bookbashuk Chapter 236 Qianwu: Finally, I can get rid of my debtor status.
Chapter 236 Qianwu: Finally, I can get rid of my debtor status.
Chapter 236 Qianwu: Finally, I can get rid of my debtor status.
"A million embryos can be produced a day, that's a passable speed." Xu Qing looked at the restarted incubation factory and nodded casually.
"One million a day—that's nearly four hundred million a year, and four hundred billion over a century!"
Xiao Yan's pupils constricted sharply upon hearing this, and his heart nearly leaped out of his chest.
Such a speed at which powerful individuals accumulate strength would terrify even a Dou Di, let alone a Dou Sheng.
You know, an ordinary Dou Sheng can live for thousands of years, but after thousands of years, won't the Dou Qi Continent be filled with trillions of Dou Di?
But Master Xu said it was only passable.
Xiao Yan felt as if he were living in a dream.
The old doctor stood to the side, somewhat bewildered.
He had already become a Dou Di, reaching the pinnacle of the entire Dou Qi Continent.
But the concept of a billion-dollar Dou Di still somewhat refreshed his understanding.
This is a bit outrageous.
However, even if we look at the vast world and the Heavenly Origin Realm, such a number of powerful individuals would be enough to overthrow any force, Xu Qing's face only showed a slightly surprised and indifferent expression.
Little did Yao Lao know that in Xu Qing's Devouring Star World, the strength of a Dou Di was simply not enough.
After all, the resources of one Hunyuan unit can buy the materials of ten peak Realm Lords even in a trash star field.
But after all, this is a sustainable business. As it proliferates day by day, over the course of an era, the number of accumulated Dou Di embryos is astonishing, enough to make even the Universe Venerables envious.
"Now that we have new materials, let's refine another batch of pills," Xu Qing suddenly said with a smile.
The old apothecary was taken aback, his eyes filled with surprise: "Sect Master Xu can also refine pills?"
Although the Zhutian Pavilion had pills in circulation, Xu Qing had never shown his alchemy skills. He could never figure out whether those pills were purchased or made by the Pavilion Master himself.
"I only have a slight understanding. Elder Yao, you may wish to observe from the side." Xu Qing chuckled lightly. Before he finished speaking, a river of water shimmering with a clear light surged into the Soul Realm from the void.
The river water was as clear as glass, flowing with a rhythm that soothed all anxieties. Just one glance was enough to make Yao Lao's Emperor Realm soul tremble slightly, as if even his very essence was being cleansed.
"What kind of water is this?" the old medicine doctor asked in a trembling voice.
"The Yellow Springs Water, for now, will be considered my alchemy furnace," Xu Qing replied calmly.
"A pill-refining furnace? Materials?" Xiao Yan suddenly realized, his throat tightening. "Sect Master Xu, you wouldn't be planning to use a Dou Di to refine pills, would you?"
"Otherwise what?" Xu Qing raised an eyebrow.
Hearing the tone of voice, which sounded as if he were going out to buy groceries, Xiao Yan swallowed hard.
That's a Dou Di! There's never been a record of using a Dou Di as material for alchemy in the entire history of the Dou Qi Continent, right?
The old doctor standing to the side couldn't help but twitch his lips.
But the next moment, before the master and apprentice could recover, Xu Qing's fingertips twitched slightly.
The suspended waters of the Yellow Springs suddenly surged, converging into a vast lake like an inverted Milky Way, its waters shimmering with a faint halo.
"go."
With a soft whisper from Xu Qing, a full one hundred Dou Di embryos fell neatly into the lake.
As the Dou Di, the most powerful being in the entire Dou Qi Continent, fell into Xu Qing's alchemy furnace, there was no earth-shattering collision. As soon as the embryo touched the lake water, the water gently rippled, and the flesh and blood instantly turned into pure essence and merged into the water, leaving not a trace of impurity.
It was as if those potential Dou Di embryos that could shake the Dou Qi Continent were merely grains of sand thrown into a lake.
Then, in the blink of an eye, the lake water suddenly boiled! A massive amount of energy shot straight into the sky!
In an instant, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, generated by the characteristics of the Dou Qi Continent, was shattered by this massive energy impact!
The old doctor and Xiao Yan were dumbfounded.
That's the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, comparable to the power of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng!
But it was completely annihilated by the aura generated during the refining of the elixir?
Countless powerful energies, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, converged towards the center of the lake, and a golden ball of light swirled around it.
In just a few breaths, a pill the size of a longan condensed in mid-air, its surface wrapped in a pale golden halo, and even Xiao Yan, who was far away, could feel the immense energy within it.
"That's it?"
Seeing the pill fall into Xu Qing's hands, the master and apprentice, who had already become the strongest alchemists in the entire Dou Qi Continent, were completely dumbfounded.
The old doctor was utterly disgusted and suddenly took a step forward.
"Master Xu's water-based alchemy technique is simply too heaven-defying!"
