Ji Ruoshui's body trembled, and her fingers, which had been under the table, twisted until they turned white.
As for Gao Wenyuan, he drifted off into a daze after drinking three cups and did not participate in the conversation at all.
At this moment, Liu Changqing returned, completely satisfied.
"What did Junior Brother promise you?" Shi Dingyan asked curiously upon seeing this.
"After we finish drinking, take me to my junior brother's warehouse. He promised to give me two Candle Snakes. Perfect timing, I need to refine my weapon now."
Liu Changqing chuckled.
Ling Xiao rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything. In terms of value, Liu Changqing's invisibility talisman was much more valuable than the two candle snakes.
Liu Changqing's behavior is typical of Ah Q mentality, deceiving himself, and Shi Dingyan doesn't want to expose him.
Not long after, Shen Qian returned carrying a wine glass.
Many of the academy's disciples also prepared congratulatory gifts, but Shen Qian only accepted some commemorative and inexpensive items.
His senior brothers were all wealthy and powerful, but these disciples of the academy were just martial artists who were slightly better than ordinary people. He couldn't get past his conscience if he tried to fleece them.
After offering a toast to his fellow disciples, Chen Qian stood before Ji Ruoshui and noticed the latter's nervousness.
Shen Qian didn't quite understand. The last time he saw Ji Ruoshui, the other party seemed to vaguely want him to stay and eat peaches, but now it seemed to be deliberately keeping his distance from him.
Never understanding women's thoughts, she didn't dwell on it and said softly, "Eighth Senior Sister, thank you for everything during this time."
After saying that, Shen Qian drank it himself. Without waiting for Ji Ruoshui to react, he toasted the four elders of the academy and finally came to the big boss Gao.
Without a word, he chugs a bottle of buckwheat liquor, then knelt down with a thud and kowtowed three times to the ever-gentle white-clad figure.
Only then did an inexplicable feeling of parting well up in Shen Qian's heart, making his nose feel a little sore.
He was nothing but dust. If it weren't for the system, he would have remained just a speck of dirt in this border town, mired in the turbid world. What achievements could he possibly have made?
But in a sense, Gao Wenyuan's appearance was just as important as Shen Qian's.
He can rest easy in Jingcheng.
This one point alone surpasses everything else in the world.
Not to mention, Boss Gao also helped him cure his mother's illness.
This white-clad figure, seemingly forever sitting in the Tower of Babel, had unknowingly become the greatest guiding light in Shen Qian's heart.
"Get up."
Gao Wenyuan withdrew his gaze from the void, and after Shen Qian stood up, he stared at Shen Qian for a while before smiling faintly, "I will also give you a gift."
Shi Dingyan and the others were both surprised and not surprised, but they couldn't help feeling a little sour in their hearts.
Regardless of whether these people went away to study or gain experience, Boss Gao never sent them a farewell gift.
Only before sinking would it be so special.
"What you lack is not resources, nor talent; what you lack most is time. Of all the things in the world, true knowledge comes from experience. I will give you a ride."
"A strong wind can help you soar to great heights."
After Gao finished speaking softly, before Shen Qian could even react to what he meant, he had already casually flicked his hand.
boom!
Amidst the howling wind, Shenqian instantly ascended to a height of a thousand meters.
No, that's not right. Looking down, Shen Qian clearly saw that "he" was still standing on the Tower of Babel.
Is this... out-of-body experience?
As Chen Qian's mind wandered, a cacophony of sounds filled his ears.
"Boss, would you sell it for seven yuan?"
"Dad, please stop hitting her, my sister didn't mean it..."
"What are the city lord's mansions doing? I heard that scavengers have come into the city again recently..."
"..."
My head was throbbing with pain, and it took me a while to get used to the endless noise.
He had realized that these voices were the voices of countless people in Jingcheng.
At this moment, Shen Qian seemed like a high and mighty god, able to hear every movement from every corner.
Is this the teacher's usual perspective?
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, an indescribable force swept him away and plunged down toward Jingcheng.
"Shenqian" instantly appeared in a private house.
He saw a couple arguing; the woman was frantically searching for their marriage certificate, while the man silently looked at their anniversary photo and smoked.
He reappeared in an alleyway.
A frail young girl was cornered by a thug, but what the thug didn't know was that a group of people wielding sticks were secretly taking pictures around the corner.
This is a hospital.
On the left corridor, a group of people are celebrating a newborn baby; on the right corridor, a family is wailing and holding a cold corpse.
...
One different scene after another flashed before my eyes.
Before sinking, he saw Gu Zifang arguing with her parents, his father demonstrating incorrect cultivation movements to his mother, and even Old Wang hesitatingly walking into a massage parlor...
Shen Qian's heart gradually calmed down.
He was no longer angry, no longer pleased, no longer indignant, and no longer sad.
He fell into a state of numbness, merely observing the myriad aspects of human life in Jingcheng, which was perhaps also the myriad aspects of human life in the world.
In a daze, Chen Qian entered a strange state of transcendence.
He began to think about things he had never thought about before, and he began to learn to look at everything with a more objective mindset.
If he gains something.
When Chen Qian returned to the top of the Tower of Babel and opened his eyes, his weathered appearance at that moment drew the attention of Shi Dingyan and the others.
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