Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 336: Climbing (Silver Bonus - )

Chapter 336: Chapter 336: Climbing (Silver Bonus Chapter)

Gross chatted for a while longer before politely taking his leave.

It was clear that he had simply acted on the Federation’s instruction, to express goodwill.

After this initial contact, the Federation’s true envoy would arrive.

The reason for such caution was to demonstrate respect for a top ’Perfected’ being.

"Not even a mention of the ’Holy Grail’..."

Watching Gross’s receding figure, Zhong Shenxiu swirled the liquid in his glass with great interest, "That’s right... perhaps in their eyes, following this Blood Cup War, waiting for the seventh appropriate moment to come will take many long years..."

"Is the Holy Grail useless before the constellations align correctly?"

"And no matter where it is, during the next Flesh and Bone Triangle Ceremony, it will be directly summoned from the void... even as a collectible, it barely holds any value..."

Understanding this, he also realized why the Federation regarded the Holy Grail with disdain.

Moreover, as a sacred object bestowed upon the mundane by the Master of Black Blood, the Holy Grail could not be destroyed.

"At most, it might fall into the hands of some deranged Magic Pharmacists for research purposes... With my current power, keeping it safe is more than sufficient."

"I really am... underestimated."

Zhong Shenxiu took out the Holy Grail, gazing at the half-finished ’longevity blood’ within.

"Why do other schools only know to use the power of rituals to overflow the Holy Grail with longevity blood? Have they never thought about true ’brewing’?"

"Although definitely challenging, it might not be impossible to succeed. Even if I cannot concoct a perfect version, a lower quality version would still be worthwhile."

Thinking this, he looked at his attribute panel and willed it with his mind.

[Would you like to spend 8 Heavenly Show Points to improve your bartending skills?]

"The cost has increased madly, yes!"

[Bartending: Grandmaster→Legendary!]

...

"Spending eight points to raise a life skill? But... legendary, huh?"

Zhong Shenxiu looked at his hands, his eyes gleaming persistently.

If he wasn’t mistaken, this might be the first ’longevity’ level skill in his possession.

He closed his eyes, and countless bartending formulas seemed to emerge in his mind.

If the world’s bartending skills could be likened to a river flowing continuously forward, then he was the one ever standing atop the waves.

In other words, he now represented the pinnacle of bartending!

At this moment, looking at the Holy Grail again, Zhong Shenxiu could appreciate its ingenious nature beneath its unadorned essence, along with some of its principles.

"From the perspective of mixing Magic Potions... this semi-finished ’longevity blood’ has actually already been mostly completed, there’s no need to gather more tributes... The only consideration is concocting a ’degraded version’ that’s nearly finished and then extracting from it... One could use the method of brewing blood wine. After all, this is also a legacy of the Master of Black Blood, the two are similar... The materials needed..."

Zhong Shenxiu was stuck.

Gaining insight was already the limit of his legendary bartending skill.

As for how to concoct it further, he completely lacked inspiration.

Perhaps, only after sweeping through all the schools and their mystical knowledge, could he come up with a more perfect method.

But obviously, that wasn’t possible.

"So... is there only one method left?"

He murmured softly and closed his eyes.

...

Spirit Realm!

Before the vast Golden Sky Tower,

Zhong Shenxiu’s figure once again emerged, as he caressed the Three-eyed Feathered Serpent coiled around his arm. Spirit surged forth, beginning the arrangement of a very rudimentary ritual:

"In the name of Li Wei Mojito... I call upon You, I worship You, I beseech Your favor..."

During this period, he had obtained plenty of high-level mystical materials from Gross and had initially understood how those ’ascenders’ "obtained the brilliance of the stars."

According to this world’s mysterious system, one must receive a deity’s blessing when it is time to ascend the Golden Sky Tower, or it would be utterly impossible to reach the top of the tower.

But clearly, Zhong Shenxiu would not surrender his own belief.

Therefore, he resorted to his old tricks, replacing the object of worship with himself.

He beseeched himself.

"I beseech... the great existence within the boundless mystery, the guardian of truth, Lord Shenxiu!"

Obviously, this was a title he had casually conferred upon himself.

The preceding qualifications were all false, the only one that truly pointed to Zhong Shenxiu’s essence was "Lord Shenxiu."

"I beseech You to answer the call, I beseech Your favor, I beseech You to bestow upon me Your brilliance!"

Because the target of the ritual was so definite, even such a rudimentary ritual could be easily accomplished.

At this moment, Zhong Shenxiu’s thought elevated, recalling the time when he advanced to Great Grandmaster, responding to a prayer through the breath of the myriad doors.

His spirit delved into the attribute column, hearing a voice echoing in his ears. With a thought, he responded to his own prayer!

Within the Spirit Realm.

A layer of mysterious light descended from the sky, showering upon Zhong Shenxiu’s body.

Amid this layer of light was an extremely terrifying contamination and madness, causing him to bend in agony.

"Indeed... just the contamination from my very own essence is this terrible... Those who truly face the twelve great existences must have had their spirits completely altered, right?"

Long after, Zhong Shenxiu stood up, stepping onto the first layer of the staircase that resembled a Mayan pyramid.

Boom!

A terrifying pressure suddenly fell upon him.

Behind him, the path that he had come from completely vanished, while densely packed golden steps spread out endlessly before him.

"The Sky-reaching Tower, it truly is the Sky-reaching Tower!"

Zhong Shenxiu sighed, not immediately ascending but starting to observe the various mysterious runes on the surface of the golden rocks around him.

The Golden Sky Tower was considered the pinnacle of alchemy and magic potions in the world, even possessing the ability to self-evolve.

Whatever the latest discoveries regarding magic potions and alchemy were in the mundane world, they would be projected here instantly, transforming into inexplicable runes and symbols.

Therefore, it could be said that this Golden Sky Tower was the ultimate crystallization of magic potions!

At this time, Zhong Shenxiu held in his possession the semi-finished ’longevity blood’ and legendary-level bartending skills, from which he derived a new idea.

The difficulty therein would have to be resolved using this very Sky-reaching Tower.

Within secretive histories, many a Magic Potion Master and alchemy master solved the problems that plagued them for long after passing through the Golden Sky Tower.

"How to blend the longevity blood?"

Zhong Shenxiu’s eyes flickered with thought, his gaze sweeping over those incomprehensible symbols.

Within him, the essence of the Pastor transformed into an inexhaustible force, allowing his spiritual body enough strength to ascend the next layer of steps after fully observing this one.

"Soul... body... blood..."

"About the transmutation of spirit and flesh..."

Zhong Shenxiu pondered while climbing the Golden Sky Tower, moving very slowly, but each step was solid, and he lingered long with each move.

From a high vantage, one could see a black ant, steadily moving upward, ever upward, along the path of the Golden Sky Tower...

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