Legend Management Bureau Chapter 242

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Du Yu did not quite understand.

“You want me to go and risk my life?”

Du Yu looked at Western Queen Mother with a bewildered expression. “It doesn’t matter which one of you I fight, I can’t win against either of you.”

“No,” Western Queen Mother said, shaking her head. “Naturally, I don’t mean fighting the two of us. Do not forget, you have your own identity.”

“My identity…” Du Yu raised an eyebrow at Western Queen Mother. “You mean… an Operator?”

“Exactly.” Western Queen Mother nodded. “All of Houtu’s suffering happened in that distant era. If we want to sever all of this, you can only return to that time and personally help her change the past.”

“Ah?” Du Yu was startled. “But isn’t this ‘workflow’ a bit off?”

“What is off about it?”

“Well…” Du Yu hardly knew where to begin. “If I am to help Lady Houtu ‘sever the past,’ then barring any accidents, I would have to enter the legend of ‘Xing Tian,’ right?”

“But there isn’t anything wrong with the legend of ‘Xing Tian’ at all,” Du Yu said helplessly. “This sounds like you want to send me over there to deliberately cause problems. Do the laws of the Immortal Realm even allow me to do that?”

“You brat, are you stupid?” Western Queen Mother scolded. “I am the one who dictates the laws of the Immortal Realm. If I tell you to go, then just go. No one will hold you accountable.”

“This…” Du Yu thought about it carefully but still felt it was inappropriate. “Big Cat, even if you don’t hold me responsible, there is still a slight problem. After all, ‘Xing Tian’ is a legend from the Primordial Era, involving the war of gods between the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor. It’s at least an A-rank legend. Once a problem arises in a legend of this level, it will definitely create a Great Pivot and cause a massive impact on the world.”

Du Yu knew that he was not yet the ‘Saint’, so he could not disrupt a legend and then have Time automatically repair it.

“This…” Hearing Du Yu say this, Western Queen Mother finally looked troubled. “You brat, your words make some sense… But if I just leave Houtu alone like this, I really…”

Du Yu pondered for a moment before finally speaking up. “Big Cat, thinking it over, starting from the legend of ‘Xing Tian’ is indeed a good idea. However, the difficulty this time lies in how I can carefully disrupt this legend while minimizing the fallout. In the most ideal scenario, I would only ‘sever the romantic ties’ without causing any other ripples.”

Western Queen Mother also considered Du Yu’s words and asked, “Are you confident?”

“No.” Du Yu shook his head firmly. “It’s easy to say, but far too difficult to execute. I might need to gather all the employees of the Legend Management Bureau for a preparatory meeting to see if anyone has any good suggestions.”

Western Queen Mother nodded. “Very well. In that case, you go and prepare first. After all, there is no immediate rush for this descent. We will discuss it further once everything is ready. Over the next few days, I will go find Houtu and check on her condition.”

Du Yu nodded. Just as he was about to part ways with Western Queen Mother, he suddenly remembered something.

“By the way… Big Cat.”

“Hmm?”

“Could you let Zhi Nv come over and help too?” Du Yu asked.

“Zhi Nv?” Western Queen Mother raised her brow. “Can that girl even be of any help to you?”

“Yeah…”

Du Yu studied Western Queen Mother’s expression, feeling a bit hesitant. ‘Could it be…’

“Big Cat… how did Zhi Nv describe the incident when I ‘disappeared’?”

“How else would she describe it? She just told me the truth.” Western Queen Mother sighed. “It must have been hard on your friends, having to face the Seven Holy Heroes with only three or four people.”

As expected.

Du Yu nodded. It seemed Zhi Nv had hidden her identity as a Great Pivot. Since that was the case, it wasn’t his place to expose her.

He just found it a bit strange. If even Western Queen Mother didn’t know about this, why didn’t Zhi Nv give him a heads-up beforehand?

He had almost let the secret slip.

Covering it up, Du Yu said to Western Queen Mother, “Goddess, Zhi Nv is very intelligent and often has good ideas. Just let her come over and help us brainstorm.”

“Hmm, very well.”

Western Queen Mother sent a voice transmission to Zhi Nv, telling her to come to the Legend Management Bureau once she finished her current tasks, and then flew off into the distance.

After seeing off Western Queen Mother, Du Yu couldn’t help but feel a wave of anxiety wash over him.

He was somewhat worried about A Can and A Kui.

The two brothers had been gone for an entire day, yet there was still no news from them. Logically speaking, the Inner Yellow Springs wasn’t far from Mount Bugui; they definitely could have reached it in two or three hours. Even if they stayed to catch up with Cowherd over a few drinks, a whole day should have been more than enough time. So why hadn’t he heard a single word from them?

Right at that moment, Du Yu’s mobile phone vibrated.

He picked it up and saw an unknown number.

“Hello?” Du Yu answered cautiously.

“Hello! Is this Brother Yu?!” The voice sounded like A Can.

“A Can?!”

“Yes, Brother Yu. A Kui and I have run into a slight problem over here. We won’t be able to make it back for a while. We were afraid you would worry, so we’re giving you a heads-up.”

Du Yu furrowed his brows. Although A Can claimed they had ‘run into a slight problem,’ his tone didn’t sound like they were in any danger. Instead, it sounded more like they had stumbled into some intractable hassle.

