Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 122 The Viper
Seeing her junior brother standing there in a daze, Li Wan'er asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is it too little?"

She looked at the ice sculpture, her eyes showing hesitation: "How about I give you another piece of snake meat?"

"No, no need." Chen Beiwu waved his hand: "I have enough courage, thank you, senior sister."

Hearing this, the senior sister smiled and patted him on the shoulder in a generous manner:

"No need to thank me. If it weren't for your sharp eyes, Junior Brother, I wouldn't have discovered this giant serpent. You deserve it. You can eat more serpent bone marrow later; it's good for your health."

"Cuck!"

The tricolor toad, having taken in everything, seemed to have something to say.

If it hadn't guided us so well, we wouldn't have encountered this giant snake.

“You didn’t find that loach, so the 40% you agreed on doesn’t count. You’ll only get 10% snake meat at most,” Li Wan’er said protectively.

"Crack."

The three-colored star toad hesitated before nodding, reluctantly accepting Li Wan'er's assignment.

The bloodline of a great serpent capable of transforming into a dragon is mostly extraordinary; its flesh and blood are highly nutritious and helpful for cultivation.

It didn't make a move; it just guided the way and got a 10% share, which is a pretty good result.

After all, the Azure Blood Serpent is twenty zhang long, and even after removing some of the poisonous parts, there are still hundreds of thousands of kilograms of edible flesh and blood.

The only thing it found objectionable was why a mere Qi Refining cultivator should be able to obtain the most essential dragon's gall.

That's a treasure that even it's a little envious of!
Sensing the Three-Colored Star Toad's covetousness, Chen Beiwu quickly put away the snake gall and carefully placed it into his storage bag.

He could swallow and refine ordinary snake gallbladders in one gulp, but not this second-realm viper gallbladder. He needed to take it in multiple doses to barely refine its essence.

"Junior brother, can we start cooking now?" Li Wan'er swallowed hard.

“We can do it now.” Chen Beiwu rolled up his sleeves.

"Seafood is often more poisonous than it tastes fresh, provided it is handled properly; otherwise, it can easily lead to poisoning and death."

At this point, Chen Beiwu gripped the hilt of the sword with his right hand and pulled the Cold Pool Spirit Sword out of its sheath, using it as a kitchen knife.

"The first dish is braised snake heart."

“Slice the tenderloin into thin slices and place them on a plate lined with ice. Then heat oil in a wok and sauté with celery, celery buds and citronella flowers until fragrant.”

Chen Beiwu looked at Senior Sister Wan'er: "Senior Sister, do you have any spirit wine?"

"Can I use the Drunken Brew?" Li Wan'er casually picked up a wine bottle.

Chen Beiwu uncorked the wine and took a light sniff. "This wine is good. It can wash away the fishy smell and enhance the aroma of the meat."

"Gulu."

Smelling the aroma of wine, the golden egg swallowed hard, drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and its action of unleashing the water cannon technique paused slightly.

"If you want to eat snake meat, then work harder and stop dawdling." Chen Beiwu glanced at the golden egg.

To ensure that the Golden Egg and Iron Egg were worthy of being served, he specially assigned some meat-washing and fire-starting tasks to the two beasts.

……

An hour later, dozens of exquisitely presented and fragrant dishes were freshly prepared.

Li Wan'er licked her lips and couldn't help but ask, "Junior brother, may I try a piece?"

"Crack."

The three-colored star toad also jumped onto the stone table, its eyes fixed on the braised snake heart, drool constantly dripping from the corner of its mouth.

"Please feel free, Senior Sister," Chen Beiwu said with a smile.

Li Wan'er's eyes lit up as she picked up a piece of glistening snake meat.

"Mmm, it's delicious!"

After praising her junior brother's cooking skills, she didn't say anything more, and the chopsticks in her hand transformed into a phantom that even a Qi Refining cultivator could hardly see.

In just one minute, a mountain of bones more than six feet high had piled up in front of Li Wan'er.

