Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 408 Yuhao: My Connections Are Everywhere (Daily 10,000 words)

Old Master Xuan said irritably, "You brat, you don't know how to respect your elders at all. You should give me, an old man, my turn first."

Huo Yuhao chuckled and said, "Elder Xuan, don't be in such a hurry. I'm just testing what kind of cooking time is needed for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear meat. Such a rare ingredient shouldn't be wasted because of improper cooking."

"The next piece is for you, don't worry. The meat of this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is very tender and doesn't take long to grill. It's a pity that such tender meat would taste even better if it were lightly seared on a hot plate, but I left in a hurry this time and left a lot of my equipment at home."

Elder Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "What's so difficult about that?"

Huo Yuhao was taken aback and said, "Could it be...?"

Before he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared in Elder Xuan's hand, and a set of cooking utensils that gleamed coldly and had clearly not been used many times appeared in front of Huo Yuhao. The iron plate that Huo Yuhao wanted was naturally among them.

"This set of kitchen utensils, is it working properly?" Elder Xuan said with some pride.

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened. "You actually brought a whole set of kitchen utensils?" he exclaimed.

The old man said mysteriously, "Let me tell you a secret: I can lack anything, but I can't lack food. I have almost any food you can name."

"To prevent you from not being able to find cooking utensils when you want to cook, I specially had a set of top-quality cooking utensils made, and even had the chefs from our academy test them."

Wang Dong chuckled and said, "Elder Xuan, you truly live up to your name of gluttony!"

Elder Xuan gestured towards the pile of cooking utensils and said, "Hurry up."

Huo Yuhao dared not keep the old man waiting any longer, so he resumed his work.

With his previous experience, he was quite confident in preparing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear meat. Such top-quality ingredients required neither excessive cooking nor a large amount of additional ingredients. Their natural flavor was the best.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao no longer cut the meat of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear into long strips, but instead divided it into pieces of bear chops, placed them on a hot iron plate, drizzled some oil, and sprinkled with salt and black pepper.

Huo Yuhao used a knife to cut open the bear chop. The surface of the bear chop was a brownish-red from being fried, but it was pinkish-red when cut open.

"Elder Xuan, please taste and evaluate this."

"Is that all? I don't think it's cooked yet." Before he could finish speaking, the meat was already stuffed into his mouth. In a few quick movements, Xuan Lao swallowed all the cut bear ribs.

"How is it?" Huo Yuhao asked.

Elder Xuan stared at him blankly, but his eyes gradually brightened, and the bright yellow light made Huo Yuhao pause in surprise.

"I regret it," Elder Xuan said abruptly.

Huo Yuhao asked in confusion, "Regret what? Is it not tasty? No way! The meat of this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is extremely tender and juicy, and the fat is evenly distributed, so it doesn't need to be cooked too thoroughly before eating."

"That's why I chose to pan-fry it on a hot plate. For this top-quality ingredient, medium-rare is the perfect doneness, ensuring the meat is cooked to its fullest potential and retaining its tenderness. The pink parts are definitely not undercooked, but rather..."

Master Xuan said, "When I say I regret it, I mean I regret not taking you under my wing earlier! If you were my disciple, I would definitely take you all over the country and train you to become the top chef on the continent."

"Haha." Hearing this, Wang Dong couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Yuhao, hurry up, give me a piece to try too. Food that Elder Xuan wants to turn you into a chef must be delicious."

The following process was naturally one of feasting. Huo Yuhao was busy and having a great time. More than half of the ten-plus pounds of meat ended up in Elder Xuan's own stomach, and when he realized it wasn't enough, he even cut off another piece.

Elder Xuan also tried to fry it himself, but he soon discovered that he really didn't have the talent, and the meat he made tasted far worse than Huo Yuhao's.

Wang Dong's eyes sparkled as he ate, taking big bites non-stop. Huo Yuhao had originally planned to take out a few cloves of pickled garlic to cut through the greasiness, but sadly realized that if he dawdled any longer, he might become the only unlucky one to go hungry this morning.

With a chuckle, Elder Xuan pulled out another bear steak that he had hidden earlier and popped it into his mouth before casually packing up his tent.

"Let's continue on our journey. Quickly attach spirit rings to your characters and end this soul-hunting adventure."

"it is good."

After tidying up briefly, Huo Yuhao chose a direction again and led Wang Dong into the interior of the mixed zone.

Over the next ten days, they circled around the middle of the mixed zone, traveling horizontally for over a hundred kilometers along this ring-shaped area, but still couldn't find a suitable one.

I've encountered soul beasts with compatible attributes before, but these guys are either too weak or haven't cultivated for long enough.

After ten days, they hadn't even encountered a single beast with a cultivation level of tens of thousands of years.

During this time, the two of them finally got their hands stained with a lot of soul beast blood.

Unlike the outer areas, the mixed zone has a higher density of soul beasts, making it often impossible to avoid them.

If you encounter a thousand-year-old soul beast, you have no choice but to kill it if you can't avoid it.

If we let them go because we're too soft-hearted, who knows if they'll rest for a few hours and then call their buddies to gang up on us?

In the world of spirit beasts, there is no such thing as martial virtue. The law of the jungle, where the winner survives and the loser is eaten, is the only "martial virtue".

However, the two finally arrived at the Weeping Lake marked on the map, but after looking closely, they couldn't find a single Transparent Lingzhi, let alone one that was 90,000 years old, or even one that Huo Yuhao, who was 9,000 years old.

Huo Yuhao wasn't worried about not finding a suitable spirit ring. His direction of travel was problematic to begin with. If he wanted to find a lightning-attribute spirit beast, going to the Yatan Plateau in the west of the Star Dou Forest would have been the wise thing to do. If he wanted an earth-attribute spirit beast, he should have gone east to the humid rainforest.

However, Wang Dong's light-attribute soul beast is truly hard to find.

Other attribute soul beasts can be more or less found in certain locations, but light attribute soul beasts are really a matter of luck, only slightly easier to find than spirit attribute soul beasts.

Just as Huo Yuhao began to berate the Martial Soul system for wasting time and life, Elder Xuan noticed something and cautiously warned Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong not to continue forward.

Following the direction of Elder Xuan's perception, Huo Yuhao focused his mental detection into a fan shape and probed forward, only to find that the Crimson King was lying on a hilltop, wagging its tail in a shameless manner.

Two of the three heads of the Crimson King had already closed their eyes, while the middle head squinted listlessly, watching the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in front of it sticking out its little butt and excitedly ambushing a Light Prism Tiger with a cultivation level of only six thousand years.

Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was transmitted out and connected with the Crimson King. After learning that Huo Yuhao had come to hunt souls and had encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the King decided to come over and ask him some questions. He nodded, indicating that Huo Yuhao could come over.

"Once you've become Elder Xuan, let's go there."

Huo Yuhao turned around and briefly explained the situation to Elder Xuan. Elder Xuan was struck dumb upon hearing it.

No, I can accept that you have connections in the Body Sect, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and even in all sorts of different sects and factions. But how come you can get involved with the Crimson King?

(End of this chapter)