Chapter 261 Son of Dionysus
Listening to Ji Bin's words, Ji Dong's thoughts were heard. Someone robbed the Bartenders Guild? What is the purpose? You should know that the most precious thing about the Bartenders Guild should be wine. It's a bit too much to kill and rob. Moreover, the ones who were dispatched were all magicians, so there must be something hidden in this.
Ji Bin continued: "The Bartenders Guild is also a first-level association, especially the always-based association is located in the capital of our Beishui Empire. After this incident, the imperial royal family was furious and ordered a strict investigation. Tianshui City was restricted from entering and leaving the city. The God of Baccarat Du Sikang was even more furious. Even his family members were robbed. That's why the city gate was inspected. Are you going to our guild? I'll take you there."
Ji Dong probably understood the whole story, shook his head to Ji Bin, and said, "No, we just need to go into the city by ourselves. Thank you for telling me."
Ji Bin and another magician kept sending Ji Dong into the city. He did not return to the city gate to assist in the inspection, but went directly to the Tianshui City Branch of the Magician Guild. The law enforcement elder came, how could he not go and report it quickly?
Walking into Tianshui City, Ji Dong had no intention of appreciating the profound and noble buildings here, and said to Lieyan: "It's better to come early than to come by coincidence. I didn't expect that we would have encountered the suffering of the Bartenders Guild. It seems that this door-to-door challenge is not enough. People are in a crisis, and challenging this time is taking advantage of others' danger. Lieyan, I have to take care of this matter. Although I don't agree with the bartenders Guild's ability to mix. However, after all, I belong to the same lineage. The senior brother is the vice president of the Bartenders Guild. From any perspective, I have to intervene in this matter. If I can help the bartender, I will always solve this matter. It's not too late to challenge the God of Baccarat Du Sikang."
Lieyan smiled slightly and said, "Just make the decision. Will we always go to the bartender now?"
Ji shook his head and said, "Don't be so anxious. Let's find a place to live first. You and Ajin will rest. I will go to the Bartenders Guild to investigate. Ji Bin said just now that the thief left a letter to Du Sikang. I believe that this letter has a lot to do with the whole story. We must first figure out the situation."
The streets of Tianshui City were crowded with people and there was no tension at all. Ji Dong found a very luxurious hotel and stayed in. As before, he also asked for a large suite. Of course, as the trust in A Jin deepened, Lieyan and A Jin were naturally living in the room inside, and Ji Dong practiced on the sofa outside.
After settling down on Lieyan and Ajin, Ji Dong immediately walked out of the hotel. In order to avoid misunderstandings, he did not go to inquire about the location of the bartenders' club, but directly purchased a map of Tianshui City. After carefully reading it, he couldn't help but feel speechless.
Is this Tianshui City unprepared? The Bartender Association is located on the north side of Tianshui City, just across three streets from the Beishui Empire Palace. The thief can be said to have looted the Bartender Association at the door of the Beishui Empire Royal Family. What is going to attack is the palace. It is really doubtful whether the palace can block it.
After all, Tianshui City is not as big as Zhongyuan City. It didn't take long for Ji Dong to find the Bartenders' Club as directed by the map. From a distance, he had already seen the special building.
The bartender will always be a very high building in the shape of a wine bottle. It is taller than the surrounding buildings. If calculated based on the floor, it will probably have seven floors. The bottom of the wine bottle is thick and thin, and the whole body is presented with a strange amber color. I don’t know how this building is done, but you can vaguely see the amber bottle-style building vaguely flowing water waves in the amber bottle-style building. It is extremely strange. It can be said that the bartender will always be one of the landmark buildings of Tianshui City.
There are no soldiers here to guard it, and it has been looted. What's the use of guarding? The arched gate is closed tightly, and you can vaguely feel the spirit of murderousness.
After thinking a little, Ji Dong walked to the door and knocked on the door. After a few times, there was movement inside.
The door opened, and a middle-aged man walked out, looked up and down at Ji Dong for a few times, and said with a calm face: "What's the matter?"
