Chapter 730: Chapter 730

Baili An couldn’t help but feel a stir in his heart.

Moonlight turned to wine?

The corpse demon was precisely using the Moon Essence to awaken its Racial Talent and enhance its purity of blood.

If Cultivators couldn’t live without nature’s spiritual energy, then corpse demons were inseparable from this air of moonlight.

Since ancient times, it had been difficult for corpse demons to achieve great stature, mainly because the night was limited and the only source of moonlight for their cultivation was the solitary moon.

Unlike humans, who had millions of stars in the sky providing Starlight Spiritual Power to the Mortal World.

And if he had this Spirit Jade Gourd to store the moonlight for him, then whether it was cultivation or awakening his Racial Talent in the future, the effort would be reduced by half.

Hao Nong had indeed given him a great gift.

As for such a wondrous object, Hao Nong had only played with it in his hand for a moment, his eyes showing no greed, and he quickly handed the Jade Gourd to Baili An, "What do you think of this item, Young Master?"

Baili An praised, "Very good!"

He also didn’t put on any pretense or excessive courtesy with him and generously accepted the Jade Gourd.

Who would have thought, at the instant when the gourd which had been absorbing moonlight in Hao Nong’s hands fell into Baili An’s, the moon’s light in the heavens intensified, and the ethereal, silver moonlight rushed in like babbling brook water.

The hand holding the Jade Gourd suddenly grew heavier.

Inside the Jade-colored, clear gourd, the faint white silver radiance that had originally just covered the bottom instantly spread over half its volume, making the entire gourd dazzlingly brilliant and extremely beautiful.

Hao Nong was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly, "Indeed, it seems that only the Young Master is worthy of possessing this token of faith."

Baili An couldn’t deny it. According to the ancient secrets, he bit the tip of his finger, squeezing in a drop of fresh blood into the gourd.

That drop of fresh blood in the wine slowly settled to the bottom and finally marked a moon totem at the base of the gourd.

Hao Nong’s eyes brightened, and he eagerly said, "Please have the first sip of Moonlight Wine, Young Master."

Without suspicion, Baili An was about to drink when he suddenly seemed to remember something. He took out the Wish Pearl transformed from the drowned child’s wife from the jade in the clear water and dropped it into the clear liquid in the gourd.

As the Wish Pearl entered the gourd, emitting a crisp jade-like sound, strands of pure purifying wish force intertwined with the Moonlight Wine, washing away the last trace of sinister aura left by the stone demon in the Jade Gourd, making the jade-colored gourd even more transparent and beautiful.

Pearl brewed in jade clashed lightly against the walls, like the sound of light snow shattering jade, crisp and clear in the night.

Holding the wine gourd, Baili An could smell a clear and mellow aroma, its scent was endless, refreshing the heart upon smelling it, with a hint of cool and refreshing spiritual energy rushing into his chest from his nose.

Even the burning pain brought by the injured viscera seemed to be soothed for a moment, and the lackluster Corpse Pearl was also nourished with spiritual sustenance.

He took a sip of the Clear Radiance Liquid from the wine gourd, and the cool taste entered his throat. In an instant, it felt as if a thousand flavors were circulating in his belly, spreading to his limbs and bones, refreshing and warming everywhere they touched.

The spiritual power nodes that had been opened inside his body lit up one by one, and beyond their fullness of color, the powerful vitality did not stop. When it passed through the cold and blocked dark nodes, the breath was very gentle, like a handful of kindling, igniting damp firewood, smoothly passing through.

A sip of Moonlight Wine, and the spiritual energy within opened up as many as ten spiritual nodes!

The body’s spiritual nodes were like spiritual pools that stored spiritual energy, and the more nodes were opened, the broader the capacity of the spiritual pool.

Ten spiritual nodes, in the world of human Cultivators, could also be considered a level that someone with an ordinary Spirit Root could achieve.

But for Baili An as a corpse demon, without a Spirit Root, to reach the full opening of ten spiritual power nodes with a sip of Moonlight Wine was truly a miracle.

Baili An closed his eyes and savored the sensation, and amazingly found that the ten spiritual nodes freshened by the Moonlight Wine no longer needed to guard a single area.

As he guided them with his thoughts, the nodes swam around his body like lively little tadpoles, able to move freely.

