Wolfing Down

A petite maid was walking quickly through the heavy snow, carrying a large wooden basin of laundry, when she suddenly looked into the distance with a puzzled expression. In the distance, a figure was faintly visible, kneeling and prostrate, and the snow around them seemed to have vanished.

"What's going on?" The little maid walked toward the spot, feeling confused.

"It's Master!" As she drew closer, she recognized him immediately. The person kneeling and prostrate there was none other than the lord of the entire Snow Eagle Territory. The lord's bare back was faintly flushed, radiating a scorching heat, and steam was rising from his body. Within a ten-meter radius, not a single snowflake remained; they had all been melted away. If some powerful knights or mages were to see this scene, they would be shocked.

However, the little maid was merely an ordinary person; how could she understand what it meant for the heat radiating from a body to melt snow within a ten-meter radius?

"Why has all the snow around here melted? Could this be Battle Qi?" the little maid wondered to herself, unable to stop herself from calling out, "Master, Master, are you alright?"

She felt a bit timid.

Because Dongbo Xueying had practiced his spear techniques in the past until he was drenched in sweat and steaming with heat, sometimes even collapsing on the ground from exhaustion, the little maid assumed her master had once again become obsessed with his training.

"I'm fine," Dongbo Xueying said in a hoarse voice, slowly standing up.

"I am very well."

Dongbo Xueying turned his head to glance at the little maid, "Very well indeed!"

The little maid stammered, not daring to make a sound.

"Pass on my order: go to the kitchen and arrange for a whole Magic Beast to be roasted and brought to me," Dongbo Xueying commanded.

"A whole one?" The little maid's eyes widened.

One had to know that ordinary horses weighed seven or eight hundred to a thousand catties, while a Frost-Flying Magic Beast Colt weighed even more, at two thousand catties. As for some of the more robust Magic Beasts, they generally weighed several thousand, or even ten thousand catties! Within the castle, Dongbo Xueying's staple food was Magic Beast meat, as it contained more energy; even the knights in the castle consumed it.

Therefore, the castle's cold storage would keep one or two Magic Beasts, but those were meant to supply the entire castle for many days.

"Yes, a whole one. I remember when I checked last time, there was a Tier 3 Magic Beast and a Tier 2 Magic Beast. Have the Tier 3 one roasted and brought here," Dongbo Xueying instructed.

"Yes." The little maid obediently went to pass on the order.

Dongbo Xueying watched the little maid hurry away with her large wooden basin, smiled, and walked to the side to pick up his clothes and put them on. He remained the same seemingly heroic youth... yet, except for himself, no one knew how terrifying his young body had become at this very moment!

"Let's see how high I can jump." Dongbo Xueying looked at the main building of the castle where he lived. The castle was magnificent, and the railing on the second floor was seven or eight meters off the ground. In the past, he could only barely grab the railing and pull himself over!

Whoosh!

With a burst of force from his legs, he shot upward like a phantom, soaring directly past the height of the entire castle before descending, giving even Dongbo Xueying a start. Because of the heavy, swirling snow, no one noticed this brief moment.

"To think I could jump that high. The main building of the castle is over twenty meters tall. I remember that although the walls of Yi Water City are tall and imposing, they are only eighteen meters high, right? Can I now easily leap over the walls of Yi Water City?" Dongbo Xueying was somewhat shocked. From the height of his jump, he had begun to vaguely grasp the level of his own strength.

Dongbo Xueying quickly descended from the roof and went to the dining hall to wait, waiting to eat the roasted meat.

Because—

He was truly, incredibly hungry! Never in his life had he felt such hunger. Although Dongbo Xueying was excited about the increase in his strength, the primary reason he had ordered the roasted meat immediately was that this hunger was driving him mad.

"Crunch, gulp..." Dongbo Xueying picked up some pastries from a fruit platter on the dining table and swallowed them in a few bites. His now-evolved stomach digested and absorbed them instantly, but the energy provided was pitifully small.

"Master, Master." A bearded manservant came running into the dining hall, his voice gruff, "Master wants a whole roasted Magic Beast, and the Tier 3 one at that?"

"Yes!" Dongbo Xueying glanced at him, "As fast as possible! Get it roasted and bring it here immediately."

"Understood, understood." The bearded manservant was startled and hurried off to do it.

Normally, if the lord sent someone to deliver an order, he, as a head chef, wouldn't dare to question it, but this order was truly bizarre! A whole Tier 3 Magic Beast—that was a full twelve thousand catties of meat, and it was worth a fortune. Furthermore, the person delivering the order wasn't the lord's personal attendant, but a little laundry maid, which was why the chef had come to double-check.

