375: Settlement Rewards

"Success? I have to thank Feng Chuan."

Li Changfeng looked at the whale meat falling to the ground, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, some players became excited and quickly rushed towards that direction.

Players also continuously revived within the valley, all rushing towards the whale meat at the first opportunity.

Meat from a Fourth Grade Spirit Beast, even without a chef's help, would be an incredible treasure if eaten raw.

"Haha, I didn't expect such good fortune as soon as I revived! This is Fourth Grade Spirit Beast meat!"

"Hey, hey, that's not how grades are calculated. Meat from a Fourth Grade Spirit Beast isn't necessarily Fourth Grade, right?"

"Who cares? It's a treasure anyway, and it's mine!"

All the players rushed towards the whale meat's landing spot.

Suddenly, a player holding a spear changed his expression and cried out, "Go! Quick, go! Something's not right!"

Other players also showed surprised expressions, not bothering with much else, and scattered in all directions, appearing somewhat disheveled and terrified.

"This..."

Players in the distance also widened their eyes, appearing somewhat incredulous.

Because the falling whale meat was continuously expanding in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, it had grown to the size of a mountain.

The surrounding clouds were pressed down by the whale meat, and the air seemed to be compressed along with it, making the area where the whale meat was located appear even more dense.

The whale meat continued to grow, almost filling the entire valley, and fell heavily.

"This..."

Li Changfeng was also surprised; he hadn't expected such a thing to happen.

What astonished him even more was that Feng Chuan's methods were unexpectedly terrifying. As the whale meat continuously expanded, the wind blades also continuously swirled and enlarged, seemingly intending to completely destroy the whale meat.

Fortunately, the Puppet, wrapped in the exotic flame, moved quickly and forcibly carried the wind blades away, thus preserving the whale meat.

"What's going on? Why does it keep expanding?"

Li Changfeng looked north.

After Feng Chuan retreated, many players flooded into the Newbie Village, including the Yao Race player Ma Dun.

Although Spirit Beasts are different from the Yao Race, high-level Yao Race players certainly understand more than the Human Race.

"It's simple. Powerful Yao Race members usually don't maintain their true forms, and the same goes for Yao Beasts and Spirit Beasts."

Ma Dun, who was hit by a durian, slowly said, "An overly large body is inconvenient to move and easily attacked, so we generally constrain our true forms and move with smaller bodies."

Li Changfeng pondered, "So, as long as you obtain a part of your body, these parts will slowly return to their complete form?"

"No, we've killed many Yao Race members before, and nothing similar has happened."

Ma Dun, who was hit by a durian, explained:

"This is because most of the Yao Beasts we fought before directly exposed their true forms and weren't large enough to require body constraint."

"When the Yao Race cultivates to the Demon Body Realm, their true form and Demon Body become one. It's a special shell that requires extra power to support, and the body used for daily activities becomes the new, commonly understood true form."

"So, when hunting, there won't be a situation where a missing part becomes huge."

"But this Spirit Beast is different. Its cultivation is extremely high. Although the size of its true form has nothing to do with cultivation, it's clear that its true form wouldn't be too small; it usually suppresses its body size."

"However, just cutting off a part of its Physical Body shouldn't cause it to enlarge. With its cultivation, it wouldn't need blood or nerve connections; even if its body parts were separated by thousands of miles, it should still be able to control them as if they were its own limbs."

Ma Dun, who was hit by a durian, paused, thought for a moment, and continued, "I think Feng Chuan's method severed the connection between this piece of meat and the giant whale."

Only then did Li Changfeng realize how reckless his plan had been.

Even with the exotic flame's blessing, with the strength of the Golden Core Playerss, and with that barely usable Puppet, it was impossible to complete the meat-cutting operation.

"Thanks to Feng Chuan. He seems arrogant, but he is a high-level Cultivator after all, and he won't act recklessly."

