The First Immortal of Destiny

Zhao Lingyin drank just a small cup of amber juice, and her face flushed slightly, showing signs of drunkenness!

The vast Spiritual Qi contained within the wine dissipated from her body, the immortal charm nurtured and blossomed, the rich aroma of the wine mixed with the fresh scent of spiritual plants continuously teased Shen Mo’s senses, making him feel intoxicated even before taking a sip of the wine.

The Jadescent Nectar brewed for over three thousand years by the Drunken Immortal Pot has the effect of restoring True Yuan Mana, and its efficacy is significantly better than the Seven Emperors Marrow Pill;

Moreover, it can help increase cultivation level, although not as prominently as the Five Qi Gathering Pill!

Most importantly, the nectar brewed by this spiritual treasure pot contains not a trace of pill’s poison, nor is its medicinal properties violently difficult to refine like elixirs; even if one were to drink excessively like Zhao Lingyin, a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, it wouldn’t cause harm, and even Qi Gathering and Spirit Sea Realm cultivators can drink it without risking death from explosive body bursts like ingesting high-grade spirit pills.

Seeing Zhao Lingyin’s face blooming like a peach and her flushed cheeks enticing, Shen Mo couldn’t help but be tempted, immediately drinking up the unfinished half cup of spiritual wine she left, before carrying her back to the jade couch.

...

After a long while, Zhao Lingyin completely refined the Mana in the wine, and her cultivation increased slightly.

The spiritual wine in the Drunken Immortal Pot contains astonishing Spiritual Qi, allowing a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator like her to completely refine just half a cup, equivalent to months of arduous cultivation!

But for Shen Mo, who is stuck in a bottleneck, not to mention drinking a cup, even if he consumes the remaining ten-plus liters of nectar in the pot, it would only slightly improve his cultivation level; however, when his Mana is depleted, drinking half a cup would allow him to restore to a peak state in a short period.

After that, he took out the Drunken Immortal Pot again, pouring all the ten-plus liters of three-thousand-year-old spiritual wine into several specially refined jade wine pots.

He plans to keep half for himself, for restoring Mana after intense consumption, as well as to reward close ones like Spirit Storage Rat, Flower Fairy Ami, Qian Xiaofeng, and Ming Yu; the remaining half of the spiritual wine is divided into five portions, Zhao Lingyin and Chen Mengze each get two, while Uncle Chen, who has just stepped into the Spirit Sea Realm, only needs one portion.

Once all the nectar in the pot has been poured out, Shen Mo took out three Grade VII Yanshen Tonghui Pills he recently refined, along with a large number of spiritual medicines of the treasured level, and put them all into the Drunken Immortal Pot.

This lower-grade spiritual treasure has the ability to "brew wine" innately.

As long as various herbs, spirit fruits, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and even finished elixirs are placed into the pot, it can automatically brew nectar wine with different attributes and effects!

"What effect will the final brewed wine from these spiritual items have?" Shen Mo inquired of the spirit of the Drunken Immortal Pot through a mental connection.

The Drunken Immortal Pot shook slightly, emitting a pleasant "ding dong" sound, and then replied in a muffled voice, "I do not know yet; it can only be known once the brewing is completed. However, with three Grade VII spirit pills as the base, it can’t be worse than this pill’s potency."

Hearing this, Shen Mo nodded slightly, feeling a bit relieved.

Though he has reached the level of a Grade VI Alchemist, refining Grade VII spirit pills is not easy;

It requires consuming extremely precious top-grade spiritual medicines, plus each furnace opening and alchemy takes several months, and the success rate is not high when unfamiliar with refining!

Currently, he has only a dozen or so Grade VII pills, and casually placing one at any immortal workshop in Jade Spring Mountain would be enough to hold an auction attracting many Divine Bridge Realm and even Formless Realm cultivators to bid.

If the Drunken Immortal Pot brews ordinary spiritual wine, wasting those three Yanshen Tonghui Pills for nothing, even Shen Mo would feel the pain for a long time.

