"You could actually bring your Colorless Holy Grail out?"
Weixi was somewhat surprised. "I didn't manage to bring out the Rainbow Holy Grail... What special effect does it have? Does it also buff the Seventh Imaginary Wing?"
Yaxiu smiled without answering. Uncorking a wine bottle himself, he filled the holy grail and poured it into a glass, repeating the process several times so that every drop of wine passed through the holy grail first. He distributed the glasses to everyone, raised his cup, and said, "Cheers!"
"Drinking this won't make us yield to your every whim, turning us into little idiots who can only call you 'Master', will it?" Weixi quipped before draining her glass in one gulp. "Not that I care. I already am one anyway."
The maid's words thoroughly disgusted Igola and Harvey, however. Both looked at Yaxiu with utter disdain.
Yaxiu retorted exasperatedly, "Can't you tell she's trying to sow discord? Am I that kind of person?"
"For a male human with eight romantic partners, it's really hard for me to put any faith in your moral standards..." Igola reluctantly drank the wine in his glass.
Rose and Feili downed theirs without the slightest hesitation. Niya waited a moment, drinking only after seeing everyone else had. The moment she finished, her eyes lit up. "Is wine really this delicious?"
Not just Niya—even the well-traveled, knowledgeable Weixi couldn't help but lick her lips. Only Rose remained calm, setting her glass straight down.
"It's not that the wine is delicious," Yaxiu held up the holy grail and smiled. "It's that any wine that passes through the holy grail becomes delicious. It's not complete right now, and its only effect is turning liquid into Colorless Wine that satisfies whoever drinks it."
[Colorless Holy Grail (1/5)]
[Colorless Wine: Any liquid held by the holy grail becomes exceedingly delicious, with wine yielding the best effect. Whoever drinks it will do so with complete satisfaction, and it slightly replenishes energy.]
[??? (More effects require acquiring the complete holy grail to unlock)]
The bottle was emptied in no time. Niya let out a soft hiccup and hastily covered her mouth, a faint blush dusting her cheeks. While Rose went to the cellar for more wine, Weixi said, "Yours is one-fifth of the Colorless Holy Grail, which means the other four-fifths are in the hands of the other demons. But how do you get them? What if they hide their grails?"
"The Colorless Holy Grail seems to be completely bound to me," Yaxiu analyzed. "In other words, if I die, my Colorless Holy Grail will be split evenly among the remaining grails. By the same token, as long as the other demons die, I should be able to obtain the complete Colorless Holy Grail."
"Which means we shouldn't hold out any hope for the Colorless Holy Grail's full effect," Igola said, taking a sip of the Colorless Wine. "Still, with just this effect, opening a bar in the future would be enough to support you and your girlfriends."
"Haven't you gotten sick of roasting me yet?" Yaxiu's mouth twitched. "And haven't you guys realized it yet? Making people enjoy drinking it is just the most insignificant effect. This is 'liquid that will satisfy whoever drinks it'—literally anyone!"
Everyone startled. Weixi caught on instantly. "Sorcery spirits can drink it too?!"
"Exactly!" Yaxiu nodded firmly, delight written all over his face. "This can replace gold and silver coins as food for sorcery spirits, and it might even replace rations for gods! Right now we don't really need to feed our sorcery spirits, but once we return to reality, this holy grail will save us a massive headache!"
In the Void Realm, sorcery spirits required no feeding or only minimal feeding because they could draw energy directly from the Void Realm; it was only in reality that they needed extra nourishment. If sorcery spirits had to be fed in the Void Realm too, wouldn't the sorcery spirits of Void Realm creatures and sorcerer projections have starved to death long ago?
Yaxiu and the others didn't have much need to feed their spirits right now, but returning to reality would be trouble. Yaxiu had several Four-Wing sorcery spirits, which normally required a country's treasury of gold and silver to sustain, not to mention a whole heap of Three-Wing sorcery spirits.
With the Colorless Holy Grail, all they had to do was feed wine to the spirits. Although there might be drunken side effects, it was still far simpler than emptying a national treasury to feed them!
Igola mused, "So you're not just supporting your girlfriends—you're even supporting your girlfriends' sorcery spirits as well."
"Hey!"
"Fine, I'll stop," Igola threw up his hands in surrender. "After all, I can't take on nine by myself..."
"Mr. Igola."
Rose returned carrying four bottles of wine. Setting them down, she said calmly, "Yaxiu has already implicitly expressed his displeasure. I hope you will cease your mockery, or I will throw you out."
Yaxiu was taken aback and tugged at Rose's hand. "Rose, I—"
"I know," Igola said leisurely. "I did it on purpose. I know Yaxiu doesn't mind me mocking him, but he minds me mocking the people who love him. I originally planned to gradually ramp up the teasing, keeping it up for days or weeks until he couldn't take it anymore. But if you insist on stopping me, Rose, then forget it."
Yaxiu froze. He immediately looked toward Weixi, only to find the maid wearing a playful, amused expression. While Weixi chiming in earlier to discuss his romantic relationships certainly had an element of joining in the fun, it had more likely been an act to play along with Igola.
"Why?" Rose voiced the question in Yaxiu's mind. "Aren't you and Yaxiu friends?"
"Yes, I'm his friend, but that doesn't mean I won't mock him. I'm a deceiver with low moral standards, but that doesn't mean I can just accept my friend acting recklessly." Igola crossed his arms. "So I'm quite curious: if this messy romance of his gets out, he might not care what people say about him, but what about the heroines in these relationships? Won't they care?"
