“What are you doing?”
Zhang Ruochen’s hands gripped the gourd tightly as he glared at the wine madman. Please search (#￥) to see the most complete! The Fastest Updated Novel
“Why are you so nervous? A gourd is just a gourd, with my integrity and line, would I still rob you? Young man, quickly take it out and let the old man take a look for you.”
The wine madman’s eyes, staring straight at the gourd, very impatient appearance.
“It’s just a gourd, why are you in such a hurry?”
How could Zhang Ruochen hand it over to him, staring down at the gourd, only to see that the face of the gourd was engraved with a piece of ancient in a tiny font.
Quite a long time ago, the characters were completely different from the current ones, and it was hard to recognise them.
The wine madman stretched his neck and said, ”Can you read it? Or should I hand it over to Old Husband, and Old Husband will tell you what is engraved on the face. Or, Lao Fu will give you a Thousand Stripes Saint Artifact that I dug out from inside the iceberg earlier, and exchange it with you, although the value of a gourd is far less than that of a Thousand Stripes Saint Artifact, but, we are all acquaintances, so it doesn’t matter if I let you take advantage of it a little bit.”
“You think I don’t recognise?Seal Character?”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Wine Crazy Man revealed a strange colour and said, “With your age and experience, you actually know the ?Seal Scripts, a bit of skill.”
?Seal Script, a small category of characters from the ancient times, was only passed down in some small tribes in the Northern Domain, and to this day, there were only a handful of cultivators who could still recognise this kind of characters.
Zhang Ruochen recognised the content of that character and sighed softly, “The character strokes do have some Holy Dao flavour, but unfortunately, it’s just a poem with no valuable content.”
Zhang Ruochen was a little disappointed, then he surveyed the gourd in his hand and said, “However, the gourd is somewhat special, it seems to be a treasure.”
Zhang Ruochen mobilised his Saint Qi and injected it into the gourd.
“Wow.”
The gourd, gushing out a thick water spirit holy qi, transformed into a wisp of white mist, making the icy mountain under their feet look like it had transformed into an immortal mountain.
The mist transformed into a long bridge, connecting with the seawater.
The more holy qi that was injected into it, ten or a hundred times the amount of water spirit holy qi would gush out from inside the gourd, and it wasn’t long before the water spirit holy qi condensed thicker and thicker, turning into raindrops.
The surface of the sea, which was tens of miles in circumference, actually descended in a gentle rain.
“Mercury gourd, it’s really Mercury gourd …… The treasures of the Abandoned Deep Sea are also too much, surprisingly, even this legendary treasure has appeared.”The Wine Crazy Man said excitedly.
Zhang Ruochen also recognised it as the Mercury Gourd.
It was said that the Kunlun Realm had given birth to a total of five Divine Trees from ancient times as the Five Great Spiritual Roots.
Of these, the Banana Divine Tree in the north was known as the Spiritual Root of Water, and on the face of the Banana Divine Tree was a gourd vine known as the Mercury Vine.
The gourds borne by the Mercury Vine were each as huge as a planet, and the surface of the gourd was filled with water-attribute holy qi, raining all year round and accompanied by lightning and thunder.
A vine that was as if it had grown more than ten planets, and the Mercury Vine got its name from this.
The gourds of the Mercury Vine, all of them were plucked away by the great magi of the ancient period and refined into powerful treasures, however, almost all of them were destroyed in the great turmoil at the end of the ancient period, and only a handful or two were preserved.
The Wine Crazy Man’s eyes turned green as he stared at the Mercury Gourd in Zhang Ruochen’s hand, ecstatic, saying, ”It is said that the treasure of one of the Seven Ancient Religions, the Earth Dharma Gourd of the Starry Star Religion, is a Mercury Gourd refined into a Mercury Gourd, with the interior of the gourd forming a world of its own, and containing the Water Spirit Divine Qi that survived the Ancient Era. Treasure ah, truly a rare and precious treasure!”
