Chapter 215 – Ice Condensate Water (1/2)

Mu Zhicong laughed aloud. “It’s not just like ox munching on peony. Everything I said was useless, like playing the zither to an ox! I’m just kidding. I hope you don’t mind, fellow Niu.”

Li Qingshan smiled indifferently. “The tea was good tea, but the water was so-so. Zijian, you need to make friends like that. You have to choose good water, or it’ll ruin the famous tea.”

Yu Zijian agreed softly, while Mu Zhicong’s expression changed.

The tea brewer said irately, “Kid, you have no idea what you’re talking about, yet you just have to act like you do and blabber away. I retrieved the water from the Sky spiritual spring of Sky mountain.”

Mu Zhicong said, “Fellow Niu, you haven’t heard of the Sky spiritual spring before, have you? It’s ranked ninety-seventh within the Spiritual Springs guide of the Green province.”

The ranking was not particularly high, but making it within the top hundred across all fifteen thousand kilometers of the Green province was already very outstanding. The ninety-six spiritual springs that ranked ahead of it were all claimed by various large sects. The springwater they had was not something a mere independent cultivator could taste.

The tea brewer fumed. “You sure know a bit. You really do come from the Green Vine mountain after…”

Li Qingshan interrupted him. “So what?”

The tea brewer said, “So what? If you can take out better water, you can count that jug of tea on me. Otherwise…” His aura radiated out. He was actually at the seventh layer.

Yu Zijian said in a hurry, “Please calm down, senior. My friend was just…”

Li Qignshan stopped her and smiled. “With how many springs the world has to offer, a single guide probably can’t include all of them. Since senior wants to invite us to some free tea, I might as well oblige.” He took out a jar of water from his hundred treasures pouch and presented it before the tea brewer.

This came from a spiritual spring that Li Qingshan had discovered underground when he followed the spiritual river to its source. The water was sweet and icy, enough to quench the thirst of the very hearts of people. Although he lacked a single inkling about tea, he could feel that the spiritual qi in the water was much more abundant than that Sky spring water or whatever it was called.

The sources of most of the spiritual springs in the world were extremely deep underground. As they flowed to the surface, their spiritual qi would disperse, and the quality of the water would drop. However, just how many people in the world could venture so deep underground? And, how many people were willing to venture deep into that dangerous world just for the sake of some water so that they could brew some tea?

The jar was just a regular old jar. Mu Zhicong watched on, ready to see Li Qingshan make a fool of himself, while Yu Zijian was concerned for him.

The tea brewer opened the jar casually and peered inside. His furious sneer suddenly stiffened. “T- this water?” A layer of white mist appeared on the surface of the water, and a film of perspiration had already formed on the jar the moment it was taken out.

Mu Zhicong walked over impatiently. “How’s the water?” He became stunned as well. The spiritual qi the water gave off actually rivalled quite a few pills.

The tea brewer used an exquisite, bronze ladle to drink some, and he shivered. The water seemed to be even colder than ice. He was still in disbelief, so he scooped a ladle of his own water and placed it in the jar. Before long, the water in the ladle had actually frozen.

“It can’t be wrong, it can’t be wrong! This is Ice Condensate water!”

Li Qingshan never thought the water he had retrieved from the underground spring would actually be capable of this either. “How is it? Is it better than your water?”

The tea brewer was defeated. “It’s Ice Condensate water, ranked fifty-second. Of course it’s better than Sky spring water. I’ve misjudged you. I never thought that you, sir, would have managed to make it into the Icehorse palace!”

“I’ve never heard of some Icehorse palace before. As I’ve said before, it’s impossible for a single guide to include all the springs the world has to offer. I must thank you for your treat then, senior.” Li Qingshan was about to stow the jar away as he said that.

“Hold on!” The tea brewer stopped Li Qingshan in a hurry.

“What, do you plan on changing your mind?” Li Qingshan asked.