Chapter 1182 (1/2)

Chapter 1182

“Were you kicked out last time because of this?” Long Chen looked at Xia Youluo curiously .

“What do you think? All I did was grumble and complain a bit, and they kicked me out! Don’t you think they’re petty!?” Xia Youluo whispered like she was in the midst of a heist .

“You just don’t understand them . Just entering this place is a rare opportunity that you couldn’t buy no matter how much gold you have . The Wine G.o.d Palace kindly let you enter, and then you spit on their kindness . Naturally they’d get angry . Think about this: what if you were to give a pastry to a starving person, but that person had never seen a pastry before and thought you were offering them a pile of dung, so they got angry at you for insulting them . Would you get mad then?” asked Long Chen .

“It’s a nice argument, but did you have to make it sound so disgusting? Could you not make a more elegant comparison?” Xia Youluo glared at Long Chen .

“I’m not an elegant person by nature, so why bother acting?” Long Chen shook his head .

“But I’m a woman! Can’t you reserve yourself a bit?” raged Xia Youluo .

“You’re a woman? I think of you as just a little girl . Come, this way . ” Long Chen continued onward .

“Hey, wait a moment! You have to hold my hand, or I’ll fall!” cried Xia Youluo upon seeing Long Chen go on without her .

“It’s not convenient for me, a man, to hold the hand of a woman . You should just walk slowly on your own,” declined Long Chen .

“You’re a man? Hmph, I just treat you as a grand-uncle . What’s wrong with you holding my hand?” Xia Youluo used Long Chen’s own words to strike back at him .

Long Chen laughed . This little girl actually did have some skill .

He took her hand . He clearly felt her quiver and blush a bit . Long Chen was the first outsider Xia Youluo had touched like this . But to express her courage, she put on an indifferent expression .

Long Chen pulled her forward a few steps . “In truth, this path is a kind of cultivation . ”

“Cultivation?” Xia Youluo was flabbergasted .

“Yes, a kind of heart cultivation . Once you lose everything you depend on, you can return to your original state . This is a way to temper your heart . You’re still too young, and you’ve experienced too little . In your eyes, mud is dirty, so you don’t want to touch it . But you’ve forgotten, everything on the ground was born from the mud and earth . Everything you eat, everything you use, it has come from the mud . Do you think the spirit fruits you eat are clean? Your shoes touch the ground every day, and yet you think it’s filthy?

“Everything high-cla.s.s is built on top of the low-cla.s.s as a foundation . When a person has nothing to eat, when a person has no guarantee of being able to live to tomorrow, the only thing they’ll think about is survival . Only when people have guaranteed their own survival do they seek higher things . But many people end up chasing those things until they’ve forgotten the essence of life . The formation here allows us to return to our original state, allowing us to see the essence of life clearly . Cultivation isn’t just dependent on cultivation base or talent . The majority of it is dependent on comprehension . If you can’t even understand your life, you will only be a frog at the bottom of a well, isolated from the truth of the greater world . In the end, you’ll never be able to reach the peak of the martial path,” said Long Chen as he pulled her forward . After all, she was Xia Yunchong’s little sister, and so he gave her a kind reminder .

Clapping rang out . Xia Youluo was still lost in the clouds, and the two of them had arrived in front of a little pavilion without even noticing it . They saw a white-robed man who appeared to be in his thirties standing in front of the pavilion, clapping lightly . “Esteemed guest’s comprehension is admirable . I hope you can do me the honor of tasting this lowly one’s wine . ”

“You… you’re inviting us to taste your wine? Is this real? Aiya!” Xia Youluo ended up too excited and almost slipped again . If it weren’t for Long Chen steadying her, she would have embarra.s.sed herself .

The man smiled slightly and elegantly said, “As long as you do not say any words of blasphemy toward the Wine G.o.d, I would not dare to expel an honored guest again . ”

Hearing this, Long Chen realized that Xia Youluo had been kicked out last time by this man . By following the small path, the first place which visitors arrived at would be this pavilion . In other words, last time Xia Youluo hadn’t even drunk a single drop of wine before being kicked out . And once she had returned to the palace, she had been scolded . That had been extremely miserable for her, which was why she was so excited now .

“I definitely won’t! Definitely not! Okay, I just won’t say anything at all!” declared Xia Youluo .

“Please, come inside . ” The man smiled and gestured for them to come in . Long Chen cupped his fists toward him and they entered the small pavilion .

There was merely a ten-meter s.p.a.ce and a table inside . A wine jug and a few cups were arranged simply on the table .

“Have a seat . This is the wine I made . Please, have a taste . ” The middle-aged man took out a spotlessly white handkerchief and cleaned his hands carefully . He then took out two refined jade bowls . These bowls were amber-colored and extremely small, only a bit wider than an inch . He picked up a small wine jug only the size of a fist and lightly poured a very limited amount of liquid into the bowls .

The bowls transformed, becoming a darker red color . A powerful fragrance filled the air, penetrating deep into their hearts . Xia Youluo swallowed her saliva .

The Wine G.o.d Palace’s disciples all had their own specific wines, and they were not distributed outside . Only people invited into the Wine G.o.d Palace could taste them .