Battle Through the Heavens: Soul Travels Through Clouds and Mountains, Becoming a Winning Artist

Chapter 97 The First Victim of the Buddha's Wrath Lotus

Elder Qing's confidence is not hard to understand. The Heavenly Serpent Palace is a powerful force in the Northwest Continent, with many powerful individuals within its walls. It is not afraid of any provocation.

As for Qing Lin, the personal disciple of a Dou Zun powerhouse and the apple of the eye of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, she would definitely be able to use a Dou technique comparable to the Heavenly Rank in the Northwest Continent in this place: the secret technique - Dou Zun Summoning Technique.

To disturb the Azure Scales at the entrance of the Heavenly Serpent's Mansion is indeed no different from provoking the Grand Duke Jupiter.

"Who could be so crazy as to be so audacious?" Yun Congxin thought with a hint of schadenfreude.

Seeing that Yun Congxin didn't respond, Elder Qing assumed he was still worried about the unrest in the area, so he smiled and said, "If Mr. Yun is really concerned, I'll go see Elder Hei tomorrow and find out for you."

"That's excellent." Yun Congxin nodded in response as she took out the ingredients from her storage ring.

"Let's try something new tonight. I'll call this dish cumin lamb..." Yun Congxin said with a smile, taking out a jade bottle full of granules and powder.

Although it's called cumin lamb, Yun Congxin actually doesn't use normal lamb at all; it's the meat of a first-tier magical beast, the Rock Sheep.

During the time he was escorting Elder Qing back to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Yun Congxin, in the spirit of "since I'm already here," spent his free time hunting in various magical beast habitats. Unlike most mercenary groups that entered the magical beast mountains for magical cores and rare furs, Yun Congxin didn't even glance at those things; he was solely after the magical beast meat that the mercenaries discarded like trash.

As it turns out, the meat of the vast majority of monsters is of poor quality; it is dry, sour, and some are even poisonous.

However, the remaining small group of magical beasts are exceptionally delicious. For example, the Soul-Hooking Squid in this magical beast forest is not as good as the Rock Sheep in a certain desolate mountain.

In addition, he discovered that some medicinal herbs, when ground and mixed together, actually had a cumin flavor.

With an experimental spirit that was not afraid of hardship (referring to her taste buds), Yun Congxin decided to try making cumin lamb tonight.

Under the scorching heat of the flames, the tender rock goat meat quickly oozed red blood and white fat. Yun Congxin, of course, wouldn't let these high-quality nutrients go to waste. Under the "protection" of his wind-attribute battle qi, the rock goat meat perfectly preserved its tenderness.

"This aroma is even more enticing than before, and so unique..."

In the distance, the black snake on the cliff suddenly raised its head, its eyes practically glowing with ravenous hunger.

The black snake summoned wings of battle aura and quickly followed the scent.

It completely forgot to tell Qinglin in advance.

Crossing mountain streams and rivers, and soaring over forests, the black snake quickly found the source of the fragrance.

However, it did not dare to go down, because it clearly sensed an unfathomable aura within, which was even stronger than the elder who had received it from the Heavenly Serpent Palace.

Elder Qing in the cave also sensed the aura of a six-star Dou Huang in the sky, but she did not invite this Dou Huang powerhouse who also belonged to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

Firstly, Elder Qing considered herself a guest, and it's only natural for a guest not to bring other guests; secondly, she wasn't familiar with this black snake. Although she knew it was merely nominally affiliated with the Heavenly Serpent Palace and responsible for discovering and training disciples for the palace, she had never actually seen it.

The black snake circled in the sky three times, and the aroma grew stronger, clearly indicating that the delicious food was ready.

If we don't go down soon, there might not even be anything left to eat!

The black snake gritted its teeth, shrunk its size, and landed, proclaiming loudly, "This junior is the Eight-Winged Black Serpent King, an outer elder of the Heavenly Serpent Palace, and requests an audience with you, senior."

It thought it was extremely clever. As an outer elder of the Heavenly Serpent Palace, it had come to pay respects to the sect and happened to arrive at mealtime. Surely it should have something to eat?

"You've come so quickly, please come in."

Inside the cave, the voice of that Dou Zong senior sounded surprisingly young.

But the Eight-Winged Black Serpent King was preoccupied with food and didn't think twice before diving into the cave.

Upon entering, one sees a handsome young man setting up three iron swords over a campfire, roasting meat that is already charred on the outside and tender on the inside. At this moment, this Dou Zong powerhouse is intently sprinkling some kind of spice, his expression as focused as an alchemist refining a high-grade elixir.

"Isn't it supposed to be the Eight-Winged Black Serpent King? Why doesn't it have a single wing...?"

After finishing the cumin lamb, Yun Congxin distributed it to Liu Fuyao and Elder Qing, while looking up at the Eight-Winged Black Serpent King who had come to his door. He looked at this six-star Dou Huang's bald body, which had no wings whatsoever, and couldn't help but ask with some suspicion.

"It's a long story. A few days ago, I was invited by an elder of the Heavenly Serpent Palace to go to the Gama Empire to welcome a peerless genius." The Eight-Winged Black Serpent King stared intently at the cumin lamb that Yun Congxin had just prepared, his drooling obvious.

Seriously, boss? You're a Dou Huang level expert, why are you making such a fuss over a plate of roasted mutton?

Yun Congxin looked at the Eight-Winged Black Serpent King's pathetic state and couldn't help but feel speechless. He handed it his share and asked, "The Jia Ma Empire only has a few Dou Huang experts, and I've never seen anyone so easily injure a six-star Dou Huang like this..."

"Who says otherwise?" The Eight-Winged Black Serpent King hurriedly accepted the mutton offered by Yun Congxin. "That's what I originally thought too. Who would have thought that two living devils would suddenly emerge from a small family that only had Dou Ling members? Especially the one who uses fire, he's a complete madman, actually forcibly fusing two different kinds of strange fire together!"

"This junior never expected this to happen and was severely injured in the explosion. Three of my original eight wings were blown off, and the remaining five were also tainted by the destructive energy of the strange fire. This junior had no choice but to shed them all and wait for them to grow back."

Yun Congxin felt a deep sense of respect. So this was the extra who got blown up for not interrupting the spellcasting. No wonder he didn't seem very smart.

"Then why didn't you interrupt his spellcasting? The fusion of two different flames consumes a lot of soul power. If you forcefully interrupt it, he will definitely suffer a backlash from the different flames," Yun Congxin asked.

The Eight-Winged Black Serpent King swallowed the mutton in his mouth, his mouth greasy with oil, the aroma of cumin making him unable to stop eating.

"Hey, who would have thought there were crazy people like this? I originally thought he was doing something drastic, and I was even planning to watch the fireworks..."

Then you yourself get blown up like fireworks.

It turns out that people do laugh out loud when they are extremely speechless.

Yun Congxin was in this situation. He smiled as he took out some rock goat meat from his storage ring and continued roasting it.

"This meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, exceptionally delicious, and most importantly, it has a unique flavor. And these strange spices, with their distinctive yet assertive taste, perfectly suppress the original peculiar taste of the meat, making them a garnish rather than the main ingredient. It's truly ingenious."

In the blink of an eye, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent King devoured a single serving of cumin lamb. It flattered him while eagerly sidling up to him.

"Senior, senior, I also have a spice here that I think would go very well with this mutton..."