Chapter 75 Blind Box Fresh Wine

As Ai Chiji wiped the last piece of fat from the corner of his mouth, the noise downstairs pierced his ears like needles.

He kicked open the door of the private room on the second floor and saw a long line in front of Shangshifang winding across the street corner.

Zhu Bajie was holding up a black pottery jar and shouting with saliva flying everywhere. The dumb ugly woman stood beside him, and the wine bowl in her hand was illuminated by the sunlight - it was the same pottery jar that he had smashed on the street corner a few days ago.

Immediately, Ai Chiji's eyebrows twisted into knots, "What's going on?"

"I, we don't know either..." The attendant beside him answered tremblingly, "It seems that the mute and Zhu Bajie are working together!"

Another person added, "Her wine is sold directly at the Shang Shi Fang restaurant. Zhu Bajie has also advertised that not only will they have the fried crispy pork, chicken feet, and duck feet that she used to have at her stall, but they'll also regularly introduce new dishes developed by the mute girl! Now the whole of Bac Ninh knows that Shang Shi Fang not only has great wine, but also great food. Everyone wants to join in the fun!"

Ai Chiji became more and more angry as he listened. He was already upset enough by Sheng Ran's provocation in front of the door a few days ago. He thought that they were just a group of low-level orcs from a barbaric tribe, so there was no need for him to do anything himself. He complained to the guards and taught them a lesson through someone else.

I didn't expect this mute to be so capable. How did he get close to Zhu Bajie?

Didn't he just come back from further studies in the central city and learn a lot from the Holy Female? Why would he lower himself and cooperate with this dumb and ugly female?

"Waste! A bunch of waste!" He grabbed the jade wine cup on the table and smashed it to the ground. The wine stains from the broken pieces stained his brocade robe like an ugly patch. "If you can't even stop a mute, what's the point of me supporting a bunch of good-for-nothings like you?"

The waiter plopped down on his knees amidst the broken porcelain, his trouser legs shaking like sieves. "Boss, that girl is truly wicked! The wine she brews can dispel greasiness and clear your mind. Many customers say...it's ten times better than our Drunken Immortal Wine!"

"Ten times stronger?" Ai Chiji suddenly laughed, raised his slender fingers, and made a sound that was neither male nor female. "Just relying on her three jars of sour and turbid wine? Do you think it can compare with the secret recipe of my Zuixianlou?"

On the night when Sheng Ran was driven out of Zuixianlou by them, Ai Chiji specially sent someone to follow her.

When he learned that she had sent those beastly husbands to an unknown small shop in the city to buy several large jars of turbid wine, he no longer took Sheng Ran seriously.

But before he could even finish his laugh, the accountant rushed in, his face as pale as paper, holding an abacus. "Boss! This is bad! Today's cash flow is half of yesterday's!"

Ai Chiji's face, which was covered with rouge, instantly sank like the bottom of a pot. Wasn't it just the cooperation between a mute and a pig that caused such an impact on the business of their Zuixianlou?

"Have we run out of the aphrodisiac flowers in the kitchen?" he demanded, his voice low. "This aphrodisiac flower, even half a petal, can make any orc who drinks it intoxicated. It's our secret weapon."

"No...it's just that the previous dosage seems to no longer work for them. It was the dumb wine that awakened the orcs' taste buds. Now no one wants to come to our Zuixianlou to drink!"

Ai Chiji stood up with a sullen face, walked quickly to the backyard, and kicked open the door of the wine cellar.

A sweet and strange fragrance hit me in the face. The aphrodisiac flowers in a dozen or so clay jars had turned black, and the wine had a strange pink hue.

Seeing such a disgusting scene, Ai Chiji didn't show any discomfort at all. Instead, he calmed down and said, "If it doesn't work, add more! Add as much as you can!"

He grabbed a handful of dried petals and threw them into the wine barrel. The scarlet powder exploded in the wine. "I just don't believe that her crappy wine can compete with the addictive aphrodisiac flower!"

Aphrodisiac flowers can quickly confuse people's minds with false pleasure. Just like now, after just smelling it for a moment, Ai Chiji's state has completely changed.

Ai Chiji took a deep breath, his expression twisted with a strange smile, "The auction is the day after tomorrow. That mute has been making such a big fuss lately, isn't it just for the mermaid scales!"

When he first picked up the two items, Ai Chiji didn't think they were that unusual. A mermaid has hundreds of scales on its body, just like a bird has countless feathers.

There was a vacant booth at the auction, so he just added it.

I just didn't expect that I could actually attract Sheng Ran.

"Remember, as soon as the auction begins, we'll keep bidding against her." He gritted his teeth, feeling the pleasure of revenge. "We must empty her family's wealth and squeeze every last drop of blood out of this ugly bitch!"

On the day of the auction, Zuixianlou was decorated with lights and a red carpet was laid from the entrance to the street corner.

Ai Chiji, wearing a brand new brocade robe, bowed to the orcs watching him. "Everyone, come to our shop today and buy a pot of Drunken Immortal Wine to get a chance to participate in the auction. Don't miss this opportunity..."

Once they finish a bottle of wine and the aphrodisiac takes effect, these people will have to open their wallets obediently.

However, before he could finish his words, the Shangshifang across the street suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

Sheng Ran came out pushing a cart covered with a red cloth. Four orcs stood on either side. Twelve gilded pottery jars were placed on the cart. Before the red cloth was lifted, the clear aroma of wine had already filled the entire street, overwhelming the sweet aroma of Zuixianlou.

"Try the blind box wine, one jar can relieve all your worries!" Zhu Bajie shouted while holding up the wine bowl.

The novel concept quickly attracted the attention of the beastmen. After a closer look, they discovered that twelve identical pottery jars were all labeled with yellow paper.

There was no writing on the label, only crooked patterns of plants and trees.

"Blind box? What is that?"

Sheng Ran smiled slightly and handed the written manuscript to Zhu Bajie to read.

"Everyone, listen up! Twelve wine jars contain twelve different flavors, each one a special blend created by our mute girl! Some are infused with wild honey, some with grapes, and some with snow mountain lotus. They're all unique in Beining City, and only the highest bidder can open them and see the secret recipe!"

The concept of blind boxes is unique to Beast World. No one knows whether the contents are good or bad, so no one dares to act rashly.

Curiosity took over, and most people just came to join in the fun, with only a few sporadic voices calling out prices.

The first few jars of wine were auctioned off slowly, when suddenly, a bearded orc raised his empty bowl and roared, "I got the mint flavor! It's more refreshing than ice spring water. The sugar water at Zuixianlou can't even compare!"

Then someone else screamed, "There are wild dates in my jar! They're sweet and tangy, they taste like heaven!"

They distributed some of it to the surrounding orcs to taste.

Sure enough, different blind boxes contain different good wines!

As soon as this feedback came out, everyone was eager to try and see what unique hidden model they could come up with. Fierce bidding sounds rang out in the crowd, one after another.

"I'll give you one hundred taels of silver!"

"two hundred!"

"three hundred!"

Bidding continued one after another, and soon the price reached six hundred taels of silver, which was three times more expensive than the best wine in Zuixianlou.

The crowd surged towards Shangshifang like a tide, and the area in front of Zuixianlou suddenly became deserted.

Ai Chiji's gesture of raising his hand to greet the guests froze in mid-air. Seeing his regular customers scrambling to bid for the blind box wine, he suddenly clenched his teeth fiercely: "Give me the aphrodisiac flowers! Let them taste the power of the ecstasy wine!"