Chapter 773.
A bonfire was lit in the middle of the wide and deep cave.
The bright firelight dispelled the darkness and fog, bringing warmth to where the firelight shone.
Above the fire, a large bear paw was set up.
The rough, tough and thick skin of the paw had been peeled off, revealing the glistening white, snow-like sinewy flesh inside, which looked appetizing, as it sizzled on the heat, and bear oil dripped down and crackled on the flames.
In the air, a strange fragrance permeated.
Wang Chen couldn’t even help but swallow his saliva.
Today, it was the fifth day that he had entered the Northern Mountain.
For the past five days, Wang Dust had been exploring the deep mountains, searching for suitable prey.
He was looking for ferocious beasts above the fourth rank, and basically spared the first, second and third rank ones he encountered, leaving them to the hunters of Red Cliff City.
Since this was his first time hunting in the mountains, he was neither familiar with the terrain of the mountains, nor did he have rich hunting experience.
Therefore in the beginning, Wang Dust’s actions did not go well.
However, kung fu was not a bad idea, in the depths of this mountain where ferocious beasts were rampant, as long as one persevered there was bound to be a harvest.
At this moment he was sitting on a rock, his left hand piercing a bear’s paw with a long knife to barbecue it, his right hand holding a thick booklet.
Each page of this booklet was densely written with small fly-head characters, and interspersed with life-like drawings.
One of the pages corresponded to a huge bear corpse lying beside Wang Chen.
Gray Giant Bear!
This fifth-rank beast was precisely the master of this cave, and it ruled over a territory of dozens of miles in a radius, claiming the throne without any rivals.
But today, it had the bad luck to be blocked in the cave by Wang Dust, who had accidentally discovered this place.
Then it became Wang Dust’s dinner.
Gray giant bear’s size is twice the size of an ordinary black bear, it has infinite strength and is invulnerable to swords and spears, and a pair of huge paws can easily smash hard rocks, so even a martial artist at the peak of the refining marrow wouldn’t dare to lightly tassel its front!
The skin and flesh on its body is extremely thick and tough, and it is very difficult to break it open with a soldier.
However, under the chopping attack of the long knife infused with martial true qi, this layer of defense that was comparable to a thousand forged heavy armor was easily broken through.
With just one slash, Wang Chen ended its life!
The bear’s paw was roasted.
There were no chopsticks on the plate, so Wang Chuan directly probed and grabbed it, and began to feast on it.
He only had a packet of refined salt with him, and just sprinkled a little bit on the roasted bear paw, without any other seasoning.
But this bear’s paw tastes not fishy at all, the surface of the caramelized inside soft and glutinous, melt in the mouth sweet and delicious.
Not only that, it also contains abundant qi and blood power, so that Wang Chen’s stomach and intestines warm and comfortable.
A dozen kilograms of barbecued bear paw, in less than a cup of tea, was devoured by Wang Chuan and eaten cleanly!
This amount of food was already amazing, but for such a Wang Chuan, he was not even half full.
He licked his lips and lifted his long knife to cut off a second bear paw, continuing to roast it as he had done.
Wang Dust felt that he could finish off all four bear paws without a problem!
What Wang Dust never expected was that just as this bear paw was about to be roasted, an old voice suddenly entered his ears, “Split half of it with me.”
Wang Dust was creeped out!
Although he didn’t have the slightest bit of magic power now, he had also cultivated to the Houtian realm, and his perception was more than ten times stronger than ordinary people.
The other party even lurked to his left side without him realizing it, his strength was truly terrifying and fearful.
Despite the ripples in his heart, on the surface, Wang Chen just smiled and said, “No problem, senior please come in and talk.”
In the next moment, a silhouette flashed in front of him, and there was a white-haired old man.
He only saw that the other party was wearing a set of rough cloth clothes, holding an inconspicuous rattan staff in his hand, with a large oily gourd hanging from his waist, and a pair of worn out straw shoes on his feet.
The cloth-clothed old man ignored Wang Duan who was close at hand, salivating over the bear’s paw, “Alright, alright, it’s going to be scorched if it’s baked again!”
Wang Dust smiled faintly and simply handed the long knife in his hand that was used to pierce the bear’s paw to the other party, “Senior, please use it.”
He hadn’t encountered anyone since he entered the mountain, except for the group of pursuers he encountered on the first day.
The North Mountain was really too big, the mountains were high and the forests were dense and foggy, there was no ready-made path to follow, and any more people who went in would be like muddy cows going into the sea without making a sound.
And this old man in cloth who suddenly appeared was definitely not an ordinary character.
At least an Innate, possibly even a Transcendent Cultivator!
As for Daoist cultivators, Wang Chen estimated that it was basically impossible.
But even if it was an innate martial artist, it was still a large realm higher than his current cultivation, and it was only right to maintain a respectful attitude.
Of course, if the other party had evil intentions, then not to mention an Innate Martial Artist, he would also dare to fight a Transcendent Cultivator!
“Thank you, thank you!”
The cloth-clothed old man obviously had no malicious intent, he merely had a craving, so he joyfully took the long knife and couldn’t wait to wolf it down.
While eating, he also shouted, “Not bad, not bad, this bear’s paw has entered the year, and roasted just right, it’s a pity there’s no honey, it would have been sweeter to spread it on while roasting!”
Wang Dust smiled without saying anything.
The cloth-clothed old man ate even faster than Wang Dust, and in the blink of an eye, the entire bear paw was completely wiped out.
Only after he finished eating did he seem to wake up as if from a dream, scratching his head with his big, oily hands and apologizing, “Ah ah, look at this mouth of mine, I ate all of your bear paw, I’m sorry!”
“That’s okay.”
Wang Dust waved his hand and pointed to the bear carcass next to him and said, “There are two more here, I’ll just roast them again.”
In fact, the best and most complementary part of a bear’s paw is the forepaw, and the flavor of the paw is going to be a bit worse.
“Let me do it!”
The cloth-clothed old man immediately volunteered, “We’ll split these two one by one!”
He returned the long knife to Wang Duan, and took off the gourd hanging on his waist, “This wine of mine is not ordinary, I’ll give you two sips for your bear paws, you can’t take advantage of the juniors!”
Wang Dust took the long knife and gourd and unscrewed the wooden plug on the gourd’s mouth without a care in the world.
A mellow wine aroma instantly hit his nose!
Huh?
Wang Chen froze, waves of shock rising within him!
The wine had yet to be drunk, but he had sniffed and inhaled the presence of a trace of heaven and earth aura.
And the concentration was quite high, almost similar to the most common spirit wine in the Haotian Realm!
He took a sip without moving, and when the wine entered his stomach, the spiritual qi overflowed, noiselessly infiltrating his internal organs.
At this moment, Wang Chen almost lost his temper on the spot.
There was an impulse to burst into tears!
This feeling was once taken for granted, but now the soul is haunted, at this moment to revisit when really is not overly saddened.
A lot of things, only lost to understand the precious ah!
Only to hear the cloth-clothed old man ask, “Kid, are you a cultivator of that Immortal City?”
Wang Chen subconsciously replied, “Thousand Star Immortal City.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, he froze.
This was because the other party was clearly speaking the very language of the Immortal Realm!