Zhang Ruochen grabbed the gourd tightly with both hands and glared at the drunkard.
"Why are you so nervous? It's just a gourd. With my integrity and character, how can I still steal it from you? Young man, take it out quickly and let me take a look at it for you."
The drunk maniac's eyes were staring straight at the gourd, looking very impatient.
"It's just a gourd, why are you in such a hurry?"
How could Zhang Ruochen hand it over to him? He lowered his head and stared at the gourd. He saw that there was a small ancient text engraved on the gourd.
The writing of a very long time ago is completely different from the writing of today, and it is difficult to distinguish it.
The drunk maniac stretched his neck and said: "Do you understand? It's better to give it to me, and I will tell you what is engraved on it. Or, I will give you a thousand-marked sacred artifact that was dug out of the iceberg earlier, and share it with you.
In exchange, although the value of a gourd is far less than that of a Thousand Patterns Sacred Artifact, we are all acquaintances, so it doesn't matter if you take advantage."
"You think I don't recognize the seal script?" Zhang Ruochen said.
The drunk maniac showed a strange look and said: "With your age and experience, you actually know? Seal script, you have some ability."
?Seal script is a small type of writing in the Middle Ages. It was only spread among some small tribes in the northern region. To this day, it can be said that there are only a handful of monks who can recognize this kind of writing.
Zhang Ruochen recognized the content of the text and sighed softly: "The strokes of the text do have some charm of the holy way. Unfortunately, it is just a poem and has no valuable content."
Zhang Ruochen was a little disappointed, then he looked at the gourd in his hand and said, "However, the gourd is a little special. It seems to be a treasure."
Zhang Ruochen mobilized the holy energy and injected it into the gourd.
"Wow."
From the gourd, a thick water-spirit holy energy surged out, turning into wisps of white mist, making the icebergs under their feet seem to have turned into a fairy mountain.
The vast mist turned into a long bridge, connecting with the sea water.
The more Holy Qi is injected into the gourd, ten times or a hundred times of the Holy Water Spirit Qi will flow out of the gourd. Before long, the Water Spirit Holy Qi will condense thicker and thicker, turning into raindrops.
A steady drizzle fell on the sea for dozens of miles in radius.
"The Mercury Gourd, it is indeed the Mercury Gourd... There are too many treasures abandoned in the deep sea, and even this legendary treasure has appeared." The wine maniac said excitedly.
Zhang Ruochen also recognized it as the Mercury Gourd.
It is said that a total of five sacred trees have been born in the Kunlun world from ancient times to the present, which are the five spiritual roots.
Among them, the banana tree in the north is called the spiritual root of water. There is a gourd vine on the banana tree, which is called the Mercury Vine.
The gourds grown on the Mercury vine are each as huge as a planet. The surface of the gourd is filled with the holy energy of the water attribute. It rains all year round, accompanied by lightning and thunder.
A vine seems to have grown more than ten planets, hence the name Mercury Vine.
All the gourds on the Mercury Vine were picked by the great supernatural powers in the Middle Ages and refined into powerful treasures. However, almost all of them were destroyed in the great turmoil at the end of the Middle Ages, and only a few one or two survived.
The drunk maniac's eyes turned green. He stared at the Mercury gourd in Zhang Ruochen's hand and said with great joy, "It is said that the treasure of the Xingxiu Sect, one of the seven ancient religions, the Earth Method Gourd is made from a Mercury gourd.
The interior of the gourd is a world of its own, and it contains the water spirit that has survived from the Middle Ages. It’s a treasure, it’s really a rare treasure!”
Seeing the crazy look in the drunk maniac's eyes, Zhang Ruochen was a little worried that he would snatch it away.
Such a legendary treasure would make even a great sage fall in love, let alone a drunkard.
The alcoholic maniac showed his yellow teeth and said with a smile: "How about we exchange it? I will exchange it with you for the three-leaf nine-year-old flower. You won't suffer, right?"
Zhang Ruochen tried his best to stay calm, smiled, and said: "As a senior, as a senior, if I don't exchange the wine with you, will you come and grab it?"
"Rob?"
The drunk maniac became a little angry and said: "Who do you think I am? A robber? With my wine quality and my ethics, how could I do such a thing? If I really want to rob you, those treasures on your body
, everything has been robbed a long time ago. I am really discussing with you, after all, we are drinking buddies, how can we fight over a treasure?"
Zhang Ruochen thought about it carefully and felt that it was right.
Who in the world doesn't know that Zhang Ruochen has the Seal of the Realm on his body, the relics of the Buddha Emperor, the World Spirit from the Qinglong Ruins Realm... and so on, each of which is a supreme treasure.
The drunkard maniac knew his identity clearly, but he never tried to rob him. I don’t know if he was really ethical, or if he had regarded Zhang Ruochen as a drinking buddy, or if there were other reasons.
Anyway, it seems that he really has no intention of snatching the Mercury Gourd, but is preparing to exchange it with Zhang Ruochen.
The behavior and character of the alcoholic maniac are getting more and more strange, making people unable to figure it out.
I once swore not to kill anyone, but also swore not to rob other people’s treasures?
He is said to be really ethical, but he was a member of the Shenlong Demi-Human Clan, but he stole all the wine in the wine cellar without leaving a drop. Is this considered ethical?
