Hua Guzi patted his chest hard and assured with a trembling voice: "Sir, I am a spiritual chef. Although I am not good at making wine, spiritual wine is also included in this category."
"This wine recipe is indeed contradictory, it can't be wrong."
After a pause, Hua Guzi continued, "I just took a sip and found out that this wine has two main ingredients. One is Yellow Spring Water, and the other is Night Wandering Grass."
"Yellow Spring Water can solidify the soul and spirit, and is often used in alchemy and spells. However, as a material for brewing wine, it is too cold and will directly damage the drinker's yang energy."
"Night-wandering grass grows in dark and damp places. It can be used to enhance the spirit and soul power, but it is gloomy in nature. Therefore, it is not suitable for cultivators in the world of the living, but is suitable for ghost cultivators in the underworld. Therefore, it is often used as a resting place for night-wandering gods."
"Night-wandering grass and Yellow Spring water are both cold and yin substances. Their powers are extremely similar and cannot produce complementary effects. Instead, it is easy to cause the wine to have a single nature and bring cold and yin diseases to the cultivators."
After talking about the main ingredients, Hua Guzi talked about the auxiliary ingredients.
She took another sip of the brew and made pinching gestures with her fingers.
After a while, she looked at Ning Zhuo and asked, "Master Ning Zhuo, I think the auxiliary ingredients of this wine should include moon dew, dark jade and mermaid tears, is that right?"
Ning Zhuo shook his head slightly, and did not hide it at this time: "As far as I know, the first two are correct, but the latter is not the tears of the mermaid, but the tears of the nine-tailed fox."
Hua Guzi hummed, his expression solemn: "Although moon dew has the effect of moisturizing the mind, it is cold in nature and is often used to neutralize other hotter ingredients in spiritual food and elixirs. But in the Yousi Ming Brew, it purely promotes the coldness. Not only does it have no harmonizing effect, but it aggravates the coldness of the entire wine, making the wine extreme."
"The underworld jade is a specialty of the underworld, often used in the manufacture of magic tools. Its properties are stable and yin, and it is good at protecting the soul and calming the spirit. But as an auxiliary ingredient, it is too heavy and astringent, and the spiritual energy flow of the wine will be blocked, and it will not be able to maintain a light taste. The absorption capacity of the underworld jade is very strong, and it is easy to absorb other spiritualities in the wine, causing the wine to be dull and lose its due activity and layering."
"The last item is Nine-tailed Fox Tears. These tears are rare and precious. They can clear distracting thoughts and purify the soul, but they are driven by emotions, which often fluctuate greatly and are difficult to control. Compared with the aforementioned cold materials, Nine-tailed Fox Tears have a sense of warmth, but they cannot reconcile these overly cold main and auxiliary materials."
"Because the dosage was too small. I just didn't taste it! In this case, the Nine-Tailed Fox Tears were overly infected by the coldness of the wine, making it unable to exert its own efficacy and being swallowed up by the wine."
Hua Guzi finished speaking and finally said: "So, to sum up. The main ingredients in this wine recipe are too similar in nature, which weakens the changes and depth of the wine, making the wine rigid."
“The auxiliary ingredients, such as moon dew and dark jade, not only failed to harmonize the main ingredients, but also aggravated the coldness and dullness of the wine.”
"The only promising Nine-Tailed Fox Tears has too little use to balance out the negative energy. Also, because of its emotional fluctuations and resonance, it is incompatible with the cold body of the wine, and it is easy to cause a huge contrast in emotions. If the drinker is in an unstable state of mind, he may fall into a state of soul shock, which indirectly leads to extreme changes in emotions and even loss of control."
Hua Guzi pondered: "If it were me, I would remove some of the main and auxiliary materials and use warm and positive materials to blend them."
"For example, scorching sun fruit, red flame ganoderma, purple sun lotus seeds, or if you're more adventurous, you can even choose Phoenix Gold Velvet."
Hua Guzi's attitude towards Ning Zhuo is different from that of ordinary people.
This explanation is completely from the heart, without any falsehood.
Ning Zhuo pondered for a moment and asked her, "Can this wine help people spread their thoughts to the underworld, so that they can comprehend the wisdom of their ancestors and receive guidance from the unknown?"
Hua Guzi's eyes widened and he smiled: "How is it possible? Has the young master been deceived?!"
Ning Zhuo fell into deep thought again.
He tasted the wine again and it tasted just as good as before.
Linghu Jiu deceived him?
Based on his understanding of Linghu Jiu's personality, this doesn't make sense at all.
Did Linghu Jiu give you fake wine? If he didn't want to give it, there was no need to use up the last jar of wine. Wouldn't it be better to just say that you've finished drinking it?
Why bother?
Seeing that Ning Zhuo hadn't finished speaking, Hua Guzi frowned and thought. He also wanted to share Ning Zhuo's burden, so he took the initiative to suggest, "If you want to communicate with the netherworld and get guidance from the predecessors, there are actually many ways."
"The most orthodox and safest way is to hold a grand ceremony to worship the ancestors."
"Because of our blood relationship, the ghosts in the underworld will not easily attack us. They will also benefit from the ceremony, maintain their sanity, and restore their humanity."
"In fact...the separation between yin and yang is the natural pattern of heaven and earth. It makes sense."
"The coldness of things in the underworld is so deep that it can even distort one's temperament, filling it with hatred, resentment and other bad emotions, to the point that one is jealous of, desires and wants to destroy things in the world of the living, which are full of life."
