The space inside Wine City was vast, like a large shopping mall. As we entered the main gate and passed through, Lin Juxiong pointed at the rows of famous liquors on the shelves with his hand and said, "This Wine City is owned by a friend of mine. What's his is mine. Whatever kind of alcohol you want to drink, just take it!"

Although Lin Juxiong's words were somewhat showy, they weren't an exaggeration. The Lin Family had the financial means; they had invested money in this Famous Wine City and received a considerable dividend each year.

Eventually, Lin Juxiong led the two of them into a small, elegant private room. The room wasn't big, with a round table in the center, a tray on it, six glass cups, four chairs, and the inner side of the room was a glass wall. From inside the room, you could see everything inside Wine City through the glass.

After inviting both of them to sit down, Lin Juxiong took a seat directly opposite Wang Xiaoqiang. His eyes, sharp as daggers, were fixed on Wang Xiaoqiang with pressing intent, "Wang Xiaoqiang, are you really Qingxue's friend? Please answer me truthfully, or I'll snap your neck!"

Lin Juxiong made a neck-twisting gesture with his hand. Given Wang Xiaoqiang's physique, he felt he could snap Wang Xiaoqiang's neck as easily as wringing a chicken's.

"What are you doing, Giant Bear?" Xu Qingxue rebuked angrily, "How can you treat my boyfriend like this?"

"Answer me!" Lin Juxiong put out his hand to stop Xu Qingxue from speaking and continued to stare intently at Wang Xiaoqiang, deliberately intimidating him with his gaze. Indeed, his sharp, knife-like eyes were frightening, and they had intimidated many people in the past. However, Wang Xiaoqiang was not scared. He said, "Yes, I am Little Xue's boyfriend. We're already living together.

What's the point of your questioning?"

Wang Xiaoqiang's confidence astonished Lin Juxiong and also irritated him. But he still didn't believe it and shook his head, grinning and saying, "Wang Xiaoqiang, with your sorry appearance, you're aiming for Qingxue? Wishful thinking. You need some self-awareness. Don't fucking..."

Seeing that Lin Juxiong was about to curse again, Wang Xiaoqiang, who had been holding back his anger, couldn't take it anymore. He stood up furiously, pointed at Lin Juxiong's face, and cursed, "What the fuck are you? What right do you have to judge me...!"

Never in his life had Lin Juxiong been pointed at and cursed like this, except by his father, Lin Zhenlong. If the one doing the cursing now were an old man, it might be forgivable, but it was a young man almost seven or eight years younger. In the throes of rage, Lin Juxiong not only didn't explode but also spoke in a weaker voice, "Alright, Wang Xiaoqiang, I didn't expect you to have guts...

I'm a direct person and love to fight. Wang Xiaoqiang, I think we should have a contest. If you lose, regardless of whether or not you're Xu Qingxue's boyfriend, you must sever all ties with her. If I lose, I'll back off and never see Little Xue again..."

Xu Qingxue gave Wang Xiaoqiang intense looks, signaling him not to fall for Lin Juxiong's trick.

Wang Xiaoqiang ignored Xu Qingxue's signals and simply asked, "How do you want to compete?"

"A man's way, of course. Since you don't have the physique, I won't pick on you. I'll give you two options. The first is a fight—knock your opponent down so they can't get up, and you win. The second is a drinking bet—make your opponent so drunk they can't stand, and you win... Fair enough, right?"

Xu Qingxue stood up abruptly and said to Wang Xiaoqiang, "Little Qiang, let's go. Don't bother with this lunatic..."

"Go? Sure! Wang Xiaoqiang, if you leave, I will not stop you, and I'll just consider you a coward forfeiting the fight. You'd be giving Qingxue up to me willingly..."

"You're the fucking coward!" Wang Xiaoqiang didn't leave but sat down again, asserting firmly, "I'll take you on!"

"Little Qiang, have you gone mad?" Xu Qingxue knew Wang Xiaoqiang's qigong was formidable and beyond ordinary people, but Lin Juxiong was no ordinary man, either. He had grown up in the military, trained from the age of five or six. His physical toughness and combat skills were not something an average person could match.

For instance, if he went out into the street right now and rounded up a dozen strong men, he could easily take them all down within three minutes.

All of them!

This was something his father, Lin Zhenlong, had mentioned offhandedly three years ago while boasting about his son after drinking a bit too much during a visit to the Xu Family. In other words, Lin Zhenlong was already this strong three years ago.

In Xu Qingxue's eyes, Wang Xiaoqiang's chances of winning were slim, even if it came to a drinking bet, as she was not optimistic about Wang Xiaoqiang. After all, since Lin Juxiong had proposed a drinking bet, it meant his alcohol tolerance was likely formidable.

Lin Juxiong, staring at Wang Xiaoqiang, chuckled and said, "Not bad, that's what I call a real man! Tell me, what shall we bet on?"

"A drinking bet!" Although confident in winning by either method, Wang Xiaoqiang chose the drinking bet. He could tell that Lin Juxiong was a strong man, and defeating a strong opponent like him would create a stark contrast, making it too easy to reveal his unique superpower.

"Fine! Then let's bet on our drinking prowess!" Although Lin Juxiong really wanted to fight and take the chance to make Wang Xiaoqiang suffer, since Wang Xiaoqiang had chosen a drinking bet, he had no reason to object.

"Lin Juxiong, do you find this kind of game amusing?" Xu Qingxue grew impatient. Although she wasn't sure about their drinking capabilities, she could see that Wine City was run by Lin Juxiong's friend. If any underhanded tricks were used, Wang Xiaoqiang was bound to lose.

