Chapter 240: Opening
When Yan Yue was in the Yunyang Sect, he already knew that Nanming's young geniuses were all born on the same day as him, and he didn't know that there was such a thing as Fuze at that time, so he didn't think about himself.
Now it is known that his followers are deeply blessed, and the spirit wine that he has refined contains the meaning of wine, and there are also great blessings, and even in the best spirit wine, there is also a small amount of blessing, which is also a major reason why the effect of the first- and second-order spirit wine is comparable to that of the third- and fourth-order spirit wine.
I think of the treasure gourd with great luck, which suddenly came on the day of my birth.
It was also the people who were born on that day that there were medium-grade, high-grade, and even extremely talented people, who were more than ordinary.
This matter, starting after this group of people turned 16 years old, was gradually discovered in various regions of the Wind and Rain Continent.
Azure Daming, as well as high-level figures throughout the world, are speculating about the reason.
And in the whole world, Yan Yue is the only one who connects this thing that changes the luck of the whole world with himself.
"This matter should be caused by the treasure gourd......" Yan Yue secretly guessed in his heart, and suddenly realized that something seemed wrong here, if it was caused by the treasure gourd, why did it only affect that day?
"No matter what, no one must know that this matter has anything to do with me!"
If others knew that the thing that changed the luck of the whole world was caused by Yan Yue, he would never be offered up, but he would have to be dissected to see it clearly.
Jin Mingxiu just said casually, Yan Yue shook his head and smiled, "If your words reach the ears of others, they will laugh off their big teeth." ”
Jin Mingxiu heard that Yan Yue didn't even bring "virtuous sister" in this sentence, and hurriedly said: "The little maid knows that she is wrong." ”
Yan Yue didn't mind, and the three of them continued to drink and talk.
A few days later, it was July.
Yan Yue took a jar of spirit wine that had been carefully refined recently and walked towards the wine party.
He wants to participate in the upcoming wine refining conference, and the identity he uses is a young man like a dragon boy.
To participate in this meeting, one is to participate in the grand event every ten years, and the other is to be lucky enough to enter the quarterfinals, and slightly enhance the reputation of the Cup.
As for identity and talent, there is nothing to worry about.
In the big competition of the original Ten Factions Alliance, he didn't want to participate because he didn't want to expose his strength, and now he has the identity of Long Gongzi, a senior disciple of the Yuanying Academy, and there is no need to hide his extraordinary talent.
If the authenticity of this identity has been confirmed by the thoughtless Taoist, others will no longer have the mind to verify the authenticity of this identity.
Despite this, Yan Yue's participation in the refining conference still has certain restrictions.
That is, he can't use the wine refining technique of "Li Afu", which has become popular.
This refining technique includes the easy-to-soluble melting technique and the ultimate distillation technique.
The soluble soul melting technique is almost like cheating, and when applied to any spirit wine, it can greatly improve the effectiveness and strength of the spirit wine.
For example, the spirit wine refined by Long Gongzi, if it is effective and strong, it will be stimulated at once, and it is very easy to be associated with Li Afu.
The ultimate distillation method cannot be used.
The distillation threshold of each spirit wine is different, and mastering the critical point in the clouds does not mean that refining other spirit wines can also refine the best, but it just has more experience in refining the best spirit wine.
And this experience is the key, the best spirit wine refined by one person is very easy to be tasted by others, and it comes from the same person's hand.
Li Afu and Rulong Gongzi are the same person, didn't they clearly tell others that these two identities are also likely to be disguised by another person.
Therefore, the restrictions on Yan Yue's participation in the refining conference are very large.
The spirit wine he used for the audition did not use any refining skills related to Li Afu's identity.
Sending the spirit wine to the drinking party, I was apprehensive.
More than half of the major restaurants in Qianyuan City participated in the competition, and if they want to become the final eight from so many restaurants, the chances of restricting the two major refining techniques are slim.
Yan Yue had never participated in such a competition when he was mentally prepared, and the competition between Yunyang Sect and Xiao Tianchai was a last resort, and he participated in it halfway.
And this time I came prepared, aiming at the top eight, after the spirit wine was sent to the drinking party, I felt that the time suddenly became long, and it was not easy to calm down.
A few days later, the wine tastingers in the cocktail party have roughly selected the spirit wine sent by the eight most high-quality restaurants.
