Zhong Huairen soaked in the barrel for three days, battling the illness he contracted from Green Flower for a full three days. In the end, he lost the fight and died inside the barrel.
Old Xu, looking at Zhong Huairen's body, sighed repeatedly, "What a pity. What a pity for this fine barrel, what a pity for this batch of excellent Golden Juice."
Old Xu had never held a good impression of the disciples from Sage Peak, but out of respect for the deceased and unwilling to let Zhong Huairen die in a foreign land, he grew two Eggplant People and fashioned a stretcher to send Zhong Huairen's body back to Sage Peak.
