Chapter 274: Tea Fragrance

This teahouse was not big, just three flat houses connected together, but before Han Li even entered, a nose-tingling tea fragrance had already rushed toward him!

Han Li was somewhat surprised. Although he didn't know much about the tea ceremony, he sensed faint spiritual energy from this tea fragrance.

His heart moved, and he no longer hesitated to step inside.

Three rooms were arranged in a row, one large and two small, all of which were filled with groups of tea guests. Even because there were no empty seats in the teahouse, seven or eight people dressed in various styles were standing quietly to the side, waiting.

Even though there were many guests in the teahouse, no one spoke loudly.

Most of them closed their eyes lightly, savoring the tea in front of them, and only a very few were whispering something.

And on the main wall of the large middle room, a large yellow paper of about a foot was posted high, with the words "Each person is limited to one pot of tea per day" written in dragon-flying and phoenix-dancing calligraphy, which was extremely conspicuous.

Han Li saw these words and found it somewhat funny. It was the first time he had heard that a business selling food and drink would limit the amount people could eat and drink.

However, he just smiled and didn't spend much thought on it. Instead, he scanned the room and walked toward a person who looked like a shopkeeper in the corner.

This person who should be the shopkeeper of the teahouse was about forty years old, with a small mustache, looking extremely shrewd.

At this time, he was behind a counter, lowering his head and calculating with an abacus, and from time to time, he looked at an account book beside him.

Han Li walked over in a few steps and stood in front of the counter, then remained silent. This made the shopkeeper look up in surprise.

As soon as he saw Han Li clearly, the shopkeeper's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly bypassed the counter.

He asked respectfully and somewhat fearfully:

"This senior, is there anything the junior can help you with? I will definitely do my best!"

This shopkeeper was actually a cultivator, but his cultivation was pitifully low, only at the Qi Condensation fourth layer.

Now facing Han Li, this unfathomable "senior", he naturally felt restless and uneasy!

Han Li didn't say a word, brushed his sleeve lightly over the counter, and a crystal-clear cyan jade pendant appeared on the table.

When the shopkeeper saw this jade pendant, he was stunned for a moment, but immediately said with a look of pleasant surprise:

"So it is Senior Han who has arrived. The junior has been disrespectful! Young Master Qi had long ago ordered that the senior would be coming in the near future, and the junior has been waiting for a long time!"

Hearing these words from the other party, Han Li collected the jade pendant in the same way and said calmly:

"I want to see your young master now, lead the way."

"Obey, senior!" The shopkeeper responded respectfully.

Then, this person called a shop assistant-dressed person, gave him a few instructions, and then led Han Li out the back door, straight out of the small city, and headed west.

To the west of "Jinma City" was a large area of yellow-green hills, and he didn't know how many there were, large and small. But the shopkeeper led Han Li through the hills, turning several times, and arrived at a concave flat depression covering over a hundred acres.

In the middle of the depression, there were seven or eight white stone houses. Around them, a few emerald green bamboos were planted here and there, sparsely and inconspicuously.

After the shopkeeper led Han Li near this place, he bowed to Han Li and said:

"Senior, my young master is in the house. However, there are some arrays laid out outside the house. Originally, the junior should have reported to the young master before bringing an outsider in, but the young master had already ordered about Senior Han's matter, so senior just follow the junior closely. Otherwise, triggering the restrictions would be very troublesome!"

Han Li looked at the surroundings of the depression and those green bamboos that seemed to have no rules at all, and said indifferently:

"Understood, you just lead the way in front."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper took a breath and carefully led Han Li toward the house.

The route he took was very peculiar. Sometimes he walked three steps, then retreated two steps, sometimes he stepped out five steps to the east, but turned back and walked six steps. The whole action was chaotic and had no rules to follow.

Just like that, the two of them slowly approached the house in the depression.

"Young Master, Senior Han is here, come out and meet him!" When they were only ten feet away from the house, the shopkeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly toward the largest house.

"Senior Han is here? That's great! But wait a moment, I will come out immediately!" Qi Qi Yunxiao's pleasantly surprised voice came from the house, but then there was a muffled sound of "bang", followed by Qi Qi Yunxiao's bitter voice.

"Cough, failed again!"

The stone door opened, and Qi Qi Yunxiao walked out with a look of disappointment, his body still carrying a hot breath.

