Divine Spirit Rice, the Key to Entry!

"Do you have a vital-energy substance?" Wan Jingnian froze, then burst out laughing. "County Magistrate Su, you've read my miscellaneous treatises, so you definitely know that what we're looking for isn't the figurative vital energy spoken of in traditional Chinese medicine, but a substance that can directly strengthen the human body."

"To put it bluntly, isn't that what all those adventurers in the black market have been searching for these past few years? Unfortunately, after all this time, who has truly found it?"

His tone was flat, but his words carried a hint of regret.

"Yes. When Jingnian asked me to look for it before, I spent some time making inquiries in the black market. There really were people who had unearthed information in the ruins indicating that such a substance had once existed." Feng Long picked up a sheet of paper and wiped his mouth, then set down the pork knuckle in his hand and spoke pensively:

"According to the rumors, that substance was exclusive to the gods. It was the food they usually consumed. Once an ordinary human took it in, their physical constitution would undergo a complete transformation and begin to approach the power of the gods. Moreover, the change was immediate and universal. Unlike Treasure Water, whose enhancement of physical constitution was merely a minor additional effect..."

"But... gods, huh? From the first year of the Wasteland until now, aside from—well, aside from Su God, only one person has ever faced a god directly. Since then, we haven't been able to see them even once, nor have we had any way to contact them. Where could we possibly find a living sample of that substance to experiment on?"

There were quite a few rumors about this kind of substance in the black market.

And since the