Ultimate flavor…
Jian Chou finally knew who that silver spoon belonged to.
“Heaven and earth in one ladle mixed”—wasn’t this exactly that phrase?
Looking up, a green light shot to the heavens.
That green leaf slowly emerged, and after passing a certain point, it fell straight down toward the ground!
The glowing leaf sank into that enormous pot-shaped depression, crashing together with a thunderous sound. After the noise vanished, a jade-colored light shot out in all directions.
“Wu wu wu!”
A cry of alarm came from Jian Chou’s shoulder.
Turning to look, she saw the little marten gripping the tongue-shaped silver spoon tightly with both paws, making angry sounds while straining to widen its small eyes, glaring furiously at that pot-like mountain ahead!
The silver spoon was now emitting a hazy jade light. If not for the little marten holding it for dear life, it would likely fly out immediately!
The jade light shooting from the “giant pot” seemed unable to summon back the silver spoon and began vibrating violently, the air trembling with a faint buzzing sound.
Jian Chou was greatly alarmed.
Before her, the little marten desperately clutched the silver spoon, as if engaged in a tug-of-war with this green light.
But two small paws didn’t have much strength. In just an instant, the silver spoon broke free and flew out!
Wu wu wu!
How outrageous!
I found the little spoon, so why do you dare steal it?
The little marten was furious beyond measure. With a “whoosh,” it shot out and bit down on the spoon’s handle!
However, the silver spoon was moving extremely fast. The little marten could only bite the handle with its teeth, being carried along as it flew toward the giant pot below!
Seeing this, Jian Chou felt an immense headache.
That pot-shaped mountain was undoubtedly extremely sinister.
The text that had appeared on the green light pillar earlier was left by the master of this Crimson Kill Minor Realm, who had once created “Heaven and earth in one ladle mixed” and “Rivers and streams in one pot cooked” here, using this great pot to cook the divine beast Dijiang and stuffing ten thousand ghosts into the mountain walls as firewood!
From the skeletons Jian Chou had seen in the mountain wall caves earlier, whether these “ten thousand ghosts” were actually “ten thousand cultivators” or “ten thousand people” was highly questionable.
It could be said that if the “giant pot” before them had indeed cooked Dijiang, the dangers within were unpredictable.
Although she had just been licked by the little marten and still felt her neck sticky, she absolutely couldn’t watch the little marten face danger.
Jian Chou gritted her teeth and directly channeled spiritual power into Ghost Axe.
Ghost Axe immediately howled and charged forward!
Jian Chou reached out and, at the moment of approach, grabbed the little marten’s tail as it sped away!
“Aowuwuwu!”
In that instant, the little marten cried out loudly in pain!
With this cry, its teeth immediately loosened, and the silver spoon it had been biting was immediately carried back by that shooting green light!
A point of silver light, like brilliant starlight, finally fell toward that sunken mountaintop!
During its descent, the silver spoon that Jian Chou had originally judged to be “probably just a common artifact” suddenly blazed with light, growing larger with each foot it fell!
Whoosh—
The silver spoon landed, stabbing straight into the center of the giant pot, towering like a massive pillar. That tongue-like shape became even more sinister and strange after being magnified!
Jian Chou, still gripping the little marten, watched this scene and couldn’t help but be stunned.
Seeing its silver spoon stolen, the little marten was simply beating its chest in frustration. It leaped from Jian Chou’s hand directly onto her shoulder, slightly curling its two paws and vigorously pounding its chest while crying to the heavens: “Aowuwuwuwu!”
“…”
Jian Chou was completely speechless.
What species was this little marten exactly?
Mouse?
Dog?
Wolf?
Lion?
Monkey?
How could it do everything?!
“Aowuwuwuwu…”
Angry cries continued from the little marten’s mouth.
Jian Chou hovered in mid-air, just about to reach out and pat its head, but suddenly froze.
The reason was simple—
The moment the silver spoon landed and stabbed into the bottom of the giant pot, a layer of green light seemed to splash up from the spoon’s impact, scattering in all directions.
