Chapter 405: Hua Guzi Evaluates Wine

"Fake wine?" Hearing Hua Guzi's judgment, Unlike Ning Zhuo raised his eyebrows, "Are you sure?"

Hua Guzi slapped her chest hard, trembling as she guaranteed: "Young Master, I am a spirit chef. Although I am not good at making wine, spirit wine is also in this category."

"This wine recipe is indeed contradictory, it will never be wrong."

After a pause, Hua Guzi continued: "I just tasted a sip and tasted two main ingredients in this wine. One is Yellow Springs water, and the other is Night-Wandering Grass."

"Yellow Springs water can solidify the soul and fix the soul, often used in alchemy and talismans, but as a brewing material, it is too cold and will directly damage the drinker's yang energy."

"Night-Wandering Grass grows in dark and damp places and can be used to enhance spirit and soul power, but its nature is gloomy. Therefore, it is not suitable for cultivators in the yang world, but rather 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 Springs water are both cold things. The power of the two is extremely similar, and they cannot produce a complementary effect, but instead easily lead to a single wine nature, bringing cold diseases to cultivators."

After finishing the main ingredients, Hua Guzi talked about the auxiliary materials.

She tasted a small sip of the Nether-Thought Dark Brew again, and her finger seals kept pinching.

After a while, she looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo and asked: "Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo, I think the auxiliary materials for this wine should be Moon Dew, Nether Jade, and Mermaid Tears, right?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head slightly, not hiding it at this time: "As far as I know, the first two are correct, but the latter is not Mermaid Tears, but Nine-Tailed Fox Tears."

Hua Guzi gave an 'hmm' and her expression was solemn: "Although Moon Dew has the effect of moisturizing the mind, its nature is cold and clear, often used to neutralize other hotter components in spirit food and pills. But in the Nether-Thought Dark Brew, it purely promotes coldness. Not only does it have no reconciling effect, but it exacerbates the overall coldness of the wine body, making the wine nature extreme."

"Nether Jade is a specialty of the underworld, often used in the manufacture of magic tools. Its attributes are stable and hold yin, good at protecting the soul and fixing the soul. But as an auxiliary material, it is too heavy and stagnant. The flow of spiritual energy in the wine body will be blocked, and it cannot maintain a light taste. Nether Jade has a very strong absorption capacity and easily adsorbs other spirituality in the wine, leading to a dull wine body, losing its due activity and layering."

"The last item is Nine-Tailed Fox Tears. These tears are relatively rare and precious, and have the effect of clearing away distracting thoughts and purifying the soul, but it is triggered by emotions, often fluctuating greatly and difficult to control. Compared with the aforementioned cold materials, although Nine-Tailed Fox Tears have a sense of warmth, they cannot reconcile these overly cold main and auxiliary materials."

"Because the dosage is too small. I didn't taste it just now! In this case, the Nine-Tailed Fox Tears were excessively eroded by the coldness in the wine, making their own efficacy unable to be exerted and swallowed by the wine body."

After Hua Guzi finished speaking, she finally said: "So, to summarize, the main ingredients in this wine recipe are too close in nature, weakening the changes and depth of the wine body, leading to the stiffening of the wine nature."

"The Moon Dew and Nether Jade in the auxiliary materials not only did not reconcile the main ingredients but exacerbated the coldness and dullness of the wine body."

"The only hopeful Nine-Tailed Fox Tears have too small a dosage to reconcile the yin nature. And because of their emotional fluctuations and resonance, they are incompatible with the cold wine body, instead easily triggering a huge contrast in emotions. If the drinker's state of mind is unstable, they may fall into soul vibration, indirectly leading to extreme changes in emotions, and even loss of control."

Hua Guzi pondered: "If it were me, I would remove some main ingredients and auxiliary materials and use warm and yang materials to reconcile."

"For example, Scorching Sun Fruit, Red Flame Spirit Ganoderma, Purple Yang Lotus Seeds, and even bolder, you can choose Phoenix Gold Velvet."

Hua Guzi's attitude toward Unlike Ning Zhuo is different from ordinary people.

This explanation was completely heartfelt, without the slightest falsehood.

Unlike Ning Zhuo pondered for a moment and asked her: "Then can this wine make people's thoughts spread, reach the underworld, perceive the wisdom of predecessors, and get guidance from the dark?"

Hua Guzi stared and smiled: "How is that possible? Young Master, weren't you cheated by someone?!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo fell into deep thought again.

He tasted this wine again, and the taste was no different from before.

Did Linghu Jiu cheat him?

According to his understanding of Linghu Jiu's temperament, this makes no sense at all.

If Linghu Jiu didn't want to give it, there was no need to share the last jar of wine, just say it was finished, wouldn't that be fine?

Why go to such trouble!

Seeing that Unlike Ning Zhuo didn't finish speaking and was frowning in thought, Hua Guzi also wanted to share the burden for Unlike Ning Zhuo and took the initiative to suggest: "Young Master, if you want to communicate with the netherworld and get guidance from predecessors, there are actually many ways."

"The most orthodox and safest way is to offer sacrifices to ancestors at the grand ceremony."

"Because of blood kinship, ghosts in the underworld will not easily take action against us. They will benefit more from the grand ceremony, maintain rationality, and restore humanity."

"Actually... the separation between yin and yang is the pattern of heaven and earth, and it makes sense."

"The coldness of things in the underworld is heavy, and can even distort temperament, filled with bad emotions such as hatred and resentment, so that they have jealousy, longing, and a destructive heart for things in the yang world and life."

"For cultivators like us in the yang world, we should not have too much contact."

"Otherwise, it is easy to lead to many sequelae."

Hua Guzi felt worried for Unlike Ning Zhuo and expressed genuine concern.

