94: Chapter 94 Contingency Plans, the Altar of Immortality

The energy from those ten drops of over ten-thousand-year stone milk caused the Fighting Qi within his body to increase significantly.

Hun Tiandi couldn't help but sigh; the energy of the stone milk was so potent that it rivaled a dou wang pill above the fifth grade.

Although the stone milk was extraordinary, Hun Tiandi remained a Six-Star Dou Master and had not broken through; it had merely nourished his physical constitution.

The remaining energy was too weak to help him break through.

If he could fully refine that bowl of over ten-thousand-year stone milk energy, he might just be able to break through to the Eight-Star Dou Master level.

Amidst constant slaughter, Hun Tiandi had reached the peak of the Six-Star Dou Master level in both his Fighting Qi refinement and his comprehension of cultivation techniques.

On the path of cultivation, without great perseverance, one would surely be crushed by the waves.

He gathered his focus, and in the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Today was the day the spirit wine would be born. Hun Tiandi opened his eyes, stood up, and walked out of the cave; distillation still required some preparations.

He used the bones of fierce beasts to craft several tubes, and a specially prepared piece of fierce beast hide felt soft in his hand.

Returning to the cave, he began to tinker with his preparations.

With a flip of his hand, he produced a large pot, placed it on a rack, washed it clean, and lit the fire beneath it.

He opened the brewing pool, and a rich aroma of wine drifted into his nostrils.

A pool of fragrant liquid looked extremely enticing.

It had already fermented into an excellent state.

"It is time to begin the first distillation and brew the spirit wine."

Hun Tiandi gazed at the brewing pool with burning eyes, his heart filled with joy.

During distillation, the first wine to appear is called the 'wine head'; it can be said to be the best of all wines, having the highest potency and the finest quality.

As the distillation continues, the quality decreases.

Immediately, he moved the liquid from the brewing pool into the large pot, filling it to seven-tenths capacity...

Hun Tiandi grabbed the fierce beast hide and covered the large pot directly, leaving a small gap at the rim, into which he inserted the tube crafted from the fierce beast bones.

After tying it tightly, he led the other end of the tube to a distance away, placing an empty jade bottle underneath.

He sealed the mouth of the bottle with fierce beast hide and inserted the tube inside.

Whoosh... The firewood burned rapidly, and the scorching pot released heat. The liquid itself was prone to evaporation, and under the heating, it boiled at an astonishing speed.

The fierce beast hide covering the large pot was filled with wine vapor, continuously expanding and bulging.

Because it was airtight, the wine vapor could not escape; the only exit was that tube.

A stream of pure wine vapor flowed rapidly along the tube.

Drip!

The temperature inside the cave was extremely low. As the tube cooled, the vapor condensed into drops of crystalline wine, which dripped into the jade bottle at the other end.

As the firewood burned, it didn't take long for the jade bottle to be filled with wine.

Immediately, Hun Tiandi brought over another empty bottle to replace the one that was already full.

A rich aroma of wine drifted out from the mouth of the jade bottle.

This first bottle of wine was the 'wine head', the best wine from this distillation.

He did not rush to examine the wine, but casually placed it on a bluestone and continued the distillation.

A full hour passed, and one jade bottle after another was filled. In the blink of an eye, the large pot of liquid had completely transformed into wine vapor.

It dripped one by one into the jade bottles. During the distillation process, he continuously added liquid from the brewing pool.

Bottle after bottle of spirit wine was brewed continuously.

When everything had been fully distilled, Hun Tiandi did not clean out all the liquid from the brewing pool.

He left a layer of liquid at the bottom of the pool to serve as aged wine, so he could continue brewing in the future.

Including the very first bottle, there were a total of forty-nine jade bottles.

He first opened the bottle of 'wine head' and observed it carefully. The drops of wine inside were like crystalline purple jade, shimmering with a brilliant luster.

Each drop was like amber, incomparably viscous, without the slightest impurity.

The rich wine aroma inside the jade bottle was extremely intense, with no trace of the scent of the raw materials.

