Chapter 0136 – Because I’m a More Ruthless Person Than I Seem – Absolute Returns

The next day, I declared a ten-day retreat to focus on my training.

I left the affairs of the Yellow Springs Pavilion entirely in the hands of Xu Dalong, and as for those Demon Dignitaries, I’m ignoring them for the time being.

This retreat came out of nowhere, but it was a perfect fit.

Everything has an opportunity, martial arts practitioners, martial arts sword, pay attention to a “potential” word, and cultivate martial arts, also need “potential”.

My “potential” is the contest with my father that has just ended. I had to integrate what I had learned from the fight while it was still fresh in my mind.

As for those Demon Dignitaries, I decided to ignore them for the time being.

Perhaps the Drunken Demon will come to me tomorrow, perhaps a conflict will break out between those Demon Elders, but none of these are under my control, and instead of wasting time speculating, I should focus on my own improvement.

I closed my eyes and my mind drifted back to the match with my father at the Windfall Residence.

I recalled every action, every detail, with clarity and carefully analyzed the gap between my father and me.

This match was of extraordinary significance to me. It was the first time I had exerted my strength without reservation, the first time I had fought against an expert in such a small space, and the first time I had gone all out without being able to destroy anything.

I gained a lot of insight.

This retreat was more about cultivating the state of mind than cultivating martial arts. I put aside all distractions and devoted myself to the realization of the martial arts.

Ten days later, I came out of the chamber and my beard had become very thick.

“Who are you trying to kill here, kid? It’s not going to be at me, is it?”

As soon as I stepped outside, I smelled a strong odor of alcohol, and I didn’t have to guess who was here.

“Elder Drunken Demon, what brings you here?”

“What else could I be doing here? Waiting for you! When I heard that your brat was going to be in seclusion for ten days, I rushed here without stopping.”

“You’re not waiting here for me for ten days, are you?”

“That’s for sure! I’ve been waiting since day one.”

I looked at the Drunken Demon and said with a smirk:

“You’re lying, you must have asked Miss Lu Bin to inform you to come back to me when I’m out of the gate. Look, you’ve only had a few drinks today, how does it look like you’ve been waiting for ten days?”

“Hmph, it seems like that Lu Bin girl has completely betrayed me.” The Drunken Devil shook his head helplessly, then asked suspiciously, “Your brat wouldn’t be deliberately avoiding me, right?”

“I’m not going to lie, it’s really fun to drink with you, but sometimes, fun can be a burden.”

“When I heard that you were going into seclusion, I thought the sky was going to fall! If you were to go into seclusion for a hundred days, wouldn’t I be turned into a lookout stone?”

“Can’t you go find someone else to drink with?”

“Looking for who?”

“Ah Senior One Flower Sword Venerable.”

“I’ve been humiliated like that by that Extremely Evil Evil Demon guy, how can I still have the face to go and have a drink with Sword Venerable? I have to save some face for myself, right?”

The Drunken Devil said this with his mouth, but in his heart he may not think so. His mind is full of me right now, so how can he care about anyone else?

“Why should friends be so out of touch with each other?”

“I’m not being facetious, I’m afraid I’ll cause you trouble.”

Drunken Devil’s words left me speechless, and he had a point.

“Come on, let’s go for a drink!”

“Is that how much you want to drink with me?”

“Didn’t you say you’d drink two hundred jars of wine with me before you’d call me brother?”

It seems that he has memorized what I said earlier at the Windfall Residence.

“Do you think, then, that we can become true brothers by drinking two hundred jars of wine?”

“Of course! Two hundred jars of wine have been drunk, what can’t we get through?”

“You’re right, though. ……”

“Although I don’t like tea, but for you, I can make an exception and drink five times, but drinking, what’s two hundred altars? Even if you ask me to drink a thousand altars, I will still accompany you to the end!”

“Why do you have to call me your brother?”

The drunken devil looked at me, meaningfully:

“It’s simple, you have a half chance of becoming a Heavenly Demon now, I’m investing in advance to find myself a backer.”

“You’re thinking wrong.”

“What did I think wrong?”

“If I become a Heavenly Demon, I won’t call you my brother anymore.”

“You kid, you’re good enough to do one thing to your face and another behind your back!”

“That’s how I am, I make a clear distinction between public and private matters, if I become a Heavenly Demon, I will definitely strictly restrain my words and actions, and I will definitely not do anything that undermines the majesty of the Heavenly Demons.”

The Drunken Devil looked at me with a flash of disappointment in his eyes.

“I thought that you would break the stereotype and mingle with us Demon Elders.”

“What is your misunderstanding of me? I told you long ago that I am a cold and heartless person, and the reason why I act easygoing is just to hide my nature. If I become a Heavenly Demon, I will definitely disown all six of my relatives, and at that time, you can’t blame me for being unsympathetic.”

“You ……”

The Drunken Devil wanted to say something else, but I had already turned away.

“Stop right there you kid!”

The drunken demon caught up with me and blocked my path.

“You really don’t want to know why your brother couldn’t become a Heavenly Demon?”

“Don’t want to.”

“This is a big deal about your brother, are you really not curious?”

“Not curious.”

“You ……”

I looked at the Drunken Demon and said with a smirk:

“Are you deliberately trying to whet my appetite for a drink?”

“You, boy, are so smart it’s not funny!”

“I’ve already told you, I’m a cold-hearted man.”

I bypassed the drunken demon and continued on my way.

“You kid, don’t be ungrateful! I’ve been waiting here for you for ten days!”

Well, seeing as he’s so sincere, I’ll grudgingly oblige him.

“Alright, I promise, when I wash up, I’ll meet you at the Drunken Dream House at night.”

A smile finally appeared on the drunken devil’s face.

“That’s what you said, no backing out!”

“I’m as good as my word, but you’ll have to promise me one condition as well.”

“On what terms?”

“You must tell me why my brother can’t be a Heavenly Demon.”

“I thought you said you weren’t curious?”