"Stop! The road... uh..."

Nowadays, the inspection and questioning upon entering the city have become increasingly brief.

This time, the guards didn't even finish speaking before the city gate fell silent. Never mind the guards, even a commoner entering the city would have their heart pounding, nearly blurting out two names caught in their throat.

This couple hasn't disguised themselves... Two years ago, portraits of Yue Hongling were everywhere, with everyone dressing up as her, even the bandits of Beimang Mountain recognized her, a true idol of the masses. Besides, now with the God Slayer, Asura King by her side? Their romance is also common knowledge. Appearing together, their identities are beyond doubt.

Under normal circumstances, someone might have already approached them for an autograph, but now? The Asura King is King Zhao of the Great Han and this place is against the king.

Zhao Changhe looked around and burst into laughter, "What's everyone doing? Please inform Situ Xiao, an old friend comes visiting, and I would like a drink. Don't tell me he's not here?"

Before his words landed, a large cauldron suddenly fell from the sky: "Have a drink?"

The aroma of wine from the cauldron had already wafted to the city gate from afar.

Invited to have a drink, but with the cauldron facing upward, how was one to drink from it? Jump on top for a sip? That would be unseemly. Tip the cauldron? The resulting spill would drench one's head.

Everyone eagerly watched Zhao Changhe's move, only to see him grin and suddenly stretch out a finger.

Touching precisely on one leg of the cauldron, the cauldron spun upwards, with water droplets spraying and spinning from its edge, scattering like a fountain.

Zhao Changhe snapped his fingers with a "pop," and the scattered spray suddenly came together, forming a cup shape which landed steadily in his hand.

Zhao Changhe tilted his head back and drained the cup of wine in one gulp, and the water-made cup remained intact.

With a casual flick, the wine cup transformed into a miniature Water Dragon, roaring as it ascended to the sky, catching up to the still spinning cauldron and with a "splash," dived back inside and vanished.

The people at the city gate were as if witnessing Immortal Law... Could this be something achievable by human Martial Arts?

But Zhao Changhe was just laughing, "This wine is quite average."

From above, a sigh came through: "Everyone is poor, can you just make do? May Lady Yue please?"

As the last word dropped, the great cauldron had just reached its peak and began to descend.

But at the moment of descent, the wine in the cauldron suddenly exploded, countless droplets shooting out like swords "swish swish swish," scattering in all directions, then like a thousand swords launched at once, each accurately aiming at every person present.

People didn't react in time, barely beginning to muster the thought of dodging when a small wine-made sword had already stopped at their lips.

Yue Hongling's voice rang out: "Brother Situ has become quite stingy today. Giving with borrowed florals, sharing is caring, please!"

Moved and captivated, everyone said in unison: "Lady Yue, please."

Thus, they all opened their mouths, and the wine swords entered their throats.

Situ Xiao's voice loudly laughed: "Good, good, good!"

The cauldron re-entered the three-foot radius above Zhao Changhe's head, who suddenly slapped upwards: "A toast to Situ!"

"Boom!" The great cauldron remained still in his hand, but the wine within roared up, transforming into a giant Water Dragon, rushing toward a certain spot on the city wall, the howling on its path as true as a dragon's roar!

"Tsks..." A palm lightly slapped out, the dragon's head abruptly stopped, slowly coalescing into a large mass of wine. Situ Xiao's big face appeared on the city wall, hugging the wine and guzzling it voraciously.

After a moment, the wine was drained, and he returned with a hearty laugh: "Come on, I've just had someone arrange to slaughter a pig, we've got to treat you to something good."

With a "clang," Zhao Changhe planted the cauldron into the ground, the cauldron legs sinking fully into the soil, then he led his horse and strode into the city. Yue Hongling smiled faintly and followed leisurely behind.

It wasn't until the pair had been in the city for quite a while that the crowd outside the city gate finally let out staggered sighs, as if many had been holding their breath, not daring to breathe, now finally exhaling.

A few guards came forward to move the cauldron, which couldn't just be stuck at the city gate entrance, as that would be quite improper.

As a result, the three guards formed a triangle to lift it, but the cauldron was embedded in the ground and would not budge. Two more people joined, surrounding the cauldron without a place to stand, but even with their combined effort, it did not move an inch.

The crowd was astonished.

"Too terrifying... Is this the Martial Arts of a human?"

"How else would they call him the God Slayer?" someone said, "It's rare that Master Situ could catch it."

"Because they are friends, right? That Water Dragon was just for a toast?"

"You're overthinking it. This was definitely a test of strength. If either side had shown weakness, things could have turned out differently... Planting the cauldron at the city gate is tantamount to demonstrating authority. But speaking of which, the young master has already shown weakness, hugging the entire mass of wine, not as effortless as the couple."

"Master Situ is only on the Human List today, while those two seem to be on the Heavenly List, just one battle away. The real conversation will involve Sect Master Li."

Sect Master Li... Zhao Changhe, who had already entered far into the city, still heard the private whispers outside. Theoretically, Li Shentong should now proclaim himself as the King of Shu, but that need not be his own desire for the crown; it's just the situation demanded it, as ruling a place needed a title, and without the proper name, the words don't follow command. But even now, did people still call Li Shentong "Sect Master Li"?

"Hey, what are you eavesdropping on?" Alongside the road, Situ Xiao leaned against the wall, laughing lazily: "Walking straight in, do you know where to go?"

"You'll lead the way anyway, otherwise why are you here, to show off?"

"..."

Zhao Changhe casually said, "By the way, isn't it in the original Governor Mansion?"

"Before we arrived in Chengdu, there had already been riots here, and the Governor Mansion was burned down to the ground by someone," Situ Xiao sighed and walked over, accompanying the two side by side, "The world says we've killed many people in Ba Shu, not really though, many acted on their own, including some true bandits... Not all who rise up are Righteous Army, strictly speaking, there are but a few in the world who can be called the Righteous Army."

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