Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 193 - 104: Jade Gourd and the Secrets of the Wind God Palace

Chapter 193: Chapter 104: Jade Gourd and the Secrets of the Wind God Palace

"My master, Master Mingsu, is skilled in Artifact Refining. I’ll ask if he can make it."

"Thank you, Second Brother."

"You’re welcome."

Su Huan took a True Feather and turned to contact his master, while Su Yu wandered around the Canglan Association, browsing both the guild channel and Jinjiao Island’s regional channel, gradually understanding the guild’s situation.

After wandering for more than half an hour, combined with what he saw and his second brother’s introduction, he had a general understanding of the Canglan Association.

The guild’s overall strength far surpassed the Thousand Feather Association, not much different from the Celestial God Association.

Among them, the high-level combat power of the Canglan Association is an advantage, since its founder, Master Mingsu, is still around, a player over level one hundred eighty, plus a dozen Loose Immortal disciples under him, making their top-level combat power definitely stronger than the Celestial God Association.

However, the Celestial God Association possesses a Celestial Strike Battleship, an eighth-tier battleship whose impact in guild battles is beyond imagination.

The Canglan Association doesn’t have such a super battleship, only two seventh-tier battleships.

One side holds the upper hand in top-level combatants, the other in war machinery, striking a balance, thus evenly matched.

Having understood this, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, so he wouldn’t have to worry about power struggles affecting them due to their relation.

After circling the guild, Su Yu went to a guild-affiliated merchant store to purchase a Soul Searching Skill Jade Scroll.

Randomly finding an inn, he booked a room and hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign, then took out the demon soul of the overseas Divine Bird and the Soul-Searching Jade Scroll. Activating the Soul Searching Skill, his right hand quickly turned green and pressed into the demon soul, beginning his search for desired information.

In Su Yu’s perception, the demon soul of the overseas Divine Bird was like a starry sky composed of countless memory orbs.

Using the Soul-Searching Secret Skill, he captured each memory orb, thus retrieving the memories they carried.

The overseas Divine Bird had died, its primary consciousness vanished, leaving only the demon soul and instincts, with no resistance to the Soul-Searching Secret Skill.

However, despite the lack of obstacles, the memory system of the overseas Divine Bird was overwhelmingly vast. This creature must have lived for thousands of years, leaving behind a multitude of memories, countless like the stars.

Moreover, most memories were mundane routines, like daily activities, hunting, sleeping; useful information was scarce, akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

The first Soul Searching Jade Scroll Su Yu used lasted only five minutes, yielding nothing but junk memories.

He then proceeded to purchase thirty more Soul-Searching Secret Skill Jade Scrolls, casting consistently for over an hour before finally finding the information he wanted.

The Wind God Palace is situated in the far reaches of the sea, within an ancient, eternal super cyclone.

This overseas Divine Bird bore the Wind God’s bloodline, a child of the wind, residing permanently within the Wind God Pillar, serving as a guard of the Wind God Palace strictly speaking.

The number of such guards was vast, and this overseas Divine Bird was just one of them.

With the Wind God’s Order in hand, one could enter the Wind God Palace for an hour and make use of this hour to gain benefits from within.

However, what exact benefits lay within remained unknown even to the Divine Bird, only speculative.

"Anyway, I have to go in at least once."

Su Yu pondered carefully and decided to wait before entering, choosing to wait until the Magical Treasure was refined.

Having learned the situation, there was nothing more to see in the Divine Bird’s memories.

Putting away the demon soul, he opened his contact list to find a message from his second brother, and he immediately replied:

"I was busy just now, couldn’t respond."

Su Huan promptly replied:

"No worries, I just asked our master, and you have two options."

"One option is to use one hundred twenty True Feathers and the demon soul to refine an eighth-tier wind attribute Magical Treasure, with an additional cost of fifteen hundred taels of gold for auxiliary materials."

"The other option requires an additional fire attribute Divine Bird True Feather, to refine an eighth-tier wind and fire attribute premium Magical Treasure, gaining more power with the wind’s aid."

"However, you only have wind attribute True Feathers, so you’ll need a set of fire attribute True Feathers and some auxiliary materials. If you prepare the fire attribute True Feather yourself, it requires two thousand gold for materials. If not, our master has some in stock, but it requires an extra one thousand gold material fee, totaling three thousand materials fee. It’s your choice."

"If we’re refining, it’s best to go for the premium one."

"Alright, come to the guild headquarters to find me."

"Be there soon."

The distance was short, and they reunited after five minutes, with Su Yu handing all the True Feathers and demon soul, plus a total of three thousand taels of gold to his second brother.

"The Magical Treasure refinement will take about a month, I’ll let you know when it’s ready."

"OK!"

Second Brother nodded and rushed off with the items.

Su Yu glanced back at the guild merchant shop not far away, turned around, and went in, selling off a batch of ordinary Golden Feathers to the guild, making eleven hundred gold, and with the remaining from before, he had two thousand one hundred forty gold left.

He didn’t sell the Demon Core, as the Demon Core of a super boss over two hundred level contained immense Demonic Power, suitable for both Alchemy and enhancing the strength of spiritual pets.

Su Yu returned to the inn and dove into the Sea Suppressing Realm, where Ao Run leisurely swam around in the water, chasing Five-Colored Spirit Fish.

Whether because she was full or not, after catching the Five-Colored Spirit Fish, she didn’t eat them directly but held them in her mouth before spitting them back out.

