Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 466 Heart's Blood

Sun Mingzhen knew this all too well; she herself had added the medication.

Although Fang Shouming said that the medicine in the wine was not a deadly poison, but a tonic that could relax the mind, distract the spirit, and greatly improve sleep quality.

But she dared not drink recklessly, and she dared not gamble.

A drug that could work on a powerful martial artist like Zhong Han…

She's just an ordinary person; she doesn't have such strong physical abilities.

"No, no, drinking will ruin things. I'm afraid it will affect my performance tomorrow. We don't need to stand on ceremony, tea will do." Zhong Han politely declined. Upon hearing this, Sun Mingzhen's expression subtly changed.

"Sister, this is a 20-year-old vintage wine that I stole from Father's wine cellar, specially to apologize to you. If you don't drink it... it seems you still won't forgive me..." She sniffled, as if she was about to cry.

She was already a gentle young girl, but now, with tears streaming down her face and her brows furrowed in sorrow, she looked even more pitiful and endearing.

Zhong Han already felt extremely sorry for this younger sister, and now that their relationship had just eased, it would be a shame not to have a drink.

'It's just one cup, just a small cup, what impact could it have?' she thought to herself.

What can influence tomorrow's battle is long-term, persistent training and practice; what impact can a cup of wine have?

Thinking of this, she comforted Sun Mingzhen: "How could your sister blame you? You just tend to overthink things."

Sun Mingzhen immediately stopped sobbing and asked, "Really?" Zhong Han saw Sun Mingzhen looking aggrieved, like a bullied little animal, and burst out laughing: "Of course it's true, I'll drink it right now."

In the slightly translucent white glass, the pale yellow, thick liquid shimmered and emitted a captivating aroma under the light, rippling like waves.

Zhong Han picked up her wine glass, about to put it in her mouth.

Sun Mingzhen stared intently, her eyes unblinking.

Suddenly, Zhong Han stopped, her wine glass hovering near her lips. For some reason, she suddenly remembered Han Yi's words of advice to her.

"Mingzhen, why aren't you drinking? It's no fun drinking alone." She put down her glass again and smiled gently.

"Huh?" Sun Mingzhen was clearly flustered. She gritted her teeth and raised her glass to clink with Zhong Han's.

She forced a smile: "Come on, sister, let me toast you." Sun Mingzhen paused before bringing the wine glass to her lips, and then, as if a thought had flashed through her mind, she gritted her teeth and downed the wine in one gulp.

There was nothing she could do; she was just the daughter of a wealthy businessman and couldn't withstand the pressure from Fang Shouming.

Moreover, the Three Mountains Sect was behind this matter, pushing and supporting it.

Compared to these people, her small Sun family was like tiny ants.

How could she dare not agree?

Furthermore, in her eyes, being noticed by the Chen family of the Three Mountains Sect was clearly a great thing.

The Chen family of the Three Mountains Sect is comparable to, or even surpasses, the three major families in Huayang City.

The patriarch Chen Ying possesses unfathomable strength, and Chen Lingmo is also an extremely outstanding talent, standing out in the entire Three Mountains Sect.

She couldn't understand why her older sister would so vehemently refuse.

Perhaps it's because of some vague and intangible sense of face?

She did this to help her sister settle down and not lose her happiness for the rest of her life because of worthless dignity, thus avoiding lifelong regret.

She was also thinking about Zhong Han's happiness and doing a good deed.

'I helped my sister make up her mind. If she finds out about this later, I believe she will be grateful to me.' A thought flashed through Sun Mingzhen's mind.

Seeing the empty wine glass, Zhong Han's last trace of worry vanished, and she smiled and drank it all in one gulp.

"Speaking of which, it's been quite a long time since the two of us have enjoyed ourselves so much, drinking and chatting like this."

Zhong Han put down his wine glass, feeling somewhat sentimental.

Zhong Han, Sun Mingzhen, Fang Shouming, and Hu Yundu were the four best friends when they were young, forming a close-knit group. However, as time went by, their relationship gradually drifted apart.

Zhong Han and Fang Shouming had a falling out a long time ago.

Hu Yundu, from the Hu family, one of the three great families, was also busy with family affairs and had no time for anything else.

Only Sun Mingzhen still keeps in touch with Zhong Han, who is considered her best friend, and the two have maintained a good relationship.

Recently, the two women's relationship has been strained due to Chen Lingmo's matter, and they haven't seen each other for a long time.

But now that things have been out in the open, the relationship between the two seems to have returned to the close one they had before, where they ate, played, and talked about everything.

“Mingzhen, you don’t know, I’ve recently encountered a lot of thorny problems… There are many things that even I, as the chief senior sister, despite my considerable strength and reputation, am powerless to solve…”

After drinking some alcohol, Zhong Han began to pour out her troubles to Sun Mingzhen, venting her frustrations. It had been a very long time since she had been able to properly express her feelings like this.

Sun Mingzhen didn't say anything, but just nodded quietly and listened.

"Mingzhen, I long to go back to the past, back to when I was a child... Back then, we were carefree, without any worries, just happy... No wonder everyone says that when we were young, we all looked forward to growing up quickly. But when we grow up, all we want is to go back to childhood..."

"Mingzhen?"

Zhong Han looked up in confusion. So much time had passed; even if Sun Mingzhen had been listening to her complain the whole time, she should at least have responded a couple of times.

When she looked up, she saw Sun Mingzhen slumped over the table, and she didn't know what had happened to her.

"Mingzhen?" She quickly went over to check on Sun Mingzhen's condition.

"Okay, he was just drunk, he's fine." Zhong Han breathed a sigh of relief after confirming.

But then she began to have doubts. She clearly remembered that Sun Mingzhen's alcohol tolerance wasn't very high, but it shouldn't be that she would get drunk from just a small glass of wine.

Zhong Han stood next to Sun Mingzhen, full of questions.

"Maybe she's just been too tired lately." Not getting any questions didn't matter; Zhong Han quickly found a reason for Sun Mingzhen.

She never imagined that her best friend would betray her.

"This silly girl, she just fell asleep like that, isn't she afraid of catching a cold..." she murmured a few times, then turned to walk towards the cabinet to see if there was a thin blanket.

However, she quickly realized something was wrong as soon as the thought crossed her mind.