Prehistoric Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Variants indeed didn't dare to approach Shi Yi.
The six Grotto-heavens, shining brightly like a volcanic eruption, melting Heaven and Earth, filled them with awe. Although Ancient Descendant level ferocious beasts wouldn't fear Shi Yi,
the problem was,
while the meat Shi Yi was roasting smelled very fragrant, the aroma was entirely due to the seasonings. In reality, it was just a Brilliant Fierce Tiger, a Prehistoric Ferocious Beast level creature.
Meat of this level simply couldn't attract the attention of Ancient Descendants. It only held some appeal for ferocious beasts at the Prehistoric Ferocious Beast and Desolate Variant levels.
Those who wanted to eat didn't dare to, and those who could eat disdained it.
But some things in the world are very strange. There happened to be an aged Ancient Descendant, nearing the end of its lifespan, who had a taste for this. It had already noticed Shi Yi roasting meat.
Ever since it ate human roasted meat a thousand years ago, it had been unable to forget it. It never expected that at the end of its lifespan, it would encounter someone roasting meat in the Vast Mountain Range.
"So it's him, the young man who came to Stone Village three years ago. I didn't expect him to have grown so much."
An Ancient Descendant resembling a lion but with a single horn on its head sighed with emotion upon seeing Shi Yi.
To avoid startling Shi Yi, and also for its last meal before death, this Ancient Descendant, resembling a lion with a single horn on its head, activated its human form for the first time in its life.
As an Ancient Descendant, a being that roamed the Great Wilderness, a ferocious beast with noble bloodline by nature, it had always disdained transforming into human form. But with death approaching, it was no longer as particular as before.
In the blink of an eye,
the Ancient Descendant resembling a lion with a single horn on its head, its hundred-meter-tall body continuously shrinking, transformed into a white-haired old man in just a few breaths.
A few minutes later,
"Hahaha, young friend, meeting in the Great Wilderness is fate. It just so happens that this old man hasn't eaten. For the sake of fate, could you treat this old man to a meal of roasted meat?"
The sudden voice made Shi Yi tilt his head. He was a bit bewildered and at a loss, unsure when this white-haired old man had appeared.
The next second, in Shi Yi's dark and bright eyes, two intertwined pupils suddenly flickered, instantly discerning the old man's true identity.
"Good heavens, a Suan Ni?"
Shi Yi immediately gasped, his heart instantly turning cold.
He was just a weakling in the small Celestial Passage Realm. A Venerable Realm ferocious beast, an Ancient Descendant Suan Ni in human form, was actually asking him for roasted meat?
Would he die if he didn't give it?
This was a question.
After thinking for a few seconds,
Shi Yi decided to play it safe and give it face.
"What are you talking about, old sir? I must give you this face. Sit down, the roasted meat still needs a little more time to reach its ultimate perfection."
Shi Yi also wanted to complain as he said this. He used to live a life of luxury in the Martial King Manor, with everything handed to him, and even had the maid A Man to tease as he pleased.
But ever since he came to Stone Village, he had been forced into becoming a master of grilling and stewing, more than capable of being a chef. He didn't know what kind of misfortune he had encountered.
A perfectly good noble's son had turned into a country bumpkin.
Grass [a plant]
"Roasted meat... ultimate beauty?"
The white-haired old man's eyes immediately lit up, and he couldn't help but drool. This was literal drooling; his saliva directly formed a small puddle at his feet.
"Of course. Cultivation has its ultimate, and naturally, so does roasted meat. Everything in this world, as long as it's taken to the extreme, even mundane things, will give birth to a brilliant light," Shi Yi sighed.
Heaven knows.
How much hardship he had endured over the years, supporting himself alone and going through so many trials. If he hadn't been able to chat with the Willow Deity every day to relieve boredom, he probably would have become withdrawn long ago.
As for why Shi Yi was so persistent, he simply wanted to see the Willow Deity's true Dharma body and her real appearance, to add a different kind of scenery to his ordinary life.