In the alchemy rules of the Dou Qi Continent, fire is the core element for quenching impurities, and wood is the foundation for nourishing the pill's power; neither can be lacking.
However, Xu Qing did not use any fire at all; he completed the process of quenching the pill with water in an instant.
As the top alchemist in the Dou Qi Continent, Yao Lao needed to rely on his soul power, which surpassed that of ordinary Emperor Realm souls, to refine a Grade 9 Golden Pill. In addition, his powerful physical body made him completely unafraid of the impact caused by the burning of the pill.
But that was only a ninth-grade elixir.
When refining pills of the same grade, the higher the grade of the pill, the more likely it is that a slight mistake could result in the destruction of the pill and death.
Even if Yao Lao had the ability, he would never dare to use another Dou Di to refine pills.
The consequence of such failure would likely be his own death, let alone the deaths of a hundred Dou Di.
Moreover, normally, an alchemist's pill-refining time is at least several hours, and can even reach a month.
Xu Qing actually managed to refine the pill using a hundred Dou Di experts as the base material in just a few breaths.
Xiao Yan stood to the side, his breath caught in his throat.
He could clearly sense that the energy in that pill was many times more abundant than the Xiao Clan's essence he had absorbed in the Heavenly Tomb.
But this is normal, because even an ordinary person could understand at this moment how terrifying the energy of this pill was!
Because those pills were made from the raw materials of a full hundred Dou Di powerhouses!
Not to mention that throughout the entire history of the Dou Qi Continent, no one has ever been able to refine a Dou Di into a pill.
Not to mention that throughout the entire Dou Qi Continent, it has been a huge problem to even gather a hundred Dou Di!
What alarmed him even more was that even with hundreds of Dou Di as raw materials, the pills were refined using water.
However, neither he nor the old apothecary felt that Xu Qing had not used any power from beginning to end. It seemed that he had accomplished such a heaven-defying feat with just a thought, as if refining pills was no different from picking up a pebble at random for him.
Xu Qing held the Hundred Emperor Pill, which was the size of a longan, in his hand, but with a casual flip of his other hand, an ancient bronze wine pot appeared in his palm.
The moment the wine jug appeared, the temperature in the Soul Realm suddenly dropped.
The cold air overflowed from the spout of the pot and landed on the ground, instantly condensing into a thin layer of frost. Even the solidified liquid fighting energy in the air was covered with fine ice crystals.
Just by inhaling a wisp of air mixed with coldness, Xiao Yan felt a faint stirring of desire in his already tempered body.
It was as if just a drop of liquid from the pot could increase his physical strength by thousands or even tens of thousands of times!
"What's in this wine jug?"
Xiao Yan's throat tightened, and his breathing unconsciously became heavy.
Immersed in this chilling air, Xiao Yan felt that even if his limbs were shattered, they could immediately grow back thanks to his powerful life force.
He has absorbed many rare and precious materials, but he has never seen a liquid with such vitality.
The old apothecary's body tensed instantly, his gaze fixed on the bronze wine pot.
Before the master and apprentice could sort out their thoughts, Xu Qing had already unscrewed the lid of the bronze wine pot.
"Splash—"
As soon as the spout was opened, an even more biting chill gushed out.
But just as the chill was spreading, tender green shoots suddenly sprouted from the areas covered by the flesh and blood of the Soul Realm. Life force broke through the shackles of the chill and gave birth to life in the deadly Soul Realm!
Xiao Yan only saw an inconspicuous weed grow to a height of a thousand feet in an instant, with a trunk so thick that it would take ten people to hug it, and branches and leaves spreading to the clouds.
Several withered trees in the distance grew to tens of thousands of feet tall in the blink of an eye. The patterns on their trunks flowed like fighting patterns, and their toughness was such that even an attack from a peak Dou Zun could not leave a mark.
Driven by immense vitality, each plant's branches reach for the clouds, connecting heaven and earth, like bridges between the two worlds!
Not to mention some ancient trees and plants that were already enormous, they were even more astonishingly large!
In the blink of an eye, the Soul Realm, which was originally almost a form of mental pollution and was entirely composed of flesh and blood, became lush and green.
Even the flesh and blood of the Soul Emperor were covered by countless plants.
The source of these plants' rampant growth was the wine jug that Xu Qing had just taken out!
"Extremely cold, yet possessing such an incredibly rich vitality?"
Xiao Yan stared in disbelief at the dense vitality emanating from the area.
The pot of water that Xu Qing took out was the invaluable and incredibly vital Locke Divine Water.
Xu Qing ignored Xiao Yan's shock and simply tossed the Hundred Emperor Pill between his fingers.
The pill, which consumed the embryos of a hundred Dou Di and condensed the vast imperial might, drew a pale golden arc in the air and gently landed in the bronze wine pot without splashing a drop of water. Only a very soft "yu ming" sound came from inside the pot.
"Master Xu! What brings you here?"
Xiao Yan suddenly stepped forward, his tone full of doubt.