Seeing the crazy eyes of the Wine Crazy Man, Zhang Ruochen was actually a little worried that he would make a move to snatch it.
Such a legendary supreme treasure, even a great saint would be moved, let alone a wine madman.
The wine madman revealed a mouthful of yellow teeth and laughed hehehehehe, “How about we exchange, the old man uses the Three Leaf Nine Lives Flower to exchange with you, you won’t suffer, right?”
Zhang Ruochen tried his best to maintain his composure, smiled, and said, “With senior’s status, and with senior’s wine, if, I don’t exchange with you, will you make a move to come and grab it?”
“Rob?”
The wine madman became a little annoyed and said, “What do you take old me for? A robber? With Lao Fu’s wine, with Lao Fu’s integrity, how could I possibly do such a thing. If I really wanted to make a move to rob, those treasures in your body would have already been robbed without a single piece left. The old man is really discussing with you, after all, how can we be drinking buddies and how can we tear our faces apart over a treasure?”
Zhang Ruochen thought carefully and felt that it was right.
In the world, who didn’t know that Zhang Ruochen had the Seal of the Realm Son, the Buddha Emperor’s Relic, the World Spirit of the Green Dragon Market Realm …… and so on, each of which was a supreme supreme treasure.
The Wine Crazy Man clearly knew his identity, yet he never made a move to snatch it, and it was unknown if he was really ethical, or if he had already taken Zhang Ruochen as a drinking buddy, or if there was something else.
Anyway, it seemed that he really didn’t intend to snatch the Mercury Gourd, but was prepared to exchange it with Zhang Ruochen.
The behaviour and character of the Wine Crazy Man was really getting more and more strange and puzzling.
Having once sworn not to kill again, did he also swear not to snatch other people’s treasures?
To say that he really had integrity, but, in the Divine Dragon Demi-Human Race, he had stolen all the wine inside the wine cellar without a single drop left. Is that considered ethical?
Zhang Ruochen decided to test the waters a bit more, and so, very decisively said, “No exchange.”
The Wine Crazy Man was so anxious that he was going crazy, and said bitterly, “It’s not like there’s any use for you to take the Mercury Gourd, it’s a complete waste to keep it at your place.”
“What’s the use of you taking it?”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Wine Crazy Man said, “Useful, of great use, knowing that the legendary Six Saints Ascending to Heaven Wine can only be brewed by using the Water Spirit Sacred Qi of the Mercury Gourd.”
“You don’t have the recipe for the Six Saints Ascending Heavenly Wine, even if you take it, you won’t be able to brew the Six Saints Ascending Heavenly Wine.”Zhang Ruochen laughed.
The Wine Crazy Man shook his head and said, “Even if you don’t brew the Six Saints Ascending to Heaven Wine, if you take the Mercury Gourd’s Water Spirit Sacred Qi and refine other wines, the strength of the wine and its taste will definitely double. Therefore, the Mercury Gourd can only be of maximum value if it is in the hands of the old man.”
“To you, that is indeed the case. For me, the Mercury Gourd’s Water Spirit Sacred Qi can help me cultivate, and the Mercury Gourd itself is also a formidable battle weapon. What’s more, the gourd said that there might not necessarily be other treasures inside.”Zhang Ruochen said slowly.
The Wine Crazy Man had endured so much that he really wanted to snatch the Mercury Gourd away, but he had once sworn an oath to someone that he would never kill again in this life, never take by force, and never do a single evil deed again.
Wine, of course, was excluded.
For a drinker, seeing a fine wine but not being able to take it over and drink it was definitely a thing that was even more unbearable than death.
Zhang Ruochen revealed a thoughtful expression as he raised his head and stared at the Wine Crazy Man, saying, “Why don’t you tell me a story about you, such as, why did you swear to never kill again?”
The Wine Crazy Man blankly glanced at Zhang Ruochen and said, “No story.”
