In a short while, Wyatt Barnes and Winnie Romero arrived at ’The Seventh Layer of Ice Fire House’.
The two middle-aged men guarding the staircase to the seventh layer of the Ice Fire House were visibly surprised upon seeing Wyatt Barnes and Winnie Romero.
Clearly, they never expected such young individuals to ascend to the seventh layer of the Ice Fire House.
If there were elders accompanying these young individuals, their presence wouldn’t have seemed so odd.
However, the issue at hand was that there were no elders accompanying them.
Meaning, amongst the two of them, at least one was a ’Sixth-Order Void Realm Wu fighter’. Moreover, they were here now, evidently intending to ascend to the seventh layer.
"Seventh-Order Void Realm?"
The two middle-aged men exchanged glances, each seeing astonishment and disbelief in the other’s eyes.
While they were still reeling in surprise, Wyatt Barnes and Winnie Romero had already passed the staircase entrance.
As Wyatt had guessed, the limitation of the ’Inscription Array’ here was the ’Seventh-Order Void Realm’.
Two crisp sounds echoed, jolting the two middle-aged men back to reality.
The next moment, the shock on their faces deepened. Their eyes, already filled with disbelief, darted back and forth between Wyatt Barnes and Winnie Romero, sprinkled with astonishment.
They didn’t expect the reality to be more terrifying than what they had imagined.
It turned out that both of these youngsters were ’Seventh-Order Void Realm Wu fighters’, not just one of them as they had surmised.
"One of them looks about twenty-five...and the other one is even more shocking, merely in his early twenties! When did we have such monsters in our Great Mini Dynasty?"
One of the middle-aged men couldn’t help but communicate with his companion using Origin Force.
"If they were from our Great Mini Dynasty, do you think they would have remained obscure?"
The other middle-aged man seemed to have guessed something.
"Do you mean... they are from another dynasty?"
"Don’t forget, in a few months, the ’Council of Ten Dynasties’ will begin. Three dynasties that are heading to the Northern Desert must pass through our Great Mini Dynasty."
No matter how the two middle-aged men communicated in private, Wyatt Barnes and Winnie Romero had already entered the main hall of the seventh layer of Ice Fire House.
The main hall of the seventh layer, although not as spacious as the previous six layers, was in no way narrow.
Right now, a few customers were scattered across the main hall, quietly savoring the wine in their cups, seemingly indifferent to everything around them.
The arrival of Wyatt and Winnie did not attract much attention.
"Brother Barnes, come."
Following Winnie’s lead, Wyatt sat down at a wine table not far away. Interestingly, the wine tables here were different from those in normal taverns.
Firstly, the bottom of the wine table was completely sealed, as if hiding something.
Secondly, there were ten small holes intertwined in a circle in the center of the table’s surface, which looked quite unique.
After sitting down, Winnie Romero smiled and said, "Brother Barnes, let’s have a couple of drinks here first."
Wyatt nodded, then raised his head and looked around. Soon after, he frowned and shouted, "Hey! Waiter... Where’s the waiter?"
Wyatt’s words were like the dropping of a stone that stirred up a thousand ripples, instantly making the atmosphere in the seventh layer of the Ice Fire House somewhat tense.
Wyatt’s voice was not soft, so it also reached the ears of the two middle-aged men guarding the entrance to the seventh layer.
"Has... Has he never been to our ’Ice Fire House’?"
One of the middle-aged men couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
"He... probably hasn’t."
The other middle-aged man replied awkwardly.
Meanwhile, in the main hall, after Wyatt had shouted, he found that all the customers in the seventh layer of Ice Fire House involuntarily cast their gazes upon him.
Upon noticing their strange gazes, Wyatt was slightly taken aback.
He wondered if there was something wrong with his face.
"This is the first time I’ve seen someone call for a waiter in the seventh layer of the Ice Fire House."
An old man not far away chuckled.
"I guess it’s their first time here... But, don’t their elders know to tell them that there are no waiters in the Ice Fire House?"
Someone else laughed.
"Their elders must be reckless, leaving them here unchecked."
"Probably, their elders brought them here and then left."
The myriad murmurs reached Wyatt’s ears, causing his face to turn hot with embarrassment.
How does one drink without waiters?
At this moment, Winnie Romero spoke up, her pretty face flushed with embarrassment. She had never imagined that Wyatt would call for a waiter in the seventh layer of Ice Fire House.
Just now, she had not even had time to warn Wyatt Barnes.
"Winnie, there’s no waiter here... how can we order drinks?"
Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but ask softly.
Winnie Romero did not answer Wyatt Barnes, but instead took out ten medium grade origin stones from her storage ring. With a wave of her hand, she inserted these ten medium origin stones into ten small holes in the center of the tabletop.
