Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 354: Chapter 190: [Wine Cellar: Level 3]; Nine Nether Lifespan Burn

Two types of Spirit Water, each costing 1 Mid-grade Spirit Stone per jin.

Ji Yuan spent 20 Spirit Stones and took all of them, and the panel immediately refreshed.

[Wine Cellar: Level 3 (Upgradeable)]

Ji Yuan glanced at it, not in a hurry, but first returned to his residence, entered the underground chamber, and took out dozens of jars of wine from his Storage Bag.

The number of wine jars was sufficient, plus the temporary ownership of this room belonged to Ji Yuan.

The room then automatically activated the building effect of the [Wine Cellar].

Then Ji Yuan took out 100 Mid-grade Spirit Stones, as well as the Cold Frost Cleansing Water and Burning Body Water he just bought.

He placed them all in the center of the [Wine Cellar], silently chanting for an upgrade in his heart.

Before the [Wine Cellar] displayed any brilliance, Ji Yuan had already deactivated this building effect, so for him, the only change was that the ”Level 2” above the [Wine Cellar] turned into ”Level 3”.

Oh no.

Because right in the center of the [Wine Cellar], two jars of wine suddenly appeared out of thin air.

The jars were not large, just about the size of a palm.

In the past, they would also appear, but at that time only one appeared, named Heart’s Desire Wine; today, it appeared... Ji Yuan raised his hand and took it over.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, he could distinguish the difference between the two jars of wine.

He put away the Heart’s Desire Wine intended for Hua Yaoyue.

In his hand was the ”Unrivaled Wine” just produced by the [Wine Cellar].

Both were one liang, Ji Yuan weighed them, then sipped it.

The taste was somewhat fiery, like the feeling of drinking distilled spirits.

He endured the throat-burning sensation and swallowed the wine.

But immediately, a change occurred: Ji Yuan felt as if his whole body was set ablaze, the Spiritual Qi around him boiling, even stirring his blood and energy.

He glanced at the panel.

”Unrivaled Wine”, consuming it temporarily increases spell power by 20%.

Damn, it seems it not only enhances spell power.

It also enhances physical power, though the effect is not as obvious as the increase in Spiritual Qi.

After taking a sip of the Unrivaled Wine, Ji Yuan silently waited.

About a minute later, the feeling of boiling Spiritual Qi subsided.

So, a sip of Unrivaled Wine only grants one minute of being unrivaled.

What if I have another drink?

Can I always remain unrivaled?

Or if I drink an entire liang at once, can I sustain half an hour of unrivaled state?

Since the building produced something new, Ji Yuan had to first figure it out.

So the next two days, Ji Yuan spent his time at home pondering over the new Unrivaled Wine produced by the [Wine Cellar].

Two days later, he had thoroughly figured out this wine.

Firstly, there was no difference between taking a sip and drinking an entire liang.

Both only activated one minute of the unrivaled state.

Next was having another drink.

The first drink enables one minute of being unrivaled.

The second drink halves the time, only enabling half a minute.

By the third drink, there was no effect, and not only was there no effect, but it also caused a drunken state... Ji Yuan estimated this might be related to each person’s physique.

Like him, with a poor tolerance for alcohol, the third time was ineffective.

But someone like Hua Yaoyue, with a good tolerance, might never get drunk even after a thousand cups.

Finally, there was the cooldown period, which Ji Yuan also figured out.

hours.

Which is exactly one full day.

Two days later, Ji Yuan lay in the [Enlightenment Room], contemplating the technique of ”Black Mist Dispersal”.

After tiring from contemplation, he summoned the panel to check the building effect of the Level 4 [Wine Cellar].

[Wine Cellar: Level 4 (Non-upgradable)]

[Spirit Effect 1: Taste of the wine increased by 80%; cultivation effect enhanced after consumption (effectivity depends on the quality of the wine).]

[Spirit Effect 2 (Nine Nether Burning Life): Produces one liang of Nine Nether Burning Life Brew annually. Consuming it burns fifty years of life force, forcibly raising one’s realm by one level, with the effect lasting for the duration of one incense stick. (Realm increase cannot surpass the Nascent Soul Stage)]

[Upgrade Conditions: Mid-grade Spirit Stones ×888; Heart-Eating Water ×1 jin; Nine Nether Incense ×3 liang; Master at least 20 brewing methods of Spirit Wine. (Not achieved)]

The Spirit Effects of the Level 4 [Wine Cellar].

Are undeniably fierce.

Especially the life-betting gameplay of Spirit Effect 2.

The [Wine Cellar] can still produce wine, but the production time has lengthened significantly, from the previous one liang per day to one liang per year.

Yet the effect has also become much stronger.

Burning fifty years of life force forcibly raises one’s realm by one level, from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, Golden Core to Nascent Soul.

Though there is a Nascent Soul Stage limit, even so, it is already extremely strong.

For instance, a late-stage Golden Core Cultivator being chased by an early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator with no escape above or below, suddenly pulls out the Nine Nether Burning Life Brew and takes a sip... instantly gaining late Nascent Soul Stage combat ability.

Even if it’s only for the time of one incense stick, it would be easy to counter-kill that early-stage Nascent Soul.

Facing a situation of inevitable death, being able to break the situation and survive, let alone a mere fifty years of life.

Even burning all life would be worth it.

I may die, but you must die too!

So, this is undoubtedly an extremely strong survival strategy, even being a lifesaving means all the way to the peak of Golden Core... Not to mention how much it could fetch at auction.

It’s likely that Golden Core Stage Cultivators would fight tooth and nail for it.

However, there’s a problem with auctioning: how to prove the authenticity of this wine, after all, Ji Yuan had never heard of the Nine Nether Burning Life Brew.

Oh well, we’ll know when the time comes.

[Wine Cellar] has just leveled up to 3, and the wonders of Unrivaled Wine haven’t even been fully experienced yet.

Putting away the panel, Ji Yuan devoted his mind once again to the ”Black Mist Dispersal” technique.