In response to his request, the old woman with the hunchback did not reply but continued to stare at Donghai Lin, who was currently scanning the room for the murals.
After a minute, Granny He replied. "Sorry, Master Lin…. It was the last bottle I have here and also from what you requested in the appointment contract, it was specifically mentioned that you only want a bottle…. On top of that, I know you never drink over one bottle at a time."
Upon hearing that, Donghai Lin turned his attention to her and suddenly jumped back, startled and falling over.
He sat up and said while chuckling. "Hahahaha….Woah! Granny Lin, you are the most beautiful lady I have ever seen until today…. Hahaha, right, I'm totally buzzed today."
He then looked at her again and rubbed his eyes again and again and said,
"Granny, this might sound silly to you in the midst of my drunken haze, but you look so young and so beautiful I can't help looking away from your face…. And why am I saying this?.... Hee-hee-ha-ha, pardon Xiao Er, for the rude behavior, but I can't help myself."
His face turned red as he blushed, and a pair of droll came out of his mouth as he kept staring at the Old Lady who was now a gorgeous, country toppling lady in his eyes.
Granny He thought in her mind: 'So he can see my actual appearance through my divine Body Transformation Spell. But he is definitely just a mortal…. I think something is strange about this guy. I need to get to the bottom of this.'
"Hahaha… of course, that's really natural, young master Lin…. After having a bottle of my wine, which was carefully well seasoned by myself, there is no way that you are going home without getting drunk…. Say I'm blowing my own trumpet here but I can say proudly, my wine is the finest, best of the best…." and the latter part was omitted in her mind, 'wine in the entire 10 planes.'
"Ho-ho-ho, anyway, I'm flatter…. It is flattering to hear that from a handsome young man like you at my age… So can I ask, did you happen to experience something strange inside this room?… If you did, then mind sharing your experience with this old, withering lady?" Granny He further asked with a smile blooming over her beautiful face.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump!..... (Heartbeat)
He almost forgot to breathe for several seconds upon seeing that charming smile plastered across her enchanting face, and his heart started pounding like a war drum.
And then he gulped down a mouthful of saliva and looked away from her and replied, pointing at the four murals across the four walls of the room. "Ahem-ahem! Granny He, please don't mind Xiao er's impoliteness. Instead ah..take this as your wine's intoxication potency as a complement….Hic!… Hic (hiccup)!"
He then added, saying. "Right now, I'm so drunk that after I drank my last glass of wine, those four legendary directional beasts that were drawn on the murals hanging over the walls seemed to come alive and leap at me one at a time, almost scaring me to death as the Red Vermillion bird covered with flame transformed into two similar birds, jumping right at me...right into my eyes…. Oh, hee-hee-hee, I will not lie. This is the best wine I've ever tried. Hic-hic…"
Suddenly Granny He furrowed her brows a bit and squinted her eyes as she glanced at the four murals hanging on the walls and she pondered in her head: 'Is it today just a coincidence?.... No, I don't think so. Seems like I finally found the one who I have been searching for….. for several millennia back in this world… First, he saw through my disguise, and then the holy beasts' souls were missing from the murals…. Let me check whether or not it's true first."
And then she whispered softly. "All-Seeing Heavenly Saintess Eyes, activate!"
The next instant a white light dazzled for a moment and gazed at Donghai Lin.
Then she saw that there was a red-colored flaming bird perched on the pupils of each eye, an azure dragon with four claws on his back, a black tortoise on his left arm, and a white tiger on his right arm...
"Mmm-hmm, it seems like the soul of the four Primordial Holy beasts has finally chosen this man as their master." She reminded herself in her mind.
After that, she continued scanning inside his body and almost jumped up to her feet with excitement when she saw the tiny white drop inside his heart, and she exclaimed in delight in her head, saying: 'Divine Wine Heart Root!.... He turns out to be the one we are all looking for...hahahahaha! Then now is the time for me to start everyone's inheritance ceremony for him.'
She finally opened her mouth, saying. "Oh, I almost forgot! In light of the compliments master Lin made about this old lady and my wine, I think it would be impolite of me to let you go after having just a bottle... How about I offer you our finest wine that is only meant for those exclusive, premium-level customers?"
"Is it better than the previous one I have?" Donghai Lin asked, looking at her with adoration and excitement.
"Oh, please, it'll be much, much better... The earlier one really can't hold a candle to what I'm about to bring out now."
"All good then please bring it out, Granny He…. I'll pay anything you can name it. Money is not the problem here if it is much better than the earlier one," replied Donghai Lin briskly with an impatient expression.
Granny He who was now removing her spell and turning into a real busty lady, grinned at him, and then she arranged eight small win-cups on the table first, and then she started filling all of them one by one and said. "Master Lin, we have a strong tradition here… you must drink all these eight cups without spilling a drop of it…. No offense, but can you oblige with that?"