Su Yu beckoned her over:

"Come here."

The increasingly beautiful dragon flew over, coiling around him, and asked:

"When can we leave? I’m so bored."

Su Yu gently tapped on the crystalline, jade-like scales of the dragon, producing a sound as clear as jade. The dragon lowered its head, and two glowing whiskers dangled in front of him. He reached out to grasp them, feeling as if he were holding a string of icy whiskers. A refreshing chill seeped into his body through his hand, bringing an unparalleled comfort.

"This feels amazing."

"It won’t be long now. We’ll be out in a few days."

"But before we leave, eat this first."

He flipped his right hand, and the Inner Core of an overseas Divine Bird appeared in his palm. He lightly tossed it, and Ao Run instinctively opened her mouth to catch it, asking in surprise:

"This precious Demon Core is for me?"

He chuckled:

"It’s already in your mouth, who else could it be for?"

Ao Run tilted her head and blinked, absorbing the Demon Core into her belly. Her body coiled into a ball, slowly emitting a faint spiritual light, gradually forming a cocoon of light that enveloped her.

Su Yu was pushed back by an invisible force, taking several steps away. He folded his arms and watched her, feeling quite expectant.

The Inner Core of a level 230 super BOSS, how much power could it enhance for her?

After coming out of the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, Su Yu made a trip to the guild’s merchants, ordering a batch of brewing materials and a few unique local wine recipes.

Then he sent a message to his second brother, turned back into the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, and began large-scale brewing.

One day outside is ten inside the Sea-Suppressing Pearl. Even if he occasionally found time to brew in the Pearl, the tenfold time acceleration meant a substantial duration for progress. His Brewing Skill, honed over time with intermittent practice, had gradually approached an advanced level.

Once it reaches advanced level, he could create a unique Magical Treasure exclusive to brewmasters—the Wine Gourd.

This item is a special Magical Treasure that only brewmasters can equip.

It requires a Spiritual Gourd as the base material. After refinement, a space forms inside where a vast range of Spirit Wines can be stored.

Su Yu spent a full eight days, equivalent to eighty days inside the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, nearly three months of continuous brewing to finally elevate his Brewing Skill to an advanced level.

Then he took out a green-skinned Spiritual Gourd casually bought from the market, opened his mouth, and his Mana transformed into true fire, spraying out as the Spiritual Gourd hovered above, constantly revolving in the flame. His hands conjured seals, compiling Small Heavenly Cloud Restrictions from the advanced Brewing Skill into the gourd.

The Restriction Method currently had only one layer, but it was enough for preliminary refinement of a Wine Gourd.

As the true fire tempered and the restrictions fused, the green-skinned gourd slowly transformed.

The material of the gourd was purified, changing from green to emerald, emitting an astounding green hue, akin to jade.

After nearly a stick of incense time of unceasing refinement, when Su Yu inserted the last cloud restriction, the gourd’s surface lit up with dense, radiant Restriction Runes that swiftly merged and vanished inside the gourd.

"It’s done!"

Su Yu retracted the true fire, grasping the now jade-like gourd for examination, immediately sensing the presence of five spaces within, each akin to a wine jar, capable of simultaneously storing five kinds of fine wine.

He promptly poured several previously brewed wines into the gourd, one by one.

Fourth-grade wine, Monkey Brew: A sip instantaneously restores 5000 Qi and Blood and Mana, continuing to restore 500 Qi and Blood and Mana every second for the next ten seconds.

Fourth-grade wine, Nine Bends Yellow Wine: A sip restores 8000 Qi and Blood and Mana.

Fifth-grade wine, Thousand-Day Drunk: A sip instantaneously restores 20000 Qi and Blood and Mana, continuing to restore 1000 Qi and Blood and Mana every second for the next thirty seconds.

Among them, Monkey Brew occupies 2 slots, with each slot containing enough wine for 20 large sips.

Nine Bends Yellow Wine occupies 1 slot.

Thousand-Day Brew occupies 2 slots, a maximum of 20 large sips.

With this Wine Gourd, it’s akin to having a continuously usable healing elixir,

The reason for not filling it entirely with the highest-grade Thousand-Day Drunk is that Monkey Brew tastes the best, and Nine Bends Yellow Wine has quite a unique flavor.

He made this thing not purely to use as a healing elixir; tasting fine wine is also one of life’s great pleasures.

Now, resources are limited, and there aren’t the best recipes, but when the opportunity arises to acquire a top-tier Spiritual Gourd with vast internal space, filling it with a pond of various fine wines would be incredibly delightful.

After exiting the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, Su Yu hung a green jade gourd from his waist, occasionally taking a small sip, feeling extremely comfortable.

After wandering the streets for a while, Su Yu suddenly remembered something and opened his communicator, discovering several missed messages, all from his second brother. Most were asking when he’d finish his seclusion, with the last one notifying:

"The main force’s second troop will hold an internal event in a week. If you’re free, come and join."

He immediately replied:

"Second brother, I’m out of seclusion."

His second brother responded quickly:

"Come to this coordinate."

He opened the map and saw the coordinate was not on Jinjiao Island, located in a sea area about ten thousand kilometers west of Jinjiao Island.

"Oh, and dress well before you come."

"???"

"Because of your sister-in-law, our main force’s second troop has quite a few female players. You’re now alone, and your sister-in-law wants to introduce you to a girlfriend."

"Ah... a matchmaking?"