Banquet Gifts

The congratulatory gift Jiang Ruohe sent was a jar of brewed wine. It had been given by others when she and the Azure Dragon had confirmed their Dao Companion relationship and married. It had originally been brewed by a third-ring wine-brewing immortal master. The master had intended to brew third-ring wine, but an error had occurred midway. In the blink of an eye, a great deal of the wine's Dao Qi had leaked away, and it could only be downgraded into second-ring Heaven-Piercing Immortal Grade wine.

The materials used by wine-brewing immortal masters were likewise high-grade Heaven-Piercing Immortal Grade fruits. However, compared to the highly precise purification techniques of pill refining, brewing required more materials. Thus, producing wine of the same grade cost slightly more than refining pills.

Of course, the higher brewing cost mentioned here was relative to producing two pills per batch. If only one pill was produced, then brewing brought greater returns.

Thus, brewing was more stable. After all, there were not many high-grade pill refiners capable of producing multiple pills in a single furnace. Yet regardless of the profession, just like this wine-brewing master, no one could claim a one-hundred-percent success rate. This was true for pill refining, and the same was true for brewing. The only difference was that even in the worst case, one would still obtain wine a grade lower, rather than nothing but useless pills as with pills.

In terms of effects, immortal-grade wine was no weaker than pills. Both involved a process of tempering away impurities, then seeking the optimal proportions through "monarch, minister, assistant, and envoy."

Jiang Ruohe had been willing to spend so lavishly because she had heard that you might possess a First-grade Dao Fruit. Having cultivated to her level, she could not possibly fail to understand what