Braised Old Chi Is My Favorite-Please Vote Monthly, Invest

Braised Old Chi Is My Favorite—Please Vote Monthly, Invest

Golden divine light radiated from Jiang Ming's entire body. Even his bright bald head had been dyed gold by the Sacred Light Technique. Mainly because under the disguise of the Seventy-Two Transformations, his violet-gold true essence had all turned golden.

After he left, the light filling Lightning Valley and its blazing radiance vanished in an instant. Many Lightning Birds were vaporized on the spot, evaporating where they stood without even leaving behind corpses, completely refined into nothingness.

Whoosh!

Jiang Ming's figure descended into the area where the Dark Wind Cold Pool was located. In an instant, the surrounding ice, snow, frost, and mist were all evaporated away.

A black lotus as large as a washbasin, growing in the very center of the cold pool, entered his sight.

This was the Three Yin Cold Lotus that Jiang Ming and Lingzhi had been determined to steal. It was exceptionally suited to Jiang Tingting's physique and could be used to lay her foundation and strengthen her vitality when she cultivated the Guidance Method and opened up her Sea of Bitterness.

Roar!

Jiang Ming had not concealed himself when he came here. He was open and aboveboard, his aura vast and majestic, like a blazing sun descending upon the place. Naturally, he alarmed the Old Cold Chi within—a variant savage beast that had lived for five hundred years.

This Old Cold Chi's cultivation was comparable to that of an Other Shore cultivator. It usually remained asleep. Human cultivators absolutely did not have such long lifespans, but other races were different. Their lifespans were generally longer than those of human cultivators, especially Archaic Desolate Species possessing the bloodline of ancient savage beasts.

This Three Yin Cold Lotus had been reserved for its own attempt to break through to the next realm. It would not allow anyone else to touch it.

However, half a year ago, this Old Cold Chi had fought the Lightning Bird clan. Jiang Ming and Lingzhi happened to witness it, so the two exchanged for some pills and spirit talismans that concealed their auras and came to steal the medicinal herb.

Jiang Ming personally felt that his former self and his wife, Lingzhi, had been somewhat delusional and recklessly bold. Otherwise, they would not have been set up by the Li Family cultivators.

In the end, before they even reached the cold pool, they were targeted by Lightning Birds and other savage beasts and exotic birds, triggering a small beast tide. In the original plot, they died so thoroughly that not even ashes could be found.

They had not stopped to consider that, with so many Supreme Elders in Smoke Glow Grotto-Heaven, even Divine Bridge cultivators had not dared to set their sights on the Three Yin Cold Lotus.

They had not only been bold, but naive as well. Otherwise, how could they have been so easily set up by the Li Family cultivators, who left a secret medicine on them that attracted demonic beasts and exotic birds without them noticing in the slightest?

Facing the Old Cold Chi that charged out, Jiang Ming's thoughts raced, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

The Old Cold Jiao was twenty meters long and half a meter thick in diameter. Its entire body was covered in dark-blue scales that glimmered with dim light. It had two claws, each with three talons. Even after so much time, scorched black marks left by lightning remained on its body. There were even claw marks left by Lightning Birds on its head. One of its forked dragon horns had been broken off as well—a fatal injury. It was clear just how brutal that battle had been.

From this, it was evident that the lone Old Cold Chi had indeed suffered badly in that conflict.

"Chi."

With a thought from Jiang Ming, the False First-Generation Treasure-Art Rune appeared between his brows. Golden radiance flowed like water, directly freezing the Old Cold Chi in place. His Life-Bound Sword flashed from his fingertip and vanished.

His Life-Bound Sword, comparable to an Upper-Grade Spirit Artifact, was like a spinning drill as it pierced through the Old Cold Chi's skull in an instant and shredded its brain. The Great Freedom God-Demon Sword Intent annihilated its divine consciousness, killing it on the spot.

The Great Freedom God-Demon Sword Intent could be said to be Jiang Ming's greatest trump card on the path of the sword immortal.

In his previous life, he had fallen into demonhood in a single thought, then attained great enlightenment and ascended with relief. From man to demon, from demon to god—only then had he comprehended this sword intent.

However, such sword intent also required powerful cultivation to support it.

Now, he could finally support it for a single instant.

After killing the Old Cold Chi, Jiang Ming's heart remained as still as an ancient well.

