THE LING TIAN LEGEND
episode 139

To avoid confusion, any form of alcoholic drink will only be translated as wine, since spirits are better left to things related to cultivation. *

“Fifty years ago, the Heavenly Star Continent was thrown into chaos again and every great family parted ways with each other, supporting their own kingdoms and fighting to dominate the continent. In the war, the Yuchi and ShangGuan families, who actually had some form of inheritance, were obliterated in chaos! In order to maintain the number of large families, the Sky Bear Empire thus promoted the Ling and Yang Families. ” Ye QingChen looked at Ling Tian with a smile that was not a smile at the moment.

Ling Tian grinned as he responded to the former punch, “Master shouldn't look at me like that. Within the eight great families, the Ling Family was indeed there to fill in the numbers. I fear that that ruthless Yang family member is still in the dark, but this junior is very clear! ”

“Hahaha ..” Ye QingChen was surprised but appreciated Ling Tian's honesty. In a slightly drunken state, patted Ling Tian on the shoulder and exclaimed, “You are not affected by it, brat. Goody! That's cool!”

Whaaat!

Ling Tian was stunned speechless! Just a moment ago, he was still summoned as a young noble. How did he turn into a brat in the blink of an eye? Seeing Ye QingChen's rosy face, Ling Tian could not help but breath, this Senior expert actually spoke differently from ordinary people. Even when changing the greeting term, he had to do it all of a sudden, without any warning! Furthermore, he could actually drink; in just this short period of time, Ling Tian could see the bottom of the Azure Bamboo Leaf jar he was carrying!

“Master can definitely hold back his liquor!” Ling Tian did not know if he was praising or ridiculing Ye QingChen. Anyone who drinks too much, be it men, women, smart or stupid, will all soon lose their manners…

“This…! This old man.. has been exploring the land for decades.... I have never been drunk before! This is just because of today's wine! I deserve to be drunk! I can drink until I die!” Ye QingChen was in a drunken state, and her words started to become unreasonable. That being said, one had to notice that the Azure Ling Tian Bamboo Leaf was very different from any wine Ye QingChen had tasted before.

Compared to the wine fermentation process in this world, Ling Tian's original world boasted a much more complex wine culture. Ling Tian has tried the most intense wine in this world — ‘Intoxication to All’ — and it turns out it tastes less good. At most it can only be compared to ‘baijiu’ [1] in terms of taste. While the softness of the wine is abundant, its complexity is far from that. This caused the disgruntled Ling Tian to start the idea of fermenting his own wine.

Due to the problems he had faced in his past world, Ling Tian had to be calm and vigilant at all times. Therefore, he never enjoyed wine. However, he was still considered a wine connoisseur, be it tasting, discussing, as well as fermenting good wine, he was very knowledgeable. In addition, the Ling Family in his previous life had several special wine fermentation plants and, because of his hobby, he often visited the place to research the processes involved in wine fermentation. With years of experience, he opened the secret room in the Ling Family Courtyard, easily reproducing some famous wines from his previous life, hiding them in his residence.

While the Heavenly Star Continent did not have much progress in wine culture, the raw materials used in fermentation were still comparable to previous lives. As such, Ling Tian could even dig up wine recipes that required an extremely complicated process to produce. Azure Bamboo Leaves are one of the few produced.

However, Ling Tian had never thought of profiting from this. In his mind, self-fermenting wine was just a way to fulfill his hobby, just like a winemaker might not like drinking wine at all. Furthermore, he was aware of the scarcity theory, if the wine he produced got to the store, at most they could be labeled as just a top-class premium item. However, if they were only available in his hands, then it would be a commodity worth stockpiling! Based on Ling Tian's memories, a typical loner expert would be interested in the wine itself. But this era had too few good wines to offer, to the point that one could say there were no wines good enough to praise! Even the famous ‘Intoxication to All’ was only worth such a thing, any self-fermented fermented wine Ling Tian had could easily defeat him easily!

However, Ling Tian's intuition told him that news of this kind of good wine should not be spread, as it would create an adverse effect on himself. Although such things would not be able to attract those loner experts to side with him, he could at least strengthen his relationship with them. Friends are better than enemies. Moreover, some experts treated the bottle like their lives, and throwing the bottle at random would make these people submit to it. Optimistic maybe, it's not impossible.

After meeting Ye QingChen today, Ling Tian was even more confident in his thoughts. Indeed, the value of an object increases with its rarity. Thinking up to here, Ling Tian began to feel sorry for those characters who used wine fermentation to make quick money in the web novels he had read in his previous life. Fermenting wine, how could it be just for the sake of earning money?

The grandeur of China, roughly five millennia of winemaking, how inclusive and profound is it? In Ling Tian's eyes, making wine should be considered an elegant craft!

“Looking at how much Master loves wine, I would think that you have a deep knowledge of the most famous wines. With nothing in our hands now, why not express your opinion? It can also allow junior to broaden his horizons.” Now that they were done with proper business, and had given that Ling Tian had gotten everything he wanted, his eyes lit up as he took the opportunity to change the subject. It was as if he had just discovered some scheme to do.

