Lu You and Wang Changling quickly sobered up after drinking the sobering soup.
"Huh? Am I drunk? Why am I so confused?" Lu You said curiously.
"You are not just drunk, you are completely drunk. You are unconscious. If it weren't for Brother Long giving you the sobering soup, you would probably have to sleep for another three days and three nights!" Wang Bo said with a smile.
"Is it true? Why are you okay?" Lu You asked again.
"I didn't drink that much. Look, my face is still red and my neck is thick. I just took a small sip, and then I drank a lot of tea to stay awake. Look, Wang Changling hasn't woken up yet!" Wang Bo said with a smile.
Lu You turned to look at Wang Changling. He was snoring and reeking of alcohol. At this rate, three days and three nights would be the minimum! This guy's previous drunken streak lasted eighteen years!
The sobering soup that Li Bai had given Wang Changling had taken effect at this time, and the other party's snoring gradually became smaller. Then Wang Changling stretched and opened his eyes in a daze.
"The wine is good! It's a good wine! Give me another glass!" Wang Changling said happily.
"Don't even think about it. Too much of this stuff can kill you! You almost slept for another eighteen years just now!"
Wang Bo explained it again with a smile, and only then did Wang Changling believe it was true!
"I didn't expect this wine to be so potent! I'm truly impressed. I'll definitely ask you for more next time I go on an expedition. After all, in the frontier areas, strong liquor is the only way to keep warm."
Wang Changling was telling the truth. The climate at the border was extremely harsh. The temperature at the intersection of immortal energy and demonic energy in the immortal-demon battlefield was extremely low. Anyone below the level of an immortal would be frozen to death if they went there. Even an immortal would easily lose their combat effectiveness due to numbness in their limbs caused by the cold.
Although masters above the Golden Immortal level are no longer affected by the cold temperature, at least they will not lose their lives, but the bone-chilling cold cannot be driven away, so they can only rely on strong liquor to ward off the cold. In the border areas, basically there are large amounts of strong liquor everywhere, and sometimes strong liquor can give people a chance to save their lives!
"Okay, okay. Brother Long has already agreed to give me the recipe for this liquor. You can drink as much as you want then! But I only have a tiny bit now, so I can't give it to you!" Li Bai smiled and hid his good wine away again, as if he was protecting his beloved treasure.
Long Junhai didn't expect that these guys liked drinking so much, but when he thought about it carefully, birds of a feather flock together. If these guys could become Li Bai's friends, wouldn't it be unsociable if they couldn't drink?
"Brother Long, I think you are a real person. One day you will become a great hero!" Wang Bo said seriously.
"Haha, what Lao Wang said is right. A golden unicorn is not something that can be kept in a pond. Once it encounters wind and clouds, it will turn into a dragon!" Li Bai continued.
"Xiaobai, stop using fancy words in front of us. You are not a serious gentleman, so stop pretending to be gentleman. I still like you to say some bold sentences!" Wang Changling said with a smile.
"Haha, are my poems very elegant? My poems are probably the most free and easy in the Tang Dynasty! Absolutely no one else! But my poems are indeed less murderous than yours. I have wanted to gain some experience in the battlefield of immortals and demons for a long time, but the emperor won't let me go. I have no choice but to stay in Chang'an City and live my life there." Li Bai said with a wry smile.
"You may really get what you want this time! Because the war is intense at the front, we came back to report on our work in order to train more talents to be both civil and military. After all, only in this way can we increase the chances of survival of our Tang Dynasty soldiers in the battlefield of immortals and demons." Wang Bo revealed the truth at this moment. They did not come back to rest, they also had heavy tasks on their shoulders!
"What the Tang Dynasty lacks most is talent. It's not easy to be both civil and military. Look at the military generals who founded the country. There are hardly any literate ones. There are indeed many scholars who are good at strategy, but their personal combat effectiveness is not as good as ours. People like Xu Maogong, Fang Xuanling, and Di Renjie are only proficient in literature, and their comprehensive combat effectiveness is still much worse!" Lu You was not looking down on anyone, but stating the truth.
"You all must understand that beneath the Tang Dynasty's heyday, there are still many hidden crises. Although the literary way is flourishing, it is extremely difficult to make further progress. The martial arts are quite good, but reaching the pinnacle is not easy at all, and it takes too long. The Tang Dynasty simply cannot waste so much manpower and material resources to strengthen the cultivation of these aspects. As for the cultivation of the business way and other heavenly ways, although there are signs of flourishing, there is still a long way to go before they can truly get on the right track. Right now, just the military supplies for the front line are giving the emperor a headache, so how can he have so much energy to cultivate talents?"
Lu You and the others were not in Chang'an City, so they naturally didn't know about the various pressures and crises in Chang'an City over the years, but Li Bai knew it very clearly in his heart. A big part of the reason he stayed in Chang'an City was to cultivate talents and help Emperor Xuanzong of Tang solve financial problems.
"I didn't expect that the Tang Empire now has so many problems. When Emperor Taizong was in power, he conquered all corners of the world and unified the fairy world without encountering any rivals. Now that Emperor Taizong has ascended to the divine realm, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty has shown signs of decline. It is really frustrating!" Lu You said with a sigh.
"That's not the case. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, the entire fairy world was in chaos, but no powerful enemies emerged. Moreover, the fairy world has been in chaos for so many years, and many people are looking forward to stability. But now it's different. People are used to a comfortable life and have forgotten how difficult it was to survive back then. I'm afraid that if this continues, the fairy world will return to its previous chaos." Wang Changling said.
"In fact, there is another very important point, that is, there are no great heroes who can turn the tide nowadays. During the time of Emperor Taizong, Wei Zheng established the government and Li Yuanba shocked the heroes in the military. But who can hold up the facade now? Fang Xuanling is an old veteran of literature, but after Du Ruhui, there is no Fang Mou Du Duan, and his literary strength has been greatly reduced. Di Renjie is a good figure. Although he is meticulous, he is sometimes too cautious, so it is difficult for him to accomplish great things. Moreover, it is said that this person has an unclear relationship with Wu Meiniang. The emperor is now always on guard against him. Without people's unity, what great things can be accomplished? Even without these big figures, it would be great to have masters like Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng to point the way. Unfortunately, there is not one!" Wang Bo sighed again.
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