Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 276: Stealing the Pill
Jadescent Nectar (consumable): After drinking, it can enhance one’s aptitude, Experience Points +563,800; note: highly prone to drunkenness, drink with caution.
Upon viewing the attribute information of the Jadescent Nectar, Jiang Liu’s heart naturally burst with ecstatic joy.
A bowl of Jadescent Nectar could provide more than half a million Experience Points to him at home? Considering this bowl was roughly about half a jin, then the whole jar of Jadescent Nectar probably contained around 40 bowls, right?
In that case, if he were to finish off the remaining liquor, wouldn’t he gain approximately 20 million Experience Points!?
Moreover, more importantly, this Jadescent Nectar was different from Elixirs; whether it was the Spirit Elixir given to him by Master Lingxu before or the Dragon Spirit Pill provided by Kuimu Wolf, the effect would decrease with each subsequent consumption.
However, Jadescent Nectar didn’t come with such a caveat, the only drawback being its tendency to induce drunkenness easily.
What’s more, could it really also boost one’s own aptitude?
If so, by drinking more, with his aptitude elevated, wouldn’t his experience gain rate increase dramatically when he cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound later on?
The effects of the Ginseng Fruit he had previously had were still benefiting Jiang Liu to this day.
"Come on! Let’s have a taste!" Regardless of Jiang Liu’s thoughts upon seeing the Jadescent Nectar’s attributes, they each poured themselves a bowl, and Sun Wukong, lifting his, said.
"Here we go!" Staring at the exquisite liquor in the bowl, which was indeed the Jadescent Nectar from the Jade Emperor, Kuimu Wolf’s face beamed with a mix of astonishment and excitement, as he boldly raised his bowl.
Sun Wukong and Kuimu Wolf both drank with hearty gusto, and with each mouthful of Jadescent Nectar, they downed about one-third...
As for Jiang Liu? Naturally he wasn’t as bold as they were, surely not considering the hint at the end of the attribute.
Highly prone to drunkenness—and his alcohol tolerance didn’t seem to be particularly good—he decided to play it safer.
After all, his visit to the Doushuai Palace wasn’t merely for drinking; if he got Kuimu Wolf drunk without affecting himself, that would truly be foolish.
After gently sipping, Jiang Liu tasted an intense explosion of flavor that filled his mouth instantaneously.
Moreover, he was surprised to find that, though the alcohol was initially fragrant in his throat, this fragrance lingered, refusing to fade away.
Alert: Gained 36,500 Experience Points!
As the sip of Jadescent Nectar went down, almost at the same time, the system prompt appeared.
This delighted Jiang Liu inwardly, one sip for over 30,000 Experience Points? What could be an easier way to level up than this?
Indeed, the best items are always in the hands of Immortals and Buddhas; just a sip of liquor was worth a whole day of arduous cultivation.
"Hahaha, what a fine drink! The Jade Emperor’s Jadescent Nectar truly is the finest liquor in the Three Realms. The last time I drank was just a half jug blessed by the Jade Emperor, and I can’t even remember how many hundreds of years ago that was!"
After downing a third of his drink, Kuimu Wolf wiped the liquor stains from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, feeling utterly content and shouting aloud.
"Indeed, splendid, only a drink from the Jade Emperor has such flavor!" Sun Wukong also nodded his head in agreement and laughed, his eyes narrowed as if in extreme satisfaction. Explore new worlds at novelbuddy
The last time he had enjoyed a drink as much was five hundred years ago during the ruckus at the Peach Banquet.
"Today’s liquor is plentiful, let’s keep it coming!" Watching the vigorous way Kuimu Wolf and the others drank, Jiang Liu raised his bowl once more, urging them on.
"Holy Monk, aren’t you drinking like a bit of a sissy? When drinking liquor, a man should guzzle it down with big swigs to make it interesting!" Kuimu Wolf remarked after noticing that Jiang Liu’s bowl of Jadescent Nectar hadn’t decreased much.
"Ah, my tolerance for alcohol isn’t great; I can only sip it lightly. Wukong has a good tolerance, let him keep you entertained!"
Hearing Kuimu Wolf’s comment, Jiang Liu was slightly taken aback; was the alcohol already getting to him? He promptly suggested that Sun Wukong next to him join in for more rounds.
"Hehehe, then I won’t be polite! Holy Monk, you’re missing out on the fun!" Hearing Jiang Liu’s words, Kuimu Wolf chuckled and continued to lift his bowl along with Sun Wukong, drinking down in large gulps. Gurgling down, the remainder of the bowl was finished in one go.
You in large swigs, I in large swigs—Sun Wukong and Kuimu Wolf indeed drank with great vigor.
However, the bolder their drinking style, the faster they got drunk. Perhaps their tolerance was genuinely good, but after finishing their respective bowls, they both began to appear tipsy.
Then, after each had another bowl, they both slurred their words, tight in the grip of drunkenness.
Lastly, when Kuimu Wolf and Sun Wukong finished their third bowl, they were completely sloshed, collapsed on the ground, each hugging their bowls and quickly fell into a deep slumber.
Different from them, Jiang Liu had only taken a few sips, not even half a bowl down, yet he had already accrued 200,000 Experience Points.
