Chapter 134: Pine Moon Wine Gu
After leaving the city of Sachi, the group arrived at a village.
It was afternoon, and the people working in the fields were busy planting, so the village was relatively quiet, and there were few people on the streets.
Shi Lin followed Du Yunqing to a courtyard in a corner of the village. The courtyard was not large, and a pine tree more than three meters tall grew behind it.
A breeze blew in, filling the courtyard with the sweet scent of pine needles.
Du Yunqing pushed open a dilapidated wooden door. Although the courtyard was old, all the furnishings inside were neat and orderly, and looked well-arranged.
Just by looking at this courtyard, you can tell that this family lives a clean and tidy life.
"Grandpa Du, you live here?" Shi Lin looked at the surroundings and asked Du Yunqing with some doubt.
With Du Yunqing's brewing skills, if he brewed a little more wine to sell, his standard of living would probably rise dramatically. Why would he still live in this courtyard?
"That's a long story. Please have a seat, young masters. Xiao Ming, go and fetch two jugs of wine for you two!" Du Yunqing patted Du Ming on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Yes, Grandpa, please wait a moment, young masters." Du Ming nodded, then bowed to Shi Lin and Shi An before turning to go inside to fetch wine.
The little guy is quite polite.
"Grandpa Du, there's something I should ask you, but shouldn't I?" Shi Lin frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then asked Du Yunqing.
"Young Master, you want to ask why my family is so poor, right?" Du Yunqing smiled, stroked his beard, and then said to Shi Lin.
Du Yunqing didn't care about his family's situation.
"Although I haven't tasted your wine before, its aroma is rich and mellow, it's no ordinary wine." Shi Lin nodded seriously to Du Yunqing.
"Sigh... because of this wine, my son and daughter-in-law lost their lives, and I'm not even going to pass this skill on to my grandson," Du Yunqing said with a sigh.
After hearing Du Yunqing's words, Shi Lin understood something.
"I, Shi Lin, would like to invite you to join my family. If you wish to pass on this skill to your grandson, that is fine too. If you do not wish to pass it on, I can still help him become a powerful Soul Master!" Shi Lin stood up and bowed deeply to Du Yunqing.
"Young Master, you're too kind to this old man. My health is no longer up to the task of traveling far." Du Yunqing stood up, helped Shi Lin up, and shook his head with a smile.
"Grandpa Du, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Du Ming. To put it bluntly, how many more years can you protect him? Do you really want him to be homeless after you pass away?" Shi Lin said earnestly, holding Du Yunqing's hand.
"This..." Du Yunqing was also somewhat flustered.
It seems this old man really didn't leave any way out for his grandson.
"Young masters, the drinks are ready." Du Ming brought two wine gourds out of the room.
After Du Ming approached Shi Lin, he handed him two wine gourds.
"Grandpa Du, I'm heading back today. Please consider what I said about the wine payment." Shi Lin placed a gold soul coin on the table and said to Du Yunqing with a smile.
Then Shi Lin led Shi An away from the courtyard and headed towards Sachi City.
Du Yunqing held Du Ming's hand tightly, frowning as he carefully watched Shi Lin's back.
He didn't know what to do for a moment.
...
"Young Master, this wine smells so good! I could smell the aroma even before I opened the gourd," Shi An said excitedly to Shi Lin.
Shi Lin nodded in agreement.
Compared to the wine in the gourd, Shi Lin was more concerned about the person who brewed it.
Although the Shi family also had a brewery, the Shi family brewery was purely for the purpose of concealing the alcohol produced by the wine gu.
Therefore, the brewery's standards have always been very poor.
Shi Lin thought that if Du Yunqing could brew top-quality wine, the Shi family's wine business could expand.
After all, this can be considered a way to make use of waste.
Honestly, the liquor produced by Shijia Winery nowadays is no different from garbage. It's purely to lower the quality of the premium liquor and create a hierarchy among Shijia's liquors.
"Go back and rest. Tomorrow morning, we'll go to Du Yunqing's house again, and then go to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt soul beasts," Shi Lin said to Shi An behind him.
"Alright, young master!" Shi An replied.
After returning to the hotel, Shi Lin and Shi An went back to their respective rooms.
Shi Lin surveyed his surroundings and then took out two wine gourds from his soul tool.
Shi Lin opened the bottle and took a deep breath. A refreshing aroma of wine mixed with the fragrance of pine needles instantly entered Shi Lin's nostrils.
It smells so good!
Sure enough, the quality of this beverage is extremely high!
The last time Shi Lin had this feeling was when the wine produced by Cloud Brewing Bamboo was served.
"Hopefully, this wine can be used to refine a top-grade wine gu. If so, top-grade wine gu can be mass-produced." Shi Lin stroked his chin, looking excitedly at the wine gourd in front of him.
Next, Shi Lin took a deep breath and mobilized the soul power in his body to summon the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Shi Lin poured half of the wine from the gourd into the Divine Wood King Cauldron, then took out a bamboo worm soul beast and threw it into the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
After adding both refining materials into the Divine Wood King Cauldron, Shi Lin channeled a surge of soul power into it.
...
Ten minutes later, a blue wine gu appeared inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
"Exquisite! Excellent, exquisite!" Shi Lin jumped up excitedly.
Shi Lin never expected that there really was a type of wine in Douluo Continent that could be used to refine top-grade wine gu!
Very good!
This proves that Shi Lin will be able to continuously refine top-grade wine gu in the future!
Next, Shi Lin examined the properties of the wine gu.
[Gu Insect: Wine Gu (Pine Moon)]
[Level: Tier 1]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Functions: 1. After forming a contract, it can increase cultivation speed, improve soul power purity, and slightly enhance talent; 2. Placing it in clear water for ten days can transform the clear water into Pine Moon Wine]
[Introduction: One of the few basic Gu worms that can enhance cultivation speed and purify soul power. Crafted with skillful techniques and excellent materials, it can grant ordinary people cultivation talent. The Gu worm is of extremely high quality and can be used as material for crafting second-grade Gu worms.]
[Note: Spring and Autumn Annals enter the altar, a great dream has lasted for a thousand years.]
"Another new top-grade wine gu, wonderful!" Shi Lin waved his hand excitedly.
Next, Shi Lin took out several wine jars from his soul tool, filled one of the jars with water, and threw the Pine Moon Wine Gu into the jar.
The remaining wine could be used to refine three more wine gu. Shi Lin didn't sit idle either. Half an hour later, Shi Lin failed once but managed to refine two top-grade Pine Moon Wine Gu.
"Old Master Du must be taken into the Shi family! That would be wonderful!" Shi Lin said excitedly.
After calming down, Shi Lin filled the remaining wine jars with water, placed the Pine Moon Wine Gu inside, and then transferred it to his soul tool.
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