On September 21, 1985, his beer buddy, Ku Lung--a martial arts novelist-- passed away. Ni K'uang opened 48 bottles of X.O. and drank half of each one along with his friends. He put the remaining half in Ku Lung's coffin.
一九八五年九月廿一日，他的好友兼酒伴武俠小說作家古龍過逝，倪匡以酒相送，把四十八瓶 XO 都喝了一半後放進棺木中，但求陰陽同醉。