As Jiu Chanshi watched his companions grow taller and taller after transforming into spirit masters, he grew increasingly anxious.
He practiced relentlessly every day and ate meat like crazy, hoping to gain more weight.
He was extremely competitive. Whether it was eating meat or drinking alcohol, he always had to eat more than others. At a young age, he was already the biggest drinker in the clan. While others drank from bowls, he would raise a jar and slurp it down. After showing off, he could even perform a set of boxing moves, winning applause from everyone.
But no matter how much he ate, his physique remained unchanged. Tatars are naturally strong, and by the time they were fifteen or sixteen, they were already over 1.8 meters tall and as strong as oxen.
Even the smallest and thinnest child, who was ridiculed for looking like a monkey, has grown into a grown-up. His enormous size makes even the corpse of the wine-entangled look up at him.
Although the body of the corpse-wielding wine looks frail, his efforts are still somewhat effective!
Even though his companions have all become Spirit Masters, when they are not strong enough, the Corpse-Entangled Wine can still beat them up!
Each time the Corpse-Entangled Wine defeated them with its mortal body, they would respectfully call it Boss Corpse-Entangled Wine.
However... the adults in the family haven't praised him for a long time, saying that he would become a powerful spirit master after being entangled in wine.
Everyone kept quiet about it, except for one person... a little fangirl who had been playing with him since childhood and followed him around like a leech.
Lin Zhaoyi, a sweet-looking girl, always encouraged the man entangled in alcohol. Of course, more importantly, Lin Zhaoyi had never awakened her spiritual power.
For a long time, Lin Zhaoyi was the white moonlight of the drunken corpse.
As the two spent more time together, Jiu Chanshi also developed feelings for Lin Zhaoyi.
But he didn't confess to Lin Zhaoyi; instead, he planned to confess after he had awakened to his true feelings...
He had been waiting for that moment to arrive.
One evening, Lin Zhaoyi jokingly said:
"Brother Yunzheng, after we all become demons, will we become stronger?"
Tie Yunzheng, that's Jiu Chanshi's real name.
The corpse, entangled in wine, looked at her and whispered:
Are you afraid of becoming a demon?
Lin Zhaoyi nodded:
"I'm scared...coming-of-age ceremony...it's terrifying."
The corpse, entangled in wine, gritted its teeth:
"Otherwise, I'll go talk to my father... beg him to make an exception and not kill you..."
Lin Zhaoyi shook her head and said:
"No... I know you and your father don't get along very well... Never mind, becoming a demon with Brother Yunzheng isn't such a bad thing... Oh no, Brother Yunzheng's talent will definitely make him a Spirit Master! Right!" Jiu Chanshi fell silent. When he was a child, he dared to shout that he would surpass his father and even become the strongest Spirit Master in the world.
"I really don't dare to do it now," Lin Zhaoyi said casually, but the drunken corpse remembered it.
So he went to see his father, who said:
"Useless people have no right to make demands."
Those two words stung the pride of the drunkard, who had a huge fight with his father and even tried to go up and fight him to prove his strength. Of course, he ended up getting a beating. That night, his father beat him exceptionally hard, as if he wanted to open up his meridians, leaving him bedridden for several days.
But what Jiu Chanshi didn't expect was that when he was lying in bed, Lin Zhaoyi came to visit him and told him something.
[Brother Yunzheng, I've become a Spirit Master! I suddenly awakened to it last night.]
The news struck like a thunderbolt, leaving Jiu Chanshi speechless for a long time.
"Brother Yunzheng, are you unhappy...?"
"I'm so happy, that's great, now you don't have to have a coming-of-age ceremony."
Lin Zhaoyi nodded happily:
"Brother Yunzheng, don't worry. Even with my poor talent, I was able to awaken my potential. You will too! I believe in you!"
"Um..."
Faced with Lin Zhaoyi's smile, Jiu Chanshi could only manage a bitter smile.
Since then, Jiu Chan Shi has been practicing his physical skills day and night.
His body was thin, yet covered in scars. His hands were riddled with wounds, as if they had been cut by a knife, scabbed over, and then cut open again. Day after day, year after year, countless scars brought no miracles.
He would still challenge his old friends to spar, even though they were already at the third or fourth level, he could still miraculously win with his "Wine-Entangled Corpse" technique!
This victory offered him a small consolation, and Lin Zhaoyi cheered for him every time.
"Brother Yunzheng is amazing!"
The person who's drunk and entangled in alcohol loves to hear this...
Unfortunately, even on his eighteenth birthday, the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, Jiu Chan Shi did not awaken his own spiritual power.
Until the very last moment, when his father sent someone to find him, his hands were covered in blood, his eyes were bloodshot, and the wooden stake in front of him had become a blood stake. The broken blood stakes around him were all his handiwork.
"Young Master, it's time to go."
The corpse looked around; Lin Zhaoyi wasn't there today...
His face showed pain, his hands were clenched into fists, and the wounds that had not yet healed burst open, with blood still dripping.
He followed the people sent by his father to the site of his coming-of-age ceremony.
When he arrived at the scene, Jiu Chanshi kept his head down, and he could feel that the whole clan was watching him.
"Big brother, keep it up!"
A voice drew the look of the corpse-entangled wine; it was clearly the voice of a monkey.
When he looked up and saw Lin Zhaoyi standing beside him, holding his hand, Jiu Chanshi froze on the spot.
Lin Zhaoyi smiled slightly at Jiu Chanshi, as usual. The monkey's face was also full of smiles, but those smiles were full of sarcasm!
"Let's go..."
The people behind them were urging them on. Jiu Chanshi started walking in disbelief, looking back every few steps. Each time he looked back, their expressions remained unchanged, and time seemed to slow down.
Everything around them seemed to disappear, and the corpse could only see the two of them, their hands clasped together!
"don't want..."
"I don't want to!"
Suddenly, the corpse, entangled in wine, shouted!
The father, entangled in alcohol and corpse, said with a stern face:
What nonsense are you talking about?
"I want to marry Lin Zhaoyi! Lin Zhaoyi is mine!"
He finally couldn't hold back any longer and confessed his love to her in front of everyone.
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire audience erupted in uproar!
Everyone wanted to laugh, but since he was the clan chief's son, they dared not.
Only the monkey couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"Hahaha...Big brother...just kidding. You're about to become a demon, so you can't marry a spirit master."
Even within the Tatar realm, marriage is permitted only between spirit masters and between demons, but marriage between spirit masters and demons is forbidden. This is a rule established by our ancestors and cannot be transgressed.
The corpse-wielding man stared intently at Lin Zhaoyi, trying to gauge her reaction. Lin Zhaoyi, seeing him staring at her, pursed her lips and simply shook her head.
The corpse, gritting its teeth, shouted:
"I refuse to accept the coming-of-age ceremony! I refuse!"
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