Chapter 384: Chapter 224: Celestial Immortal’s Weapon of Slaughter, or a Wine Vessel?

"Not as many as eighteen layers."

In the Bronze Hall, Bai Mo sat behind the desk, enjoying the occasional gust of wind, as he fiddled with the Immortal Artifacts his apprentices had just excavated.

The main base of the Celestial Immortals has been completely excavated, with a total of six underground levels. The apprentices were still digging in the large pit, conducting more detailed excavations. From time to time, they brought good finds to their master.

"Four Sheep Square Vase?"

Bai Mo held the enormous Bronze Vase with both hands, looking it over from left to right, examining it up and down.

He also checked inside the vase, which still had dirt that hadn’t been cleaned out and large patches of blue-green rust.

"It really looks just like that thing from the textbooks!"

This was a damaged Immortal Artifact.

Its specific functions were unknown, but Bai Mo’s Divine Sense could detect the damaged Immortal Qi Circuits inside.

"The Celestial Immortals’ warfare Immortal Artifacts?"

Beside it was a huge beast-shaped bronze vessel.

"Kui Ox Bronze Goblet?"

"This shape, is it a goblet?"

The upper half of this vessel was a beast’s body, while the lower half was a round, chubby container, slightly smaller than the Square Vase but quite capable of holding things.

There were also assorted variations in size and shape, like Bronze Vats, Bronze Gua, Bronze Vessels, and Bronze Horns, all sorts of cups and bowls, pots, and jars.

"None of the Immortal Qi Circuits are intact, all are useless."

Bai Mo smacked his lips.

Yet something seemed off...

"This pile of stuff, it’s either for storing or drinking wine, all are wine vessels.

"Is it possible that these aren’t the Celestial Immortals’ killing instruments, but rather the wine vessels from a victory banquet?"

Bai Mo grinned, but had no way to verify.

He might not even be calling these vessels by the right names... The names he used were learned from museums, names of bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Thinking back, the bronze artifact civilization of the Shang and Zhou might be quite closely related to the ruins of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty.

He lifted a Bronze Wine Goblet, looking at the inscription of the recipe at the bottom.

"A recipe from the jar of the Ancient Immortal, its effect is... to quickly drain the life force of a puppet?"

Those tragic individuals turned into puppets were already sieves, their life force leaking frantically. Just like the zombie state of Sion.

Adding this recipe would make the leak even faster and more thorough?

Bai Mo liked this harsh stuff, grinning as he started to study it.

...

Time flew by.

Bai Mo had lunch brought by his apprentices in the Bronze Hall.

Sitting behind the desk, he looked over the Immortal Artifacts and documents his apprentices brought.

By mid-afternoon, the documents and bronze artifacts copy-written by Bai Mo were taken to the warehouse by the apprentices for archiving.

Bai Mo sat before the desk, frowning at the pieces on the Conquering Technique from the Ancient Immortal.

"These...

"These Celestial Immortals are indeed different from ordinary Immortals.

"Their recipes are full of killing intent, refined to the utmost, seeking ultimate stability and performance, very good."

But in Bai Mo’s view.

"Still not... thorough enough, missing something.

"Obviously, it could be achieved at a slightly lower cost, to make the effect even more extreme."

The Conquering Technique of the Celestial Immortals enriched Bai Mo’s knowledge and inspired him.

"Perhaps, using Marquis Qing Yue’s recipe as a foundation, and incorporating the strengths of other Ancient Immortals, improvements could be made?

"To create something more cost-effective and more powerful?"

Bai Mo opened a new page in his note-taking app on his tablet, beginning to write and draw.

Just like that, when he had filled out pages of multicolored content, he finally looked up with a smile, only to see the hall was already deeply shrouded in twilight.

"Oh, it’s dinner time now.

"Let’s work a little overtime and finish making these seeds according to this idea!"

...

The wind howled, the night was deep.

In the sleeping hall, foxes gathered in groups of three or five, crowded together, discussing the seeds the master had newly modified.

Bai Liandan’Er, the warehouse manager, was speaking in foxy language to a few senior brothers, enlightening them.

"Awoo, yip yip yip, awoo awoo awoo..."

...These new seeds are not cheap either. Master used up the last batch of medicinal materials that were about to go moldy in the warehouse to make these seeds.

Peach Blossom Eyes and Black Star, White Tail huddled together, gesturing as they shared what they’d heard.

"Awoo, yip yip yip yip..."

...These new seeds are extremely precious, consuming loads of various fertilizers, and are particularly susceptible to pests and diseases.

White Claw, Big Head, Peony Fox, and Chongchong Fox gathered, chatted animatedly.

"Yip yip yip, awoo awoo, yip yip awoo awoo..."

...Master said that batch of seeds grows incredibly fast and requires very careful attention and care.

Bai Mo sat on the bed, fiddling with the three hundred seeds he had just made.

These seeds were pea-shaped, but with a rough surface. Upon close inspection, one could see the rough pattern was actually a miniature of dragon, phoenix, kui patterns, and others.

While fiddling, he saw a few fluffy fox heads gather around.

It was Black Claw, along with Big Ears and Round Ears, who had come over, speaking in foxy language, gesturing.

"Yip yip yip!"

"Awoo awoo awoo!"

"Yip yip yip!"

Bai Mo smiled and said.

"You want to adopt a seed of the Wine Vessel Flower? Select one you like."

This thing grows rapidly, and cultivating it comes with high risks. A single fox likely couldn’t handle it. Even with three fox apprentices together, managing to successfully cultivate it would be quite commendable.