The Patriarch decided to cover up the secret, and everything had to wait till Lian Chengyu had recovered.
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As the Lian tribal clan were in a frenzy, and the mess the tribe’s upper echelon was in, the culprit, Yi Yun was building a fire in the back mountain. Oh, he was grilling chicken wings.
Yi Yun sang as he grilled.
This was a parody of a song in “Flirting Scholar“, where Stephen Chow was caught eating chicken wings when he was supposed to be on his deathbed.
“I love chicken wings. I love grilled chicken wings the most! I love Hong Shao chicken wings the most!”
This was a comedic song without any sense and poor rhythm, but Yi Yun still sang it very happily.
Although using firewood to grill meat was difficult, it could not deter a glutton’s desire for barbecue.
Soon, Yi Yun’s chicken wings were smelling good. Drop after drop of grease dripped into the fire as it roared in response.
“It’s complete!” Yi Yun cut the meat on the grilled chicken wings and sprinkled some seasoning. “Sis Xiaorou, try it.”
Yi Yun gave Jiang Xiaorou the first chicken wing that finished grilling.
“Be careful, it’s hot,” Yi Yun warned. To Yi Yun, Jiang Xiaorou was the most important person in the world.
“You little kid, beginning to warn your elder sister now?” Jiang Xiaorou gave Yi Yun a stare. In the past, Jiang Xiaorou would make porridge for Yi Yun; and because she was afraid Yi Yun would scald himself, Jiang Xiaorou would always cool the porridge by blowing at it, warning him, “Slowly eat, be careful, it’s hot.”
A simple phrase yet it sounded very sweet.
Yi Yun made sure that the chicken wings he grilled were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Although there were some black spots, it was harmless.
Jiang Xiaorou opened her mouth and took a tiny bite. It was really tender and juicy, making it extremely delicious.
“So delicious!” Jiang Xiaorou’s face was glowing. What happier thing could happen besides circling a fire and sharing delicious chicken wings with her brother?
“Yun-er, you should eat too.”
“Oh, of course. It took me a great deal of research to find a firewood that doesn’t give off black smoke!”
Yi Yun smiled. Yi Yun’s progress had slowed down the past few days, and was no longer breaking through into new realms every few days.
The Qi Gatherer realm was a demarcating line. Cultivation progress upon reaching it would slow down. A person without talent will be stuck at this bottleneck for life, never to improve.
Yi Yun had already absorbed half of the Chi Lin’s head’s energy.
Yi Yun had further deepened his understanding of the Purple Crystal. He could now control the speed at which the Purple Crystal could absorb energy.
Back then, when Yi Yun first broke through to the Meridians realm, he had nearly burst his body due to an unrestricted flow of incoming energy within his opened meridians.
Now, Yi Yun could control the speed of absorption of the Purple Crystal, so he would no longer make the same mistake again.
“The energy in Chi Lin’s head is much richer than the energy in Lian Chengyu’s desolate bones. It should be able to last another ten days or so; by then, it would be almost time to participate in the Kingdom’s selection…”
As he thought about it, he suddenly heard a faint sound in the distance.
After reaching the fifth stage of Mortal Blood, Yi Yun’s senses were keen, so he could easily hear the sounds from afar.
“Sis Xiaorou wait for me.” Yi Yun said before jumping down the large tree with ease. In the distance, what he saw made him gasp.