Chapter 378: Chapter 205: Lord Zhou Returns (Ten-Thousand-Word Chapter)

“Uh.”

Long Hao City’s expression was a bit awkward. Adding more food was fine, but adding only half a plate seemed a bit stingy, didn’t it?

Xiao Luo also awkwardly smiled and explained, “General, adding half a plate is already quite good. Except for one time when Mr. Changqing was in an exceptionally good mood, he never added extra food for anyone. You’re quite the exception, General.”

“Is that so!”

Hearing he was an exception made Long Hao City quite happy.

After waiting in line for more than half an hour, a table finally became available for Long Hao City and Xiao Luo.

The two ordered two pots of burning knife liquor.

Additionally, Long Hao City also got to enjoy the legendary Hu Jiao preserved egg as he had wished.

Previously, while at the General’s Mansion, Long Hao City had heard his subordinates talk about the Hu Jiao preserved eggs, and he was curious about what they were. Later, he heard from his subordinates that a very good little tavern had opened in the city.

Long Hao City was a lover of alcoholic drinks, and today he had Xiao Luo bring him here to drink.

A sip of burning knife liquor made Long Hao City feel refreshed from head to toe, something he had never experienced before.

As evening approached, the sky gradually darkened.

After a drink, Long Hao City’s face turned rosy, and then he looked at Li Changqing, waving his hand and saying, “Mr. Changqing, why don’t you come over and join us for a drink?”

“Alright.”

Li Changqing didn’t refuse, thinking that building a good relationship with the City Defense General in Zi Wu City wasn’t a bad idea.

Moreover, he could gather some information, so why not?

So Li Changqing sat down and started drinking.

Little did he know, Long Hao City wasn’t pretentious and would become very talkative after drinking a bit.

Perhaps Long Hao City himself didn’t realize that although he had a decent tolerance for alcohol, the higher proof of Li Changqing’s liquor made him start to open up, talking to Li Changqing about some affairs in Zi Wu City.

Every month, some Spirit Beasts would attack Zi Wu City. He had been stationed here for over ten years and had encountered all sorts of situations, even beast hordes every few years. Those were the toughest times because too many of his brothers died after those hordes.

As he spoke, a look of regret appeared in his eyes.

Li Changqing quietly listened.

“Mr. Changqing, you look a bit familiar…” At this point, Long Hao City’s words were slurred, and his eyes were red—a classic symptom of getting drunk.

Upon hearing this, Li Changqing was sure that Long Hao City had drunk too much, but he still smiled and said, “Could it be we’ve met before?”

“No, no, this should be our first meeting. However, I’ve met someone before, and I thought you looked somewhat like him.” Finishing, Long Hao City leaned in, unable to resist laughing, “The more I look, the more you do resemble him.”

“Resemble who?” Li Changqing asked curiously.

“I once visited Celestial Sea City and was fortunate enough to meet Monarch Yuehan, a genius painter of great renown at the time. I think you two look quite a bit alike!” Long Hao City laughed heartily.

Hearing this, Li Changqing was taken aback.

The name Monarch Yuehan wasn’t unfamiliar to Li Changqing.

Previously, the Pavilion Master of Futu Pavilion, Li Jingsong, frequently mentioned this name and even asked if he knew them.

This made Li Changqing a bit suspicious. Did he really look that much like this Monarch Yuehan?

“Do I really look alike?” Li Changqing couldn’t help but curiously ask.

“How do I put it, at a glance, yes. But if you look closely…” Long Hao City stared at Li Changqing’s face carefully and muttered, “Not so much, it’s quite odd.”

“General Long, you’ve had too much to drink.” Li Changqing said lightly.

“No, how could that be.” Long Hao City chuckled, losing the image of a high-ranking person, coming over to hook arms with Li Changqing and said, “Brother, let me tell you, I’ve never gotten drunk in my life! So when you say I’m drunk, that’s nonsense. I’m not bragging, I could handle another five… no, ten more pots without an issue.”

Li Changqing smiled; Long Hao City had already started rambling.

Even Xiao Luo, beside, let out a strained smile, as he realized that the general had overdone it.

“Changqing, my brother, I’m telling you, you must be careful lately. I’ve got a bad feeling, something might happen over at Cloud Wasteland, and the atmosphere in this Heigulin isn’t right lately. If anything happens, come find me, I’ll help you.”

Long Hao City said, patting Li Changqing on the shoulder.

“Cloud Wasteland is going to have trouble?” Li Changqing frowned and asked, “What kind of trouble?”

“Who knows?”

“But lately, the Spirit Beasts in Heigulin have been quite restless. I really don’t know what’s going on.” After saying this, Long Hao City could no longer handle it and collapsed, falling asleep on the table.

“Mr. Changqing, sorry, I’ll take the General back now.” Xiao Luo quickly said.

“Alright.”

Li Changqing nodded.

However, he was curious whether the things Long Hao City said about Cloud Wasteland were true.

Previously, the information he got about Cloud Wasteland always came from Lu Qiaoqiao, but ever since Lu Qiaoqiao started acting strange, she never appeared in his dreams anymore.

Or maybe she just couldn’t find him anymore.

Over the past few months, Li Changqing found running the tavern to be quite pleasant, while also keeping an eye on intelligence from various factions.

The information department of Evergreen Commerce Association developed quite nicely, recruiting many experts. Nowadays, Evergreen Commerce Association isn’t what it once was, and the Cyan Lotus Sword Venerable’s name drew many experts to join.

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