"We Blood Moon people are fine; we have no family and no friends," the deceiver said with a shrug. "Yet he doesn't seem keen on giving back to his homeland—aside from the Veela, none of the others are from Blood Moon."
"Even a legendary sorcerer has family, friends, and pressure from social relationships."
Harvey had no interest in this topic and quietly poured himself more wine. Niya didn't care much either, but she glanced at Feili beside her, seeing the little lamb huddled on the sofa with her knees pulled up, a faint shadow of worry hanging between her brows.
Without a word, Niya quietly took Feili's hand.
"If you were just fooling around, seeking only pleasure, then even if you fooled around with a hundred or a thousand people, as long as your health held up, I wouldn't bother saying anything," Igola said calmly. "But you're not doing this just for pleasure—you want to make everyone happy."
"Even if your wills are strong enough to ensure that these rumors and gossip don't affect your moods, I imagine you wouldn't want them to hear mockery, let alone feel that they loved the wrong person, would you?"
"Although there is no universal standard for happiness, surely no one would turn down having their choice recognized by family and friends."
"You are a legendary sorcerer now. If they were ordinary people, it might not matter, but some of them are legends, and some are future legends." Igola continued placidly, "Your current strength is not enough to prove that their choice wasn't a mistake."
"You've already wronged them; try not to humiliate them too."
Yaxiu gave a wry smile. "I haven't even had psychological counseling yet, and you're already piling on more internal friction. When the time comes, remember to give me a heartwarming counseling package."
Igola drawled, "In this world, only deceivers and gods can grant all your wishes—psychologists are not among them."
Yaxiu let out a soft breath and nodded solemnly. "Thank you. I understand."
"I was merely looking for an excuse to mock you openly." Igola tucked a strand of hair behind his ear. "My apologies, Feili, Niya."
Feili and Niya blinked in surprise before realizing that Igola was apologizing for dragging them into it just now. Feili shook her head to indicate she didn't mind, while Niya lowered her head and murmured, "Prove that one isn't the wrong choice, huh..."
*Smack.*
Something bonked her head. Niya instinctively clutched her head, only to find that Yaxiu had tossed a lollipop at her. "What was that for?!"
"No two people are allowed to be unhappy at the same time in this room. Wait your turn in line," Yaxiu said leisurely. "Now then, let's discuss the redistribution of the Seventh Imaginary Wing—"
"Let's talk about the Dream Treasury you took into your soul first," Weixi quickly switched the topic. "Master, want a leg massage? Are your shoulders sore? Let me pour you some wine."
Yaxiu glanced at the maid. "...Fine. Regarding my soul, all I can say is..."
He remained silent for a long moment, unable to squeeze out a single word, before directly extending his hand. "Come see for yourselves. I don't even know how to describe it."
The group exchanged glances and reached out to touch Yaxiu's body.
Yaxiu took the initiative to connect his soul with theirs, allowing them to peer into his soul—
At the very bottom was an ocean. Floating atop the ocean was a fish, on the fish's back stood an ox, on the ox's back was Ruby Mountain, atop Ruby Mountain was a chaotic, blurred Hell, above Hell was the Six Harmonies Earth divided into six sections, and above the earth was an ethereal, misty Heaven.
One layer for the fish, one layer for the ox, one layer for the ruby, one layer for Hell, one layer for the earth, and one layer for the Kingdom of Heaven!
From what Igola and the others could observe, there were a full six layers of space, not even counting the ocean beneath! Furthermore, the Six Harmonies Earth was divided into six distinct plates: red, orange, green, cyan, blue, and purple. Each region had a distinct dominant color, radiating a different sorcery aura!
The strongest impression Igola and the others got was that the sorcery auras in Yaxiu's soul were far too complex and varied—just how many sorcery arts had this guy cultivated?
Most of Yaxiu's sorcery spirits were on the Six Harmonies Earth. Even though they were spread out extensively, they could barely occupy a single corner of just one plate! Using the sorcery spirits as a scale, they directly sensed just how gigantic Yaxiu's six-layered soul was. It was simply...
Even nations in reality fell far short!
"When I saw it myself, I was stunned for an hour," Yaxiu said. "Do you want to take another look?"
Weixi slowly came to her senses and suddenly said, "I mentioned before that after my second rebirth, I specialized in the soul faction, even to the point where my soul alone could directly withstand a layer of Hell."
"Once the quality of my soul crossed a certain threshold, the embryonic form of a divine palace gradually appeared within it. This was my proudest secret—constructing a soul divine palace while still in the mortal stage. Across tens of millions of years, that makes me a top-tier sorcerer of the soul faction!"
"I seized roughly a 1.03% share of the Dream Treasury. With just that one percent, the embryonic form of a celestial divine palace has already appeared in my soul. As long as I pass the Hell Trial, I am guaranteed to possess a divine palace of the highest grade among celestial ranks, giving me a starting point on the Five-Wing path that far surpasses all demigods."
"Yet compared to what you have, a celestial divine palace is utter trash." Weixi's mouth twitched, and she gripped Yaxiu's arm so hard she seemed ready to wring it out like a towel. "Your starting point is an end point that no demigod could ever hope to reach!"
"What you have is not an embryonic divine palace at all—it's an embryonic Kingdom of Heaven!"
"You are already only a single step away from becoming a Divine Lord!"
Chapter 946