A Bite of Douluo Continent

End-of-month summary

First of all, thank you all for your support.

This is the first month since the book was published. A total of 80 chapters of the main text were released this month, with a word count of about 18.

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That is, an average of six thousand words per day.

To be honest, I was a little shocked when I did the math myself, after all, I'm just an author who writes 2,000 words per chapter and updates twice a day.

The main reason is that there were more updates this month, so the average word count is quite considerable.

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Chapter 191 The Killing Intent by the Crimson Flame Lake

"Good heavens, this is so hot!"

Qi Han wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but grimace.

He had now entered the corridor area, where the temperature had reached almost fifty degrees Celsius, and even more than sixty degrees Celsius in the area near the foot of the mountain.

This is just the air temperature; if you touch the exposed lava on the ground, the temperature would be over 100 degrees Celsius.

The shoes Qi Han was wearing before started to melt in such a temperature, so he had to change into the high-tech hiking boots that Ruyi had customized before he was able to stand here safely.

Even though Gulu had a very strong physique, he couldn't take it anymore and obediently stood on Qi Han's shoulder, which made him feel a little better.

"Ruyi, is there any way to cool down a bit?"

"Would you like an automatic fan that doesn't require electricity?"

"never mind."

Qi Han shook his head. With such a high temperature, the wind blowing out would be hot, making it even hotter.

"How far is it from the nearest Crimson Flame Lake?" Qi Han looked around but still couldn't find any trace of the Crimson Flame Lake.

"Go forward, then turn right at the location of that big rock ahead. There's one about 300 meters away," Ruyi said after a brief search.

The mission no longer provides map items, mainly because the current Ruyi can provide real-time location guidance, which is more convenient than a map.

Three hundred meters left?

Qi Han breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the large rock in front of him, ran over in a few steps, turned to the right, and a wave of heat instantly hit him.

"Depend on."

Qi Han cursed under his breath, feeling as if boiling steam was hitting him, causing him to quickly shrink behind a large rock.

In that instant, he did see a red lake, which was only about a hundred meters in diameter, making it a very small lake.

The problem is that at the edge of that lake, there are more than a dozen soul beasts drinking the diluted magma from Crimson Flame Lake.

Fortunately, the soul beasts ignored Qi Han's intentions and simply drank water quietly. They didn't even glance at Qi Han when he popped his head out.

Qi Han dared not show himself too boldly. He carefully observed the situation on the lakeside through the gaps in the large rocks.

There were three or four kinds of spirit beasts drinking water quietly by the lake, all in groups, none of them alone.

There are fierce hunters in the lake. Appearing alone on the lakeshore is tantamount to suicide, while coming in groups offers a chance of survival.

Having already researched and thoroughly understood the various soul beasts in the Fiery Hell Corridor, Qi Han quickly identified the soul beasts before him.

Most of them are hundred-year-old soul beasts, with only a few cubs still at the ten-year level.

The spirit beasts on the lakeside come from different races, and two of them, according to records, should be hostile to each other. However, they appear to be in great harmony on this lakeside, not far apart from each other, each bowing their heads to drink water without any disputes.

It seemed that all the spirit beasts understood that they had a common enemy at this moment.

Qi Han raised an eyebrow, refraining from making any rash moves, and continued to observe.

Soon, a cub of a soul beast seemed to have drunk its fill of the diluted lava in the lake. It raised its head and let out a soft cry. As if a switch had been turned on, the other soul beasts gradually raised their heads. They looked warily at the calm lake surface and turned to leave.

The moment the soul beasts moved, a sudden change occurred!

A pillar of fire erupted from beneath the lake's surface, piercing through a cub of soul beast and leaving a fist-sized hole in its body. The remaining force of the fire pillar even left a deep dent in a distant rock.

Qi Han suddenly understood why the rocks here were all pitted and uneven.

The wounded cub let out a mournful cry and tried to struggle, but the pillar of fire pierced its vital organs with extreme precision, completely burning its internal organs. It could only fall heavily to the ground, its eyes gradually losing their luster.

The mother beast beside her let out a mournful cry and then ran away.

The other spirit beasts also began to run for their lives, fearing that they would become the next target to be pierced by the pillar of fire.

However, no next pillar of fire appeared, and the lake fell silent once more.

As the soul beast left the lakeside, ripples spread across the lake once more.