Ji Dong said: "This is the bartender's club. I want to accept the bartender qualification assessment."
A trace of doubt flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, "It will always be closed temporarily. It will not be open to the public in a short period of time. You go." As he said that, before Ji Dong could speak again, he slammed the door and closed it.
If he hadn't known that something happened to the Bartenders' Guild, Ji Dong would have set up a challenge at the door when he encountered this situation. But now he is in trouble. It's not that he is too radical. When he moved his heart, he had already thought of a solution. He wanted to directly interfere in the Bartenders' Guild's robbery, and he might have to rely on his identity when he entered the city.
Just as Ji Dong was about to leave and went to the Magician Guild, suddenly, his keen hearing captured a noise from the bartender's association.
The door that had just closed opened with a slam, and an angry voice came from inside, "Get out, get out of you. I don't have a son like you. From now on, you are not allowed to step into the bartender's gate and drive him out. Whoever pleads for him will get out of the guild with him."
"Do you think I'm willing to come back? You are too stubborn. If my mother and sister were not kidnapped, I wouldn't have come back. One day, I will replace your reputation as God of Baccarat." Amid the chaotic footsteps, a man walked out of the Bartenders' Guild angrily, and several people followed behind.
"Du Ming, don't be impulsive. The president is angry. You shouldn't contradict him!"
The first person who came out looked twenty-three or four years old, with a slender figure, about the same height as Ji Dong. Because of his anger, his handsome face turned red and his short black hair was very handsome. Those who followed him were all middle-aged men with at least six-star bartender badges, constantly persuading him.
"Everyone else will come. Let him get out quickly." The angry voice came out again. The few people who came out waved helplessly to the young man, then turned around and closed the door again.
When Ji Dong heard the sound coming from inside, he stopped. The young man walked out of the guild and walked over with big strides, just in time to meet him.
Seeing Ji Dong, the young man was stunned for a moment, and the angry expression on his face slightly restrained, "Who are you?"
Ji Dong smiled slightly and said, "Hello, I'm here to conduct the bartender assessment. But something seemed to have happened to the guild, saying that the assessment was suspended. Are you?"
The young man said angrily: "Why are you relying on the qualification of a bartender? Now this bartender guild has changed a lot. It is not a magician of the three-star or above level, so it is not allowed to take the exam for a bartender above level. What is this? Who stipulates that the bartender must be a magician? It is really that good to use magic assist to mix bartenders? This simply violates the purity of a bartender. The guild is full of old stubborn people. One day, I will defeat them with simple bartender techniques, which only use magic assists to defeat them. I advise you not to take the exam. It doesn't make sense at all. If you are a magician, go to the Magician guild, not a magician, let alone the bartender qualification, which has no meaning at all."
Hearing the young man's words, Ji Dong couldn't help but be surprised. After coming to this world, he had met some bartenders. This was the first time someone said that he should use pure techniques to mix bartenders instead of magic. Moreover, from the previous conversation, the relationship between this young man and the president of the Bartenders Guild and the God of Baccarat Du Sikang was unusual. This young man seemed a bit interesting.
"You are right. Techniques are the basis of bartending and the top priority of bartending ability. However, everything has its two sides. If one day, you can defeat them with pure techniques and add magic to mix bartending in special circumstances, or the effect will be better. Different cocktails will have different needs when mixing. Some are impossible to achieve magic assistance, while others cannot be fully achieved by pure techniques. None of them is absolute. Only by integrating with each other can the bartenders' craftsmanship reach a deeper level. Perhaps these people from the Bartenders Guild are working in this direction?"
After hearing Ji Dong's words, the indignation on his face gradually disappeared. He said in surprise: "It sounds like you have a deep understanding of bartending! Anyway, you can't take the exam anymore. You are the first person to agree with me. Let's go, I'll invite you to have tea and let's talk."
Ji Dong smiled and nodded. The young man must know much more clearly than the Four-Crown Magician at the city gate. It seems that the Magician Guild itself does not need to go to the moment.