The organizer of the conference is composed of a cocktail party and the Azure Gate, and the Qianyuan City Lord is the highest representative of the Azure Gate side, he looked at a certain altar of spirit wine other than the eight altars of spirit wine, and said with a smile: "A few Taoist friends, this altar of spirit wine, please taste it again." ”
The skilled sommeliers are all famous wine tasters, and these people are mainly composed of several five-bottle sommeliers and four-bottle sommeliers from both sides. There are also people who are extremely proficient in the art of wine tasting.
When they saw the city lord of Qianyuan speak, they took the jar of spirit wine again and tasted it, and after tasting it, they all said: "The quality of this wine is indeed good, but it can't be ranked among the top eight." ”
The thoughtless Taoist was also here, and said with a smile: "This jar of spiritual wine is refined by our noble guests of the Azure Ming Dynasty. ”
A few wine tasters were stunned after hearing this.
After several days of waiting, Yan Yue finally got the news from the cocktail party that his spirit wine finally entered the top eight.
Exhaled heavily, his mood was so excited that he couldn't even settle down for a while.
When I was excited, I suddenly heard laughter on the street, and my consciousness swept there, only to see that Xi Rou was excited, "Our Songfeng Building has also passed the audition and can participate in the refining conference!"
Elder Huang on the side was also very happy, and his face was full of joy.
In the Juxian Building opposite Songfeng Building, Qin Guangyuan walked out, and said in a cold voice: "Who hasn't entered the top eight yet, what are you doing shouting!"
He turned his head to Elder Huang again, and said in a strange manner: "Look at your pride, the main entrances of our two restaurants are opposite each other, don't you run into each other as soon as you enter the wine refining conference." ”
Elder Huang built a foundation at the age of forty, entered the Nanshan faction, studied wine for ten years, and was defeated by Qin Guangyuan in the battle for the disciples of the Qingfeng Dao people.
Elder Huang was disheartened, left Nanshan, and abandoned his cultivation and wine path for a hundred years.
It can be said that his whole life was ruined by Qin Guangyuan, and he hated this person in his heart.
He sneered and said, "If the General Assembly meets Your Excellency, I will definitely do my best." ”
In terms of Elder Huang's talent, he may be slightly better than Qin Guangyuan, but the total time he spent refining wine is only forty years, while Qin Guangyuan has been refining wine for almost half of his life, and the level difference between the two at this time cannot be calculated in the slightest.
Elder Huang didn't have the confidence to let go of cruel words such as "I will definitely win you", but Ji Rou on the side couldn't get angry, "Is the Four Bottles Spirit Wine Master amazing, Master's shame back then, we will definitely wash it back!"
Ji Rou had been following Elder Huang to learn wine for nearly three years, and she had known about the matter between Elder Huang and Qin Guangyuan.
The people who participated in the competition in Songfeng Building were her and Elder Huang, who had worked hard to improve her refining skills after she entered the foundation building this year, and now she had reached the intermediate level of the three bottles, vowing to wash away the shame for Elder Huang at the wine refining conference.
Qin Guangyuan was about the same age as Elder Huang, but his heart was not at all in line with his age, he snorted coldly, and his eyes flashed, and his divine consciousness in the late stage of foundation building was released, and he attacked straight towards Xi Rou.
It is forbidden to make trouble in Qianyuan City, but this kind of secretly hurtful thing is not easy to investigate, even if it is found, behind Qin Guangyuan, there is a Nanming Alliance with eighteen knots, and the other party has no background, Qianyuan City Guards are naturally humane.
Ji Rou has just been in the early days of building the foundation, and being secretly injured by the other party will definitely leave hidden dangers.
Qin Guangyuan's divine consciousness in the late stage of foundation building struck, and a piece of jade pendant hanging around her neck suddenly had a ray of light about to gush out.
At this moment, not far from here, on the third floor of the Tilting Cup, a strong divine consciousness instantly came to Xi Rou's body, and directly dispersed the divine consciousness released by Qin Guangyuan.
"Jiedan Divine Sense!" Qin Guangyuan was shocked, his eyes looked at the place where the divine consciousness came from, and he saw a young man on the third floor of the Dumping Cup House holding a folding fan, slowly walking to the guardrail, and said lightly: "Master Qin is going to have trouble with a girl." ”
Qin Guangyuan was shocked when he saw that Fang Cai's "Divine Sense" was issued by Gongzi Long, and said deeply: "Gongzi Rulong is not only highly qualified, but his divine sense means are even more terrifying, so I admire him." With that, he returned to the Juxian Building.
Since this matter is like a dragon prince to take care of, even if he has eighteen knots behind him, there is nothing he can do about the other party.
