Mu Ye ignored the curious and probing gazes around him. He walked straight up to Tang Wulin, carrying an enormous metal tray.
"Eat this."
Mu Ye set the tray heavily on the table with a dull thud.
Tang Wulin looked down and saw more than twenty strips of dark blue fish neatly arranged on the tray. The flesh was a deep sapphire blue, with clearly defined grain and a strange, faint glow.
"What is this?"
Tang Wulin looked at the sashimi in puzzlement. Although he knew a great deal about food, this was his first time seeing fish of this color.
Mu Ye folded his arms and said matter-of-factly, "This is the belly of a Deep-Sea Thousand-Year Tuna. It contains the finest fish oil and is extremely good for replenishing the blood and vitality in your body. I caught one in passing yesterday, so you get to enjoy the best parts."
"Deep-Sea Thousand-Year Tuna?"
Tang Wulin's eyes lit up. Ingredients from a thousand-year soul beast were nourishing treasures that even a fortune could scarcely buy!
Without further hesitation, he speared a strip of deep blue fish with his fork and put it straight into his mouth.
"Mmm!"
The instant the fish entered his mouth, Tang Wulin's eyes flew wide open.
The fish had an astonishingly springy bite. As his teeth closed on it, he could feel the toughness of its fibers, and he had to bite down especially hard to tear through them. To his surprise, however, it had none of the fishiness common to raw fish. Instead, a rich, savory fragrance burst across his tongue.
After chewing several times, he swallowed, and a warm current instantly slipped into his stomach. Like a gently flowing stream, that warmth quickly spread through every limb and bone. His muscles, sore from the