From the power of space to the heavens 2

Chapter 1207 1206. Changed History

"In my case, it was a success, of course."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't come out."

Lu Yuan spread his hands and told the truth. At the same time, he sat down without any reservations, took out a small teacup from the storage magic device he carried with him, took the teapot from the Little Medical Fairy, poured himself a cup of tea, and then placed the teapot on the original True Flame Table to warm it up.

in other words.

Something like the True Flame Table is similar to an induction cooker.

Place the teapot on top.

The tea can always be kept at a constant temperature.

So that you can just pick it up and pour it when you drink.

Even though the origin of this thing, or who invented it first, is no longer traceable, this thing is indeed a standard item for all tea lovers in the world, although it has nothing to do with any other drinks in the world.

There are only two types of mainstream drinks in the world.

Tea, wine.

The rest is gone.

In other words, even if there are any, they are all small paths.

For example, juice.

For example, coffee.

For example, some other blended drinks.

But in the eyes of practitioners.

Those are all junk foods.

It's not good for your health.

Like the most harmless juice.

There are tens of millions of varieties of tea, among which the top-grade one is the Enlightenment Tea, which can make people look at the world and enter the state of enlightenment. Even in the hands of the five ancient clans, there is not much Enlightenment Tea. Although in their eyes, there is not much, they mean that it is not enough for daily drinking, but there is still enough to entertain guests. The annual output of Enlightenment Tea is only a few taels, but the five ancient clans have existed for many years. After so many years, there is still a reserve of several hundred kilograms. After all, guests do not come every year, and what's more, not every guest needs to be entertained with Enlightenment Tea.

of course.

Look at it from another angle.

Even families of the level of the five ancient clans.

The amount of Wudao tea in stock is only a few hundred kilograms.

This is enough to show how precious this tea is.

Therefore, there is an upper limit to what you want.

Good enlightenment tea is enough to be used as a cultivation resource and exchanged with others.

As for the lower limit of tea.

It is quite people-friendly.

Even ordinary people who have not entered the ranks of cultivation.

If you want to drink tea, you can still afford it.

In addition, from the very beginning, tea has been given a characteristic, that is, it is one of the drinks for making friends. Although wine also has this characteristic, it is not used to entertain guests.

Therefore, any family that is particular.

I always have some good tea at home.

This also goes for the patriarch of this family.

Even if he doesn't like to drink it, he has to use it to entertain guests on the surface. After all, if he brings a glass of boiled water to the guests, it not only shows that he looks down on these guests, but also is a great disrespect, which will leave a bad impression on the guests. For example, is your family so poor that you can't even afford a cup of tea?

Things like this involve the family's reputation.

No matter how careful you treat it.

It is not an exaggeration at all.

Ultimately, this is a world where the strong prey on the weak.

For the family.

At least for the person in power of a family.

He must understand one thing.

No matter whether you are truly weak or pretending to be weak, at least you cannot appear weak in public. It's like a tiger. If you assume that this tiger has several cubs, then even if this tiger is very old, it still has to hold on to its full strength to intimidate all kinds of beasts in the forest and make those wolves and hyenas give up the idea of ​​attacking itself and its children. On the contrary, if it can't hold on in public, it will surely be attacked by everyone. Even if it is pretending and wants to show weakness to the enemy, there are many people who will take advantage of it. Once it makes a mistake in calculation, it will surely die without a burial place. After all, there is no one else who will take advantage of it in the plan.

Therefore, even if the family has declined.

It can even be said that the gap between the old and the new is extremely obvious.

You also have to put on a brave face.

At least we cannot weaken our momentum on the surface.

For example, weddings and funerals.

For example, business competition.

Even if we kill eight hundred enemies, we will lose a thousand of our own.

I also have to pretend that I am strong.

This is to avoid being kicked when you are down.

Therefore, no matter whether it is a distinguished guest or an ordinary guest, even if it is an obviously bad guest, a normal family will pretend to be well-off and negotiate tea business according to formal standards.

As for why I had to find something to drink...

If we don't drink tea or other drinks, can we not talk about things?

Strictly speaking, not necessarily.

Drinking tea is just an idealized configuration.

