Chapter 76 Bronze Gate
The brewing recipe was readily available. After Xi'er rented a courtyard and settled down temporarily, she called Wujin and the other two to help brew the wine.
The brewing method for Nu'er Hong (a type of Chinese liquor) is relatively simple:
After soaking the glutinous rice for twelve hours, steam it until cooked, then spread it out after removing it from the steamer.
Cool to around 25℃, add red rice koji and water, and ferment for three days.
Then add brown sugar for a second fermentation. Add half an ounce of brown sugar for every pound of rice, then seal it in a wine jar and ferment for more than half a month.
The brewing method for Zhuyeqing tea is relatively complex:
Select fresh, tender, and green bamboo leaves, wash them, and then let them dry.
Soak the bamboo leaves in warm water for 5 minutes. The water temperature should not be too high, so as not to affect the aroma of the wine.
The fermented barley wine is poured into a distillation apparatus for distillation, and the resulting liquid is mixed with bamboo leaf water.
Then add Chinese medicinal herbs such as Amomum villosum, sandalwood, angelica sinensis, dried tangerine peel, clove, fennel, and costus root;
It is then mixed with ingredients such as rock sugar and egg white, sealed and stored. It can be opened after one month.
Xi'er directed the three people to complete the production of thirty jars of each type of spirit wine in three days.
All that was left was to wait. She stored all the sealed wine jars into the hollowed-out silver sphere space, and then accompanied Hongyuan on the mission.
Hongyuan currently appears as a kitten, so he naturally cannot be the one to handle the tasks he takes on.
Because the three members of the Endless Tribe were of the Slender Demon Clan and had slender figures, they were easily suspected by others. Therefore, it was ultimately Bo Yiyan who came forward to contact the team members.
When they arrived at the agreed meeting place, there were four people on the other side—three men and one woman, all with cultivation levels around the first to fifth level of the Tongtian Realm.
Seeing the strength of these team members, Xi'er couldn't help but sigh: As expected of a higher-level interface, even a casually formed team has such cultivation levels.
The leader introduced himself: "Fellow Daoist! I am Qu Minghao, and these three are Zhou Wu, Du Lingling, and Gong Feiyang."
The four of us are all independent cultivators. Some time ago, when we were hunting as a team, we unexpectedly discovered this little secret realm in a canyon a hundred miles away from Star Picking City.
Unfortunately, it was enveloped by three layers of restrictions, and the four of us only had a superficial understanding of these restrictions, so we were completely unable to break through them.
We tried to launch a direct attack, but the barrier automatically absorbed our attacks, rendering them completely ineffective.
"If you can help us break the restriction, you will definitely get 30% of the treasures we obtain after we enter."
Qu Minghao has a handsome, square face and a tall, robust build, giving him an upright and righteous appearance.
His three companions were Zhou Wu, a sturdy and honest man; Qu Lingling, a charming and slender woman; and Gong Feiyang, a tall and thin man with delicate features.
Judging from his appearance alone, he doesn't seem like a treacherous person.
However, having seen countless people, Bo Yiyan knew the principle that one cannot judge a book by its cover, so he naturally harbored suspicion towards them.
He immediately smiled frankly at the four of them: "Fellow Daoists, I am Bo Yiyan, and this is my niece, Bai Xi."
My nephew and I do have some knowledge of formations, but without seeing the actual formation, we can't be completely certain we can break it. We can only do our best.
Bo Yiyan used a potion to conceal his aura, displaying a cultivation level of only the second level of the Tongtian Realm, while Xi'er disguised her aura as that of the Tongling Realm.
Seeing that they were just an uncle and nephew, and only one of them was at the second level of the Tongtian Realm, the other party felt relieved.
Zhaixing City is very large, and they had never heard of this uncle and nephew before, so they knew absolutely nothing about them.
But if their skill in formations is truly high enough, they wouldn't dare to offend them easily.
Unless they actually obtained an unexpected treasure in the secret realm, they would never commit murder to steal it.
