"So this spirit wine was what Taiping gave Bai Yu. No wonder he wouldn't tell me anything when I asked him how to brew it."
In a spacious guest room in the Nourishing Heart Pavilion, Peak Lord Meng Qingqiu sniffed at the mouth of the wine gourd Xu Taiping had handed her, and delight spread across her face.
"I happened upon this wine by chance. Every gourd drunk is one fewer left. Even I, your disciple, don't know how it's brewed."
Xu Taiping smiled as he spoke.
"That is a pity."
Meng Qingqiu looked somewhat disappointed.
"Peak Master Meng, do you need this wine to replenish the Divine Essence you expend when casting the Soul-Suppressing Spell?"
Xu Taiping asked with some curiosity.
"Yes." Meng Qingqiu set the wine gourd on the table. As she continued laying out the spell formation around White Rainbow's sickbed, she explained to Xu Taiping, Zhao Linglong, and Bai Yu beside him:
"The Soul-Suppressing Spell I use is also called the Soul-Calming Spirit-Sealing Spell. It's one of the few Spirit Refining arts in Qingxuan's legacy."
"Its purpose is simple, just as its name suggests: to calm the soul and seal the spirit."
At this point, she suddenly looked up at the wine gourd on the table, then continued:
"But even casting the simplest one-word or Three-Word Soul-Suppressing Spell exhausts all my True Essence, let alone the more difficult Six-Word or Nine-Word Soul-Suppressing Spell."
Xu Taiping nodded at her words.
"Even with your spirit wine, I can only cast a Three-Word Soul-Suppressing Spell on Senior White Rainbow. Casting the Six-Word Soul-Suppressing Spell would still be too much of a strain."
Meng Qingqiu sighed.
It was clear that she had indeed done all she could.
"What's the difference between three words, six words, and nine words?"
Xu Taiping