Touching his heated cheeks, with just those few sips, Jiang Liu also felt a moderate drunkenness coming on.
Looking over, there were about ten jin worth of liquor in the jar, and at least six or seven jin was left; naturally, Jiang Liu promptly stashed it away.
After collecting the Jadescent Nectar, Jiang Liu immediately began to search around Doushuai Palace. It didn’t take long before he found the Elixir Storage Chamber within the palace.
Good heavens, it was filled with elixirs!
Jiang Liu casually took a gourd containing elixirs from the side and poured one out. As he examined the pill closely, the corresponding attribute information appeared before him.
"Detoxification Pill (consumable): After ingestion, it can eliminate 95% of all toxic effects. Each subsequent dose’s effectiveness decreases by 5%."
"A Detoxification Pill!? What a treasure! It can eliminate 95% of toxicity? If only Gaoyang had such a pill when he was afflicted with the Corrupting Spirit Poison," Jiang Liu thought joyously as he read the pill’s attribute information.
He shook the gourd, then emptied all the elixirs, about a dozen or so, into his bag space in one go and casually threw the now empty gourd onto the ground.
Then, he noticed another exquisitely crafted small porcelain bottle nearby. Jiang Liu curiously took it, pouring out a yellowish-brown elixir that seemed fairly unremarkable in appearance.
But as Jiang Liu’s gaze landed on this elixir, just the same, the corresponding attribute information emerged.
"Soul-Returning Pill (consumable): If the cadaver remains undamaged, ingesting this pill can summon the lost soul back from the Underworld and revive the dead!"
"What a treasure, a true resurrection marvel!" Jiang Liu was ecstatic as he looked at the attribute information for the Soul-Returning Pill.
He poured out them out and found that there were only three. Jiang Liu collected these three Soul-Returning Pills as well, and the small porcelain bottle was also discarded aside.
"Eh? Is that a treasure box!?" After searching for a moment, suddenly, a treasure box appeared before Jiang Liu.
Having searched the Elixir Storage Chamber, Jiang Liu roughly figured out that the more elixirs a container held, the lower their value seemed to be.
For example, the Detoxification Pills were stored in a large gourd, indicating the lowest value, while the resurrection-capable Soul-Returning Pills were kept in a small porcelain bottle, totaling only three.
Then, what sort of precious elixirs might be hidden inside this palm-sized exquisite treasure box?
Jiang Liu was somewhat excited. Could it be? Was this the Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill?
Thinking of the Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill, an elixir that could instantly raise one’s level by more than twenty, Jiang Liu felt a burning desire in his heart. He walked over and picked up the treasure box.
Taking a deep breath, he slowly opened it.
Indeed, the elixir inside the treasure box was more precious. As he lifted the lid slightly, Jiang Liu saw a glimmering, purple Spirit Pill inside.
There was only one, obviously of immense value!
"Sun Wukong!? Kuimu Wolf! How have you two become intoxicated here within my Doushuai Palace? What a mess; how did the door to the Elixir Storage Chamber get opened?"
However, just at that moment, Jiang Liu suddenly heard the voice of an old man coming from outside.
Upon hearing this voice, Jiang Liu was alarmed and didn’t have time to check the pill’s properties. He hurriedly tossed it into his bag space, and the treasure box containing the elixirs was also discarded on the ground.
Almost simultaneously, as the treasure box landed on the floor, the Supreme Elder Lord rushed in, fuming with urgency.
"Xuan... Xuanzang... is that you!?" The Supreme Elder Lord appeared as an old man with white hair, holding a horsetail whisk, an image of celestial elegance. However, upon seeing Jiang Liu, he was stunned.
He had thought it would be the rascal Sun Wukong ruining his magical medicines. Who would have thought that the Monkey, thoroughly drunk, had passed out, and instead, it was Xuanzang who had entered his Elixir Storage Chamber?
Looking at Xuanzang, whose face was flushed red with the smell of alcohol, it was evident he was also intoxicated.
Glancing at the gourd, porcelain bottle, and treasure box on the floor, the Supreme Elder Lord’s face grew even uglier: "My elixirs!"
"Burp, who, who are you, old man? What do you want?"
Life is like a play, entirely dependent on acting. Seeing the Supreme Elder Lord charging in, Jiang Liu belched with drunken eyes, smiling as he spoke.
"Where, where are the elixirs from inside?" The Supreme Elder Lord picked up the treasure box from the floor, saw that it was empty, and asked urgently.
"Eat, ate them, yeah, I, burp, I ate them all," belching again, Jiang Liu replied with a grin.
"You, you!" The Supreme Elder Lord, with bristling whiskers and bulging eyes, took the gourd and the small porcelain bottle, sniffed at them, and then stared intently at Jiang Liu: "You, you ate all the elixirs from inside?!"
"Yes, yes sir, do you, do you want some too? There’s a lot of elixirs here! Let’s eat them together!" nodding, Jiang Liu said.
"Alright, go to sleep now!" Having received Jiang Liu’s affirmative reply, the Supreme Elder Lord frowned, then waved his hand at Jiang Liu.
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As he did so, Jiang Liu’s eyes rolled back and he promptly passed out…