“What happened?” Du Yu asked.

“Well… we found the Drunken Scholar…” A Can said helplessly. “But he is dead drunk over here. No matter what we do, we can’t wake him up. We originally wanted to forcibly drag him back to the Legend Management Bureau, but we can’t even get close to him.”

“Wait a minute…” Du Yu said, perplexed. “What do you mean you ‘can’t get close to him’? Isn’t he already dead drunk?”

“He is… but it’s incredibly strange…” A Can’s tone carried a hint of hesitation. “His cultivation base is far above mine and A Kui’s. Even though he is completely inebriated, he can still execute defensive immortal arts. A Kui and I even suffered some minor injuries because of it.”

“Good lord, does this guy think he’s Jackie Chan? Busting out the Drunken Fist…” Du Yu sighed. “Just wait there for now. Whatever you do, don’t get yourselves hurt again. If it comes down to it, just head back first…”

Before Du Yu could finish speaking, the phone seemed to be snatched away by someone else.

“Hello, hello? Brother Yu?”

To his surprise, the voice belonged to Cowherd.

“Brother Lang?” Du Yu blinked. “What’s going on?”

“Ah, nothing major… I heard from A Can and A Kui that you want to see ‘Liu Ling’. I had absolutely no objections to that, but unfortunately, he just got drunk. I’m afraid he won’t be able to go see you for a while.”

Liu Ling?

Du Yu couldn’t shake the feeling that the name sounded familiar.

“It’s fine,” Du Yu said with a chuckle. “It’s no big deal. So what if he’s drunk? I can wait a few days, and besides, I’m not in a hurry.”

“Well…” Cowherd let out a bitter laugh. “Brother Yu, this isn’t a matter of whether you’re in a hurry or not… Do you know how long Liu Ling was out for the last time he got drunk?”

Hearing how Cowherd phrased the question, Du Yu sensed that something was amiss and cautiously asked, “How long? Surely he couldn’t have been drunk for a month?”

“Brother Yu, the last time Liu Ling got drunk, he slept for twenty-eight straight years.”

“Holy shit!” Du Yu roared. “Twenty-eight years?!”

“I’m not joking with you…” Cowherd said helplessly. “The last time Du Kang came to drink with Liu Ling, the two of them drank straight for three days and three nights. Afterward, they each went home. Du Kang slept it off for nineteen years, and Liu Ling was out for twenty-eight years. And yesterday… he just had another drinking binge with Du Kang…”

“What in the world…” Du Yu’s jaw nearly hit the floor. A single drunken stupor from this Liu Ling lasted longer than Du Yu had been alive?

“Is there absolutely no way to wake him up?”

“I’m afraid not…” Cowherd apologized. “This brother of mine is great in every aspect, except for one flaw—to him, there is nothing in this world more important than ‘wine’.”

Du Yu thought to himself that this was truly bizarre. If a person could stay drunk for twenty-eight years straight, their name definitely should have been well-known. ‘Could he be a legendary figure?’

“Brother Lang, who exactly is this ‘Liu Ling’?”

Cowherd answered, “Brother Yu, have you ever heard of a Ping opera called ‘Liu Ling Gets Drunk’?”

“Ah!” Du Yu exclaimed. “Although I’m not too familiar with the opera itself, I have definitely heard the name ‘Liu Ling Gets Drunk’. Is this brother really a legendary figure?”

“Of course…” Cowherd nodded in reply. “As the old saying goes, ‘Du Kang Brews Wine, Liu Ling Gets Drunk.’ Du Kang and Liu Ling are literally ‘Wine Immortals’.”

“Good lord!” Du Yu gasped. “So he’s a big shot?!”

But soon, Du Yu realized something was wrong.

“Why would such a prominent figure… be in the Inner Yellow Springs?” Du Yu paused. “Aren’t the people in the Inner Yellow Springs all heinous sinners?”

“You couldn’t exactly call them ‘heinous sinners’, but everyone in the Inner Yellow Springs has indeed ‘made a mistake’.” Cowherd’s tone was complex, as if hinting at something else.

Du Yu immediately understood.

Presumably, Cowherd himself was also cast into hell because he ‘made a mistake’ and angered Western Queen Mother. However, since he couldn’t reincarnate, he was forced to wander the Inner Yellow Springs.

Not to mention Liu Ling, who was dead drunk all day long. If he really was a ‘Wine Immortal’, who knew how much work he had neglected.

Thinking of this, Du Yu suddenly had a bold idea.

“Brother Lang, did you just say that Liu Ling believes there is nothing more important in this world than drinking?”

“Yes.”

“That might be the real reason behind his ‘eternal slumber’.” Du Yu nodded slightly. “If we want to wake him up, we have to ‘implant’ a certain concept into his mind.”

“Brother Yu, I don’t quite understand,” Cowherd slowly said. “Could you put it in plainer terms?”

“It’s fine!” Du Yu smiled. “Brother Lang, just have A Can and A Kui keep watch over him. I reckon it won’t be long before Liu Ling wakes up.”

After hanging up the phone, Du Yu made up his mind.

Before entering the A-rank legend ‘War God Xing Tian’, he could use ‘Liu Ling Gets Drunk’ for some practice.