35 Meeting In The Rain (1/2)
”Old Song, what’s wrong? Have the brat’s words roused your anger?” The middle-aged man lifted his wine jug, pouring another cup for himself gracefully. ”He is just a young and unchecked scholar saying nonsense. You are somebody with great tolerance, there is no need for you to get angry because of him. He may not recognize how good your wine is, but I do.”
”Your Highness may not know, but my proudest achievement I have is this wine, it has been an accumulation of my entire life. As for the rest, they nought but things of the past. Hearing that little brat treat my wine with contempt, all I did was laugh and ignore him!” Old Song stared at the direction Jun Mo Xie left with a blank and distracted look.
”It is a pity to have just missed him after he had spoken his last sentence. To miss out on meeting a fellow friend who understands wine”
”A fellow friend who understands wine? Pity?” The middle-aged man who was addressed as ”Your Highness” was startled.
”Indeed, it is a true pity!” Old Song nodded without hesitation. ”To be able to utter such words, he had proven himself as someone who truly understands wine!” He then murmured. ”The true act of drinking wine is to drink in one’s emotions or thoughts! Just pouring wine into one’s belly cannot be considered the act of drinking wine. That is just wasting good wine! One who understands how to drink wine, the meaning of wine tasting and the appreciation of wine. To think that I have missed out on meeting such a fellow friend who understands wine is truly the biggest regret in one’s life…”
Glancing around, the bamboo hat that Jun Mo Xie had left hanging had unknowingly vanished.
Old Song’s eyes flickered, the pupils of eyes suddenly flashed with a pale blue colour…
Unfortunately, the one addressed as ”Your Highness” was looking at him from behind and did not notice this.
Yellow for Earth Rank, Blue for Sky Rank!
This Old Song who was unseemly and seemed to know only how to make wine was actually a Sky Ranked expert! Standing below only the Supreme God rank, Sky Xuan experts could be considered the pinnacle of power within the Xuan Xuan Continent! Such a distinguished individual was actually staying in such a small and remote wine shop!
Such misfortune, if Jun Mo Xie had stayed, with his supreme spiritual sense, he could easily have discovered the extreme aspect of Old Song and his love of wine. Unfortunately, Jun Mo Xie had long since left; without even a shadow to be seen…
After leaving the wine shop, Jun Mo Xie walked slowly, both his heart and mind gradually becoming clear. He emerged out of the bizarre state that he was in; that state could be considered the representation of the Evil Monarch, Jun Mo Xie, from the past. The state which held only disdain towards the world! Saying whatever he wished to say, doing whatever he wished to do, not fearing offending others, even if it meant choosing a separate path from tens of thousands of people. Even if his actions would be condemned by millions of others, the original Evil Monarch would proudly continue forward, standing lonesome against the world!
Acting on his own whim, without a single hesitation, uncaring of the feelings of others!
If the world chooses to praise me and lift my reputation to the skies, I would simply accept it while retaining a clear conscience.
If the world chooses to curse me, I would also accept it all the same!
This heretical personality of his was what gave him the name ”Evil Monarch”!
After venting his frustration, Jun Mo Xie who had calmed down would naturally choose to stop the feelings as the ”Evil Monarch”. He stared at the heavy rain and found that there was nowhere else to go. Since there was nowhere good to go, he turned and headed towards his own home.
As he was about to turn into the corner of a street, Jun Mo Xie was suddenly startled and slowed down his pace. A low muffled voice came from beyond the corner. An average person would never have heard it in the middle of such a heavy rain! If not for the fact that Jun Mo Xie’s ears were far keener than others, he would have been like the rest.
”We finally succeeded. If it was not for this heavy rain, we would never have this chance to even touch this item from the Tang family. This was blessed by the heavens”