Next came skinning it, extracting its tendons, removing its organs, lighting a fire, setting up a pot, and starting a hotpot. The Lightning Grass would serve as spinach, while the Three Yin Cold Lotus would be treated as mushrooms. There was Lightning Bird meat, Lightning Bird eggs, and Cold Chi meat. No matter what, it contained a trace of dragon bloodline.

Under the effect of the Buddhland in the Palm treasure art, all the ingredients were sealed, shrunk, and compressed into a black obsidian iron pot.

While simmering the hotpot, he surveyed the area around the cold pool and beneath its surface. He even transformed into a Long-Armed Demon Ape from the Immortal Ancient Era and used his Fiery Golden Eyes to observe.

Jiang Ming had always believed in one thing: wherever heavenly treasures were born, there had to be a root cause. They could not appear for no reason, and the formation of this cold pool likewise had its cause.

Therefore, he wanted to use Fiery Golden Eyes to trace things back to their source and investigate the secret of this place.

This process lasted for more than ten minutes.

By the time Jiang Ming had cooked the hotpot with the Flame Curse, he had finally discovered some clues.

It had to be Source Stone.

He had found another piece of Source Stone.

He remembered that places where Exotic Divine Source was born often formed peculiar terrain. Some terrains were so dangerous that even Dao Palace Secret Realm cultivators, or even Four Extremes Secret Realm cultivators, would face certain death upon entering.

Likewise, among ordinary Source, there was a peculiar kind known as Variant Source.

Source was the essence of heaven and earth, similar to Spirit Stones in the Immortal Sword World. It was a treasure used by cultivators for cultivation.

The boundless essence of heaven and earth contained within Source, due to the difference in the nature of the worlds, should be even more precious than Spirit Stones in terms of quality.

Jiang Ming was in no hurry. He would eat first.

He began wolfing down the hotpot. The Lightning Bird meat had been cooked until tender, and its flesh was golden. When eaten, it even carried a crisp, tingling sensation. The texture was unique, and it contained abundant essence.

He peeled a Lightning Bird egg. Originally, one egg had been as large as a washing machine at home, but he had compressed it to the size of an ordinary chicken egg with Spatial Dao Patterns.

After peeling away the shell, the tender egg white inside was revealed, as soft and pale as a maiden's skin. One bite was springy and delicious. Mixed with the yolk in his mouth, it was silky and rich. A light chew made it a truly wonderful pleasure, leaving him unable to resist wanting to raid Lightning Bird nests again.

Three Lightning Bird eggs quickly went into his stomach.

Next was the Three Yin Cold Lotus. Once cooked, it was fresh, tender, and crisp. The moment it entered his mouth, it transformed into a stream of cold essence that was absorbed by his stomach.

If he wanted to nourish his daughter's body and lay her foundation in the future, he could obtain even better precious medicines.

For now, though, improving his own cultivation took priority.

The Lightning Grass tasted like kelp. It was not a flavor Jiang Ming liked.

The Cold Chi meat truly deserved to be called a supreme delicacy of the mortal world.

Dragon meat from the sky, donkey meat from the earth.

One bite released rich broth. It was tender and fresh, the meat delicate and refined. Its overflowing savory flavor flowed between his lips and teeth like a gentle stream winding through the mountains, refreshing his mind and leaving an endless aftertaste.

Afterward, Jiang Ming picked up the pot and drained every last drop of soup, then let out a satisfied burp.

As the Great Freedom Sword Scripture circulated within him, strands of medicinal essence from the flesh treasures and spirit medicines were rapidly refined, becoming part of the violet-gold ocean above his Sea of Bitterness.

Jiang Ming's cultivation naturally entered the Eleventh Layer of Qi Refining.

Clearly, the grade of spirit medicines and flesh treasures this time was exceptional, far surpassing the Nine-Leaf Phoenix Spirit Grass, Spirit Serpent Orchid, and the other three spirit medicines.

After all, these were contributions from the Lightning Bird clan and the Old Cold Chi.

Within Jiang Ming's Sea of Bitterness, the divine form of a True Dragon emerged and transformed into a dragon shadow that descended onto his Life-Bound Sword. Dragon roars and phoenix cries echoed from the crimson, crystalline sword. Not only did it bear Phoenix Feather Dao Patterns, but it had also gained Dao Patterns resembling True Dragon scales. It looked not only noble, but several degrees more domineering.

Accompanied by a sword cry like a dragon's roar, his Life-Bound Sword reached the verge of a breakthrough. The only pity was that its material was somewhat poor and unworthy of the Dao Patterns imprinted upon it.