Master descends to earth

Chapter 175

Everyone's eyes were focused on the ancient painting in an instant, and they all showed shock. Kojiro Yuyama felt secretly refreshed, and deliberately said modestly: "Master Quanshan is worthy of being the master of appraisal. His eyes are like torches. Nothing can escape your discerning eyes."

"Sansheng of Longquantang was fortunate to be able to get Song Mayuan's autumn water map. It is like a treasure. Today, the distinguished guests are here, so..."

"You're willing to take it out!" Qianye suddenly interrupted Yushan, jokingly said: "How about a few? I just said right?"

Looking back at the others, he said with a smile: "This is the benefit of being the first to come to Longquan Hall. There are new surprises every year, such as Yuan Ni Zan's leftover mountain map the year before last, and last year's Song Ding kiln carved lotus pattern tea cup. Well, it’s directly a national treasure!”

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere became more and more harmonious. They were all masters with good status and good relations, especially Chiba. As a tea ceremony sect that has been passed down for thousands of years, he naturally has an extraordinary bearing.

After seeing the map of autumn waters, Quan Shan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "It's not just the map of autumn waters, today we can say that our trip to Baoshan is worthwhile!"

"This is……"

"Mei Ziqing!"

Qianye stood up abruptly, not caring about being rude, and came directly to the front, staring at the celadon vase, surprised and said: "There is such a beautiful Mei Ziqing?"

He stretched out his hands involuntarily, and suddenly gestured for something, then retracted abruptly, his entanglement was beyond words.

There is no way, the tea banquet has not yet started, and it is not yet time to appreciate the collection. If you start it rashly, you will definitely show great contempt for the owner.

"Song Ge Kiln..."

"A hundred rubbish three-legged incense burner!"

Quan Shan stared at the three-legged incense burner in front of Emi Yagyu, and couldn't help showing surprise on his face: "The opening is so perfect, the glaze is as jade-like as ice, it is a masterpiece, never seen before!"

"There is actually a national treasure from the Song Dynasty?"

After listening to Master Quan Shan's words, the remaining three people looked at each other in blank dismay. They never dreamed that there were three treasures of the Song Dynasty in a small tea room.

Master Quan Shan is a leading appraiser, a master of Zen Buddhism, it is unbelievable that he can get such a high evaluation!

Seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Kojiro Mayuyama felt extremely relieved, especially Izumiyama and Chiba, who were of high status and who were in charge of organizing the tea ceremony every year.

Yagyu Emi showed an inexplicable smile, stretched out her slender hands, and began to prepare the tea banquet.Clean the tea bowls and whisks with warm water and place them in corresponding positions.

Pour very fine matcha into a Linglong teacup and stir gently with a tea whisk to blend the matcha with water, which is called paste.

Continue to add water, order the tea soup, hold the tea bowl with both hands when the tea froth, drink or serve the matcha to the guests.

Su Yuan looked at the complicated process, and felt a little disapproving. Islanders like to pursue a sense of ritual, as if only rigorous and rigid can highlight the noble atmosphere.

Many people mistakenly think that matcha is ordinary green tea powder or crushed tea leaves.In fact, it is an ultra-fine powder made from delicate raw materials of tea leaves through multiple processes such as steaming, cooling, dehydration, composite drying, and combined crushing.

Although the tea ceremony in the island country originated from China, it has formed unique national characteristics during its long historical evolution.Matcha has high requirements on the quality of raw materials, using tea leaves with high amino acid, protein and chlorophyll content, while requiring low caffeine content in the raw materials.

Before picking, there are standards for the picking time and leaf size of fresh tea leaves.The production time is short, only about [-] days. Using high-quality fresh tea leaves produced in four to five months as raw materials, the quality of the produced matcha is the best.

The exquisiteness of matcha can even be glimpsed in the tea set. The complete set of matcha set includes earthenware bowl, tea whisk, tea scoop, and the exquisite one also comes with a small dishcloth called imperial tea towel.

