't eaten a single bite of proper human food. They either starved for an entire month at a time or dug up bark and weeds, or caught small shrimp in various disaster territories. When truly desperate, they would even tear a piece of flesh from a disaster creature's back to chew.
While Jiang Xiaohua didn't react much, Jian Changsheng would suffer from diarrhea for half a day after eating a bite of disaster creature meat, only to become even hungrier afterward.
When confronted with such a lavish spread of delicious food, their initial reaction was that they must be dreaming.
The blind man gently waved his hand, and a dedicated attendant stepped forward to pour wine for the four guests.
The moment the rich aroma of wine diffused into the air, Jiang Xiaohua's nose twitched, and his eyes immediately fixed on it.
"Distinguished guests, having traveled so far, allow me to propose a toast on behalf of the South Sea Lord..."
The blind man had just raised his wine glass, about to speak, when a pair of dirty hands snatched the entire beggar's chicken from the table. As the chicken was torn in half, the tender meat shredded, and a rich meaty aroma diffused into the air.
Jian Changsheng's pupils glowed green as he shoved half the chicken directly into his mouth, tearing off large chunks of meat with one bite and chewing fiercely, his ferocious expression more monstrous than any disaster.
The blind man's wine glass, half-raised, instantly froze in mid-air...
"Gulp, gulp, gulp..."
Loud gulping sounds erupted nearby. Jiang Xiaohua, having somehow snatched an entire bottle of wine, was tilting his head back and chugging it down.
A little spilled liquor trickled down his blackened bandages. The high-proof white wine seemed as bland as water to him; in just a few seconds, he had guzzled down the entire bottle.
Jiang Xiaohua placed the empty bottle back on the table, let out a soft burp, and cautiously asked:
"...Is there more?"
The blind man: ...
Compared to Jiang Xiaohua's politeness and subtlety, Jian Changsheng's approach was much simpler and cruder.
He pulled a bone, smooth as if it had been through a sander, from his mouth, slammed his palm on the table, and, still unsatisfied, bellowed:
"More! Bring ten! No... twenty!!"
This was a welcome banquet arranged by Chen Ling, and Jian Changsheng cared nothing for politeness. He hadn't eaten proper human food for over half a year; what was wrong with eating a few more chickens? Back in the Tianshu Domain, Chen Ling had even treated them to king crabs, so he certainly wouldn't care about these.
The blind man, witnessing such a scene for the first time, immediately spoke after a brief moment of stunned silence:
"What are you standing around for? Bring twenty more chickens! Ten bottles of wine!"
As staff members bustled back and forth, bottles of fine wine nearly overwhelmed Jiang Xiaohua, and plates of beggar's chicken not only covered the entire dining table but also surrounded Jian Changsheng's feet...
Even Sun Bumin's eyes widened a little when he saw a cart full of double-skin milk approaching.
As the three feasted heartily, Teacher Ye turned to the blind man and spoke thoughtfully:
"Mr. Zhou, my main purpose for coming here is to discuss the issue of supplies needed by the Integration Faction..."
Before Teacher Ye could finish, the blind man waved his hand.
"Teacher Ye... business can wait until after dinner."
The blind man had no mind to deal with the Integration Faction's affairs at the moment. His entire attention was focused on the three individuals before him. He had initially thought the two "beggars" were subordinates of the young man in the Tang suit, but it now seemed that wasn't the case. If not, then which of the three was the "General Star"?
Under the table, his fingertips tapped repeatedly, as if he were divining something.
He first focused on Sun Bumin, the most normal of the three. The ability of Divination Dao silently activated, deducing heavenly secrets in his empty eyes, as Sun Bumin's past and future slowly materialized at his fingertips...
In the first second, he saw a figure engulfed in seven-colored flames, with eyes wide open like a furious lion.
The moment he saw this, the blind man was startled. He had considered that the young man's background might be extraordinary, and that he might even be hiding his true strength, but he hadn't expected his aura to be so terrifying. It seemed the "General Star" was the person before him.
But the next second, another identical Sun Bumin appeared in the blind man's vision.
The blind man was stunned.
Then came a third, a fourth, a fifth... a dense multitude of "awakened lion" Sun Bumins almost filled the blind man's eyes, and a strong, throbbing pain erupted, as if his eyeballs were about to burst!
Just then, the Sun Bumins before the blind man vanished simultaneously, leaving only the single one standing quietly there...
Behind Sun Bumin, a mysterious old man appeared.
The old man seemed to stand upstream in the river of time, within an ancient history that the blind man could not deduce. He appeared to have noticed the blind man's prying, casting a slight glance in this direction, and similarly raised a finger to perform a quiet divination.
An aura of Divination Dao, almost crushing the blind man, instantly crossed the river of time and slammed into his mind!!
Thump—!!
The blind man, who had been sitting upright in his chair, suddenly swayed violently, almost collapsing to the ground.
Scarlet blood flowed from his nose. The blind man seemed to realize something, and his face was filled with shock!
In the past of this young man in the Tang suit... there was actually a Divination Dao demigod standing there?!!
"Hm? Why are you bleeding from your nose?"
Sun Bumin, who was happily eating his double-skin milk, asked in confusion.
"...It's nothing, just a bit overheated lately." The blind man, forcing himself to suppress the injury from the divination's backlash, silently looked toward Jiang Xiaohua beside him.
Since he couldn't divine this young man in the Tang suit, he would try another.
As the blind man's fingertips tapped again, his Divination Dao activated once more...
But after just a few seconds, his body trembled violently once more!
As Jiang Xiaohua gently raised his eyes, the blind man's consciousness seemed enveloped by a dark and cold night. A strong sense of weightlessness surged through him, and he felt as if his entire being was plummeting into an abyss...
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