Dragon Tendons Tiger Bones
The Armored Beast's massive body emerged from the water.
Liang Qu first set up the iron net, then took out a tinderbox, lit some burning charcoal, stuffed it into the bottom of the net, and blew on it slowly, sending sparks flying.
This time, let's try something different. Instead of boiling, let's have grilled food.
Boiling food all the time makes everything taste bland and tasteless.
Liang Qu pulled out the Azure Wolf, but instead of immediately dismembering his prey, he carefully examined it.
After a moment, Liang Qu finally understood why he had always felt like he had seen Armored Beast somewhere before.
This thing looks a bit like Thick Armor Dragon has limbs degenerated and turned into fins! When Liang Qu was a kid, he often watched dinosaur movies, and the herbivores in the background that would flee in large numbers when danger was a sight to behold were this creature! The only difference is that the Armored Beast don't have limbs, they've all turned into fins, and it seems to have become a carnivore with a mouthful of sharp teeth.
Liang Qu inserted his fingers into the Azure Wolf's back along the Armored Beast's carapace, and then, following the seam, cut open the huge back like cutting a tortoise shell, inserting his fingers inside and forcefully prying it open.
The tendons and blood vessels were stubbornly attached to the carapace, but Liang Qu used his dagger to sever them all. He then peeled off the entire piece of carapace and threw it onto the boat.
The Armored Beast's crimson flesh was exposed to the air, and some of its muscles could even be seen twitching.
It was incredibly "fresh".
A Fei and A Bu drooled at the smell, but they couldn't move. The boat couldn't fit such a big thing, so the two of them had to serve as a temporary table.
This guy has a rather low meat yield.
Liang Qu glanced at it.
The internal structure of the Armored Beast is very simple. Most of its weight is in its carapace, and the bones inside are large and thick, with a meat yield of no more than 50%.
After removing the internal organs, he could only eat about 30-40% of it.
Fortunately, it's big enough to be used more than enough to evolve Marsh Spirit.
Liang Qu skillfully cut off pieces of meat from the Armored Beast, some thickly sliced, some thinly sliced, and spread them all out on the iron mesh to grill and eat.
Taking advantage of the Fist, he grabbed a few pieces of internal organs and feasted on them at the bow of the boat.
Heavenly Water Centipede Awei burrowed into the Armored Beast's body, sucking up blood with its belly rising and falling.
The Heavenly Water Centipede is the most peculiar of the four beasts. Despite being the smallest in size, it can drink several liters of blood when it sucks blood, which makes Liang Qu curious about where all that blood goes.
The smell in the air grew stronger and stronger.
A Fei and A Bu were even more greedy. With their heads full of fat, they couldn't eat a single bite themselves, and their saliva kept dripping into the river.
Liang Qu took out a small cloth bag, opened it, and inside was a bag of fine white salt, which he had taken from the kitchen of the Yang Residence.
Compared to the coarse salt that ordinary people buy, it has a very mild bitter taste, which cannot be detected unless you taste it carefully; it is simply salty and savory.
It's really good stuff.
He picked up a pinch, sprinkled it on the thinly sliced meat, and as soon as the meat changed color slightly, he picked it up and put it in his mouth.
The taste is acceptable!
The subtle saltiness, combined with the unique texture of the meat, creates a wonderful sensation, like eating a mix of lamb and chicken.
[Marsh Essence +0.1]
[Marsh Essence +0.2]
[Marsh Essence +0.2]
The slices of meat are small, but they are full of Marsh Essence.
After eating for fifteen minutes, Liang Qu's mouth was almost numb from the heat, and the food was practically stuck to his throat.
Communicate with Ze Cauldron.
The Marsh Essence is still a dozen points short.
Compared to the last time he ate crabs, Liang Qu's appetite increased greatly after breaking through the barrier. Even so, he never expected that one meal would not be enough and he would have to continue.
Thinking back to the last time I had bloating, my stomach started to feel uncomfortable.
There's no other way; it's all for a better future!
Liang Qu calmed himself down, cut the entire broken tail section into several pieces, placed them on an iron net to roast, and then stood on the stern to practice his Stance Training.
