Chapter 144 (1/2)

Chapter 144: Killing Intent After Drinking

Ling Tian laughed in response, ”The moonlight s.h.i.+nes on the filled winegla.s.s, a desire to drink but the mounted pipa player is urging; crouching drunk on the battlefield no one smiles, how many people across the ages actually return from a war! In this present age, to indulge in wine without a winegla.s.s to complement, is actually a loss in honor…”

Ye QingChen sat silently as he listened, a burning heroic spirit rising within him, making him down his entire cup.

”I’ve looked down on the skills of this little brother once again. What a good Man’s Blood, pure yet fragrant, and what a good poem! It indeed spells out the innate qualities of a man! So, to appreciate a wine fully, one needs a winegla.s.s to show off its beauty. My brother, you’re indeed a true wine connoisseur!”

”Elder Brother, slow down on the praises, this little brother has yet to give you a test. You mentioned you’re proficient in wine sampling, but I’ve yet to verify this. What year do you think this wine was made in?” Ling Tian had on an evil expression, as though prepared to make things difficult for him.

Ye QingChen did not mind it at all and replied, ”Brother’s wine is heavenly indeed, far exceeding all ordinary wines on the market. However, when talking about recognising the age, this dim-witted brother might not lose to anyone. I’m guessing a maturity of three years!” His tone was full of confidence!

Ling Tian retained his evil expression, pressing on immediately, ”Really? Does brother really think so…?”

Ye QingChen paused for a while. Though his contact with Ling Tian was short, he could be said to be more familiar with Ling Tian, even when compared to some of the people closer to Ling Tian. As such, he naturally suspected there was more to that than met the eye. He poured himself another cup and sampled it once again; indeed, the more the tasted it, he more shocked he got.

Only after a long while, did he mutter to himself, ”What a bewildering wine, this obviously only has three years of maturity. But somehow, I taste six years of maturity and another hint of a maturity of nine years. There’s a hint of age amongst the freshness, and this mellowness of age gives way to a deeper grade of age. How is this possible? How puzzling, puzzling…” Raising his head, seeing the evil expression of Ling Tian staring at him, he scolded, ”Dammit, you’re teasing this elder brother of yours aren’t you? Hurry and reveal your secret before I beat the daylights out of you!”

Ling Tian did not try to lengthen the suspense. Instead, he replied, ”As what brother has spoken, ‘a hint of age amongst the freshness, and furthermore the age deepening itself as it pa.s.ses’, this is enough for me to praise you. The secret lies in the words you’ve spoken. Nine years ago, I buried nine jars of grape wine that had just begun to ferment. Then, I took them out in the third year and used a secret method of evaporation, reducing three jars to one. Then, I reburied them and left it to continue fermenting. After three more years, I repeated the same process and reburied it again. Finally, after another three years, this only vat left is the completed product; having the flavours of both a young wine and an aged wine. It seems like it’s only three years, but in actuality, it is nine years of evaporating and refermenting! A heavenly product, the ‘Man’s Blood’!”

Listening to Ling Tian’s explanation, Ye QingChen was thrown off totally. Tasting his cup of Man’s Blood, he could feel his emotions surging, feeling sweet yet sour. In his life, it was his first time coming across such a rarely seen and heard of immortal wine, and he could not help but drink a few more cups. However, little did he know that the method to evaporate the fermented wine, combining three into one, only served to further increase the alcohol content of the wine, up to ten times the norm! Furthermore, the large amount of wine he sampled previously, only served as a foundation, t

o the point where even his own internal energy was unable to control his intoxication.

By the time Ye QingChen discovered something was amiss, he had already begun to feel muddleheaded, bereft of any strength. He could only lean on the table top leisurely, muttering, ”In my intoxication, I’m about to visit the Monarch of Dreams, but I await the appearance of new wine the very next day,” before he stopped moving altogether. From the time they started drinking, Ye QingChen had actually not even touched the exquisite accompanying dishes even once!”

Ling Tian shook his head, his newfound elder brother was indeed considered a wonderful person, he could even collapse into a stupor with such style. At the same time, he was full of praise for himself, that he could actually be considered as an expert in wine itself.

The first five wines that were taken out by Ling Tian were no doubt the exceptions of exceptional wines. But they were all made by masters of his previous world and Ling Tian did not feel any pride merely imitating their methods. However, the final wine, ‘Man’s Blood’, was based off the novel ‘The smiling, proud wanderer’ [1] that he had read in his previous world. While his self-created wine could not beat those fine wines of hundred years in age, it had a different form of subtlety. Every evaporation process just so happened to be a three-year-old fine wine, three years after three rounds of evaporation, followed by a final three rounds of fermentation; the effort needed was definitely not below those famed wines. This thought flow allowed Ling Tian to break boundaries. The wine process was started when Ling Tian was a mere five or six years old, for this almost decade long processing of wine to be praised so reverently by a wine master of this present world, Ling Tian only felt the highest pride and honor.

Glancing at the unconscious Ye QingChen, Ling Tian could only pat his head and berate himself. How could the wines he took out be compared to those diluted wines that were served outside? Especially the Man’s Blood, which possessed alcohol content which was ten times stronger. Furthermore, to continuously sample all these intensely strong wines, even if Ye QingChen had a tolerance as huge as the ocean and also incredibly pure internal energy, he was still a mortal after all. Not getting drunk would be the weird part! Ling Tian smiled ruefully as he supported Ye QingChen’s huge frame with ease.

On the side, Ling Chen laughed, ”As what Young n.o.ble has mentioned, this Mister Ye is indeed a wonderful person, simple-minded to a fault, but yet extremely interesting, hehe.”