Journey to the West: Signing in for 500 Years-Chapter 631 - 625: Drinking Contest [Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets]_1

Sha Chen still decided to help them heal and recover.

In less than half a day, everyone was fully revived, in high spirits, bouncing around merrily and jubilantly.

At this level of strength, it is extremely difficult to recover from serious injuries, as it requires time for the wounds to mend.

But once the injuries are healed, especially at the fastest speed, one's condition can instantly peak, and it is highly likely to stimulate the potential within the body, thus advancing even further.

Red Boy and the others were seriously injured. They were young, and while their great strength was a factor in how they sustained their injuries, recovery was nonetheless difficult.

However, because they were young enough and had infinite potential in their bodies, their strength also rose to a new level after recovering from their injuries.

Everyone's strength took a step further. Among the spider spirits, Da Niang and San Niang were on the verge of breaking through to the Quasi-Saint Realm. However, the others did not achieve such significant progress.

Sha Chen immediately arranged for cultivation sites and directed the spider spirits to go into closed-door cultivation to strive for the quickest breakthrough.

However, he truly had no cultivation resources to offer, so all he could do was lecture them, allowing them to absorb the Divine Power between heaven and earth into themselves to break through.

But in doing so, it meant a long span for the breakthrough. At the shortest, it would take three to five years, and at the longest, hundreds or even thousands of years.

The seven spider spirit sisters were connected at heart. Although only San Niang and Da Niang were breaking through, the other sisters also entered a state of cultivation to assist in the process.

Thus, only White Bone Demon and Siti were left to take care of Sha Chen's daily needs. Siti, who had lived for countless years, was still not good at these kitchen maid chores.

As for White Bone Demon, she had long been trained into a maidservant by Sha Chen and was obedient to his every word. Whenever she was present, she took care of Sha Chen's daily needs.

Now that she had returned, she naturally took over this task again, assuming the role of a kitchen maid and preparing a full table of delicious food for Sha Chen and the others.

At the dinner table, after several rounds of wine and various flavors of dishes, the atmosphere gradually warmed, and everyone was lively, singing and dancing.

Red Boy, Marshal Tianpeng, and Golden Winged Dapeng set aside their grudges and engaged in competitions such as finger-guessing games and pot-tossing.

The Black Bear Spirit joined them too, and it was clear that he was more familiar with Red Boy. The two often cooperated, frequently leaving Dapeng and Marshal Tianpeng defeated.

However, they soon grew bored of just eating and playing, and decided to take turns challenging Sha Chen to a drinking contest, intending to drink him under the table.

Sha Chen, too, drained every cup offered without reservation.

Originally, he had wanted to continue his closed-door cultivation, but cultivation requires a balance of exertion and rest. He had already spent too long in seclusion, and now that he had reached the peak of his cultivation, improving further by relying solely on arduous closed-door cultivation would be difficult.

Moreover, since he lacked cultivation resources, continuing in seclusion would only waste time. Thus, a thousand years of such seclusion would be less effective than a single day of his previous arduous cultivation.

It would be better to join them in drinking three hundred cups. Perhaps by letting go and opening up, his mindset would become more expansive, leading to unexpected benefits.

Red Boy said, "Foster father, my drinking capacity is known as 'never drunk after a thousand cups.' In the demon lair, no one except my father, the King, can compete with me. You'd better be careful."

Sha Chen replied, "A thousand cups are merely for rinsing the mouth; ten thousand cups are just a light snack. There is nothing to boast about in your 'never drunk after a thousand cups.'"

"I have tens of thousands of jars of strong liquor buried in my cellar. Those so-called Wine Immortals and Wine Gods can't drink three or four jars without rolling on the ground. Are you sure you're my opponent?"

Red Boy, half-convinced, said, "As long as foster father doesn't cheat and secretly force the liquor out, then I'm sure there will be no problem."

Sha Chen laughed heartily. "Rest assured, drinking and eating are the greatest of pleasures. I have no wish to waste these fine wines and dishes. Forcing liquor out—that's something you lot would do."

Red Boy, the Black Bear Spirit, Marshal Tianpeng, and the others all declared they would never force the liquor out.

"Whoever forces the liquor out was raised by a stepmother!"

"Who would be so shameless as to force the liquor out? Such a waste!"

"Come on, let's drink!" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Whoever is despicable enough to force the liquor out is no man!"

The crowd, exchanging quips and clearly exhilarated, began dancing with excitement.

They also ran to the liquor cellar and carried out the strong liquor, lining up hundreds of jars on the ground.

This liquor contained little Divine Power but was rich in Spiritual Energy and particularly intoxicating.

It was specially made for those with Mana and was quite common in the Heavenly Realm, although the Spiritual Power it contained was rare.

Red Boy opened a mud seal, and the mere aroma made him feel tipsy.

Marshal Tianpeng's eyes lit up; he directly grabbed a jar and took a large gulp.

"Great liquor!"

"I haven't tasted such exquisite wine in a long time. Even if offered Immortal Peach wine or Osmanthus wine in exchange, I wouldn't trade."

Golden Winged Dapeng and the Black Bear Spirit, both connoisseurs of wine, each grabbed a jar or two and went to clink cups with Sha Chen.

Sha Chen was equally unreserved. Anyone who dared challenge his drinking capacity, he would promptly make them drink double in return.

Soon, Red Boy, who boasted of being 'never drunk after a thousand cups,' started crawling under the table.

The Black Bear Spirit, for his part, began to dance—a rather unsightly performance. Golden Winged Dapeng staggered, nearly collapsing.

Even Marshal Tianpeng, known for his higher tolerance, succumbed after an hour, his belly more inflated than before.

As for Sha Chen, after drinking everyone else under the table, he continued to help himself to several more jars of the strong liquor, leisurely drinking alone and shaking his head slightly.

White Bone Demon attended to him, constantly refilling his cup, hoping that Sha Chen would get drunk and give her an opportunity.

But even after drinking over a hundred jars of strong liquor, Sha Chen merely had a slight flush on his face and showed no sign of drunkenness.

And since they had all just sworn an oath not to force the alcohol out of their bodies, it proved Sha Chen's tolerance for liquor was genuinely exceptional.

However, they had underestimated the extent of Sha Chen's shamelessness. While it was true that he had not forced the liquor out of his body, he wielded the power of space.

He directly extracted the alcohol circulating in his bloodstream and channeled it into his micro-world.

So, in reality, although it seemed he had drunk over a hundred jars, he had only actually consumed three to five.

「Meanwhile.」

The Heavenly Court was experiencing anything but serenity; rather, it was a scene of widespread desolation.

The Jade Emperor was in the Lingxiao Palace, thundering with rage, his roars powerful enough to shatter mountains and rivers.

"Useless! You useless wastes! You let them escape, lost soldiers and commanders, and even allowed them to capture hundreds of our divine generals!"

"Is this how you guard the Three Realms and the Six Paths?"