Xu Rui was just joking, but he didn't expect his wife to take it seriously.

Without expending any effort, she pinched her thigh hard, making even Xu Rui, who was watching, feel the pain.

"You actually hit me? Does it hurt? Do you think I wouldn't know if you were dreaming? With my cultivation level, how could I not know even in my dreams?"

He quickly used a healing spell and massaged her thigh to make sure there was no problem before he felt relieved.

Xu Rui felt that his wife was really a tiger woman. She pinched his thigh so hard that it was already bruised, which made him feel very sorry for her.

Tang Baozhu also realized that her actions just now were too foolish; she hadn't thought things through at all and had just slapped herself.

However, the pain also meant that she wasn't dreaming; she had really reached the Golden Core stage so easily.

Thinking back to the novels I used to read, each stage of cultivation was extremely difficult. In fact, when you entered the Foundation Establishment stage, it was impossible to break through without Foundation Establishment Pills. It was as difficult as it could possibly be.

However, I feel that my cultivation is just okay now. I didn't experience any tribulation when I broke through to the Golden Core stage, but it seems that I only experience tribulation when I break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Although she found it a bit unbelievable, she had now made a real breakthrough in cultivation, and once she told herself that she wasn't dreaming, she felt relieved.

"I've been cultivating all this time. When I woke up in the middle, I saw you using your divine sense to work on those things. Have you achieved any results?"

Tang Baozhu was actually quite interested in the things she had found at bargain prices. After all, she had found them from hundreds or even thousands of stalls, and she still wanted to know their specific uses.

Although she may not be able to use it or even like it, she just enjoys the process of treasure hunting.

Xu Rui quickly took out all the items that had broken the seal, counted them, and found there were seven items in total, each with its own function.

While it may not necessarily help with cultivation, it is still very valuable in other aspects.

"They're all here, take a look."

"Just tell me directly. Since you've already broken their seals, no one knows them better than you. I'll just take the easy way out and get the information I need."

Tang Baozhu glanced at the seven items. Apart from the green wine gourd, which was quite nice, she didn't like any of the others. Besides, she didn't lack good things now. Given a choice, she still preferred those items that were both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

Xu Rui looked at his wife, who was openly trying to slack off, and just smiled indulgently. "Alright, then I'll explain it to you properly. Let's start with the wine gourd you picked up. You guessed that this wine gourd was a celestial artifact, right? I'm telling you now, you were right."

"Really? Wow, how am I so good? I can't wait to go find some bargains again. There are still so many stalls I haven't visited, not to mention all the shops."

What made Tang Baozhu happiest was that her senses were so sharp. She now felt that she was truly God's favorite daughter, given such a gifted supernatural ability.

After her initial excitement subsided, she urged her husband, "Hurry, hurry, keep going! What does it do? There are other things you haven't mentioned yet, and I can't wait to find out what they do."

Xu Rui was a little speechless. "I was speaking perfectly fine, but you interrupted me. Now you're blaming yourself for being too slow and not continuing."

There's nothing I can do but spoil my wife.

"This gourd is used for brewing wine, but it's different from ordinary gourds. Don't be fooled by its unassuming appearance; it's only about the size of a palm. In fact, its interior is quite unique, divided into about 100 small spaces, each of which can be used to brew a different type of wine."

Xu Rui paused for a moment, then continued, "That's not the most important thing. Its most amazing feature is that the passage of time in each small space is different from that in the outside world. As long as you have the recipe and put all the ingredients in the recipe into the small space, it can directly brew wine for you. One day outside is equivalent to one year inside. Isn't that incredibly powerful?"

Xu Rui was most concerned about this time. Drinking more spirit wine could increase cultivation, and unlike pills, there was no need to worry about pill poisoning remaining in the body after taking pills.

As long as one possesses a high-level spirit wine recipe and places it within the small space of the wine gourd, it will have a significant effect even for someone of his cultivation level, given enough time.

Moreover, a day in the outside world is equivalent to a year, and a year in the outside world is equivalent to 365 years. Even if you wanted a ten-thousand-year-old spirit wine, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Tang Baozhu also thought of this problem. Just thinking about how her cultivation would rise rapidly after drinking this spiritual wine made her feel that it was indeed a wine gourd of the immortal artifact level.

"Honey, I imagine you have plenty of ripe spiritual fruits in your space, right? I just don't know if you have the recipe for spiritual wine. If you do, please quickly put the ingredients from the recipe into the small space inside the wine gourd."

“I knew you were interested, so as soon as the seal on this wine gourd was broken, I put the ingredients in according to the recipe. However, I don’t have many recipes here. I’ve only brewed about ten kinds of spirit wine. It seems I’ll have to collect some of these things in the future. But some big merchants should have them. When we go out, we can go to the merchants and buy a few higher-level spirit wine recipes.”

Tang Baozhu nodded eagerly, "Buy some more small gourds that can preserve the spiritual energy of the spirit wine. With my low cultivation level, I definitely can't drink the spirit wine if it's been brewed for too long. Otherwise, with such abundant spiritual energy, it would definitely overwhelm my body. So let's brew some spirit wine that takes a short time and store it in the small gourds. When I want to drink it, I don't have to worry about the spiritual energy dissipating."

When Xu Rui saw that his wife even had to go out to buy small gourds, without even considering whether he had any, he wondered if he was underestimating himself.

He reached out and pinched her cheek, turning his wife's face into a round, chubby one. Surprisingly, it looked quite cute.

Tang Baozhu was caught off guard by his sneak attack and quickly reached out to pull his hand away. "Let go of me! What are you doing? Be careful, or I'll retaliate!"

He almost drooled when he spoke, and his speech was unclear. Tang Baozhu quickly shut up; it was just too funny.