Liu Zhimao once again retrieved his white bowl and placed it on the table, lightly pushing it forward and evidently asking for wine again. "It's because a guest like Mr. Chen exists that a host like me also exists. This is a great blessing."0

Chen Ping'an waved a hand, summoning the Sword Nurturing Gourd into his palm and pouring a bowl of wine for Liu Zhimao. He was far more generous this time around, and he filled the white bowl to the brim with crow caw wine. However, he didn't push the bowl back straight away, instead asking, "Have you thought things through? Or more accurately, have you reached an agreement with Island Master Tan Yuanyi?"0

Liu Zhimao smiled and responded with a question of his own, asking, "Mr. Chen, are you telling me that you can't determine whether Tan Yuanyi reached an agreement or whether talks fell through when he went to Palace Willow Island?"0

Chen Ping'an shook his head and replied, "I'm not an immortal who can read minds, so I naturally can't determine the outcome of his talks."0

Liu Zhimao sighed with emotion and remarked, "If Mr. Chen visited Millet Grain Island and met a few times with Island Master Tan Yuanyi on the lakeside, then perhaps you could have pieced together the clues and come up with an answer. Mr. Chen is skilled at deduction, so it's only right that you're skilled at determining these matters as well."0

Chen Ping'an shook his head again, replying, "My deduction skills aren't impressive at all. You only find them impressive because you've never come across mighty figures with genuinely impressive divination and deduction skills. Perhaps I'm too blunt, so please don't take offense, True Lord."0

Liu Zhimao took a deep breath and replied, "Truth be told, even though Tan Yuanyi is an overseer from the Great Li Empire's Green Ripple Pavilion who looks after the central region of the Eastern Treasured Vial Continent, he was still fairly unhappy after his secret...0