However, when he saw Han Li, his expression immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and he hurriedly stepped forward excitedly:

"It really is senior, that's great! Please follow me, let the junior do his best as a host. There is nothing else here, but there are truly a few cups of good fragrant tea."

Qi Qi Yunxiao enthusiastically wanted to invite Han Li into the room next door, and his gestures were much more mature and sophisticated than a few years ago.

"Then I will trouble you, fellow Daoist." Han Li knew he still had to ask for help, so he said very politely.

Then he entered this room and sat down tightly beside a rectangular table.

"Senior, that..." As Qi Qi Yunxiao ordered the shopkeeper to brew a pot of tea, he turned his head and seemed to want to say something with hesitation.

Han Li smiled without speaking and flipped his hand, and the book "Cloud Sky Insights" appeared on the table. This book was still shining with silver light, showing that the book was still under restriction.

Seeing this book, Qi Qi Yunxiao's spirit was lifted, and just as he wanted to reach out and take it, he suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly said "Senior, wait a moment" and walked out in a hurry.

Han Li chuckled, seemingly guessing the other party's intention.

Not long after, Qi Qi Yunxiao returned to the room excitedly, with a wooden box about a foot long in his hand.

"Senior, here is a set of improved Inverted Five Elements Array cloth-array magic tools. Although the power is not as high as originally expected, it can reach half the power of the original array, but it has also been improved to one-third the power of the original array, much stronger than the original!" Qi Qi Yunxiao said with some apology, clearly feeling a bit uneasy that he hadn't been able to improve this set of cloth-array magic tools to the power he had promised beforehand.

"One-third?" Han Li's expression moved, and he was extremely surprised in his heart!

One had to know that he hadn't expected that the array flags could really be improved at all. The Inverted Five Elements Array that could exert one-tenth of its power had already made Han Li extremely satisfied! One had to know that even Core Formation stage cultivators like Lei Lei Wanhe felt quite a headache when seeing this array. If it were improved by another two or three times, wouldn't it be able to reject Core Formation stage cultivators outside the array?

Thinking of this, Han Li couldn't help but take the wooden box and prepare to take a closer look, while Qi Qi Yunxiao also picked up the silver book and examined it.

As soon as the lid was opened, a set of array flags and an array plate radiating spiritual energy appeared in the box.

Han Li took them out one by one and examined them carefully. The number of array flags and array plates in this set of magic tools was much larger than the original set, and the patterns and runes on the array flags and array plates were also obviously more complex. It seemed that what the other party said was true; the power should indeed be greater than the original set.

Han Li happily collected this set of array flags and then glanced at the opposite side.

At this time, Qi Qi Yunxiao was stroking the "Cloud Sky Insights" with his hand, full of joy. It seemed he had also verified the seal.

"I am very satisfied with this set of improved cloth-array magic tools! I have truly troubled you, fellow Daoist." Han Li said with a smile on his face.

"What is senior saying? I should be extremely grateful to senior for returning this book intact, I should be the one thanking you more!" Hearing Han Li say this, Qi Qi Yunxiao shook his head like a rattle-drum and said sincerely.

Han Li smiled, was humble for a few words, and then chatted with Qi Qi Yunxiao.

And after the shopkeeper went down for a while, he brought up two cups of emerald green tea.

This tea fragrance was obviously much more fragrant than the fragrant tea of the "Qingquan Teahouse", and the spiritual energy emitted by it was also more concentrated.

Under Qi Qi Yunxiao's earnest invitation, Han Li drank two sips. He immediately felt refreshed in his mouth and clear in his mind, so he couldn't help but praise:

"Good tea, I didn't expect that even tea leaves could be blended with spiritual energy, it's truly wonderful! You made this yourself, right, fellow Daoist? I admire you extremely." Han Li said these words from the bottom of his heart. Being able to make ordinary tea leaves contain spiritual energy was indeed something he had never heard of, not to mention that this tea water was indeed incomparably fragrant, not inferior to any top-notch famous tea in the world.

Hearing Han Li's words, an embarrassed look appeared on Qi Qi Yunxiao's face, and he hurriedly explained:

"Senior, you have misunderstood. This tea was not blended by the junior, but gifted by a close friend. These tea leaves were researched by my close friend after spending nearly ten years!"

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