In the second round of the competition, when one smelled wine, they would sniff the air and determine the wine's quality. If one was truly unable to judge the quality of the wine, one could take a sip from their wine cup and judge the wine's quality.
In this round, whoever could identify the most wine would win and be promoted to the third round.
However, there could only be one person who could advance in this round, because the third round was a new phase from the previous year. It was even more interesting than the first two rounds.
Twenty jugs of wine were placed in front of the three people who had advanced from the first round. Each jug was wrapped in red cloth, obviously fearing that the aroma of the wine would leak out and affect their identification ability.
Behind the three of them stood a servant who specialized in recording the results of the matches. Every time he recognized a particular one, the record book in the servant's hands would record it down accordingly until the results of the competition were announced.
The competition had already begun. The woman planned to start from the first jar of wine and determine the order in which the wine should be placed.
Lifting up the red cloth for the first jar of wine, a sweet smell immediately wafted into her nose. The woman blinked and wrapped the red cloth around the opening of the jar again.
In just a split-second, she was able to identify the type of wine within the jug and whispered into the servant's ear. The servant immediately understood and recorded down the type of wine.
The speed was astonishing.
Xuanyuan Chen only glanced at the wine from afar before shifting his gaze, obviously not interested in the situation below. Holding the wine cup in his hand, he realised that the wine pot was empty.
Seeing Xie Qingrong leaning on the window with interest, she chuckled, "A Rong seems to have already guessed who the champion would be among the three people below?"
"Oh?" Xie Qingrong squinted her eyes, and asked with interest: "What do you mean?" She did not reveal any expression, indicating that she had made a guess.
Xuanyuan Chen smiled. Under the light of the lamp, the curve of his lips was extremely beautiful, "I guessed."
Xie Qingrong choked on her words. She had already reached the analysis at the tip of her throat and decisively swallowed it down.
As the competition progressed like a raging fire, the woman had already walked towards the fifteenth jar of wine. Other than the eighth jar of wine, which she had already guessed at by tasting the wine, she was able to distinguish the rest by listening closely.
Although the other two men were alcoholics as well and had luckily advanced from the first to the second round, smelling the fragrance of wine was indeed a bit difficult for them.
He could only guess a few of them. As for the others, he could only guess at them through his eyes. As for whether or not he could guess correctly, that was up to fate.
Soon, all three of them had finished their matches.
The record books in the three attendants' hands had already been handed to the table behind him. The host of the banquet had matched up the breeds they had guessed and the correct answers.
Finally, the woman became the winner of the second round, successfully advancing to the third round.
The host of the banquet looked at the answers in the notebook in astonishment. Other than the last guess, he had correctly guessed all 19 other things.
The wine in this last jar was a very common type of wine. Logically speaking, this was the easiest wine to discern, but he had guessed wrongly. It was truly a pity.
The woman saw that her answer was wrong, so she asked shamelessly, "I wonder what this last type of wine is. I've never tasted this wine before."
The host of the feast was surprised to hear that the girl had never tasted such wine before. He smiled and replied, "This is rice wine, a type of wine that comes from the people. At the end of every year, almost every household will brew this kind of rice wine to celebrate the new year."
The woman nodded and sighed in her heart. So it was like that!
It was no wonder that she could not guess the type and status of this wine. Since she was young, she had never tasted such ordinary rice wine.
"I heard that the third round of the competition is a new segment. I came from a foreign land, so I'm not sure about the content of this segment." The woman said indifferently.
The host of the feast smiled and said, "The third round only requires you to stand on the round table. If someone comes to challenge you, you can choose to accept or reject the challenge. If you accept the challenge and beat the person who challenges you, you will be the victor of this Wine Day and receive a bottle of treasured wine. If you refuse the challenge, the winner will become the person who challenges you. "
The woman touched her chin, which sounded rather interesting, "Then what is the challenge?"
The host of the feast said, "This is a rule set by the person who challenged you, but the challenge must be related to wine."
After explaining the third round of the competition, the host of the feast went down. On the stage stood a lone girl, waiting for the challenger.
However, just now, the imposing manner and outstanding performance of the female lead caused those who wanted to show off in the third trial to have thoughts of retreating.
You look at me, I look at you. No one wants to challenge a woman.
He lightly tapped on the window sill with his index finger, revealing a few traces of dangerous emotions.
"Chen, how delicious was that bottle of precious wine?" Xie Qingrong asked softly. If it really was a pot of good wine that was hard to come by, she would have to go down and challenge it.
Xuanyuan Chen nodded, "It is indeed a rare good wine."
Hearing this, Xie Qingrong's eyes lit up, and before Xuanyuan Chen could finish speaking, he had already opened the window. In a flash, he was already on the round stage, standing opposite of the woman.
Seeing Xie Qingrong's figure, the woman's pupils slightly shrank, and quickly returned to her expressionless face.
Xie Qingrong did not miss the change in the woman's emotions when she saw her. She narrowed her eyes, and in her heart, she became suspicious of the woman's identity.
"I am Xie Qingrong, here to challenge the young miss, do you dare to ask my name?" Xie Qingrong smiled and asked politely.
"Ink Chess." The woman replied coldly.
The surname Mo did not seem to be very common, the corners of Xie Qingrong's eyes twitched, and she said with a faint smile, "So it's Miss Mo. Miss Mo, the challenge is to brew wine, what do you think? "
"Sure." The Ink Chess nodded and agreed with Xie Qingrong's suggestion. It was just brewing wine, and the brewing process was not difficult for him, but her mind had many methods of brewing wine, including the oldest brewing wine techniques.
Xie Qingrong and the Ink Chess both ordered their servants to prepare the necessary ingredients. Before the ingredients were ready, the two people had already walked down the round table.
Xuanyuan Changge stood around Xie Qingrong, her gaze filled with worship, as she praised: "royal sister-in-law, you're so powerful, you even know how to brew wine. I wonder if I can taste the wine brewed by the royal sister-in-law. "
Xuanyuan Changge muttered the last sentence. Other than Lin Mu, who had been paying attention to her the whole time, who heard it clearly, Xie Qingrong and Xuanyuan Chen did not.
Lin Mu rubbed Xuanyuan Changge's little head and said disapprovingly: "You're still young, so you can't drink yet. In a few years, I'll drink with you. "