"Old Hu, this is my son. He's only an Intermediate Warrior in terms of martial strength, but his Spirit Reader abilities are already close to an Intermediate War General. There shouldn't be any problem with him joining your Elite War General Squad, right?"
At the Chu Family Villa, in the living room.
A burly man sat on the sofa opposite Chu Tianxiong and Chu He.
He had dark skin, and his neatly trimmed beard framed his face. The muscles across his broad shoulders stretched his Combat Suit taut.
"A Spirit Reader? Almost an Intermediate War General?" Hu Yonghua stared at Chu He in astonishment. "Old Chu, you're really willing to hand him over to me?"
"Hmph! That brat does nothing useful at home. Better to kick him out sooner rather than later." Chu Tianxiong ground his teeth in anger.
"Old Hu, if I hadn't been waiting for you, I'd have kicked him out already!"
Beside them, Chu He lowered his eyes and kept his mouth shut.
He knew Old Chu was only saying that in anger. In truth, parents couldn't help going a little soft when disciplining their own children.
In the Wilderness Zone, a moment of softness could get an entire team wiped out.
But Chu He had just made a terrible mistake yesterday, so he didn't dare say a single cheeky thing just then.
"Fine!" Hu Yonghua wasn't the type to beat around the bush. Seeing that Old Chu was serious, he made the decision on the spot.
Turning to Chu He, he said, "Little Chu, my squad just got back today. Once we've rested for a month, I'll take you to the Wilderness Zone. How does that sound?"
"I'll follow your arrangements, Uncle Hu." Chu He nodded in agreement.
Chu He had gone to the Wilderness Zone before to gather some of the herbs he needed for brewing, but he'd relied on his abilities as a Spirit Reader to sneak around and avoid the monsters.
The last time he'd actually fought monsters was during the Martial Artist Combat Assessment.
But Game for Peace and Knives Out were hardly the same thing.
For something like this, he needed someone experienced to show him the ropes first.
That way, when he went out on his own in the future, he wouldn't be clueless about all the unspoken rules.
Once they'd settled the matter, Old Hu and Old Chu chatted a little longer before heading to a large restaurant in the central part of the Base City for drinks.
As for Chu He, he'd finally found the chance to test just what these so-called supernatural wines from the Wine God Inheritance were all about.
He went down to the basement and took out the dozens of herbs he'd fished out of the wine jar after pouring the wine away with Chu Xi the night before, laying them out in front of him one by one.
Then he took the White Jade Wine Pot out of his Sea of Consciousness.
After he'd received the Wine God Inheritance, the White Jade Wine Pot had recognized him as its master. It could appear in either his Sea of Consciousness or the real world whenever Chu He wished.
Next, Chu He wrapped his Spiritual Force around the Gentian Grass in the upper-left corner, then made it vibrate continuously at a special frequency.
As Chu He kept changing the vibration frequency according to the instructions in the Spirit Guiding Technique, a strange aura soon became entwined with his Spiritual Force.
His Spiritual Force carried the Spirit Machine extracted from the Gentian Grass and fed it into the White Jade Wine Pot.
Through the White Jade Wine Pot, Chu He quickly gained a clear understanding of the Spirit Machine's effects.
"Clears heat, dries dampness, purges fire, and calms convulsions?" A string of possible combinations flashed through Chu He's mind.
With the primary, secondary, supporting, and guiding ingredients each serving their purpose, a wine recipe centered on Gentian Grass soon took shape.
Gentian Wine: Slightly bitter and cool in nature. It can clear the liver and brighten the eyes. Drinking a lot can slightly strengthen Spiritual Force, but it can also weaken the body.
Though he hadn't actually brewed the wine, Chu He already knew what it could do.
Chu He focused his gaze on the White Jade Wine Pot.
"This White Jade Wine Pot really is worthy of being a treasure of the Wine God Inheritance! It analyzed the Spirit Machine in the Gentian Grass so quickly, and even came up with a viable wine recipe!"
"If I had to explore and analyze it bit by bit with the Spirit Sealing Technique and Spirit Nourishing Technique, I'd probably need another three to five days!"
The so-called Spirit Sealing Technique and Spirit Nourishing Technique involved evenly sealing the Spirit Machine within the original Gentian Grass plant, then using Cosmic Energy to nourish it.
That way, Chu He could have enough material to study and analyze.
After the White Jade Wine Pot had recognized him as its master, Chu He had naturally learned that it could currently analyze only materials at the Apprentice Level.
If he came across materials beyond the Apprentice Level, he might have to rely on the Spirit Sealing Technique and Spirit Nourishing Technique to analyze them bit by bit himself.
"Gentian Wine can slightly increase Spiritual Force. It does have side effects, but that's because I haven't added other Spirit Machines to balance it out."
Chu He's gaze swept over the dozens of herbs in front of him. His heart was already pounding with excitement.
"Once I've analyzed the Spirit Machines in all these herbs, I might be able to brew a wine that has no side effects and can greatly increase Spiritual Force!"
"Maybe I could even make wine that boosts Vital Energy, increases strength, or even raises a person's Gene Multiplier!"
At that moment, Chu He suddenly thought of the wines in the universe that could affect the body, soul, laws, or even Gene Multiplier. Every one of them sold for an astronomical price.
Even in the Virtual Universe, they were priced in Hunyuan Units.
Those wines could fetch such outrageous prices because they could affect the undying.
But for Chu He, it was precisely these "low-level" wines that he could sell without a care.
For a moment, Chu He was ecstatic.
The value was immense!
"To maximize the profits from this brewing technique, I have to reach the universe first."
"And to reach the universe, I need to get a Black Dragon Mountain X81 Spaceship. On Earth, only Babata can make that happen."
Chu He quietly considered his options.
"But... Luo Feng has already been to Australia, and Babata has noticed him."
"Even if I rush to Mist Island in Australia before the Wood Bud Crystal battle, at best I'll become Luo Feng's Junior Brother. Besides..."
Thinking of Sago Nehru, who had an exceptionally strong talent as a Spirit Reader but still hadn't been valued by Babata, Chu He silently shook his head.
He didn't believe that even after the Wine God Inheritance had enhanced his Spiritual Force talent, he could be stronger than Luo Feng.
The dark golden sphere in Luo Feng's mind hadn't broken apart until Luo Feng's physical strength had reached War God Level.
That showed his Spiritual Force must have been at Invincible War God level from the very beginning.
But what about Chu He?
Even after the Wine God Inheritance had strengthened him without his knowing, his physical strength was only at Intermediate Warrior, and his Spiritual Force could barely be considered Intermediate War General.
The Spiritual Force remaining in his Sea of Consciousness was just a mass of liquid. It probably wouldn't even reach War God Level.
"So, it's easier to earn his goodwill!"
"I'll befriend Luo Feng, then have him take me into the universe."
"With the Brewing inheritance, I'll be able to grow rapidly once I reach the universe."
Recalling what Vulture and Scorpion would soon do to Luo Feng's family, Chu He gradually settled on a plan.
"If I want to earn his goodwill, I need to let Luo Feng's family know someone is trying to harm them, but I can't let anyone actually get hurt."
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