Chapter 9: Aftermath

  Lin San crawled back home, and as soon as he entered the house, Lin San shouted loudly: "Guangyuanzi Daxian, Guangyuanzi Daxian!"

  Guangyuanzi was sitting on the floor, heard Lin San's shout, slowly opened his eyes and said discontentedly: "What are you yelling about?"

  Lin San took a deep breath: "Great immortal, how... my whole body hurts, especially my right hand, it hurts so much that I'm cramping up." Lin San's current appearance was quite pitiful, his face pale, cold sweat on his forehead, and especially his right hand, which was swollen to an alarming degree.

  "Have you used that talisman?" Guangyuanzi asked Lin San with a glance.

  Lin San nodded with difficulty: "Yes, that Zhang Fu is indeed formidable. I only used one move to knock my opponent to the ground, and now Ding Sheng Group has hired me. Tomorrow, I can go to work."

  "That's right, this is the aftermath of using up your symbols." Guangyuanzi stroked his beard.

  Lin San was taken aback: "What is a sequelae?"

  "The talisman I gave you is a heavenly object, and as a mortal, using it will definitely have aftereffects. This is still with the power of the talisman reduced, otherwise you would have exploded to death." Guangyuanzi explained.

  "Huh? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Lin San said with some resentment.

  "Actually, even if I told you there were aftereffects, would you still use that talisman?"

  Lin San was stunned, unable to speak for a long time. What Guang Yuanzi said was right, even if he told him that using the symbol would have aftereffects, Lin San would still use it. There was no other way, without using the symbol, he wouldn't be able to defeat his opponent, and he definitely wouldn't be hired by Ding Sheng Group.

  Guangyuanzi smiled at Lin San with a mocking look in his eyes.

  "No matter what, you should at least give me a psychological preparation." Lin San muttered softly.

  "What mental preparation? I'm actually doing this for your own good. If I were to tell you, you'd definitely feel pressured and who knows what kind of accident might happen?" Guang Yuansu said with a serious expression.

  Lin San let out a sigh and shook his head: "From now on, I won't use your symbols no matter what I say."

  Guangyuan smiled: "No need, it's better for me, I'm at ease."

  Lin San said with a pained expression: "Great Immortal, I'm in agony all over my body and can't even move. Please heal me." Lin San knew that Guang Yuanzi's abilities were great, and healing the injuries on his body would be as easy as eating a piece of cake.

  "What makes you think I can cure you?" Guang Yuanzi curled his lip.

  "I'm so exhausted I can barely move, how am I supposed to go buy wine for you?" Lin San said.

  "Right, you're going to buy me a drink too."

  "Great Immortal, hurry up and heal me! I'll go buy you wine!" Lin San began negotiating with Guang Yuanzi. If you want to drink wine, then immediately cure me; otherwise, don't even think about drinking a single drop today. Having been in contact with Guang Yuanzi for these days, Lin San already knew that Guang Yuanzi was a true and proper wine ghost. Every day, if he didn't drink some wine, he would probably go crazy. This was also one of Guang Yuanzi's weaknesses.

  Guangyuanzi thought for a moment: "I want 10 bottles of wine."

  "No problem, no problem!" Lin San readily agreed.

  "Endure it a bit, it will hurt slightly." Guang Yuansu stood up and walked to Lin San's side, stretched out his hand to grab the back of Lin San's neck, exerted a little force, and lifted Lin San off the ground. Then with a big swing, he threw Lin San onto the sofa. Next, Guang Yuansu stretched out both hands and started frantically patting Lin San's entire body.

  "Ah!"

  "Oh!"

  "My goodness!"

  Lin San let out a mournful and sorrowful cry.

  "Endure a bit more, you're a grown man, can't even bear this little pain." Guang Yuansu let out a light hum.

  "It's not... it really hurts too much..." Lin San said intermittently.

  "It's going to hurt even more." Guangyuanzi said, slapping Lin San's right hand with a loud smack.

  "Ah!!!!!" Lin San's body suddenly arched up, a mournful cry escaping his lips, and then he fell still on the sofa.

  "Alright." Guangyuanzi clapped his hands and stood up straight.

  "My goodness!" Lin San let out a long sigh, struggling to get up from the sofa, and glared at Guang Yuanzi: "Why did you hit me so hard?"

  "It's not that I used too much force, it's just that your body can't take it."

  "You..." Lin San's face turned pale with anger.

