“What kind of wine is this?”
The old man, who was poling the boat, sniffed the aroma of the wine wafting from He Xiuyuan’s gourd. His throat bobbed, and his face was filled with shock.
He had never smelled such a rich wine aroma before.
Just a whiff of this wine aroma was enough to make his saliva flow uncontrollably.
At this moment, even Zhong Xiuyun and the others couldn't help but swallow their saliva, their gazes fixed on the gourd at He Xiuyuan’s waist, filled with astonishment.
They, too, had never smelled such a fragrant fine wine, which truly shocked them.
Where did he buy such fine wine?
If they had the chance later, they definitely had to buy some to try!
As everyone thought this, they all swallowed their saliva, their faces full of longing.
Meanwhile, He Xiuyuan looked down at the peach blossom wine in his hand, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Logically, the peach blossom wine was still a bit under-aged, but he hadn't expected its aroma to be this rich already. It truly lived up to its reputation as the fine wine that even Peach Blossom Town’s City God couldn't forget.
He Xiuyuan, smelling the wine’s aroma, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
He wanted to take a sip, but He Xiuyuan still suppressed the thought in his mind.
The wine isn't ready yet, so I'll just pour a little for this Black Fish Demon.
Thinking this, He Xiuyuan carefully tilted the gourd towards the river surface.
If this had been before, Steward Song and the others would have seen it and felt disdain, thinking that He Xiuyuan was being too stingy.
After all, it was just a little wine; there was no need to be so petty.
But now, just by sniffing its aroma, they could already guess that this fine wine must be extremely precious.
Therefore, seeing He Xiuyuan’s cautious demeanor, they now found it perfectly natural.
As the wine was slowly poured out, the amber-colored liquid flowed out gently.
The flowing liquid appeared incredibly viscous, and its amber color was breathtakingly beautiful. Every drop made one’s mouth water.
A drop of incredibly viscous wine slowly dripped down, then landed on the river surface.
In an instant, a circle of golden-yellow light rippled out from where the wine dropped, but it quickly vanished.
The Black Fish Demon in the river seemed to sense something at this moment. With a fierce gulp, it swallowed all the peach blossom wine that had dropped onto the river surface into its fish belly.
As this drop of wine entered its belly, the Black Fish Demon’s originally pitch-black body was now tinged with a faint amber color.
In just a few breaths, the Black Fish Demon suddenly opened its fish eyes, which were filled with a human-like expression of shock.
Because this single drop of wine actually contained rich Spiritual Qi within it!
The Black Fish Demon no longer cared about anything else at this moment. Its tail thrashed wildly, indicating that it wanted more peach blossom wine.
He Xiuyuan frowned at this, and reluctantly dripped two more drops into the river water.
As two more drops of peach blossom wine fell into the river, even the small fish demons following behind the Black Fish Demon became restless.
They instinctively felt that this wine was a good thing.
However, as their king, the Black Fish Demon monopolized all the good things in this river.
Now that it had tasted how good this was, how could it give it to anyone else?
At this moment, it swallowed both drops of peach blossom wine, and then its fish eyes swept across the river surface.
It was searching for the person holding the peach blossom wine, wanting to see if it could find a way to take all the peach blossom wine from his hand.
Soon, its gaze met He Xiuyuan’s, and it also noticed the wine gourd in He Xiuyuan’s hand.
Even across the river, it could smell the rich aroma emanating from the wine gourd in He Xiuyuan’s hand.
Having consecutively swallowed three drops of wine, its mind was already a bit muddled, and it didn't even consider how someone who could produce such a thing could possibly be a Mortal?
At this moment, it only wanted to capsize the boat and snatch the wine gourd from the person’s hand.
Thinking this, its huge fish tail began to thrash wildly, intending to stir up the river water and overturn the boat.
He Xiuyuan, at this moment, met its fish eyes and watched its thrashing tail. How could he not know what it was thinking?
Seeing this, a hint of annoyance flashed across He Xiuyuan’s face.
“It’s over, it’s over, why is Lord Jiang getting angry?”
“My child, if the boat really sinks later, just swim hard towards the shore and don’t worry about me.”
Countless people on the boat were in a panic at this moment.
The old woman beside her looked at her son, then stretched out her withered hand and instructed him.
She was old and useless; it didn’t matter if she died here.
But her child couldn’t die with her here. She didn’t want her child to risk his life for her.
“Mother, what are you saying? How could your child abandon you?”
The big man beside her heard these words, and his eyes immediately reddened.
At this moment, he also felt the surrounding waves beginning to churn. If he took his mother, he might not make it to the shore alive.
But the person in front of him was his mother, the mother who had painstakingly raised him for decades. How could he abandon her?
Thinking this, the strong man immediately tore off a long shirt and was about to firmly tie his mother to his back.
Even if he drowned in the river, he would carry his mother back.
The woman, seeing this, became anxious. For her, seeing her child die in front of her was torture.
However, the big man ignored her.
And the other people on the boat were also in a state of extreme panic.
The outermost boats were affected first, then the impact spread inwards.
The small boats on the outer layer, after being hit by the huge waves, seemed as if their entire hulls were about to lift into the air.
This, in turn, caused the panic to spread even further.
Upon noticing this, He Xiuyuan’s heart was filled with intense anger.
He had even brought out the peach blossom wine, only wanting to ensure all these common people crossed the river safely, yet this Black Fish Demon actually wanted to capsize the boat and snatch the wine gourd from his hand.
Moreover, in doing so, the Black Fish Demon completely disregarded the fate of the other boats.
Thus, there was nothing left to discuss between them.
He Xiuyuan’s heart was enraged, and all the Spiritual Qi in his body surged out and poured into his feet.
When He Xiuyuan lifted and then lowered his foot, the Spiritual Qi beneath his feet was like a released flood, all rushing into the bottom of the river.
The Water Control Art was directly used at this moment.
The originally turbulent river water, under He Xiuyuan’s use of the Water Control Art, instantly became his to command. The entire body of water immediately returned to calm, then pressed directly down on the Black Fish Demon beneath the water.
“Don’t push your luck!”
As this expanse of river water pressed down, He Xiuyuan’s cold shout directly reached the ears of the Black Fish Demon below.
