Before long, the three of them were sitting in the back courtyard, eating spicy scorpion and sweet melon as they chatted.
The black scorpions Qi Yuetian had given them were indeed a fine ingredient, but they had not originally been food at all. They were genuine poisonous creatures.
Their natural spicy, numbing flavor actually came from the mild toxins contained in their bodies.
Once the venom sacs were removed, the toxins remaining in their bodies became so weak that they could not even kill a mortal. Yet because the scorpions had once absorbed demonic baleful energy, those toxins could mingle with primordial energy and react with a cultivator's magic power.
Eating these toxins was much like consuming chili oil, providing stimulation to both the mind and the senses.
But just as moderate spiciness could improve one's appetite and stimulate the secretion of digestive juices, this stimulation of primordial energy could also encourage the generation of magic power to a certain extent, invigorating primordial energy and benefiting one's cultivation.
In particular, after completing a full circulation cycle, filtering the toxins out of one's primordial energy, and expelling them from the body, one experienced an indescribable sense of refreshing ease, like drinking chilled sour plum soup in the dog days of summer.
That feeling could be summed up in one word-bliss!
Thus, although they contained no spiritual essence and were not spirit materials in the traditional sense, they fetched prices comparable to demon beast meat on the market.
There were plenty of these black scorpions in Qishan Valley, bringing Qi Yuetian considerable revenue every year.
Li Chen had initially been somewhat averse to them and had not really wanted to eat any. Unexpectedly, after returning and having someone fry a few as a trial, he discovered that they were quite good.
Especially