Not to be outdone, the three-colored star toad opened its mouth and swallowed the snake meat in front of it whole without even chewing or spitting it out.

The dozens of dishes on the stone table disappeared at a visible rate. "Glug!"

"Wang!"

Both the golden egg and the iron egg were getting anxious.

"Don't worry, I'll save some for you two." Chen Beiwu smiled and took out two plates of tender pork belly, weighing about ten kilograms.

It wasn't that he didn't want to leave more, but the Golden Egg and Iron Egg had limited cultivation and couldn't eat much, especially the latter.

"Gulp." The golden egg's eyes lit up, and it started eating right away.

"Wang Wang Wang."

Tie Dan didn't touch his mouth. Instead, he carried a plate of tender, bone-strengthening meat on his head and dragged his paralyzed hind legs to Chen Beiwu, wanting him to eat first.

Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu fell silent.

Even though Tie Dan was drooling so much that his mouth was watering, he didn't touch his food. Then, looking at the golden egg that was a reincarnation of a demon beside him, he understood what contrast and loyalty meant.

"It's alright, go ahead and eat. There's plenty of snake meat." Chen Beiwu felt a warmth in his heart and patted Tie Dan's head.

Upon hearing this, Tie Dan lowered his head and began to eat heartily.

At the same time, Jin Dan sensed something was wrong through the emotional feedback from the Tongcan Contract, stopped eating, and secretly glanced at Tie Dan and Chen Beiwu with his big eyes, feeling a sudden chill in his heart.

It's not a mentally challenged fish.

During this period, as its body developed, its cultivation increased, and its spirituality grew, it also gained a general understanding of many things.

If it wasn't mistaken, that treacherous minister had once again gained favor with his master, while it had inadvertently become a lone minister.

"Gulu."

Following suit, Jin Dan pushed the piece of tender, bone-strength meat in front of Chen Beiwu, indicating that he was a loyal subject.

Sensing Jin Dan's intentions, Chen Beiwu said speechlessly, "Where did you learn all these idioms?"

"Gulu!"

"You eat, I have more here." Chen Beiwu took out another pot of snake marrow soup and said in his mind, "Remember to cultivate more and read less novels and biographies from the Southern Wilderness, especially things like The Strongest Dragon and The Fish-Dragon Battle Record."

"Gulu!"

'Alright, you are all loyal subjects.'

After calming the golden egg, Chen Beiwu drank the snake spinal cord soup in one gulp.

The spinal cord of the snake is the essence of the great snake, which is specially used to replenish qi and blood, making up for the deficiencies he had incurred while practicing the Qi Refining and Acupoint Condensation Technique.

'boom! ’

The delicious soup felt like scalding lava flowing into his stomach, burning Chen Beiwu's mouth and making his throat numb and sting.

The lower abdomen, or dantian, emitted intense heat like a furnace, relentlessly burning the internal organs and magical power within the body.

'The spinal cord of the Second Realm Serpent is indeed extraordinary!'

Feeling his own qi and blood power instantly ignited by the serpent bone, Chen Beiwu's expression changed slightly. Without hesitation, he activated the Qi Refining and Acupoint Condensation Technique, silently reciting the essence of opening the Yuanchi acupoint.

"The Qi sinks into the abyss, the spirit condenses in the upper void, the heels connect to the netherworld, and the orifices open the celestial pivot..."

Under Chen Beiwu's mental control, streams of pure magical power continuously flowed from his dantian into the depression in the center of his heel, attempting to open up the Yuanchi acupoint.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

As his heartbeat quickened and his voice grew heavier, Chen Beiwu resembled a red-hot shrimp, radiating an astonishing heat that attracted the attention of both the man and the beast.

"Huh, is Junior Brother trying to break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining?" Li Wan'er spat out the serpent bone and licked her oily red lips.

"Crack."

The Three-Colored Star Toad shook its head slightly, believing that Chen Beiwu was too hasty and that this breakthrough was bound to fail.

(End of this chapter)