Divine Tang Era

Monster meat is a highly nourishing food. Martial artists can benefit from it to strengthen their essence and blood, while ordinary people can also replenish their vital energy.

On his first time trying it, Xu Dan didn't dare cook too much; he only cut a small amount of meat, rolled it in rice noodles, and then added it to the pot with cordyceps. With natural ingredients, there's no need for too many seasonings; just a tiny bit of salt is enough for an absolutely delicious meal.

"Ah...it's so delicious, Brother Xu, I want more!" Little Magpie gulped down a big bowl of meat soup and exclaimed again.

"Your belly is already so big, why are you still drinking? Be careful it doesn't explode," Yun Niang threatened.

The little magpie wasn't scared. "No, my belly is big enough to hold lots of meat soup."

"Let's drink one bowl today and see how it goes tomorrow." It wasn't that Xu Dan was stingy, but he didn't know if Xiao Que'er could absorb the essence contained in the demon beast's flesh. If she couldn't handle it, it would not only harm her body but also be a waste, which would be a loss.

Hearing him say that, Little Magpie had no choice but to give up her idea of ​​drinking another bowl and ran off to play with the black bear.

"Yunniang, you can drink some to nourish your body."

"No need, young master, you can drink it yourself!"

Seeing her reluctance, Xu Dan personally ladled out half a bowl of soup without meat for her to drink. After all, she had never practiced martial arts and couldn't digest demon beast meat; eating too much might not be a good thing. Seeing his expression, Yun Niang had no choice but to force herself to drink it.

"Wow, it's so hot, Brother Xu, I feel like I'm on fire!" Little Magpie ran over and said.

"This is the effect of the demon beast meat. Hurry up and practice your fist techniques to digest the essence in the meat," Xu Dan said hastily.

Little Magpie obediently ran to the courtyard to practice her boxing, while Yun Niang's eyes showed worry. Xu Dan saw this and said, "It's alright, this is a normal reaction to eating demon beast meat. If you feel hot later, walk around in the courtyard to help digest, so you won't have trouble sleeping tonight."

"Um"

The little magpie only ate a few slices of the three ounces of meat broth; the rest was just soup. Yunniang only drank the soup, leaving a large pile behind. Xu Dan picked up the soup bowl and gulped it down without chewing.

Not long after I started eating, I began to feel warm and my body started to get hot.

Just as I was about to practice my boxing to digest the heat, the heat flowed into my heart and then turned into a warm current that enveloped my whole body.

The heat disappeared in the blink of an eye, which was not strange.

Suddenly, Xu Dan remembered that this feeling wasn't new. He recalled having this feeling once in an underground cave when he drank golden-red liquid dragon blood. There was a gas rushing towards his heart, and then another gas flowing out and swirling around his body, feeling warm, like a summer afternoon, making him feel slightly intoxicated.

Survival in underground caves used to be difficult, life and death were uncertain, and time was uncertain, so I never thought about the reasons.

Its inexplicable reappearance has forced him to take it seriously.

He told Yunniang and Xiaoqueer that they didn't need to worry about the fever once it subsided. Then he ran back to his room, closed his eyes, sat on the bed, and focused his gaze on his heart. In the darkness, in a mysterious and wondrous realm, he seemed to see a small, mist-shrouded area where a purple-gold lotus bloomed with dazzling light, dispelling the heavy fog, absorbing energy from the void, and then returning it to heaven and earth.

Why does the purple lotus look so familiar? It's like I've seen it somewhere before.

Xu Dan frowned in thought.

Um...

Finally, he remembered. When he fell from the sky, he seemed to have seen an enormous, colorless lotus flower, its shape almost identical to the Purple-Gold Lotus, only the color was slightly different. At that moment, the Purple-Gold Lotus sent him a message.

A moment later, it dawned on him.

It turns out that the Purple-Gold Lotus was actually the colorless lotus, but it was affected by the force of its fall from the sky. It fell from the innate level to the acquired level, and was only able to recover and advance after absorbing earth milk and golden-red blood.

Although the golden lotus resides in his heart, it is connected to him by blood, sharing life and death, and depending on him for life and death.

Its predecessor, the Colorless Lotus, was an ancient and rare plant that reached for the sky and stood proudly in the universe.

Although the current Purple Lotus is not as powerful as its predecessor, it still possesses several supernatural abilities: First, it can purify and cleanse impurities, purifying all things; second, it can enhance the mind and eyes, distinguishing between yin and yang; and third, the lotus flower protects the body, making it impervious to all evil.

Xu Dan was overjoyed to find that the Purple Golden Lotus had so many wonderful things.

Perhaps due to the great fluctuation of his mind, he suddenly broke free from that mysterious and profound state, and could no longer see the purple-gold lotus between his heart.

Fortunately, he already knew everything and didn't care, so he no longer had to worry about heart problems. His biggest fear was eating unclean food and getting parasites in his heart. In this day and age, that would be a death sentence, practically the same as being dead.

After the check-up, he went downstairs to check on Xiao Que'er and Yun Niang and found that they were fine, so he went back to the room.

Take out the Qi-Nourishing Pill, take one out and swallow it.

The pill entered my mouth and transformed into a stream of gas that shot straight down, instantly increasing the amount of gas in my dantian.

Xu Dan's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected the Qi-Nourishing Pill to be so effective. He wanted to take another one, but remembering the stall owner's instructions, he quickly changed his mind. The stall owner had said that one could only take one Qi-Nourishing Pill a day, with a three-day break, otherwise, it would cause poisoning.

Listen to people's advice to eat a full meal.

Xu Dan thought for a moment, put away the Qi-Nourishing Pill, and then took out the insect pills that Yu Longzi Pangpang had pulled.

Chickens and dogs are fine after eating worm pills, so there's no reason why other people should be affected.

So today he wanted to test the medicine's effects. The insect pill he took out was from Fatty's excrement after eating Cordyceps sinensis; it had a golden hue and a Cordyceps sinensis fragrance. The smell was barely tolerable; if it smelled like feces, he might not have been able to eat it.

The insect pill was small, but Xu Dan still didn't dare to eat it all. He used the Eight Degrees Sword to cut it in half and threw it into his mouth.

I smacked my lips, but it didn't seem to have any flavor or sensation.

Unlike the flesh of demonic beasts, which would make one feel hot, or the coolness of jade, it caused him no problems at all. It was strange, completely different from what he had imagined. But suddenly he felt a little sleepy, so he stretched, lay down on the bed, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know how much time passed, but in a hazy state, it seemed like someone was breathing in my ear.

ghost?

Xu Dan suddenly woke up from his dream. He opened his eyes and saw Xiao Que'er lying by the bed, puffing out her cheeks and blowing air into his face. "What are you doing?"

"Brother Xu, if you don't get up soon, you won't be able to enjoy the purple aura anymore." Little Magpie was referring to the purple aura of the rising sun that she cultivated every morning.

Xu Dan looked outside and realized it was already quite late. He hadn't expected to sleep so long and so soundly; he hadn't even noticed the little magpie coming in. Yesterday he thought the insect pills weren't working, but they were clearly working surprisingly well. Strange, the chickens and dogs were very lively after eating them, so why was he sleeping instead? Was there a difference between humans and animals, or had he eaten too much?

He couldn't figure it out either, and planned to try again that night.

"Brother Xu..."

Seeing him sitting blankly on the bed, the little magpie called out again.

Xu Dan was fully awake then. He went downstairs to wash up quickly, then picked up the little magpie and jumped onto the roof to begin his day of cultivation.