Seeing this, Fist went to the charcoal stove and, following Liang Qu's example, used tongs to quickly flip the meat pieces so that they would be heated evenly.
The energy of flesh and blood is constantly consumed and continuously poured into the body, turning into fuel that makes the fire of Qi and Blood burn ever brighter.
Nowadays, Liang Qu knows how to Flesh Refinement without forcibly locking in his Qi and Blood, allowing it to circulate.
Whenever Qi and Blood are generated in the body, they are guided by him to flow into the muscles and tendons, transforming into the best nectar and rapidly strengthening the body.
The strength of Qi and Blood continues to rise, and a rich vitality bursts forth.
His chest heaved, and he exhaled long plumes of smoke from his nose.
Just moments later, Liang Qu took off his shirt because of the heat.
On the river in the dead of winter, his skin was red and hot, and he was radiating heat, as if he had just finished a sauna.
Every muscle was slowly undulating, expanding and contracting, becoming increasingly refined, with more and more perfect lines.
After completing a full set of Ape Fist and Flesh Refinement twice, the aroma of the severed tail meat was fully released over the stove.
Ignoring the heat, Liang Qu picked up a thick slice of meat and took a bite.
It's not as easy to chew as thin slices; there's a large bone in the middle, like chewy candy, but it's still edible.
[Marsh Essence +1.1]
[Marsh Essence +1.2]
When the last bit of the slightly burnt tail tip was stuffed into his mouth, Liang Qu's stomach swelled up uncomfortably, and he could no longer move, leaning against the deck panting.
Communicate with Ze Cauldron.
Liang Qu silently calculated in his mind that the Marsh Essence he had obtained was enough to fill the last gap.
He used all of this Marsh Essence to increase the fusion level. Every few minutes, the fusion level number would jump up and down.
The full conversion will take some time.
"The rest are all yours."
Liang Qu waved his hand, not too worried about the harm caused by the residual venom of Awei.
Awei's poison needs to enter the bloodstream to take effect, and the Armored Beast's blood has been almost completely drunk up. Even if Cannot Move and has wounds on its mouth, the amount of poison it can ingest by eating raw meat is very small.
At most, he'll just get diarrhea? A Bu, upon hearing this, A Fei stopped wearing his Armored Beast and happily sank into the water. Fist and Awei, not to be outdone, jumped into the water one after the other.
The four beasts were digging up the meat at the bottom of the water.
Only A Fei and A Bu bite the Armored Beast's thick bones. Although it was difficult, they didn't find it troublesome at all and gnawed on them with relish, sucking out the marrow.
Half an hour later, the fusion rate finally crossed the last threshold and reached 100%! Ze Cauldron shone brightly.
A Spirit Monkey Shadow emerged from behind Liang Qu, its fur fine and lifelike, completely overlapping with his own, its whole body shining brightly, as smooth and lustrous as jade.
Every pore is breathing freely, and every cell is growing vigorously.
Thick steam rose from his body, spreading out like clouds and mist.
The Black Awning Boat was launched into the water, where the waves moved automatically even without wind, spreading slowly to both sides.
[Marsh Spirit Water Monkey (White) Fully Fusion]
[Marsh Spirit Advancement Requirements: Gain a trace of the River's Favor and fully fuse with the Marsh Spirit Water Monkey (White).]
A sliver of River's Favor? Liang Qu's eyes flashed, and he immediately realized that he had accidentally met all the requirements for promotion!
After confirming once again that he hadn't misread it, Liang Qu took several deep breaths to calm himself down, his mind stirred, and he sank into the Ze Cauldron.
Marsh Spirit has been promoted!
Countless rays of light flew out from the cauldron, merging into the Spirit Monkey Shadow, transforming into fuel to fuel the fire.
A line of ancient characters slowly appeared before Liang Qu's eyes.
[Marsh Ape: A naturally occurring, exceptionally strong and ferocious species, favored by rivers; fusion with it yields Dragon Tendons Tiger Bones.]
[Dragon Tendons Tiger Bones: Tendons as large as a dragon, bones as strong as a tiger, boundless energy, limitless strength, able to pull nine oxen backwards, an unstoppable force.]