Xing Zhilin put down his wine glass and leaned closer to Ming Li. "Your Highness Yu, we've faced life and death together. Look at you..."
Ming Li silently took a sip of the peach blossom wine in his hand and said expressionlessly, "Impossible."
Xing Zhilin: ...
Xing Zhilin continued, "Your Highness Yu, this general has some excellent tea. Would you like to try some?"
Ming Li's lips twitched. Has the old man gotten addicted? His wine addiction is even worse than hers.
Finally, after Xing Zhilin's incessant pestering, Ming Li, impatient, gave him two more jars of peach blossom wine, and only then did he quiet down.
The officials sitting behind them were a bit curious. They remembered that the relationship between Your Highness Yu and Xing Zhilin didn't seem that good.
Moreover, everyone in the capital knew that Xing Zhilin didn't like drinking wine but preferred tasting tea. Their sudden closeness couldn't possibly be because of the wine...
"General Xing, what is this wine?"
General Xing's expression turned serious. He clutched the wine in his arms, as if afraid the official would snatch it. "It's just ordinary wine."
The official: "Does General Xing mind if I..."
"No!" Before the official could finish, Xing Zhilin interrupted him.
The official's mouth twitched slightly, and he strongly suspected that Xing Zhilin had been swapped.
Meanwhile, Ming Li was idly drinking wine when she saw a man in white approaching her. It was that national preceptor who was pretending to be young, what was his name again, she forgot.
Shui Xingbai walked up to Ming Li and cupped his hands, his expression somewhat strange. He said, "High... *cough cough cough*! Your Highness Yu, can we talk further?"
Ming Li met Shui Xingbai's gaze and instantly sensed something was wrong.
At this moment, the system in the system space suddenly spoke: "Host, abnormal energy fluctuations have been detected in this plane. It seems to be another task-taker."
Ming Li was silent for a moment and said expressionlessly, "...Don't tell me Shangguan Lingxue has been transmigrated into."
System: ... Host, you're so smart, you guessed it. I just rescanned and it seems to be her who has been transmigrated into.
Ming Li: ...
In the end, Ming Li followed Shui Xingbai out.
Arriving at a deserted, secluded corner, Shui Xingbai's knees went weak, and he knelt before Ming Li. "Sage, I observed the stars last night, and the celestial phenomena were somewhat unusual. So, I cast a divination. The result was that the divination plate cracked, indicating an ominous sign of a disaster star descending. I beg the sage to save the Lin Kingdom from this plight."
Feeling like a fortune teller again, Ming Li's eye sockets twitched fiercely, and she remained silent.
Seeing Ming Li's silence, Shui Xingbai instantly panicked. "Sage..."
When he was on the verge of death, it was the former emperor of the Lin Kingdom who saved him. He had promised to ensure the Lin Kingdom's peace for a hundred generations as repayment. He thought it would be an easy task, but what was this now?
First, there was a false dragon usurping the throne, and now a disaster star was descending. Forgive his low cultivation, he couldn't handle it!
He had finally encountered a sage. If he couldn't seize this opportunity, the Lin Kingdom would be in danger.
Thinking of this, Shui Xingbai's brows furrowed deeply. After a while, as if having made a decision, Shui Xingbai gritted his teeth and said, "Sage, if you are willing to help the Lin Kingdom through this crisis, I am willing to give you all my cultivation!"