The Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine is also Spirit Wine treasured by Chen Xu.

To this day, Chen Xu himself has never tasted this wine.

He lifted the wine pot and slowly poured the wine.

The wine flowed into the cup before the Monkey King, like a clear stream, flowing through moonlight and green mountains, descending from the heavens at this moment.

Clinking and tinkling, like pearls and jade falling on a plate.

The Monkey King couldn't help but ask, "What... what kind of wine is this?"

Its voice carried a trace of almost imperceptible tremor.

Not that it feared Chen Xu's wine, but it was still in a state of "even seeing with one's own eyes yet finding it hard to believe".

Chen Xu had already downed his Thousand Treasures Brew in three gulps and now, unaffected, took out another Spirit Wine, as if he intended to have a drinking contest with the Monkey King?

The Monkey King found it hard to believe, still suspicious that it had seen wrongly.

But Chen Xu said, "This wine is called Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine, which, when consumed, can lead to Enlightenment, break through obstacles, and enhance one's Cultivation.

However, just like the Thousand Treasures Brew, drinking it carries risks.

If one cannot achieve Enlightenment, the mild consequence is going astray, and the severe one is death by explosion."

When the Monkey King asked Chen Xu to drink the Thousand Treasures Brew, it did not hide the dangers of it.

Likewise, when Chen Xu invited it to drink, he did not hide the dangers of the Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine.

It is said that the Bright Heart Gourd can brew one hundred jin of Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine in a month, yet Chen Xu had never used it himself.

He did not use it nor thought to give it to his friends or family.

The risk was simply too great; for close friends, Chen Xu didn't want to harm them. If facing enemies, though risky, there was also the chance of aiding them instead.

Thus, Chen Xu mostly used Intoxicated Spirit Wine.

This Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine had instead been kept at the bottom of the gourd, only having the chance to flow out tonight.

The Gray Monkey King was silent for a moment.

Previously, it felt it wouldn't fear Chen Xu's wine, but now, Chen Xu had talked about the threats of the Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine.

The Gray Monkey King dared not drink a third cup of the Thousand Treasures Brew, so how could it muster the courage to drink the Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine?

It only felt that it was hearing the "thump, thump" of its own heart again.

The Gray Monkey King couldn't help but retort, "Friend, please invite me to drink wine, but will you yourself drink it?"

Chen Xu replied, "Monkey King invited me to drink the Thousand Treasures Brew, but you also said, you'd only drink two cups and didn't dare for the third."

At this, the Monkey King was speechless.

Yes, what it didn't dare to do, Chen Xu had already done.

Now it's its turn, does it have the courage to raise the cup of the Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine in front of it?

Admittedly, the Monkey King was still hesitating.

However, it then heard Chen Xu say, "But tonight, at this time, the beautiful scenery is delightful, and this Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine goes well with the moonlight.

If I don't drink it, I fear the moonlight would be lonely."

He smiled, raised the pot, and filled his own cup again.

The wine in the cup reflected the moonlight and shone on the face of the young man at the height of his life.

Laughing loudly, he said, "I can finish this cup, Monkey King, please feel free."

Saying this, he lifted his cup and indeed finished it in one go.

His unrestrained manner and carefree demeanor were unprecedented for the Monkey King.

Little Mouse Ah Shi was also stunned, and even the small hedgehog Wei Yuan, who didn't know when he woke up, was dazed.

Perhaps the mountain breeze and the insects and birds in the forest were also stunned.

Otherwise, why does it feel like even the sound of the wind has softened and the chirping in the forest has fallen silent?

Only the moonlight tenderly watches over the mortal world, whether it is the people in the mortal world or the loneliness in the mortal world.

Or the one person and one demon sitting facing each other now.

The Monkey King no longer hesitated.

It stretched out its furry arm and raised the cup in front of it, a long sigh escaping, carrying an ancient depth:

"I was originally just a little white monkey in the mountain, with my snow-white fur different from the gray monkeys, despised by my tribe at birth.

I was born with difficulties; my monkey mother abandoned me in the forest, on the side of East Mountain, where a hunter at the foot of the mountain saved me.

The old hunter hunted for a living but somehow took pity on a little monkey like me.

He even built me a little house beside his hunter's cabin, feeding me whatever he ate.

He had two sons and a daughter but never brought his children into the forest.

He often told me that he hunted for a living, uncertain of tomorrow, so he didn't want his children to follow in his footsteps.

He wanted to catch more prey, sell more silver coins, send his son to study, and save a dowry for his daughter.

He wanted them to leave the mountains, go further to have a better life..."

The Monkey King placed its cup against its lips and continued, "He never took me out of the mountains, saying I'm a spirit of the forest and shouldn't follow him into the mundane world.

Though he saved me, he didn't wish to domesticate me.

He said he was uneducated, not understanding many truths, only knowing every being has its destined place.

Later, during a hunt, he got injured.

Lying in his cabin, I found him medicine, tending his wounds.

He told me I've repaid my debt of gratitude, owing him nothing anymore.

His age catching up, after recovering from this injury, he would never hunt in the mountains again.

He'd return to his home outside the mountain, living out the rest of his days until his life's end.

What exactly is a human life?

What is a demon's life?

The little monkey didn't understand back then, and even now, the old monkey still doesn't.

But seeing you, I suddenly didn't feel afraid anymore."

Having said this, the Monkey King finally opened its mouth, drinking its cup in one gulp.

The Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine, leading to Enlightenment, refines the soul's will and the Divine Soul's thoughts.

Thus, when the primordial spirit drinks it, it is truly appropriate.

The Monkey King summoned the courage to drink this cup of wine and didn't notice Chen Xu's reaction after he drank, only feeling upon the flow of wine down its throat, it saw its life flash before its eyes.

After a while, tears streamed down the Monkey King's face.

Why is it nowadays always hesitating and fearful?

Because even having become the Monkey King, it can never forget many years ago when it was just an abandoned little white monkey, that overwhelming feeling of wandering fear everywhere.

No matter how much it experienced or how much it grew, the original worries of life would accompany one throughout existence.

This fear is challenging to overcome, but sometimes, truly overcoming it feels almost like a mere moment.

A moment later, the Monkey King suddenly stood tall.

It cupped its hands, bowing to Chen Xu.

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