Lin Juxiong acted as if he didn't hear her, ignoring Xu Qingxue completely and said to Wang Xiaoqiang, "We'll choose one type of liquor, drink the same amount, and whoever falls first loses. Agreed?"

"What liquor are you choosing?"

"Whiskey, I guess. I've said that this Wine City belongs to my friend, and what's his is mine. Today, no matter what we drink, how much we drink, it's on me, not you to worry about..." Lin Juxiong boasted brazenly.

Wang Xiaoqiang said, "No way, I can't stand foreign liquor; it's like cat piss. I'll choose for myself. No matter what, we'll drink the same amount, and no one loses out!"

Lin Juxiong's eyes flicked around, and he said, "Sure, no problem, I'll take Whiskey. You can choose any other kind of alcohol, but if you choose beer, that's fine too. Just remember to squat like a woman when you pee afterward... hehe..."

"Hehe..." Wang Xiaoqiang responded with a smile, not anger, "Don't worry, the alcohol I choose definitely won't be lower in proof than your Whiskey..."

"Alright then, let's each go get our drinks! I've already instructed the staff; you can take any alcohol you want from the entire Wine City..." Lin Juxiong said as he got up and walked out.

"Little Qiang, don't... you can't outdrink him..." Xu Qingxue said with concern as she saw Wang Xiaoqiang getting ready to fetch his drink.

"How do you know I can't outdrink him?" Wang Xiaoqiang retorted.

Xu Qingxue paused, sighed, and then advised, "Little Qiang, you might as well pick Zhangyu Dry Red Wine... that one has a lower alcohol content..."

But before she could finish speaking, Wang Xiaoqiang had already gone out.

After leaving the private room, Wang Xiaoqiang headed straight for a shelf that was displaying more than a dozen bottles of ginseng-infused liquor, which the Five Elements Spirit Spring within him had sensed upon his arrival.

As Wang Xiaoqiang approached the shelf, the two dormant Five Elements Spirit Springs within him began to vibrate. He took two more steps closer to the shelf, and the vibrations from his Spiritual Spring intensified, causing the ginseng in six out of the seventeen bottles of ginseng-infused liquor to lightly shake.

Clearly, out of the seventeen bottles of ginseng-infused liquor, only those six bottles contained Wild Mountain Ginseng. Those six bottles of Wild Mountain Ginseng liquor used Wuliangye, each bottle one jin in size, with the ginseng inside slightly thicker and longer than a middle finger.

The rest obviously were not Wild Ginseng, possibly ordinary ginseng or Korean Ginseng. These were not what Wang Xiaoqiang needed to focus on.

Wang Xiaoqiang didn't dare to get any closer, instead, he asked a staff member to get the liquor for him, bringing the six bottles of Wild Mountain Ginseng liquor to the private room.

The staff member immediately complied, fetching the bottles off the shelf and personally delivering them to the private room.

As Wang Xiaoqiang entered the private room with the staff member, another staff member was also delivering Whiskey to the room, a total of five bottles.

Seeing that Wang Xiaoqiang had chosen ginseng-infused liquor, both Lin Juxiong and Xu Qingxue were surprised. It was clear that neither of them had expected Wang Xiaoqiang to pick ginseng-infused liquor. And when they saw it was Wuliangye-infused ginseng liquor, both were dumbfounded, staring at Wang Xiaoqiang as if he were some sort of oddity.

Not to mention the proof of the liquor, who could handle several bottles of ginseng liquor in a row?

"Little Qiang, have you gone mad?" Xu Qingxue cried out, throwing caution to the wind.

"It's okay, trust me!" Wang Xiaoqiang said, pulling his chair over to the wall, not daring to get close to the Wild Ginseng liquor, and nodded at Xu Qingxue with an easygoing expression.

A playful smile crossed Lin Juxiong's face and he thought to himself, if this guy isn't an idiot, then he's truly badass!

"Lin Juxiong, is the liquor I've chosen manly enough?" Wang Xiaoqiang asked Lin Juxiong with a sneer.

"Definitely!" Lin Juxiong gave Wang Xiaoqiang a thumbs-up, but inwardly he sighed, "Ah, the brave one fears the reckless, the reckless fear those who throw caution to the wind. Today, I've met someone who's throwing caution to the wind. What can I, Lin Juxiong, do to him? It's all well and good for saving face, but later on, it might cost me my life!"

The drinks were ready, and in order not to lose face, Lin Juxiong called a staff member to bring another bottle of Whiskey, making the number the same as Wang Xiaoqiang's ginseng liquor.

Now, on the table, there were six bottles of Wuliangye ginseng liquor and six bottles of Whiskey Glenfiddich.

Both were high-proof spirits, the difference being, one was an Eastern spirit combined with herbal medicine, the other was a Western hard liquor.

"Shall we begin?!" Lin Juxiong, fearing that Wang Xiaoqiang might back out and change his choice of drink, urged him to start.

"Let's start!" Wang Xiaoqiang said.

When Wang Xiaoqiang agreed, Lin Juxiong grabbed a bottle of Whiskey, bit off the cap with his teeth, and started chugging it straight away. One really had to wonder if his teeth were made of iron.

Not to be outdone, Wang Xiaoqiang swiftly picked up a bottle of ginseng liquor from the table. He then moved back to the wall, with the Aura of Geng Metal infusing his front teeth at will and causing an explosion that swiftly bit off the bottle cap. Holding the bottle with both hands, he began to drink from it.

Watching the two men drink high-proof alcohol like it was water, Xu Qingxue's heart climbed up to her throat. She glanced from one to the other, and it was apparent that she was worried about Wang Xiaoqiang. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we warmly invite you to recommend and vote for it at Qidian Web (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.

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