Chapter 75 Barbecue Party!
In the northern suburbs of Qingyun City, night fell as stars dotted the sky.
In the small courtyard, a unique "Barbecue Party" was being prepared in full swing.
Old Wan had brought a long cast-iron rack from somewhere, filled with red-hot Top-grade Spiritual Wood Charcoal. At the cutting board, Luo Xue, who had just finished washing the Immortal Palace floor, rolled up her snow-white sleeves, preparing to cut the meat.
"Young Master, let this servant handle the meat of this Void Returning Stage Yao Beast."
Luo Xue did not use any Magic Treasures; she simply pressed her index and middle fingers together, using her fingers as a sword.
"Shua shua shua—"
That was the [Supreme Immortal Emperor Sword Intent], capable of severing the star-river and annihilating the heavens!
But in Luo Xue's hands, this supreme Sword Intent was perfectly controlled within a square inch, slicing that Void Returning Stage Yao Beast meat—as hard as fine steel—into perfect slices of uniform thickness and clear texture. Even the fat ratio of each slice was precise to the ultimate golden ratio!
"Old Wan, be quick about it, skewer the meat," Lin Yuan directed while lying on a rocking chair cracking sunflower seeds.
"Right away, Young Master!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua responded with extreme sycophancy. As a dignified Mahayana Stage Demon Venerable, his hands moved so fast they turned into afterimages; his speed in threading bamboo skewers was over a hundred times faster than the most skilled street vendor in a Mortal night market.
Before long, the charcoal fire burned brightly.
Lin Yuan personally took charge, grabbing a large handful of meat skewers and placing them on the iron rack to grill. The fat from the Yao Beast meat dripped onto the red-hot charcoal, making an enticing "sizzle sizzle" sound.
He casually grabbed a handful of cumin and chili powder bought for three copper coins from the corner grocery store and heroically sprinkled them on.
"Hu—"
The rich and dominant aroma of grilled meat, mixed with the Supreme Dao Rhyme that Lin Yuan inadvertently emitted, instantly transformed into a visible white mist, drifting over the courtyard wall toward the construction site outside.
...
Meanwhile, at the construction site just a wall away.
Tens of thousands of Zixiao Holy Land laborers were so hungry their stomachs were sticking to their backs.
True Immortal Old Ancestor Cangqiongzi and the Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo, "Xiao Yuan," had just worked together to tamp down a section of the foundation and were leaning against a pile of mud, gasping for breath.
Suddenly, a strange fragrance drifted into their nostrils.
*Gulp.*
Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo swallowed a large mouthful of saliva, his sunken eyes instantly turning green with hunger.
He stared fixedly at the white smoke drifting from above the courtyard wall, his voice trembling: "Cang... did you smell that? In this meat aroma... there are actually complete Great Dao Laws! And the temperature of that fire is clearly the Nine Netherworld Karmic Fire that can incinerate all things!"
Cangqiongzi was also full of fanatical excitement, his drool running long: "Not only that! The terrifying Sword Intent remaining on these meat slices was clearly carved by that Immortal Emperor lord himself! Every inch of texture contains a set of Peerless Sword Arts!"
Just as these old monsters were about to lose their sanity from hunger, wishing they could bite into the mud to fill their stomachs...
The courtyard gate opened with a "creak."
Dressed in red, Tantai Jinyue walked out carrying a massive wooden tray. The tray was piled high with sizzling, oily grilled meat skewers.
"The Young Master noted your hard work on the foundation today and has specially bestowed these grilled meat skewers as a reward. One skewer per person; line up according to the rules to receive them."
Boom!
The entire construction site instantly erupted!
"Thank you for your grace, my Lord!"
"May my Lord live for ten thousand years!!!"
Tens of thousands of Central Province experts instantly transformed into the most disciplined hungry wolves, lining up in a perfectly straight line. If anyone dared to cut in line, the person next to them would not hesitate to smash their head with a trowel.
Cangqiongzi and Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo, relying on the fact that they worked the hardest and pushed the carts the fastest today, shamelessly squeezed to the very front of the line.
Tantai Jinyue expressionlessly handed each of them a skewer of grilled meat. Seeing Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo's pathetic half-body, she specially gave him an extra skewer of grilled kidneys.
Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo's hands trembled as he took the skewer of grilled kidneys, moved to tears.
He was an Primordial God; even Dragon Livers and Phoenix Marrows had grown tiresome to him. But looking at this skewer of kidneys covered in cumin, it was as if he saw the key to the supreme God Realm!
"This ancestor... I mean, Xiao Yuan, will begin!"
Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo opened his mouth and took a massive, fierce bite.
"Boom!"
The moment the grilled meat entered his mouth, an extreme sensory impact mixed with violent blood energy exploded within Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo's withered half-body!
In Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo's perception, the ordinary chili powder Lin Yuan had sprinkled was clearly Chaos Karmic Fire that burned the soul and tempered a demonic body! And that cheap cumin had transformed into the Stars of Creation that embellished all things!
"Waaaah... so delicious! This is just too delicious!"
Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo wailed while chewing loudly. Under the nourishment of this life-filled grilled meat, his sealed demonic body actually began to regrow flesh! His missing lower half showed signs of reshaping!
"A single skewer of kidneys! It actually replenished my Archaic Origin?!" Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo knelt on the ground, kowtowing frantically toward the small courtyard.
Cangqiongzi beside him was even more exaggerated.
After finishing his skewer in one go, he sat cross-legged directly in the mud, white mist rising from the top of his head.
"Sword Intent! Such terrifying Immortal Emperor Sword Intent! This skewer is helping this old man temper my True Immortal Bones!"
Cangqiongzi roared with excitement, still clutching the bare bamboo skewer. He even stuck out his tongue and licked every last drop of oil and grain of cumin off the skewer, afraid of wasting even a single "Great Dao Fragment."
After the Blood Sword Sect Leader Xue Kuang finished eating, he directly achieved an Epiphany on the spot! Holding his rusty trowel, he performed a set of Peerless Saber Techniques in the street, then obediently ran back to continue mixing mud, working twice as fast as before!
For a time, the entire construction site was a chaotic dance of demons, filled everywhere with the booms of Breakthroughs and the sound of people weeping with gratitude.
...
However, no one noticed.
The dominant aroma emanating from this "Mortal barbecue party" seeped downward along the revived leylines of Qingyun City's northern suburbs.
It penetrated endless layers of rock, crossed the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, and drifted all the way to the deepest part of the Eastern Desolation.
In that dark space suppressed by an Archaic Seal for a million years.
A pair of dark-gold eyes, larger than stars, having slept for countless eons, because of this mouth-watering smell of cumin grilled meat...
Slowly opened.
"What fragrant Blood Food..."
A hoarse, ancient murmur that seemed capable of making heaven and earth collapse echoed faintly deep underground.
"Who... is grilling meat above my head..."