Chapter 570 - 570: Thousand-Day Wine

Zhao Yuan arrived in Rongcheng City at dusk.

Since he had called ahead, Hao Li was already waiting at the entrance to greet him. He led Zhao Yuan and the Bone Woman into Lakefront House.

Although he had been expecting it, Zhao Yuan was still startled by the sight of the destruction inside Lakefront House.

Walls riddled with holes, massive trees uprooted, decorative rockeries smashed to rubble... Anyone seeing this for the first time would have suspected the place had just been shelled or bombed.

"Cheng Haoyu did all this?" Zhao Yuan asked in astonishment.

Hao Li grumbled, "Who else? When that kid went berserk, he was basically a human bulldozer."

"Fatty Hao, that's enough! You've been chewing me out all afternoon. Isn't that enough? Besides, I already promised to compensate you for your losses. I even contacted the best landscape design team in the country right in front of you and told them to rush over and rebuild Lakefront House. I guarantee that your future Lakefront House will be even more beautiful than it is now!"

Cheng Haoyu's voice drifted from a nearby guest room.

Zhao Yuan walked over for a look. That guest room had also been trashed, but it wasn't completely destroyed and was still barely usable.

Cheng Haoyu was lying on the bed in the guest room, looking extremely weak. When he saw Zhao Yuan enter, he hurriedly tried to push himself up.

Zhao Yuan waved his hand to stop him. "Just lie down, don't get up. You've exhausted too much of your Essence, Qi, and Spirit. What you need most right now is rest."

Cheng Haoyu said with sincere gratitude, "Brother Zhao, I heard everything from the others. You saved my life. Words can't express my gratitude, but if you ever need me for anything in the future, just say the word. I absolutely will not refuse!"

Zhao Yuan said humbly, "It wasn't that serious. Even without my prescription, you would have recovered once that searing, volatile energy was depleted."

Cheng Haoyu shook his head. "I might have recovered, but my body would have definitely been severely damaged! You truly did save me. I'll remember this favor and hold it in my heart!"

Zhao Yuan smiled and didn't refuse again. He knew that after such a declaration, any further modesty would seem insincere.

After asking about Cheng Haoyu's condition and confirming that he was out of danger, Zhao Yuan turned his attention to Ying Ji.

Before he could ask, Ying Ji spoke up. "I searched through the Rakshasa Ghost Market on the Cultivator Forum, looking at all the Spiritual Ingredients and Spirit Medicinal Materials for sale. I actually found something suitable. According to the seller, it's an item of extreme cold and chill. After consumption, your whole body feels like it's been plunged into an icy cavern. You might even lose consciousness and fall into a coma because it's so cold!"

"Oh?" Zhao Yuan's interest was immediately piqued. "What is it?"

Ying Ji offered a three-word answer: "Thousand-Day Wine!"

"Thousand-Day Wine?" Zhao Yuan immediately searched for related information on his Information Leaf. He quickly found its description and asked, "Is that the legendary wine that's supposed to make whoever drinks it fall into a thousand-day stupor?"

"You know about this wine?" Ying Ji's question was as good as a confirmation of his guess.

"I do," Zhao Yuan replied. "*In Search of Spirits* has a record of it. It says that in ancient times, there was a winemaker from Zhong Mountain named Di Xi who could brew a marvelous wine called Thousand-Day Wine. Once, during the brewing process, a man named Liu Xuanshi took a small sip. As a result, when Liu Xuanshi returned home, he fell into a drunken stupor and wouldn't wake up. His family thought he was dead, so they buried him. Three years later, Di Xi went to the Liu Family to see if Liu Xuanshi had sobered up, only to find out he had been buried. So he and the Liu family opened the coffin for an inspection. The inside of the coffin reeked of alcohol, and at that exact moment, Liu Xuanshi woke up, thinking he had only been drunk for a few days."

"That's right, that's the Thousand-Day Wine!" Ying Ji said. "I questioned the person selling it several times. He says his wine is the legendary Thousand-Day Wine. While its kick might not be as strong as the legends say, he claims it can still keep a person drunk for eighty to a hundred days, no problem. And it also happens to have the extreme cold and chill property."

Zhao Yuan nodded but said nothing, his attention fully focused on the information about Thousand-Day Wine on his Information Leaf.

The wine was indeed an item of extreme cold and chill. The reason it could make a person drunk for a thousand days was not just due to its potency, but also because of its intense cold nature. It could essentially freeze a person's physiological functions, leaving them as if sealed in ice, which was how they could remain drunk for a thousand days without dying.

In that sense, it was somewhat similar to the live cryopreservation techniques scientists are currently researching.

'If what that person is selling really is Thousand-Day Wine, then its frigid Qi could perfectly combine with the scorching Qi from the Raccoon Dog Meat. It would create a fusion of fire and water, maximizing the effects of both while minimizing any toxic side effects!'

Zhao Yuan said urgently, "If it's really Thousand-Day Wine, then it can be paired with the Raccoon Dog Meat. What happened? Did you buy it?"

"We didn't." Ying Ji shook her head with a wry smile.

Zhao Yuan was taken aback. "Why not? Was the price too high?" He was puzzled. 'Neither Ying Ji nor Cheng Haoyu are short on money,' he thought. 'How could they have passed on it because it was too expensive?'

Ying Ji sighed. "If he wanted money, that would have been fine. The problem is, he doesn't want money."

"He doesn't want money? Then what does he want?" Zhao Yuan asked.

"He wants to trade, item for item. He'll exchange the Thousand-Day Wine for an elixir that can achieve Purifying Qi." At this, Ying Ji's face filled with indignation, and she scoffed, "I suspect this guy isn't even serious about selling the Thousand-Day Wine. Why else would he make a demand like that? An elixir for Purifying Qi? Is that a joke? I've never heard of such an elixir in my life!"

Cheng Haoyu and Hao Li nodded in unison; they also couldn't believe such a miraculous elixir existed in the world.

Zhao Yuan, however, froze.

'An elixir for Purifying Qi?'

'Isn't that describing Purifying Qi Pills?'

Seeing him frozen in place, Ying Ji continued, "Zhao Yuan, you find it hard to believe too, don't you? Even a Pill Master like you has never heard of such an elixir. It looks like that guy is just toying with people. We should think of another way to find some spiritual ingredients or materials of extreme cold and chill."

"No need for that," Zhao Yuan said, snapping back to reality. "We're taking the Thousand-Day Wine."

"What do you mean by that?" Ying Ji started, and both Cheng Haoyu and Hao Li shot him puzzled looks.

Zhao Yuan said with a smile, "Didn't the seller say they would only trade the Thousand-Day Wine for an elixir that can purify Qi? Well, as it happens, I have just that kind of elixir!"

"You have that kind of elixir? Impossible!" Ying Ji and the other two exclaimed in unison.

Instead of wasting words, Zhao Yuan simply opened his Storage Ring Space and took out a small porcelain bottle containing Purifying Qi Pills.