I Can Transfer the Side Effects of Evil Skills-Chapter 216 - 166: Wangchuan Road (2)

But in certain situations, that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

For instance, if you had just gone through a tragedy or something extremely upsetting, drinking this wine would be the perfect way to forget.

"Brother Zou, how is it?"

In truth, Murong Yunhai didn’t even need to ask. Just one look at Zou Feng’s shocked expression told him that he had felt the wine’s power.

Zou Feng was still savoring the dizzy spell. Hearing the question, he just nodded subconsciously. "Say, can you even call this wine? It feels like I just took a sip of an Immortal Elixir..."

He had only said it casually as a form of praise.

Unexpectedly, Murong Yunhai smiled and replied, "It wouldn’t be wrong to call it Immortal Wine..."

Zou Feng was taken aback. He wanted to ask more, but seeing that Murong Yunhai had no intention of continuing the topic, he had to let it go.

But he was now almost certain that this wine, called "Wangchuan Road," was something only accessible to those in the circles of High Grade Martial Artists.

Of course, the wine’s true value depended on whose hands it fell into.

Simply drinking it as a beverage would be a terrible waste of a priceless treasure.

"Brother Zou, you should be aware that this pot of Wangchuan Road should have enough for eight more cups."

"At your current Sixth Grade Realm, Brother Zou, you shouldn’t drink more than three cups a day unless absolutely necessary."

"Otherwise, you might end up drunk and unconscious for several days and nights," Murong Yunhai continued.

In truth, he didn’t even need the special reminder. Based on how he felt after that one small cup, Zou Feng could have guessed as much.

"So if I drink a few more cups, will I just... never wake up?" Zou Feng asked casually.

Murong Yunhai shook his head. "It’s not that serious. Drinking too much will only keep you drunk for a few extra days. And when you wake up, your body won’t be harmed in any way. In fact, it will even be nourished by the wine."

"But being unable to wake up for several days, or even more than ten days, is still not ideal..."

To put it bluntly, if one truly wanted to use the wine’s properties to get completely plastered, they had to ensure their own safety first. Otherwise, if someone came looking for trouble during that time, they wouldn’t even have a chance to fight back.

Fortunately, Zou Feng had no such worries. Being unconscious for a long time was clearly a side effect, and he could just let his top patron take the fall for him.

After thanking Murong Yunhai, Zou Feng didn’t drink the wine immediately. Instead, he gestured for Murong Yunhai to begin his cultivation.

Meanwhile, the expert observing them from the shadows, who was very likely the City Lord himself, still hadn’t left. He wanted to witness Murong Yunhai’s cultivation session.

Clearly, he wanted to determine whether the pot of wine he had reluctantly parted with was worth the price.

Although Murong Yunhai himself had hyped up Zou Feng’s methods to an almost mythical degree, one had to see it with their own eyes to know for sure.

Next, Murong Yunhai signaled for the skilled performers to begin their live show.

Of course, this part of the show wouldn’t be complete without the pre-prepared Demon Beasts.

An innocent Celestial Eye Cloud Pattern Deer was also pushed forward to face a fierce warrior.

After watching for a moment, Zou Feng understood. These so-called skilled performers were all Beast Taming Experts on par with Wang Xingjian.

They weren’t forced to perform here; they genuinely enjoyed doing it.

What’s not to like about earning money from your hobby?

Zou Feng had no interest in such a "heavy-tasting" performance. Seeing that Murong Yunhai had already begun cultivating, he stepped forward and delivered a "Wise Triple" combo, slapping him on the back.

The Wise Triple was a move born only after the Great Universal Hand reached the Peak of Perfection, something Murong Yunhai had never experienced before.

Therefore, Zou Feng couldn’t say for sure just how good the effect on Murong Yunhai would be.

However, Zou Feng could have finished his work after just one three-hit combo.

The problem was, the City Lord was currently watching them from the shadows.

So, Zou Feng was unwilling to display his ability too casually.

Thus, he continued to press his palms against Murong Yunhai’s back, feigning that he was still cultivating to help him.

He maintained this state of cultivation for more than half an hour. By then, wisps of white steam were already rising from the top of Murong Yunhai’s head.

His Gang Qi had clearly undergone some sort of change.

Furthermore, his Cultivation Skill had definitely broken through to the next level; otherwise, such a phenomenon would not have occurred.

The effects of this cultivation session were astonishingly good for Murong Yunhai.

