Devour My Shennong Power!!!

"Sssizzle—"

The sound of oil droplets falling into the fire continued to echo, carrying with it a scorching aroma. On the iron grill, meat, carefully cut into long, thin rectangular slices, was already roasted to a golden brown by the flames. The rendered fat, which had been suspended beneath the meat, was about to drip, but then fell as a pair of hands flipped the meat.

"Lianshan! Quick, quick, quick, is the meat over there marinated yet? The meat on this grill is almost done!" Xu Yanwu, seeing that his meat was nearly ready, called out to Lianshan to bring over the Wind Master meat that was currently marinating.

"N-not yet!"

Lianshan was frantically cutting meat and placing it into the seasoning mixture that Xu Yanwu had specially concocted.

"We're out of seasoning too!"

Xu Yanwu roared in anger, "You didn't say we were running out of seasoning earlier??"

He took the roasted meat off the grill and placed it on a pan over another fire to keep it warm. With a rub of his hands, Xu Yanwu conjured a large kettle and tossed it to Lianshan. "You continue marinating the meat, I'll go check on how the Flood Dragon meat soup is coming along..."

By this point, Xu Yanwu had already grilled several racks of deer meat. This was the result of the hard work that Xu Yanwu and Lianshan had put in for over an hour...

In truth, the grilled meat was already more than enough. The two of them couldn't possibly grill all the meat for everyone in the tribe. After all, grilling wasn't like making snake soup where one large pot would suffice. Grilling some for them to taste and then letting them grill the rest themselves was about right. However, Xu Zifu couldn't help but feel a sense of joy watching Lianshan flustered.

But joy was joy, the stewed soup still needed to be made...

"Speaking of which... is my grilled meat not fragrant enough? Why isn't anyone here?"

Xu Yanwu chewed on a piece of diced Rain Master meat in his mouth, scratching his head in confusion.

"Forget it, I'll just carry it over later. Aiya... is this Rain Master meat really this delicious..."

— In the tribe —

"It smells so good..."

A young man stretched his neck, sniffing the fragrant aroma in the air, his mouth watering. "I really want to try a bite..."

Beside him, another young man rolled his eyes. "That's monster meat. If you're not afraid of dying, go ahead and eat it."

"I was just saying..."

Listening to the people outside, Chi Yuan sat in the tent with a headache. "Why is he cooking Honkai Beast meat? Isn't that stuff inedible..."

Danzhu slumped by the table, looking indifferent. "It's fine. Uncle Xu Yanwu isn't an ordinary person. The Honkai Energy in the Honkai Beast meat probably won't threaten him, right?"

"That's not the main point."

Chi Yuan frowned. "Even if he isn't affected by the Honkai Energy, such a delicious aroma..."

"Grumble—"

Loud, unwilling rumbles came from outside the tent.

"...it's going to be too distracting for the people in the tribe," Chi Yuan sighed.

— Xu Yanwu's side —

"Why is no one coming..."

Xu Yanwu tore off a piece of grilled meat and chewed it glumly. "When I cook so deliciously..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Yanwu turned and glared at Lianshan. "Why aren't you eating yet?"

"..." Lianshan's hand holding the grilled meat trembled.

This monster meat couldn't be eaten; this was the bloody experience passed down by their ancestors for generations.

But why was this ancestor-level figure in front of him chewing monster meat so deliciously...

They said it couldn't be eaten...

"Brother Xu... didn't they say that eating monster meat would turn people into monsters... Can this meat really be eaten?"

Lianshan hesitated.

Xu Yanwu frowned. "Why can't it be eaten?"

"Simply put, the power that turns people into Shifters is just the Honkai Energy within the Honkai Beast meat. I've already absorbed all that Honkai Energy. Now, this Honkai Beast meat is just ordinary meat. What's there to be afraid of?"

However...

Xu Yanwu stroked his chin, sizing up Lianshan, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

This guy was Shennong, right?

And Shennong had the legend of tasting a hundred herbs, correct?

So... this meant he could stir up some trouble!

Xu Yanwu already had a general idea of Lianshan's future path in mind.

He was going to train Lianshan to be the number one Jungle Warrior on the Land of Shenzhou!

That's right! The kind who could eat their way through the entire world with just a jungle knife!

"Lianshan, you eat the meat first. I guarantee you won't have any problems."

Xu Yanwu's lips curved into an unstoppable smile.

Just imagine, Ji Lin was the strongest warrior fighting the Honkai on the Land of Shenzhou. If he, Xu Yanwu, trained Lianshan to be the strongest warrior who could eat his way through all the Honkai Beasts, it shouldn't be too much to ask, right?

One day, when Xu Yanwu and Lianshan had mastered their divine skills, facing numerous Honkai Beasts, Lianshan would smile, draw a jungle knife, and charge towards the Honkai Beasts.

Devour My Shennong Power!!!

It sounded strangely invigorating...

"...Alright."

Lianshan dejectedly began to gnaw on the roasted meat. At first, he was a little reluctant, but later Lianshan simply started snatching and eating it.

"Hic—"

Finally, after gulping down a mouthful of soup to fill the gaps in his stomach, Lianshan, with his belly full, collapsed onto the grass. He watched helplessly as Xu Yanwu lifted the large cauldron he had created and poured it into his own mouth.

"Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp..."

Lianshan's mouth twitched. Brother Xu was far more capable of eating than he had imagined...

He had eaten at least ninety percent of the roasted meat, not to mention carrying the cauldron to directly guzzle the Flood Dragon meat soup...

"Tastes good, good!"

Xu Yanwu wiped his mouth, feeling the food entering his stomach being digested at an extremely rapid speed and then replenishing his mana bar.

Meanwhile, Xu Yanwu's stomach didn't even show the slightest sign of expanding.

"Lianshan, didn't I tell you it would be fine?"

Xu Yanwu picked his teeth and pulled Lianshan up from the ground.

"Brother Xu, go easy on me, mmm..."

Lianshan was already so full that the food was blocking his throat. When Xu Yanwu pulled him like that, Lianshan almost threw up.

"...Just this little bit of food and you're already this pathetic."

Xu Yanwu completely ignored the fact that he himself used to be a weak shut-in, mocking Lianshan while placing his right hand on Lianshan's stomach: "I'll help you digest it..."

But what Xu Yanwu was thinking internally was...

Lianshan, so that you won't be a weakling in front of your wife in the future, I'll make a few minor adjustments to you. You can forgive me for that, right...