With one pull, they gathered at the Corpse Pearl in the Dantian, and the spiritual power harbored by the ten nodes was able to cover up the aura of the Corpse Pearl. At a glance, it looked almost ninety percent similar to a human’s Spirit Root.

This really gave Baili An a shock, for if he returned to the Mortal World one day, even if he encountered some highly skilled Daoist practitioners, it would be difficult for them to see through his true identity as a corpse demon.

The nodes quietly returned to their places.

As Baili An opened his eyes, he saw Hao Nong’s eagerly expectant gaze.

He smiled and handed over the wine gourd. Hao Nong treasured it greatly and took it seriously. Without being greedy, he poured one palmful and drank it down.

The coarse and weathered cheeks instantly flushed with the redness of being drunk. His body swayed, and in an instant, his sturdy skin turned into the color of wrought iron. Tengteng white vapor filled with spiritual energy kept infusing his pores.

Hao Nong had thought of using the power of the Moon Halo in this wine gourd token to complete the Dark Department’s ritual, but he did not expect that a palmful of this wine would bring such a change to his body.

And then the pleasant surprise came next.

After the spiritual power node in his heart that had been ignited, a second node under the heart, three inches below, also revived.

Hao Nong shook all over, his eyes wide in disbelief as he looked at his arms glowing with spirit light, his lips quivering, speechless.

Body Cultivators, who specialize in Body Refinement, did not particularly cherish this path but had inherently weak and mixed Spirit Roots, making it difficult to cultivate spiritual energy.

Qi Refiners concealed all their cultivation spiritual power within their Spirit Roots, while Martial Artists extended their cultivation throughout their body, unable to resonate with the internal spiritual nodes because of the poor quality of their Spirit Roots.

If it weren’t that Hao Nong had already cultivated to the Primordial Mansion Realm, even the crucial spiritual power node in his heart might have been difficult to open and ignite.

Now with a palmful of Moonlight Wine, he had managed to ignite the second spiritual power node directly.

Baili An retrieved the Jade Gourd and looked up at the moon, which was gradually obscured by the clouds, expressing regret, "The night is almost over. I’m afraid we can’t brew much Moonlight Wine. Otherwise, it would be possible to let those disciples of yours have a drink as well."

Hearing this, Hao Nong once again felt warmth in his heart.

As for Baili An’s awareness that he still had three hundred Body Refinement Martial Artists hidden, he was not surprised, but what surprised and thrilled him was that, from his words, there seemed to be an intention to take all the five hundred Body Refinement Martial Artists under the Dark Department.

Hao Nong’s mind was full of thoughts. After glancing at Baili An, he asked tentatively, "Seeing you act , seems like you don’t want to marry the Demon Lord?"

Baili An swayed the Jade Gourd in his hand, "I just don’t like to wait around for death."

Now that the purpose of tonight’s expedition had been achieved, as the sky was becoming bright, Baili An and Yin Baishuang began their journey back.

As the two flew on their swords through the wind, the outline of the ancient Mo City within the darkness gradually became clear.

On the way, Yin Baishuang was always silent. It seemed that coming out with him to watch the play and unwind tonight did not bring her much joy. On the contrary, it was as if she had more on her mind after the trip.

Her dark hair fluttered and danced in the thin fog, and she suddenly broke the silence of the night, "Are you and Meng Zifei close?"

Baili An replied, "Not close."

"But he seems very familiar with you."

Baili An thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps he’s just more sociable."

Yin Baishuang glanced at him with cold almond eyes, "Stay away from him."

Dropping these words, the Han Zhi Sword beneath her feet drew a trail of frost in the night wind, speeding up, leading the way alone.

Baili An pondered her words and, propelling his spiritual power, followed, "Do you have a grudge against Meng Zifei?"

Her red dress fluttered in the wind, her eyes deep within the brilliant red. After a long pause, she finally released four words faintly, "A matter of life and death!"

Baili An was greatly surprised.

First, it was shocking that Meng Zifei, who was so prudent and shrewd, would dare to offend Miss Yin.

Second, he was even more astonished that Yin Baishuang claimed to have a life-or-death grudge with Meng Zifei. Yet when the stone demon was about to kill Meng Zifei, she instead helped him, and afterwards, she behaved as if nothing had happened, as though she had seen a stranger, while Meng Zifei’s words seemed rather unusual.

As if guessing Baili An’s thoughts, Yin Baishuang looked at him emotionlessly and said, "You find it strange that I have a grudge against him, yet I don’t kill him?"