After Jiang Dali and Nie Renwang were settled at the ambassadorial guesthouse outside the Imperial Palace, they summoned the Fire Qilin, which greatly frightened the residents of the Divine Martial Country, to the embassy for calming and rest.
To prevent the beast from causing trouble in the city while he was off guard, he requested a hundred jars of aged wine from the official in charge. He then got both the Fire Qilin and the alcohol-loving Demon Dragon thoroughly drunk.
Stealing a rare moment of leisure for himself, he indulged in a fragrant bath under the attentive care of a skillful maid arranged by the embassy. He called upon a skilled back rub master to scrub away a few pounds of grime from his old skin, and then, feeling refreshed, changed into a loose garment and enthusiastically set out to roam the streets on a tall horse.
Nie Renwang, being at a critical point of breakthrough, did not accompany him.
