Chapter 64: The Ancestral Hall Manuscript

Jimo Old Wine, a first-grade fine brew, had a rich aroma, mellow taste, a slight bitterness, and a lingering aftertaste.

Chengang Wine, a second-grade fine brew, had an amber glow, a sweet and mellow flavor, and brought a light tipsiness.

These two fine brew recipes were the things that Demon-Subduing True Lord Jiang Shu had just shoved into his hands. Ye Rong clapped his hands together and learned both brewing recipes without any hesitation. The strength of a Life Profession was not only related to profession level but also greatly depended on the number of recipes one mastered.

The effect of Jimo Old Wine was to restore Qi and Blood, but its effectiveness was a notch worse than the Blood Restoration Pill. As for Chengang Wine, it could restore both Qi and Blood and True Qi at the same time. Its effect was similar to taking a Blood Restoration Pill and Qi Recovery Powder together.

Although fine wine was not as convenient as pills for replenishment during combat—it felt too awkward to wield a Flying Sword while chugging from a wine jar—it was very useful during regular monster grinding and leveling. One could just take a sip between fighting monsters.

Moreover, the taste of fine wine in Far Shore definitely surpassed ninety-nine percent of wines in the real world. For those who loved drinking, this Life Profession held great appeal.

Additionally, as long as one found a container large enough, they could store plenty of fine wine in it, equivalent to carrying hundreds of pills on their person.

High-grade fine wines could even have various unique properties, including some that temporarily boosted one’s Level.

Ye Rong checked the materials required for the two brewing recipes. He had heard of two ingredients for Jimo Old Wine but knew nothing about the materials for Chengang Wine. Moreover, each material was needed in large quantities.

However, leveling up the Brewer profession was not urgent. Trying to raise a Life Profession level alone was far too difficult for Ye Rong.

Besides, leveling the Brewer profession would inevitably produce a huge amount of fine wine. If Ye Rong had to consume it all himself, it might take three to five years to finish.

He could set this matter aside for now and look into the Brewer profession later when he found a proper method. At the moment, there was another urgent matter.

The Ancestral Hall Manuscript, an essential text compiled by Qingcheng experts, granted a large amount of experience upon reading and use.

The thin booklet in Ye Rong’s hand, only five or six pages thick, was the reward given by Demon-Subduing True Lord Jiang Shu. The True Lord had gladly accepted Ye Rong’s suggestion to designate the Spiritual Monkeys as Qingcheng Spiritual Beasts to ensure the production of Monkey Wine and given him this before leaving.

At first, Ye Rong was very excited, thinking the old man had finally remembered his duty as a mentor and was about to teach him a high-tier Dao Scroll. But when he received it, he realized he was completely mistaken. The System indeed wouldn’t allow such an easy high-tier reward; it was just an Ancestral Hall Manuscript.

After learning some Qingcheng basics from Senior Brother Chen Taizhen—thanks to his status as a Third-Generation Disciple, as other Qingcheng Players would ignore you—Ye Rong found out that this kind of Ancestral Hall Manuscript could be exchanged with Sect Leader Short Elder Zhu Mei using Sect Contribution. It cost 500 Sect Contribution points for one copy.

Although it wasn’t a high-tier Dao Scroll, it was still good to get a large amount of experience all at once.

Ye Rong thought for a moment and temporarily changed his Experience Distribution to 1:99. As for which cultivation art to place in the Dao Scroll cultivation slot—Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art, Qingcheng Sword Art, or Chongxu True Scripture—he hesitated briefly but settled on Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art.

Only after experiencing intense combat did one realize how terrifying the consumption of Qi Value was during battle. This was even though Ye Rong didn’t have many powerful Magic Treasures. For example, Manzhu Lver’s set of fire-attribute Magic Treasures also consumed True Qi lavishly; without equipment that boosted Qi Value, one probably couldn’t sustain it.

Among what Ye Rong had on hand, only the Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art could increase his Qi Value, so he didn’t have much choice anyway.

He clapped the Ancestral Hall Manuscript, and it turned into a white light that rushed into his body. A warm current flowed through his limbs and entire body.

System Notification: Used the Ancestral Hall Manuscript, gained 200,000 experience.

System Notification: Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art reached the 6th layer, Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art reached the 7th layer, Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art reached the 8th layer, Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art reached the 9th layer.

“Whoa, this feeling—it’s absolutely awesome!”

The Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art jumped directly from the 5th layer to the 9th layer, with even the 10th layer’s experience already partly filled. The sensation of gaining a huge amount of experience all at once was entirely different from painstakingly grinding monsters one by one.

Based on previous experience, once the Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art advanced one more layer, it would unlock a new derived spell.

Ye Rong decided that within these three days, he must push the Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art to the 10th layer, so the new spell could be used against the Iron-Armed Battle Ape next time. He just hoped it wasn’t a support spell.

He went to the Endless Forest Sea to kill a batch of monsters. When it was about time, he logged out of the game to rest and sleep.

Today had been full of thrilling events. The big battle with the Iron-Armed Battle Ape, even though he lost, had drained a lot of Ye Rong’s energy, so he needed a good rest.

The next day, he logged in and continued diligently grinding monsters. He even spared half an hour to accompany Bapi Choujin to search for traces of the eagle bird.

The boss for Bapi Choujin’s Initiation Task was an extremely rare and obscure type of boss. Among their team of over thirty people, only he needed the eagle bird’s golden claws. Yet, they hadn’t even pinpointed the eagle bird’s exact roaming area.

It was important to know that even if several Players had the same Initiation Task boss, the materials they needed to turn in were from different parts. Hunting this kind of boss naturally served the team’s interests best and allowed more people to become Formal Disciples in the shortest time.

If not for Ye Rong’s involvement, Bapi Choujin would definitely have been assigned a much later slot. His strength wasn’t enough for Dongliu Cangshui to delay several others’ progress just for him.

But even with Ye Rong’s help, they still couldn’t find the eagle bird. They heard from a Player that the eagle bird had appeared, but by the time they rushed over, only a patch of scorched trees remained. Ye Rong’s forehead ached faintly; he could sense that this flying monster would be several times more troublesome than the Iron-Armed Battle Ape, especially since it wandered randomly and had no fixed activity range as an Elite Monster.

Ye Rong gritted his teeth and decided that after cultivating the Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art to the 10th layer, he would focus on the Qingcheng Sword Art to increase his flying speed.

If they kept failing to find the eagle bird’s traces, even after killing the Iron-Armed Battle Ape, Dongliu Cangshui would have ample reason to push Bapi Choujin’s slot back. After all, he couldn’t have a team of dozens wandering aimlessly just to search for a boss with one person.

By that evening, Ye Rong finally cultivated the Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art to the 10th layer and gained another new derived spell—

Green Sword Reflection Art!