Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 312 Time-Space Intoxication

Jiang Ye emerged from the Chaos Ruins, still enveloped in the desolate aura of the ruins.

Venerable Guiyi stepped forward with a smile, his eyes filled with warmth and appreciation: "Junior Brother, you surprised your senior brother with your trip to the extraterritorial battlefield. Now that we have the chance to meet, why don't you come to my residence for a visit, so that we brothers can catch up?"

Jiang Ye nodded happily: "I couldn't be happier to accept your invitation, Second Senior Brother."

The two walked side by side, traversing the streets of Chaos City. On both sides of the street, strange buildings emitted a soft light, and various powerful auras intertwined and permeated the air, yet did not interfere with each other, as if a delicate balance had been achieved.

Before long, they arrived at a magnificent mansion.

The mansion gate was made of an unknown metal and had nothing carved on it.

With a wave of his hand, Venerable Guiyi slowly opened the gate, revealing the courtyard inside the mansion, which was full of beautiful flowers and lush green grass.

Upon entering the mansion, Jiang Ye was immediately enveloped by a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. In the courtyard, a clear spring flowed gently, its water shimmering with iridescent light.

The two sat down in a pavilion, and Venerable Guiyi waved his hand gently, and various kinds of food immediately appeared.

At this moment, Jiang Ye also took out an ancient jade bottle from his world ring. The bottle was carved with exquisite patterns, and faint traces of the aura of law emanated from it. He smiled and handed it to Venerable Guiyi: "Second Senior Brother, I brought you a little gift for this extraterrestrial battlefield to thank you for your guidance back then."

Venerable Guiyi looked at the bottle of wine carefully, reached out and stroked it, nodding repeatedly, "Junior brother, it seems you've gained a lot from your trip to the extraterritorial battlefield. The name 'Killing the Golden King' is truly well-deserved!"

Jiang Ye grinned.

The gains were substantial.

In terms of strength, reaching the pinnacle of immortality makes one invincible as a king. Even the fundamental laws of spacetime are acknowledged.

On the acquisition of wealth.

During those months of rampage within the Star Tower of the extraterrestrial battlefield, hundreds of battles were fought, each yielding wealth worth tens of billions, and occasionally even more. The accumulated sum was astonishing. Although Jiang Ye only occasionally activated the virtual universe to allow the "army system" to detect and confirm his military achievements during the massacres, most of the battles remained undisclosed.

Even so, military merits are astronomical figures, and although the wealth they can be exchanged for is far less than the gains from robbery and slaughter, it is still extremely high.

"The harvest wasn't great, and my junior brother can't afford this bottle of 'Time-Space Intoxication' either," Jiang Ye laughed. "After my junior brother retired, he discovered that the military system sold this Purple Fire Ape Wine. He was quite surprised that it even had Time-Space Intoxication! He immediately exchanged for it without hesitation."

"Haha..." Venerable Guiyi laughed heartily, his hand stroking the bottle of Time-Space Intoxication, clearly very fond of it.

Time and space are intoxicating.
Only the mysterious "Spacetime Mirage" race in the universe can create them. Spacetime Mirages are not physical life forms, but spiritual entities born from regions of spacetime disorder. They resemble giant, flowing rainbow-colored mirages, with semi-transparent bodies, and can freely travel through various spaces. They were born in the spacetime tremors at the beginning of the universe. As the laws of the universe gradually stabilized, the number of Spacetime Mirages became increasingly scarce, and now there are fewer than a hundred left, and for every one that falls, no new one is born.

These spacetime mirages dwell deep within the "Boundless Abyss," a forbidden place where the laws of spacetime are completely distorted.

There, the light and shadow of the past, present, and future intertwine into a vortex. Once an immortal steps in, they are torn to pieces by the turbulent flow of time and space, and even cosmic lords find it difficult to stay there for long. But time-space mirages can roam freely within it. They feed on fragments of time and space, and over countless years, they accumulate time-space energy to form the foundation for brewing wine.

The Time-Space Intoxication uses "Time-Space Mirage" as a catalyst, blending with "Years Crystal Dew" that has been condensed for millions of years in the Boundless Abyss. Under the unique "Time-Traveling Breathing" method of the Time-Space Mirage, it takes three eras to brew before it is formed.

This wine, in terms of its flavor alone, is the finest among wines.

Of course, there are countless fine wines in the universe, but a wine that tastes good on its own wouldn't be so expensive.

The primary advantage of Time-Space Intoxication is its ability to improve both the body and soul. After drinking a few cups, the soul undergoes subtle changes, resulting in a clearer perception of the "fundamental laws of time and space." The body also becomes more adapted to these two laws, with clearer perception and smoother, more powerful application of them.

The second advantage, and the most important reason why it's a good wine, is that you'll definitely get drunk after drinking it!

Even the strongest, even the most powerful beings in the universe, will naturally become intoxicated after drinking a cup of wine if they don't consciously suppress the alcohol within their bodies. Upon waking, all their worries and troubles seem to vanish. For the truly powerful, this is even more crucial, because for those with divine bodies as strong as theirs, getting drunk is incredibly difficult; even boundless wealth can't buy them a chance to be drunk.

In addition to these two advantages.

There are also many accompanying abilities. Drinking a cup of it, the gentle energy can directly transform an ordinary person into a "cosmic-level powerhouse." Drinking more will turn them into a cosmic-level powerhouse with extremely high talent in the laws of time and space. Of course, no one would waste nearly a trillion dollars of wealth to cultivate a cosmic-level powerhouse; that would be too wasteful.

Even the life of an immortal god is not worth one-thousandth of a cup of wine!

This bottle of wine... Jiang Ye spent 9000 billion Chaos Units!
"This wine, worth nearly a trillion Chaos Units, while not the most precious I've ever tasted, is certainly the most expensive I've ever drunk," Venerable Guiyi sighed. "The military system exchange in the extraterrestrial battlefield—many treasures within that system are provided by countless races participating in the battle. Many of these races aren't even from my Hong Alliance! They're from remote territories in the universe. Numerous races contribute treasures, forming the military merit exchange treasure vault of the military system. There are so many races…that's why there are occasionally special treasures. However, they must be exchanged with military merits. Even if a powerful individual discovers this bottle of 'Time-Space Intoxication,' on that extraterrestrial battlefield, very few would be willing to expend such a high amount of military merit just to buy a single bottle. Therefore, this bottle of Time-Space Intoxication hasn't been exchanged by any powerful individual for several epochs."

“Nine hundred billion in military merit is indeed difficult to achieve,” Jiang Ye smiled.

Venerable Guiyi uncorked the jade bottle, and instantly, a fragrance of wine carrying the rhythm of time and space filled the pavilion. This fragrance was so real that it transformed into streams of light that it shuttled around the two of them, sometimes condensing into the shape of an ancient starry sky, and sometimes scattering into countless tiny points of light, outlining blurry time and space trajectories in mid-air.

"Junior brother, to celebrate your return, let's drink until we drop today!" Venerable Guiyi raised his hand and waved it gently, and two ancient jade cups appeared on the stone table.

As the jade bottle tilted, the wine slowly poured into the cup, and the wine swirled gently like a flowing galaxy.

"Alright, let's drink until we drop!" Jiang Ye nodded.

(End of this chapter)