surprisingly fast. He finished half a pheasant in about a minute, leaving only a pile of bones.
The bones, even the delicate rib bones were eaten clean, putting a dog to shame.
The old man was not bothered about Yi Yun’s surprised gaze, and calmly wiped the oil off his mouth saying, “The taste is passable. If you improve further, you will catch up to my roasted pheasant.”
Yi Yun nearly choked upon hearing the old man’s brazen claims. What sort of person was he? It felt like his stature was extraordinary, but why was he so shameful?
The old man pretended not to notice Yi Yun’s despising glare and looked at the salt baked pheasant in Yi Yun’s hands saying, “Why aren’t you eating, are you full?”
“No!” Yi Yun was shocked, he quickly shook his head and attacked the salt baked-pheasant in his hands.
What a joke. If he was slower by a second, or even in a blink of an eye, the pheasant in his hands could have turned to a pile of bones.
Besides being tasty, the meat was great nourishment for the body. Yi Yun felt his originally empty body fill up with energy in a short while. It made his blood begin to stir, and made him grow stronger.
Could this pheasant be a descendent of some ancient bird desolate beast?
Yi Yun came to an acceptance that with rich people eating this kind of foods daily, their strength was bound to increase at rapid paces.
He was initially feeling joyous from completing his Tempered Body, but he had already calmed down.
His starting point was considered low. Even if he made a meteoric rise in a small tribe, but in a big tribe, it would have been nothing spectacular. He still had a long road ahead.
“Hey, from what I see, you have some culinary skills, and it can be considered fate that we got to know each other…” Saying that, the fat elder touched his ring.
This was the second time Yi Yun heard these words, and was already immune to it. He calmly wiped his mouth, waiting for the fat elder to take something out.
“Hehe, Kid, take this to buy some sweets,” said the fat elder as he took out two golden ingots from his ring. It looked like it weighed half a pound.
This was the first time Yi Yun was seeing golden ingots. Back on Earth, he had only seen gold plates displayed in the glass cases of banks, but they were not this big.
Yi Yun could not help taking another glance.
“Come, I still have over a twenty chickens. You can cook it, and I’ll give you these two gold ingots. Then, you can buy lots of sweets,” said the old man happily. Although he did not admit verbally, he knew that his culinary skills were nothing compared to Yi Yun. Yi Yun’s salt-baked pheasant, especially combined with the alcohol and the meat fragrance had made the fat elder’s mouth water.
Upon hearing this, Yi Yun curled his mouth. In the Cloud Wilderness, gold ingots were only pleasant to the eye, but they were of no use.
On Earth, these two large gold pieces would have been enough to buy a lifetime’s worth of food. But in this world, food was very expensive, especially in the Cloud Wilderness. Even with gold ingots, one might not be able to buy anything. If he were to use gold to exchange with Lian Chengyu for food, it would be throwing himself to the wolves.
“I don’t want gold,” said Yi Yun who was unmoved. This old man had initially given him bronze coins, and now he gave gold. It was clear he was treating Yi Yun as some kid who got lucky, and not someone who practiced martial arts. “Sir, don’t you know that the outcome would be disastrous if a kid carries gold into the streets?”
“Eh?” choked the fat elder. Thoughts such as even if Yi Yun couldn’t use it, he could have given it to his parents floated into the elder’s mind.
Lin Xintong who was by the fat elder’s side looked at Yi Yun with surprise. The principle of an innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth was simple, but as a twelve year old child, he was not only unmoved by the gold, but he said it as a matter of fact. It was pretty impressive.
“Then what do you want?” said the fat elder as he kept the gold.
“I only want one item from you Sir,” Yi Yun said it slowly and calmly as he looked the fat elder in the eye.
The fat elder said with interest, “Say it.”
“Little me can tell that Sir is some extraordinary person. You must be someone of a high standing and exceptional status, with…”
“Alright, cut the flattery.” The fat elder looked at Yi Yun with a despicable look. This kid sure was odd.
“Oh…I’m not sucking up to you, I’m just expressing my admiration towards you. You can have all that and admired by many, including me, because…Sir you have the strength!”
“In this wilderness, those with strength will be honored by others!”
“So little me will make a request with great courage for one item, that is–strength!”
Yi Yun said those words with confidence. Although he had said it slowly, it entered straight into the ears, giving the fat elder a shock.