Chapter 106: Chapter 95: Venerable Bone Soup
"..."
Huang Xiaotian was speechless.
What the hell is a tomb-robbing family?
Immediately, Huang Xiaotian recounted everything he saw. Lin Chen was shocked and said, "Are you serious?"
Huang Xiaotian nodded.
"You guys are really careless," Lin Chen criticized.
"Dean Tang said they had surveyed it, but except for that one spot with poor geology..."
"That’s incredibly lucky."
"Without luck, you can’t get first place, right?"
Lin Chen thought about it and realized it was true.
Suddenly, he noticed the Calamity-Devouring Beast...
If he remembered correctly, the prototype of this Spirit Beast should be a descendant of a Pixiu.
In Huaxia, Pixiu has always been believed to bring good fortune.
Could it be that this Calamity-Devouring Beast has the same ability?
Darn, she really contracted with a genuine Pixiu...
Lin Chen had this mixed feeling but didn’t dwell on it.
This time, it’s good enough to have a fruitful harvest.
As for the first place, whoever wants it can take it.
However, his good mood was quickly ruined by a "dog."
Zhao Liang was really infuriated, and as soon as he appeared, he wanted to publicly report something on stage.
"Someone broke the rules, the first place should be mine."
"Who? Her?" Pang Yuanzheng pointed at Bai Ling.
"No, he... him..." Zhao Liang looked at the stage, and Lin Chen was nowhere to be found.
"Who is he?"
"The one who contracted the bull..."
"Do you have a witness?"
Zhao Liang couldn’t respond, and Pang Yuanzheng didn’t want to deal with this matter, so he told Lee Zhen and Tang Xuehai: "You two handle it."
The two squinted and said, "Rest assured, we will handle it properly."
Pang Yuanzheng nodded, awarded the prize, and left.
Tang Xuehai took out paper and a pen, handed it to Zhao Liang, and said, "Write down the other party’s information, and we’ll investigate..."
Zhao Liang glanced at them, realizing the situation, he quickly said, "I won’t report it."
"No, you have to report it."
Tang Xuehai said seriously, "We in Jiuxing City always handle matters openly and honestly."
Zhao Liang held the paper, trembling.
....
"...what will happen to him?"
After the award ceremony ended, Lin Chen was about to leave but still asked Huang Xiaotian.
"If not dead, at least half-dead," Huang Xiaotian said:
"This time the event involved many forces, even the City Lord showed up."
"Almost disrupted, naturally, a price has to be paid."
"That’s good."
Lin Chen didn’t bother and just walked away.
Along the way, he heard people talking.
"I heard there’s someone with a Mad Bull Bloodline in our city."
"Really? That’s so unfortunate, being born missing a skill."
"What missing, it’s fierce! Let me tell you, that bull went mad and knocked down a Level 4 Shadow Tiger."
"...."
Lin Chen was speechless, he didn’t expect Xiaobai’s Mad Bull Bloodline to be more popular than Bai Ling winning first place.
He didn’t mind, as the saying goes, fame fears no man nor bull.
He went to the pharmacy to buy medicine and went home to clean Xiaobai’s wounds first thing.
Although Xiaobai said it was fine, the wound on its back was visibly large.
After bandaging, Xiaobai wanted to daydream, but Lin Chen stopped it and told it to go to sleep.
However, Xiaobai insisted on having a bath before sleeping, so Lin Chen didn’t stop it and personally bathed it to avoid the water touching the wound.
This time, Lin Chen didn’t even think about collecting Zhao Liang’s Shadow Tiger blood.
After the bath, Xiaobai fell into a deep sleep, and the Little Fox followed. Lin Chen found Qin Shaoshao and told her about Xiaobai using the "Barbaric Bloodline" today.
"Seems like it’s made progress," Qin Shaoshao said.
Lin Chen didn’t understand, he said, "But it was still in a state of confusion today."
"Yesterday it came to me, and I told it that emotions can affect Spiritual Power. Although it was in extreme rage at the opponent for hurting you, once Spiritual Power breaks through, it remains broken through forever."
Qin Shaoshao told Lin Chen that after coming back, she could feel a huge change in Xiaobai’s Spiritual Power.
"It came to you?" Lin Chen was surprised, then muttered to himself while holding the Venerable Bone, "Does this bone work like the Three Thousand Cyan Wus?"
As he was about to look up information, Qin Shaoshao said:
"Just make soup directly."
"Huh?" Lin Chen thought he misheard.
Make soup?
This is the Venerable Bone.
"Didn’t the senior say before it’s also not recommended to eat Spiritual System Spirit Beast Meat?"
"The Venerable Bone is different from meat, it’s formed by the Spirit Beast becoming the Dao, and the Spiritual Power inside it is very gentle," Qin Shaoshao answered.
Lin Chen didn’t doubt, but curiously asked, "How does the senior know about it?"
Qin Shaoshao is an "Ancient Person," how could she know how to use the Venerable Bone?
Qin Shaoshao didn’t answer him until Lin Chen saw the petals on Qin Shaoshao’s desk replaced by the "Beast Taming Treasure Manual."
Lin Chen cupped his hands in thanks, then left.
Qin Shaoshao looked at the book, this was a good beginning...
This indicates Qin Shaoshao is also trying to change and accept this new world.
...
Xiaobai entered a period of convalescence and no longer polished its horns daily, focusing on meditation and daydreaming.
Until ten days later, its wounds healed.
"Moo~~"
At the first moment, Xiaobai removed the bandages and took a bath.
During these ten days, the hardest thing was not the pain, but not being able to bathe.
After bathing, it went and polished its horns twice before being called by Lin Chen.
"You’ve broken through already?" Lin Chen was incredibly surprised.
After leaving the Spiritual Spring Ruins, Xiaobai had cultivated for five more days, but it shouldn’t have been so quick.
However, Xiaobai indeed reached Level 15, a blessing in disguise.
Lin Chen initially thought about the third refinement, but after thinking, he decided to make the bone soup first.
"This thing turned out to be a one-time use item..." Lin Chen held the Venerable Bone, feeling heartbroken.
The Venerable Bone is priceless, and the Saint Beast Level is said to be worth millions or even tens of millions.
This thing could only make one serving of soup.
However, the Venerable Bone should be similar to a fossil, can it even produce flavor?
Thinking this, Lin Chen made sure Xiaobai was in good condition and began instructing the chef, the Little Fox, to work.
According to the book’s description, simmering the Venerable Bone requires ten bowls of water to be reduced to one bowl over a low flame for several hours.
So, the man and two beasts huddled around the dilapidated stove, watching the fire.
After three hours, it was finally done. The bone was still there, but according to the "Beast Taming Treasure Manual," it was no different from ordinary bone, as the soup was the most important.
Lin Chen carefully carried the soup to Qin Shaoshao’s table and said, "Senior, I don’t know what will happen next, so I’m counting on you."
Qin Shaoshao continued reading, but nodded slightly.
Xiaobai also swallowed its saliva, came to the table, and Lin Chen, afraid it would spill, carefully picked it up and fed it.
"How is it?" After drinking, Lin Chen immediately asked.
"Moo~~"
Under Lin Chen’s expectant gaze, Xiaobai mooed, indicating it was very unpleasant.
"....."
"I wasn’t asking about the taste."
Lin Chen was speechless, but before he could finish speaking, Xiaobai suddenly went stiff and collapsed straight down.
Lin Chen and the Little Fox were shocked...
He thought that this Venerable Bone had been left for so long, could it be food poisoning?