Mrs. Cui opened the jade box, inside was a crimson elixir pill.
"Madam, what is this?" Hai Wuliang was puzzled.
"This one, I spent a lot of money to buy as a hangover dicine. As long as you consu it, you can drink a thousand jars without getting drunk." Mrs. Cui obtained this elixir pill from an alchemist who ca from afar.
According to that alchemist, this is a fourth-grade elixir pill, and with this pill, even those who abstain from alcohol can beco gods of wine.
When Mrs. Cui bought this elixir pill, she spent a full thousand taels of gold, never expecting to use it today.
However, if she could use this opportunity to defeat the Drunk Immortal Inn, even a thousand taels of gold would be worth it.
"That’s great, mother, you’re indeed cunningly wise. With this elixir, that bumpkin Ye Lingyue is as good as dead." An Minxia gazed at the elixir, her face full of joy.
"Madam, isn’t it a bit dishonorable to win the competition using an elixir pill?" Hai Wuliang was reluctant; having been a brewer for many years, whether in brewing or competing in drinking, he was always honorable.
Using a hangover dicine to win is clearly breaking the rules.
"Hai Wuliang, what are you talking about at a ti like this? Do you want to see Immortal Restaurant’s century-old foundation crumble overnight? If it weren’t for your incompetence, I wouldn’t need to resort to an elixir to win." Mrs. Cui sharply reprimanded, she had always treated Hai Wuliang graciously since he still held so utility.
If the Immortal Restaurant lost to the Drunk Immortal Inn, what use would there be to keep Hai Wuliang around.
"Mother’s right, Hai Wuliang, if you lose, just scram. If you want to keep your job, you’d better listen to my mother. Otherwise, those dismissed by Immortal Restaurant won’t be able to settle down in Daxia ever again. You don’t want your whole family to end up holess, do you?" An Minxia spoke harshly.
Pressured and left with no choice, Hai Wuliang begrudgingly took the elixir pill and hid it in his sleeve.
With the hangover dicine in hand, Mrs. Cui felt much more confident.
She returned to the tavern and announced in front of everyone that Immortal Restaurant accepted the challenge from Drunk Immortal Inn.
"Today, with the presence of Prince Feng and Heir Qinghai, this humble woman invites both and everyone here to judge as Master Hai and the second boss of Drunk Immortal Inn compete to see whose liquor is purer and stronger." After delivering a high-sounding speech, Hai Wuliang and Ye Lingyue each took a jar of Rainbow Five Treasures.
As the liquor poured out like honey, Ye Lingyue did not say much and just directly drank from a bowl.
Hai Wuliang also took a small sip, and with that, he felt the alcohol rush to his head like a pooling mountain.
This liquor... truly is the quintessence of liquor.
Hai Wuliang’s eyes were a bit moist; as a lifelong brewer, this was the first ti he encountered such fine liquor, it’s just a pity...
Hai Wuliang sighed softly, discreetly pinching the hangover pill between his fingers, ready to swallow it.
"Hold on." Ye Lingyue was quick and grabbed Hai Wuliang’s hand; with a slight exertion of force, Hai Wuliang felt a bone-splitting pain in his wrist, and the pill fell to the ground.
Seeing that pill, the faces of Mrs. Cui and her daughter were quite a picture to behold.
"It is a Rescue Pill, how despicable, the people from Immortal Restaurant actually cheated." Lan Cai’er snatched the pill before An Minxia could get to it.
The crowd was astonished; they couldn’t believe that Immortal Restaurant would resort to such despicable tactics.
Hai Wuliang’s face was pale as he looked at Mrs. Cui and An Minxia with eyes pleading for help. Upon seeing this, An Minxia rushed forward and pointed at Hai Wuliang, berating him loudly.
"How dare you, Hai Wuliang, to use hangover dicine, and we at Immortal Restaurant have trusted you so much. You wanted to use hangover dicine to deceive everyone, and neither my mother nor anyone in Immortal Restaurant knew about this."
An Minxia shifted all the bla onto Hai Wuliang in one breath.
Hai Wuliang was at a loss for words, wanting to argue but afraid to offend the An Country Marquis Mansion.
"Oh? So you an to say, Mrs. Cui and Immortal Restaurant didn’t know about the hangover dicine?" Ye Lingyue sneered coldly.
This mother and daughter duo really had no sha at all.
"Master Hai, let ask you, did you buy this hangover dicine?"
Hai Wuliang stamred, and Mrs. Cui gave him a warning glare.
"Yes... it was who bought it." Hai Wuliang hung his head.
"How much did you spend, and where did you buy it from?" Ye Lingyue didn’t expose him but continued to interrogate.
"I spent... one... ten taels of silver, from... from a street stall." Hai Wuliang blurted out, having never bought hangover dicine in his life and unaware of its actual cost.
"Princely Heir Qinghai, let also ask you, where did you buy your hangover dicine and how much did it cost?" Ye Lingyue stopped pressing Hai Wuliang and turned to ask Princely Heir Qinghai instead.
"It costs five hundred taels per pill, and in the entire Xia Capital, only the Alchemist Association sells hangover dicine. All elixirs sold by the Alchemist Association are recorded."
Princely Heir Qinghai glanced at Mrs. Cui and An Minxia, clearly despising their actions.
"Master Hai, ten taels of silver wouldn’t even buy one percent of this pill. This isn’t a pill you bought, nor is it ordinary hangover dicine. Look at this if you don’t believe ." Ye Lingyue said, then pinching the pill between her thumb and forefinger, she crushed it.
When the hangover dicine split open, a tiny worm crawled out.
At the sight of this worm, everyone gasped.
Hai Wuliang was suddenly speechless, and the faces of Mrs. Cui and An Minxia turned deathly pale, wondering how a worm could be inside a good hangover pill.
"Everyone, this worm in my hand has a na, called Alcohol Worm. It lives off alcohol, and a person who ingests it can drink endlessly without getting drunk. However, once the drinking stops, the worm begins to devour the person’s internal organs until it bursts out. Such Alcohol Worms aren’t found in Daxia, only in the cults in the Central Plains area. If Master Hai had swallowed this pill, he would naturally have won, but within three days, his intestines would rupture and he would die." Ye Lingyue said, glaring at Mrs. Cui and An Minxia.
"Mrs. Cui, you are truly heartless. I’ve devoted most of my life to Immortal Restaurant, and to defeat Drunk Immortal Inn, you used such malicious thods against . If that is the case, don’t bla for being ruthless. Over the years, you have used substandard liquor to pass off as Five Treasures Brew, secretly misused Immortal Restaurant’s funds, and suppressed other small taverns, your actions are despicable." After hearing this, Hai Wuliang, with a face turning livid, finally couldn’t hold back and spilled all the misdeeds Mrs. Cui had done over the years.
"Wow, who would’ve thought, Immortal Restaurant is so despicable."
"To use such thods against Master Hai, truly, the ancient saying is true, ’The sting of a wasp and the heart of a woman are the most venomous.’"
"And she’s the lady of An Country Marquis Mansion, pshaw."
The citizens looked at Mrs. Cui and An Minxia with different eyes, each filled with righteous indignation, spitting stars of saliva at the two.
Those looks, as sharp as blades on their backs, made Mrs. Cui and An Minxia extrely uneasy.
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