Swallowing the Stars Starts with the Brewing Master

Chapter 18: Hundreds of Inspirations, Brewing Insights

Northeast Base City, Eastern Military Region Supply Base.

When the train stopped at this supply base, Chu He got off the train with the crowd and entered the base.

"Oh, this time, I'm alone!" Chu He looked back and saw that the warriors were basically in groups, and there were very few lone travelers.

"Chu He, um, are you here alone this time?"

At the entrance to the base, a staff member looked at the information displayed on the computer and couldn't help but ask, "Are you aware of the dangers of entering a wilderness area alone?"

"Of course, I'm not tired of living." Chu He nodded.

"Okay, it's up to you now that you know." The staff member was obviously not unfamiliar with this situation and directly logged into Chu He's information.

"Here, this is the key to Villa 203. This will be your residence during your time in the wilderness."

"Thank you." Chu He took the key and turned to walk towards his residence.

This kind of supply base built within the military region has basically similar internal functional divisions, so Chu He easily found the location of Villa No. 203.

After a brief rest at the base, Chu He walked out of the supply base at noon and headed towards the wilderness area.

This time when he came to the wilderness, Chu He planned to collect and analyze as many ideas as possible. During this period, he would inevitably go back and forth to the supply base many times, so there was no need to choose the right time to go out.

Today is a rare sunny day in the Northeast region in winter.

"Yes, the sun is shining and the weather is just right. It's a good sign!" Chu He looked up at the sun in the sky and his mood became relaxed.

Along the dilapidated highway, Chu He's speed remained at an ordinary 50 to 60 meters per second. If converted into kilometers per hour... it would be much faster than the speed limit of the highway.

With his current physical fitness close to that of a junior general, he is able to maintain this speed for a long time.

On either side of the cracked, winding highway lies a devastated wilderness. Years ago, this would have been a vast expanse of fertile farmland.

The Northeast Plain is the third-largest area of ​​black soil in the world. Agriculture here was once extremely developed. But now, it has become completely barren and overgrown with weeds.

More than half an hour later, Chu He arrived at a small county town.

"puff!"

Chu He killed the last golden-eyed jackal in front of him with one sword, clearing out the group of golden-eyed jackals that occupied the villa.

"Yes, this villa is in a pretty good condition and can be used as a temporary base." Chu He looked around the villa and nodded with satisfaction.

The reason for choosing this place is naturally because there is a small forest nearby.

On weekdays, you can search for all kinds of natural treasures with inspiration in the small forest during the day, and at night, you can return to the villa to rest.

Chu He didn't want to rush around every day. Although the round trip only took an hour, it was not as exciting as going on a killing spree in a small county town.

The problem is that the inspiration needed for brewing wine does not only require materials from monster bodies, but more auxiliary materials are generally plants.

Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits...

These things basically grow in small forests, and there may be some monsters guarding them nearby.

Chu He had no choice but to choose this method.

We can't really sleep in the wilderness, right?

It took quite some time to clean up the villa. At this moment, Chu He looked out the window and saw the setting sun gradually turning red.

It gets dark quickly in winter, so Chu He gave up the idea of ​​going out to search for inspiration today.

"It just so happens that I need to clean up the room here first. It has a fishy smell since it was once occupied by the Golden-Eyed Jackal."

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The next morning.

Chu He looked at the dawning sky and stretched lazily. It was his first time spending the night alone in the wilderness, and he needed to stay alert at all times. Even when sleeping, he didn't dare to really fall asleep.

After washing his face with cold water and feeling refreshed, Chu He strode out of the villa and ran towards the small forest.

"Very good, let's officially start looking for inspiration!"

……

Time passes day by day.

Ever since Chu He started settling in the villa area near the small forest, the monsters in the small forest have suffered.

Chu He does not have the procedural justice like other warriors, who do not fight head-on with swords and guns. Instead, he fully utilizes the mobility of a psychic master.

Make a feint to the east and attack in the west, lure the tiger away from the mountain, and startle the snake...

Keep doing small actions to attract the monsters' attention.

Of course, this was mainly because Chu He's main goal was to collect the natural treasures guarded by the monsters. The monsters' own body materials were not within Chu He's collection range.

However, because monsters in the mountains and forests tend to move in groups, Chu He has more or less collected a lot of monster materials.

Every time Chu He returned to the base with a bulging bag of important monster materials, the staff in charge of procurement always looked at him with surprise.

It was the seventh day after arriving near this small forest.

"It seems that all the spiritual energy in this small forest has been collected."

Chu He looked at the more than 180 kinds of inspiration data recorded in the white jade wine pot, which were also recorded in his mind, and nodded with satisfaction.

"It's just a small forest, and it's quite good to have so many of them."

The spiritual data here not only includes plant materials, but also data on the body materials of monsters living in this forest.

This time Chu He was alone, with no one else around, so he naturally stored all the materials containing spiritual inspiration in the white jade wine pot.

For the time being, the white jade wine pot can only store the materials that can be used to brew spiritual wine.

Otherwise, Chu He could just treat it as a space ring and put the entire backpack in it.

The shapes and colors of these spiritual materials contained in the white jade wine pot are also recorded in the white jade wine pot. Chu He can clearly perceive them with just a thought.

If a wine maker gathers the necessary materials, the white jade wine pot will automatically start brewing the spirit wine.

But unfortunately, Chu He has not yet gathered all the ingredients needed for any wine recipe.

The one with the highest completion rate reached about 80%, which was the red blood wine brewed with the heart of the monster living in this small forest as the main ingredient.

After analyzing the various materials collected from this small forest, the white jade wine pot also provided many new wine recipes.

The functions of these wine recipes were similar, mostly accelerating the circulation of qi and blood, or regulating the body. Since they were not as effective as the Red Blood Wine, Chu He didn't pay much attention to them. After reading them once, he put them in the corner of his memory.

However, after watching it more, Chu He inexplicably felt something.

Although up to now, Chu He has not found any materials that can match the crystal antlers of the Frost Shadow Deer, the specific winemaking formula of the crystal antlers is still unknown.

But after coming into contact with more than a hundred kinds of spiritual inspiration and corresponding wine recipes, Chu He vaguely felt that the spiritual inspiration on the crystal antlers of the Frost Shadow Deer should be closer to the spirit or energy aspect.

If this crystal deer antler could be brewed into spiritual wine, it would probably have a great impact on his spiritual aspects.

All the materials found in this small forest are basically related to blood and are quite compatible with the heart of the Frost Shadow Deer, but are obviously not compatible with the crystal antlers.

"Very good, this small forest has been developed. It's time to go back to the supply base and rest."

After returning to the villa area, Chu He put on his backpack, looked up to confirm the approximate time, and strode towards the supply base.

(End of this chapter)