The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 171 Wine Recipe
"Junior sister, how does it taste? I didn't lie to you, did I?" Jiang Daoyu asked with a smile, looking at Chen Jinshu's relaxed face and the faint blush rising on her cheeks.

"This spirit wine is delicious! It's almost like fruit juice!"

"Fruit juice isn't that sweet and fragrant!" Du Yi also picked up his glass and took a sip, a smile appearing on his lips as he slowly savored the taste.

"The spiritual energy in this spirit wine is so abundant, no wonder it can be sold for fifty spirit stones!"

Chen Jinshu felt a few strands of spiritual energy suddenly appear in his dantian. He felt that it was easier to absorb than pills, and the spiritual energy was more concentrated.

"Since Yingyue Tower is putting it up for sale, there must be a reason. We can't just let them suffer a loss for nothing!"

"Junior sister! Another drink! To celebrate our fruitful return from the cave!" Jiang Daoyu poured some more wine into their glasses and then raised his glass to say.

"Good! I wish both of you a smooth cultivation journey!" Although Chen Jinshu was aware of the blood curse power remaining in their bodies, he did not want to mention it here, for fear of disturbing their Dao hearts and making the banquet unpleasant.

"Good! The path to immortality is going smoothly!"

The three of them drank for an hour and a half in a private room at Yingyue Tower. Due to their own important matters, they did not stay any longer and got up to leave.

Chen Jinshu hesitated for a moment, then called out to the two of them and told them about the power of the blood curse.

The two were taken aback at first, their eyes filled with panic, but they calmed down when they heard that a solution needed to be found before reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

"We've only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage. How far are we from the Nascent Soul stage? It might take hundreds of years to reach it! That's enough time for us to find a solution!" Jiang Daoyu was quite open-minded. This was all predestined. Since it had already happened, the best thing to do was to seize the opportunity.

"Thank you for the reminder, Junior Sister! We never expected that the blood-red jade would have such a terrifying blood curse. It's something we've never heard of before."

"But Senior Brother Jiang is right, there are still several hundred years to go before reaching the Nascent Soul stage. There's no need to rush now."

"Your two senior brothers have such open minds, I admire you!" Chen Jinshu didn't think she could be as open-minded as her two senior brothers. If she were to experience this, it might become a kind of pressure that kept pushing her forward, and it might crush her at any time.

"It's not that we're not in a hurry, but rather that we have no other choice. We've only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and we're only in our thirties. We only have a superficial understanding of this blood curse."

"When we get back, we should consult our master; he should have a solution," Jiang Daoyu said.

"Alright! Junior Sister, didn't you want the wine recipe? I do know a senior brother who was willing to sell his. But it was three years ago, so I don't know if it's still valid now." Du Yi said to Chen Jinshu, as if he had just thought of something.

At the banquet just now, Chen Jinshu praised the Drunken Immortal Wine highly and declared that he would find the recipe to brew the spiritual wine.

"Thank you, Senior Brother! I was just saying it casually. As for whether I can get the recipe, that's up to fate." A blush appeared on her face. She drank a few more cups and was indeed very impressed with the spirit wine.

Moreover, despite drinking so much, I'm not drunk; I'm completely sober, and the spiritual energy I consumed in my dantian has been replenished considerably.

In the future, if one takes pills all day long during cultivation, it will inevitably become tedious. Occasionally having a small drink is not bad.

"This senior brother is also from Medicine King Peak, but his aptitude is not high. He is over eighty years old now and only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. I'm afraid he will never be able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in this lifetime."

Chen Jinshu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. He was over eighty years old and only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, which was the standard for an outer disciple. However, the best age for Foundation Establishment was between fifty and sixty. Beyond that age, the body's Qi and blood would be depleted.

She recalled the Qingning tea grown in the spiritual plant space, thinking that perhaps there was a chance to obtain the wine recipe.