"For cultivators like us in the mortal world, we should not have too much contact with them."
"Otherwise, it will easily lead to many troubles."
Hua Guzi was worried about Ning Zhuo and expressed his sincere concern.
Ning Zhuo didn't listen carefully, but was thinking about this matter.
With his investigation and Huaguzi's taste of Yousi Ming Brew, the whole thing became more complicated.
"What is the truth?"
"Why do I feel weird?"
"Is Hua Guzi really wrong? She and Linghu Jiu are completely opposites..."
"No. Or are they both right?"
Ning Zhuo was thinking about these things and became a little absent-minded.
Hua Guzi was standing aside, carefully watching Ning Zhuo's face, and was secretly excited in his heart: "Sure enough! Master Ning Zhuo looks so elegant even when he frowns and thinks!"
"I really want to hold his head in my arms and rub it."
Ning Zhuo: ...
He quickly asked Hua Guzi to leave.
"I was driven away! I was driven away by Master Ning Zhuo!" After Hua Guzi walked out of Ning Zhuo's cave, he was so angry that his eyes were blurred and his face flushed.
Ning Zhuo returned to the cave and stopped thinking about it.
"It's a fog right now, so let's wait for the results of further discussions with our ancestors before making any judgment."
The spiritual plant cabin in the Wanli Youlong is now empty.
Lingyin Liu had been taken away by Ning Jiufan.
This also made Ning Zhuo feel empty and uncomfortable.
Not long after, Ning Jiufan found him again and informed Ning Zhuo of the progress of further discussions.
The news is mixed.
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The good news is that after Lin Bufan personally investigated, he took over the Lingyin Willow and said that it could be treated properly, but it would take a lot of effort -
It takes a lot of time and money to slowly heal.
Many of the resources here involved Nascent Soul-level resources, so Ning Jufan immediately used his Earthly Evil Fire as a deposit to pay Lin Bufan.
The bad news is that regarding the recipe of Yousiming Brewing’s wine, Lin Bufan directly stated that it is not for sale and is not allowed to be sold outside.
After Ning Jiufan talked with Ning Zhuo, he found that Ning Zhuo's drinking of Yousi Ming Brew had no effect, so he persuaded him: "The current negotiation situation is serious. Why not put Yousi Ming Brew aside and focus on Lingyin Liu first."
"It seems that Sect Master Lin Bufan also wants to get some of the Lingyin Willow. He also wants to strive for a few quotas to give to the cultivation seeds in the sect. Of course, this is based on the premise that the Lingyin Willow is cured."
"I think that's totally fine! Of course, it depends on your opinion. After all, the Lingyin Willow was given to you by the God of Wuyin Mountain."
Ning Jufan suggested this.
His meaning is very simple, mainly two points.
First, agreeing to such cooperation can reduce the Ning people’s great pressure on payment.
Second, delivering several usage quotas to Wanyaomen can also continue and deepen the cooperation between the two parties, making the relationship between the two parties more solid, tenacious and lasting.
Ning Zhuo nodded, agreeing with Ning Jufan's opinion and adopted it immediately.
At the same time, he also told Ning Jufan about Hua Guzi's comments.
At this moment, Ning Jiufan also felt confused and strange.
After the Ning family's grandparents and grandchildren speculated about each other, there was no progress.
"Deep thoughts and deep brewing have become trivial details. There is no point in thinking too much. It is better to focus on the key points. What do you think?" Ning Jiufan said finally.
Ning Zhuo sighed and nodded helplessly.
He pretended to agree, but he felt uncomfortable inside.
This strange feeling became more and more serious, and gradually a hunch became stronger and stronger - Yousi Mingniang was a flaw that he accidentally discovered. The truth buried inside was likely to be very shocking!
That night, Ning Zhu tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
In the morning, he solemnly told Sun Lingtong: "Boss, there is a very important letter that you need to deliver in person!"
He asked Sun Lingtong to quietly drive the Wanli Youlong away from Wanyaomen and deliberately get rid of Wanyaomen's influence, and then send the letter to the capital through the post station of Nandou Kingdom.
That’s right, this letter is still addressed to Zhu Xuanji.
It is conceivable that Zhu Xuanji must have been quite surprised when he received this letter. He did not expect Ning Zhuo to send him a second letter so quickly.
But in fact, even Ning Zhuo himself had not thought of writing to Zhu Xuanji so soon.
After Sun Lingtong secretly rode the Wanli Youlong back again, Ning Zhuo confirmed it and took the Guojiao Acacia Wine with him to visit the Wan Yao Cave again.
"Brother Linghu, I'm here again!" Ning Zhuo was holding a jar of wine, in high spirits.
Linghu Jiu also laughed: "Please come in, please come in."
"My dear brother, what good wine did you bring this time?"
Linghu Jiu's nostrils twitched, but he could not smell the aroma of wine. This was because the wine Zhu Xuanji had taken out from the royal family's treasury was made with great precision and accuracy, so not a trace of wine could escape and was firmly locked in the wine jar.
Ning Zhuo was not polite at all. After entering the cave, he sat down directly and placed the jar of wine on the stone table.
He tapped the wine jar gently and said, "Brother Linghu, let me keep you in suspense. What kind of wine is this? Won't you know after you open the jar?"
"Where's the wine bowl?"
(End of this chapter)