Knowing that Mu Shiyue buried the chain in the backyard, Qin Yiwei was a bit stunned.
However, this was master's decision, so she obediently followed it.
It's fine as long as this thing doesn't return to Wei Xiyan's hands.
Moreover, she was also very curious about how master was going to brew wine.
The monkey group didn't enter their residence, but all stayed outside guarding, afraid they would run away.
If one observes carefully, one could occasionally spot a golden head on some tree.
The monkey king would also frequently come over to urge Mu Shiyue to hurry up and work, quickly brew wine.
Although the monkey king acted like a warden supervisor, it often had other monkeys send over some fruits!
These fruits were all picked from the Myriad Beast Forest, and normally it was rare for them to come into contact with them.
After all, the ripening seasons of fruits were different, and the environments they grew in were all very harsh.
When cultivators entered the Myriad Beast Forest, they were always in a hurry and mentally tense, who had the time to pick fruits to eat?
Even Ke Chongbo was eating so many varieties of fruit for the first time!
It had to be said, fruits grown at home and those grown in the wild really tasted different!
In the mortal world, fruits cultivated by humans tasted better.
But in the cultivation world, wild fruits tasted better.
Especially those grown in the Myriad Beast Forest, they were extremely delicious!
They absorbed the spiritual qi of heaven and earth inside, and the fruits produced had excellent flavor.
A young master like Ke Chongbo ate without even lifting his head, only managing to give a thumbs-up to show praise.
"Too delicious! I've never eaten such delicious fruits!" Ke Chongbo kept praising with his thumb raised. "I thought the fruits we grew ourselves were already good enough, but I never imagined that there are fruits beyond fruits!"
While eating, he revealed a blissful expression.
The others had similar reactions, all eating very contentedly.
"Next time we enter the forest, we must pay attention to whether there are fruits. We can't miss them again!"
"That's right!"
It wasn't just them, even the spirit beasts ate very happily.
Although they were spirit beasts, when it came to picking fruit, who could compare to monkeys?
They were used to climbing and swinging in trees in an extremely relaxed manner.
The fruits on the trees were for them to pick freely, with no risk at all.
If not for turning enemies into acquaintances with the monkeys this time, they wouldn't have had the chance to eat so many fruits.
Mu Shiyue also ate very happily, but after eating, she still had to face reality.
She had to brew wine!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but put on a painful expression.
It's too difficult to brew wine better than monkey wine!
However, when the monkey king came again to urge her, she still dragged her tired body to start working.
Then she began directing the disciples to clean the ingredients.
"P-put all of it in?"
Chu Jingzhuo looked at the ingredients in his hands with a doubtful expression.
Mu Shiyue had them wash the ingredients clean, dry off the moisture, then put them into a large vat.
Some honey was also added inside.
Up to this point, the process was still normal.
Fruit wine seemed to be made this way.
But then she also had them add some bamboo.
Oh, she had previously mentioned something called Zhuyeqing, a wine with bamboo inside.
They had never heard of Zhuyeqing, but since master said so, they naturally accepted it.
But, "Why add leaves?!"
Lu Wenjun was dumbfounded, her mind in chaos.
Besides bamboo, Mu Shiyue also picked two Wuhan Tian Fruit leaves and threw them in.
Two leaves!
Lu Wenjun felt like she was about to have a heart attack.
Why add leaves when brewing wine?
Facing her disciple's questioning, Mu Shiyue spoke confidently, "These leaves are sweet, so of course they can be added!"
Lu Wenjun's eyes nearly popped out of her skull, what kind of reasoning was that?
She had never known that the Wuhan Tian Fruit leaves were sweet.
After all, who would casually touch such a precious item?
Everyone was afraid that plucking a leaf would stop it from growing, or worse, prevent it from bearing fruit.
Mu Shiyue had a face full of innocence, "And it's quite fragrant, the wine brewed later should taste pretty good."
Anyway, she would throw in any ingredient that could be added.
When monkeys brewed monkey wine, they also messed around with it.
Who would expect monkeys to brew wine systematically and at scale?
From the monkey king, she had learned that they simply put leftover fruits into a tree hollow, and after some time, when they checked again, it would become monkey wine.
Monkey wine's main feature was the variety of ingredients.
They would throw in any fruit they encountered that was edible and non-toxic.
Either way, the result completely depended on luck.
Therefore, the success rate of brewing monkey wine wasn't high.
Sometimes an entire year would pass without producing a single vat.
That's also why they were angry.
—After painstakingly brewing it, the wine was stolen. Who could accept that?!
After understanding this process, Mu Shiyue also had an epiphany.
If monkeys could do it, she could do it too!
She could also copy them and mix various kinds of fruits together, maybe she could brew some decent wine?
As for adding bamboo leaves and Wuhan Tian Fruit leaves, that was also inspired by this!
If monkeys used ten kinds of fruits, she could use a few more!
Maybe the final result would be even better?
—Win by quantity!
After hearing master's explanation, Lu Wenjun: "..."
What did Wuhan Tian Fruit have to do with monkey wine?
She had never heard that its leaves could be used to brew wine!
She had countless things to say in her heart, but in the end, she remained silent.
The leaves had already been plucked, what else could she say?
Moreover, this Wuhan Tian Fruit was grown by master, so she had no right to comment.
That said, her heart still ached terribly.
So the next day, she went to check on the sapling, and to her astonishment, found that the plucked part had sprouted new buds again.
Looking closely, there's even a slight fork in the buds.
That meant this part might grow two leaves!
Lu Wenjun: "..."
It felt like her previous heartache was completely unnecessary.
Besides the leaves, Mu Shiyue also rummaged through the storage room for half a day and finally found some medicinal herbs and some mushrooms, all of which she added inside.
Watching master's series of actions, everyone was numb.
Chu Jingzhuo looked at Qin Yiwei, "Where did those mushrooms come from?"
"I picked them!" Meng Fanzé raised his hand timidly. "When we were collecting the demon beast corpses earlier, I found them there."
Everyone thought back, it did seem familiar.
"They're not poisonous, right?" Xin Jinrui frowned cautiously.
As a cook, he knew many mushrooms were poisonous.
He didn't dare mess around.
"Probably…?"
Everyone looked at each other, not daring to be sure.
"If master dares to put them in, then there must be no problem!" Jiang Yunnuan said confidently.
With that, the others also nodded along, "That's right, there's definitely no problem!"
Master was so capable, there must be no issue!
Mu Shiyue didn't care about these things. After throwing in all the materials she could, she sealed the jar and let them ferment on their own.
A few days later, when Xin Jinrui's spirit sword was successfully upgraded, Mu Shiyue also decided to open the jar!