"Cloud-Producing Incense made with spirit-material-grade ambergris should be even more extraordinary...
The Commerce Guild has plenty of goods from the sea. If the Old Ancestor seeks compensation from them to avenge me this time, could I take the opportunity to get some?"
He had already made Cloud-Producing Incense himself before. Its essential principle was simply to mix the ingredients in suitable proportions and awaken the Dao resonance within the incense essence that produced clouds and manifested their wonders.
The ambergris had to be black rather than white, the borneol crystals had to come from borneol incense rather than camphor, and suitable amounts of flowing-whelk operculum incense and storax oil were needed to blend everything together.
All of this could be done step by step, even by following his previous successful methods exactly.
The only difference was that he needed to use spirit-material-grade ambergris.
As it happened, the ambergris he had just obtained was precisely the black variety he needed. It was as light as pumice, could gather incense smoke, and possessed a spiritual quality he had never worked with before.
Li Ling deliberately took a portion, ground it into powder, and made a small batch for testing. He discovered that its cloud-producing effect had indeed improved dramatically. With just a light touch of flame, a mirage cloud seemingly filled with watery mist appeared and remained condensed without dispersing.
He could distinctly sense the power of water essence within it.
An idea stirred in Li Ling's mind. With his divine sense, he manipulated its shape, easily turning it into a chair-shaped cloud.
In the blink of an eye, he kneaded it into a bed, a pillow, and various other shapes.
He had once consumed a dragon soul fruit and possessed a certain ability to control water, so manipulating the water essence