Unlike Ning Zhuo did not listen carefully but was thinking about this matter.

Along with his investigation and Hua Guzi's tasting of the Nether-Thought Dark Brew, the whole thing became more complicated.

"What is the truth?"

"Where did I feel something strange?"

"Is Hua Guzi really wrong? She and Linghu Jiu are completely opposite..."

"No, or are they both right?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo thought about these things, feeling a bit distracted.

Hua Guzi was watching Unlike Ning Zhuo's face carefully from the side, secretly feeling excited in her heart: "Sure enough! Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo's appearance when frowning and thinking is so stylish!"

"I really want to take his head into my arms and rub it well." Hua Guzi's emotion was too intense, so Unlike Ning Zhuo soon noticed it through the Human-Life Hanging Thread.

Unlike Ning Zhuo:...

He hurriedly asked Hua Guzi to leave.

"I was driven away, I was driven away by Young Master Unlike Ning Zhuo!" After Hua Guzi walked out of Unlike Ning Zhuo's cave, she was so angry that her eyes were blurred and her face was flushed.

Unlike Ning Zhuo returned to the cave but no longer pondered.

"The fog is heavy right now, it's better to wait for the results of further discussion with the Ancestor before making a judgment."

The spirit plant cabin in the Myriad-Mile Swimming Dragon was already empty.

The Spirit-Hidden Willow had already been taken away by Ning Jiu-fan.

This also made Unlike Ning Zhuo feel empty in his heart, quite uncomfortable.

Not long after, Ning Jiu-fan found him again and told Unlike Ning Zhuo the progress of further discussions.

The news was mixed.

The good news was that after Lin Bufan personally investigated, he had already taken the Spirit-Hidden Willow and indicated that it could be treated properly, but it would take a lot of effort—

It would take a lot of time and many resources to heal slowly.

The resources here involved many Nascent Soul-level resources. So much so that Ning Jiu-fan used his Earth-Fiend Fire as a deposit on the spot and paid it to Lin Bufan.

The bad news was that regarding the recipe for the Nether-Thought Dark Brew, Lin Bufan directly stated that this was a non-sale item that was out of the question and forbidden to be sold externally.

After Ning Jiu-fan communicated with Unlike Ning Zhuo and found that Unlike Ning Zhuo drinking the Nether-Thought Dark Brew again had no effect, he persuaded: "The current negotiation situation is severe, it is better to put the Nether-Thought Dark Brew aside first and prioritize the Spirit-Hidden Willow."

"Sect Master Lin Bufan's meaning seems to be that he also wants to rub against the Spirit-Hidden Willow. He also wants to strive for a few usage quotas to give to the cultivation seeds in the sect. Of course, this is all based on the premise of healing the Spirit-Hidden Willow."

"I think this is completely possible! Of course, this depends on your meaning, after all, the Spirit-Hidden Willow was given to you by the Mount Wuyin Mountain God."

Ning Jiu-fan suggested this.

His meaning was very simple, mainly two points.

First, agreeing to such cooperation can reduce the great pressure on the Ning clan in terms of payment.

Second, delivering a few usage quotas to the Myriad Medicine Sect can also continue and deepen the cooperation content between the two sides, making the relationship between the two parties more solid, resilient, and lasting.

Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded, expressed agreement with Ning Jiu-fan's opinion, and immediately adopted it.

At the same time, he also told Ning Jiu-fan about Hua Guzi's evaluation.

This time, Ning Jiu-fan also felt confused and strange.

After the Ning family grandfather and grandson speculated with each other, there was no progress.

"The Nether-Thought Dark Brew has become a minor detail, thinking more is useless, it is better to grasp the key points. What do you think?" Ning Jiu-fan finally said this.

Unlike Ning Zhuo sighed and nodded helplessly.

He pretended to agree, but in fact, he couldn't get over it in his heart.

This strange feeling became more and more serious, and gradually a strong intuition became stronger—the Nether-Thought Dark Brew was a flaw, and he had accidentally dug it out. The truth buried inside was likely very shocking!

That night, Unlike Ning Zhuo tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

By the next morning, he solemnly instructed Sun Lingtong: "Boss, there is a very important letter that needs you to deliver it personally!"

He let Sun Lingtong quietly drive the Myriad-Mile Swimming Dragon, first stay away from the Myriad Medicine Sect, deliberately get rid of the influence range of the Myriad Medicine Sect, and then send this letter to the capital through the Nandou Kingdom's station.

That's right, this letter was still for Zhu Xuanji.

One can imagine that Zhu Xuanji would be quite surprised when he received this letter. He didn't expect Unlike Ning Zhuo to send him a second letter so quickly.

But in fact, even Unlike Ning Zhuo himself had not thought about writing to Zhu Xuanji again so quickly.

After Sun Lingtong secretly drove the Myriad-Mile Swimming Dragon and returned again, and Unlike Ning Zhuo confirmed it, he brought the royal cellar Lovesickness Wine and went to visit the Myriad Demon Cave again.

"Brother Linghu, I'm here again!" Unlike Ning Zhuo carried the wine jar, in high spirits.

Linghu Jiu also laughed loudly: "Please, please."

"Good brother, what good wine did you bring this time?"

Linghu Jiu's nostrils twitched, but he couldn't smell the wine. It was because the wine taken out by Zhu Xuanji from the royal treasury was exquisitely made, very rigorous and precise, and not a trace of wine scent leaked out, firmly locked in the wine jar.

Unlike Ning Zhuo did not stand on ceremony, entered the cave, sat down directly, and placed the wine jar on the stone table.

He patted the wine jar lightly: "Brother Linghu, let me sell a pass. What kind of wine this is, won't we know after opening the jar later?"

"Where are the wine bowls?" ===== CHAPTER 406 =====