"He came this time, on the one hand, to lure out the person behind us, and on the other hand, to test the giant whale. I suppose this method was originally reserved for the next battle, but we provoked it prematurely."

After figuring out the key, Li Changfeng burst into laughter:

"In short, with so much meat, it should satisfy the needs of many people."

"Everyone, there's no need to fight over it!"

Hearing this, all the Golden Core Playerss became patient and were not in a hurry to step forward.

Ordinary players also reacted; with such a huge amount of meat, they could at least get a taste, right?

No matter how it was handled, everyone would benefit!

"Immortal Master Changfeng."

At this moment, Daoist Kumu slowly landed beside Li Changfeng.

Li Changfeng glanced at him, somewhat strangely, "Your attire..."

Daoist Kumu was wearing a white chef's uniform, complete with a chef's hat, and a spatula tucked into his waist, looking very unconventional compared to the other Cultivators.

"I'm a chef. Is there something wrong with me dressing like this?"

"It feels a bit out of place. Chefs in the Xuanhuan World seem to have their own attire, don't they?"

"Who cares? I just like dressing this way."

Daoist Kumu argued for a couple of sentences, then got to the point:

"Don't let the size of the falling whale meat fool you. If you want to use it for Fourth Grade medicinal cuisine, it definitely needs refining."

"With my skill, refining enough for one serving would be pretty good."

Li Changfeng narrowed his eyes, "Can the Materials beyond that one serving also be cooked?"

"Of course they can be cooked, but they would be very mediocre, with very ordinary effects, and would waste other ingredients."

"No matter. If it can be cooked, there will be a finished product. If there's a finished product, they can make a report, and if they can make a report, they won't feel like they've achieved nothing."

Li Changfeng's lips curled up as he looked at the whale meat surrounded by many players:

"As long as I can eat that one serving of Fourth Grade medicinal cuisine, that's enough."

"As for everyone else, just throw them some scraps, and they'll be overjoyed."

..."Everyone, hurry to the Newbie Village!"

"Li Changfeng is giving out benefits!"

"This operation was a great success! We got Fourth Grade Spirit Beast meat!"

"Daoist Kumu, the great chef, will first help us process the ingredients, then hand them over for us to cook ourselves. Remember to bring your auxiliary ingredients and remember to find a chef!"

"Can't Kumu cook it all?"

"There's too much meat and too many people. His cultivation is limited; he can't handle it all alone. It's already good enough that he can help us pre-process it. Everyone, please understand."

"Enough talk, I'm going to switch to the culinary Dao right now!"

Just as Li Changfeng expected.

The vast majority of players expressed satisfaction with the rewards after the operation.

Meat from a Fourth Grade Spirit Beast is something 99% of players currently cannot obtain.

To obtain it through a collective action was considered a superior reward.

Although many people regretted not getting the Nascent Soul Method, the Spirit Beast meat was still a comfort.

It even made many players with low participation feel like they got a bargain.

However, some players also had reservations about this.

"Hey, hey, the medicinal cuisine made by Kumu seems to have a very poor effect? Can this stuff really replace the Nascent Soul Method and allow us to Breakthrough?"

"If you ask me, it's better to support Wan Lin. That kid seems to have contacted some rebellious Yao Race members in the Yuyao Kingdom. If they develop, they should be able to keep the Yuyao Kingdom preoccupied, and then we can just ambush the Qingling Sect."

"We can talk about these things later. What's important now is, Li Changfeng, did you benefit too much? The effects of our medicinal cuisine don't seem quite right?"

Li Changfeng listened to the discussion and calmly said,

"What's not quite right? Kumu hasn't finished cooking yet. You can smell it just from him boiling water?"

Autumn Mountain frowned, "No, Sixth Grade Spirit Beast meat dishes all have phenomena. Is it reasonable for this Fourth Grade meat to have nothing?"

Li Changfeng calmly said, "Normal. This is due to different cooking methods. Just wait a few more months; there will be phenomena after Kumu finishes."