Drinks also play an important role in conversation.

For ordinary people.

A serious negotiation requires a clear mind.

Just like all business negotiations.

What is tested at the drinking table is always the bottom line.

When you actually sign a contract, it is always formal.

I've never heard of signing a contract over a dinner table.

In other words, although all the promises made at the dinner table are acknowledged, they are only verbal contracts and have no legal effect. The contract documents that are truly legally effective are all drafted under the supervision of professional lawyers. It can be said that everyone is extremely sober.

So in this case.

A sober negotiation is bound to involve some talking.

In order to avoid having your train of thought interrupted and to avoid wasting time on useless things, prepare a cup of high-quality tea in advance to moisten your lips for better subsequent negotiations. This is one of the core reasons why tea has become a must-have drink in negotiations.

Another core reason lies in the excuses at critical moments.

For example, one party talks about a topic that the other party does not want to mention, or it is difficult to answer and a proper explanation cannot be found in a short time. In this special case, the party who cannot answer can pick up the teacup and drink the tea slowly, preferably with elegant movements, while adjusting his or her psychological defenses and thinking about the explanation. Don't think that the process of drinking tea only takes four or five seconds. These four or five seconds are enough time for the silent party to think and give an answer.

As for, if both parties can't answer the question.

One sentence for you, one sentence for me.

The conversation went on and on and the topic reached a dead end.

The main negotiators on both sides would maintain the same tacit understanding and drink tea.

Then, pass the difficult problem to the people below.

See what people say below.

The situation is roughly equivalent to the upper level being frozen.

No one is willing to give in.

under these circumstances.

Whoever can break the impasse will naturally take the initiative, which will lead to suppression and even directly promote negotiations.

This is how negotiation works.

It can also be said to be the process of entertaining guests.

At least do it on the surface.

Although in theory, coffee can replace tea, but when everyone is drinking tea, if you suddenly have coffee, regardless of whether it is appropriate or not, the inherent discrimination chain will suppress you and even deny this drink.

in other words.

Those who don't fit in are destined to be isolated.

of course.

If you are not afraid of isolation at all, then it doesn't matter.

But then again, people who don't care will hardly have any visitors.

No one makes friends with the oddballs.

Because this behavior will make the person who is willing to make friends become an outlier in the eyes of others, and then he will be isolated by others.

So, when everyone excludes the different.

This alien is not far from extinction.

This is where the problem lies.

Therefore, tea is indispensable on the surface.

Maybe people won’t like you.

But there must be.

At least for adults.

Juice is indeed not suitable as a drink in formal negotiation occasions. On the contrary, it is very good to use it to coax children.

And when thinking forms a fixed routine.

This means that juice, boiled water and other drinks are kicked out of the sequence of this formal occasion, and their priority has therefore slipped down.

As for wine, it is widely used in other occasions.

Generally speaking, it is a drink that is consumed after something is done.

Otherwise, it is something to relieve sorrow and to make friends privately.

to be frank.

Wine is generally not very tasty.

Although there are some delicious ones.

But ordinary people can’t access it.

The reason why alcohol has become popular.

It takes advantage of the fact that it tastes bad.

After all, among people who drink, almost half of them have encountered setbacks and frustrations. For an adult man, it is really difficult to vent emotions. At least when he is conscious, he will care and worry about various aspects and thus cannot express his emotions. Therefore, at this time, he often needs the assistance of strong liquor. A sip of strong liquor feels like swallowing a knife, and the grievances in his heart are able to burst out through the physical pain. Even if he sheds tears, at least he has an excuse, such as the wine is too strong and too spicy, and he is caught off guard and chokes to tears. It can be said that the last decency and dignity are maintained. This is also the reason why alcohol can be popularized.

To put it more harshly.

It’s also more realistic.

Whose life can be smooth sailing from beginning to end?

Theoretically, yes.

But there is only one person among a hundred million who can have smooth sailing from beginning to end, especially in the extraordinary world.

Practitioners live longer.

The spread of wine lies among the remaining 99,999,999 people and in their promotion.

Because it's in the publicity.

The wine went into his stomach and he got drunk.

Everything can be forgotten.