Jian Chou, who had been chasing the little marten, was now right in the path and was immediately enveloped by this green light.
Jian Chou’s heart tightened, and she instinctively tensed her body, watching the green light before her gradually dissipate.
“Roar—”
A furious roar came from the sky, shaking the earth!
This was far more magnificent and terrifying than the little marten’s previous roar!
Jian Chou looked up to see a massive shadow being thrown down from the sky!
It was a Dijiang!
A body as large as a small mountain, yet with six legs and four wings, no eyes, ears, mouth, or nose, looking like a large sack, but roaring sounds were emanating from within its body.
However…
It was completely useless.
Bang!
The entire Dijiang crashed heavily into the pot.
Its massive wings flapped but couldn’t lift its body from the pot.
Rumble…
Enormous flowing water appeared. From all directions, countless rivers converged toward the pot, gradually submerging the powerless Dijiang.
The fierce Dijiang tried again and again to stand up, to surface. When the water reached its highest point, it roared madly, all four wings beating together, generating fierce winds from beneath them!
Above the mountaintop’s giant pot, it was as if a huge celestial lake had appeared. Now with wind and waves rising, it was truly majestic!
Unfortunately, whoever had thrown it down from the heights was stronger.
In the sky above stood a patch of green light, as if a figure stood within that green light. Seeing Dijiang struggle, a green light shot down from the heavens!
Boom!
The seemingly light green light fell like a massive cage, immediately imprisoning Dijiang.
A clear, cold rebuke rang out from the nine heavens: “Beast! You have devoured thousands of my disciples. Today I shall cook and eat you with the fury of my disciples!”
Jian Chou was shaken to her core by this cold rebuke.
In her daze, she was stunned for a moment: this voice—was it a female cultivator?
A conversation buried long ago suddenly surfaced from the depths of Jian Chou’s memory.
“Who is Luye Laozu?”
“A very powerful old witch. You’re not allowed to mention her!”
“But Master, you mentioned her first.”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing…”
…
In this instant, Jian Chou suddenly had an indescribable feeling.
Cooking Dijiang for food, declaring with satisfaction: Ultimate flavor indeed, ultimate flavor indeed!
Luye Laozu—what magnificent bearing!
She watched as a green light flashed before her, and the powerless Dijiang finally fell back into that placid lake.
On the mountain walls below the mountainside, countless caves were blown by the fierce wind, producing ghostly wails. Ten thousand ghost fires blazed like fierce flames!
Countless skeletons, old and new, all rose from the caves, raising their bone arms and howling toward the sky!
Whoosh!
The ghost fires intensified!
Dijiang, in the giant lake, immediately let out a miserable scream, struggling and rolling in the lake!
Gurgle gurgle…
Bubbles immediately appeared on the lake’s surface.
In the blink of an eye, the great lake, burning ten thousand ghosts as fuel for cooking, was completely boiling!
Dijiang’s screams shook heaven and earth.
However, they couldn’t shake that figure standing high in the nine heavens.
A point of silver light emerged from the void. Jian Chou looked up to see that it was that spoon.
On the smooth silver surface were shallow patterns that constantly flowed, though that tongue-like shape hadn’t changed at all. A jade-white hand extended from the clouds and grasped the spoon.
The silver spoon then grew with the wind, finally extending from the clouds into the boiling giant lake.
Splash, splash.
The spoon stirred the lake water. Inside, Dijiang was already on its last breath, having fallen silent at some point.
A wisp of ethereal light emerged from its head, gradually solidifying, clearly about to escape to distant places. Unexpectedly, the silver spoon came crashing down with tremendous force!
The light that was about to solidify suddenly scattered into ten streams!
Nine were powerlessly scattered to various places, disappearing without a trace after flying for a while, leaving exactly one that was struck back into Dijiang’s original body.
These were Dijiang’s “three souls and seven spirits.”
Dijiang was a “divine bird” or “divine beast,” with some directly calling it an “ancient god.” Like humans, it had three souls and seven spirits.
