Swallowing the Stars Starts with the Brewing Master

Chapter 207 Spiritual Wine
Come with good fortune and return with bad luck.

Not only did Wanze's divine kingdom rapidly decay, but before its Immortal-level Zerg mother hive was teleported to the battlefield, it transformed most of its high-grade materials into Immortal-level Zerg warriors.

In the end, Chuhe only found a few special higher plants and some rare minerals from the insectoid territory in this dilapidated divine kingdom.

Although there are many categories, the overall value is extremely small.

I toured a divine kingdom, but all I gained wasn't even ten Chaos Units...

That Zerg hive was looted way too thoroughly!

In the end, Chuhe had no choice but to transfer all the plants and minerals into the white jade wine pot and hand it over to Afu for research.

Among them was Blood Sand Vine, a plant life form with extremely strong survival ability, which was most favored by Dylan, the Immortal of the Intelligence Department.

Although both Blood Sand Vine and Cloud Vine are vines, they are fundamentally different.

Climbing plants are simply a plant's living habits, not a classification method.

The creeping vine (Acer palmatum) reproduces through seeds. In botany, it is generally classified as an angiosperm vine.

Blood Sand Vine, on the other hand, reproduces by spores and belongs to the climbing fern family, classified as a fern vine.

The spores released by the Blood Sand Vine are shaped like patches of blood sand.

Its attack or survival method relies on parasitizing, entwining, and climbing on blood spores.

In other words, Blood Sand Vine can survive wherever there is life.

Even without life, the spores of the blood vine can absorb nutrients from the soil, minerals, and even water and air, allowing it to survive for a considerable period of time.

Its vitality surpasses that of any plant life known to Chuhe.

Without a doubt, these Blood Sand Vines were brought from the Zerg territory, not from the human territory.

The only pity is that the Blood Sand Vine is still a native plant and cannot coexist with humans.

It needs to be cultivated first.

Almost all plant life forms that can be used by humans, such as the cloud vine, star-eating grass, and snail flower, and even metal life forms like the Kao that can parasitize spaceships, are cultivated before individuals that can be used by humans are selected.

The Blue Star has returned to Fuyao Star.

Virtual Universe also has a presence here.

A banquet hall was filled with a sumptuous feast.

Before Chu He, the Eighth Legion Commander Berendir, the Immortal Dylan from the intelligence department, and others were human food, some strange fruits, delicious meats, and Chu He's own Worry-Free Wine.

The Immortal-grade Worry-Free Wine has the exact same effect as the original Worry-Free Wine.

It can slightly enhance the perception of the soul, and has certain benefits for mental state, willpower, and illusion cultivation.

Even for these two immortal marquises, it still had some effect.

In fact, more than 20 years ago, after the White Jade Wine Pot was upgraded to the Immortal level, Afu had already begun experimenting with enhanced versions of the many fine wines he had made before.

Energy-based, soul-based, qi and blood-based, and even law-based spirit wines are not on Afu's research list.

On the contrary, it was the Worry-Free Wine, the Heavenly Pregnancy Wine, the Immortal's Intoxication, the Ice Heart Jade Liquid, and so on—these spirit wines with special effects—that truly filled Afu's work list.

This immortal-grade Worry-Free Wine is Afu's latest research achievement.

The old version of Worry-Free Wine still used stellar-level spiritual plant materials.

To iterate to a higher version, the effectiveness of raw materials must be improved.

When it comes to spiritual plants and herbs, it's simply a matter of increasing their age.

However, the old problem remains: not all herbs can be used to continuously improve one's abilities without any conditions.

After cultivating the ingredients in the white jade wine pot for thousands of years, Afu only managed to cultivate three main ingredients.

Dark Scale Fruit, Jade Fat Flower, Heavenly Crystal Grass.

After adding the 12-point-worth-one-piece Wanling Purple Blood Essence from the Virtual Universe Company's treasury, the new high-version [Worry-Free Wine], which is also effective against immortals, has been brewed.

As the cultivation years of the main material increase, its cost will undoubtedly increase significantly.

The cultivation of the Dark Scale Fruit Tree, Jade Flower, and Heavenly Crystal Grass alone requires nearly one unit of nutrient solution.

Not to mention, a bottle of Wanling Purple Blood Juice worth 12 points was also added!
Compared to other high-quality spirit wines in the universe, the Immortal-grade Worry-Free Wine can be said to be more effective and taste better at the same price.

If this immortal-grade Worry-Free Wine were to be sold to the public, it would be priced at least one hundred Mixed Yuan units.

Moving up the value chain, Worry-Free Wine no longer holds a significant advantage.

Although the profit margin is still two to three times, it is no longer like the low-end market, where the profit margin is tens or hundreds of times.

It can be said that the more high-end the material, the rarer and more precious it will be.

Once you reach the level of a cosmic overlord or cosmic master, even if Chu He can cultivate spiritual plants of the corresponding level, their price will already be quite attractive!