Although the life-extending effect of this Qingning tea is not great, long-term consumption can still have some effect, which is better than sitting and waiting to die.

"Junior sister, don't overthink it. Although this senior brother is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, he has been on Medicine King Peak for more than forty years longer than me, so he should be called senior brother!"

"Moreover, there are many disciples in the sect with mediocre talent like this. We are relatively lucky, with decent aptitude, and have the opportunity to even touch the Golden Core realm!" "In that case, please tell me the location of this senior brother, so I can go and ask for the wine recipe!"

"He lives in the market town and runs a stall there year-round. He earns quite a bit, but he still has a family to support. He hasn't improved his own cultivation, but he's raised a son who's at the ninth level of Qi Refining. It seems like he wants to establish a small family!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinshu suddenly realized. She had been wondering why, at this age, even with poor aptitude, one would still have at least four spiritual roots and not be only at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

After saving for a few years, he could buy a Breakthrough Pill to reach the seventh level. He originally had a family to support him, but he wanted to seize a cultivation family.

Then, Chen Jinshu followed Du Yi to the stall of an elderly man with white hair at the market.

Although the old man had a full head of white hair, his complexion was rosy and glowing, indicating that he had plenty of energy and blood.

The items on the stall were also quite good, with a large number of first-tier mid-grade talismans and several spiritual artifacts.

"Senior Brother Sun! It's only been a few days, but your health and vitality seem even better!" Du Yi said politely.

"So it's you, kid! You haven't been to my stall in so long. What brings you here today? Aren't you already at the late stage of Qi Refining? Do you still need a mid-grade spirit talisman?" Sun Haoming teased with a smile when he saw the newcomer.

Seeing how familiar the two were, Chen Jinshu roughly guessed what was going on. Du Yi must have met this senior brother when he was in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and often bought talismans here, so they became acquainted.

"I have already established my foundation. I've come to recommend a junior sister to buy some wine. Three years ago, you boasted that you wanted to trade wine recipes. I wonder if that still holds true?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Haoming was stunned for a moment, and his gaze towards Du Yi became more complicated. The kid who used to haggle over the price when buying a mid-grade spirit talisman from his stall had actually broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Time truly is merciless; he cultivated for over eighty years, yet he never even crossed the later stages.

“Now I should call you senior brother!” Sun Haoming said in a somewhat somber tone.

"Senior Brother Sun has been in the sect longer than me and provided a lot of support when I was in the middle stage, so I should call him Senior Brother!"

"Go ahead and yell if you want! I don't have many years left to live!"

"You want to trade the wine, right?" Sun Haoming turned to Chen Jinshu and asked.

"Yes, Senior Brother Sun!"

“My wine recipe is not easy to make. It requires many steps and five different kinds of spiritual fruits. Are you sure you want it?” Sun Haoming reminded him.

“I’m sure!” Chen Jinshu nodded.

"My recipe for this wine is called Five Flavors Wine! It's made by using five different types of spiritual fruits and adding a lot of spiritual herbs, and it's fermented for half a year. When you drink it, you can taste the flavors of five different spiritual wines, hence the name Five Flavors Wine, or Five Spirits Wine!" Sun Haoming explained, as he began rummaging through his storage bag, finally pulling out a dusty piece of paper with the wine recipe.

"What is the price for this wine?"

"Just give me whatever you think is appropriate, for Du's sake!"

"That won't do! I'm buying it, so I need to pay the corresponding amount of spirit stones. I have twenty taels of freshly picked Qingning tea, which is slightly more valuable than ordinary spirit wine. I wonder if we can make a deal?"

Upon hearing about Qingning Tea, Sun Haoming's previously slightly cloudy eyes immediately lit up, and he said, "Of course! However, Qingning Tea does have certain life-prolonging and health-enhancing effects. As for a recipe for a first-grade spirit wine, I've actually made a profit."

"In that case, I'll give you another fifty spirit stones!"