Consequently, Shen Mo grabbed the Drunken Immortal Pot, and with a thought, appeared in the Jade Pool Zone.

According to the characteristics of the Drunken Immortal Pot, it needs at least ten years to brew the elixirs and spiritual items into a nectar wine, so Shen Mo decided to place it in the Jade Pool Zone.

This zone was originally the Jade Pool Dungeon of the Riverside Sect, where the time flow rate is ten times that of the outside world.

This place is not as large compared to other zones like Mountain-River Zone, Vacuous Zone, Demon Zone, Ancient Spring Zone, Thousand Swords Zone, and so on, and the nature’s spiritual energy cannot support the cultivation of Spirit Sea Realm or Nascent Soul Realm cultivators; should a Spirit Gathering Array be set up, the intense fluctuations of spiritual energy would affect the growth of spiritual plants and herbs planted in the zone...

Therefore, usually only Qi Gathering Realm cultivators who have achieved significant merit are allowed to come here to cultivate for a set period, while Spirit Sea Realm and above disciples are not allowed to cultivate here!

However, using the characteristics of this place to hasten the brewing speed of the Drunken Immortal Pot poses no issue.

...

After settling the Drunken Immortal Pot, Shen Mo had just returned to GuanYun Mansion when the Communication Talisman in his arms lit up, it was a message from Ming Yu.

He swept his sense over it, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Lady Yu’s reincarnated body has also cultivated to the Qi Gathering Realm?"

With the power of Death Jaw, the remnant soul’s three souls and seven spirits of Lady Yu were completed and sent into reincarnation by Guan Ling.

More than ten years ago, she was born into a wealthy family in the mortal city within the Cave Paradise Mountain River Zone in Green Cloud, coincidentally, this family also carried the surname "Yu"!

Shen Mo even specially asked Guan Ling about it, learning it was not intentionally arranged, but rather after calculating the fate, found this family most suitable for Lady Yu to be reborn into, possibly suggesting that there is destiny guiding things to unfold.

This Yu family in the Mountain River Zone originally had ancestors as outer disciples of the Riverside Sect. When they couldn’t cultivate to Qi Gathering or advance to the Inner Door, they left the sect disillusioned, went to Yu State adjacent to Qing State, and prospered by trading herbs, eventually proliferating and expanding into a sizeable family.

And this branch, where Lady Yu was born, is a minor lineage of the Yu family, yet fortunate enough to survive numerous catastrophes such as invasions from the Heavenly Demon Realm, the arrival of Outer Realm demons, forbidden lands, and disturbances from evil spirits; over a hundred years ago they moved into Green Cloud Cave, ascended into the Immortal Realm, have been residing in the mortal cities of the Mountain River Zone, persisting through six to seven generations!

On the day Lady Yu’s reincarnated self was born, Shen Mo sensed it through the phantom of Death Jaw in his Mind Sea, had Qian Xiaofeng visit on his behalf, and personally named her "Qingning," taking the meaning "Heaven achieves clarity with Dao, Earth achieves tranquility with Dao."

Lady Yu... Yu Qingning, at nine years old, under Shen Mo’s guidance, was brought by Ming Yu into the sect, kept in the outer door, waiting for her to cultivate to Qi Gathering to formally accept her as a disciple.

Ming Yu, nominally Shen Mo’s sworn sister, actually learned a lot of forging techniques from him, and could be considered half a disciple.

Currently, her accomplishments in the Mechanic Path have reached Grade IV, not far from Grade V, ranking within the top five of the entire Red Flame Sect, while Qingning in her past life was also a cultivator of the Mechanic Path, naturally suited for the Forging Path!

Furthermore, Ming Yu is the master of Ascending Lake, possessing status, connections, resources, and insight.

For Qingning, being able to be accepted under Ming Yu is indeed no small fortune!

Today Ming Yu sent a message to inform Shen Mo that Qingning has entered the Qi Gathering Realm, and she plans to host a grand disciple acceptance ceremony, inviting Shen Mo to witness the event.