As the aroma drifted into his nostrils, the Fighting Qi within his body began to churn, showing signs of a slight increase.

"It truly is huitian spirit wine; it really does have the effect of recovering Fighting Qi. I am quite satisfied with this improved wine recipe."

"Hahaha, success! I have finally brewed the spirit wine."

After the 'wine head', the subsequent spirit wine gradually became lighter in color, not the pure purple.

It started to turn purple, and the last type was a crystalline light purple.

However, every single one was clear and bright, like amber.

There were no impurities at all; it was extremely pure.

Nine bottles of purple jade color were the 'wine head', which could be called high-grade huitian spirit wine.

Fifteen bottles of purple liquid, the middle distillation, contained rich essence and could be called mid-grade huitian spirit wine.

The last twenty-five bottles were light purple; these were the final distilled liquid, which still contained abundant energy, making them low-grade huitian spirit wine.

This time, the time was too rushed, and the quality of the prepared distiller's yeast was not high-grade enough.

In the future, when using high-grade distiller's yeast, the brewed spirit wine would be even more mellow.

He sealed the mouths of the jade bottles and put away the brewing pool.

"Teacher, what do you think of the spirit wine your disciple has brewed?"

Hun Tiandi spoke, and a phantom of an old man floated out from the purple ring in his hand; his aged face had been weathered by the passage of time.

Looking at the jade bottle in Hun Tiandi's hand, the old man beckoned with his aged palm, and the jade bottle landed in Elder Dan's hand.

"What a fragrant wine aroma. This is... huitian spirit fruit? Water-type magic core? ten-thousand-year stone milk, nether grass..."

Elder Dan took a light sniff and analyzed the ingredients of the wine...

"Teacher, I used the recipe for the energy recovery pill to improve it into a wine recipe, brewing a spirit wine with the same effect as the energy recovery pill."

"Currently, I cannot yet become an Alchemist, so I can only take an unconventional path and become a brewer..."

Hun Tiandi explained, casually handing the wine recipe on white paper to Elder Dan to look at.

"Hahaha, good, not bad!" As a Ninth-Grade Alchemist, Elder Dan could naturally see the recipe for this huitian spirit wine.

Once this spirit wine becomes popular across the Fighting Qi Continent, you will be the founding ancestor of the path of brewers.

Of course, when speaking of brewing spirit wine here, ordinary wine naturally already exists on the Fighting Qi Continent.

"Teacher, after I refine the stone milk energy and achieve my breakthrough, I will prepare to leave the Minghai Forbidden Land..."

After a moment of contemplation, Hun Tiandi said.

"Very well, it is time to leave!" Elder Dan nodded slightly, then disappeared back into the purple ring.

Immediately, Hun Tiandi put away the huitian spirit wine and began to continue refining the ten-thousand-year stone milk, falling into his final closed-door cultivation.

A month's time slipped away through his fingertips.

The Fighting Qi within his body flowed unceasingly, becoming increasingly robust, and the fluctuations of the energy of heaven and earth became slightly intense.

Ripples stirred on the surface of his body, and his green robes fluttered without wind, billowing out, while a faint, blood-colored radiance appeared on his handsome face.

The energy of heaven and earth roared incessantly into his body, and the blood-colored light on his body became increasingly dense, finally enveloping his entire figure.

The momentum within Hun Tiandi's body was also gradually rising.

When it rose to its peak, the surrounding energy suddenly stilled, and his green robes seemed to freeze.

Hun Tiandi's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open, and blood-colored light surged.

It retracted into nothingness, and a flicker of sword light flashed across his pitch-black eyes.

He tilted his head back and exhaled a breath of turbid air; the sharpness deep in his eyes receded, his green robes fell and clung to his body, and a powerful aura was restrained.

"Eight-Star Dou Master..."

He clenched his fist slightly, and the raw power within his body felt increasingly full, something Hun Tiandi was infatuated with.

According to normal cultivation, breaking through to an Eight-Star Dou Master would require at least half a year.

However, under the energy of the ten-thousand-year stone milk, he had been able to raise his level by two stars in succession.