I Just Won't Play by the Book - Chapter 566

Chapter 566: So It’s a High-End Operation

Translator: 549690339

With the help of the alcohol, Jiang Beiran chatted with Lu Yangyu for a long time and gained a general understanding of Lu Yangyu’s formation skills.

When it came to defensive formations, Jiang Beiran had learned a lot of useful knowledge, but when it came to other types of formations, his knowledge had dropped significantly.

This made Jiang Beiran realize that not only were there very few masters who mastered multiple Mystical Arts in the 16 Arts of Xuanmen, but even some masters who were only proficient in one Mystical Art would have a tendency to be biased.

Take formations as an example.

There were many types of monitoring formations, defensive formations, offensive formations, and environmental change formations.

Jiang Beiran had thought that he would be able to get through everything, but after a long conversation with Lu Yangyu, he realized that it wasn’t the case.

Many array masters were only proficient in one type of array. When setting up an array that they were not proficient in, whether it was the speed of setting up the array or the effect, it would be much worse.

In addition, Jiang Beiran also read a message from it.

Even in the six countries of the Central Plains, Array Masters were extremely rare.

Lu Yangyu had yet to become an Eighth-Grade Array Master and was only good at defensive arrays, but he was already able to oversee the array hall of a top family like the Shi Family.

It was obvious that even the top families of the Shi family could not recruit higher-end array masters, let alone other families or sects.

‘No wonder that Daoist Master Wu Xiang wanted to take me as his disciple the moment he saw me…lt seemed that even in the Six Nations, Array Masters were very popular.’

“Gulp…Gulp… Gulp…” After downing another jar of Qi Yun Qing Dew Wine, Lu Yangyu exhaled a mouthful of alcohol and said,””Brother’s background has been emptied by you. Are you going to keep listening?”

He then took out a jar of Qi Yun Qing Dew Wine from his Cosmos Ring and placed it in front of Lu Yangyu.””l was just waiting for big brother to talk about the formation connection.”

“Nonsense!” Lu Yangyu slammed his palm on the table.” Do you really want me to tell you everything? I’m only proficient in defense. The other array formations are half-baked. I don’t even understand them. How can I connect them? Burp!”

After burping, Lu Yangyu scratched his messy hair and continued,””What do you think is the difficulty of linking this array formation? The difficulty was that you had to be proficient in all kinds of array formations. When you had that ability, you would naturally be able to study array formations and connections.”

After hearing Lu Yangyu’s words, Jiang Beiran almost spat out the words ” research my ass “.

However, Lu Yangyu’s words reminded him of something. It turned out that in order to study the connection of arrays, the minimum requirement was to be proficient in all types of arrays. This seemed to be a very high threshold for most array masters.

‘Isn’t this awkward…

Jiang Beiran had originally intended to find a peer to have an in-depth conversation with, to see if he could get some inspiration. But now, it seemed that it would be very difficult to find a peer who could have an in-depth conversation with him on the formation connection.

Is this the loneliness of being invincible?

Since Lu Yangyu had said so much, Jiang Beiran naturally couldn’t continue asking.

However, Jiang Beiran had gained a lot from this conversation. Although he did not find anyone to talk to in depth, he had gained a certain understanding of the ” industry ecology ” of array masters. In the future, he would be able to find someone to chat with or set up arrays with.

Picking up the wine bowl and toasting Lu Yangyu, Jiang Beiran wiped his mouth and said,””l was just afraid that big brother was just being humble, and I wanted to listen to big brother’s teachings.”

“I think you want to wear empty gloves…” Lu Yangyu glanced at the Qiyun Clear Dew Wine in his hand and said,” Alright, it’s not empty handed. Hey, hey, hey, I’ve said all I can say now. You should tell me about your method of purification, right?” How on earth could one make wine so mellow and intoxicating?”

“This is actually not difficult. Since big brother wants to hear it, then I’ll tell you in detail.”

In fact, the wine on the Black Dragon Continent had the same problem, which was that the alcohol content was too low. Even if ordinary people drank a thousand glasses of turbid wine, they would not get drunk because the alcohol content was only 1% or 2% at most.

Most of them used the fungi produced by the natural fermentation of leftovers as the yeast, so naturally, they could not produce any high-concentration wine.

Of course, there were so many people who liked to drink alcohol in this world, so naturally, there were many people who had been trying to improve on it. However, Jiang Beiran could only see that the best wine was just so-so.

Take the bottle of Ten Continents Spring Wine that Lu Yangyu had planned to serve him as an example. It was a standard green wine with an alcohol content of five percent at most. However, such a wine could indeed be called good wine in this world. Usually, only rich people or cultivators could drink it.

As for the spirit wine, it did not increase the alcohol content and taste of the wine, but the effect. As for the spirit wine that could balance the taste and effect? Yes, very few.

After all, not many cultivators could be so extravagant as to drink spirit wine to satisfy their cravings.

Jiang Beiran poured some of the Qi Yun Qing Dew wine into a bowl and fanned some of the wine away before he said to Lu Yangyu,””The principle of the so-called retortion is actually very simple. It is to extract the high-concentration wine from the fermented raw materials after many refinements. This refining method is called retortion.”

“Haiyaya! It sounds so tempting. Tell me, tell me, how do you refine it?”Lu

Yangyu wiped his saliva and said.

“Haha, big brother, don’t be anxious. This extraction method is divided into solid extraction and liquid extraction. I prefer liquid extraction, so I’ll focus on this.”

After briefly explaining the extraction method, Jiang Beiran added,””The cooling of the wine vapor and how to collect the distilled wine are the two most important steps.”

Lu Yangyu, who had already heard his saliva flowing, nodded and said,””Don’t worry, I’m the most careful when it comes to good wine. Just tell me, and I promise to do as you say.”

Taking out a pot from his Cosmos Ring, Jiang Beiran handed it to Lu Yangyu and said,'”‘You still haven’t given big brother a meeting gift? Big brother should like this cooler.”

Lu Yangyu took the cooler and observed it for a while before asking,'”‘How should I use it?”

“I have an incantation here. Big brother, remember it well. Every time you steam the water of the Heavenly Lake, you can release two or three drops. It depends on the length of the wine flowing and the temperature of the time.”

“I’m afraid you won’t understand just by saying this. I’ll still distill it on the spot for you to see.”

“Good! I was waiting for you to say that! I’m very familiar with the director of the wine pavilion, so I went there to work. He’s also a drunkard. As long as I help you build a bridge, I guarantee that you’ll be familiar with each other immediately. He has a lot of top-grade spirit wine in his good house.. With your ability, wouldn’t it be easy to cheat a few of them? Go, go, go! I’ll take you to the autumn wind!”