Chapter 26: Medicinal Liquid Spirit Wine
The group came to the inner hall. On the way, the four of them chatted and laughed happily, exchanging names with each other. The fat man's surname was Xie Mingying, and he was the owner of Wanxiang Bookstore.
"Come! Come! Come! Take a seat! Take a seat!" Walking into a private room, a table of extremely sumptuous food and wine had been prepared. Xie Ying sat in the main seat and warmly invited the three to take a seat. Since they were here, they should make the best of it. The three of them were not shy. As soon as they sat down, Xiao Mian asked the question that had been hidden in his heart: "Xie Senior, why are the names of the shops in your Lingchuan Market so... so domineering?"
"This is quite interesting. I think you three should know that there is a large merchant group in Zhongzhou behind this Lingchuan Market, right? That large merchant group also has business in Lingchuan Market. The Tianbing Hall at the top of this street is owned by that merchant group. With the amazing strength and financial resources of that merchant group, it is understandable to name the industry under its name Tianbing Hall, but other merchants can't sit still. They also started to make a fuss about the name, so, you can see... In fact, the name of my Wanxiangzhai is already very subtle!"
After hearing this explanation, the three of them didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Don't talk about these old stories! Come! Drink!" Xie Ying personally filled the wine cups for the three people and apologized sincerely: "Although the fat man was not at fault for what happened today, he was also responsible for his poor supervision. Please drink this cup to make amends!"
After speaking, Xie Ying had already drunk it all, and then looked at the three people.
The three people just wanted to save face and could only agree. Fu Qingqiong, as a woman, naturally tasted it lightly; Lu Chengfeng was elegant and his movements were slow; only Xiao Mian had never drunk wine, and seeing Xie Ying drinking generously, he followed suit and drank it in one gulp.
Now something went wrong. Fu Qingqiong and Lu Chengfeng were fine. They only felt that the sake tasted as light as water, but as soon as it passed the root of the tongue, it suddenly turned into a ball of fire, and exploded with a bang. The wine turned into wisps of spiritual energy, wandering in their bodies. The two hurriedly sat down, practiced their skills and qi, and transformed the rich spiritual energy into their own true qi. When the two finished their practice, they saw Xiao Mian standing there stupidly, his face flushed red, and his whole body was covered with cold sweat.
The two were shocked: the wine Xie Ying drank was obviously of excellent quality, which was of great benefit to their cultivation, but why was Xiao Mian's condition a little wrong?
"Oh! Waste! What a waste! How could you..." Seeing Xiao Mian looking at him with a confused face, Xie Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You are a little cultivator of the eighth level of Qi training, how dare you drink my 'Zui Linglong' in one gulp?"
"Zui Linglong? Is this the Zui Linglong known as 'Jade Liquid'?" This was Lu Chengfeng's exclamation.
"The spiritual power contained in the legendary spiritual wine is really amazing!" This was Fu Qingqiong's praise.
"It doesn't taste good at all!" This was Xiao Mian's wail.
"It's like a cow chewing on a peony!" Xie Ying, who had been very pleased with the reactions of Lu Chengfeng and Fu Qingqiong, could not help but grumble bitterly when he heard Xiao Mian's complaints. However, Lu Chengfeng reacted and asked softly, "That's not right! The legendary Jade Liquid Drunk Linglong is a fifth-level spiritual wine, known as 'no one below the Golden Elixir can enjoy it'. It is said that the spiritual energy contained in it is too overbearing. If you don't have the Golden Elixir cultivation, you will get drunk after drinking it, and you will fall asleep if you are drunk. If you use too much, your cultivation will even decline instead of improve! This..."
"Well... this Drunk Linglong is not that Drunk Linglong... Fatty has nothing else to like except the thing in this cup. He once spent all his money to buy a jar of genuine fifth-level spiritual wine Drunk Linglong, but because of his cultivation... The reason is that I have never been able to enjoy it. With my qualifications, it is still uncertain whether I can make a pill in this life. In order to leave no regrets, I hired an alchemist and a winemaker to dilute and blend the jar of Zui Linglong with three kinds of spiritual liquids: Tian Luoshui, Digenquan and Centennial Ginseng Essence Milk. In the end, I got ten jars of a compromise product between spiritual wine and medicinal wine. Fatty, I named it - Medicinal Liquid Spiritual Wine! "
Obviously, Xie Ying was very proud of the medicinal liquid spiritual wine he invented, but Lu Chengfeng was dissatisfied when he heard it: diluting Zui Linglong, which can improve the cultivation of Jindan cultivators, into this kind of medicinal wine that doesn't matter, just to taste the taste of this wine, this kind of person has the nerve to say that Junior Brother Xiao is wasting, I think you are the biggest waste! Of course, Lu Chengfeng would only turn this word in his stomach, and he would never dare to say it out loud.
After this incident, the atmosphere between the four people gradually became harmonious.
"By the way! How many days have you three been in Lingchuan Market?" After three rounds of wine, Xie Ying seemed to remember something and asked casually. Lu Chengfeng thought it was no secret, so he told the truth. Xie Ying perked up and sat up straight, asking, "You came from the north? Did you pass by Huoyun Ridge?"
"That's right! The guy who just tripped us up in your store is the enemy we made in Huoyun Ridge..."
"Then you should have passed by Huoyun Ridge yesterday?" Without waiting for Lu Chengfeng to finish, Xie Ying asked impatiently, "Is there anything wrong near Huoyun Ridge? Have you seen any sneaky monks?"
"This..."
At this point, not to mention Lu Chengfeng, even the naive Xiao Mian noticed that something was wrong with Xie Ying.
"What is this? If you can say it, then say it. If you can't, forget it!" Seeing Lu Chengfeng hesitated, Xie Ying said rather unhappily. Lu Chengfeng was quite embarrassed when he heard this, and immediately told him everything about his encounter with Li Mudao, and said: "It's about the fight between Jindan masters, but I don't want Senior Xie to put himself in danger."
"Hmph! Do you need to teach me this? But since two Jindan masters can fight each other, it seems that Huoyun Ridge is going to become a troubled place. If a foundation-building cultivator goes there, he will either watch the fun or be cannon fodder. It's better not to go! Drink! Drink!"
The wine at this time had long been replaced with ordinary spirit wine. After all, the medicinal liquid spirit wine was Xie Ying's private collection, and it was not suitable to drink too much at once.
"Senior Xie, from what you said just now, it seems that many people have come to Lingchuan Market recently, and it is much more lively than usual!"
"Hmph! Boy Lu, you are not honest! Just now, when Fatty asked you a question, you were hiding it, and now you are trying to get Fatty's words? Fortunately, I am a prime minister with a big stomach and a big stomach, so I won't bother with you!" After boasting for a while, Xie Ying said to the three people mysteriously: "You should know that Lingchuan Market holds a small auction every three months? The auction will be held in three days, but there shouldn't be so many people participating. The main reason is that there is news that there will be a magical pill auctioned at this auction!"
"Magic pill? What can make so many cultivators willing to abandon their cultivation and gather in Lingchuan Market?"
"The legendary fourth-grade elixir, which is said to help the top-level cultivators in the foundation-building period to form pills - the Condensing Gold Creation Pill!"