A Bite of Douluo Continent

"Teacher, this takeout box needs to be returned. If it's not returned, you won't be able to eat at that shop anymore." Yu Lianxin covered her mouth and chuckled, her mind involuntarily conjuring up the image of the somewhat handsome and strange owner of the shop.

"Strange rules." The old woman shook her head and casually opened the wooden box on the top shelf.

A fish with a pale golden hue lay quietly on a lotus leaf inside a wooden box.

Ok?

The next instant, the old woman narrowed her eyes, and she clearly felt the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) suddenly surge violently.

The wooden box before them was like a gaping maw of an abyss, devouring the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy).

The Sea God Pavilion is located inside the Golden Tree, and the spiritual energy it absorbs naturally comes from the Golden Tree. At this moment, the Golden Tree seemed to dim a bit.

The absorbed spiritual energy, after being baptized by the Golden Tree, was no longer a pale white, but rather tinged with gold. It formed a misty haze around it, transforming into a dragon gate. The carp were no longer pale gold, but a brilliant gold that had been condensed to its fullest extent. After passing through the dragon gate, the brilliant gold carp transformed into a brilliant gold dragon, soaring into the sky and disappearing from sight.

Yu Lianxin was caught off guard, but more than that, she suddenly realized that the fluctuations in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that she had felt were caused by the fish hiding a sheep inside its belly.

"Knock knock knock".

The next moment, there was a knock on the teacher's door.

"Girl, go open the door." The old woman squinted her eyes, watching carefully as the misty steam slowly seeped into the fish-shaped sheep-shaped food container, and said casually.

Yu Lianxin got up and opened the door. When she saw the person standing outside, she couldn't help but open her mouth.

"Sect Leader? Elders? What brings you here?"

Seven or eight old men stood outside the door. The one in the lead had a withered face, with wrinkles on his face like the gnarled roots of an old tree. However, his eyes did not have the cloudiness of a normal old man. With each slight opening and closing, a vast spiritual power as clear as the starry sky was faintly emanating from them. Just by standing there, one could feel as if facing an abyss.

Qi Poxiao, the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion and the Cloud Spear Douluo, is one of the few level 99 Title Douluos in the world, and is also the undisputed strongest person in the Douluo Continent.

Standing behind him were a group of elders from the Sea God Pavilion.

Even Yu Lianxin felt a little apprehensive facing the strongest group of people in the world.

Qi Po-xiao chuckled and slowly said, "Lianxin, the commotion just now even alarmed the Golden Tree, so I had to come and see what happened."

What was that noise just now?

Yu Lianxin quickly realized that Pavilion Master Qi was referring to the strange phenomenon caused by the fish belly containing a sheep, and a strange expression immediately appeared on her face.

A single dish managed to alarm most of the Sea God Pavilion?

She hurriedly stepped aside to lead everyone into the living room. The old woman withdrew her gaze from examining the fish hidden in the sheep's belly, and slowly raised her eyes to look at everyone. Even when facing Qi Po-xiao, she showed little respect. "You all came quickly."

Behind Qi Po-xiao, an elder walked forward with a look of surprise and doubt. He looked at the fish lying quietly in the wooden box in front of the old woman and said, "A thousand-year-old dragon-scale fish?"

Swallowing hard, the old man put on a smiling face. "Um... Sister Ruoruo... could you tell me where this fish came from?"

The old man was calling out the old woman's name.

If outsiders knew that she was still alive, they would be shocked, after all, she was already famous throughout the continent a hundred years ago.

Moonlight Douluo, Ying Ruoruo.

This elder, named Huan Shu, was the one in the Sea God Pavilion who loved to raise dragon-scaled fish. You can imagine the shock he felt when he saw the thousand-year-old dragon-scaled fish that he had been searching for.

This thing has mediocre effects, but it's incredibly rare and hard to come by. And now it's actually been turned into a dish?

Huanshu said he didn't have any bad intentions, he just wanted to try it.

The other elders curiously looked around the living room, finally fixing their gaze on the fish in the wooden box.

They were all awakened by the sudden fluctuations in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and came to investigate. Now, seeing that everything in the old woman's living room was normal, they were somewhat incredulous, but it seemed that the source of the fluctuations was the fish in the wooden box.

The rich aroma of the fish belly stuffed with mutton had already filled the entire living room. Even the senior members of the group had never experienced such a rich aroma of fish and mutton. The appearance of the fish belly stuffed with mutton was also quite unique, with a golden mist that could be seen faintly on the surface.

