"Cough, cough..."
"Come, little friend Lu Yuan. Please come this way with me."
"You've been busy for quite a while."
"Come have some tea."
"I happen to have a few things I'd like to discuss with you."
"More precisely, I'd like to ask for your opinion."
Regarding Heart Demon Thunder Emperor embracing his lover, whom he had just revived with his own hands, the Tushan First Elder—who had been busy handling Tushan's internal affairs, had not even had the chance to fall in love, had become the laughingstock within Tushan, and could not bear such stimulation—wisely chose to avoid the sight. Besides, she still had official duties to attend to and truly was not suited to silently feast on their public display of affection. In short, she pulled Lu Yuan to a pavilion outside and sat down, then took out a tea set from an earring-shaped Storage Artifact. Her entire tea-making routine flowed as smoothly as clouds and running water.
Strictly speaking,
the purpose of tea was nothing more than to serve as a beverage.
It was meant to be drunk.
Those so-called tea-tasting rituals—smelling it, looking at it—or the supposed tea-brewing etiquette were all utter nonsense.
To put it more bluntly,
they were all pretentious affectations for the sake of seeming refined.
So, whether brewing tea or drinking it, being straightforward, composed, and proper was enough. Of course, the actual techniques of brewing tea were still useful. Tea brewed once with boiling water did indeed taste different from tea brewed twice, so it was not entirely pointless effort.
Therefore, Lu Yuan did not fuss over etiquette.
He picked up his teacup.
He glanced at the Enlightenment Tea leaves swirling within.
Out of habit, he blew away the steam above it.
Then he took a sip. "May I ask what