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In Chen Ping'an's mind, this was not a matter of wine, but one of principle. He was running this wine shop, yet he couldn't even get a bowl of free wine here, and that was absurd to him!
Hence, Chen Ping'an decided to make a deal with a pair of swordsmen that he was familiar with. The two men had been glowering resentfully at him even as they enjoyed their meal of noodles and wine, and it took a lot of convincing, but Chen Ping'an managed to win them over. He implied to the two men that the next time someone ran a shady betting station, he would make sure that they were in on it and would get a share of the profits.
The attitudes of the two swordsmen instantly took a drastic turn at such an alluring proposition, and they insisted on treating Chen Ping'an to some wine. Furthermore, they weren't willing to settle for the cheapest Bamboo Sea Small World wine. Even though they were both struggling financially, they insisted on scrounging together five snowflake coins to buy a flagon of the shop's most expensive wine. They told Chen Ping'an that he had to drink it. Otherwise, he would no longer be their friend.
Chen Ping'an sat at the table, waiting for the wine to be brought to him, feeling a little lonely. With so many friends, it was difficult not to be treated to wine.
The list of the top ten sword immortals of the Sword Qi Great Wall that Yuan Zaohua had provided earlier on the city walls was not much different from Chen Ping'an's list: the old great sword immortal, Dong Sangeng, A'Liang, Lord Hidden Official, Chen Xi, Qi Tingji, Zuo You, Nalan Shaowei, the old deaf guy, and Lu Zhi.
No one knew the full extent of Chen Qingdu's power, and aside from the imaginative and heavily romanticized stories told by children, there were no real tales of his feats, either.
The Dong Clan had been dealt a rather heavy blow after Dong Guanpu was personally slain by the old great sword immortal for colluding with the demon tribe, and in the wake of that incident, Dong Sangeng had kept a very low profile. His previous public appearance was when he gave a send-off to Sword Immortal Huang Tong of the Great Emblem Sword Sect.
A'Liang was already long gone from the Sword Qi Great Wall. He had scammed a donkey and a white Sword Nurturing Gourd off Wei Jin, and during his travels, he ran into Chen Ping'an and Li Baoping.
The Hidden Official was undoubtedly one of the most powerful people on the Sword Qi Great Wall, but just like the...
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