Those ten streams of light were Dijiang’s souls and spirits.
Jian Chou couldn’t distinguish whether what returned to Dijiang’s body was a soul or a spirit.
However, with souls and spirits scattered, no matter how great Dijiang’s abilities, it was beyond salvation.
What lay in the lake, being cooked, was already a dead Dijiang.
…
Following that silver spoon, Jian Chou looked up, straining to see clearly that green shadow standing on the clouds. However, the green light before her suddenly intensified.
The enormous boiling lake twisted and transformed into green light, disappearing from before Jian Chou’s eyes.
Dijiang in the lake also vanished instantly.
Even the figure in the sky became blurred…
As the green light gradually dissipated, all the illusions before Jian Chou’s eyes vanished completely.
Where the giant lake had been, there was now only a huge deep pit. The bottom was full of soil, seemingly formed by years of rock weathering, with countless green plants growing in this pit.
No Dijiang—only that massive silver spoon stabbed diagonally into the pit’s bottom!
Near the silver spoon at the pit’s bottom, probably due to the impact force of the spoon’s descent, all the green vegetation had been swept away, revealing the pale white rock beneath.
At the edge of the spoon’s bowl, a piece of bone the size of a baby’s fist lay quietly, white as jade.
That was—
Dijiang Guyu?
This was a piece of bone from Dijiang’s neck, containing all the essence of Dijiang’s body.
Not every piece of bone from a Dijiang’s neck could form bone jade. Timing, location, and circumstances were all extremely important, which made Dijiang Guyu incredibly precious.
However, what this supreme treasure was used for was rarely heard of.
Jian Chou had considered this before: first, because Dijiang Guyu was rare and few could obtain it, naturally, there were no opportunities for research; second, this Dijiang Guyu itself had certain problems.
She wondered how this piece of bone had formed.
The moment she saw this bone, Jian Chou knew this was what she was looking for.
Without this silver spoon’s guidance, she probably wouldn’t have found this thing anytime soon.
Jian Chou had no other concerns. With a movement of her foot, Ghost Axe shot straight down!
Her figure was extremely swift.
The green light representing her rapidly streaked across the stone disc!
At this time, the red lights representing Liao Kong and the other person behind remained essentially motionless. Though Jian Chou had partially destroyed that formation, it could still operate and was continuously strengthening. The two must be suffering now.
As for Gu Qingmei’s red light, after being roared at by the little marten, it had fallen straight down and stopped there, not moving at all.
Now, there should be no danger.
Dijiang Guyu was right before her eyes!
Ten zhang!
Three zhang!
One Zhang!
Three chi!
…
Jian Chou had already reached out her hand!
That piece of bone, viewed up close, hadn’t picked up even a speck of dust. Though it was bone from Dijiang’s body, there was no trace of sinew or connection—perhaps it had been dissolved during these long years.
In an instant, Jian Chou felt she would grasp it in the next moment!
However, what greeted her next was a violent fluctuation!
“Wu wu wu!”
The little marten cried out loudly, but it was already too late!
Pop pop pop!
Seven or eight light sounds!
From the originally peaceful stone pit, seven or eight ice spikes suddenly shot out!
The sharp ice spikes were like sharp swords, surrounding Dijiang Guyu at the pit’s bottom!
Jian Chou, who was already as close as possible, was immediately pierced in the shoulder by one of the ice spikes. She gritted her teeth but didn’t look at the wound or the ice spike, instead looking toward the stone disc!
The red light that had been knocked down by the little marten’s roar suddenly flickered.
Jian Chou sensed strange fluctuations appearing not far in front of her!
At the same time, that red light on the stone disc disappeared from its original position and appeared not far in front of the green light, where Jian Chou was located!
Teleportation!
Slowly emerging from the void, Gu Qingmei held a scroll in her hand. The scroll’s radiance immediately faded, crumbling into ash and disappearing from her fingers.
Gu Qingmei’s heart was also bleeding.
She had substantial family wealth, but not for burning like this.
