Dissolving Spirit Liquid

Early the next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten.

"Holy crap! My wine!"

With a loud roar, Chu He threw off his quilt and sat bolt upright.

His consciousness quickly sank into his Sea of Consciousness. Inside the White Jade Wine Pot, the heart of the One-horned Iron Rhino and several auxiliary ingredients were dissolving steadily, appearing slow but actually progressing quite rapidly.

"Phew, thank goodness. It was just a nightmare." Chu He let out a long sigh of relief.

Inside the White Jade Wine Pot, the various spirit liquids formed by the dissolving materials were continuously merging, their color gradually transforming into a deep crimson.

Judging by its appearance, it would likely be finished in another two or three days.

The reason it could be this fast was due to the Dissolving Spirit Liquid that the White Jade Wine Pot generated autonomously during the brewing process.

If Chu He were brewing the wine outside of the White Jade Wine Pot, he would have had quite a long wait!

According to the Wine God Inheritance, this Dissolving Spirit Liquid is typically formed through the slow fermentation of the auxiliary ingredients in a Wine Recipe, excluding the main ingredients.

Its function is to assist in the dissolution of the main ingredients, generate spirit liquid, and then facilitate their fusion.

The wine Chu He had brewed before coming into contact with the Wine God Inheritance had all relied on the decomposition and transformation caused by various microorganisms; there was no concept of spiritual energy or spirit liquid at all.

Therefore, in every Wine Recipe that Chu He now devised based on the Wine God Inheritance, the auxiliary ingredients he needed to select would naturally differ depending on the main ingredients used.

When brewing outside the White Jade Wine Pot, one would have to wait for the auxiliary ingredients to dissolve first and mix into the Dissolving Spirit Liquid before the main ingredients soaked within could be dissolved into spirit liquid.

Only when these spirit liquids, which contained spiritual energy, merged with one another would the Spirit Wine that Chu He required be successfully brewed.

Sensing the spirit liquids formed by the several main ingredients continuously merging within the White Jade Wine Pot, Chu He couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:

"As expected of a treasure from the Wine God Inheritance. It was worth staying up late to speed up the progress."

"Bang!"

Just then, the door to Chu He's bedroom was kicked open.

"Chu He! You woke me up again!" Chu Xi stood outside his door wearing a tiny pair of pajamas, her face full of morning grumpiness.

However, the style of the pajamas was simply too cute; two long rabbit ears hung down, covering the little girl's face perfectly.

Unable to see the little girl's expression, Chu He continued to play around with Xiao Shuili, laughing and joking just as he always did.

"You! Still! Laughing!" Little Chu Xi pushed the long ears aside with her right hand, gritted her teeth, and pounced on him. Her left fist struck out with lightning speed, landing squarely on Chu He's stomach.

"Ah! Such great strength, I'm dead!" Chu He played along and flopped backward onto the bed.

"Do you know how long I waited for you last night?" Not satisfied, little Chu Xi punched him twice more, grinding her teeth and looking as if she wanted to bite him right then and there.

"Hahahaha, alright, alright, it's my fault." Hearing this, Chu He felt a bit guilty. He sat back up, scratching the back of his head with one hand while catching the little girl's fist with the other.

"Wait a second, your brother is apologizing, let me look for it..." Releasing her hand, Chu He rolled off the bed, dragged out his backpack, and started rummaging through it.

"Here, this is for you."

He held out a pack of Popping Candy in front of the little girl.

"Popping... Hmph! Who's your brother!" Chu Xi suppressed a cheer and turned her head away, acting awkward.

"Pah, pah!" The little girl realized she had slipped up and slapped her mouth twice. "Who's your sister!"

She then secretly turned her head back, blinking as she stared at the bags of Popping Candy in Chu He's hands.

Chu He watched the little girl's expressive face with great interest.

Her reluctance to let go was practically spilling out of her eyes.

"You aren't allowed to eat that much candy right now."

Following a soft yet firm voice, a slender hand suddenly appeared and swept the Popping Candy right out of Chu He's grasp.