To brew wine from this level of spiritual fruit and flower, the price...

It's definitely not something that ordinary people can afford.

Ultimately, the real money in the liquor business lies in the low-end market.

In the low-end market, whether it's energy-based, blood-based, soul-based, law-based spirit wines, or special categories like Heavenly Pregnancy Wine...

Chuhe can undoubtedly reap hundreds of times the profit by virtue of its low raw material prices.

In the mid-range market from Immortal to Cosmic Sovereign—

Although it's called the mid-range market, for the vast majority of living beings, immortality is already an unattainable goal in a lifetime.

For this level of market, most rare and precious materials are extremely expensive.

The Ghost Scale Fruit Tree, Jade Fat Flower, and Heavenly Crystal Grass cultivated by Afu have undoubtedly transformed into a completely new kind of rare and precious natural treasure.

Correspondingly, while the spirit wine brewed with these rare and precious ingredients still has a profit margin, it is certainly not as profitable as the low-end market.

After all, how could the cost of cultivating these rare and precious materials not be included in the overall cost?

Research costs are costs too.

However, in the high-end market at the level of cosmic overlords and cosmic masters, the materials used for brewing must be unique.

This spirit wine is either used for trade or for personal consumption.

In short, it is absolutely impossible for it to be sold again.

Naturally, there's no profit to speak of.

……

The staff at the Virtual Universe Company's base on the planet Fuyao quickly served food to Chu He, Berendir, and Dylan.

At the same time, some special materials were placed in front of Elder Nan Che, Luo Yi, and the other seven Marquis Immortals of the Fengxiao Clan's Overlord Tribe.

As energy-based life forms, the Wind Flying Clan consumes natural foods that differ from those of humans.

In their view, the more concentrated the energy in a material, the more delicious it is.

Different energies taste different to them.

It is completely different from the tastes humans experience, such as sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.

Just as the Golden Horned Beast's main diet consists of various kinds of metals, different life forms naturally have vastly different food preferences.

"Elder Nanche, thank you all so much for your help this time. Without your strong support, killing Wanze and Heiyao would not have been an easy task."

Chu He raised his glass and smiled, "I'd like to propose a toast to everyone."

"Your Highness, you are welcome."

On the Fengxiao Clan's Overlord Division side, Elder Nanche raised his glass first, followed by the seven Marquis-level Immortals and Roy, the youngest Immortal in the Fengxiao Clan. "Your Highness is too kind," Elder Nanche said with a smile. "Mr. Dylan's contribution this time was also significant."

"If it weren't for Mr. Dylan, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to preserve so many lives on the Imperial City Star."

As he spoke, Elder Nan Che sighed softly, "Unfortunately, the Imperial Capital Star was still destroyed in the end."

"In any case, I will remember Elder Nanche's sacrifice."

Chu He looked at Elder Nan Che's inexplicably pale face and knew that the other party was recounting how he had used his divine power to fulfill his orders.

He immediately raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Let's all drink together!"

Elder Nanche smiled, raised his cup, and drank the extremely thick, unidentified liquid inside.

The others also thoroughly enjoyed drinking it.

This is probably a special energy drink made by the Fengxiao tribe.

Anyway, Chu He and the others felt a bit, well, nauseous just looking at it.

"Besides," Chu He said with a smile, "I also want to thank you, Commander of the Eighth Legion, for leading your legion to assist us this time."

"That's to be expected, but it's a pity that my 32nd Army suffered heavy losses." The commander of the Eighth Army shook his head with a wry smile. "Fortunately, only three immortal gods died, and the foundation was not damaged, otherwise I would have been in big trouble."

For the cosmic armies, although the number of immortal gods may be small, they are actually the most important among these cosmic armies.

As for the most numerous cosmic-level warriors, their lives are as worthless as grass, and they are not valuable at all.

The Nuolanshan family, which once forced Luo Feng into a corner, was only at the cosmic level.

On battlefields outside their own territory, they are just ordinary cannon fodder.

Cosmic level...

Even if they are lucky enough not to die on the battlefield outside the region, their lifespan is generally only around 100,000 years.

Only immortal gods!

Only these immortal deities with eternal lifespans can be considered the most important members of the cosmic army.

They can accumulate experience over time and become the backbone of the elite group!
However, becoming immortal is extremely difficult!

The path to immortality is far too arduous!
Fortunately, only three immortal gods died this time.

If the number of Immortals who die exceeds ten, the Eighth Legion Commander will likely lose his official position.

Even if he is an immortal marquis of the Desolate God Clan, it's useless!
"Mr. Dylan," Chu He finally raised his glass to the Marquis-level immortal from the intelligence department, "the intelligence department has done a great job in this mission, and I thank you very much, Mr. Dylan."

"Let's atone for our sins with good deeds! Let's atone for our sins with good deeds!" Dylan quickly raised his wine glass and said, "As for the remaining 15 who escaped the net, Your Highness, do not worry. I will definitely urge my intelligence department to investigate them as soon as possible, and report to Your Highness immediately once there is any news."

