White Jade Wine Pot

An exquisite crystal chandelier hung from the towering ceiling.

Soft light filtered through the intricate crystal facets, bathing the entire living room in a gentle glow.

In the center of the living room, resting on a handmade wool rug, a set of dark brown leather sofas partially surrounded a massive glass coffee table.

The surface of the coffee table was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the fine texture of the leather sofas.

Seated on one of the sofas was a youth of seventeen or eighteen years old.

Chu He narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly lifted the wine jar in his hand.

The crystal-clear liquid poured into the crystal glass, emitting a rhythmic gurgling sound.

A rich, intoxicating aroma instantly filled his nostrils.

"Excellent!" Chu He's eyes lit up sharply. "This time, I'll finally have gathered the hundredth type of fine wine!"

Eighteen full years had passed since he was reincarnated into this world.

From the day he became conscious, Chu He understood that he had transmigrated into the world of Swallowed Star.

Relying on the self-control of an adult and the support of his father, an Intermediate War General, Chu He had successfully passed the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment three months ago and began practicing the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Cultivation Method.

That very night, the moment he made contact with Cosmic Energy, his soul trembled violently.

Chu He immediately realized that he had awakened his Spiritual Force, and his consciousness had arrived at his Sea of Consciousness.

Right in the center of his Sea of Consciousness, a wine gourd, carved as if from mutton-fat jade, was slowly rotating.

A stream of information inexplicably appeared in Chu He's mind.

[Brew and taste 100 types of fine wine with your own hands to unlock the Wine God Inheritance.]

Tasting fine wine was simple, but brewing it himself required much more consideration.

Fortunately, by that time, Chu He had already passed the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment and awakened his Spiritual Force, successfully passing the Martial Artist Combat Assessment on August 1st.

As a Martial Artist, and a Spirit Reader at that, Chu He didn't have much trouble collecting hundreds of wine recipes, gathering the materials one by one, and beginning the brewing process.

Over the past two months, hundreds of wines were brewed one after another, and Chu He tasted them one by one.

Nearly two-thirds of the recipes either resulted in failed brews or did not meet the White Jade Wine Pot's definition of "fine wine."

It wasn't until today that this hundredth type of fine wine was finally collected by Chu He.

Just as he was about to drain the glass in one gulp, a rough voice rang out in his ears.

"Hey, this aroma... I knew it, you brat opened another jar of fine wine!"

Before Chu He could reply, a middle-aged man sat down beside him without invitation.

"Sigh, old man, is your nose that of a dog? I open a jar of wine on the first floor, and you can smell it all the way up on the third?"

"You brat!" Chu Tianxiong slapped Chu He on the back of the head. "You're even mocking your own father now!"

"That's pure rebellion!"

Up close, smelling the rich fragrance of the wine, Chu Tianxiong's eyes widened to the size of copper bells.

"I have to say, you really do have a talent for brewing. You've only brewed a little over three hundred jars, and so many good batches have already appeared. It looks like we could actually open a winery!"

He lifted the wine jar with one hand and poured a full cup into the thermos sitting in front of him.

Accompanied by a trickling sound, a few goji berries slowly floated up from the thermos.

"Uh..." Seeing the goji berries, Chu He was completely dumbfounded.

No way, what is this!

His old man was forty-seven this year, born in 2010—barely counting as a post-2010s kid—and he had known since he was little that his father loved health regimens.

But soaking goji berries in a thermos was one thing!

But this... could you actually use liquor to soak goji berries?

Chu Tianxiong clearly noticed his son's surprised expression.

"Heh, don't get it, do you?" Chu Tianxiong chuckled, took a sip with a smug look on his face, and chewed on a goji berry twice.

"This liquor is the essence of grain; the more you drink, the younger you get!"

"Who says you can't drink while focusing on health?"

"Haha!" Chu He laughed along. "Old man, you're already an Intermediate War General, so of course you can focus on your health however you want."

"You brat, you're quite sensible now, aren't you?" Chu Tianxiong glanced at Chu He and screwed the lid of the thermos on tightly.

"Fine, just wait. In a couple of days, when it's your birthday and you turn eighteen, I'll have something good prepared for you."

With that, Old Chu picked up his thermos and sauntered off toward the stairs.

Watching Old Chu's figure disappear around the corner of the second floor, Chu He muttered to himself, "Something good? Why do I find that so hard to believe?"

In this Northeast Base City, there was no such thing as men preparing birthday gifts.

As for an eighteenth birthday coming-of-age ceremony...

Chu He shook his head and refocused his gaze on the crystal glass in his hand.

Unable to wait any longer, Chu He downed the fine wine in his cup in one gulp, then immediately closed his eyes, focusing his consciousness on his Sea of Consciousness.

After Chu He drank the wine, the White Jade Wine Pot at the center of his Sea of Consciousness suddenly erupted with brilliant rays of light.

In the center of the boundless white mist, the White Jade Wine Pot, which had been rotating slowly, suddenly began to spin at an accelerated pace.

A massive amount of liquid gushed out from the mouth of the pot, instantly dispersing into a white mist.

The mist spread wildly, quickly filling the entire Sea of Consciousness.

These white mists were, naturally, Chu He's Spiritual Force.

It must be known that for the current Earth, every Spirit Reader is incredibly precious; they are born with an extremely powerful Spiritual Force.

According to the research currently available on Earth, when a Spirit Reader is first born, their physical body is weak, and their Spiritual Force naturally condenses and lies dormant within the Sea of Consciousness.

Those born with less Spiritual Force exist in a gaseous or liquid state.

Those born with more Spiritual Force exist as a mixture of liquid and solid.

The higher the proportion of solid, the greater the amount of Spiritual Force.

As for someone like Luo Feng, whose innate Spiritual Force is truly astonishing, it exists entirely in a solid state.

As for Chu He... it can only be said that he possesses the talent of a Spirit Reader.

But now, large amounts of liquid were suddenly gushing out from within the White Jade Wine Pot. As the pot spun at high speed, the liquid began to gradually condense into a sphere.

It floated right at the mouth of the White Jade Wine Pot.

Expanding, dispersing, contracting, condensing.

Chu He felt as if his entire Sea of Consciousness were being soaked in warm water; it was warm and comfortable.

In this wondrous state, messages continuously drifted out from the White Jade Wine Pot into Chu He's Sea of Consciousness.

[Brew 100 types of mortal fine wines to be titled a Brewing Grandmaster and unlock the Wine God Inheritance.]

[Spirit Guiding Technique... Spirit Nourishing Technique... Spirit Sealing Technique...]

[The White Jade Wine Pot is the heirloom treasure of the Wine God. As the inheritor's strength increases, more functions will be gradually unlocked.]

[Currently, the White Jade Wine Pot can only store Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence that is at the same realm as the inheritor, and proceed to analyze, nourish, and brew it.]

After a while, Chu He slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze was brilliant, as if reflecting the stars.

"So the Wine God Inheritance isn't just giving me a few wine recipes, but directly granting me a technique to extract Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence and blend it into a brew!"

"This thing... why does it feel so much like alchemy?"

"However, instead of giving me a list of material properties to memorize, it's asking me to identify and select them myself?"

"Drawing from the strengths of all things, harmonizing the spiritual essence of heaven and earth... it truly lives up to the name of the Wine God."

"Not to mention, there's even a White Jade Wine Pot!"

"This time around... I've hit the jackpot!"