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Chapter 87 Demon Wolf Flesh and Blood

Shen Yuan shook the blood off his longsword and wiped it with his clothes before sheathing it.

"Take it."

He tossed the longsword to Shen Wenxing, then carefully walked to the corpse of the Iron-Spine Demon Wolf. After confirming several times that the beast was truly dead, he approached and pulled out the spear.

"Father, what is this?"

Shen Wenxing approached and noticed that among the demon wolf's spilled internal organs was a sphere the size of a quail egg, emitting a faint light.

Shen Yuan used his spear to pull the thing out, examined it for a moment, and could only sense that it contained an extremely strong energy.

"This thing is probably the source of this beast's power. Let's put it away for now."

He tore off a piece of his clothing, wrapped the thing up, and then looked at the corpse of the Iron-Spine Demon Wolf.

"I wonder if this beast's flesh and blood are even edible."

Shen Wenxing leaned closer to look and look again, but he still couldn't be sure.

"How about we take some back and try them on a dog?"

Shen Yuan nodded: "Take them all back."

"This place belongs to Hidden Dragon Mountain, where many ferocious wild beasts roam."

"Leaving it here will surely attract the attention of other wild animals."

"It's best if it's edible; if it's not, then use it as fertilizer for composting manure."

The father and son pierced the wolf's corpse with their spears and carried it down the mountain.

By the time they got home, it was already dawn.

Fortunately, it was early winter, and we didn't encounter many people on the road.

After leaving the wolf's corpse in the courtyard, Shen Yuan took off his tattered clothes and boiled some water to prepare for a bath.

Hearing the noise, Hu Yufen got dressed and came out of the room.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw the enormous corpse of the demon wolf in the yard!

"What...what kind of monster is this!?"

Shen Wenxing was figuring out how to skin the demon wolf when he heard his mother's exclamation. He stood up with a smile and said, "Mother, this is a demon wolf."

Hu Yufen approached with a sense of dread, feeling nauseous at the sight of the bloody scene.

"Did you kill him?"

Shen Wenxing nodded: "I killed it with my father."

"Your dad's back!?"

Hu Yufen looked around the courtyard with a look of surprise on her face.

"Here it is."

Shen Yuan carried a basin of hot water out of the house and said with a smile, "Go find me some clean clothes first."

After taking a hot shower and changing into clean clothes, Shen Yuan went to the courtyard and first carried the cloth bag he had brought back from the Dragon Tamer's mansion into the house.

“Father, even if we can’t eat the beast’s flesh and blood, we should be able to sell its skin for a lot of money.”

Seeing his father come out, Shen Wenxing spoke.

Shen Yuan nodded.

"Its quality is quite good, and the scales covering its back are very tough..."

"But I'd rather not sell it. Nobody would recognize its value if I took it out."

"Keep it for now."

"Damn it." Shen Yuan turned around and looked at Hu Yufen, who dared not get too close, and said, "Give me some silver, and I'll go to the village to buy a dog."

Hu Yufen asked, puzzled, "Why buy a dog?"

Shen Wenxing explained with a smile, "This beast is a demon. Father was worried that eating its flesh would be bad, so he thought he would buy a dog to try it out first."

Hu Yufen suddenly realized what was happening, turned around and went back into the house to get two taels of silver.

When Shen Yuan arrived at Jinliu Village, it was already broad daylight, and smoke was rising from the chimneys of every household in the village.

He wandered around for a while, but didn't know who had a suitable dog to sell, so he decided to ask Zhao Shuan.

Upon hearing that Shen Yuan wanted to buy a dog, Zhao Shuan laughed and said, "These days, people are lucky if they can even get enough to eat. Even if someone keeps a dog, it's mostly for guarding the house. Who would be willing to sell it?"

"If you want to buy it, you'll have to go to town to take a look."

"It just so happens that your sister-in-law asked me to go to town to buy some fabric for the kids to make winter clothes. Shall we go take a look?"

Shen Yuan thought about it for a moment and then agreed.

"Ah Yuan, help me hitch up the oxcart, I'm going to get the money from your sister-in-law!"

Shen Yuan responded and led the old ox out of the cowshed.

After the oxcart was harnessed, Zhao Shuan came out of the house, followed by Wang Ying, who called out, "Why are you two in such a hurry?"

"It's not too late to go after you've had breakfast."

Zhao Shuan chuckled and said, "Don't worry about that. I have money in my pocket, how could I go hungry?" "A Yuan, let's go!"

