Mortal: The Number One playboy of the Chaotic Star Sea

Chapter 233 The Outer Sea Beast Tide, The Small Shop Cook

The outer sea of ​​the Chaotic Star Sea is also known as the Demon Sea.

If we say that the thirty-six islands of the Inner Star Sea are the area where the human race is active.

That outer sea is the domain of monsters.

Humans living on islands in the open sea often face attacks from beast tides.

Faced with the beast tide, one of the three calamities, only large islands with Nascent Soul cultivators stationed there can survive by relying on the island's protective formation.

In the past hundred years, the beast tides have become more and more frequent, and the humans on some small islands have been completely devoured by the demon race.

The reason for this situation is that the young master of the Suanni clan was killed, and the clan's sacred artifact—the Brahma Slice—was lost.

Enraged, the Suanni King of the Abyss Demon Clan, seeking revenge against the human race and to retrieve the true fragment of the Brahma Sage, summoned the abyss demon beasts with the Ten Thousand Demon Token, launching a beast tide that would last for a hundred years.

Huoquan Island.

An island named after its volcanic hot springs.

The island is crisscrossed by underground spiritual veins and rich in fire spiritual energy. Cultivating fire-attribute techniques here is not only twice as effective, but also allows one to temper their bones and muscles by soaking in spiritual springs. It is a rare blessed land in the eyes of cultivators from outer space.

On the northern shore of the island, there is a small town called Huoquan City.

The town is small, but very lively, and many human cultivators live here.

The stone houses lining the streets of the city house various shops, including those selling magical artifacts, elixirs, and branches of the four major merchant alliances that buy and sell materials from demonic beasts.

On the corner of South Street, there is an inconspicuous little restaurant with a simple storefront, but the aroma is irresistible.

Every monk who passed by stopped and sniffed.

"Using spirit rice and spirit vegetables, and cooking demon beast meat using a secret method. The cooking time is perfect, resulting in a rich and mellow flavor. The owner of this shop truly has superb skills!"

A male cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, dressed in brown cloth robes, stopped in surprise and sniffed.

"Senior Brother Li, I think you're craving something sweet again, aren't you?"

"Junior Sister Fang, let's go, it's my treat!"

Senior Brother Li took Junior Sister's hand and walked into the shop.

"Senior brother, when have you ever treated someone to a meal and paid for it?"

The junior sister pouted and covered her storage bag.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'll make up the money for you after I kill a few more demonic beasts."

Senior Brother Li pulled his junior sister across the threshold.

At this moment, seven or eight cultivators were sitting around several wooden tables in the shop.

Most of them were at the early or middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and their expressions showed some fatigue. They were obviously fellow cultivators who had been adventuring together in the outer seas for many years.

On their table were several plates of steaming hot monster meat and several bottles of spirit wine.

However, faced with such delicious food, these people had no appetite to eat, but instead discussed something with serious expressions.

"Have you heard? Yesterday, Red Reef Island was swept away by another beast tide. The entire island was almost overturned, and not a single human cultivator stationed there escaped!"

"Beast tide—in the past six months, those monsters have gone mad, and this is already the fourth island to be ravaged."

"Alas," the young master of the Ni clan was killed, and the Junni King was furious. He wanted to slaughter all the human cultivators to vent his anger.

The group looked worried as they poured the spirit wine into their bowls and took a big gulp.

"Our Fire Spring Island has several Core Formation experts from the Crimson Flame Sect. It also has a protective array. If we were to be attacked by a beast tide, we should be able to hold our ground, right?"

A bearded monk took a bite of the sea fish on the table, and his mood improved slightly.

"Although Fire Spring Island is not large, there are quite a few human cultivators in the city. If everyone unites and works with the Core Formation seniors of the Crimson Flame Sect to defend the island's protective formation, there will definitely be no problem in protecting this island."

Besides, even if you wanted to go to those large islands with Nascent Soul cultivators stationed there, it would be too late now.

With the beast tide rising, cultivators like us in the Foundation Establishment stage would likely be intercepted by monsters halfway to our destination and become their prey.

Another middle-aged scholar picked up a piece of monster meat that looked like a sea cucumber and put it in his mouth, chewing it heartily.

"Eat! Damn it, if the monsters eat us like food, then we'll eat them too!"

The monks stopped talking about pessimistic things and began to eat their meal in a carefree manner.

For cultivators, the delicacies of mortals are merely a way to satisfy their appetites.

But the spiritual food at this little shop made me feel warm all over after eating it, and all the fatigue from the journey disappeared.

"Boss, please order a table of food and drinks."

At this moment, Senior Brother Li, along with his Junior Sister Fang, found a table against the wall in the shop and sat down.

"Please wait a moment, sir, you'll be right there."

In the kitchen of the small shop, a short-haired, stubble-bearded man effortlessly tossed a ladle into three plates.

He then carried the plate to the front hall and placed it on the table of the group of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Stir-fried fish tentacles from Wuhai, please enjoy."

The short-haired, stubble-faced man said with a simple, honest smile.

"This Wuhai fish is nearly as strong as a level one demon beast. The boss is really skilled at using its tentacles as food."

The bearded monk praised.

"I bought all these ingredients myself. With my Qi Refining Level 10 cultivation, how could I dare to go out and hunt monsters?"

"Hey, what would you two like to order? We're running low on ingredients, so we can't make some of the dishes on the menu."

As the shop owner spoke, he walked over to the table of the two fellow students.

"What ingredients are left? Enough for three dishes and a soup?"

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Li was slightly disappointed; he really wanted to try them all.

"That's enough; we can still make enough food for two people."

The shop owner said in a simple and honest manner.

"Then let's make your specialty."

The cultivator surnamed Li glanced at his junior sister.

"How much does the boss charge?"

Junior Sister Fang rolled her eyes at her senior brother.

"Two spirit stones, you can pay after you finish your meal."

The shop owner gestured with his hand, indicating a two.

"No need, let's pay with spirit stones first."

Junior Sister Fang took out two spirit stones from her storage bag and handed them to the shop owner.

"Alright, please wait a moment, sir."

The shop owner happily accepted the spirit stones and quickly returned to the kitchen.

The kitchen is not large, but it is fully equipped with all kinds of kitchen utensils.

"Master, this table of spiritual dishes only costs two spirit stones? That's far too little profit!"

On the stove, a small silver wolf looked at the shop owner with a puzzled expression.

"Anyway, they were all low-level monsters that I killed on the way, so I might as well make use of them."

With a wave of his hand, the shop owner poured out several sea beast corpses from his storage bag, some of which weren't even level one demonic beasts, and began cooking them.

"Master, you've been searching for that genuine piece of Brahma's image in the open sea for two years. Is that thing very important to you?"

Silver Moon asked curiously.

The shop owner who was cooking was Qingfeng, who had used the Transformation Technique.

"It is very important."

After thinking for a moment, Qingfeng realized that the Brahma Saint True Demon Art was an indispensable material for its fusion.

"Master, if we search for clues like this, like looking for a needle in a haystack, when will we ever find anything?"

Yinyue jumped to the big pot and watched Qingfeng skillfully prepare the ingredients.

"No rush. Huoquan Island is about to hold a trade conference. Maybe we can find out some information there."

Qingfeng knew that things couldn't be rushed.

The time is not yet ripe; whether we can find the original photographs of the Venerable Saint in advance depends on luck.