Chapter 563 - 562: Eating Kunpeng

Chapter 563: Chapter 562: Eating Kunpeng

"I’m fine." Ling Fei reunited with Shangguan Wan’Er and Lian Shuang.

Both women had been incredibly worried.

When they learned Ling Fei had gone to the Kunpeng Race to rescue his friends, they had been worried sick.

That was the Kunpeng Race, after all!

Lian Shuang, who had once spent time among them, knew better than anyone how powerful the Kunpeng Race was.

The fact that Old Shi Ren and the others had gone with him was the only thing that had given her a sliver of peace.

But who could have predicted that a Divine Spirit would intervene, bringing down divine retribution?

At that moment, it wasn’t just Lian Shuang and Shangguan Wan’Er; even the powerhouses of the Stone Race had been fraught with worry.

Shi Gang and Shi Gao had been certain it was all over.

They were certain Ling Fei would meet a bitter end at the hands of the Kunpeng Race.

So, seeing him return safely, everyone was overjoyed.

That was why Shi Gao had been babbling incoherently, blurting out that he was glad Ling Fei hadn’t died.

"This trip to the Kunpeng Race can be considered a perfect conclusion," Ling Fei said with a smile.

Not only had he rescued He Tianming and Zhao Fan, but the Kunpeng Race had also suffered disastrous losses—an outcome that completely exceeded his own expectations.

After all, the Kunpeng Race had lost four of their Elders!

In the Southern Wilderness, any one of those Elders would have been powerful enough to command the heavens and the earth.

Hah!

As he spoke, Little Shi Tou manifested He Tianming and Zhao Fan from his storage space.

The two of them had incredibly weak auras. Upon appearing, their expressions were a mixture of bewilderment and shock.

Inside that space were the corpses of two Great Demons. The pressure from their auras alone had been so immense that it nearly shattered their very souls.

Luckily, Little Shi Tou’s space was vast; otherwise, He Tianming and Zhao Fan would have been crushed to death by the sheer presence of the Kunpeng Corpses.

"Junior Brother Ling, Junior Sister Lian Shuang, Junior Sister Shangguan!"

Upon seeing these familiar faces, the two men were overcome with emotion.

"Senior Brother He, Senior Brother Zhao!" Lian Shuang greeted them.

Both men were covered in wounds, a truly pitiful sight.

Ling Fei immediately summoned two handmaidens and instructed them to help He Tianming and Zhao Fan tend to their wounds.

He Tianming and Zhao Fan stared at the scene before them, completely stunned.

These two handmaidens were tall, and their auras were powerful enough to rival that of the Lingyun Sect’s Sect Leader.

This left both men utterly shocked and in disbelief.

’In the Southern Wilderness, figures of their caliber would be regional overlords!’

’Yet here they are, serving as Ling Fei’s handmaidens!’

"Young Master Ling is now the Eldest Young Master of our Stone Race. His status is beyond what any ordinary person can imagine!" one of the handmaidens explained to He Tianming.

Whenever they mentioned Ling Fei, their faces lit up with smiles of pure admiration.

"Eldest Young Master..."

After hearing more about Ling Fei’s exploits, He Tianming and Zhao Fan were completely dumbfounded.

Especially when they heard that Ling Fei’s rescue mission had triggered a battle between Heaven-Reaching Realm experts and even drawn the intervention of a Divine Spirit. Their hearts nearly leaped out of their chests.

"Junior Brother Ling is truly the most dazzling existence, no matter where he goes!" He Tianming and Zhao Fan exclaimed, filled with emotion.

They had originally thought that being brought to the Sealed Demon Land was the end for them.

But who could have guessed that Ling Fei would not only survive here but thrive spectacularly?

And not only that, but the Kunpeng Race had suffered countless casualties among its experts because of him.

’If word of this ever got back to the Southern Wilderness, would any of the cultivators from the various sects even believe it?’

...

Meanwhile, in the great hall of the Stone Race, several Elders were gathered, their faces all grim.

"Our battle with the Kunpeng Race was a resounding victory for our Stone Race. However, it seems we have a major problem within our clan," the Grand Elder said, his expression grave.

"What problem?" the Sixth Elder inquired.

"The problem is Little Shi Tou. I believe it’s time we discussed the matter of his upbringing." The Grand Elder felt this was a grave issue.

He glanced toward Old Shi Ren.

"Ahem." Old Shi Ren looked awkward. After all, this was his descendant they were talking about.

"Do any of you have any good suggestions?" Old Shi Ren asked.

