Garlic Paste?

Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Variants indeed did not dare approach Shi Yi.

The six Cavern Heavens shone brilliantly, like erupting volcanoes capable of refining heaven and earth, making them wary. Though Ancient Descendant-level ferocious beasts would not fear Shi Yi.

The problem was...

Although the meat Shi Yi roasted smelled wonderful, the flavor came entirely from the seasonings. It was, in truth, merely a Brilliant Fierce Tiger at the level of a Prehistoric Ferocious Beast.

Flesh of this level could not draw the attention of Ancient Descendants at all. It held only a little appeal for ferocious beasts at the level of Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Variants.

Those who wanted to eat it did not dare, while those who could eat it disdained it.

Yet some things in this world were simply strange. One aged Ancient Descendant, already at the end of its lifespan, happened to have a taste for this. It had noticed Shi Yi roasting meat.

Ever since it had eaten human roasted meat once a thousand years ago, it had never forgotten it. It had not expected that, at the end of its life, it would encounter someone roasting meat in the Vast Mountain Range.

"So it's him—the boy who came to Stone Village three years ago. I never expected him to have grown so much."

An Ancient Descendant resembling a lion, with a single horn atop its head, sighed upon seeing Shi Yi.

To avoid frightening Shi Yi, and for one final meal of roasted meat before its death, this lion-like, single-horned Ancient Descendant activated its human Law Body for the first time in its life.

As an Ancient Descendant, a being that roamed the Great Wilderness, a ferocious beast born with noble blood, it had always disdained taking human form. But with death approaching, it was no longer as fussy as before.

In the blink of an eye.

The lion-like, single-horned Ancient Descendant's hundred-meter-tall body continuously shrank. Within a few breaths, a white-haired old man appeared where it had stood.

A few minutes later.

"Hahaha, young friend, meeting in the Great Wilderness is fate. This old man just happens not to have eaten yet. For fate's sake, could you treat this old man to some roasted meat?"

The sudden voice made Shi Yi tilt his head. He was bewildered and at a loss, having no idea when this white-haired old man had appeared before him.

The next second, the two pupils entwined within Shi Yi's dark, bright eyes flickered. In an instant, he saw through the old man's true identity.

"Good heavens, a Suanni?"

Shi Yi immediately sucked in a breath, his heart turning ice-cold.

He was merely a weakling in the Celestial Passage Realm. Yet an Ancient Descendant Suanni at the Venerable Realm, transformed into an old man, had actually come asking him for roasted meat?

Would he die if he refused?

That was the question.

After pondering for several seconds.

Shi Yi decided to follow his heart and give it some face.

"What are you saying, old sir? I must give you this face. Sit down—the meat still needs a little time before it reaches the ultimate beauty of roasted meat."

Shi Yi also wanted to complain as he said this. Back at Martial King Manor, he had lived in luxury, with food brought to his mouth and clothes put on for him. He had even had Maid A Man to tease as he pleased.

But ever since coming to Stone Village, he had been forced into becoming a master of barbecue and stewing. He was more than qualified to be a cook now. He had no idea what sin he had committed.

A fine Noble Scion had turned into a rustic villager.

Grass, a plant.

"The... ultimate beauty of roasted meat?"

The white-haired old man's eyes immediately lit up, and drool began to stream from his mouth. Literally stream—his saliva directly gathered into a small pool beneath his feet.

"Of course. Cultivation has its ultimate peak, so naturally roasted meat has one too. Everything in this world, once brought to its ultimate extreme, can shine with its own brilliance, even if it is something ordinary." Shi Yi sighed.

Heaven knew how much hardship he had suffered these past years. Supporting himself alone had brought him through so many trials. If he had not been able to chat with the Willow Deity every day to relieve his boredom, he probably would have shut himself off long ago.

As for why Shi Yi was so persistent, he simply wanted to see the Willow Deity's true Law Body and her real appearance, to add a different sort of scenery to his dull life.

Though she had exiled him.

Fortunately, he had ultimately gotten what he wanted.

It was not a loss.

Half an hour later.

"Old sir, the roasted meat is ready. Be careful not to burn your mouth when eating it. Never mind, I doubt you're afraid of heat."

Shi Yi picked up a tiger foreleg from the grill and handed it to the Suanni transformed into a white-haired old man.

The moment he took the tiger foreleg, the white-haired old man bit into it without the slightest concern for appearances.

"Oh! Delicious! Truly delicious! To think this old man could still eat such exquisite food before his death—I can die without regrets!"

White-Haired Elder Suanni's eyes filled with tears, looking as though the food was so good that he could not help but cry.

Seeing this.

Shi Yi felt somewhat puzzled. Had he accidentally slaughtered the cub of a Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast? Or did that Brilliant Fierce Tiger possess some extraordinary and powerful bloodline?

It was just ordinary roasted meat.

Was it really that delicious?

What Shi Yi did not understand was that what he considered ordinary roasted meat was actually the ultimate roasted meat he, a Double Pupil User, had painstakingly developed over three years.

Just as he had said, once anything was brought to its ultimate extreme, even something ordinary could eventually give birth to brilliant radiance. Roasted meat was naturally no exception.

Why were Double Pupil Users called Sage Reincarnations?

Perhaps even Shi Yi still did not understand.

A Sage possessed innate wisdom.

Under the gaze of a Double Pupil User, nothing in the world held any secrets. At the same time, Double Pupil Users possessed the most outstanding ability to learn and create.

Though he was carefree by nature, unable to endure hardship, and somewhat lazy, the fact that he had opened six Cavern Heavens in only three years was undoubtedly the best proof.

Besides.

To eat better and treat himself better, Shi Yi had also put considerable thought into studying roasting, stewing, and boiling. He had even incorporated the cooking methods of every major cuisine from the Azure Blue Planet of his past life into his own cooking.

A Double Pupil User possessing the wisdom of a Sage, who spent all his time apart from daily cultivation researching food, had unknowingly brought the culinary path to its ultimate extreme. Dishes prepared by his hand had essentially reached the pinnacle of their ingredients.

The reason Shi Yi found the roasted meat ordinary was because he was used to eating it. But for White-Haired Elder Suanni, it had been a thousand years since its last taste of roasted meat. This was only its second time tasting human food.

Do not ask why it had not eaten it before,

or why it had gone over a thousand years without eating it a second time.

Its pride was at work. It was being fussy. As a noble Ancient Descendant, how could it eat the food of lowly humans?

If other Ancient Descendants found out by accident, or saw it, how could it continue to hold its head high among its peers?

But now it was about to die.

It had also come to terms with it.

Since there was food, it would eat. If it did not eat now, it would never get another chance.

Another half hour passed.

Two tiger forelegs over five meters long entered the stomachs of Shi Yi and White-Haired Elder Suanni respectively. It was hard to imagine that the bellies of this old man and young boy could hold so much.

"Old sir, you seem to know me!"

Shi Yi lay lazily on the ground, rubbing his round, swollen belly.

"That Willow Tree in Stone Village—who in the Great Wilderness doesn't know of it? Countless Ancient Descendants and even Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beasts have been suppressed and killed by it. And when you were brought here three years ago, you had already entered our sight." White-Haired Elder Suanni did not deny it.

He knew that from the moment they met, Shi Yi had recognized his true identity.

"So you mean that as long as I don't court death, no one in the Great Wilderness would dare attack me out of consideration for the Willow Deity?" Shi Yi asked curiously.

"In theory, yes. But not every Ancient Descendant and Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast fears it." White-Haired Elder Suanni shook his head.