A long, narrow, fish-shaped spirit beast, about nine meters long, could be vaguely seen emerging from the lake with its back covered in crimson scales. It poked its head out, grabbed one of the smaller beast's legs, and dragged it into the crimson water. The lake then calmed down again.

Seeing this, Qi Han couldn't help but scratch his head.

Is this the Fire Dragon Sturgeon?

The goblin on his shoulder had also witnessed the scene just now, and couldn't help but shrink its head back.

This fish is terrifying, much more terrifying than the fish my human uses as my food.

If the Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon is over five meters tall, it becomes a hundred-year-old soul beast; if it is over ten meters tall, it becomes a thousand-year-old soul beast; and if it is over twenty meters tall, it becomes a ten-thousand-year-old existence.

The Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon in front of him was still some distance from a thousand-year-old soul beast and was not the one Qi Han was looking for, but its fierce pillar of flames had already made Qi Han's scalp tingle.

The Crimson Flame Lake, with a radius of only a hundred meters, is considered quite small. The appearance of a nine-meter-long Earthfire Dragon Sturgeon is already the limit. It would be extremely difficult to find one of the thousand-year level. Qi Han had no choice but to continue searching for the next location to see if there were any Earthfire Dragon Sturgeons that met the mission requirements.

"Ruyi, is this kind of soul beast something I can handle?"

Qi Han couldn't help but ask.

“Host, you must believe in yourself. With the power of your two thousand-year soul skills and level 30 soul power, plus the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons, dealing with thousand-year soul beasts will be no problem.” Ruyi’s eyes darted around. “Besides, you can also enter the system space to avoid attacks.”

That seems to be true.

Although the pillar of fire was extremely powerful, its speed was still within Qi Han's reaction time. Qi Han nodded, feeling more confident.

"Where is the next Crimson Lake?"

"Go about one kilometer to the left and you'll arrive."

Qi Han went around the large rock and flew in the direction indicated by Ruyi.

We need to hurry.

...

"Knock knock knock".

The sounds of cleavers clattering against cutting boards echoed in the Qin sisters' kitchen, then gradually subsided after a while.

Qin Yao and Qin Yue stood side by side, dressed in casual clothes, holding kitchen knives in their hands, with sliced ​​white radishes laid out on the cutting board in front of them.

Beside it, there was a large basket of whole white radishes.

The two of them had been chopping radishes in the kitchen all morning.

In stark contrast to her previous experience learning how to make hot pot base from Qi Han, Qin Yao, the top student, now looked miserable.

After a whole morning, the radish slices she cut were still uneven, and each slice was of a different thickness.

It was as if the kitchen knife in her hand had its own mind.

In contrast, Qin Yue's radish slices had become uniform in thickness, but they were still quite short of Qi Han's requirements.

Looking enviously at the radish slices Qin Yue had removed, Qin Yao rested her head on her sister's shoulder. "Yueyue, what should we do?"

Qin Yue put her arm around Qin Yao, and after thinking for a moment, suggested, "How about you teach me how to make hot pot broth, and I'll teach you how to cut radishes?"

Qin Yao's eyes lit up; she also thought it was a good idea. "Let's give it a try!"

Chapter 192 Bait

After an afternoon, the Qin sisters collapsed weakly onto the sofa, their faces showing expressions of utter despair.

The two tried for an afternoon, but eventually had to give up on the idea of ​​teaching each other.

An afternoon passed, and the knife in Qin Yao's hand still seemed to have its own ideas, even becoming more rebellious, producing more uneven radish slices than before.

When Qin Yao tried to get Qin Yue to memorize the hot pot base recipe she had memorized, she also encountered a great setback.

Qin Yue tried hard to memorize, but her mind was like a jumble of mush. Every time she tried to write down the ingredients and the timing of their addition, the result was different.

"If you could make the hot pot broth, I could just cut the ingredients," Qin Yue muttered under her breath, her face contorted with distress.

"Hmm?" Qin Yao's eyes suddenly lit up after Qin Yue's words. She sat up excitedly and patted Qin Yue's shoulder. "It seems like that works too!"

"Huh?" Qin Yue blinked, a little confused. "But, we're both busy in the kitchen, who's going to serve the diners?"

"We can hire waiters!" Qin Yao tapped Qin Yue's forehead. "I think the boss would agree. Why don't we ask him together when he gets back?"

"This..." Qin Yue's eyes lit up after Qin Yao's touch.