Chapter 821

The price of a night of drunken revelry was that when Lingyun woke up the next day, he felt his entire head throbbing.

Lingyun climbed out of bed, squeezed his temples hard, and then, with a casual wave, opened a small portal in front of him.

Looking at the wine cellar behind the portal, Lingyun couldn't help but let out a bitter smile; his cellar had originally been packed full of barrels, but now only a sparse few remained. And those empty spaces were the reason for Lingyun's throbbing head.

At last night's banquet, he seemed to have gotten carried away, moving out most of the wine from his cellar and eventually using his own strength to get every Oni at the banquet drunk, including the two Oni Kings, Hoshiguma Yuugi and Ibuki Suika. Even Yakumo Yukari, who had been watching from the sidelines, couldn't escape Lingyun's clutches in the end and had also consumed quite a bit of alcohol.

"Sigh, my poor wine, which I've been brewing for who knows how long!" Lingyun lamented.

"Tsk, I never thought you, Lingyun, would actually make such an expression; it really is a rare sight!" Yakumo Yukari suddenly poked half her body out of a Gap, looking at Lingyun with a smile.

Lingyun rolled his eyes at Yakumo Yukari, mentally calculating how he could refill his wine cellar.

"By the way, where are those drunks?" Lingyun asked.

"Those guys? They haven't woken up yet!" Hearing Lingyun, a hint of a smile appeared on Yakumo Yukari's face as well. "I really didn't expect the Oni to meet their match in drinking; to think they were all drunk under the table by you."

"They had their fun, but my poor wine is all gone," Lingyun said, rolling his eyes at Yakumo Yukari.

"Right, Lingyun, your injury?" Yakumo Yukari asked, looking at Lingyun's arm with some concern.

Lingyun waved his hand and said with a relaxed expression, "Don't worry, it's no problem. Although I was slightly injured, my recovery ability is very strong; this injury will be fine in a few days."

"Fine in a few days?" Yakumo Yukari looked at Lingyun with some skepticism.

She knew how powerful the Four Heavenly Kings Secret Technique of Hoshiguma Yuugi and Ibuki Suika was. Lingyun had taken two consecutive hits of the Four Heavenly Kings Secret Technique; was he joking about recovering in just a few days?

"Heh, if it weren't for the fact that my old wounds haven't healed yet, this kind of injury wouldn't take long at all," Lingyun said, waving his hand.

"Old wounds?" Yakumo Yukari narrowed her eyes. "What kind of old wounds?"

"This!" A wisp of grayish-white Qi flashed across Lingyun's fingertips.

The moment she saw this wisp of grayish-white Qi, a look of solemnity appeared on Yakumo Yukari's face; she felt a trace of a lethal aura from this grayish-white Qi.

"Is this caused by the Saigyou Ayakashi?" Yakumo Yukari's expression was grave.

If the strength of the Saigyou Ayakashi was this powerful, then she was truly worried about Yuyuko's situation now.

"Hmm, this injury could be said to have been left by the Saigyou Ayakashi, or it could be said it wasn't," Lingyun said nonchalantly.

"What do you mean?" Yakumo Yukari asked curiously.

"The Saigyou Ayakashi alone naturally doesn't have this ability. However, the Saigyou Ayakashi has already connected itself to the Netherworld; this injury of mine was left by the Will of the Netherworld," Lingyun said.

"The Will of the Netherworld?" Hearing Lingyun's words, a hint of worry appeared on Yakumo Yukari's face. She had plans involving Yuyuko, but if the Will of the Netherworld was behind the Saigyou Ayakashi, that was definitely a huge problem.

"The Will of the Netherworld isn't impossible to deal with, as long as one is prepared!" There was no sign of difficulty on Lingyun's face. "The reason I was injured was because I didn't anticipate this situation beforehand. If I had truly known that the Will of the Netherworld was behind the Saigyou Ayakashi, I wouldn't have been injured."

"Then how long will it take for your current injury to heal?" Yakumo Yukari asked.

"Hmm, another month or two," Lingyun estimated.

"Another month or two?" Yakumo Yukari muttered, wondering what she was pondering. "Does your injury have any impact on you if you have to take action?"

"If I don't go all out, it won't have any impact, it will just slow down the healing of the injury a bit," Lingyun said, waving his hand.

"Go all out? Did you go all out before, Lingyun?" Yakumo Yukari asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Well, take a guess!" Lingyun said with a grin.

"Tsk, aren't we friends?" There was a hint of grievance in Yakumo Yukari's tone.

"Isn't it normal for people to have some secrets between them?" Lingyun directly ignored Yakumo Yukari's pitiful look.

"By the way, how are those drunks doing now?" Lingyun asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Them? Most of them should still be lying on the plaza unable to get up," Yakumo Yukari said, her fan gently tapping her palm. "But you should be careful; those drunks are now truly obsessed with your fine wine! If they find your wine cellar, your cellar will definitely suffer!"

"If they can find my wine cellar, then that's their ability!" Lingyun said with a faint smile.

That wine cellar of his was opened up by himself within the Void; even Yakumo Yukari might not be able to enter that place, so it would be a strange thing if those Oni could find it.

"Teacher!" Just at this moment, a voice suddenly came over.

Lingyun turned his head to look, and Fujiwara no Mokou was rubbing her eyes as she walked in his direction. When she saw Yakumo Yukari, who had half her body poking out of a Gap beside Lingyun, a hint of vigilance appeared on her face.

"Teacher, who is this?" Fujiwara no Mokou asked cautiously.

Just from the first glance at this woman, Fujiwara no Mokou felt immense pressure from her, not just in terms of strength, but more from other aspects.

"Lingyun, is this your student?" Yakumo Yukari's gaze turned to Fujiwara no Mokou, a hint of doubt in her eyes.

She couldn't quite understand why Lingyun's student would be someone who looked extremely ordinary. And looking at her malnourished appearance now, could it be that Lingyun was mistreating his student?

"This is Yakumo Yukari; you should have heard of her name," Lingyun introduced. "This is my newly accepted student, Fujiwara no Mokou."

"Yakumo Yukari, the Sage of Youkai?" Fujiwara no Mokou had naturally heard of the name of the Sage of Youkai.

In her understanding, the Sage of Youkai was definitely a terrifying existence. In others' descriptions, the Sage of Youkai was a monster, with all sorts of chaotic and bizarre elements existing within her. But looking at her now, she was clearly a beautiful young girl, which left Fujiwara no Mokou unable to wrap her head around it for a moment.

"Mokou-chan." Just as Fujiwara no Mokou hesitated, another delicate voice sounded, and a figure gently pressed onto Fujiwara no Mokou's back.

"Who is this?" Seeing Kaguya pouncing on Fujiwara no Mokou's back, a flash of surprise crossed Yakumo Yukari's eyes.

She felt powerful strength from Kaguya, as well as an aura that did not belong to the surface world.

"She is the first student I accepted in this world, Houraisan Kaguya," Lingyun said.

"Houraisan Kaguya." Yakumo Yukari was stunned; this was the Moon Princess. "She is actually your student?"

"That's right," Lingyun nodded, indicating that Yakumo Yukari had heard correctly.

"It seems your students are truly extraordinary!" Yakumo Yukari said meaningfully.