“Haha, this self-fermented Azure Bamboo Leaf by young nobles is a heavenly product among grapes, enough to be described with four words ‘looks down from above’. However, if we discuss the topic of wine knowledge, distinction, discussion, or criticism, I do not mean to boast, but this old man probably knows more than anyone in this world. Although young nobles are able to produce extraordinary and heavenly wine, but for the true essence of the word ‘anggur’, I am sure I am still above you in that regard. ”

Ling Tian only briefly mentioned the word ‘anggur’, but Ye QingChen's expression suddenly turned aloof, glancing at Ling Tian in a disdainful manner. Clearly, he was proud of his achievements in wine lore and wanted to take this opportunity to obtain one Ling Tian.

It was a pity, however, while he could do that to almost everyone in the wide world, Ling Tian was an exception. This could be likened to a scholar boasting in front of a high school student, but definitely not in front of a professor!

“ Needless to say, with Senior's experience of ten years, leaving your mark all over the world, how can this junior compare to you?” Ling Tian seemed to sincerely praise him on the surface, but those words sounded sarcastic in front of Ye QingChen! He thought, ‘Did the boy try to underestimate me? Let me recite a poem about wine, and show him a thing or two!’

“If given the chance, most people will kill for wine! However, those who can truly understand, differentiate, and appreciate wine are very few. The man did not pay attention to an ordinary human who drank in a big gulp, or the clink of a glass, because everything was mediocre! To join these commoners in consuming wine, I will vomit before I even start drinking! Even if I want to drink until I fall, it must be with someone noble and majestic, with the same mentality as me. For this kind of intimate friend, I don't need much, only a couple can understand the true essence of what wine is. Only in this nature, drinkers can really feel the prestige!”

Ye QingChen turned her beard lightly, as her head swayed from left to right. His eyes were fixed on Ling Tian, with a hint of disdain within; it was as if deep down in his heart, he felt that talking to this whiny boy about the complexity of wine was similar to playing a lute for a cow. The cow will probably continue to chew on the peony and any flirtatious look thrown at it may be as good as showing it to a blind person. Thinking of this, he could not help feeling melancholy deep in his heart, as if having the feeling of ‘acquaintances abound all over the earth, but a soul mate is hard to find’.

“If High Heaven does not like wine

There will be no Wine Stars in the sky.

There will be no town called the Fountain of Wine.

Because Heaven and Earth both love wine,

I can love wine, without shame before God.

Clear wine resembles a Saint;

While the condensed wine was similar to a Sage.

Because Saints and Wise Men have long spoken in,

Why should I ask permission from God?

On the third cup I broke through the Great Way;

One full gallon — Nature and I are one…

But the things I feel when wine overwhelms my soul

I will never tell those who are not drunk. ” [2]

Ling Tian read this in a low tone. Just then, he sounded tall and free in the east, standing apart and aloof from all mortal matters.

The eyes of Ye QingChen, who was originally filled with drunkenness, suddenly opened wide and the drunken mist immediately disappeared as she hit the table while praising, “Good poem! what a great poem! Hahaha, to think that the young noble could really understand this old man well, sharing the same interest in wine! This old man, me, is no longer lonely!” His attitude warmed up, as if in his heart, wine was more important than martial arts!

Right now, in Ye QingChen's heart, Ling Tian was no longer someone from the younger generation he admired; rather, his soulmate in the wine country in his heart! “If High Heaven doesn't like wine, there won't be any Wine Stars in the sky. If the Earth itself did not like wine, there would be no city called the Wine Springs. Since Heaven and Earth both love wine, I can love wine, without shame before God The gaze he gave Ling Tian now was one of reverence; for someone to be able to write such a poem, how could he not understand wine? It would be the biggest joke in the world!

It can truly be considered as the eternal among wines! Just based on the poem, it would be enough to justify a wine lover getting drunk for three days and three nights! The poem even emphasizes the fact that in heaven and earth, a high and aloof mood becomes the only person who truly understands wine. Thus, it triggered a feeling of friendship within Ye QingChen.

“Because Master has been drinking wine for many years and declared himself as a person who knows everything in wine, then dare I ask Master, does he know about ‘eight of drinking pleasure’?” Ling Tian looked drunk as well, looking at Ye QingChen with an unfocused look. The arrogance in his expression was dozens, not hundreds, of times more than what Ye QingChen had shown him at first! ‘Because you want to be arrogant, then this young noble here will show what arrogance is! How dare you try to surpass a professor-level character like me in wine! Let this young noble give you a nice shake!’

“Eh? I've never heard of this. Will young nobles please give me what ‘eight pleasures drink’ is? ” Seeing Ling Tian's arrogant expression, Ye QingChen instantly flared up, but it was soon extinguished, replaced with panic. ‘Eight drinking pleasures? Why have I never heard it before? To think I was bragging about being the best in wine lore, was such a shame!’ The pleasure and excitement of drinking is different between each person; who can say it clearly, and who can explain it correctly?’

[1] – Drinks distilled from corn, think about Korean soju or Japanese shochu.

[2] – It's hard. This is a poem from Li Bai, titled “ ⁇ ”, or Four Verses of Drinking Yourself Under the Light of the Moon. The link below:

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