From a country cook to a master chef

On Black Tiger Cliff, Lin Jue slowly carried Senior Brother Long Fei's body on his back. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a series of faint sounds in his ears.

Before he could react, countless venomous snakes had already surrounded him.

Strangely, these venomous snakes did not attack him directly; instead, they all raised their heads and stared at him, not daring to approach further.

Seeing this, Lin Jue seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly threw the sharp-nosed stone viper out of his sleeve pocket.

As soon as the sharp-nosed stone viper appeared, all the venomous snakes seemed to have found their leader, flocking to it and expressing their submission.

Lin Jue was greatly surprised to see this, but he didn't think much of it and quickly ordered the sharp-nosed stone viper to clear a path for him.

The outer perimeter of the Ten Thousand Bones Mountain Range.

"Senior Brother Longfei, the scenery here is absolutely stunning; please rest here in peace!"

Just as Lin Jue had finished burying Long Fei and was about to leave, a huge white ape suddenly leaped out of the woods.

The white ape stared intently at Lin Jue, repeatedly pounding its chest with its hands.

Awooo, awooo!

The white ape roared twice, then turned and ran into the forest. But just as it was about to enter the woods, it stopped and turned to look at Lin Jue.

"You want me to go with you?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Jue's eyes. This white ape was extremely intelligent and seemed to understand Lin Jue's words, nodding repeatedly.

"Okay, I'll go with you. Lead the way!"

Lin Jue smiled slightly. Seeing the white ape enter the forest, he quickly used his Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada to catch up.

The man and the ape traversed the Ten Thousand Bones Mountain Range. With the white ape leading the way, Lin Jue was not worried at all about encountering other ferocious mountain beasts along the way.

The white ape was enormous and could definitely be considered the overlord of the beasts in the area. This was further confirmed by Lin Jue after he witnessed the white ape scaring away a large insect with just one glance.

Before he knew it, he had followed the white ape to a small mountain.

Here, he saw the young white ape, which was lying quietly on two piles of soft, dry grass.

The two little white monkeys were completely still; if they weren't still breathing, Lin Jue would have almost thought they were two corpses.

The white ape hopped and skipped over to the two baby white apes, showing deep concern.

It appears that this white ape is the mother of the two baby white apes.

Lin Jue made a deduction in his heart. At this moment, he stood quietly in place, not making any rash moves, and watched the white ape's every move.

……

It turned out that the two cubs of the white ape were injured, and it had come to Linjue seeking help.

After understanding what was going on, Lin Jue began to examine the two white ape cubs.

After a brief examination, Lin Jue frowned.

He suspected that the white ape cub's injuries were inflicted by someone.

This discovery made Lin Jue secretly nervous and uneasy, as if some danger was about to befall him.

After quickly bandaging the white ape cub's wounds, Lin Jue, not wanting to linger too long in the Ten Thousand Bones Mountains, immediately decided to return to Golden Valley Plain to report to his master, Zhong Liang.

A moment later, Lin Jue stood at a fork in the road, looking somewhat confused.

He walked along the path he had come from, remembering that there was no such fork in the road when he first entered the Ten Thousand Bones Mountains.

boom!

Just as Lin Jue was puzzled, a dark figure flew out from the nearby woods, covered in wounds, as if being chased by something.

The moment Lin Jue saw the shape of the shadowy figure clearly, he was startled and paused for a moment.

"Black-backed Rock Ox of the Jade Jade Clan!"

Lin Jue was momentarily lost in thought. He had seen a picture of this beast in the Great Martial Beast and Spirit Plant Illustrated Book.

The Black-backed Rock Ox is as big as a small mountain and ranks eighth among the ten mythical beasts of the Great Wu Kingdom.

The strange beast is not a demon beast, but it is similar to a demon beast.

Before the black-backed rock ox could regain its footing, a praying mantis emerged from the woods.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Jue was once again shocked, never expecting it to be the Golden Knife Mantis, ranked sixth among the ten strange beasts of the Great Wu Kingdom.

Despite its name being a mantis, Lin Jue believed that the strange beast before him had completely transcended the biological realm of mantises and evolved into a completely new species.

The Golden Mantis is even larger than the Blackback Rock Bull, its two sharp claws are covered in blood, and its whole body exudes an extremely violent and terrifying aura.

"What on earth happened? How did these strange beasts appear on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Bones Mountain Range?"

Lin Jue hid behind a tree, his expression cold as he guarded against the two beasts. He couldn't understand why he could encounter these mountain beasts, which usually only roamed deep within the mountains, on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Bones Mountain Range.

The golden mantis's target was the black-backed rock bull. At this moment, its mouthful of fangs was grinding together incessantly, making a series of scraping sounds. It crouched low, gathering its strength, and then suddenly pounced on the black-backed rock bull.

