Chapter 275 – Tea Scent
This teahouse was not large, just three connected bungalows, but before Han Li could enter it, a pungent tea aroma already greeted him!
Han Li was a bit surprised, although he didn’t know much about the tea ceremony, he sensed a faint aura from this tea fragrance.
With a movement in his heart, he stepped inside without further hesitation.
Three rooms were lined up side by side, one large and two small, all filled with groups of tea drinkers at this time. Even because there were no more empty seats in the teahouse, there were seven or eight people dressed differently, standing on the side quietly waiting.
Even though there were many guests in the teahouse, none of them made a loud noise.
Most of them were lightly closing their eyes, savoring the tea in front of them, and only a very few were muttering something in a low voice.
And the center of the big house on the wall, is high pasted a ten feet large yellow paper, written on it “each person daily limit of one pot” and so on a few big words, conspicuous.
Han Li saw these words, heart some funny, he is the first time I heard of doing food and drink business and limit the number of other people to eat and drink.
However, he only laughed it off and didn’t bother to think about it. Instead, after scanning the room, he immediately walked over to a shopkeeper-like person in the corner.
This should be the person who was the tea house’s shopkeeper, aged around forty years old, with a moustache and a shrewd and unusual appearance.
At this time, he was behind a section of the counter, bowing his head and playing an abacus, and also occasionally glancing towards an account book on his side.
Han Li took a few steps over and stood in front of the counter, then remained blandly silent. This caused the shopkeeper to raise his head in some shock and look over.
As soon as he saw Han Li clearly, this person’s face immediately changed drastically, and he hurriedly set aside the abacus and account book, circling out from behind the counter.
With some trepidation, he respectfully asked, “This senior, is there anything I need help with from my juniors? I will definitely do my best!”
This shopkeeper was surprisingly also an Immortal Cultivator, only his cultivation was pitifully low, only at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
Now facing Han Li’s unfathomable “senior”, he was naturally apprehensive!
Han Li did not say a word. Sleeve to the counter gently flick, a crystal green jade pendant appeared on the table.
When the shopkeeper saw this jade pendant, he was first stunned, but then said with a look of surprise: “So it’s senior Han who has arrived, I’m sorry! Young Master Qi had long ago instructed, saying that seniors would be coming in the near future, and seniors have been waiting for a long time!”
Hearing this from the other party, Han Li used the same method to put the jade pendant away and calmly said, “I need to see your young master now, so lead the way!”
”As you wish, senior!” The shopkeeper obediently answered to.
This person then called for a store assistant in costume, and after instructing him a few words, he led Han Li out the back door, straight out of the small city and towards the west.
To the west of “Golden Horse City” was a large cluster of yellow-green hills, large and small, I don’t know how many. But the shopkeeper knew his way around and led Han Li through the hills. After turning a few corners and taking a few turns. Then he arrived within a concave and flat depression that covered an area of more than a hundred acres.
In the center of the depression, there were seven or eight white stone houses. Around it, a few emerald green bamboos were planted in one place in the east and one place in the west. Sparse and unobtrusive.
After the shopkeeper brought Han Li to the neighborhood, he bowed and said to Han Li, “Senior, my young master is inside the house. However, there are some formations placed outside the house, and originally I should have reported to the young master. Only then could I bring outsiders in, but senior Han’s young master had instructed me long ago, so senior should just follow me closely. Otherwise it would be troublesome if you touched the prohibitions!”
Han Li thoughtfully glanced around the depression and the seemingly unruly bamboos, before indifferently saying, “Got it, just go ahead and walk in front.”
When the shopkeeper heard this, he took a breath and carefully led Han Li towards the houses.
The route he traveled was very peculiar, in one moment he took three steps and then backtracked two more, in another moment he took five steps to the east but then turned back and took six more, the whole move was disorganized and there didn’t seem to be any pattern to be found.
Just like this, the two of them slowly approached the house in the depression.
”Young master, Elder Han is here, come out and meet him!” When they were only about ten feet away from the house, the shopkeeper finally let out a sigh of relief and shouted at one of the biggest houses.
”Elder Han has come? That’s great! But wait a moment I’ll be right out!” Qi Yunxiao’s surprised voice came from inside the room, but then there was a muffled “bang” followed by Qi Yunxiao’s screaming words.
”Cough, failed again!”
