Chapter 575: Chen Changsheng: I Come to Be Your Opponent, A Fine Wine Worth Twenty Thousand
Seeing Chen Changsheng criticize her again, Xu Yao immediately felt displeased.
“Sir, why do you always pick on me? Just give me a bit of time, and I can do it.”
“I believe you can.”
“Whether it’s abandoning the Star Sword Techniques or hardening the body, these demands are not beyond you.”
“As long as you are given a little time, you can definitely achieve it and even beat all your peers.”
“But defeating all your peers doesn’t mean you’ve surpassed your limits.”
Hearing this, Xu Yao felt more wronged.
“They can’t apply pressure on me, what can I do? How do I know where my limits are if no one pressures me?”
“That’s exactly the point; that’s why I’m here to be your opponent.”
Saying this, Chen Changsheng lifted the jar in his hand.
“If you call me ‘sir,’ then I can consider myself half your master; in terms of relationship, I am your senior.”
“So no matter how much pressure I apply to you, you won’t feel a life-and-d*ath crisis, and I can’t really k*ll you.”
“Without the pressure of a life-and-d*ath crisis, it’s hard to bring out your potential, so I plan to use this as a reward.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Yao became curious: “Sir, what’s in that jar?”
“Wine!”
Xu Yao: (͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧
“Hehe!”
“Sir is indeed clever; you understand me.”
“However, I’m not someone who drinks excessively; I’ve already quit this kind of thing.”
Although Xu Yao said she wasn’t interested, her gaze remained fixed on the jar in Chen Changsheng’s hand.
The wine in Chen Changsheng’s jar was undoubtedly the finest in the world.
As a little drunkard, how could Xu Yao not be intrigued?
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng gently stroked the jar and said, “You should remember this jar; at the beginning, it was placed together with the sword in your hand.”
“This jar of wine was left to me by the owner of these three swords.”
“This wine is brewed from the special mulberries of the Heavenly Silkworm Clan; he even invited the Culinary Immortal to assist.”
“The mulberries are unique spirit fruits of the Heavenly Silkworm Clan, and due to their rarity, they are never used for brewing wine.”
“The Culinary Immortal’s culinary skills are superb, but she doesn’t like brewing wine, hence she rarely does it.”
“Meeting both of these conditions means this jar of wine is quite rare in the world.”
“Moreover, this jar was brewed twenty thousand years ago and has been stored in the Sword Qi Great Wall.”
“After twenty thousand years of sedimentation, combined with the nourishment from sword qi, the flavor of this wine has reached its peak.”
“Slurp!”
Listening to Chen Changsheng’s words, Xu Yao wiped her mouth and said, “I’ve had fine wine before; I’m not envious.”
“Really?”
Chen Changsheng looked at Xu Yao with a wicked smile and said, “Just because the Culinary Immortal doesn’t like brewing wine doesn’t mean she’s bad at it.”
“On the contrary, her wine-brewing skills are unmatched in the world.”
“Moreover, just one sip of the mulberry wine allows you to feel the change in the mulberries; its subtleties are difficult to describe in words.”
“Don’t you want to try a taste?”
“Gulp!”
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Xu Yao smiled: “Whether it’s good or not, you have to taste it to know; just talking about it is useless.”
“Alright, then let’s let you have a whiff.”
Saying this, Chen Changsheng gently opened a gap in the jar and waved it slightly.
The intoxicating aroma of the wine instantly captivated Xu Yao.
“Clap!”
The gap closed, and the mulberry wine was collected back by Chen Changsheng.
Seeing this, Xu Yao immediately got anxious.
“Sir, why are you putting it away? I never said the wine was bad.”
“To know whether the wine is good or not doesn’t need your input; if you want to drink the wine, you must defeat me.”
“No problem, we can start right now.”
Without hesitation, Xu Yao stood up with eager anticipation, while Chen Changsheng casually snapped a twig in his hand.
“Xiancha, don’t you need to use that sword at your back?”
“You’re not yet qualified to make me use a sword; if you can truly cut the twig in my hand, then you will qualify to drink my mulberry wine.”
“Hehe!”
“It seems I can soon taste the fine wine Xiancha has carefully stored.”
As these words fell, Xu Yao seized the Black Xuan and charged at Chen Changsheng.
The exquisite duel between the two naturally attracted Jian Fei and Ma Ling’er.
“Swish!”
“Clang!”
Chen Changsheng executed a move, and Xu Yao’s Black Xuan sword was instantly knocked from her hand.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng said helplessly, “I’m letting you off easy, yet you can only last ten moves; this is truly disappointing.”
Faced with Chen Changsheng’s words, Xu Yao pouted: “Xiancha, it’s normal that I can’t beat you right now, okay?”
“It’s normal that you can’t beat me now, but you weren’t using your full effort just now.”
“I truly used my full effort.”
Hearing Xu Yao’s explanation, Chen Changsheng thought for a moment and said, “Let’s set aside whether you used your full effort for now, but I feel you lack motivation.”
“I need to give you a bit of motivation.”
Saying this, Chen Changsheng took out the mulberry wine and slowly poured a bowl.
Again inhaling that enticing fragrance, Xu Yao could barely hold back her saliva.
“Xiancha, you’re right; I definitely lack motivation. If you let me drink this bowl of wine, I’ll surely be stronger than before.”
After finishing, Xu Yao, with a beaming smile, stepped forward to take the wine.
“Swish!”
A sword qi struck, forcing Xu Yao back, and Chen Changsheng savored a beautiful sip from the bowl.
“From today on, I’ll drink a bowl of wine daily. If you can’t cut the twig in my hand with your sword, you won’t get even a drop of this twenty-thousand-year-old mulberry wine.”
As these words were spoken, Xu Yao felt as if struck by thunder, the entire world losing color.
Seeing Xu Yao’s expression, Chen Changsheng tilted his head and drank a large gulp.
“Leave me some!”
Xu Yao panicked, her swordmaster body fully unleashed, and the Black Xuan sword instantly flew into her hand.
“Clang clang clang!”
The Black Xuan sword kept colliding with the twig, the sound of metal clashing ringing continuously. In the blink of an eye, Xu Yao and Chen Changsheng exchanged ten moves, and Xu Yao’s swordsmanship grew increasingly fierce.
But no matter how hard Xu Yao attacked, Chen Changsheng could always respond effortlessly.
As they moved, not a single drop from Chen Changsheng’s bowl of fine wine spilled.
“This is more like it.”
Chen Changsheng praised with satisfaction and then said to Ma Ling’er and Jian Fei beside him, “You two join in; if you can cut the twig in my hand, your requests will be granted.”
Hearing this condition, Ma Ling’er and Jian Fei also entered the fray.
But after just three moves, their weapons were knocked away.
“Pick them up and continue!”
And so, the three continued to attack Chen Changsheng.
Meanwhile, the bowl of wine Chen Changsheng drank lasted for a full half an hour.
……
“Wuwu!”
“Not a single drop left.”
Xu Yao cradled the bowl Chen Changsheng used to drink, crying bitterly.
To prevent the little drunkard from licking the bowl, after Chen Changsheng finished the wine, he rinsed it with clean water at least three times before he was willing to stop.