This teleportation scroll left by Gu Pingsheng was meant for life-saving in critical moments!
What a formidable pet—it had made her completely unable to resist earlier!
If that roar had lasted longer, she would have immediately faced the threat of sound magic backlash. Even so, she had violently coughed up several mouthfuls of fresh blood before recovering.
Seeing continuous strange phenomena above the stone pit, Gu Qingmei couldn’t wait any longer. She directly used the scroll while utilizing ground attacks!
This way, with just one glance at the stone disc, Gu Qingmei could confirm that the person had been blocked by her.
Right before her was that piece of Dijiang Guyu.
Gu Qingmei laughed loudly: “No matter how fast you are, this Dijiang Guyu is still mine for the taking!”
Compete?
What qualifications did they have?
She directly reached toward the ground, her eyes revealing burning satisfaction!
The baby-fist-sized bone on the ground immediately seemed drawn by something and flew toward Gu Qingmei.
The joy on Gu Qingmei’s face intensified.
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
That bone jade suddenly emitted a ghostly light, forming a fist-sized orb of energy!
Whoosh!
A sudden gust of wind arose!
From that orb-shaped ghostly light, a wing over ten zhang long suddenly extended, sweeping viciously toward Gu Qingmei ahead!
In the Crimson Kill Minor Realm, people holding the crimson kill discs couldn’t attack each other, but other things could!
Caught off guard, Gu Qingmei was swept by this wing and immediately flew backward!
Bang!
This ghostly light emerging from Dijiang Guyu was mysteriously strange. Such a small orb of light could extend such a massive wing—it was truly miraculous!
How could Gu Qingmei, merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator, withstand such tremendous force?
This wing sweep sent her crashing heavily into the edge of the mountain pit. Severely injured, she fainted directly!
Jian Chou couldn’t see Gu Qingmei, but from the stone disc, she could tell the other party had suddenly appeared in front of her, definitely using some secret technique.
Then Jian Chou saw Dijiang Guyu fly up. In an instant, that wisp of ghostly light appeared, manifesting a giant wing that swept Gu Qingmei away!
On the stone disc, the light representing Gu Qingmei moved so fast it made one’s scalp tingle. Once it stopped, it didn’t move again.
Needless to say, this time she had truly been knocked unconscious.
For a moment, Jian Chou couldn’t help but feel sympathy.
If she hadn’t competed with her for it, the one bearing this wing sweep would probably have been herself.
Though Jian Chou considered her body formidable, she might not necessarily fare much better than Gu Qingmei.
Thinking this, she immediately felt lingering fear.
Looking up at that piece of bone, Jian Chou’s eyes widened, and the little marten on her shoulder even opened its mouth—
The bone that had been grabbed up by Gu Qingmei had an orb of ghostly light above it. The wing had retracted, still shrunk within that orb of light. However, the bone itself was roughly cylindrical but short and stubby.
At this moment, the bone trembled, and two small feet extended from the white bone!
Swoosh swoosh!
After two sounds, both legs were in position.
Dijiang Guyu landed steadily and, as if it had eyes, immediately started running!
Two short little legs frantically stepped outward at an impressive speed!
Jian Chou was stunned for quite a while.
Seeing this, the little marten practically drooled: “Aowuwuwuwu!” Want to eat!
It kept patting Jian Chou’s shoulder: “Aowuwuwu!” Chase quickly!
To chase or not to chase?
Jian Chou looked back at the position of the red light on the stone disc, compared it, then directly swept her foot, sending countless amounts of soil from within this stone pit toward the direction where Gu Qingmei was located!
Kicking someone when they’re down—who couldn’t do that?
Poor Gu Qingmei had already fainted and was now properly buried in soil.
The Crimson Kill Minor Realm was just so wondrous. Jian Chou couldn’t see but knew what effect her actions would have. Without another glance, she withdrew and left!
Though Dijiang Guyu was dangerous, she had Ghost Axe in hand—she might not lack the strength to compete!
“Aowuwuwu!” Go for it!
Little bone, slow down!
We’re coming to eat you!