Zhang Ruochen decided to test it again, so he said decisively: "I won't change."
The alcoholic lunatic was so anxious that he almost went crazy, and said earnestly: "It's useless to take the Mercury gourd away from you. It's a complete waste to put it here."
"What's the use of taking it?" Zhang Ruochen said.
The wine maniac said: "It's useful, it's very useful. You must know that the legendary Six Saints Ascension Wine can only be brewed by using the water spirit holy energy in the Mercury gourd."
"You don't have the recipe for Six Saints Ascending Heaven Wine. Even if you take it, you still can't make Six Saints Ascension Wine." Zhang Ruochen said with a smile.
The wine maniac shook his head and said: "Even if you don't brew the Six Saints Ascension Wine, if you use the water spirit holy energy in the Mercury Gourd to make other wines, the strength and taste of the wine will definitely be doubled. So, the Mercury Gourd only has
Only when it is in my hands can it be of maximum value."
"For you, that is indeed the case. For me, the water spirit holy energy in the Mercury Gourd can help me practice. The Mercury Gourd itself is also a powerful weapon. What's more, there may not be anything else inside the Gourd.
Treasure." Zhang Ruochen said slowly.
The alcoholic maniac endured it very hard and really wanted to snatch the Mercury Gourd away. However, he once swore to someone that he would never kill anyone again, never rob or plunder again, or do another evil thing in his life.
Except, of course, wine.
For an alcoholic, seeing good wine but not being able to drink it is definitely more uncomfortable than death.
Zhang Ruochen looked thoughtful, raised his head, stared at the drunkard, and said, "How about you tell me your story, for example, why did you swear not to kill anyone again?"
The drunk maniac rolled his eyes at Zhang Ruochen and said, "I won't tell you."
"From now on, if you want to make wine, I can provide you with the water spirit holy energy in the Mercury gourd." Zhang Ruochen said.
The drunk maniac felt a little moved, and then he smiled, sat down, and said, "That's what you said."
"Of course I said so."
The drunk maniac said: "Looking at it now, it's not a shameful thing, and it doesn't matter if I tell you about it. It's a long story, so I'll make it short. In fact, it was all forced by the Queen.
, I have to swear.”
"Then what?"
Zhang Ruochen was a little surprised that this matter was actually related to Chi Yao.
The alcoholic maniac shrugged and spread his hands: "No more."
It’s really a long story short.
Zhang Ruochen continued to ask: "The Queen, why do you want to force you to swear?"
The drunk maniac showed dissatisfaction. He obviously felt that Zhang Ruochen had too many problems. However, for the sake of the water spirit holy energy in the Mercury gourd, he had to say again: "Who told me to be caught by her? If I don't swear, I will die."
"How long did that take?" Zhang Ruochen asked again.
"It was probably six hundred years ago, I can't remember exactly how long it was!" said the drunkard.
"Six hundred years ago..."
Zhang Ruochen muttered something in a low voice, then showed a cunning look in his eyes and said with a smile: "As far as I know, six hundred years ago, Queen Chi Yao did not ascend the throne, but was still a princess."
"There are records in historical records that at that time, Princess Chi Yao led a large army to attack the Moon Worshiping Demon Sect and killed the Demon Emperor in Tongluyuan. The Moon Worshiping Demon Sect was defeated and 80% of the strong men in the sect died. Even after passing
Hundreds of years of recuperation have not restored his strength."
"That was the last battle for Chi Qing's Central Empire to unify the world. From then on, all the major ancient religions and sects in the world dared not to disobey, and they declared to the world that they were willing to obey the orders of Princess Chi Yao and Emperor Qing."
"You can't really be a member of the Demon Cult, and you were captured by her in that battle, right?"
The alcoholic lunatic took a sip of wine, waved his hand and said, "I can't remember!"
Zhang Ruochen knew that the alcoholic lunatic did not want to mention more about what happened back then, so he did not continue to ask. However, one thing was certain: he might really be a famous figure in the demon sect back then.
Zhang Ruochen took off the lid of the gourd and prepared to investigate. Is the inside of the Mercury gourd really as mysterious as the legend says?
As soon as he opened the lid, Zhang Ruochen noticed that there were small black dots in the concave part of the lid.
"Hey, what is this?"
Zhang Ruochen injected holy energy into the gourd lid, and the lid became bigger and bigger, and finally became as big as a millstone.
Those small black dots grew larger and larger, and finally turned into an ancient text.
Still? Seal script.
The drunk man stretched his neck and stared at the words on the gourd lid. Then he screamed strangely, and then laughed like crazy.
Zhang Ruochen was startled by him, frowned, and stared at the seal characters, carefully identifying them. After a moment, he also let out a series of laughs, "The formula for the Six Saints Ascension Wine is indeed engraved on the Mercury gourd."
The ancient text on the gourd lid is the recipe for the Six Saints Ascension Wine.
The wine maniac took Zhang Ruochen's arm, his eyes were shining with stars, and he said tremblingly: "How about we work together to brew the Climbing Heaven Wine? At that time, the Six Saints Climbing Heaven Wine will be renamed the Two Saints Climbing Heaven Wine, and both of us will be included.
The history of the human race.”
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