Chapter 362: Aged Wine
Seeing that the situation wasn’t favourable, the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front immediately took action.
Most of them activated teleportation talismans and escaped while others staked their lives to kill their enemies.
Soon after, the plain was filled with blood and bodies were strewn all over the place.
In the end, Jiang Yue’s team killed all the enemies but more than thirty teammates died.
"Let’s go back to the camp." Jiang Yue said after the battle ended.
Although they won the battle, he was a little depressed.
When he took the mission, he knew that some of his teammates would die.
However, knowing and experiencing were two different things.
[XiaoYue...] Yu Nianzhen started but Jiang Yue smiled to stop him.
[I know. They came here knowing that they may die. I am just a little sad.]
Hearing that, Yu Nianzhen didn’t say anything more.
He just rubbed his husband’s hair and helped him collect the bodies of the fallen teammates.
When the team returned to the camp, the news of their victory had already spread.
After reporting the details of the task, the team disbanded and everyone went their separate ways.
Jiang Yue, Yu Nianzhen, Yang Xu, and Xuan Ke went to the ancient palace to meet with Bing Lan and Li Futian.
"Brothers, do you want to take another task?" Xuan Ke asked.
Now that his cultivation was at the peak of the ninth level, he wanted more opportunities to fight to consolidate his foundation.
If he had his way, he would never leave the battlefield.
"Azhen and I will rest for two days." Jiang Yue said.
"Rest?" Xuan Ke sneered and rolled his eyes.
"Brother Xuan, if you want to take another task, I will accompany you." Li Futian said.
"I also want to go." Bing Lan said.
"In that case, I will also go."
After the matter was settled, Yang Xu, Bing Lan, Xuan Ke and Li Futian left the ancient palace while Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue went to the top floor.
"Azhen, did you also want to take a task." Jiang Yue asked.
"The task can wait." Yu Nianzhen said.
He knew Jiang Yue was tired.
The fatigue wasn’t just because of the task but because he exerted himself too much when he set up the camp’s defence formation.
Since the urgent matter of killing Zhang Ling was completed, it was best to take a day or two of rest.
"I haven’t eaten a soul beast for more than ten years. I want to eat one." Jiang Yue said.
"Okay, I will make one for you."
Knowing that they had a limited supply of soul beasts, the two did not eat soul beasts too often.
"It’s too bad there aren’t any soul beasts outside the secret realm." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
"That’s not necessarily true."
"What do you mean?"
"One of the ten forbidden places in the Cangxing world is a land of souls."
"I know that but the valley of ten thousand souls doesn’t seem to have soul beasts." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
"We only have information about the periphery of the valley of ten thousand souls. It’s not impossible for soul beasts to exist in the depths."
"You may be right. We can go there when we have a chance."
While Yu Nianzhen cooked, their conversation drifted from one topic to the next.
In the end, they talked about their previous life.
"Azhen, I don’t know how far our cultivation can reach but if we have a chance, I want to go back to earth for a visit."
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Did you think I didn’t want to go?" Yu Nianzhen asked and smiled.
Although he adapted to the Cangxing world faster than Jiang Yue, he often thought about Earth.
He didn’t care about his previous identity but he cared about the people they left behind.
If he had a chance, he wanted to see his parents and grandparents.
"The nascent soul realm is not enough to go back but if we cultivate to a higher realm, we will definitely find a way." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"Mmmh." Yu Nianzhen agreed and secretly vowed to do his best.
Since Jiang Yue was so eager, Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to let him down.
’If there is no way, I will use my sword to rip through space and time.’ He thought and continued to cook.
Half an hour later, all the food was ready and Yu Nianzhen placed it on the stone table in their room.
"It looks delicious." Jiang Yue exclaimed and sat across from Yu Nianzhen.
A moment later, he took a bite of soul beast meat and closed his eyes in enjoyment.
"Your craftsmanship has improved again." He said and took a few more bites.
