Chapter 62 The brewery is taking shape, and the soul is becoming increasingly delicious...
Shu Xin had already taken the time to inquire in detail with Peng Peng An and Nuonuo Li about the extraterrestrial monsters that would attack during the Harvest Month.
The monsters of the outer continent can be broadly divided into two categories. One category is like the Ghost Great Horned Deer, which appears accompanied by a thick black mist. They do not attack, and their only target is the Tree of Life. However, the black mist that accompanies them is extremely corrosive.
Another type of byproduct is a light gray mist. The gray mist is not corrosive, only slightly toxic. However, this monster has a humanoid form and a variety of attack methods. It will also target flower fairies with specific intent, destroying farmland and buildings.
The ghostly great stag shrouded in black mist was a friend of the riverside elves in the past. But what is the true identity of the humanoid monster accompanied by gray mist? Could it be a former enemy? Shu Xin has no way of knowing. Only when the next attack by the monsters from the outer continent arrives will she know the truth.
"Let's focus on the present and make the acorn wine first," Shu Xin sighed softly, then turned and walked down from the terrace.
The brewing method provided by the Tree of Life is very simple and clear, with only five steps: taking the powder, mixing the ingredients, gelatinizing, fermenting, and distilling.
The steps for extracting the acorn flour are exactly the same as those for making acorn flour. Shuxin can directly use the acorn flour stored in the underground warehouse. However, the second step after obtaining the acorn flour, namely mixing the ingredients, requires the use of the brewery.
The brewery is still under construction. Because Shuxin will be using the brewery this time, its size and specifications are no longer based on the size of the flower fairies. It is precisely because of this that the construction time required for the brewery has greatly increased.
Shu Xin's research on the petals of the creeping lily was still not progressing, so she went downstairs to help the flower fairies build houses.
However, after seeing the flower fairies rising and falling at the foot of the Tree of Life, Shu Xin felt a little guilty. The fine sand at the foot of the Tree of Life was needed to make white clay, and the Land of Sin was constantly undergoing large-scale construction. Shu Xin felt that if this continued, one day the roots of the Tree of Life would be exposed because a layer of sand would be dug away...
"Probably not," Shu Xin thought somewhat uncertainly. "Once the Land of Sin develops, we can buy building materials from outside instead of continuing to dig up our own land and sand..."
Shu Xin's arrival greatly accelerated the construction speed of the workshop, and the brewing workshop was initially completed in just three days.
After the outer walls were all erected, Shu Xin instructed Peng Peng An to prioritize building the mixing tank inside the brewery. She then stopped participating in the subsequent construction of the brewery and returned to Flower Castle to begin preparing the "ingredients" for the "mixing" step of brewing.
According to the Tree of Life's brewing recipe, the mixing step requires adding acorn shell powder, red sugar powder, white crystal powder, and amethyst crystal powder to the acorn powder.
Adding red powdered sugar was completely understandable to Shu Xin, since it was powdered sugar and should be used to increase sweetness and adjust flavor; adding acorn shell powder was also somewhat understandable to Shu Xin, although acorn shells are bitter and astringent, they could still be considered food; but adding white crystal powder and amethyst crystal powder was completely incomprehensible to Shu Xin!
Even though she rationally knew that these crystals were magical stones and magical materials, Shu Xin still found it hard to accept emotionally. Could grinding the stones into powder really change the properties of the powder?
Shu Xin didn't understand, and she was greatly shocked. However, she felt that the Tree of Life must have its reasons. After the flower fairies became slaves, they could live on dirt, so drinking wine brewed from stone powder shouldn't be a problem...
After Shu Xin diligently prepared all sorts of powders, the mixing pool was completed. Shu Xin then waved her magic wand and transferred the acorn powder and other powders she had prepared in advance into the large mixing pool. She then input magic power to activate the mixing magic in the pool. Next, she would need to wait for about two to three days until all the powders were evenly mixed before she could begin the next step.
While waiting for the mixed magic to take effect, the flower fairies can take the opportunity to build the gelatinization furnace.
The gelatinization step requires flint to heat the gelatinization furnace. Since the furnace is also huge, a large number of flints are needed. The flints stored in Flower Castle are not enough, so Shu Xin had no choice but to grab her magic wand and fly towards the Tree of Life with a "sharpening knife".
Now, the black mist that the Flower Fairy slaves initially emitted from the Land of Sin has dissipated to a very thin degree. The green buds and leaves sprouting from the Tree of Life have become more and more numerous. From a distance, the huge canopy is covered with a light and tender green. However, the branches of the Tree of Life that have not sprouted new buds still exist. Shu Xin carefully cut off the dead branches one by one and then burned them into flint little by little.
After a busy day, Shu Xin dragged her tired steps into the bedroom. As soon as she looked up, she met a pair of round, bright black eyes. A snow-white lamb was lying comfortably on the bed, staring at the weary Shu Xin with great interest.
"You're awake. Good evening, Xi." Shu Xin greeted her casually, then tossed aside her magic wand and flopped onto the bed. With a blink of an eye, the flower fairy drifted off to sleep.
The little lamb gave the flower fairy a light kick with its hoof, looking somewhat disgusted: "Why did you tire yourself out like this again?"
The flower fairy, who had fallen asleep quickly, breathed steadily. Even as she lay on the bed, her incredibly smooth long hair spread out, as if it were a light veil over her. Her six pairs of thin, transparent, and crystal-clear wings were pressed beneath her body, and even as their mistress was asleep, they continued to shimmer with soft light. Their shimmering appearance added an extraordinarily exquisite and gorgeous lace embellishment to her piled-up gorgeous dress.
The little lamb grew increasingly disgusted: "I just can't understand how humans could like such a shiny, fake appearance..."
As if struck by a thought, the little lamb rested its chin on its front paws, gazing at the peaceful, sleeping face of the flower fairy beside it. Its gaze swept from the fairy's thick, butterfly-like eyelashes to her soft, moist lips. Xi shook its head, then nodded, murmuring to itself with a hint of wistful reminiscence:
"You look much better in your true form. I've never seen a human with black eyes and black hair before! I wonder where you came from. The Creator God truly dotes on the river spirits to the extreme... Such favoritism is truly ugly! Heh, the God of Love and Life? A fallen god, is he still a god? As long as there is love, it will disappear. As long as there is life, it will die. The God of Love and Life will fall; only hatred and death are eternal!"
Leaning its head forward, the lamb stuck out its tongue and licked the lips that were so close to its mouth, then smacked its lips and said, "Your soul is becoming more and more delicious, Shuxin."
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Author's Note: Levra, life love
Hahaha, it's such a simple transliteration.
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