The other Elders looked just as helpless, feeling they were at a loss.

"I believe he requires strict discipline!"

"But if we’re too strict, he’ll be unhappy!"

"We can’t crush his youthful spirit!" The Elders all voiced their differing opinions.

"Ahem, I say we just let him develop on his own!" Old Shi Ren said finally.

He felt that Little Shi Tou was a genius the likes of which hadn’t been seen in seventy thousand years; he shouldn’t be shackled.

The other Elders, however, felt this was improper, afraid it would ruin such a promising talent.

"Isn’t it better for him to be a menace to other Clans than for others to be a menace to us?" Old Shi Ren finally argued.

"That... does seem logical." The Elders nodded, but something still felt off, even if they couldn’t quite refute the point.

...

On the back mountain of the Eldest Young Master’s Mansion.

Here, a Kunpeng had been washed clean. Little Shi Tou was using a Stone Blade, forged from the Stone Race’s Celestial Stones, to pry off its scales and carve out the Peng Bird Meat.

Kunpeng!

A body like a fish, a head like a bird, complete with claws and wings.

Little Shi Tou was currently working on the wings.

The Kunpeng’s Wings were enormous, stretching across the mountaintop and shimmering with a faint, dark light. Now, they were to be food, a sight that made both Shi Gang and Shi Gao drool.

The meat was translucent and sparkling. The moment it was cut, a rich aroma filled the air, as if it were a Treasure Medicine.

A gigantic pot and ladle had already been prepared nearby.

Everyone from the Eldest Young Master’s Mansion was bustling about, helping with the preparations.

"I think we should roast the wings!" Little Shi Tou declared.

"But the wings are huge!" Shi Gao frowned.

"No problem. We can just use a Spiritual Treasure to rig up a spit!" Little Shi Tou said nonchalantly.

And so, one Supreme Treasure after another was used to roast the bird and boil the meat.

A delicious aroma wafted across the entire back mountain.

"What an aroma!" Back in the great hall, the Elders who had been debating how to handle Little Shi Tou all caught the scent. In the end, their Divine Senses followed the fragrance to its source.

"’Those little rascals, they’ve already started without us.’ With a sweep of their Divine Senses, they discovered Ling Fei’s group cooking the Kunpeng."

"Ahem. As it happens, I have some business to discuss with Young Master Ling," the Grand Elder said with a smile, retracting his Heart Spirit.

"As do I!"

"Me too!" several other Elders chimed in.

The old-timers were practically drooling by now, so they all scrambled to find excuses to head over to Ling Fei’s location.

"This old man happens to need to teach Little Shi Tou a good lesson. So, let’s all head over there together!" Old Shi Ren said, a glint in his eye.

On the back mountain of the Eldest Young Master’s Mansion, Ling Fei had even set up his Celestial Essence Divine Furnace to boil the Kunpeng Bones, adding all sorts of ingredients to make a rich bone broth.

Little Shi Tou, who had a fondness for the wings, had skewered one of the Kunpeng’s Wings with a Stone Spear and was roasting it.

The wing was massive, stretched out across the mountain pass with the fire from a Tripod Furnace roaring beneath it.

A tantalizing aroma wafted from the roasting wing.

Meanwhile, steam billowed from the large furnace nearby, shimmering like a Divine Dawn and releasing a heart-stirring fragrance.

The scent was so intoxicating it could make one’s mouth water with a single whiff.

"The soup’s ready to drink!" Shi Gao called out.

Shangguan Wan’Er and Lian Shuang stood nearby, their eyes wide with disbelief.

"Is it really okay for us to eat an expert from the Kunpeng Race like this?" Shangguan Wan’Er asked timidly.

"This isn’t a Kunpeng Race expert. It’s just a big bird I hunted. You can eat it without any worries, Big Sister," Little Shi Tou said, blinking earnestly.

He had already carved off a piece of the bird meat for himself and was in the middle of eating it.

The meat melted the moment it touched his tongue, releasing a gush of Essence Qi more nourishing than any Spiritual Essence. As soon as the Essence Qi entered his mouth, every pore on Little Shi Tou’s body seemed to open up, his muscles frantically absorbing the energy from the meat.

"Yum, this is so good!" Little Shi Tou exclaimed after taking a big bite. "The meat is so tender and fragrant... though it could use a little more seasoning to cover up the gamey taste."

"This is the best supplement in the world!"

"Wow, I never thought bird meat could be this delicious!" he remarked while continuing to eat.