And he didn’t feel at all like last time, when he had gotten too deep into it and felt like he could get completely lost at any moment.

After opening his eyes again, Murong Yunhai slowly withdrew his power, unable to hide the ecstatic joy on his face.

Zou Feng, on the other hand, pretended to be exhausted. He also withdrew his power, his face a mask of fatigue.

Actually, he wasn’t entirely faking it.

After all, Zou Feng had also been cultivating just now, but he hadn’t activated the side effect transfer. This was to make his "exhaustion" look more convincing.

"Thank you, Brother Zou!"

After turning to give his sincere thanks, Murong Yunhai noticed Zou Feng’s apparent exhaustion and immediately took out several Elixirs Zou Feng had never seen before, placing them in his hand.

’Waste not, want not.’ After swallowing the Elixirs, Zou Feng finally showed a timely expression of recovery.

And the gaze that had been secretly observing this place finally disappeared.

"Brother Murong, could I trouble you to act as my Guardian in a moment?"

Murong Yunhai was in high spirits and immediately patted his chest. "Brother Zou, just focus on your cultivation. Leave the rest to me."

Zou Feng thanked him again, then grabbed the pot of "Wangchuan Road" from the table and chugged it all in one go.

Seeing this, Murong Yunhai was stunned speechless, unable to stop him in time.

THUD. Zou Feng fell straight to the ground, unconscious.

But it was an act. The side effect transfer had already been activated. The one currently bearing the brunt of it all was clearly the number one lady on his list, Wang Wenjing.

He just wondered if this "Wangchuan Road" could make Wang Wenjing, who was already a Fourth Grade Expert, dizzy for a few days.

In any case, it was probably unrealistic to expect it to knock her unconscious.

He’d be happy if it just gave her symptoms like dizziness, nausea, occasional dry heaving, and a craving for sour things.

As for Zou Feng himself, he began to circulate the Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step with all his might, planning to seize this opportunity to push the Cultivation Skill to the Peak of Perfection in one go.

Although he could have taken the Wangchuan Road back with him, drinking a little each day to cultivate slowly...

...doing so wouldn’t fully unleash the wine’s effects. It would likely only increase his cultivation progress by a few points, and he still wouldn’t be able to break through in the end.

He had to down it all in one big gulp, as if taking a powerful dose, to maximize the effect.

Only then would he have the best chance of successfully breaking through with the Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step.

For a period of time afterward, just as Zou Feng had expected, his cultivation went quite smoothly.

Roughly every half an hour, his progress in the Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step would increase by one percent.

This continued until midnight, but when his cultivation progress reached 99%, it got stuck.

More than an hour passed, but the progress was as if it had taken root, showing no signs of increasing further.

Zou Feng felt the same way. The wine’s potency was still coursing through him, not weakening at all, yet he couldn’t sense any sign that his Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step was about to break through.

’Could it be that the "Wangchuan Road" alone isn’t enough to push the Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step to the Peak of Perfection?!’

’No, Wangchuan Road is clearly something from the circle of High Grade Martial Artists. Its effect is definitely strong enough.’

’So the problem lies with me?’

After pondering for a long time, Zou Feng came to believe that he probably hadn’t yet grasped the true essence of the Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step.

To put it bluntly, the cultivation resources were not the problem. The rest depended on whether the person himself could achieve "enlightenment."

After all, the Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step wasn’t his Primary Cultivation Skill, nor was it like the Five Poison Fire Lotus Skill or the Great Universal Hand, which he had personally improved.

His understanding of this Cultivation Skill was, relatively speaking, not that deep.

Most crucially, when cultivating this Skill, the side effect of "drunkenness" had always been transferred away.

Zou Feng himself had never truly been drunk.

’If I’ve never truly been drunk, how can I comprehend the ’way’ of the Drunken Immortal Moon Gazing Step?’ 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Thinking of this, Zou Feng no longer hesitated and immediately stopped the side effect transfer.

Murong Yunhai was still acting as his Guardian nearby, and since they were in the City Lord’s Mansion, his safety was guaranteed.

Strictly speaking, getting plastered in the City Lord’s Mansion was even safer than doing it in his own home.

Wang Wenjing wouldn’t go so far as to storm the City Lord’s Mansion to kill him.

An intense wave of dizziness struck him instantly. Only then did Zou Feng truly succumb to the drunkenness and fall into a deep, unconscious sleep.