Chapter 455: Five Step Fragrance (1/2)
On the sea dragon boat, Ye Chuan quickly pulled Zhu Sijia into a secret room.
Upon seeing this, the disciples of Cloud Mist Sect ducked to one side. The warriors of Sea Demon Clan also tactfully walked away. And at that time, the long haired youth, Li Dingzi, returned from the sea along with the disciples of Bellowing Waves Sect and offered coral reefs and items brought back from nearby nameless deserted islands.
When the disciples of Cloud Mist Sect and the warriors of Sea Demon Clan were celebrating the triumphant return of Ye Chuan, these disciples of Bellowing Waves Sect however had split to take action and brought back the things Ye Chuan needed.
Ye Chuan took out a big pill furnace and circulated the energy within his body. Slowly, the temperature ice-cold pill furnace rose.
After the pill furnace became hot, Ye Chuan poured in a bottle of spring water and after the spring water boiled, he began to add a specific amount of sticky and thick tree sap, dark red blood and a number of things others couldn’t recognize. And finally, he added musk.
Immediately after that, a fragrance slowly spread throughout the air.
This fragrance was very alluring, but the liquid inside the pill furnace was getting more and more sticky and thicker. Ye Chuan was very carefully, he didn’t dare to let even a drop of this liquid splash out of this pill furnace. After a while, he added a bottle of spring water, then various kinds of medicinal herbs and so on.
Zhu Sijia stood at one side and worked as an assistant for Ye Chuan while carefully observing the process and technique of Ye Chuan.
Cloud Mist Sect had always been famous for growing medicinal herbs and refining pills. Among the younger generation disciples of Cloud Mist Sect, her attainment in making pills already stood out from her peers. Usually, she liked to browse through all kinds of books related to making pills after cultivating. Thus, she was well versed in many alchemy techniques, but now, she was unable to make sense of the technique of Ye Chuan. Almost an hour had already passed, but she unexpectedly wasn’t able to tell what Ye Chuan wanted to refine.
Was that liquid in the pill furnace some kind of poison? But, Ye Chuan was not afraid of this smell spreading out, so that didn’t seem to be the case; it looked like he was refining a good wine, but Ye Chuan was so careful that he didn’t dare to let even a drop splash out of the pill furnace and his movement was very careful, so that also didn’t seem to be the case.
The more Zhu Sijia watched, the more confused she became. In the end, she couldn’t help asking, “Big Senior Apprentice Brother, what exactly is this?”
“Wine, a kind of good wine that has long been lost in Wilderness World, Five Step Fragrance.”
After throwing in the final batch of medicinal herbs in the pill furnace, Ye Chuan carefully stirred it for a while and then covered it. In addition, he increased the energy he was injecting in the pill furnace, and the pill furnace became boiling hot. Very soon, a dene smell floated out from the pill furnace. Just smelling a bit, one would feel as if they were intoxicated.
The spring water poured into the pill furnace was nothing special, it was just ordinary water. The real mystery lied in the sap of sea parasol tree, the blood of sea snakehead fish and other numerous things ordinary people couldn’t recognize. Of course, the refining technique was also crucial. Even using the same pill furnace and same kind of materials, if another person refines, then the end product would very likely be completely different.
Smelling the dense smell spread throughout the air, Ye Chuan became even more prudent and he concentrated on controlling the heat. He first refined it in burning hot temperature for an hour, then he used gentle fire to slowly stew for three full hours. Then, he let this pill furnace cool down.
Now, that intoxicating smell had already dispersed, leaving behind only a faint alcoholic fragrance. Opening the lid, one could see that the pill furnace was filled with light yellow colored liquid. It looked somewhat like yellow rice wine, but the taste was clearly different.
“This….., Big Senior Apprentice Brother, is this the Five Step Fragrance you spoke about?”
Zhu Sijia was puzzled. The liquid in the pill furnace truly didn’t appear anything peculiar, it was just like an ordinary wine. It was completely unworthy of the elegant name Five Step Fragrance.
“Yes, this is Five Step Fragrance, good wine to kill without spilling blood, poisonous good wine. After drinking it, even Daoist Master realm expert will certainly die after five steps!”
Ye Chuan carefully scooped out a bit of this wine with a long wooden ladle, then dripped a few drops on a piece of iron plate. Immediately after that, along with a hissing sound, smoke curled up from it and holes appeared on it.