Chapter 920 Return
After much hesitation, Qingyang sent a retreat signal to the alcoholic queen bee. The alcoholic queen bee was a little reluctant at first, but it was under Qingyang's repeated urging that she left the ninth floor of the ancient cellar and joined the six bees on the eighth floor. After reuniting, the seven foundation-building alcoholic bees returned to Qingyang together.
At this time, Qingyang has already reached his limit. Even if there are alcoholic bees to block the smell of alcohol, he cannot bear it for such a long time. In the final analysis, Qingyang's cultivation level is too low.
The seven blue shadows seemed to be holding something, but Qingyang's drunken eyes were hazy and his heart was anxious. All his energy was used to fight against the ubiquitous drunkenness. He was not in the mood to check carefully, so he could only take them in drunkenly. The immortal gourd returned towards the sixth floor of the ancient cellar.
The sixth floor of the ancient cellar had long since been deserted, and it was quiet all around. Inside the empty hall, there were only some old wine-making facilities. Qingyang continued to go up without stopping.
The speed when coming back is much faster than when going down. As Qingyang goes up layer by layer, the concentration of alcohol around him is getting lower and lower, and the pressure on Qingyang's body is also decreasing little by little. The drunkenness in Qingyang's body gradually subsides. Yang also gradually returned to his sober state.
In just a quarter of an hour, Qingyang returned to the second floor of the ancient cellar. At this time, he had fully recovered. However, the alcoholic bee had inhaled too much alcohol and could not wake up for a while, but they The task was also completed, Qingyang put them away casually.
After adjusting his condition slightly and checking that there was nothing abnormal around him, Qingyang quickly headed towards the first floor of the ancient cellar. There are many monks gathered in the main hall on the first floor of the ancient cellar. Except for the dozens of monks arranged by the city lord's palace to make wine, almost all the monks who participated in the second stage of the test are waiting here, including Zhenren Ziyun and the six Nascent Soul monks. Not here.
Perhaps because they have waited for too long, everyone is a little impatient, and everyone has a bad look on their face. If it is Senior Yuanying, everyone can just wait a little longer. A foundation-building monk actually made a group of golden elixir monks wait for so long. No one feels too comfortable.
But think about it, this guy can stay on the sixth floor of the ancient cellar for so long and get first place in this link. He should not be an ordinary foundation-building monk. Maybe there is some unknown background behind him. Although most people I feel unhappy, but I won't say anything. Those younger Yuanying cultivators don't care. No matter how big your background is, how can you be bigger than them?
Shi Ruyu's face darkened and he was about to get angry. Seeing this, the people from Baotan next to him spoke out first: "Junior brother Qingyang, why did you come back? We thought you were drunk on the seventh floor of the ancient cellar. If I hadn't known about you I have always been a close-knit person and will not do anything that exceeds my capabilities. I advise everyone to wait a little longer. By now, I might have reported to Lord Yueyue to go down and save you.”
Baotan Sanren had been working together with Qingyang for ten years and knew many of Qingyang's secrets. Qingyang had helped him before on the seventh floor of the ancient cellar, so he deliberately smoothed things over for him. Fortunately, Baotan Sanren was here. If he hadn't been talking next to him and these people had actually informed Lord Yao Yue to go rescue people, some secrets might not have been kept. Not to mention other things, the alcoholic Queen Bee would have been exposed.
Qingyang knew that everyone must have grievances, and Baotan Sanren had already come forward. He quickly said: "Seniors, I have kept you waiting for a long time. In fact, I have been at the steps of the entrance to the eighth floor. I hesitated for a long time and did not dare to go down. It is not easy for me to come here. , after seeing the legendary Jiuxian City Ten Thousand Years Ancient Cellar, I wanted to try the limit, but ended up wasting a little more time."
With the interruption from Baotan Sanren, Shi Ruyu's anger decreased a lot, and he just snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, a small foundation-building monk dares to try the eighth floor of the ancient cellar that only Nascent Soul monks dare to enter. It's really You are not overestimating your abilities. Fortunately, you are self-aware and did not enter the eighth floor of the ancient cellar easily. Otherwise, I would have gone to collect your corpse at this time. "
Qingyang is not the kind of rookie who has an impulsive personality. He is a new Foundation Establishment monk. He cannot afford to offend a Jindan monk like Shi Ruyu, not to mention that this person has the father of a Nascent Soul monk. Even more unprovoked. Fortunately, someone from Baotan interrupted the conversation, and the guy's words were not too unpleasant. Qingyang just pretended not to hear.
At this time, Master Lone Star also smoothed things over and said: "This person can defeat many monks with his cultivation in the foundation building stage, and he has some merits in entering the eighth floor of the ancient cellar. After all, he is the first in this link. It doesn't matter if we wait a little longer. There is no need to worry about such small things. We can't keep you elders waiting. Let's go back as soon as possible. "
Others also said: "Yes, the six Nascent Soul monks are still waiting for us to report the situation. Let's go back quickly to avoid worrying them."
Shi Ruyu didn't have any hatred against Qingyang. It was just because Qingyang won the first place and stole his limelight. He was slightly dissatisfied with him, so he took the opportunity to vent. Now that someone else was trying to smooth things over, he didn't continue. He pressed on, snorted and stepped aside.
During this second stage, although several monks fell drunk in the ancient cellar, fortunately they were followed by friends and were rescued along the way. Now the hundreds of monks who entered the ancient cellar have returned here. , this session was finally over. Master Lone Star confirmed the number of people, and then took everyone out of the ancient cellar and back to the previous square.
This second stage took quite a while, almost a whole day in total, but none of the hundreds of cultivators in the square left. One reason was that the City Lord's Mansion had good wine to entertain them, and the other was that they usually didn't have the opportunity to enter the City Lord's Mansion. Now that they finally came here, how could they leave easily? Besides, they were waiting to see who would win the first place in the wine tasting.
There were still so many tables in the square, but the positions of the cultivators who were eliminated in the first stage were slightly changed. The tables of the cultivators who were eliminated in the first stage were all moved to the back, and the number of chairs in the middle was much less, only more than 80, and the closest to the Nascent Soul cultivators was only 20. Judging from the number, it should be reserved for the cultivators who passed the first stage and the second stage.
Sure enough, after Qingyang and the others arrived at the square, the managers of the City Lord's Mansion verified the red lines on the jade slips in their hands one by one, and then led everyone to the corresponding positions. The more than 80 people who were eliminated in the second stage were in the middle, and the top 20 sat in the first 20 chairs.
The wine tasting party was just a private gathering of the City Lord's Mansion for friends to drink together, so the competition was not that strong. The top 20 people sat randomly and there was no specific ranking. However, everyone knew that the first place was not a descendant of the Nascent Soul stage, nor a late Golden Core cultivator, but a cultivator who had completed the Foundation Establishment stage.