From a country cook to a master chef

"Wait, something's not right, this isn't poison!"

Feng Yucheng's anger subsided, and he gradually calmed down. After carefully sensing the situation, he burst into laughter again.

Under the astonished gazes of Lin Jue and Hu Zheng, Feng Yucheng suddenly slapped his chest with his palm.

A series of crimson spiritual lights instantly burst forth from his heart, transforming into a thick, ferocious armor that protected him within.

In the blink of an eye, Feng Yucheng was completely covered by flesh armor, becoming neither human nor demon.

"This is……"

Lin Jue was stunned, and a similar scene immediately flashed into his mind. It was in the Zhao family compound, where Zhao Kun had nowhere to retreat and used evil methods to transform into such a hideous monster.

"Today, you will all die!"

Feng Yucheng's voice was deep, his eyes gleaming with a scarlet light. He moved swiftly and rushed towards Hu Zheng.

Seeing that the two Divine Illumination Realm warriors had already started fighting, Lin Jue clenched his fist and suddenly activated the Spirit Control Seal.

Since he had promised Hu Zheng that he would help, he would not go back on his word, but he would only use the Spirit Summoning Seal to create some opportunities for him.

"Let's do it!"

Lin Jue activated the Spirit Control Seal, forcibly controlling Feng Yucheng, causing his ferocious body to stiffen involuntarily.

Hu Zheng seized the opportunity, reacted swiftly, leaped up and forcefully severed the man's head with a single stroke.

Seeing that Hu Zheng had succeeded, Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief and quickly pulled Zhao Xiaoyao, who was still stunned, away from the Feng family compound.

Seeing this, Hu Zheng ignored it. His most important task now was to take over Sanlian Village. As for where Lin Jue was going, he didn't care.

However, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face at the same time.

He didn't know what methods Lin Jue had used to make a Divine Illumination Realm martial artist reveal a fatal flaw.

Hu Zheng couldn't understand it, but he didn't think much of it. However, after that, he gradually developed the habit of only eating food that he made himself...

Worried that Hu Zheng was unreliable, Lin Jue rescued Zhao Xiaoyao and then fled Sanlian Village with her.

Lin Jue didn't care how Hu Zheng dealt with those loyal to Feng Yucheng.

Once he caught his breath, he immediately took out the Tortoise Shell Kung Fu manual from his storage bag, a manual he had almost forgotten.

The grotesque monster that Feng Yucheng transformed into using his martial arts technique was extremely similar to the one he had seen in the Zhao family compound.

Lin Jue guessed that the martial art practiced by Feng Yucheng was very likely the Tortoise Shell Kung Fu. Even if it wasn't, the two must have originated from the same source, otherwise they wouldn't be so similar.

Thinking of this, Lin Jue glanced at the anxious Zhao Xiaoyao beside him, and after considering it carefully, he said cautiously, "The current situation is like this... Qingmo Island is very large, and finding the other people would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, so perhaps..."

After telling Zhao Xiaoyao what he knew and his thoughts, Lin Jue wanted to know what she planned to do next.

After a long silence, Zhao Xiaoyao belatedly stammered, "I...I think this matter might be related to the wizards of Zhanbo Kingdom."

In previous trips to the Netherworld, the disciples of the six sects generally acted together after entering this place.

The demon transformation technique used by Feng Yucheng was a kind of witchcraft that could be activated without the need for magic power, originating from the Demon Transformation Division of the Twelve Tribes of Wushan in Zhanbo Kingdom.

It seems the evil cultivators of Wushan have also entered the Netherworld. Now, all we can do is pray that nothing else happens to them.

"The Twelve Tribes of Wushan? What are those?"

Lin Jue asked the question that had been bothering him.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Xiaoyao recounted everything she knew.

The so-called Twelve Divisions of Wushan refers to twelve different factions within the witchcraft practice community of Zhanbo Kingdom.

Because they practiced witchcraft together, they were collectively known as the Twelve Divisions of Wushan, each with its own unique witchcraft techniques.

One of the witchcraft techniques practiced is the art of demon transformation, which involves gaining power by entering a demonic state.

Lin Jue listened quietly to what Zhao Xiaoyao had to say, a look of confusion and confusion appearing on his face.

If that's the case, then the Tortoise Shell Technique manual in his possession is most likely related to the Twelve Tribes of Wushan in Zhanbo Kingdom.

Considering that after the war in the western part of the Great Wu Kingdom, the army of Zhanbo Kingdom captured several cities of Great Wu Kingdom one after another without breaking a sweat, Lin Jue guessed that there was a traitor in those cities.

After rereading the Tortoise Shell Technique, Lin Jue became even more certain of his inner guess.

When discussing their next steps, Zhao Xiaoyao's thoughts coincided with Lin Jue's.

"Disciples of the Misty Clouds Sect can use the rare jade to locate each other. As long as they get close, the jade will heat up. We can use this to search for other senior brothers. If we encounter strange beasts along the way, we can decide whether to hunt them depending on the situation."

Zhao Xiaoyao took out a jade pendant from her sleeve pocket. It was small and milky white.

Lin Jue took the jade pendant and examined it. He vaguely saw a naturally formed rune in the center of it and was secretly surprised.

After a brief adjustment, the two set off immediately, heading north towards Qingmo Island.

According to Zhao Xiaoyao's senses, there was a disciple of the Yanxia Sect not far to the north.

Along the way, out of boredom, Lin Jue inquired about cultivators.

Although he lacks spiritual roots, he now possesses the cultivation method of the Reversed Five Elements Pill. Given the right opportunity, he will surely become a cultivator.

Therefore, knowing some things about the cultivation world in advance can only be beneficial to him, not harmful.

As a disciple of a Core Formation cultivator, Zhao Xiaoyao must know more about the secrets of the cultivation world. This was a rare opportunity, and he didn't want to miss it.

Seeing that Lin Jue clearly had no spiritual root, yet was so curious about the matter of Qi Refiners, Zhao Xiaoyao was surprised but did not show it. Instead, she told him everything she knew.

Lin Jue remembered every single word Zhao Xiaoyao said.

When Lin Jue learned that the only way to extract a cultivator's spiritual root, besides forcibly extracting it with magic power, was to kill the cultivator and pull it out of their corpse using a spirit talisman, a thought suddenly struck him.

The book "A Brief Mirror of Talismans" seems to contain a method for drawing spirit talismans.

The two traveled north, encountering many strange beasts along the way, but none of them were particularly fierce, and Lin Jue easily dealt with them all.

Unfortunately, none of the beasts produced beast crystals, which greatly frustrated Lin Jue.

A day later, guided by the strange jade, the two found a disciple of the Yanxia Sect.

However, at this moment, the disciple had become an incomplete corpse.

Wherever there was flesh on their bodies, it looked as if they had been torn apart by a ferocious beast, with exposed bones, a horrifying sight of death.

If it weren't for the rare jade on his body that resembled the one Zhao Xiaoyao possessed, it would be hard to imagine that this corpse was actually a disciple of the Yanxia Sect.

After identification, Zhao Xiaoyao confirmed the identity of the body, buried it on the spot, and erected a wooden tombstone.

Lin Jue stood silently to the side, arms crossed, waiting.

Just then, a gentle breeze blew by.

A strong sense of unease surged into his heart like a tide, and his eyes instantly sharpened like an eagle's as he warily looked around.