Seeing this, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but feel happy.
When he wasn’t practising, he liked to think of ways to improve his cooking skills.
Although others might think his efforts were a waste of time, Yu Nianzhen felt they were as important as his practice.
This was because Jiang Yue liked to eat.
As long as it was something involving Jiang Yue, Yu Nianzhen felt it was worthwhile.
He didn’t mind dedicating his time to finding ways to make his husband happy.
"Azhen, quickly take a bite. It’s delicious." Jiang Yue said and delivered a piece of meat to Yu Nianzhen’s mouth.
Yu Nianzhen bit the meat, chewed and swallowed before speaking.
"The one you give is more delicious." He said and put his chopsticks down.
"You are becoming more rogue with every passing day." Jiang Yue complained but still fed his Taoist companion.
After that, they fed each other and the food on the table was quickly demolished.
"Shall we have some wine?" Jiang Yue asked and a strange light flashed in Yu Nianzhen’s eyes.
Without saying a word, he removed a wine gourd from his storage ring and placed it on the table before them.
"What kind of wine is it?"
"I brewed it from some of the fruits we gathered from the ancient forest. It’s been fermenting for almost two hundred years."
"How can it be two hundred years?"
"Have you forgotten the time tower?"
When Jiang Yue heard that, his eyes lit up and he grabbed the wine gourd.
"Don’t drink too much." Yu Nianzen warned but Jiang Yue didn’t listen.
He poured two cups of wine and handed one to Yu Nianzhen.
"Bottoms up." He said and immediately emptied his cup.
"It’s delicious." Jiang Yue exclaimed and drank another cup.
"It’s crisp like apples but also has the taste of many other fruits."
"Well, I used many fruits." Yu Nianzhen said and warily looked at the cup in front of him.
After a moment of indecision, he took the cup and drank all the wine.
"This wine seems to have an effect on my cultivation." Jiang Yue gasped in surprise.
"It has the effect of cleansing the qi." Yu Nianzhen confirmed.
However, his eyes were a little shifty but Jiang Yue didn’t notice It.
He was more focused on the effect of the wine and he couldn’t but pour himself another wine.
"Will the effect diminish if I continue drinking it?" He asked.
"Well..." Yu Nianzhen started but didn’t finish.
When he first brewed the wine, Yu Nianzhen also had the thought of testing its limits.
However, before he could research what he wanted, he discovered the wine’s unexpected effect.
"It doesn’t matter if the effect diminishes. What matters is that the wine is delicious." Jiang Yue said and a pink tongue poked out of his mouth to lick his lips.
"Azhen, will the wine taste better if I feed it to you?"
At that, Yu Nianzhen’s throat went dry and his little brother twitched in interest.
"Azhen, do you want me to feed you?"
While saying that, Jiang Yue’s face was flushed red and a seductive light entered his eyes.
’As expected.’ Yu Nianzen thought as his eyes became a little darker.
Even after being together for more than one hundred years, he still couldn’t resist Jiang Yue.
Although his feelings and desire had become less impulsive than when he was younger, their potency had increased.
They had fermented with age and their edge was hidden beneath a veneer of maturity.
"Azhen, I am a little hot." Jiang Yue whined and Yu Nianzhen snapped.
His reason was completely overwhelmed by desire and he reached across the stone table to pull Jiang Yue to his lap.
Before Jiang Yue could react, his lips were captured and the wine in his mouth flowed into Yu Nianzhen’s mouth.
Yu Nianzhen swallowed the wine and sucked Jiang Yue’s tongue as if trying to savour all the lingering aftertaste.
"It’s delicious." He said in a hoarse voice.
"Do you want another mouthful?" Jiang Yue asked.
At this time, his eyes shone with desire and his breath was hotter than usual.
"Am I tasty or is the wine tasty?" He asked and took a small nip of Yu Nianzhen’s lower lip.
