Chapter 61: Alcohol

  The Hall of No Flowers Alchemy

  Chen Le stood at the entrance of the alchemy hut and carefully examined the layout of this alchemy hall.

  The first thing that catches the eye is a large black cauldron, followed by some test tube-like tools on the right side. The entire alchemy hut has only two essential alchemy tools and two stools. That's it, the whole alchemy hut is just that simple.

  Chen Le was very satisfied with this environment. The most taboo thing about alchemy is to have a distracted mind, and luxurious decorations are the easiest to evoke people's fantasies.

  Chen Le walked straight over to the pile of tools that looked like chemical equipment and picked up a test tube, examining it carefully.

  Mike walked in with an old man, who had white whiskers and wore a black robe, while Jin had a look of amusement on his face.

  The old man watched Chen Le pinch the test tube and examine it, his facial expression changed subtly.

  Chen Le said to Mike after careful consideration: "Prepare some grain and hemp leaves for me, as well as an ice lotus flower."

  The old man turned and left after hearing this. Mack didn't move, he just looked at Chen Le, who also wanted to know what Chen Le would brew up.

  Not long after, the old man came back. He was holding a bag in his left hand and a box in his right hand. He put both things at the door, then walked over to Mike's side.

  Chen Le opened the bag, and a fragrance wafted out. The rice was as white as snow. Chen Le felt a pang of emotion; this kind of rice was nowhere to be seen on Earth. He inserted his hand into the pile of rice and carefully stirred it, feeling the coarseness of the grains.

  Smooth, this is Chen Le's only feeling, just like stroking the tender skin of a younger sister, giving people an unparalleled reverie and enjoyment.

  Chen Le turned to the box, which looked ordinary on the outside, but Chen Le knew that this box was not as simple as it seemed, because the unique fragrance had already betrayed it - Wannian Zitan wood! This was the material used to make the box. Chen Le fixed his gaze on the old man, feeling that he was absolutely not simple. The old man closed his eyes and smiled, seemingly indifferent to Chen Le's gaze.

  Chen Le gently opened the box, and a thread of cool air escaped from inside the box. The temperature in the alchemy hut also dropped by several degrees.

  "Hiss~~~" Jin sucked in a noseful of snot, this cold was really unbearable.

  Crystal clear, not tainted by worldly smoke and fire, the snow lotus flower displayed its unique charm, and paired with that pale blue exterior, this beauty was breathtaking. Chen Le felt a pang of reluctance in his heart, he didn't want such a beautiful thing to be transformed into a coarse and vulgar liquor. So Chen Le looked at the old man with difficulty, wanting him to change it.

  The old man stroked his beard, took the Snow Lotus away with satisfaction, and then took another Snow Lotus, which was only a hundred-year-old Snow Lotus.

  "Excuse me, sir," Chen Le asked, "where is Mahua Ye?"

  The old man pointed outside, Chen Le walked out of the alchemy hut and came to the main hall. He looked around but didn't find anything else. He turned his head in confusion.

  The old man pointed to the sky with a smile, and Chen Le raised his head to find that some of the leaves were not quite right. Suddenly, his pupils dilated as he discovered that the leaves above were varied and colorful, with the mahua leaf being just one part of them, and there were also some more precious ones. None of this mattered, what was most important was that they were alive! That's right, in mid-air, without any flowers, they were living like this!

  Chen Le endured the shock in his heart and jumped up to pick a piece of hemp leaf.

  Back in the alchemy hut, Chen Le first poured the rice into a wooden barrel and then took out a test tube-like object from his body. The test tube was transparent, with white granules inside. Chen Le didn't even look at it before pouring it down. (This is what Chen Le did in the Desolate Forest... there's no wine there, so he made some himself. Don't ask me why I would make it, otaku... I basically understand the principles.)

  The wooden bucket started shaking violently, and the temperature inside the bucket became extremely high. Chen Le was somewhat shocked - he had originally thought that the quality of this rice was good enough, but he hadn't expected it to be this good.

  "Could you all leave first? This is a secret recipe, no visitors allowed."