"My name is Du Ming, I haven't asked for advice yet, your surname is high?"
"Ji Dong."
Du Ming looked up and down at Ji Dong a few times and said, "The Ji surname is the surname of the Central Earth Empire. Do you come from the Central Earth Empire?"
Ji shook his head and said, "It can be said that, but it is not completely true. I come from the Southern Fire Empire. However, my father is indeed from the Middle Earth Empire."
Du Ming said: "Let's go, let's find a place to sit down and say. I'm so depressed these days." He was obviously very familiar with Tianshui City. He took Ji Dong around for three or two and came to a teahouse with elegant style. He went directly to the second floor and found a seat next to the window and sat down.
"Brother, you are not as old as me, right?" Du Ming asked Ji Dong after lit a pot of tea.
Ji Dong said, "I am twenty years old this year. Where are you?"
Du Ming said: "I am twenty-five, but I am five years older than you. You are only twenty years old and have the courage to come to the Bartenders Association to take the bartender exam. Is it because of my family's origin or self-taught?"
Ji Dong smiled slightly and said, "It's considered to be self-taught." Whether in his past or present life, all his bartending skills were learned and studied by himself.
Du Ming smiled and said, "If you really want to become a bartender, I can give you some advice in the future. In this Tianshui City, I know a lot of people. As long as you really have some skills, it is no problem to recommend you to work in some high-end bars."
Ji Dong laughed and said, "That's good! I'll ask you to give me more advice when I look back." If Lieyan was here, he would definitely laugh. The young man named Du Ming actually wanted to guide Ji Dong to make a cocktail. Even Du Sikang would definitely not have the ability. But Ji Dong could see that this young man named Du Ming was generous and straightforward, and his idea of bartending skills made Ji Dong very fond of him.
At the same time, Ji Dong also noticed Du Ming's hands, with white and slender palms, and obviously paid great attention to maintenance, especially the fingers and wrists, which are indeed the most suitable hands for bartending. It is obviously a hard work.
Du Ming said: "The Bartenders Guild has branches in some large cities. Why did you come from the South Fire Empire to the North Water Empire? This way is not close! You don't look like an ordinary person, you should be a magician."
Although Ji Dong is not very handsome, his temperament is definitely not comparable to ordinary people. Although Du Ming is in a bad mood, he can also see a little.
Ji Dong said, "I am a fire magician. Where are you? Renshui?"
Du Ming said: "That's of course. The magicians of our North Water Empire are mainly based on the water system. I am not a sissy, so I am naturally the Ren Water system. I just heard you say that in some cases, the skill of bartending can do something that magic bartending cannot do. Under what circumstances is it?"
Looking at the burning light in his eyes, Ji Dong was slightly stunned, because he seemed to see himself in his previous life from this young man. Didn’t he behave like him when he was in his twenties in his previous life? He loved bartending. He had just had such a big deal, so he could give up for the time being and ask himself about bartending. This persistence made Ji Dong feel a little more favorable to him.
"A good bartender must first have a very good understanding of various wines. The same wine, different origins and degrees, will change in taste. When making cocktails, it is combined with different ingredients to make the effect of mixing them completely different. What magic can do is to add magic characteristics to the cocktail, or use magic elements to affect the taste of the cocktails. It also makes the cocktail more gorgeous when mixing. It even makes the cocktails qualitatively change through magic. However, if this is the case, it is impossible to truly show the various changes in the wine. It can only be used to mix fixed wine in a fixed pattern."
When it comes to bartending, Ji Dong didn't have to think about it at all, and talked freely, "Give a simple example. If I were to make a cocktail, then I could do it, using exactly the same ingredients and different techniques to make more than a hundred flavors. This is something that magic bartenders can never do."
Du Ming was shocked, "What did you say? Use the same ingredients, because of different techniques, to create a hundred flavors. Brother, bragging is not like this." He obviously showed doubts about Ji Dong's statement.
Chapter completed!