"Thank you, Mr. Dylan." Chu He nodded. "If you have any news, don't forget to communicate with the commander of the Eighth Legion."

"I hope the two of you can cooperate and successfully kill these 15 people before the mission deadline."

"Definitely." The Eighth Legion Commander nodded, then asked, "Your Highness, what about what you said before about visiting my Wild God Clan's ancestral lands for a period of time..."

Chu He put down his wine cup and smiled, "That's not bad either."

"There are still ten years until the mission deadline. Since we have this opportunity before killing those 15 people, we should take a good look at them."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Commander of the Eighth Legion, to take good care of me."

"No trouble at all." The Eighth Legion Commander, Berendir, finally smiled. "Haha, it is an honor for my Wild God Clan that His Highness Chuhe can come as a guest."

On the side, Elder Nan Che of the Fengxiao Clan looked on with envy.

"After we finish eating, we will return to our homeland and our clan. Unfortunately, my Fengxiao clan is just an ordinary clan with no special heritage, so we are unable to invite His Highness Chuhe to be our guest."

"How many friendships will this mission forge?"

Thinking of this, Elder Nanche was filled with worry.

Turning his head, he caught a glimpse of his good disciple, Roy, the youngest immortal in the Fengxiao Clan, enjoying his meal!
Completely ignoring all the noise around them, they focused solely on the delicious food in front of them.

Elder Nanche was immediately filled with rage and wanted nothing more than to kick him out!

Eat, eat, eat! Just eat!

Huh! etc!

Elder Nanche glanced at Roy, who was swallowing hard and eating with gusto, and then at Chuhe, who seemed to be all alone. He immediately had an idea.

"Your Highness!" he suddenly spoke, interrupting the conversation between Chuhe and Berendir.

“Your Highness, I noticed that you don’t seem to have any guards with you, so I thought… haha, I thought I’d recommend my good-for-nothing apprentice to Your Highness.”

Elder Nanche pointed at Roy.

Roy had just swallowed a high-energy crystal and was sighing with satisfaction when he suddenly saw his teacher pointing at him...

"Huh?" Roy blinked. "Teacher, you... hiccup!"

"teacher……"

"Shut up!" Elder Nanche slapped the young immortal Roy on the head, then turned to Chuhe. "Your Highness, Roy is the youngest immortal in our clan. Although he cannot compare to Your Highness, he still has some talent."

"Moreover, my Fengxiao clan is an energy-based life form. Even if our bodies are scattered, as long as the core is still intact, we can reassemble ourselves."

“Your Highness always needs someone to help you when you are out on missions. At the very least, Roy can shield Your Highness from some attacks.”

Good guy!
Chu He looked at Elder Nan Che, who was tirelessly promoting his services to him, and couldn't help but sigh.

Is that how much you think of yourself?
The youngest genius of the Fengxiao Clan, Immortal, was even sent here as a human shield!
"Alright!" Chu He readily agreed. "Elder Nan Che has already put it this way, how could I possibly let down his kind intentions!"

"Hahaha, Roy, what are you still looking at?" Elder Nanche laughed loudly, then turned and patted Roy on the head. "Quickly call His Highness."

"Huh? Oh." Roy rubbed his head and exclaimed, "Your Highness."

The banquet ended amidst laughter.

After arranging the trivial matters, Chu He watched Dylan and Elder Nan Che leave before taking Roy aboard the Blue Star and flying towards the Wild God Clan together with the Eighth Legion Commander, Berendir.

The ancestral home of the Desolate God Clan is naturally located on the Desolate God Star.

The Desolate God Star, on the other hand, had long been moved by the Desolate God Clan to a fully developed cosmic secret realm.

The distance from Fuyao Star to the secret realm of the universe where Huangshen Star is located is vast, a full 1.2 million light-years.

Even traveling at 50 times the speed of light in the dark universe aboard the Blue Star, it would still take nearly three months.

A month later, Chu He was hosting a banquet for Berendil in the spaceship's lounge.

Just now, Berendil reported some good news to him:

With the full cooperation of the intelligence department, all 15 fugitives were captured and killed on the spot!

"Come, Eighth Legion Commander, thank you so much this time!" Chu He raised his cup and drank heartily.

Mission successfully completed!

"Hahaha, it's all thanks to the intelligence department's full cooperation out of respect for His Highness!" Berendir laughed heartily. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to avenge those brothers so quickly!"

After the Immortal-class Zerg hive was suppressed by the two Venerables, Berendil directed his hatred for the annihilation of the 32nd Army onto these 1.2 million people.

Now that everyone has been killed, he has avenged the 32nd Army!

"master!"

Chu He wanted to say something more, but suddenly, a message came from the white jade wine pot.

"Master, come quick! We're really going to make a fortune this time!"

(End of this chapter)