The delivery guy, who was standing nearby, added, "Besides peach blossom wine, we've also brewed more than a dozen other kinds of spirit fruit wines, each with its own unique effects, though they're not very noticeable yet. We'll have to wait a while."
Next, the delivery ghost and the baby tree ghost explained the characteristics of various spirit fruit wines to Xia Tianqiong, as well as the brewing process.
Xia Tianqiong said that some of the less effective spirit fruit wines could also be sent to the basement of Wujian Restaurant to increase the bar's drinks and attract customers.
Huang Yu stood not far away, silently watching the courtesan in red.
He frowned slightly, seemingly lost in thought.
The hanged ghost stood beside it, its gray eyes also fixed on the courtesan, but it also glanced at Huang Yu.
"Young man, you're really capable. You managed to subdue such a powerful female ghost, and she's also so beautiful. Everyone is so envious."
"Sigh! He didn't bring them along this time. He probably won't need them again in the future, and he might not even borrow their tricks anymore."
The words "hanging ghost" sounded like a soliloquy, but Huang Yu felt as if it were directed at the ghost.
It had been following Xia Tianqiong around the whole time, but it hadn't used its trickery even once during their trip to the capital.
Maybe I won't use it again in the future, after all, Xia Tianqiong has too many choices now.
Besides the fierce and cunning courtesan, there are three other ferocious monsters: the Snow Demon Monster, the Human-Headed Dog, and the Corrosive Monster. Their tricks are all much stronger than this fierce monster.
Thinking of this, Huang Yu walked seriously to Xia Tianqiong.
"Boss, I need to go into seclusion."
Xia Tianqiong was delighted, "You've reached a bottleneck too?"
Huang Yu shook her head. "Not yet, but I want to go into seclusion to cultivate and advance as soon as possible."
"Okay, just go find the delivery ghost if you need anything. I'll have the Infant Tree Ghost bring you a jar of peach blossom wine later, which can help with cultivation."
At this moment, the Hanged Ghost came over and said that it also wanted to go into seclusion.
Xia Tianqiong thought to herself, "I need to rest for a few days anyway, so why not upgrade everything that can be upgraded?"
So he summoned all the contracted demons and said, "Anyone who has reached a level bottleneck or is close to it can take advantage of these few days to go into seclusion and level up."
Upon hearing this, more than a dozen contract monsters expressed their desire to upgrade.
Even food delivery services are getting upgraded.
Xia Tianqiong waved his hand and gave each of the contracted ghosts that needed to be upgraded a sum of Nether Gold. In addition, there were some pills and spiritual fruits in the warehouse that could assist in cultivation, which were also distributed to help them upgrade.
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The capital city, the Huang family.
Huang Kun brought Huang Liyun to Guangwen's courtyard house, and both father and daughter looked a little strange.
Guangwen asked, puzzled, "What happened?"
Huang Kun frowned, his brow furrowing. "It's hard to say. Let Liyun demonstrate for you."
Huang Liyun walked to the center of the courtyard, looked around, and finally walked to the stone table in the corner.
She was only nineteen years old, slender, and lighter than a stone table, yet as she walked by, she grabbed the edge of the table with one hand and lifted it up with ease.
Guangwen paused for a moment, then stared intently at Huang Liyun's body.
"A power-based trick? No, there's no fluctuation of Netherworld power!"
Huang Kun said, "After she came back, I discovered that her physical strength was astonishing, and she could also automatically generate Netherworld Power within her body."
"That's impossible. She's human. How could she generate Netherworld power within her? It's only possible if she becomes a monster."
Guangwen clearly did not believe it.
Huang Liyun stood in the courtyard and suddenly raised her hand and waved.
It looked like nothing at all, but Guangwen could clearly sense that she was unleashing a wisp of Netherworld power from her palm.
Huang Kun spoke again, "She hasn't made any contracts with any strange entities, nor has she used any ghost money. If this Netherworld power wasn't generated within her body, then where did it come from?"
Guangwen didn't speak, but walked up to Huang Liyun with a solemn expression.
He grabbed her wrist, channeled a wisp of Netherworld power into her body, and probed her internal condition.
Guangwen's brows furrowed, his expression a mixture of doubt and shock.
Huang Kun was extremely anxious. "What's wrong? What happened to my daughter? Is she even human anymore?"
Yes and no.
Guangwen sighed, "I feel that her current state is somewhere between human and eerie; she's human, yet also eerie—a very strange state. Tell me, did that person do something to you?"
Huang Liyun shook her head and said, "I only know that when I woke up I was in his arms and he was feeding me something. It was pitch black there, and there was a pool of blood next to it, with many corpses floating in it. I think I was also soaking in it, because there was a lot of red liquid from the pool on my body."
After hearing this, Guangwen frowned and pondered for a while.
"That might be a well-known artifact in the ghost realm, the Ghost Transformation Pool. He may have originally intended to turn you into a ghost, but later made an agreement with your father and used some kind of spiritual fruit to revive you."
"It's probably because of the combined effects of the Ghostly Pool and the Spiritual Fruit that you've been transformed into this inhuman, neither-ghostly-nor-human state."
Huang Kun quickly asked, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
Guangwen hesitated for a moment before giving a positive answer, "Of course it's a good thing, a very good thing. Her physique surpasses that of normal humans. Besides her great strength, she may also have special attributes, which we need to explore gradually."
Furthermore, she can also form contracts with supernatural beings like humans, and use their magical abilities without consuming ghost money; she can do so using her own ghostly power. I've passed on to her the method for cultivating ghostly power, so perhaps she can level up like us supernatural beings, and maybe even comprehend magical abilities!
"Really? That's great!"
Huang Kun was initially worried, but upon hearing this, he suddenly felt much better.
He looked at Huang Liyun and smiled kindly, "Although the original plan failed, it can be considered a blessing in disguise, and we gained an unexpected opportunity."
His initial intention was to use his daughter to take Xia Tianqiong as his son-in-law, which is why he asked Guangwen to make the arrangements.
The attempt failed, but it unexpectedly led him to join forces with Xia Tianqiong to destroy the Liu family, and Huang Liyun also gained such a great benefit.
Xia Tianqiong was unaware of all this; upon returning to the Sky Island Orchard, he was already on vacation.
In front of the wooden house, under the peach tree, there is a square sandalwood table.
The copper hot pot in the center of the table was bubbling away, the fiery red broth constantly boiling. Plates of sliced beef, mutton, and various other ingredients were laid out on the table.
"Awesome! It's been so long since I've had hot pot!"
Xia Tianqiong picked up a slice of cooked mutton, dipped it in plenty of sesame sauce, and stuffed it into her mouth.
It was a little too hot to drink, so I quickly picked up the glass and took a sip of the chilled peach wine.
"It really is delicious."
Sitting at the same table eating hot pot with him was the courtesan in red.
The other supernatural beings do not like human food, but the courtesan is quite similar to Huang Yu, and still retains human eating habits.
While they were eating hot pot, Xia Tianqiong suddenly beamed with joy.
He sensed that the painting ghost had been upgraded.
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