Zhao Shuan got into the oxcart and called out.

"Sister-in-law, let's go."

Shen Yuan greeted Wang Ying and then got onto the oxcart.

On the path leading to Yunshui Town, the oxcart moved slowly forward.

"Ah Yuan, I went to the market in town the other day and heard that many immortals came to the royal city. Is that true?"

In his view, Shen Wenxing was a steward of the Shengxian Pavilion in Anyang County, someone who could speak with immortals.

They definitely know whether this is true or false.

Shen Yuan nodded: "It's true."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Zhao Shuan exclaimed excitedly, "That's great!"

Shen Yuan frowned deeply: "Is this some kind of good thing?"

Zhao Shuan thought for a moment and said, "Immortals are all-powerful. It must be a good thing that so many immortals are coming to our Yu Kingdom."

Shen Yuan shook his head with a wry smile, as he suddenly realized something.

Throughout the entire Yu Kingdom, there must be quite a few common people like Zhao Shuan. They all believe that the arrival of powerful immortals can bring good fortune to ordinary people, and even fantasize that when there are more immortals, they can also obtain immortal opportunities and become one of the immortals.

But what about the facts?

After these immortals from various sects descend, they will only trample on the laws of Yu Kingdom and destroy its existing order.

This doesn't mean that Shen Yuan thinks the current state of Yu is particularly good.

However, compared to chaos, he still felt that order was safer.

The two chatted along the way and soon arrived at Yunshui Town.

After making some inquiries, they found several dog vendors at the market.

Shen Yuan originally planned to just buy any puppy and take it home, but when he passed by a dog vendor's stall, he was attracted by several small, all-black puppies.

These little guys looked to be only three or four months old, their bodies completely black as if they had been soaked in ink, without a single stray hair.

Even when he crouched down to stroke the puppy's head, the little guy's tongue was black.

"Five Blacks?"

Shen Yuan picked up the puppy with a happy expression and looked at it. Zhao Shuan also thought the little guy was quite handsome and couldn't help but want to buy one to raise.

"Young man, how much for your dog?"

The dog seller was a young man of about seventeen or eighteen, dressed as a hunter, and looked somewhat different from those shrewd merchants.

"Five...five hundred coins each."

"very!?"

Upon hearing the price, Zhao Shuan's eyes widened in shock. He grabbed the ear of a small black dog and said, "This tiny little puppy is worth at most fifty coins, and you're selling it for five hundred?!"

"Why don't you just rob it?"

Seeing this, the young man didn't argue and simply snatched the puppy from his hands: "You... if you don't want it, then don't. I didn't force you to buy it."

Zhao Shuan glared at him and pulled Shen Yuan along, saying, "Come on! Yuan, this kid looks honest, but I didn't expect him to be so dark-skinned."

"Brother Shuan, wait a minute."

Shen Yuan carefully examined the several small black dogs, picked out a male and a female, and looked at the young man, saying:
What if I want two?

The young man was slightly taken aback, then said, "Can I pay... nine hundred coins for both?"

Shen Yuan didn't speak, just looked at the two little black dogs in front of him.

He genuinely loves this breed of dog because in his past life they had a very prestigious name—the Five Black Chinese Dogs!
“Nine hundred coins is fine, but you have to give me a cage.” Shen Yuan pointed to the bamboo cage beside him and took out one tael of silver from his satchel.

The young man was taken aback by his actions and paused for a moment before hurriedly handing over the bamboo cage.

At the market, Zhao Shuan kept complaining that Shen Yuan had been ripped off, as nine hundred coins could buy a dozen or twenty puppies this big.

Shen Yuan didn't refute him. He carried the cage and accompanied him to buy some cloth before heading towards Jinliu Village.

After noon, he had a simple meal at Zhao Shuan's house before returning to his home in Heishuitan.

"Where did Father buy the dog?"

Shen Wenxing had already completely skinned the demon wolf and processed its flesh.

"This meat looks and smells fine, so it should be edible."

He took the bamboo basket and immediately pinched off a piece of meat and threw it inside.

The two little ones were starving, and as soon as they saw the meat, they immediately began to fight over it and devour it.

"Alright, let's leave it aside and observe it." Seeing the little guy finish eating the meat, Shen Yuan said with a smile, his hands behind his back.

If these two little black dogs don't react much after eating, then the meat must be edible.

(End of this chapter)