si-mexico Chapter 114 The Tea Brewed by Grandpa Zhong
Chapter 114 The Tea Brewed by Grandpa Zhong
Old Master Hu coughed twice, "Alright, alright, Grandpa was wrong, let's not talk about it anymore. You should get off him too, look at the state you're in."
After Hu Tao let go, Xu Ning straightened his clothes and asked, "It seems you have something else on your mind today, sir."
Master Hu snorted, "This time, Mr. Zhongli mainly wanted to invite you to the Hall of Rebirth for tea and to discuss some matters. Otherwise, do you really think I would come to see you empty-handed?"
Xu Ning said helplessly, "You should have said so earlier, making me travel so far."
"Have you given me a chance to speak?"
Xu Ning returned to Wanmintang and told Master Mao and Xiangling about the food he needed to prepare. Then he followed Master Hu and his granddaughter toward the Rebirth Hall.
After taking a few steps, Xu Ning suddenly stopped and said suspiciously, "Old Hu, you wouldn't have used Mr. Zhongli's name to lure me into the Hall of Rebirth, and then gather your people to do something..."
Hu Tao chuckled and chimed in, "...closing the door to beat the dog, catching a turtle in a jar?"
Xu Ning glared at her, feigning a fierce look.
Old Master Hu glanced at Xu Ning and said slowly, "Don't worry, even if I were to use a trick, I wouldn't joke about Mr. Zhongli's name."
Xu Ning nodded.
Then he pondered to himself that, according to the official relationship, Master Zhongli should be considered a guest of the Hall of Rebirth, but even the most prestigious guest would not have the right to instruct the master to personally invite someone.
But judging from Old Hu's demeanor, he seemed to be honored to run errands for Old Master Zhongli, which probably meant he knew Old Master Zhongli's true identity!
"Mr. Hu, cough cough, do you know that Mr. Zhongli is actually... cough cough, um..."
Old Master Hu glanced at Xu Ning in surprise, a smile slowly creeping into his eyes.
"Mr. Zhongli is the one and only Mr. Zhongli, and that's not all!"
Xu Ning suddenly understood and asked no more questions.
This made Hu Tao look at her grandfather and him with suspicion, trying to guess what kind of riddle they were talking about.
The location of Wangshengtang is at the intersection of Yujingtai and Chihuyan, but unlike other shops, it does not face the main street.
Instead, it was tucked away in a corner, with its entrance facing the direction of the river.
Xu Ning vaguely remembered that this seemed to be related to feng shui, but unfortunately he was not good at it and did not pay much attention to it.
A large notice board stands in front of the Rebirth Hall, with many blank signs hanging on it.
"This is a wooden board for clients to submit their requests. They just need to write their requirements on it and slip it under the door of the Rebirth Hall, and we will arrange for someone to contact them very quickly."
After Hu Tao finished her introduction, she proudly took down a sign and handed it to Xu Ning.
"Look, in order to expand our business, I even added advertising copy."
Xu Ning flipped the sign over and saw the words "Buy one get one free with this wooden sign" crookedly carved on the back.
Xu Ning hung the wooden sign back in its place without expression, then turned to Hu Tao and said, "Then I really have to thank you on behalf of the people of Liyue!"
Hu Tao chuckled sheepishly.
Xu Ning followed Hu Laotangzi into the inner room and saw Zhong Li sitting in front of a long table, leisurely brewing tea.
"You've arrived at just the right time. This tea is just right for drinking. Come and have a taste!"
Xu Ning placed the two jars of fine wine he had prepared as a gift on the corner of the table, sat down properly, respectfully accepted the teacup Zhong Li handed him, slowly took a sip, and cautiously asked.
"Does this tea, which you brewed yourself, have any special effects on prolonging life?"
Old Master Hu led the person in, and was just about to leave with Hu Tao when he heard Xu Ning's question. He almost turned around and angrily confronted Xu Ning.
"Prolonging life? Why don't you ask if it's possible to achieve immortality? I'm offering you a cup of tea and you still dare to make demands."
Zhongli was slightly taken aback when he heard Xu Ning's question.
However, he then replied seriously, "Generally speaking, drinking tea for a long time does have the effect of prolonging life, but this bowl of tea in front of me doesn't actually have any special effects."
Xu Ning gave a slightly disappointed "Oh," took another sip, and said, "Although I don't know much about tea, this cup of tea is very fragrant and delicious."
The old man Zhongli, who was leisurely wandering in the mortal world, smiled and said, "Liyue is a tea-producing place, so there are naturally many people who like to drink tea. Almost everyone who likes to drink tea can talk eloquently about a certain type of tea, but most of them are not as pure as you, who can speak frankly and say whether it tastes good or not!"
Zhongli refilled Xu Ning's teacup and said, "Some time ago, an adventurer from Mondstadt proposed that the Adventurers' Guild establish a branch in Liyue."
"I think that if this matter can be brought to fruition, it would be a great help to our return to Guiliyuan."
Xu Ning didn't expect that Old Master Zhongli had summoned him for this matter. Why didn't you just give Gan Yu an instruction and everything would be taken care of?
Could it be that the old man, like me, is also not entirely at ease with the Adventurers' Guild?
Xu Ning said, "If the Adventurers' Guild branch is really established, given their usual practice of issuing missions to hunt monsters and help people escape danger, it will definitely be of great benefit to returning to Guili Plains."
"However, the Adventurers' Guild's headquarters are in Winter's End. When they adventure in various places, the information and observations collected by countless adventurers are compiled by the branch offices and sent to Winter's End. Could this be..."
Zhongli laughed and said, "Those things are all minor details and do not harm the overall situation."
Great, you're the boss, so you call the shots!
Xu Ning nodded. "In that case, I'll talk to Uncle Tian and get this done quickly. I happen to have some resources I'd like to get from them."
Zhongli nodded.
After leaving the Hall of Rebirth, Xu Ning immediately returned to the Hall of Ten Thousand People to get some food, and then went to the Moon Sea Pavilion to find Uncle Tian and relay what Zhong Li had said to him.
Uncle Tian nodded. "Since it is what Mr. Zhongli said, it must be true. Tomorrow I will write a letter and invite the head of the Adventurers' Association to come and have a talk."
Upon hearing Uncle Tian's words, Xu Ning knew that this person was probably also someone in the know.
After a few laps, half a day has passed.
Xu Ning originally intended to visit the True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng directly in Jueyun Pavilion, but now that it was getting late, he thought he should go tomorrow instead.
Otherwise, if he annoys that woman at night, she won't know what tricks she should come up with to deal with him.
However, there was a secret realm that I couldn't enter last time due to insufficient conditions.
Now that we have acquired new items, we can go and explore them.