As it approached the Blackbacked Rock Ox, it slashed left and right with its two sharp claws, easily tearing through the Blackbacked Rock Ox's rock-hard outer armor.

To Lin Jue's astonishment, the mantis's mantis pierced the rock bull's head with a hiss.

The Golden-backed Rock Ox, ranked eighth among the Ten Great Beasts, died instantly.

Seeing this, Lin Jue swallowed hard. Just as he was about to leave this dangerous place, the ferocious Golden Mantis's eyes flashed red, and it pounced on Lin Jue like lightning.

"..."

Seeing the miserable state of the Black-backed Rock Ox, Lin Jue dared not fight the ferocious beast and immediately used the Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada to escape the place.

But he clearly underestimated the speed of the Golden Mantis. In the blink of an eye, the beast leaped in front of him, blocking his path.

Lin Jue's face turned pale. Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, he gritted his teeth and threw out two talismans.

One Wind Whisper Talisman, one Fire Command Talisman.

As intense flames blazed amidst the black, demonic wind, Lin Jue heard the Golden Mantis's screams.

But he knew that with just two talismans, he absolutely could not kill the Golden Knife Mantis, which ranked sixth and was comparable to the mid-stage of the Divine Illumination Realm.

Amidst the raging fire, the Golden Mantis, located at Linjue's position, opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of black liquid.

Lin Jue dodged in time and was not touched by the black liquid. Seeing that the fire talisman could not burn the golden mantis, he dared not hesitate any longer and quickly threw out two freezing talismans.

These freezing talismans were the ones he obtained from his master, Zhong Liang, when he went to Baiyue Hanzhou.

The trip to Hanzhou was of no use, but unexpectedly it has come in handy here now.

At this moment, the Golden Mantis was trapped by the freezing rune, like a giant ice sculpture, completely motionless.

However, the observant Lin Jue noticed that the ice was cracking, indicating that the freezing talisman could not trap the mantis for long.

Lin Jue's face turned ashen. If he were to escape now, the Golden Mantis would surely catch up with him easily once it was freed.

So he can't escape right now. If he doesn't find a way to get rid of this guy, he probably won't be able to leave the Ten Thousand Bones Mountain Range.

"The appearance of such a mountain beast here is no coincidence; someone must be up to something in the shadows!"

Thinking of this, Lin Jue's expression tightened, and his eyes were fixed on the mantis's bulging eyeballs, which should be the weakest point on its body.

With a powerful push of his feet, before the mantis could break free of its frozen grip, he raised the precious sword bestowed upon him by Zhong Liang and slashed at its eyeball with blood-red eyes.

The mantis's vision went black, its two sharp claws swung wildly, and blue blood flowed from its ruptured eyeballs as it let out angry roars.

Its blood was extremely corrosive, and it almost instantly corroded and melted the precious sword in Lin Jue's hand.

Such an unbelievable scene caused a cold glint to flash in Lin Jue's eyes, and he threw two more freezing talismans at him.

However, to his surprise, the enraged Golden Mantis quickly broke free from the suppression of the freezing spell.

"Spirit Summoning Seal, activate!"

Lin Jue took a deep breath, suddenly opened the spirit beast pouch, and activated the spirit seal within his body.

A black figure suddenly flew out of the spirit beast pouch at his waist like lightning, dodging the sharp claws of the golden mantis and plunging into his eye socket.

A series of piercing shrieks echoed through the mountains, and with a loud bang, the Golden Mantis crashed to the ground.

At Lin Jue's summons, a mutated black snake emerged from the mantis's eye socket, its mouth still holding a beating heart.

Seeing this, Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief and carefully approached the corpse of the golden mantis. His eyes swept over its sharp claws and feet before he dismembered it into eight pieces.

Such mountain beast shells are excellent materials for forging weapons, especially its two sharp claws, which Lin Jue thought could be used to forge two decent swords.

After dealing with the Golden Knife Mantis, he quickly found the Black-backed Rock Ox that it had killed. Apart from the horns and hooves that could be used to refine weapons, Lin Jue valued the beast's meat the most. He didn't intend to waste any of it and stuffed it all into his storage bag.

After emerging from the Netherworld, Lin Jue had no shortage of storage bags, now possessing as many as five or six.

"The mountain beasts suddenly appeared on the outskirts; could it be related to the Four Symbols Beast Divine Skill?"

After finishing everything, Lin Jue suddenly looked in the direction of Black Tiger Cliff and fell into deep thought.

He held several animal hides in his hands and examined them, but he still couldn't figure out what they were.

Lin Jue was unaware that at this moment, in front of a stone tablet within the Black Tiger Sect's forbidden area, a middle-aged man was pale-faced and evenly smearing blood onto the stone tablet in front of him.