  Mike walked out with a smile, Jin Ze's face was unhappy, the old man just smiled and walked out, closing the door on his way.

  Chen Le watched as the group of people left, then stuffed the hemp leaves into his clothes and tore off half a snow lotus flower, throwing it into the bucket.

  Before long, the grains in the bucket had fermented, and Chen Le felt that the quality of this rice was really good. Other rices took half a year to achieve what this rice did in less than ten minutes, and from the aroma of the wine, the quality of this wine must be top-notch.

  Jin, who was outside the door, suddenly became like a hound dog, crawling on the ground and sniffing everywhere, trying to find the source of the wine fragrance. After sniffing around, he found that the place with the strongest wine fragrance was behind the door, just as he was about to push open the door, he was suddenly slapped by the old man, so Jin had no choice but to give up.

  The scene returns to Chen Le, who smiles and whispers: "This group of bastards wants to drink hard liquor? I'll fulfill your wishes! I'll give you distilled liquor, come slowly."

  Chen Le started searching for water, and the alchemy room usually had a water bucket. Chen Le searched for half a day and finally found something similar to a faucet on the alchemy stove. Chen Le turned the faucet, and water came out from inside. Chen Le used a test tube to scoop up the water several times, and some of the water spilled onto his skin while he was scooping it up. Chen Le suddenly felt that this water was refreshing. He poured the water in the test tube into the bucket, and the violent aura inside the bucket instantly calmed down.

  Then a faint fragrance wafted out, which was the effect of the Ice Lotus. At this point, the bucket was already full. Chen Le smiled and placed the bucket on a suspended platform, then lit a fire underneath it.

  The flames danced like sprites in flight, and the wine, which had just calmed down, returned to its previous state of turmoil.

  Chen Le smiled and put a glass cover on top, then covered the glass cover with a glass tube. The other end of the tube was an empty test tube.

  Time passed minute by minute and second by second, the bucket's contents became less and less, while the test tube's contents became more and more.

  Chen Le looked at the test tube and immediately stopped the heat source after it was filled.

  "Hsss!" The air cooled with a hissing sound after the flames went out.

  Chen Le cleaned up the remaining residue in the bucket and put everything back in its original place. Then, he pushed open the door and said, "I'm done!"

  Jin rushed in first, looking for a container to hold wine. However, he didn't find any, and the room was filled with the aroma of wine everywhere, his nose was useless at this moment.

  Mike walked in and took a deep breath, then with an intoxicated expression said: "Master Arthur, where's the wine? I'm eager to taste it!"

  The old man was the last one to come in, and he still held four cups in his hand.

  Chen Le held up the test tube and said: "Here it is!"

  He stared at the transparent tube and said discontentedly, "Is that all? It's not enough to drink at all!" (The test tube was actually quite large, 5,000 milliliters!)

  "Hey, then you try drinking it!"

  Jin picked up the cup handed over by the old man and said: "Fill it up!"

  Chen Le smiled and poured wine for Jin, who first asked and then said in confusion: "Why doesn't it smell like wine? I remember there was some earlier!"

  "Drink quickly! Are you afraid?" Chen Le said with a look of impatience.

  Jin heard Chen Le speak like that and got angry too. He drank the wine in one gulp, then shouted loudly: "What's wrong with it?! This is wine? I think this is just water!"

  Mike also poured a full cup and drank it down, indeed as Jin said, bland and tasteless, just like wine. The old man also took a sip, but there was a hint of surprise on his face.

  Chen Le smiled and counted down: "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

  Jin started screaming, the burning sensation in his throat was so intense, he swore it felt like fire burning in his throat.

  Mack's throat was also very uncomfortable, this wine is too strong, at least five times stronger than Galliano.

  Chen Le smiled and said: "How about it! Is Gallon wine for women to drink? Still have the nerve to say it's the strongest wine!"

  Mike was speechless, the liquor still burning in his throat, and Jin had already started rolling on the ground.

  After five minutes, the two dwarves fell down, drunk.

  Chen Le covered his face with his hand, he knew he had gone too far, after getting the two guys drunk, where should he send them to?

  The old man smiled and said: "Little friend, I don't know where you learned from?"