In fact, when Bo Yiyan said that he knew a little about formations, he wasn't bragging.
Back when they were on Green Algae Star, when A-Chen was in school, a friend named Meng Rui found a book in traditional Chinese characters called "Wuji Formation Diagram" in the family's storeroom.
After Zuo Shan translated the array diagram, Meng Rui, a mathematical prodigy, actually understood it.
Then he translated it into plain and easy-to-understand vernacular, copied it into a booklet, and gave one copy to each of his friends.
After obtaining this copy of "The Wuji Formation Diagram", Achen benefited greatly.
Later, they all traveled together to the Misty Heavenly Realm. In his spare time, Ah Chen would take out the "Limitless Formation Diagram," and all the family members who were interested in it would learn it.
Bo Yiyan and Xi'er are the most important people to Achen, so naturally they both learned from them. However, Xi'er only learned the basics, while Bo Yiyan studied them more deeply.
Before accepting the mission and setting off, they had already discussed with Hongyuan that if they were lucky enough to break the formation, they would not allow Hongyuan to use his supernatural ability to freely enter and exit the barrier.
Bo Yiyan, with Xi'er in tow, followed the four of them on their swords and soon arrived at the valley they had mentioned.
The vegetation here is lush, and spiritual herbs below the third rank can be seen everywhere. When Xi'er saw these spiritual herbs, her thrifty habits almost made her unable to resist.
Bo Yiyan, being a pharmacist, was itching to get his hands on any medicinal herbs that were readily available!
The two of them had just come from the barren Dust Continent. In the past ten years, let alone spiritual herbs, even wild grass had to be painstakingly cultivated and grown.
Who can understand the feeling of a beggar suddenly entering a rich neighborhood?
But in order not to arouse their teammates' suspicion, they had no choice but to endure it.
After all, normally, a cultivator at the Tongtian Realm like Bo Yiyan would never be interested in spiritual herbs below the third rank.
Because pills made from low-grade spiritual herbs are basically useless to cultivators in the Tongtian Realm.
If they couldn't resist picking them whenever they saw them, it would surely raise suspicion about their identities.
Qu Minghao led the way, guiding them along a winding path until they finally entered the depths of the valley.
Reaching the end of a narrow path, I pushed aside a large rock blocking the way, revealing a bronze door against the mountain wall.
This bronze door looks rather small, much like the door to a woodshed in a farmhouse courtyard, no more than 1.6 meters high and no more than 80 centimeters wide.
If an adult male wants to enter this door, he must bend over and lower his head, otherwise he will definitely bump his head.
When Xi'er saw the door, she immediately looked disgusted: "Uncle Bo, this door doesn't look high-end at all!"
“Indeed, but the patterns on this door look very ancient and intricate. I wonder if there’s anything good hidden inside,” Bo Yi said.
Qu Minghao, one of the four, chimed in, "This door is indeed unique, especially the patterns carved on it, which look somewhat similar to runes."
"Since Fellow Daoist Bo is proficient in formations, if you can grasp their mysteries, then this trip will have been worthwhile."
"Fellow Daoist Qu is right. I have benefited from your help this time," Bo Yi said.
He actually favored the door more because of the runes carved on it and the material of the door itself.
When he was in the Misty Heaven Realm, he stayed at the Ten Directions Academy for a while and read an ancient book about refining materials in their library.
Among the records is one about this metal material, which at first glance looks like bronze, but is actually a rare material called lapis lazuli.
Although lapis lazuli is said to originate from bronze veins, it is said that each vein can produce no more than ten kilograms of lapis lazuli.
Moreover, of these ten catties of lapis lazuli, only about one mace of lapis lazuli can be extracted.
The door in front of us looks short, but it is about five centimeters thick. If it is made of ordinary bronze, it should weigh more than 500 kilograms.
However, lapis lazuli is five times denser than bronze, so the weight of this door should conservatively be estimated to be over three tons!
The moment Bo Yiyan recognized the material of the fake bronze door, he screamed inside: I'm rich! I'm rich!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