Chu Xi's eyes moved involuntarily with the snacks until she saw the owner of the hand.

"Ah! Mom!" Chu Xi's eyeballs began to dart around. "No! That was Chu He's apology gift to me!"

Chu He looked up and saw his parents, who had just walked into the room.

"Dad, Mom, you're here too."

"Mm, not bad. As long as you're not hurt, that's what matters." Chu Tianxiong nodded, looking satisfied.

"Alright, alright, I'll give you one bag at most, no more than that." Xu Qingqing was currently bargaining with Chu Xi.

The father and son walked outside to the doorway.

"Old Hu told me everything. You're not going to be in his Jackal Squad anymore?" Chu Tianxiong asked.

"Yeah, it's better if we go our separate ways." Chu He nodded, hesitating over whether to mention the Wine God Inheritance.

When reading various novels in his past life, he had seen many similar scenarios where the protagonist obtained all sorts of fortuitous encounters and grew in strength rapidly, yet kept it hidden from their parents and those closest to them.

It wasn't until their parents or family members suffered various dangers and the secret could no longer be kept that the protagonist realized it didn't have to be such a hassle.

But now that it was Chu He himself, he realized that it was truly not easy to speak up about such secret matters.

In the end, Chu He only vaguely indicated, "My strength will be growing very quickly from here on out, so it wouldn't be appropriate to stay with them anymore."

"Good grief, a Warrior Squad at the Elite Level isn't enough to hold you? Are you planning on becoming a War God?" Chu Tianxiong scolded him with a laugh.

"Hmm, maybe a little stronger than that," Chu He said with a completely serious expression.

"Even stronger?" Chu Tianxiong dismissed it with a scoff. "Why don't you just say you're going to fly to the heavens?"

Fly to the heavens?

Chu He thought about it. Once he reached the Planetary Level, he would indeed be flying to the heavens.

Just as he was about to nod, he heard Chu Tianxiong say, "Alright, it's fine not to share everything with others. Having a few secrets of your own is a good thing."

"Mm." Chu He nodded silently, thinking that later, he would brew a special kind of wine for his old man to let him see for himself.

As it happened, the Blood-patterned Saber-toothed Tiger's penis was still in his backpack among the spoils of war.

"Dad, I... I'll brew you some wine using the Blood-patterned Saber-toothed Tiger's penis in a while. Once it's ready in a month or so, you'll understand."

"Tiger Penis Wine..." Chu Tianxiong, who had a penchant for health preservation, couldn't stand still the moment he heard that.

"Why does it take a whole month? Don't you have a winery? Can't you use the equipment in there to speed it up?"

Chu Tianxiong swallowed hard, seemingly nonchalantly unscrewing the thermos he carried with him.

"That won't work! It's not the same system," Chu He said with a laugh, rejecting his father's suggestion.

"Oh, I see."

"In that case, what are your plans for that winery?"

"The winery..."

Chu He thought about it carefully and decided to keep it. At worst, he could just adjust the brewing process himself later on.

"Fine. When you decide what you want to do with it, come tell your old man."

After the meal, it was time to get down to business.

Chu Tianxiong continued to teach Chu He the Seven Star Blade Technique. During the breaks in their training, Chu He gathered the ingredients for the Tiger Penis Wine, picked out a new ceramic jar, and placed the main and auxiliary ingredients inside one by one.

Finally, he filled the jar halfway with water and cast the Spirit Sealing Technique on it, completing the preparations.

All that remained was to wait for the auxiliary ingredients in the jar to dissolve into the Dissolving Spirit Liquid, then for the Blood-patterned Saber-toothed Tiger's penis and the main ingredients—Polygonatum, Angelica Sinensis, and Codonopsis—to dissolve into spirit liquid and fuse together.

Three days passed in a flash.

That evening, Chu He went to the martial arts hall on the second floor of the villa. He began preparing to consume the Red Blood Wine, intending to see exactly how it accelerated the circulation of his Vital Energy and improved his cultivation efficiency.