After the Young Miss entered, Little Uncle also followed in. He was just bored and curious. What was unexpected was that Lin Yi also came in, and after entering he said something to the girl that made the Young Miss and others understand his intention for coming.
"How do you cultivate?"
Asking like this, who would tell you? Ordinary people wouldn't tell others how they cultivate. If someone asked you, you definitely wouldn't say.
Such thoughts arose in Little Uncle's mind. He felt Lin Yi wouldn't get an answer from the girl.
At this moment, the Young Miss paid no attention to these matters, just eating the dishes and making sounds of praise, while also complaining about Xiaoyao, saying why hadn't he brought the wine yet.
"I cultivate heart methods about three time periods daily, and martial techniques about five time periods! When sleeping, I maintain the heart method's circulation!" To Little Uncle's surprise, the girl actually answered. Though it seemed quite general, it could still explain some things.
The girl basically cultivated every day. A day only had twelve time periods - she already used eight for cultivation, and the remaining time was only enough for sleep. Yet even when sleeping she maintained the heart method's circulation, still cultivating.
"No way. Can you handle this? Even practicing heart methods while sleeping - I've heard there are heart methods that can replace sleep, but they can't be sustained long-term." The Young Miss stopped and said with some amazement.
"Mine isn't that kind that replaces sleep. I just maintain the heart method's circulation while sleeping. Xiaoyao said heart methods are something where if you don't advance, you retreat. If you can maintain it, you'll get twice the result with half the effort." the girl said.
"What does this mean? You're saying you just maintain circulation while sleeping, not using heart method circulation to replace sleep? I can't quite understand this - let me think it through." The Young Miss spoke frankly about not understanding this logic and needing to think more.
Soon the Young Miss understood. She figured out the difference and said: "I get it. But how is this achieved?"
"Very simple - you get used to it..." The girl didn't say much, just simply said getting used to it was fine.
"How do you get used to this? There must be a method. Are you unwilling to share with us? That's understandable - this might be your secret." The Young Miss understood and didn't press further, showing no disappointment on her face.
Unlike the Young Miss, Little Uncle and Lin Yi were very disappointed, especially Lin Yi. He really wanted to know the girl's method for improving strength. He didn't believe his talent was inferior to others - it was just that his methods weren't good enough.
"This isn't my secret, but Xiaoyao's..." the girl shook her head.
"What are you talking about?"
At this moment, Xiaoyao came in carrying a jar of wine.
Normally in such situations, he would definitely be questioned about what this secret was. However, with the Young Miss present, what was more important to her wasn't this secret but something else.
"Give me the wine," The Young Miss flashed forward and snatched the wine from Xiaoyao's hands.
"Why are you snatching it? It was for you anyway..." Xiaoyao muttered. "Eighth Master, Cousin Young Master, you both drink too. Have some - though this wine was brewed by myself, it's been aged quite a few years and is very good."
"Just this one jar of wine to share with them seems insufficient..." the Young Miss muttered at this moment.
"..."
Everyone was speechless. You mean you want to drink this entire jar by yourself? Young Miss, this isn't a small jar.
"Young Miss, don't be so stingy. If it's not enough I'll get more - fortunately there are still several jars." Xiaoyao said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Oh, then there's no problem. Everyone drink... but this is my wine, so you need to drink sparingly..." After the Young Miss spoke, she didn't forget to add a sentence, glaring fiercely at Little Uncle and Lin Yi.
"..."
With you acting like this, who dares drink much? They probably don't even dare drink at all.
"The wine's aroma is rich - this is good wine... Everyone, don't be polite, drink up..."
After the Young Miss poured the wine and smelled it, her expression immediately became one of drooling desire. From the moment she took the wine from Xiaoyao, she had opened it. The wine's aroma let her know this was good wine - rare good wine.
That's why she was being so "stingy." Of course, the latter half of that last sentence was definitely just politeness - mere politeness.
When the wine was poured into bowls, the Young Miss immediately drank several mouthfuls. Her enjoyable expression let everyone know this wine very much suited her taste. Since she was originally someone who loved drinking, for it to suit her taste meant this wine was definitely top grade.
"Xiaoyao, can you tell me..." When Lin Yi wanted to ask Xiaoyao, he was suddenly interrupted by the Young Miss beside him.
"This... this is it!!!" The Young Miss slammed the table, her expression startled as if she had discovered something major.
"Xiaoyao! Where did you get this wine?"
"Replying to Young Miss, I got it from our wine workshop." Xiaoyao replied casually.