This captures the classic escapist mentality.

It's like your junior sister has been marrying off since you started teaching, but the person she's marrying is not you. In this situation where you can't express your pain, you even have to send her your blessings, because you like her and don't want to embarrass her. Even if there is a one in ten thousand chance, even if you have never drunk before, you will subconsciously panic and choose to drink, bet on that possibility to get relief, or at least vent your emotions. Even if your master knows about this, he can only supervise you and prevent you from drinking excessively. After all, compared with drinking and losing control, the risk of having a demon in your heart is greater. If you keep this anger in your heart, you never know when you will give birth to a demon in your heart. Therefore, one is to get drunk and lose control, but the probability of giving birth to a demon in your heart can be reduced to less than one percent, and the other is not to drink and endure the pain and pain, which increases the probability of giving birth to a demon in your heart to more than fifty percent. Choosing the lesser of two evils is drinking, which is more acceptable. This is also the first beginning for many drinkers.

As for fine wine.

As you drink it, you will gradually taste the good and the bad.

On the premise that the conditions can be met.

Start pursuing quality.

In addition, there are also people who find inspiration from drinking.

I like that slightly tipsy state.

Floating in the air.

Although ordinary alcohol cannot make a cultivator drunk.

Spiritual energy circulates throughout the body.

I woke up all of a sudden.

But no one has stipulated that practitioners cannot brew wine.

And the practitioners make wine.

The first consideration is often taste.

This is more personal.

But anyway.

The ingredients of wine include fruit juice.

For example, Zhu Guo.

Make a glass of juice from the red fruit.

Not only is the effect not as good as winemaking, it also has limitations.

Because the shelf life of juice is different from that of alcohol.

The juice is basically freshly squeezed and drunk.

I've never heard of juice that can still be drunk after being stored for several years.

But when it comes to wine, the longer it is stored, the more fragrant it becomes.

This leads to the fact that most people, whether they are independent cultivators or cultivators from a family, will use the corresponding materials as ingredients for wine after obtaining them, brew a pot of wine, and then throw it into a storage magic tool, or bury it in a place that is meaningful to them, and then dig it out and drink it after ten or even dozens of years.

Therefore, the definition of good wine is based on bad wine.

This is exactly the opposite of the tea system.

The tea system is top-down.

It's a bit too highbrow.

The fact that it cannot be popularized is precisely its advantage.

Because only when it is not popular can it prove the nobility of tea drinkers.

This is the comparative mentality that permeates the world.

all in all.

It is not surprising that Xiao Yixiang and others drink tea.

It's not surprising to have such a professional item.

Although Lu Yuan has never used it, it doesn't mean he has never seen it.

So, after sitting down.

Lu Yuan didn't show any surprise.

Instead, he said, always speaking his mind, telling the truth about his short retreat: "Although for you, my retreat may be less than a cup of tea, but for me, I went back to hundreds of thousands of years ago, when the Great Thousand World and the Extraterritorial Evil Gods had not yet started a war, and spent more than two years there. So, can't you sense my realm? I didn't hide my aura, so it's normal that Luo Li and Xiao Xiao can't see it, because they are not Earth Supremes yet. Qing Lin and Xiao Yixian, you two Heaven Supremes, shouldn't it be possible?"

"Pah, who wants to see your body!"

The Little Medical Fairy spat, turned her head and looked to the side, complaining: "Besides, I wanted to give you some privacy, so is it my fault?"

"Okay, okay, it's my bad, okay?"

Lu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, Qing Lin did have something to say: "What is that extraterritorial evil god clan? Hundreds of thousands of years ago, I only heard that the Saint Clan had a battle with the Great Thousand World, and many Heavenly Supremes fell. Could this extraterritorial evil god clan you just mentioned be referring to the Saint Clan?"

"Qinglin is right."

"Don't give people random names."

"Although the relationship between the Saint Clan and the Great Thousand World is average."

"Don't interfere with others' business."

"But when it comes to racial honor..."

Little Medical Fairy reminded subconsciously.

Then, he seemed to realize something.

The original words were cut off abruptly.

He lost his voice and said, "Wait, that Lord of Time is not talking about you, right?"