Border Soldiers: My granaries are full of grain and meat, and I guard this region.

As soon as Qi Feng finished speaking, the people around him were stunned for a moment, and then their faces showed a mocking smile.

"Hahaha! This kid must be crazy! How could this possibly be alcohol?"

"Exactly! What wine in this world is as pure as water?"

"This is clearly just water! It's just water!"

Hearing the jeers of those around him, Wang Dun stepped forward, glanced at the clear wine in the bowl, and smiled disdainfully.

"Alright, Qi Feng, stop pretending. Whether it's wine or not is obvious. What wine in the world is like water?"

A mocking smile curled at the corner of Qi Feng's lips.

"What if this really is wine?"

Just then, Lin Shou, who had been standing at the back, twitched his nose slightly and looked around with some surprise before finally landing on the wine bowl on the Eight Immortals table.

"When did my wine become so fragrant?"

On the octagonal table were two bowls of wine, one was his "Immortal Brew," and the other was Qi Feng's "Plain Water."

Lin Shou knew perfectly well that the rich aroma of the wine came from his own wine, and could not possibly be from Qi Feng's bowl.

"That's strange. Did I add something to the process to make the wine so fragrant?"

Lin Shou took two steps forward, ready to see what changes had occurred in his bowl of wine.

As a master winemaker, his sense of smell for wine is beyond that of ordinary people.

The rich aroma alone told him that this was no ordinary wine.

Lin Shou believed that his Divine Brew had never had such an aroma before. If he could figure out the principle behind it and replicate it, he believed that his Divine Brew would become the number one wine in the Sui Dynasty, and perhaps he himself could even reach the imperial palace.

Lin Shou came to the table, picked up his wine bowl, and gently sniffed it.

A slightly sour smell hit my nose.

"Hmm? This isn't the smell of my wine?"

Lin Shou, somewhat skeptical, sniffed the wine again, but it still had that slightly sour smell, without a trace of mellow aroma.

However, Lin Shou could still smell the rich aroma. Since the flavor didn't come from his wine, it could only be...

Looking at the other bowl of wine on the Eight Immortals table, an absurd thought suddenly arose in Lin Shou's mind.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Looking at the clear, bright wine in the bowl, Lin Shou shook his head, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Wang Dun approached Lin Shoumian with a fawning expression.

"What's wrong with Master Lin?"

Lin Shou narrowed his eyes and looked at Qi Feng opposite him, only to see Qi Feng looking at him with a mocking expression.

Unable to contain his impulse any longer, Lin Shou stepped forward, picked up Qi Feng's wine cup, and brought it to his nose.

The next second, the faint aroma instantly became incredibly rich, which was exactly the aroma of wine that Lin Shou had been searching for!

"This...this!"

Lin Shou opened his eyes wide in disbelief, sniffing the wine several times, only to discover that the aroma was indeed coming from Qi Feng's wine.

"How is this possible! It's even better than my divine brew!"

Upon seeing Lin Shou's appearance, Wang Dun stood there dumbfounded.

"Master Lin, isn't this just a bowl of plain water?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Shou frowned. "What do you know! Smell it for yourself!"

Wang Dun took the wine bowl with some disbelief, and as soon as he brought the wine to his nose, he felt a rich aroma rush into his nasal cavity.

"this......"

"How is this possible!"

Those around were stunned by what they saw.

"Could this really be wine?"

"Is there really a type of liquor in this world that's just like water?"

"It looks good, but who knows if it tastes good! Just because wine looks good doesn't mean it tastes good!"

Wang Dun put down his wine bowl and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The rules for this wine comparison are based on three dimensions: appearance, aroma, and taste.

Qi Feng's wines, in terms of appearance and aroma alone, are far superior to Shenxian Niang's.

Wang Dun and Lin Shou exchanged a glance, and Wang Dun gave Lin Shou a reassuring look.

Seeing this, Lin Shou was no longer worried. When he smelled Qi Feng's wine again, besides the initial shock, he was more afraid that Qi Feng's wine would become famous, especially since it was made by stepping on the legendary brew.

Fortunately, Wang Dun had made full preparations long ago.

"Manager Ye, you've won the first round."

"There's no need for the second round. You'll only know if the drinks are good or not after you've tasted them. Otherwise, even if they look and smell good, if they taste like horse piss, no one will want to drink them."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhiwan looked at Qi Feng and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, let's jump straight to the third round!"

Ye Zhiwan's words revealed confidence. She had personally tasted the wine brewed by Qi Feng and knew that its taste could completely crush the divine brew.

Wang Dun smiled slightly when Ye Zhiwan agreed.

"Alright! Then Master Lin and Li Fu will taste the wine with five randomly selected commoners for the third round."

"Master Lin and Li Fu each account for 50% of the score, while the other five people each account for 50%. How about that?"

Qi Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Wang Dun's ambiguous smile, and immediately realized that Wang Dun must have done something to this.

"Why are your people tasting the wine? Who knows if you've tampered with it?"

Upon hearing Qi Feng's words, Lin Shou immediately stepped forward.

"Kid, who do you think I am?"

Wang Dun gently comforted Lin Shou, indicating that everything was up to him, and then took two steps forward.

"Since you feel it's unfair, then replace Li Fu and let Magistrate Xing from the county yamen have a say, how about that?"

No sooner had Wang Dun finished speaking than a middle-aged, obese man in official robes emerged from the Laixiang Pavilion.

"This is Registrar Xing; with him here, the wine competition will surely be fair and just!"

Xing Zhao nodded slightly, his tone neither hurried nor slow.

"Indeed, as the registrar of this county, I will naturally make an impartial judgment! I can tell how your wine compares with mine with just one taste!"

Qi Feng's heart tightened upon seeing this. If he still didn't know that these were all helpers found by Wang Dun, then he would have lived in vain.

Not only Qi Feng, but even Ye Zhiwan clearly sensed that something was wrong.

"What are you all standing there for? Do you think I would bend the law for personal gain?!"

Xing Zhao narrowed his eyes, and his voice suddenly became louder.

The local people who saw this were so frightened that they retreated one after another.

As the chief clerk of Fuxing County, Xing Zhao can be considered one of the leaders of Fuxing County, and his status is enough to rank among the top three!

Zhao Tongchuan doesn't usually go out much, so the people of Fuxing County aren't particularly afraid of him.

However, Xing Zhao frequently appeared in public and was extremely vicious; every resident of Fuxing County knew him.

If Qi Feng agrees to the contest now, he will fall into Wang Dun's trap.

But refusing the competition would be disrespecting Xing Zhao, and no one knew whether Xing Zhao, with his vindictive nature, would retaliate.

Wang Dun looked at Qi Feng triumphantly, as if victory was already in his grasp.

Ye Ling Shuang, Ye Zhi Wan, and Yu You Rong all began to worry at the same time, but Qi Feng remained calm.

"Then let's have a competition."