Yip!

Yiyi was drooling, too.

"Here, have some!" Being generous, Little Shi Tou immediately cut off a piece of meat for Yiyi.

Nearby, Ling Fei ladled out a bowl of the bone broth.

"It’s so rich. As expected of a soup from an old bird, the flavor is incredible!" Ling Fei praised after taking a sip.

He had also added various Spiritual Essences they had gathered from the Kunpeng Race’s territory into the soup.

There was Kunpeng Ginseng, lotus seeds from the Ink Jade Celestial Lotus, and many other Spiritual Essences.

As the bone broth entered his mouth, Ling Fei found it to be incomparably rich. The next moment, a torrent of Essence Qi surged into his body. His flesh and blood began to frantically absorb it, and he could feel his Nascent Soul and Divine Soul growing stronger and more solid with every drop.

This was an absolutely supreme tonic. Consuming it could rapidly advance one’s Cultivation and solidify their foundation.

"’This bone broth is incredible stuff!’ Ling Fei praised inwardly, then ladled out a bowl for Shangguan Wan’Er and another for Lian Shuang."

"This soup is even more nourishing than a thousand-year-old Spiritual Essence!" Shangguan Wan’Er’s eyes lit up after one sip, and she immediately went back for a second bowl.

"Kunpeng Soup..." Lian Shuang murmured with a sigh. The once incomparably arrogant members of the Kunpeng Race had now been reduced to bone broth!

Still, she drank it down.

This was a Kunpeng, after all—an Ancient Divine Beast! How many people in the world could ever claim to have tasted one?

In no time, everyone was drinking soup, gnawing on bones, and feasting on the meat.

Shi Gao and the others joined in the feast.

The Kunpeng was enormous, over two thousand meters long. There was no way just a few of them could ever finish it!

Eventually, He Tianming and Zhao Fan came over as well.

They could barely handle a single sip of the soup. The Essence Qi was far too potent, raging through their bodies like a dragon and a tiger. It was so violent that an ordinary person wouldn’t be able to withstand it at all.

Ling Fei summoned his Golden Eagle and let it drink some of the Kunpeng Soup as well.

After just a few sips, its entire body began to glow with golden light, and it retreated to the side to refine the Essence Qi from the soup.

...

WHOOSH!

Just as the group from the Eldest Young Master’s Mansion was feasting on Kunpeng Meat and drinking Kunpeng Soup, Old Shi Ren and six other Elders flew over.

"What a waste of a priceless treasure! A King Level Kunpeng, and you just... ate it?" the Second Elder lamented, beating his chest and stomping his feet in dismay.

He was the Stone Race’s foremost Artifact Refining Master.

But now, the Kunpeng had been hacked to pieces.

’If it had been processed properly, so many treasures could have been refined from it!’

’And they even boiled the bones into soup?!’

"He knew that the Kunpeng Bones contained Kunpeng Essence Blood, which would have been incredibly useful if extracted properly!"

"Eep!" Little Shi Tou let out a small cry of surprise when he saw Old Shi Ren and the others arrive, his face a mask of embarrassment.

The little fellow had hidden himself over here with Ling Fei precisely because he didn’t want the old-timers to see what he was up to.

He never expected them to show up anyway.

"Great-Grandpa, come and have some meat!"

"Grand-Elder, come have some soup!" Little Shi Tou immediately darted over, eagerly inviting the old men to eat and drink.

"Is this... really okay?" Holding bowls of soup and pieces of meat, several of the Elders hesitated, all looking toward Old Shi Ren.

’If the Kunpeng Race found out we were here eating one of their own, wouldn’t they go completely berserk?’

"Ahem. Well, since the soup has been made and the meat is cooked, we might as well have a taste," Old Shi Ren said with an awkward smile.

Even he felt a little sheepish about it.

If word of this got out, the Kunpeng Race would absolutely lose their minds.

But the aroma of the meat was making his appetite soar.

"Grandpa, this soup is super nourishing!" Little Shi Tou said.

"We’re getting on in years. We could certainly use the nourishment," the Grand Elder nodded in agreement.

And so, the seven old men began to eat the meat and drink the soup.

They were hooked from the very first bite.

They may have eaten countless Spiritual Essences and other rare delicacies in their long lives, but this was the very first time any of them had tasted an Ancient Divine Beast.

"A pity we’re missing some wine!" the Grand Elder remarked.

"I have some right here..." The Fourth Elder produced a jug of wine.

And just like that, the old men immediately joined in on plundering the feast.