  "If you think I'm too rough on you, then don't ask me to treat your injuries again in the future." Guang Yuan said with a crooked mouth.

  "Don't worry, I won't come to you for treatment again!!" Lin San got up from the sofa and gently shook his right hand. It really didn't hurt anymore, and the swelling had also subsided. Although Guang Yuansu's methods were quite heavy-handed, the effect was really good. A divine being is indeed a divine being, impressive!

  Guangyuanzi stretched out his hand in front of Lin San: "Take it."

  "What?" Lin San asked in puzzlement.

  "Of course it's wine! I've already cured your injury. You have to give me 10 bottles of wine right away." Guangyuanzi's eyes widened.

  Lin San said with a crooked mouth: "I'm all sweaty now, I'll go take a bath first." After finishing speaking, he lifted his foot and walked towards the bathroom.

  Guangyuan stopped Lin San with his hand: "You go buy wine first, then go take a bath."

  "How unreasonable you are!" Lin San exclaimed in anger.

  Guangyuanzi sneered: "Immortals are unreasonable, listen up, if you don't go buy me wine now, I'll give you a few slaps and hurt you worse than before!" Guangyuanzi was threatening Lin San.

  "You... you're formidable." Lin San gritted his teeth and turned around to walk out of the room.

  Guangyuan Zi shook his head and said disdainfully: "Fighting with me, you're still a bit tender."

  Half an hour later, Lin San came back with a box of wine in his arms.

  Guangyuan rushed over, snatched the box, opened it and burst out laughing: "So many bottles!"

  Lin San let out a breath: "There are 15 bottles in the box, enough for you to drink, right?"

  Guangyuan patted Lin San's shoulder with his hand: "You finally have some conscience."

  Lin San Bai glanced at Guang Yuanzi and said: "Can I go take a bath now?"

  "You go, you go." Guangyuanzi hugged the box and walked to one side, starting to drink with relish.

  Lin San took off his vest and went to the bathroom to take a good bath. Wrapped in a towel, he came out to find that Guangyuanzi had already drunk all the wine: "Wow, you drank so fast?"

  Guangyuan's face was filled with satisfaction: "Awesome, today is really awesome."

  Lin San's mouth twitched: "You drink every day in the immortal realm too?"

  Guangyuan nodded: "That's absolutely true, but the wine in our fairy world isn't as good as the wine in your human world."

  "Impossible! Our human wine is all made from grains, how can it compare to the wine of your immortal realm?" Lin San smiled.

  "Maybe I've had too much of that Xianjing wine, I don't feel much anymore. On the other hand, drinking this... ah yes, Erguotou, it's got a lot of kick." Guang Yuan shook the empty bottle back and forth.

  Lin San smiled: "A ordinary Erguotou just makes you infatuated like this, if I were to give you Maotai, wouldn't you directly pass out?"

  "Maotai? What Maotai?" Guangyuanzi was taken aback.

  "Uh... nothing, I'm sleepy, I'll go to bed." Lin San now really wants to slap himself in the face. He made a slip of the tongue earlier and it was too cheap for Er Guo Tou, Lin San can still afford to buy a few bottles every day for Guang Yuan Zi, but Maotai is expensive to death. If Guang Yuan Zi gets addicted to drinking it, even if Lin San sells his blood, he won't have enough money to constantly buy Maotai for him to drink.

  Guangyuanzi reached out and stopped Lin San, narrowing his eyes as he said: "You just mentioned Maotai, didn't you?"

  "What? You must have misheard me, I didn't say that..." Lin San Yan denied.

  Guangyuan smiled: "Maotai is a kind of wine? And it's good wine?"

  "How did you know..." Lin San said halfway and hurriedly covered his mouth.

  "I'm going to drink Maotai now!" Guangyuanzi's eyebrows rose, and he said loudly.

  Lin San waved his hand: "Maotai is very expensive, where would I have money to buy it for you..."

  "This has nothing to do with me, I just want to drink Maotai." Guangyuanzi waved his hand.

  "I said I don't have money, if you want to drink Maotai, figure it out yourself." Lin San said and turned around to walk towards the bathroom.

  Guangyuanzi reached out and grabbed Lin San's shoulder, smiling and saying: "Do you still want to go to work tomorrow?"

  Lin San was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

  "Are you sure you'll be able to go to work tomorrow if your legs are broken and your arms are fractured?"

  Lin San's eyes narrowed: "You... what do you want to do?" As he spoke, Lin San slowly backed away.

