Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

Arriving at the westernmost part of the Jade Lotus Continent, Alex saw a large teleportation formation placed near the shore from far away.

“We have arrived,” Lighthaze said, taking the ship directly next to the teleportation formation. They had to barely walk a few steps before they were right next to the formation.

They climbed onto the platform, along with many others that had been clearly kept there for longer than normal, all because Bladedance was to use this.

As soon as Bladedance and Alex got onto it, Lighthaze gave the order and the teleportation took place. In a flash, they arrived in a different location.

The receiving formation in the Drunken Spirit continent was located on the outskirts of a massive cliffside city. Alex could see a deep gorge right from the edge of the formation platform, extending far to the east where the land turned into a massive beach with the ocean beyond that.

From there, it was a short trip before they arrived at another teleportation formation, which led them deep into the mountains where the palace of the Wine God lay.

Crisp air passed by Alex as he arrived at the new location. From the top of the mountain he had arrived at, he could see the expansive mountain range that extended hundreds of kilometers all around him.

Within the mountains was the valley where the palace was located, along with a sparse settlement all around the place. For a place that was called the palace of a god, it was neither big nor fancy.

“Are those all the people that live in the capital?” Alex asked upon arrival.

Lighthaze stood at the edge and shook his head. “This isn’t the capital. There is no capital in the Drunken Spirit continent. Instead, we only have the palace of the Wine God.”

“What about those small houses? Those aren’t civilians?” Alex asked.

“No. Those are all disciples of the Wine God.”

Alex blinked. “All of them?”

The man nodded. “Before you misunderstand, I must explain that His Drunkenness runs a small school with no more than 5 students in it at any given point.” He pointed at a slightly bigger building a little off-center in the valley. “That is the school where the Wine God gives scholarly lessons to his disciples. Those disciples then either choose to leave the mountain range, or stay here and do something themselves.”

Alex crossed his arms with a look of understanding. “So it’s a looser definition of the word ’disciple,’ huh? They would be closer to an outer disciple.”

The man nodded. “More than that, the Wine God teaches them anything they wish to learn. He doesn’t teach them about wines alone.”

Alex nodded. The Wine God sounded similar to a school teacher who was learned in almost every subject, even though he was clearly not an expert in all of it.

“Let us descend.”

The Reverend took them down the mountain path, slowly walking down to the valley. The sun had come close to setting, so shadows of the mountains were beginning to stretch throughout the land. Before they knew it, it would be dark.

“Are there not a single beast within these mountains?” Bladedance asked as her eyes darted around. “I never paid any attention to this the last few times I came.”

“Our disciples are weak, so we place a barrier around three mountains in total to stop the beasts from coming over,” the man said. “So you won’t find any in the vicinity.”

Alex had noticed something else that Bladedance had either missed or didn’t care enough to notice. While the mountains looked completely normal at first glance, they were in fact filled to the brim with alchemy ingredients so potent that they could only be considered treasures.

Each of the mountains his senses reached was vibrant and filled with incredible alchemy ingredients to a point where they had to be alchemy gardens. And yet there were no such markings placed around them for protection.

“Are all these ingredients you’re growing used for the sole purpose of making wines?” Alex asked.

“Mostly. We use them for pills, talismans, and whatever else we can think of. But more than anything, they are indeed used for wines and elixirs.”

Alex nodded slowly upon understanding. By the time they arrived at the valley, only the sky was bright as the last rays of sunlight were about to fade away as well.

There weren’t many people in the valley, but those that were there kept a steady glance on Alex and Bladedance as they walked by. While they didn’t understand who they were, they recognized their Reverend and thus knew that these guests had to be someone incredibly important.

At the massive two-framed door of the Wine God’s palace stood a group of people.

Among them, the only person of note was a younger man that was beginning to show his age. He wore a bright yellow outfit, nearly golden, with a red raiment around him. His cultivation base was quite strong as well, easily in the Divine Domain realm.

The man looked quite awe-inspiring, especially compared to the feeble old men and women that stood beside him. He held an incredible presence.

“I have brought our guests, your Drunkenness,” Lighthaze said, bowing toward the group.

Alex looked at the younger man, quietly wondering how old he must have been when he became a god.

“It’s good to see you again, Moonspirit,” Bladedance said as she stepped forward.

The man remained silent. Instead, one of the feeble older men beside the man, with long gray hair and beard, bowed.

“It is great meeting you again, senior. I humbly welcome you and your disciple to my palace.”

Alex blinked for a second. ’His palace?’

His eyes moved from the old man to the young man, before moving back to the old man as he realized his mistake.

The young man wasn’t the Wine God at all. It was the old one.

Alex hurriedly bowed toward him.

“I, Dawnblade, greet the God of Wine and thank him for his warm welcome to his abode.”