As soon as the stone door opened, Qi Yunxiao walked out with a face full of disappointment, his body still carrying a hot aura.
However, when he saw Han Li, his face instantly changed from cloudy to sunny, and with some excitement, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, “It’s really senior, that’s great,! Please come with me, let the late generation do more of the landlord’s honor. There is nothing else here, but there are a few cups of good fragrant tea.”
Qi Yunxiao was enthusiastic to invite Han Li into a room next door, his hands and feet much more mature and sophisticated than a few years ago.
”Then I’ll be obliged to you, Fellow Daoist!” Knowing that he still had to beg people, Han Li said politely.
Then he entered this house and sat down right next to a rectangular table.
”Senior, that ……” Qi Yunxiao ordered the shopkeeper to go down and make a pot of tea, then turned his head, somewhat hesitant to say something.
Han Li smiled without saying a flip of the hand, the book “Cloudy Skies Insights” appeared on the table, the book is still shining silver light shows that the book is still in the ban.
Qi Yunxiao saw this book, spirit revitalized, just wanted to reach out to take, but suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly said, “Senior, wait a moment.” Han Li let out a light laugh and seemed to have guessed the other party’s intentions.
It wasn’t long before Qi Yunxiao reentered the house in a flurry of excitement, a foot-long wooden box coming out of his hand.
”Elder, here is a set of improved Upside Down Five Elemental Formation Array Fabrication Artifacts, although the power is not as high as originally expected, reaching half of the power of the original array, it has been boosted to one third of the power of the original array, it’s much stronger than the original!” Qi Yunxiao said somewhat apologetically, obviously not being able to raise this set of Formation Array to the power he had agreed upon beforehand had made him a little uneasy in his heart.
”One-third?” Han Li’s expression twitched as he was surprised in his heart!
Knowing that he hadn’t originally expected to really be able to improve that set of formation flags, the Upside-Down Five Element Formation that was able to utilize one-tenth of its power had already made Han Li extremely satisfied! To know, like Lei Wanhe such a JieDan stage cultivator, see this formation are quite a headache. If it is really enhanced by two or three times, it is not possible to reject the JieDan stage cultivator outside the formation.
Thinking of this, Han Li couldn’t help but take over the wooden box and prepare to take a closer look, while Qi Yunxiao also picked up the silver book and examined it.
As soon as the lid of the box was opened, a set of spiritually compelling array flags and array disks appeared in the box.
Han Li took out one by one to take a closer look, the number of array flags and array disks in this set of artifacts is much more than the original set, and the patterns and runes on the array flags and array disks are also obviously complex, it seems that what the other party said is true, the power should indeed be greater than the original set.
Han Li joyfully put away this set of formation flags, and then glanced across the room.
At this time, Qi Yunxiao, full of joy, gently stroked his hand over the Cloudy Skies Insights, and seemed to have similarly verified the seal.
”I’m very satisfied with this improved set of your Formation Flag! It’s really troublesome, fellow Daoist.” Han Li said with a smile on his face.
”What is senior saying, I would also like to thank senior for returning this book intact, only then should I thank you more!” Hearing Han Li say this, Qi Yunxiao shook his head like a rattle drum and said sincerely.
Han Li smiled, and after a few modest sentences, he chatted with Qi Yunxiao.
The shopkeeper went down for a while and then served two cups of emerald green tea.
This tea aroma than that “clear spring tea house” fragrant tea, obviously more fragrant, obviously is more superior tea, its emanation of spiritual qi, also more intense.
Han Li, under Qi Yunxiao’s eager invitation, drank two mouthfuls. Immediately feeling refreshed and clear, he couldn’t help but praise, “Good tea, I didn’t expect to be able to blend the tea leaves with spiritual qi, it’s really wonderful! This is made by you personally, right? Mister Han admires it.” Han Li’s words were spoken with sincerity, being able to make ordinary tea leaves contain spiritual qi, this was indeed something that had never been heard of, not to mention that this tea was indeed refreshingly fragrant, and was in no way inferior to any of the world’s top-rated teas.
Qi Yunxiao heard Han Li’s words, his face showed a color of embarrassment, hurriedly explained: “Senior misunderstood, this tea is not the late generation modulation out, but a good friend given. This tea is a good friend under me, spent nearly ten years of the world, only to research out!”