After returning the truck and retrieving his own bike, Bai Yang returned to the rented villa but stopped halfway. He looked into the blue and white sky and thought, Am I forgetting something?
Right, I forgot the wine, he is probably also busy right now with the wood materials so I might as well bring some more wine for him next time when I go home…
After sorting it out, Bai Yang was no longer in conflict. He dashed home with his bike, took his own sweet time and instead of heading "there", he took out the black jar containing the jade green wine.
Is this thing really as good as the report says? Improving and refining the quality of the body... but one would have to exercise to facilitate absorption of the efficacy of the wine? That is really tiring….
Bai Yang was a little troubled by this, he wanted to strengthen his body through drinking the wine but was also scared of tiring himself. But if he drank the wine without exercising, he would turn into a fat man….!
That was how a human's mind worked, they wanted to have their cake and eat it too. But unfortunately, that is something that can rarely be done.
Bai Yang poured a little wine and without a measuring utensil. He couldn't tell just how much was 30 ml so he only poured himself a tiny little bit.
The wine smelled awesome and after downing the wine in one breath, Bai Yang shivered uncontrollably for a second as he felt like every part of his body was being massaged by an unknown power, making him feel extremely good.
When it came to wine tasting, Bai Yang was a complete newbie, he couldn't tell if it was top graded wine or more than just good so only two words came out from his mouth, "Damn good!"
"Fruit wine has about the same alcohol concentration as beer but it really is good! It's a billion times better than whatever cocktails they bragged about out there, no wonder dad and mom are asking me for this wine, it really is addictive!"
He closed his eyes and recalled the flavor, his body felt like it was injected by a cooling presence and he was floating.
Bai Yang then noticed something was wrong right away, his body starting feeling hot, not the kind of blazing hot but some sort of heating up from the inside. The most direct reflection was that his little brother was all hard now, and there was a sign of a nose bleed again….
In order to maintain his current size, the agitated Bai Yang threw the cup away and started running outside of the villa. He ran along the road in the neighborhood, though he was all exhausted and sweaty, he was still feeling energetic and felt that he could kill a cow with a punch….
I can't anymore….
He lay weakly on the ground for quite some time but still felt energetic after resting for a while. He stood up and started running again, only to wear himself out after some time to repeat the process a few more times.
Finally, he dragged his tired body back home and was stopped by an old man who appeared out of nowhere!
"What do you want? I'm really tired right now and if you want to scam me, just let me rest for a second…."
Glancing at the old man, Bai Yang said as if his strength was all drained away.
The old man was not tall, probably 170 cm tall, skinny but stood up straight. His silver hair was combed all the way back, and his age couldn't be told just by looking at his face. He had a sweater, long slacks and a pair of cotton shoes and he looked like a wise expert.
But facing against the toxicity coming from Bai Yang, the old man wanted to give him a hard kick in his face, Which eyes of yours saw me trying to scam you?
Trying to hold back the blood that was about to come gushing out from his throat, the old man smiled amicably at Bai Yang, "Young man, I see you are a special one….."
But before the old man could say what he wanted to say, he was interrupted by Bai Yang, who reached his hands into his pocket and delivered a ten dollars note to the old man, "Old man, I know I am a genius, so take the 10 dollars and spare me from your ultimate secret art. The responsibility of saving the world can be given to spiderman, iron man, batman or even green lantern. See you…."
The old man bit his lips unconsciously, he took a deep breath but still held onto Bai Yang's arm and tried to keep his cool as he said, "Young man, don't get me wrong, I am not a liar….."
"Don't joke with me, how can you not be a liar? I think everyone in your field are all actors who try their best to put up a show with your life…."
Bai Yang continued babbling but when the old man widened his eyes and gave him a fierce stare, Bai Yang forcefully choked on his saliva. Bai Yang felt as if a thousand cold steel arrows were trained on him, like the first time he met the barbarians.
"Let me finish what I want to say," replied the old man amicably again.
Gulping without him knowing, Bai Yang felt the air around turn cold and he nodded stiffly, "Okay okay, go on. I'm listening."
"I came with no ill intention, I just want to check your pulse."
The old man continued and naturally grabbed onto Bai Yang's wrist.
Perhaps startled by the fierce stare from the old man, Bai Yang did not even realize that his wrist was being held by the old man right now….
"Strange… really strange…" said the old man with a frown as he slowly walked away.
"....."
What was happening? Bai Yang couldn't even understand what happened. It wasn't until the old man disappeared from his sight that Bai Yang's mind returned to reality.
Is this old man what they call as a hidden master hiding in the city? The speed and precision he displayed when reaching towards my wrist were extraordinary, his hands felt like the talons of an eagle, where did this old monster come from?
Most importantly was why did the old man want to check his pulse out of nowhere?
He just couldn't figure it out!
With a confused mind, Bai Yang returned to his villa and happily took a cold bath. After the bath, he felt refreshed and whatever problems he had before were all gone. As for the old man, he now had a deep impression of him and felt that they would meet again.
In order to thank the villagers from "that" side for building him a house, Bai Yang specifically went to buy a hundred packets of salt. He then opened them up and poured them into a bucket.
The reason why he decided to gift them salt was that Bai Yang saw the girl rubbing a brown color salt cube onto the roast meat when she cooked….
That was totally not okay!
On the other side of the villa neighborhood, the old man with whom Bai Yang had a chance encounter with arrived at one of the largest villas, still frowning and puzzled by what he found.
And in a wayside pavilion, there was a stone table and stone chairs, another old man was making himself some tea. Donned in a Tang suit and accompanied by the skillful actions, he painted quite the elegant scene.
When the old man entered the pavilion, the old man making the tea started talking without turning around, "What's wrong? You come here after a few years just to show me a sour expression?"
The old man looked at the one making tea and said, "Never thought that after a few years, you, who was impatient, decisive, straightforward, and strict, is now a slow and humble old man. Are you not disgusted by yourself?"
"I had to behave like that back then, if you don't improve, you would be eliminated. Now that I've retired, am I not allowed to return to my usual self? Take a look around, because of how bad my temper was back then, the young ones are all unwilling to visit me, even during festivals," grumbled the old man making tea.
The white-haired old man shook without saying.
"Ho, there is also the day where you would be troubled by something?" asked the old man making tea in surprise. In his impression, this white-haired old man was always calm and well-composed.
"I ran into a young man just now. From afar, I saw him all hyped up and energetic, so I approached him out of curiosity to check on his pulse but he thought that I was trying to scam him….."
"Hahahaha, scam? You? I'm gonna die laughing…."
The old man making tea burst out laughing, but his laughter faded after seeing the white-haired old man keeping a calm expression and he said, "And you are being troubled by this?"
"Of course not. After checking his pulse, I noticed that this young man is more than just energetic. He definitely looks like he lacks training, which is really strange," the white-haired old man was really puzzled.
"And you are troubled by this up until now?"
"No, I am just figuring a way to ask you to help…."
"...."
"What do you want?" the old man making tea was speechless.
"I happen to come across this information, that this place has a very special wine so I want you to check the source for me…."