Rebirth: Holding on to the golden thigh and showing off

Led by Gu Qin, we entered the City Lord's Mansion.

The banquet was held in a side hall, which was not only spacious but also very luxurious, with mahogany pillars painted with gold and carved dragons, and sparkling crystal bead curtains.

There was a musician playing the piano, and dancers dancing to the music. The table was full of spiritual food and wine, it was very luxurious.

Xia Yanjing in red and Xia Yanhui in black were sitting in the main seats waiting for us to take our seats.

After we all took our seats, Xia Yanjing raised her glass and said, "Thank you very much for coming. I won't leave until I'm drunk."

Everyone raised their glasses and chatted while drinking.

Xuan Qingli deliberately chose a seat farther away from the main seat, just to avoid Xia Yanjing.

"Brother Yuqing, was there something urgent that made you leave so quickly yesterday? Tell me and see if I can help." Xia Yanjing shook the wine glass in his hand and looked at Xuan Qingli.

Here it comes, it really is the Hongmen Banquet targeted at us.

I ate while silently complaining in my mind. After all, only when you are full will you have the strength to work, so I ate and took the food at the same time.

After each meal, the maid would refill the food. This city lord's mansion was extremely wealthy.

Xuan Qingli was still talking to Xia Yanjing from time to time.

Xia Yanhui sat beside him without saying a word, like a shadow.

"Come, fill up Brother Yuqing's glass. This wine is very strong and needs to be savored carefully."

As soon as Xia Yanjing finished speaking, a maid behind her filled the glass with wine.

I smelled a hint of drugs in the wine, and immediately sent a message to Xuan Qingli, "Don't drink it if it contains drugs!"

"Don't worry, we'll pretend to faint and find a chance to leave."

We slowly fell on the table, waiting for Xia Yanjing's next move.

The sounds of drinking and noise could still be heard in my ears. They were drinking happily while we were waiting quietly.

After a while, Xia Yanjing's voice was heard, "Brother Yuqing, why are you drunk? Someone take them downstairs to rest."

The people around were still agreeing.

"The wine in the City Lord's Mansion is too fragrant and too strong. This kid can't drink."

"I am known for my ability to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk..."

"Let's continue drinking...Come on, come on..."

We were helped down from the banquet table by the guards, and the noisy sounds in the side hall were getting farther and farther away from us.

The guards led us on a long walk, and the air became more humid as we went down.

"Just drop them here. The young lady will be here later. Let's go." The guards put us down on the pile of dry grass.

Quietly opening our eyes, we found ourselves in a cell below, with no windows and only a dim pearl above our heads.

On the wall in front of me there was a pile of torture instruments that I couldn’t understand. Their surfaces were covered with a layer of black, dried blood. I shuddered with fear.

"Don't be afraid." Xuan Qingli sent me a message.

After the guards left, we stood up quietly and he murmured, "Namo Amitabha..."

Xuan Qingli saw a lot of resentment here, which emanated from the torture instruments.

I feel it's eerie here and I get goosebumps.

"Let's run quickly. Xia Yanjing is not a good person." I hugged his hair tightly by his ear, which made me feel safe.

Fortunately, this is just an ordinary cell. They probably think that we have drunk drugged wine and won’t wake up for a while.

Xuan Qingli took out a scarecrow, transformed it into his current appearance, and laid it down on the pile of dry grass.

The sound of guards chatting could be heard intermittently from the front.

We quietly dug a small hole in the wall behind the pile of dry grass and went all the way up, not daring to make any sound. There were many people with cultivation levels above Jindan in the City Lord's Mansion.

Xuan Qingli crawled slowly like a caterpillar. I covered Xuan Qingli's body with the hiding technique and moved upwards little by little.

"Xiaowei, the scarecrow is broken."

"It was discovered so quickly. Is Xia Yanjing so impatient?"

We were getting closer and closer to the ground and could feel the vibrations coming from above. We didn't dare to move and disguised ourselves as the roots of a camphor tree.

My spiritual energy slowly went up along the roots of the camphor tree, and through the leaves of the camphor tree, I could temporarily see the scene outside.

Groups of guards were searching us. Through the life contract, Xuan Qingli could temporarily see outside through me.

"We can't move now, wait for the right time." He frowned as he looked at the well-trained guards outside.

"I can only stay here for now."

I have been keeping an eye on the situation around me. A whole day has passed, and the guards are still conducting their inspections in an orderly manner.

I watched them searching each courtyard one by one. There were magic arrays for isolation and observation in each courtyard, so I didn't dare to check rashly. If we were discovered, Xuan Qingli and I would be doomed.

Xuan Qingli was meditating, and I carefully looked around to see if there was any chance to escape.

After searching for a long time, I found nothing and I consumed a lot of spiritual energy.

A few days later, I saw many maids busy decorating the garden.

It turned out that the city lord had returned from the foggy forest, bringing back a bright fish that had reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage. It was thirty meters long, and he would host a banquet in the garden tomorrow and invite all heroes.

It is rumored that the Ming fish is extremely tender, the meat has a natural sweetness, and it can also improve your cultivation, which is very rare.

Our chance to leave has come.

More and more people entered the City Lord's Mansion. We found the right moment to quietly come out from behind the tree and blend into the crowd without anyone noticing.

At this time, Xuan Qingli had changed his face again, and I hid in his dantian and followed the crowd to the gate.

"Lord City Lord is so good, this fish melts in your mouth."

"It's delicious."

"The spiritual energy in my body is more abundant, which can really improve my cultivation."

“Endless aftertaste.”

......

Along the way, everyone was praising the city lord. Xuan Qingli nodded in agreement and blended into the crowd.

The gate was right in front of us, with guards on both sides watching everyone coming in and out.

Xuan Qingli walked out step by step.

I finally left the City Lord's Mansion, but I still didn't dare to come out of Dantian for fear of being recognized.

We randomly found an inn and asked for a room to rest, but stopped when we heard the innkeeper chatting with a guest.

"Boss, I heard that the city lord is interested in recruiting talented people. Do you think I can do it?"

"You are a street urchin. You have no cultivation and no looks. Forget it."

"There was a lot of commotion in the foggy forest a few days ago. There were so many truckloads of stuff. Tsk, tsk, tsk."

"You bastard, you're talking nonsense after drinking a little bit of wine, hurry up and leave."

The shopkeeper drove the people away and we returned to our room.

I haven’t soaked in Holy Spirit Water in the days I was trapped under the tree. I was a little scared. “Is it okay not to soak in Holy Spirit Water these days?”

Xuan Qingli checked the original magic stone in my body and said, "It won't be a big problem if you keep soaking it tonight. We will go to the Mercenary Guild tomorrow, take a few missions, and then go to the Misty Forest."

I nodded repeatedly, "Let's buy some food and then we'll go."

At dawn, Xuan Qingli ended his meditation and took me to the Mercenary Guild.

I felt a little dizzy from soaking the ginseng, my body was bloated, and I lay in the bag that had been prepared long ago.

Xuan Qingli stood in front of the task release board, picked a few tasks of picking spiritual plants, and went to register with the intermediate mercenary token.