Otherwise, if the maid were lying, she would be in trouble, but given the value of a Tier 3 Magic Beast, the chef himself would likely face severe punishment.

"The lord wants to roast an entire Magic Beast; this is too wasteful," the bearded chef thought to himself, yet he dared not ask further. How could he question the lord's command? All he needed to do was... obey.

Dongbo Xueying waited, enduring the hunger that made his whole body tremble.

Finally, he smelled the aroma of roasted meat.

Whoosh.

Dongbo Xueying instantly darted out of the dining hall and stood before the railing, looking down. Below, a carriage was moving slowly, accompanied by a group of manservants. Inside the carriage was the Magic Beast, fully roasted and cut into two halves. Twelve thousand catties was the net weight after the internal organs had been removed and the blood drained; these ordinary servants couldn't move it easily. They had spent a great deal of effort to roast it, and transporting it had been quite a chore.

"We have to deliver this to the master's dining hall later, so everyone needs to put in some effort. Let's work together to get it up there," the manservants were discussing, as moving over ten thousand catties of food to the second floor was no easy task.

Thud.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and a youth in black was seen standing in front of the carriage.

"Master." The sturdy manservants were stunned for a moment, then each called out respectfully.

"Alright, leave this Magic Beast meat to me, you all go back to your work." As he spoke, Dongbo Xueying picked up the massive platter from the carriage, which held the roasted, halved Magic Beast.

Carrying a platter much larger than his own body, Dongbo Xueying walked quickly toward the dining hall.

The group of manservants nearby stood frozen.

Good heavens?

He just... picked it up and walked away like that?

That was twelve thousand catties of Magic Beast meat! Even if some fat had rendered off during roasting, it was certainly still over ten thousand catties. Even their whole group of sturdy men would have had to drag it with great effort to get it to the second floor. And he just carried it off? How immense must his strength be?

"Don't go gossiping outside," Dongbo Xueying glanced down and cautioned.

"Yes," the manservants replied in unison.

Yet, Dongbo Xueying understood that the fact he had consumed a whole Magic Beast at once would likely spread. It didn't matter if it did; after all, it was quite normal for wealthy, noble families to do "extravagant" things. The more lavish and extravagant they were, the more some nobles felt it demonstrated the true power of their family.

Without that kind of confidence, who could afford to be so extravagant?

As for lifting over ten thousand jin of Magic Beast meat, that was nothing; his strength had to be revealed eventually.

"To think the master can lift over ten thousand jin of Magic Beast meat, he must be a Heaven-Rank Knight, right?"

"Probably. A Heaven-Rank Knight at fifteen, turning sixteen after the new year—truly remarkable."

"Hmph, you only see how powerful the master is now, but you don't know how crazily he trains every day. I heard from the servants at the training grounds that even they find it terrifying to watch!"

The male servants whispered among themselves.

"Clang!" The massive platter was set onto the dining table, causing the table to shudder.

Thump. Dongbo Xueying immediately shut the dining hall doors.

The servants all assumed their master was merely being extravagant and wasteful.

But in reality...

Dongbo Xueying truly needed to eat!

"Come on." Dongbo Xueying picked up the carving knife nearby and, swish, swish, swish, sliced off a piece of meat weighing over ten jin, devouring it in large mouthfuls. Crunch, crunch, he quickly chewed even the bones to pieces and swallowed them. His body cheered, digesting and absorbing everything frantically; the moment the food entered his stomach, it was already completely digested.

His incredibly hungry body, starved of energy, was constantly digesting and absorbing, drawing out every bit of power.

Eat, eat, eat!

Dongbo Xueying ate with lightning speed. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the meat on the golden, glistening roasted Magic Beast kept disappearing. Even the smaller bones were eaten clean, leaving only the thickest, largest ones behind.

"Xueying, Xueying, why are you being so extravagant and wasteful?" The booming voice of the Lion-Man Tong San rang out, carrying a hint of anger. In the entire castle, only Tong San and Zong Ling dared to lecture Dongbo Xueying.

Whoosh.

The Lion-Man Tong San pushed open the hall doors in a huff, but he was immediately struck dumb. On that massive platter, only the giant skeleton of the Magic Beast remained. The smaller bones were gone, leaving only the primary, thickest frame; all the Magic Beast meat had been wiped clean.

Dongbo Xueying had already wiped his mouth clean and sat to the side, smiling, "Uncle Tong, I haven't wasted a thing."