The quality of tea whisks will affect the degree of foaming of matcha tea. The more the quantity, the better the effect, and the price of tea whisks exceeding 75 sticks will be higher.

Dipping board, stove, wind stove, cauldron, cover, water finger, handle ladle, water time, Jianshui, jujube, tea input, official cover, tea ladle, tea whisk, tea bowl, tea towel, silk gauze, refreshment, fruit chopsticks, shed, ladle stand , decorative fire chopsticks, cauldrons, cutting stalks, felts, standing ceremony tables, and standing umbrellas.

There are dozens of tools in front of Emi Yagyu, filling a large table, which is dazzling. No wonder tea ceremony requires several years of professional learning, and it is not easy to just recognize the tools.

Picking up a cup of green tea with both hands, he respectfully brought it to Quanshan. Zen Buddhism has a high status in the island country, and the other party is an eminent monk, so he was naturally the chief guest.

Quan Shan took the teacup with both hands, feeling something wrong for a moment, staring fixedly at the thing in the palm of his hand, Gujing Wubo's face finally showed a hint of shock.

"This is……"

Carefully raise the Linglong cup high, through the sunlight, the stars are dotted, like the Milky Way falling into the nine sky.Taking a deep breath, he quickly drank the tea in one gulp, not caring about being rude, and even directly scrubbed the cup wall with the monk's robe.

"Master...you..."

Everyone was taken aback, Qianye couldn't help exclaiming: "You are..."

Quan Shan turned a deaf ear until he wiped off the remaining green tea, held the Linglong cup in front of his eyes again, shook it gently, and exclaimed: "Water is born out of nothing..."

"It really is the legendary water born out of nothing!"

"What?" Qianye finally understood Quanshan's intentions now, an unbelievable thought flashed in his mind, he quickly snatched an empty Linglong cup from the tea table, and suddenly exclaimed: "Crystal clear, Linglong is alive!"

"It's actually Linglong Porcelain that has been lost for thousands of years..."

"Not only that..."

"Secret color glaze..."

"The legendary water born out of nothing!"

Dumbfounded, with a face full of disbelief, he muttered to himself: "The wind and dew of the nine autumns will open across the kiln, and the emerald beauty of thousands of peaks will be won..."

Noritake's Honda was the closest to Chiba, staring wide-eyed at the Linglong cup in the opponent's hand. The sun was shining, and from his perspective, it perfectly demonstrated what water from nothing is.

Emi Yagyu stood up slowly, simply picked up the empty cup, and put it in front of everyone with both hands.Especially the three top brands, secretly said in their hearts: "Small sample, let you three old guys know what is called the best!"

Qianye slowly held up the exquisite cup with both hands. As if he had found a treasure, he couldn't help but sing a poem in a low voice:
"If the years meet tea, the tea must be gentle, like the rhyme of poetry, the words of flowers, the longer the time, the more fragrant..."

"A cup of tea in the morning doesn't need to be too strong. One person, one cup of tea, and a moment of meditation can listen to the sound of flowers blooming..."

"In the depths of time, there are always some scenery for us to remember, making life clear, delicate and warm, in the ease of a cup of tea..."

"Interpreting the eternity of the long flow of water, the long years will eventually achieve my calmness."

Quan Shan sighed, looked at Linglong's palm, and said with deep emotion: "If you encounter tea in life, you can watch the ups and downs with a quiet mind,

The important thing is to pick it up and put it down. "

"Tea leaves are rolling in the water, sometimes going up and sometimes sinking, just like all the encounters in life. In the flow of material desires, don't be distracted, don't think about it."

"Don't follow the crowd, don't belittle yourself, give up, don't go through baptism, how can there be green and lush..."

“How can you enjoy the refreshing taste of life in tea if you don’t have a calm mind when the fragrance is overflowing?”

"This is the true meaning of tea Zen blindly!"

(End of this chapter)