"Oh, Grandpa Bone is back. Did you notice anything unusual?" Jun Yi asked Dugu Bo with a smile.
"Ahem, I've already scouted the area; there's no danger nearby."
Bone Douluo coughed twice, then sat down next to the Soul-Burning Stove. Jun Yi then took out several bowls from his Soul Tool and handed them to everyone.
"Serve your own soup, or you'll miss out!"
As soon as Jun Yi finished speaking, he picked up a ladle and ladled himself a full bowl of soup, savoring it slowly.
You're cheating!
Not to be outdone, Ning Rongrong then picked up a ladle and filled her bowl to the brim.
"How old are you two? Still so childish. Look at Zhu Zhuqing..."
Before Bone Douluo could finish speaking, Zhu Zhuqing picked up a ladle and ladled herself half a bowl. Because the pot was relatively small, after Zhu Zhuqing finished ladling, there was basically only half a bowl of soup left in the pot.
Ning Rongrong covered her mouth, laughing, and said, "Hahaha, Grandpa Bone, if you don't serve more, there won't even be any left in the pot."
"You children don't know how to respect your elders."
As he spoke, Bone Douluo lifted the entire small pot and poured the remaining soup into his bowl.
After blowing on it a few times, Jun Yi took a sip and said, "It's delicious! It tastes a bit like hot and sour soup."
"What kind of soup?" Ning Rongrong asked Jun Yi.
"It's nothing, it's just really delicious, you should try it if you don't believe me." After saying that, Jun Yi took another sip.
Jun Yi's expression, Ning Rongrong also blew on it a few times, took a sip, and then her eyes seemed to sparkle. "Wow, it's so delicious! Zhu Zhuqing, how did you do that?"
Ning Rongrong hadn't had high hopes, since the pot was full of vegetables and the flavor would probably be bland. But to her surprise, Zhu Zhuqing Ning Rongrong had managed to make it taste so delicious.
"Actually, it's not that good anymore."
Zhu Zhuqing's face flushed slightly, clearly feeling a little shy from Jun Yi and Ning Rongrong's praise.
Seeing that the two were praising Zhu Zhuqing's cooking skills, Bone Douluo also took a sip. The taste was indeed very good, better than most of the vegetable soups he had ever drunk.
"Hmm, not bad at all. I didn't expect you to have such skills at such a young age. It's really impressive," Bone Douluo praised as well.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty Bone Douluo," Zhu Zhuqing replied.
"Don't be so formal with me. I'm not like that stubborn coward who wields a sword. I don't care that much about etiquette. You and Rongrong are good sisters, so just call me Grandpa Bone, just like Jun Yi and Rongrong do," Bone Douluo said with a smile.
"Yes, Bone Fighter... Grandpa Bone." Zhu Zhuqing's voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating her excitement.
After everyone finished their soup, it was time to assign tasks: who would wash the dishes?
"We definitely can't let Zhu Zhuqing wash it; she made this soup," Ning Rongrong said first.
"Indeed, then you, me, and Grandpa Bone, the three of us are guessing..."
"Ahem, it's already dark. I'll go scout the surrounding area and see if any Soul Beast are approaching."
Just like the previous scene, before Jun Yi could finish speaking, Bone Douluo stood up and walked out of the open space.
" Grandpa Bone is cheating! Why did he run away again!"
"Alright, Rongrong, think about it. We can't expect Titled Douluo to do the dishes, can we? If word gets out, how will Grandpa Bone be able to face the Soul Master world?" Jun Yi said to Ning Rongrong.
"Or I can do it," Zhu Zhuqing said softly.
"No need, Zhu Zhuqing, you rest first. Jun Yi and I can finish it together."
Ning Rongrong refused. After some back-and-forth and negotiation between her and Jun Yi, they agreed that Jun Yi would wash one pot and one bowl, Ning Rongrong would wash three bowls.
After the division of labor was completed, the two quickly got to work. Just after they finished washing the dishes, Bone Douluo came over.
"Hey, Grandpa Bone's timing is perfect! We just finished playing and came back, what a coincidence!" Ning Rongrong complained.
"No, something's wrong."
Jun Yi noticed that although Bone Douluo had the same solemn expression as before, this time Bone Douluo was releasing his Divine Power, clearly probing something.
Seeing this, Jun Yi gathered up the miscellaneous items and said to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, "You two stay put and don't move."
After saying that, Jun Yi also released more Soul Power and Divine Power to enhance the perception range of his Observation Haki, and summoned the ROOM space to cover the open space.
Seeing that Bone Douluo wasn't joking this time, Ning Rongrong also stopped joking and summoned her Martial Soul to buff the others. Zhu Zhuqing also summoned her Martial Soul and performed Martial Soul Possession.
"There are two people chasing a Soul Beast, and they are constantly getting closer to us. I can't determine their exact cultivation level," Bone Douluo said, explaining what he had sensed.
"One of those two was Soul Emperor, and the other was Soul Grandmaster Master."
Jun Yi Jun Yi had already sensed the cultivation levels of the two through his Observation Haki, but he couldn't determine the age of the Soul Beast.
"Wait, why does this situation feel so familiar? Could it be Meng Yiran and the Snake Granny?"
Jun Yi suddenly remembered a scene in the original novel where Meng Yiran and the Snake Granny were chasing a thousand-year-old Cockscomb Phoenix-Tailed Serpent, which was eventually taken advantage of by the Shrek Seven Devils.
"Could it really be such a coincidence?"
As Jun Yi was pondering, a serpentine figure suddenly leaped out from above the open space, followed by two women, one old and one young, who used the tall trees as springboards to chase after the serpentine figure.
The beast and two people crossed the open space where Jun Yi and his group of four were without stopping.
"Could it really be such a coincidence? How did the plot develop like this? I just came to the Star Dou Great Forest to join in the fun, and I actually ran into Buddha Ancestor Tang?"
Jun Yi internally screamed in disbelief. He never expected the plot to develop this way. He and the Soul Hunting were actually running into the original story's timeline. This was too unbelievable!
"So it was a thousand-year-old Cockscomb Phoenix-Tailed Serpent. No wonder even the Soul Emperor couldn't capture it immediately."
Bone Douluo breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that the two were merely passing by, and lowered his guard. To him, a Soul Emperor was no different from a weakling; he could easily annihilate him.
" Kid Jun, I never expected your Divine Power to be so astonishing. I couldn't even sense their Soul Power at first, yet you managed to do it. You are truly a force to be reckoned with," Bone Douluo praised.
" Grandpa Bone, would you like to see a good show?" Jun Yi turned to ask Dugu Bo.
What's the show?
"Haven't you been looking for an opportunity to capture that Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast? Today is a perfect opportunity."
(End of this chapter)