Although he had been banished by her.
Fortunately, he finally got what he wished for.
It wasn't a loss.
Half an hour later.
"Old man, the roasted meat is ready. Be careful not to burn your mouth when you eat it. Forget it, I guess you won't be afraid of getting burned."
Shi Yi picked up a tiger's foreleg from the grill and handed it to the Suan Ni, who had transformed into the white-haired old man before him.
The moment he took the tiger's foreleg, the white-haired old man bit into it without any regard for his image.
"Oh! Delicious! Truly delicious! To be able to eat such delicious food before I die, I have no regrets!"
Tears welled up in the white-haired old man's [Suan Ni's] eyes, looking as if the food was so good he couldn't help but cry.
Seeing this scene.
Shi Yi felt a little confused. Had he accidentally killed a pure-blooded ferocious beast cub? Or did that brilliant fierce tiger have some extraordinary powerful bloodline within it?
Just ordinary roasted meat.
Could it really be this fragrant?
In reality, what Shi Yi didn't understand was that what he considered ordinary roasted meat was actually the ultimate roasted meat that he, a Double Pupil user, had spent three years meticulously researching and creating.
Just as he himself said, when anything is taken to the extreme, even if it's just a mundane thing, it will eventually give birth to a brilliant light. Roasted meat was naturally no exception.
Why were Double Pupil users called Sage Reincarnations?
Perhaps Shi Yi still didn't understand.
The so-called Sage possesses innate wisdom.
Everything in the world, under the gaze of a Double Pupil user, holds no secrets. At the same time, the learning and creative abilities of a Double Pupil user are also top-notch.
With his lazy disposition, inability to endure hardship, and a bit of idleness, he had opened a total of six Grotto-heavens in three years, which was undoubtedly the best proof.
Furthermore.
To eat better and treat himself better, Shi Yi had also put a lot of effort into researching roasting, stewing, and boiling, even incorporating the cooking methods of various cuisines from the Azure Blue Planet of his previous life into his own cooking methods.
A Double Pupil user with the wisdom of a Sage, besides daily cultivation, spent his time researching food. He had already unknowingly taken the path of a chef to the extreme. The dishes prepared by his hands had basically reached the peak of ingredients.
The reason Shi Yi thought the roasted meat was ordinary was because he was used to eating it regularly. But for the white-haired old man [Suan Ni], it had been a thousand years since he last ate roasted meat, and this was the second time he had tasted human food.
Don't ask why it didn't eat before.
It hadn't even eaten a second time in thousands of years.
If you ask, it's because of its pride; if you ask, it's being pretentious. As a noble Ancient Descendant, how could it eat the food of lowly humans?
If other Ancient Descendants accidentally found out or saw it, how could it still hang out in its circle?
But now it was about to die.
It had come to terms with it.
Since there was food, it would eat. If it didn't eat now, it wouldn't have another chance.
Another half an hour passed.
Two tiger forelegs, each over five meters long, had entered the stomachs of Shi Yi and the white-haired old man [Suan Ni]. It was hard to imagine how the stomachs of this old man and young boy could hold so much.
"Old man, you seem to know me!"
Shi Yi lay lazily on the ground, rubbing his bulging belly.
"That willow tree in Stone Village, who in the Great Wilderness doesn't know it? How many Ancient Descendants, even Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beasts, have been suppressed and killed by it? And you were sent here three years ago, you've long since entered our sight," the white-haired old man [Suan Ni] didn't deny it.
He knew that from the moment they met, Shi Yi had recognized his true identity.
"You mean, as long as I don't court death, no one in the Great Wilderness would dare to attack me out of respect for the Willow Deity?" Shi Yi asked curiously.
"Theoretically, yes, but not every Ancient Descendant and Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast is afraid of it," the white-haired old man [Suan Ni] shook his head.
(End of Chapter)