latelenovela Chapter 134 Upgrade!
Chapter 134 Upgrade!
Zhong Ming shoved something into his mouth haphazardly, not even glancing at the woman, and turned to start working. His current task was to smooth out the last bit of "spiritual energy depression" and then smooth the entire artifact again.
Working, meditating, working, meditating... continuing until late at night, even the resilient dragon vein felt extremely tired.
The intensity of today's session was still too high for him.
Perhaps once you enter the Foundation Establishment stage, you can easily upgrade the grade of a magic weapon within a day?
The last surge of spiritual energy was injected into the polishing brick, and with a sharp slash to the left, the entire wine vat emitted a brilliant light. With the spiritual energy overflowing, this magical artifact began to operate on its own, just like a grandmaster brewer who had just drunk the wine. The spiritual energy surged, and if someone could clearly see the presence of spiritual energy, they would find that turbulent streams of spiritual energy had formed in the wine vat, frantically surging back and forth.
For any other ritual implement, this would likely be a harbinger of an impending explosion, but for a wine vat...
The woman's eyes lit up, and she rushed to the large vat like the wind, peering inside with surprise.
"You little rascal, you've got some nerve." A "friendly" slap landed on Zhong Ming's shoulder. This time it was genuinely friendly, but Zhong Ming was truly caught off guard.
Holy crap, a sneak attack!
The tortoise shell's defense wasn't activated at all; with one strike, Zhong Ming was almost smashed to the ground.
The woman, completely oblivious to Zhong Ming's embarrassment, jumped up excitedly, "This is the opportunity! I've stumbled upon one that I could only dream of!"
Having said that, he began taking things out of his storage bag. Spiritual energy shot out, drawing countless materials from afar. Some were contained in jade bottles, while others were completely exposed, easily mistaken for broken planks or dried leaves at first glance...
Several kinds of spirit wine were opened and poured into the wine vat all at once. Then came a pulsating crimson heart. Large pieces of "dried planks" and leaves floated on the surface of the wine, covering the liquid underneath completely. The wine vat was then sealed with the finest spirit mud. A layer of lotus leaves was wrapped around the mud, and then another layer of ordinary materials was used to seal it.
She was drenched in sweat after going through the whole process, but she was incredibly excited.
"Master Cuihong, I never expected you to possess such a unique skill... Master Cuihong... Master Cuihong?"
The master brewer glanced at Zhong Ming and saw him lying on the ground, blood gushing from his mouth, looking serene and peaceful.
"Hey! Don't die yet, pause for a moment."
She panicked immediately and frantically searched for things in her storage bag.
Once he demonstrates remarkable value, his death will no longer be a personal decision, but a loss for the entire dynasty.
After she found some pills, she slapped her forehead, realizing she had panicked. "What kind of pills did I find?"
Where is this? A wine cellar! A huge pile of spirit wine, and a long line of life-saving wines.
Thinking of this, he squeezed the pill, put it in his mouth, and physically blocked the blood flow.
Then she waved her hand, and a barrel of medicinal wine flew over at lightning speed, like a meteor falling to the ground. As soon as it touched her hand, the entire barrel exploded, and countless drops of spirit wine swirled in the air before being poured into Zhong Ming's mouth.
Zhong Ming is in great pain right now. He has indeed suffered a serious injury. He feels that the muscles in his shoulder are falling apart. He has some internal injuries and is coughing up blood, but most of the blood is from the wound on his tongue that has reopened.
Just as he was considering how to extort... oh no, discuss getting some medical expenses, a huge lump of mud-like substance was suddenly stuffed into his mouth.
"Waaah~~" It was stuffed too tightly, and I couldn't speak at all.
'If only I could drink something to soothe myself.' The thought had barely formed when a whole vat of spirit wine was poured into his mouth as if it were free, and he couldn't stop.
After a while, the woman squatted down, carefully poked Zhong Ming's cheek, and asked hesitantly, "How are you? Are you feeling better?"
Zhong Ming didn't dare to say a word, afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would spit out the wine.
This time, not only was his stomach stuffed to the brim, but he also felt like his whole body had swelled up.
In the end, he couldn't hold it in any longer. His upper and lower lips held firm, but his nostrils couldn't keep it open.
Okay, after experiencing such an inhumanly embarrassing incident, the two of them have now quietly changed their clothes and are sitting face to face as if nothing happened.
"Should we take things one step at a time?" Zhong Ming spoke first.
"Yes," she replied succinctly.
Zhong Ming took out the bounty list. "I have already solved the problem on this list for you. Upgrading a spare wine vat to a mid-grade magic artifact will solve your problem. Do you have any objections?"
"No..." She wanted to shake her head, but in the end she held back and nodded.
The wine vat... she just seized the opportunity to brew something else... so we're still missing one.
"Okay, let's discuss who broke the wine vat now, shall we?"
She nodded, and with a thought, summoned He Guang over, also using her spiritual power to control the fragments of the two wine jars to fly over as well.
The young boy, somewhat lacking confidence, called out in a coquettish tone upon arriving, "Master~"
Zhong Ming took over the reins and directly questioned him: "You said there are two wine vats here, one was broken before I came and I was asked to fix it, and the other was broken by me, is that right?"
The boy glared at Zhong Ming defiantly, as if to say, "Who do you think you are, daring to ask questions here?"
The master brewer glanced at his apprentice, sat up straight, and said, "Answer his question."
“Yes, but…”
"Alright, I already know." Zhong Ming interrupted He Guang sharply. "I believe you know as well. Comparing the ways the two wine jars broke, I believe they are exactly the same."
A mere child broke a magical artifact-level wine vat? Zhong Ming didn't believe he had a whole host of methods.
Upon hearing this, He Guang's face turned pale instantly. He wanted to say something, but his master used spiritual power to firmly seal his mouth shut, preventing him from uttering a single word.
The woman may appear fierce and rude on the outside, but she knows in her heart that this matter ends here and that she must win over this Master Cuihong.
The ability to upgrade the grade of magical artifacts is extremely rare even in the Chen family dynasty. If she were to reach a higher realm, her status would undoubtedly be even higher than that of a winemaker.
"It was just a joke by my unworthy disciple. Please don't take it to heart, Master."
"Okay, it seems you also think this matter is settled. So next, we can talk about medical compensation."
She frowned and pointed to the wooden barrel that had just been reassembled, saying, "This barrel of spirit wine is quite valuable, and there's also a pill inside."
Zhong Ming was speechless, spreading his hands. "This is my last clean set of clothes." (Wasn't the spraying scene embarrassing enough?)
"Well... how about this, consider it my deposit? I hope to have more opportunities to work with you in the future."
"I almost died. You don't know the special condition inside my body." Zhong Ming shook his head. He really almost died. This thing can't be considered medical; it has to be considered an injury!
Suffocation is injury, and choking to death is death!
So much so that when it came to the final compensation later, he was particularly confident.
Because the two gradually reached a consensus.
She needs a wine vat with medium-grade spiritual energy to brew the wine she plans to make, but the wine vat she just used was used up by an unexpected opportunity, so she still needs another one.
What to do? Just clear one of them.
"I want strong liquor, the stronger the better."
"Okay." She nodded.