As if noticing the Old Lich's greedy gaze.
Jiang Yu reached out and swept many of the bottles and jars back into her handbag, leaving only two bottles behind. One was a wide-mouthed bottle with a pitch-black surface, its contents impossible to see clearly. The other was the wine bottle containing eyeballs.
Then the witch raised her head and looked at Zheng Qing.
"Just a little preparation before setting out. There happened to be some useful things in there."
Speaking cheerfully, she opened the wine bottle and gave it a shake. From somewhere, she produced several small cups, arranged them in midair, filled them one by one, then gestured for everyone to help themselves.
"This is Green Rice Wine steeped with Agile Ox eyes. It also has medicinal herbs like self-heal, Cod Liver Oil, Cassia Seed, and so on... Drinking it will let you see at night as clearly as in daylight. It's perfect for our current situation."
"Agile Ox?" The black cat instantly grew several sizes larger. His ruby-like eyes moved close to the wine bottle as he carefully examined the two huge eyeballs soaking in the liquor. "...Agile Ox eyeballs are quite a rare thing."
The Agile Ox was a Magical Creature native to a barren valley in Huangshan, filled with jagged rocks and devoid of vegetation. It fed on arrow bamboo, drank Red Water, and lived alongside jade. Its entire body was covered in long dark blue-black fur. Though small in stature, it possessed a pair of enormous eyes that could look up at the stars and down into the underworld. It could see at night as though it were daytime, while its tears were an indispensable catalyst in many advanced magical potions and extremely expensive.
Because its habitat was so limited, the Agile Ox population had