  "I don't want to do anything, I just want to drink Maotai. I'm a person who loves wine as much as life itself. If you can't get me some Maotai today, I might do something out of line." Guangyuanzi said with a cold smile.

  "You're threatening me!" Lin San's face sank, his chest heaving with rage. This Guangyuanzi was really too much, relying on being an immortal to bully him wantonly. How unreasonable! At this moment, Lin San had the urge to rush up and give Guangyuanzi a few punches, but this thought only flashed through his mind. Lin San was resolutely not daring to put it into action, because he still wanted to live for a few more years.

  Guangyuan nodded and said with a big smile: "That's right, I'm threatening you."

  "Lin San was so angry in his heart, let's just forget it."

  Guangyuan's son glanced at Lin San with a slanted gaze, his mouth slightly curled up, revealing a hint of an eerie smile. His hands were constantly rubbing together, as if ready to take action at any moment.

  Lin San took a deep breath: "You win, I'll go buy Maotai for you now." After finishing speaking, he stormed out of the room.

  Guangyuan smiled and sat down on the sofa to wait.

  It took Lin San a whole hour to bring back a beautifully packaged bottle of Maotai, which cost him several hundred yuan. This was still the cheapest kind of Maotai, with the most expensive ones costing tens of thousands of yuan per bottle. Lin San's heart bled as he spent hundreds of yuan in one go.

  "What's taking so long?" Guangyuanzi stood up from the sofa, snatched the Maotai, and carefully examined it: "The packaging is not bad." As he spoke, Guangyuanzi quickly opened the package, took out the wine bottle, and lightly flicked the cap with his finger. The cap flew off, and he took a swig directly from the bottle mouth: "Ptoo!" Guangyuanzi suddenly spat out the liquor.

  Lin San was stunned: "What's wrong with you?" Even if Maotai is good to drink, it shouldn't be so exciting.

  "Guangyuan furrowed his brow: 'What kind of lousy wine is this? It's so hard to drink.'"

  Lin San's mouth twitched: "Undrinkable? Are you kidding me, this is Maotai! Our country's best wine, worth hundreds of yuan a bottle." Lin San thought Guangyuanzi was intentionally teasing him. How could the national liquor, Maotai, be worse than Erguotou in terms of taste?

  "You don't believe it, try it. It's far worse than Er Guo Tou." Guangyuanzi threw the Maotai to Lin San.

  Lin San picked up the wine bottle in doubt and took a sip: "Wow, it's so fragrant! No wonder it's Maotai! It's too good to drink!"

  "Good drink? Are you sick or something? You actually say this terrible wine is good?" Guang Yuanzi's eyes widened, and a hint of incredulity appeared on his face.

  Lin San glanced at Guangyuanzi and said: "This Maotai is clear, mellow and delicious, it's a rare good wine, you just don't have the taste for it."

  "Nonsense, this Maotai is undrinkable." Guangyuanzi shook his head repeatedly.

  Lin San furrowed his brow, looking at Guang Yuanzi's appearance, which didn't seem to be fake. Could it be that Guang Yuanzi really thought Maotai was not good to drink? How is this possible? Even a fool knows that Maotai is better than Erguotou. How did Maotai become a worthless thing in Guang Yuanzi's mouth? Lin San couldn't figure it out.

  Guangyuan waved his hand: "In the future, you still continue to buy me Erguotou, what's Maotai stuff, I don't think much of it."

  Lin San smiled: "Okay, from now on I'll only buy you Er Guo Tou." Seeing that Guang Yuanzi didn't like Maotai, Lin San felt a sudden relief in his heart. Several hundred yuan per bottle, if Guang Yuanzi had liked Maotai, Lin San would have really gone to rob a bank.

  Guangyuan tilted his head, walked to one side, sat cross-legged on the floor, closed his eyes and started meditating.

  Lin San covered the bottle cap well and carefully hid the Maotai away, planning to drink it slowly by himself later. To be honest, Lin San had never drunk Maotai before in his life.

  The day passed quickly.

  At 6 o'clock the next day, Lin San got up and ran to the bathroom to dress himself in front of the mirror. He spent more than half an hour before coming out. Then Lin San started selecting clothes in the bedroom, and after selecting for half a day, he finally chose a black suit. This suit was bought from the roadside at a cheap price of over 100 yuan, but it had a new style and was comfortable to wear.

  After dressing up properly, Lin San waved goodbye to Guang Yuanzi and rushed out of the house. The first day of work couldn't be late.