“In the future, if you want to make wine, I can provide the Mercury Gourd’s Water Spirit Holy Qi to you.”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Wine Crazy Man was a bit impressed, then, with a hefty smile, he sat down on his bum and said, “That’s what you said.”
“Of course I said it.”
The wine madman said, “Putting it into perspective now, it’s not something to be ashamed of, and it doesn’t matter if I tell it to you. This matter is a long story, so I’ll make it short. In fact, it was all forced by that Queen-sama and had to swear.”
“And then?”
Zhang Ruochen was a bit surprised that this matter, surprisingly, was related to Chi Yao.
The Wine Crazy Man shrugged and spread his hands, “Nothing.”
It was really a long story.
Zhang Ruochen continued to ask, “Why did that Empress Lord, force you to swear?”
The Wine Crazy Man revealed a dissatisfied look, obviously feeling that Zhang Ruochen was asking too many questions, however, for the sake of the Water Spirit Sacred Qi inside the Mercury Gourd, he could only say once again, “Whoever told me that I was captured by her, and if I didn’t swear, I had to die.”
“How long was that?”Zhang Ruochen asked again.
“About 600 years ago, I guess, I can’t remember exactly how long!”The Wine Crazy Man said.
“Six hundred years ago ……”
Zhang Ruochen recited in a low voice, then, his eyes revealed a wry look as he laughed, “As far as I know, six hundred years ago, Empress Chi Yao didn’t ascend to the throne, and was still in the position of a princess.”
“History has recorded that at that time, Princess Chi Yao had led a large army and attacked the Moon Worshipping Demon Cult, killing the Demon Emperor in the Copper Furnace Plain, and causing the Moon Worshipping Demon Cult to fall into disarray, with 80% of the Cult’s strongest people dying. Even after hundreds of years of recuperation, it has not recovered.”
“That was the last great battle in which the Chi Qingyang Empire unified the world, and since then, none of the major ancient sects and clans in the world dared to disobey, and have made it known that they are willing to listen to Princess Chi Yao and the Qing Emperor’s orders.”
“You can’t really be a Demon Cultist, it was in that battle that you were captured by her, right?”
The Wine Crazy Man took a sip of wine and waved his hand, saying, “Can’t remember!”
Zhang Ruochen knew that the Wine Crazy Man was unwilling to mention more about that year, and did not continue to pursue the matter, however, it did confirm one thing, it was really possible that he could have been a certain famous person from the Devil Cult back then.
Zhang Ruochen peeled off the lid of the gourd, ready to investigate, Mercury gourd’s interior, is it really as mysterious as the legend?
Just after peeling off the lid, Zhang Ruochen noticed that the inner concave position of the lid actually had small black dots.
“Huh, what is this?”
Zhang Ruochen injected his holy qi into the lid of the gourd, and the lid became bigger and bigger, and in the end, it became as huge as a grinding disc.
Those black dots, too, grew bigger and bigger, and in the end, it even turned into an ancient piece.
It was still the ?Seal script.
The Wine Crazy Man stretched his neck and stared at the words on the lid of the gourd, and then, he let out a strange cry, followed by a maniacal laugh.
Zhang Ruochen was startled by him and frowned, his eyes staring at the ?Seal Characters and carefully recognised them. A moment later, he too let out a series of laughs, “The recipe for the Six Saints Ascending to Heaven Wine is indeed engraved on the face of the Mercury gourd.”
The ancient of the gourd lid was precisely the recipe for the Six Saints Ascending Heavenly Wine.
The Wine Crazy Man pulled on Zhang Ruochen’s arm, his eyes sparkling with starlight as he trembled, “How about we join forces to brew the Heavenly Ascension Wine? At that time, the Six Saints Ascending Heavenly Wine will be renamed as the Two Saints Ascending Heavenly Wine, and both of us will go down in the annals of the Human Race.”
