Chapter 289 – Tasting Spirit Wine

Chapter 289 – Tasting Spirit Wine
With this thought in mind, Xu Chuniang quickly found the last wine shop.

In addition to a Foundation Stage shopkeeper, there are two Qi Practicing Stage disciples, the last time that fellow was among them.

Just after stepping into the wine shop, the fellow recognized Xu Chuniang at once and greeted her with a smile.

“Uncle Xu is here, more than a month has passed, have you brewed any good wine?”

Xu Chuniang coughed lightly, “I can’t talk about any good wine, I still need you to help me taste it.”

The fellow laughed cheerfully and patted his chest to make a guarantee.

“Although my cultivation is average, I do have some research on various colors of spirit wines. Spirit wines that have been appraised by me will not worry about sales.”

Hearing him say this, Xu Chuniang’s heart gained a few points of confidence, and after following him into the inner room, she took out the ten numbered wine gourds and lined them up on the table.

Looking at so many wine gourds, the fellow’s eyes flashed with surprise, which then turned into admiration.

“Worthy of being Uncle Xu, in less than two months, he was actually able to brew ten types of fine wine. Looks like I’m going to have a big feast today, haha.”

Xu Chuniang’s face was slightly embarrassed at his words, and he even had the urge to put away all the wine gourds.

However the fellow had already raised his hand and took the wine gourd numbered one.

He gently lifted the lid, and a strong smell of wine wafted out.

“It smells good!”

The fellow’s eyes lit up and after sniffing for a while, he took a wine bottle and poured in a full cup, savoring it.

The more he savored, the brighter his eyes became, and in the end, he actually raised the wine bottle and drank the rest of the wine within it.

Not long after he finished this cup of wine, his face turned a little red, and the gaze he looked at Xu Chuniang had a shock in its admiration.

“If it wasn’t for the fact that I personally delivered the tools used for brewing the wine to you more than a month ago, I simply wouldn’t have believed that this wine came from a newcomer’s hands! Not only is the wine good, but the spiritual energy within it is even more abundant.”

Xu Chuniang smiled modestly, but in her heart, she had some doubts.

She had tasted this No. 1 wine, and although it had a strong aroma, it was unusually pungent and difficult to get into the throat, how could this be called good?
She looked towards the remaining nine gourds, inexplicably adding a lot of confidence amidst the compliments.

Although the fellow only practicing qi cultivation, but in the wine together, obviously very professional.

After tasting wine number one, he rinsed his mouth with water and purified the bottle three more times.

Only after the flavor had completely dissipated did he take the second wine gourd with great anticipation and carefully poured a cup.

Bringing the bottle to his lips, he first lightly sniffed and then lightly sipped.

“This wine can still enter the mouth, but whether it’s the aroma or the taste, it’s far inferior to number one.”

Sparingly, the fellow didn’t bother to pour out the spirit wine in the bottle and tilted his head back to drink it all.

After all, Uncle Xu was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and the materials used to brew the wine weren’t bad, and he was able to feel the not-so-uncommon spiritual qi within it.

Even if the flavor was average, it was not something to be wasted.

Seeing this scene, Xu Chuniang’s heart was greatly assured, and her confidence in her own winemaking skills was even greater.

The fellow took the third gourd, however, just as he poured out the spirit wine within it, a strong sour flavor appeared with it.

He was slightly stunned, but didn’t say much, as it was common for spirit wine to become sour after putting in too much spirit wine quartz.

He gently took a sip, and his brows immediately wrinkled, it was even more sour than he had imagined.

However, feeling Uncle Xu’s expectant eyes falling on him, the fellow stiffly drank the cup of wine down.

So what if it was a little sour, the aura inside was solid.

“Although it’s a bit sour, it’s barely palatable.”

After saying that, he paused briefly and opened gourd number four with an expectant gaze, yet after entrance, he could only force himself not to spit it out, enduring it with great difficulty. “Perhaps it was a momentary lapse on the part of Master Xu, I’ll try again.”

He then extended his hand to number five and six ……

At first, the fellow was still able to barely drink it, but as the number of spirit wines he tasted increased, his face turned a little bitter, and the amount of spirit wine he sipped down gradually became less.

By the time he reached number eight and nine, his face changed just by looking at its color and smelling its taste, his head broke out in cold sweat, and he didn’t dare to take a sip.

Seeing the fellow like this, Xu Chuniang was a bit intolerant, and gradually recognized his true level.

“It’s my first time brewing wine, it’s inevitable that I’ll make mistakes, there’s no need to force myself.”

The fellow let out a sigh of relief and poured out the wine in the bottle, but insisted, “If I said I would help Uncle Xu with the tasting, I can’t give up halfway.”

After saying that, he clenched his teeth and took the last wine gourd, pouring out the wine in it.

The spirit wine took on a light rice-white color, slightly turbid, but had its own light rice and wine aroma, mixed just right.

The fellow let out a light eep and placed the wine bottle between his mouth and nose, only to feel that the odd taste he had just savored was dispelled.

Originally, he was holding the determination to open this last wine gourd at the risk of being poisoned by his own wine tasting, but now, just by smelling the aroma of this spirit wine, he knew that its taste would not be bad.

The fellow carefully held the wine bottle, took a sip, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Compared to the No. 1 Spirit Wine’s spicy aroma, this No. 10 Spirit Wine has a different flavor, refreshing and sweet.

The fellow drank the wine in the bottle, feeling the spiritual energy traveling through his body with the heat, he couldn’t hold back a hiccup.

His face turned even redder as he hurriedly apologized, “Uncle Xu is sorry, disciple was rude!”

“No harm done.”

Xu Chuniang shook her head slightly, the bottom of her eyes tinted with a smile, “As long as you don’t mind the low quality of these spirit wines, it’s fine.”

The fellow smiled awkwardly, then straightened his expression.

“Not to mention others, but this No. 1 Spirit Wine and No. 10 Spirit Wine not only have a wonderful flavor, but their internal spiritual qi is even more abundant, making them rare and good wines.”

“Is this true?”

Xu Chuniang was a bit surprised, she didn’t know much about spirit wine, she only tasted the tenth spirit wine which was very pleasing to her, but the first spirit wine was a bit hard to drink.

“Naturally, it’s true. I’ve been in the wine shop for quite a few years, and I can always tell the good from the bad.”

Buddy face with a trace of confidence color, spirit wine drink more, just by nose can smell some good or bad.

Xu Chuniang’s heart was certain, “Earlier you had mentioned that if I brewed spirit wine, I could do some business with the wine shop, I wonder if that still counts?”

“Naturally it counts, but such a big deal, it’s not my turn to be a small qi practicing disciple to make the decision, please wait for a moment, allow me to report to the shopkeeper.”

Not long after the fellow left, the Foundation Establishment stage shopkeeper stepped into the inner room.

He swept his gaze over the ten wine gourds that were neatly placed on the tabletop and smiled faintly.

“I heard that Senior Sister Xu has recently brewed some spirit wine and would like to do some business with our wine shop?”

Xu Chuniang followed his line of sight down to the tabletop, and with a wave of her right hand, only two wine gourds remained on the tabletop.

She poured out two cups of wine and set them across the table, “Why don’t the shopkeeper try it.”

The shopkeeper didn’t say much, and after sitting down and savoring it, he nodded, “It really is good wine. I didn’t realize that Senior Sister Xu was not only adept at cultivation, but was also quite talented in this winemaking course.”

“But it’s just a casual try.”

(End of chapter)