The next moment, Wyatt Barnes sensed a familiar aura.
The inscription formation!
At this moment, Wyatt Barnes searched through the memory of the Martial Emperor, finally understanding what was happening.
In the memory of the Martial Emperor, some bars from outside territories did not have waiters. To have a drink, one had to insert origin stones into the small holes in the table, thus activating the engraved inscription formation in the tabletop.
After the inscription formation was activated, the wine would automatically rise from the centre of the table.
It was similar to some ’vending machines’ on Earth, where once you inserted the money, the desired drink would automatically be dispensed.
Of course, on Earth, it relied on ’science’, whereas in this world, it relied on the ’inscription formation’.
The essence of everything converges, the goal is much the same.
"No wonder they talked like that... it’s seriously embarrassing."
Knowing what was happening, Wyatt Barnes felt unbearably awkward and wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
At this moment, a light cover faintly appeared around the origin stones in the centre of the wine table, half was blue, and half was red.
"Brother Barnes, here’s a pot of ’fire liquor’ first,"
Winnie Romero said, while pressing her hand on the red half of the light cover.
Immediately, the light cover disappeared and the ten original stones were swallowed by the wine table.
Next, there was a soft noise in the middle of the table.
A tray with a pot of wine and a wine glass slowly rose and appeared before Wyatt Barnes.
Wyatt Barnes eyes flashed as he searched through the memory of the Martial Emperor and quickly learned about this wine.
Fire Liquor - drinking it feels like swallowing a fireball.
Your entire body, including flesh, bones, and meridians, would feel as if being scorched by wildfire at that moment.
The sensation is strong and exhilarating!
"Brother Barnes, this Fire Liquor contains an extremely rich origin force, similar to a ’Spirit Fruit’, but not as effective as a Spirit Fruit. Of course, the most significant effect of Fire Liquor is to temper your origin force, making it purer,"
Winnie Romero did not know that Wyatt Barnes already knew about the Fire Liquor. She was introducing it to him while pushing the tray of wine toward him.
At the same time, she put another ten medium-grade original stones and purchased a pot of Fire Liquor for herself.
"According to the memory of the Martial Emperor... this Fire Liquor should be sipped slowly. If you gulp it straight down, it will severely damage your body!"
"However, in his second life, the Martial Emperor discovered a way to prevent the severe damage caused by gulping down Fire Liquor... and, according to his memory, Fire Liquor, when drunk all in one breath, packs a punch! It’s titillating!"
Wyatt Barnes picked up the pot and poured himself a full cup of Fire Liquor.
The Fire Liquor looked red and was boiling in the cup, like a constantly tumbling lava.
The strong yet restrained aroma of the liquor instantly entered Wyatt Barnes’ nose.
Wyatt Barnes’ eyes lit up. Though he wasn’t a connoisseur, he could tell from the smell of the Fire Liquor that it was extraordinary.
At this moment, Winnie Romero also poured herself a cup of Fire Liquor, raised her glass, smiled, and said, "Brother Barnes, give it a try."
Then Winnie brought the cup to her lips and took a small sip.
And that sip caused Winnie’s face to turn faintly rosy, as if she were blushing.
Not only that, her jade-like neck also gained a bit of redness.
Wyatt Barnes nodded. He raised the wine cup to his lips.
Though he knew about the Fire Liquor from the memory of the Martial Emperor, that was only knowledge. He had yet to experience what it really felt like to drink Fire Liquor.
Taking a deep breath and inhaling the aroma of the Fire Liquor, Wyatt raised his hand and poured all the liquor from the glass into his mouth.
Wyatt Barnes’ throat moved and he swallowed the entire cup of wine in one gulp. He felt as though he had just swallowed a ball of flames.
Not only was his throat burning, but his internal organs also started to feel hot.
The next moment, Wyatt Barnes’ face turned red but his mind was crystal clear, "just as the Martial Emperor had recollected in his memory, this Fire Liquor, if swallowed in one gulp, truly does feel stimulating!"
Had it not been for his use of the method the Martial Emperor had researched, which quietly protects his internal organs and meridians with origin force, even just the previous cup of Fire Liquor would have been enough to cause significant damage to his internal organs.
While experiencing the surge of strength from the Fire Liquor sweeping through his meridians, flesh, and bones, Wyatt’s body involuntarily shivered. Then, with a deep exhale, he said, "This is definitely the strongest liquor I’ve ever had in my life!"
Meanwhile Winnie Romero, who was sitting opposite Wyatt, was utterly dumbstruck upon seeing him gulp down the Fire Liquor.
"Brother Barnes, are... are you alright?"
Winnie Romero asked in a somewhat dazed manner.