Ji Rou looked at the young man of Rulong, who was on the third floor of the cup, and thanked: "Thank you for your help, the little girl is grateful." ”
The Tilting Cup House not far from Songfeng Building was opened by a Azure guest named Rulong Gongzi, and Ji Rou knew.
The rich boy she borrowed money from half a year ago was just a junior who was suspected of being a Yuanying monk, and this young man like a dragon was a real Yuanying master, and his identity was not of the same magnitude as him at all.
In terms of talent, she is now seventeen years old, and she has cultivated to build a second foundation, and her refining skills are intermediate in three bottles.
And for example, Long Gongzi, who is eighteen years old this year, has heard that he has reached the sixfold foundation and the third bottle of wine refining skills, and it will not be long before he can be promoted to the fourth bottle with the improvement of cultivation.
The means of divine consciousness displayed at this time are even more like the actual divine consciousness of the monk of the Jiedan.
In front of him, he couldn't rise to any comparison psychology at all, and during the salute, he actually regarded himself as a junior.
Elder Huang, who was more than one hundred and eighty years old, also looked respectful in the face of such a person, "Thank you for helping the apprentice." ”
These two masters and apprentices with no background, if they didn't have this person's help, they really didn't know what to do today.
Rulong Gongzi, who poured a cup on the third floor, returned the salute: "It's easy to say." He clenched his fists and marched into the building.
For example, the identity of the dragon prince has no friendship with the two, and he helps each other too much, which may arouse suspicion.
Yan Yue's gaze swept in the direction of Juxian Tower, and the murderous intent flashed in his eyes, "Don't wait for me to reach the Honglu!"
Cultivating to only the Jiedan, I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat the eighteen old monsters of the Nanming Alliance who have been in the Jiedan for many years, and when I reach the flood furnace, I will kill them one by one, and I am afraid that the Nanming Alliance will not be destroyed.
The divine sense probed into the gourd space, looking at the ancient jade side of the family heirloom, the memory body with the note "Zhen to the Honglu Realm to open the dusty memory", and there was a slight realization in his expression.
Time flies quickly, and the 29th day of July has finally arrived.
Today, 5,000 years ago, Emperor Yan, the ancestor of Xiuzhen, passed down the method of cultivating truth and refining wine, and people in order to commemorate this day, this day of the year is designated as the Tianlu Festival, which means that God gives blessings.
On this day, the descendants of Emperor Yan from all over the world will gather to worship Emperor Yan, brew fine wine, miss their ancestors, and get drunk all over the world.
There are different ways to celebrate in various places, or like in Dashu Village, where the whole village gathers together to make ordinary wine, or like the world's major second- and third-rate sects, they celebrate together.
And first-class forces such as Tianqingmen will organize wine tasting and refining ceremonies with different rules in the fiefdom of the ancestor of the Yuanying.
Qianyuan City is the first city of Tianqing Daming, and it is the economic and cultural center of the entire Tianqing Daming.
This year's celebration is the liquor refining conference once every ten years, at that time, not only the residents of Qianyuan City will come to participate, but also the second- and third-rate forces from all over the Tianqing Daming will go to participate, and the Tianqing Gate will also send people to attend.
The liquor refining conference was held in the largest Jinzun Hall in Qianyuan City, which was specially built for the conference.
In order to make the farthest monks see clearly, the organizer also specially issued a temporary item for each person to increase the distance of divine consciousness, under this object, even the farthest Qi refining monks can clearly see the competition in the field.
Yan Yue looked at the crowd of people who were pressed by the darkness in all directions, as well as the various Jiedan monks sitting on the side, his palms were full of sweat.
On the side, Yan Yue's "Brother Baizi" was thoughtless, and asked with a smile: "Brother Xian, how is my wine refining conference compared to your noble faction?"
Yan Yue's competition had not yet been carried out, and at this time, he was called by the thoughtless Taoist and sat in the midst of the monks.
Shaking his head and smiling: "Big brother, aren't you embarrassed little brother, ten years ago, the little brother was eight years old, and he was just accepted by the master, how can I remember the situation at that time, I only know the breath emanating from the elders on the side, which makes it difficult for me to even breathe." ”
"Ha, too," the thoughtless Taoist looked up and smiled, "and now, ten years later, the breath on the virtuous brother's body can make most monks feel difficult to breathe." ”
The thoughtless Taoist heard that at the beginning of the month, Yan Yue helped a young girl with righteousness, and the divine consciousness revealed made people call it "Jiedan Divine Sense", and Yan Yue's status in the minds of the thoughtless Taoist people was instantly elevated.
A middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing came to this trip, and stopped in front of Yan Yue, "This seat is a real person in Mingyang, dare to ask where the guests are from?"