"Audacious!!" The Young Miss slammed the table again angrily.
"...Young Miss, I only took some leftovers, using leftover materials too. It doesn't count as embezzlement. Besides, I prepared it for my boss, and you're the one drinking it. Are you really going to quibble with me over this?" Xiaoyao said weakly.
"I'm not quibbling about that, nor saying you embezzled. I'm saying you're deceiving me." The Young Miss glared at Xiaoyao angrily.
"Deceiving you about what?" Xiaoyao was confused. "Everything I said was true..."
"Still saying you didn't deceive me. I've had this wine before - it's definitely not brewed by us. I've tried many times but never succeeded in brewing it... wait..." The Young Miss wouldn't care about Xiaoyao's embezzlement. She just wanted to know where this wine came from. This was one of her obsessions - she had previously wanted to find this wine but couldn't.
Now Xiaoyao had some with an even purer taste than before. This excited her greatly - she wanted to know where Xiaoyao got it. But Xiaoyao said it was from their own wine workshop, making her feel he was deceiving her.
Toward the end of speaking, she suddenly thought of something - a possibility.
The Young Miss looked at Xiaoyao and asked probingly: "Is this wine brewed by our Mo family ourselves?"
"Yes!"
"Did you participate?" the Young Miss continued asking.
"Yes, otherwise how could I conveniently take some..." Xiaoyao said somewhat puzzled. Did this even need asking?
"Damn, I wondered why I couldn't brew it. It turns out it was because you were missing. Why didn't you mention that you participated, kid?" The Young Miss understood. It wasn't that the process was wrong or the location was wrong, but the person was wrong.
"What? I didn't know. Did you ask me?" Xiaoyao was somewhat confused. He was completely unaware of this matter.
"..." The Young Miss suddenly fell silent. She seemed to have forgotten about Xiaoyao. At that time, she only treated Xiaoyao as someone who moved wine, never thinking he participated in brewing.
"Whatever, it's all in the past. From now on you brew wine for me!! Also, give me all the wine in the cellar..." The Young Miss wanted to have good wine to drink before new wine could be brewed.
"That's not good - those have been aged for several years!" Xiaoyao frowned slightly, thinking to himself that he had really brought a wolf into his home this time.
"Good wine is meant to be drunk. Even if you age it a hundred years, if no one drinks it, it's still a waste. Better to let me drink it." the Young Miss said with a smile.
"I prepared this for my boss, collecting many materials to make it. How about you collect materials for me, and I'll help you brew some within two days, but don't touch the wine here." Xiaoyao tried to negotiate.
"...Fine!" The Young Miss looked at the girl, then actually agreed. Even for her favorite things, she wouldn't take others' pleasures, especially things belonging to the girl before her.
"Not all of it is off-limits - some portions are still okay. You don't need to feel so wronged." Xiaoyao then said something that excited the Young Miss.
"Really?! Then I don't need to drink sparingly. Cheers!!" The Young Miss poured a bowl of wine and drank it straight down.
"..."
Perhaps I shouldn't have said there was still some portion...
Like this, because of the Young Miss's high spirits about drinking, the previously somewhat discordant atmosphere temporarily became lively. Lin Yi, who originally didn't want to drink and eat here, also did so.
After eating and drinking, both Lin Yi and Little Uncle began focusing intently, because this wine and food made them temporarily forget other matters, only thinking about drinking and eating more.
Delicious delicacies - this could no longer describe the level of this wine and food!!
This caused the Young Miss extreme displeasure. Fine if you eat the food, but why drink so desperately too? Aren't you making me uncomfortable!!
"Damn, enough! I don't have much wine left!!"
"..."
"Ahem, Xiaoyao, there's a question I want to ask you. How do you make Seventh Sister maintain heart method circulation while sleeping?" Lin Yi stopped drinking, then asked the question he had long wanted to ask. He believed he wouldn't forget this question no matter how much he drank.
"Hey, this is someone's secret. How can you ask casually? They definitely won't tell you." Little Uncle said. Having drunk a bit more made him speak without thinking, directly blurting things out. Of course, he originally didn't think much before speaking anyway.
However, this statement was quite reasonable. Such an important secret wouldn't normally be shared.
However—
"Nothing special - just sleep in the ice cellar at night wearing single-layer clothing. Once you get used to sleeping like that, you can do it." Xiaoyao said casually, as if discussing something very ordinary and completely unimportant.
"Can this work?" The Young Miss couldn't help asking at this moment.
"It works - boss practiced this way!" Xiaoyao replied.
(End of Chapter)