Xu Qing screwed on the lid, shook the bronze wine pot, and a crisp clinking sound came from inside. His tone remained calm: "Making wine."
"Make wine?" Xiao Yan's mouth dropped open, feeling like his tongue was tied in knots. He wondered if he had misheard.
Using Bai Di Dan as a raw material for brewing wine? Using the Heavenly Dew, which hides such terrifying vitality, as the base for wine? This is not winemaking, this is simply extravagance.
"Yes, it's wine." Xu Qing weighed the wine pot in his hand, then opened the lid.
In an instant, a chilling aura, carrying a rich and intoxicating feeling, surged into the minds of the master and disciple.
In an instant, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao felt their minds go blank, and their bodies became incredibly light, as if they were lying on clouds and floating up to the ninth heaven.
With a snap, Xu Qing put the lid back on the teapot.
Yao Lao and Xiao Yan, who had been captivated for a moment, finally returned to reality in a daze.
"Such a strong sense of intoxication."
Seeing the shock on the faces of the master and his apprentice, Xu Qing smiled and said:
"Powerful individuals always need something that can make them completely intoxicated. The price they're willing to pay is far greater than you imagine."
"Let's drink until we're drunk?" The old doctor murmured, repeating these four words, his thoughts somewhat disordered.
Xiao Yan was completely dumbfounded.
From mass-producing high-star Dou Sheng, to mass-producing Dou Di, to using Dou Di to refine pills, and finally even using Hundred Emperor Pills as a raw material for brewing wine.
The worldviews of the master and apprentice today seem to have been repeatedly crushed and reshaped by Xu Qing, each time more subversive than the last.
Even after they left the Soul Realm, they were still lost in thought and hadn't quite grasped what had happened.
Meanwhile, in the other world, Swallowed Star.
Within the primeval, secret realm.
A silver-gray spaceship was tearing through the void at a hundred times the speed of light. The stars outside the porthole were being pulled into streaks of light at high speed, but the cabin remained perfectly still.
The back of the floating seat gleamed with a soft, energy-like glow. Xu Qing leaned back in the seat, casually toying with a world ring between his fingers.
"King of the Qianwu Kingdom, the new immortal wine is ready."
A calm voice rang out in the cabin. The voice was not loud, but it made the Qianwu Kingdom ruler sitting opposite him look up instantly.
Upon hearing these words, the supreme ruler of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, who controlled billions of star systems, showed a barely perceptible fluctuation in his usually calm eyes.
He knew all too well what the "immortal brew" Xu Qing spoke of meant.
Xu Qing chuckled and took out the bronze wine pot from his world ring.
The moment the wine jug appeared and was opened, a strong, intoxicating aroma filled the entire cabin.
With his eyes closed, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom twitched his nose slightly.
"This aura—"
The expectation in the eyes of the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom was even greater.
Xu Qing gently placed the wine pot on the floating tea table between the two of them.
"This time, we used Roque Water as the base spirit, and added some flavoring."
"Your Majesty, please enjoy."
"Hehe, Mr. Xu's speed really didn't disappoint me; he prepared it so quickly."
The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom chuckled and raised his hand to drink the wine in the wine pot in one gulp.
The moment the liquor entered my throat, there was no spiciness or burning sensation. Instead, it felt like a warm stream, sliding down my throat and into my body, instantly spreading to every part of my body.
But the next second, the stream suddenly burst forth, transforming into a blissful, intoxicating sensation that flooded into his mind.
The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom felt a blur before his eyes, all his thoughts were enveloped by a drunkenness, and even his consciousness completely dissolved at this moment.
He hadn't felt this way in a long time.
It felt like stepping back into the world of cultivation, experiencing the pure joy of the universe's mysteries for the first time.
There were no burdens of ethnicity, no debts that were hard to pay off, only a state of blissful intoxication.
When the thoughts returned, the light inside the cabin was still soft, and the stars were still turning, but the Qianwu Kingdom Lord only slightly sensed the change in time and space before his pupils suddenly contracted.
Because a whole day has passed since he drank the alcohol!
"One day," he murmured, his heart pounding uncontrollably.
Who is he? He is the ruler of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, a cosmic venerable one standing at the pinnacle of the human race!
Let alone ordinary wine, even venom that could kill a king or an immortal god is like water in front of him.
But Xu Qing's cup of immortal wine made him completely relaxed and intoxicated for an entire day!
This was only because he completely let go of his mind and body; otherwise, even if the strength of the wine were increased ten thousand or a hundred million times, it would have no effect whatsoever.
But this signifies one thing!
"The value of this wine"
The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom suddenly looked at Xu Qing, his eyes filled with shock, which was then replaced by ecstasy.
He knew all too well what this meant.
The stronger one is, the harder it is to find a moment of revelry.
The celestial brew that can influence even the most powerful beings in the universe will be eagerly sought after once it is released.
He, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom, holds 50% of the shares in Qingyang Winery.