He wanted to make friends with Yan Yue, a senior disciple of the Yuanying Child, Yan Yue glanced at him and stood with his hands in his hands, and he didn't get up, only hugged his fists slightly and said: "Brother Mingyang, it's polite." ”
Yan Yue's arrogant posture, as well as the title of "Mingyang Brother Tai", made Mingyang Zhenren stunned.
Then I thought that Yan Yue and the thoughtless Taoist people who cultivated for a deeper level than him were all called brothers and brothers, if they called him seniors, wouldn't it elevate his identity.
Seeing that Yan Yue had no intention of making friends, he hugged his fist towards the thoughtless Taoist on the side, and left.
Although Yan Yue's identity has been confirmed by the thoughtless Taoist, every time he is alive, the other party will ask him about his origin first, if he has too much contact with these people, sooner or later he will show his feet, and if he can talk to these people less, he will say a few words less.
Not long after, Tong Yuzun, the supreme leader of the conference, announced that the refining conference was officially held.
The first thing to do at the conference was the re-ranking battle of the restaurants that had been ranked among the top ten restaurants.
The top ten restaurants, each of which sent the highest level of spirit wine masters, came to the field.
But there were only nine of the ten people who should have entered, and Li Afu, who was newly promoted to the top ten restaurants, did not enter.
Tong Yuzun announced with a wry smile that Li Afu had a wine fight with him last night, and he was drunk, but he had not yet woken up at this time, and he was no longer able to compete, and his fifth ranking was newly determined and did not change much, so he only competed for the other nine rankings.
After the announcement was made, there was a burst of laughter in the audience.
"Li Afu, the richest man in the foundation building, is also a strange person, he cultivated in the early stage of foundation building, and he dared to find a monk who was a monk, and he was the first Tong Yuzun to fight wine. ”
"Isn't it, I don't even know how to participate in such a major event. ”
Tong Yuzun also sighed directly at Li Afu, this person is really a strange person.
Last night, he carried a large jar of excellent spiritual wine, saying that the Tianlu Festival was coming, and he wanted to celebrate in advance, so he had to fight again.
Tong Yuzun was fighting with Li Afu on a whim, and in his eyes, Li Afu was just a person from a different world from him.
And Li Afu actually regarded him as a drinking friend, and even the difference between the identities and realms of the two was left behind.
Tong Yuzun is angry and funny, but someone is looking for him to fight wine, how can he be cowardly, and Li Afu is another big battle, this time the fight will come down, Li Afu drank more than he expected, the two of them finished a whole large altar of spiritual wine, Li Afu was drunk.
In the end, if Tong Yuzun hadn't secretly refined the strength of the wine, I was afraid that he would have been defeated by the Zhuji monk for the first time at the wine table.
And Li Afu, who was in the investigation of his divine sense, fought with him with real strength.
The so-called wine is known, Tong Yuzun Mingsheng was defeated, and he had already put aside his generation, and actually regarded Li Afu, a junior, as a close drinking friend, and even had a trace of admiration for Li Afu.
At this time, the objections of a few wine tasters were suppressed, and Li Afu was directly announced to be promoted in fifth place.
Li Afu, who was admired by him, actually won a disgraceful victory.
Yan Yue thought that the two identities of Gongzi Rulong and Li Afu could not appear at the same time, so he thought hard about a good strategy, and after having the idea of finding Tong Yuzun to fight wine and get drunk, he explored the method of refining wine strength that could be concealed from the monk Jiedan.
In the end, under the combined use of the treasure gourd and the art of smoke elimination, he found a way to cover up the strength of refining wine, and after fighting with Tong Yuzun for a short time with his strength, he began to secretly refine the strength of wine.
In fact, Yan Yue just wanted to "get drunk" at that time, but Tong Yuzun said that he would not let Yan Yue fall down so quickly, and he had to let Yan Yue get him drunk, otherwise he would not let him go.
This kind of person has a drunken attack, Yan Yue may really not be able to leave, and he can only drink and practice at the moment.
It wasn't until he finished the whole jar of wine in distress that Tong Yuzun was willing to let him go.
After that, the next morning, he lay down at Ah Fu Restaurant, and asked people to talk to Tong Yuzun that he was no longer able to participate in the wine refining conference.
Tong Yuzun thought about a foundation building monk, drank half a jar of spiritual wine that even he had to cheat to win, and he had to lie down for several days before he could get up, without the slightest doubt about the authenticity of this matter.
After explaining the matter, it was announced that the ranking battle of the top ten restaurants had officially begun.