Drunken Dragon Chant Main Story/1-3

Drunken Callipax III
Summary	A strange ordeal in Callipax City.
Characters	Dongding Oolong Junshan Silver Needle Tea
Background Music
Beside an Unknown Brook — Valley
Dongding Oolong and Yellow Pea Cake proceeded to the fabled Land of Milk and Honey, Callipax City. After passing through a valley, Yellow Pea Cake went to find water and finally returned to...
Dongding Oolong	Where'd she go...
He looked all around, finally bringing his gaze to rest on a brook not far away.
Dongding Oolong	(There are no signs of any beasts or monsters around. She only came to get some water, so what could've happened? Perhaps if I re-enact the scene, a clue will present itself.)
Dongding Oolong walked over to the brook and bent over, bringing his lips up to the water --
Dongding Oolong	(...Why does this water... smell like alcohol?)
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	Stop!
Before he could figure it out, a command was shouted in the distance. Dongding Oolong pulled away and stepped back as a shimmer of silver flashed before his eyes. He stood still and looked at a gleaming silver needle stuck in the ground in front of him. If he hadn't backed up just now, the needle would've stuck into his hand. He picked up the needle, then saw a girl downriver in flowing clothes. She walked over the water's surface, moving upstream until she was soon at his side. Her lips were pressed tightly closed, and she had a stern look in her eye.
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	You cannot drink this water.
Dongding Oolong	I can see it's booby-trapped. I don't dare drink it.
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	In order to save your life, good sir, I had no choice but to deploy such a stratagem. Please, find no fault with me.
Dongding Oolong	Who are you?
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	Junshan Silver Needle Tea, at your service. Junshan, that's the mountain by Cloud Dream Lake.
Dongding Oolong	...? And... Cloud Dream Lake is...?
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	Cloud Dream Lake. The Cloud Dream Lake of Callipax City.
Dongding Oolong	…… You mean to say, that big lake beside Callipax City is called Cloud Dream Lake, and behind the lake is a mountain called Junshan, and that's where you're from?
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	Precisely so!
Dongding Oolong	I am Dongding Oolong, from the North.
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	No wonder you dare try the water here, sir. It appears you are not yet familiar with the situation on the ground.
Dongding Oolong	By your tone, I take it something must have happened here?
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	A strange thing. Stranger than strange can be.
Dongding Oolong	Please, enlighten me.
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	It all started on Junshan... There on Junshan, we have a temple where my Master and I live. The people nearby believe us to be deities and often come to pray. A few days ago, I was sweeping out the temple as usual, when suddenly several people came in from outside carrying someone, shouting for help. But to my surprise, the person being carried had a ruddy complexion and was sleeping soundly, not as if sick, but as if...
Dongding Oolong	Drunken?
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	Right! It turned out, they all came from Callipax City. Some day a month prior, everyone woke up to find that the biggest well in the city had a faint alcohol odor. Callipax City is a city of good wine and fine tea to begin with, so everyone just took the occurrence as some fluke and didn't take it to heart. Little did they expect that the alcohol taste would get stronger and stronger, gradually seeping into every water source in Callipax City. A bold person went to try some and was rendered unconscious at the first sip... The odor of alcohol was getting stronger and stronger in the city, and some with no tolerance for strong drink would pass out at the smell of it. That was when the people realized the situation was getting dire and came to Junshan for help. After learning of this, I came down from the mountain to get to the bottom of it.
Dongding Oolong	I see. So, is your presence here connected to the situation in Callipax City?
Junshan Silver Needle Tea	Correct. Please, take a look at this, good sir.
Junshan Silver Needle Tea pulled out a map from her sleeve.
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