If Qi Han were here, he would be extremely surprised, because this dish of fish belly stuffed with mutton seems to be different from the fish belly stuffed with mutton in the small shop.

Chapter 82 Huan Shu's Obsession

The Golden Tree where the Sea God Pavilion is located is said to have been planted by the Sea God Tang San himself, based on the souls of the first generation of Shrek Seven Devils five thousand years ago. Whether this legend is true or not is hard to say, but it is certain that the Golden Tree is related to the divine level, or that it is related to the Sea God.

This is evidenced by the fact that each Sea God Pavilion Master can unleash the Sea God's Light, a power unique to the Sea God, through the Golden Tree.

Although there are many limitations, it is already incredible that one can use the power of gods with a mortal body.

The Golden Tree is so extraordinary that the spiritual energy it contains is naturally different from that of the outside world. Not only is the spiritual energy here much richer, but the spiritual energy itself has been nourished by the Golden Tree, thus undergoing a transformation and showing signs of developing towards the level of a deity.

The faint golden hue that gathers together belongs to the level of gods. However, the Golden Tree has not yet fully transformed and can only be considered a demigod, second only to the level of gods.

Even so, the primordial energy of heaven and earth, imbued with divine power, infused into the fish belly stuffed with mutton, still brought about a qualitative transformation to this three-star dish.

Its special effects have also subtly changed at this moment.

Originally, eating the fish belly with mutton allowed one to enter a deep meditation for 24 hours during the next cultivation session, but only if one ate a whole serving of the fish belly with mutton; otherwise, the time for deep meditation would be reduced. But now it's different.

Even just one bite can provide the energy for 24 hours of deep meditation.

Such a transformation is not without cost. The transformation of the spiritual energy stored in the Golden Tree takes a long time, and this strange phenomenon has drained about a quarter of the spiritual energy in the Golden Tree. It will take at least a month to fully recover.

Ying Ruoruo was able to understand Huan Shu's question.

This old fellow was about the same age as me, but his soul power level was much lower. He was already nearing the end of his life and usually enjoyed raising his few precious dragon-scaled fish.

When a person reaches the level of a Title Douluo, they often have some obsessions as their lifespan is about to end. Huan Shu's obsession was to taste the flavor of a thousand-year-old dragon scale fish before leaving this world.

Unfortunately, his precious dragon scale fish are still a long way from growing into thousand-year-old dragon scale fish, and he probably won't live to see them.

Therefore, when facing this old friend of over a hundred years, Ying Ruoruo's eyes softened a bit. She looked at Yu Lianxin and said, "These were bought by my disciple. If you don't mind, would you like to try them together?"

"Ahem." Qi Po-xiao coughed lightly. "How about counting me in?"

In front of Ying Ruoruo, Qi Poxiao no longer had the airs of the Sea God Pavilion Master. The two were close in age and had even been lovers when they were young, but they separated due to some changes.

"Shall I have a couple of bites?"

"Yeah, yeah, count me in."

After Qi Po-xiao spoke, the elders behind him echoed him.

The elders were very interested in this dish that had alarmed the Golden Tree. Although they were elders of the Sea God Pavilion and had the best daily necessities, they had never actually tasted such a dish before.

However, Ying Ruoruo was not so polite to these elders. Her expression darkened slightly. "The shop that sells this dish is right across from the Tang Clan. You can go and eat there yourselves. I won't see you off."

With a wave of his hand, a powerful surge of soul force instantly pushed the elder behind Qi Po Xiao out the door, and then closed the door behind him.

The elders, having been turned away, exchanged bewildered glances and secretly made a mental note of the small shop opposite the Tang Clan, planning to visit it the next day at noon.

Only Yu Lianxin, Ying Ruoruo, Huan Shu, and Qi Poxiao remained in the room.

Ying Ruoruo looked up at Yu Lianxin, "Girl, you've never tried this dish before?"

The look of surprise on Yu Lianxin's face when the strange phenomenon occurred was genuine.

Yu Lianxin nodded shyly, "Teacher, can I try some too?"

Such a magical dish, she naturally wanted to try it, but she had packed it up for her teacher, and now she was going to eat a couple of bites herself... It was a little awkward.

Ying Ruoruo smiled without minding, "Go get four plates, the four of us can divide this fish."

She observed the strange phenomena most carefully before, and at her level, there are very few things in the world that she cannot see through.

In her view, although this phenomenon was magical and rare, it was not entirely without clues.

If I'm not mistaken, this dish must have triggered some kind of law of heaven and earth in the Douluo Continent, recreating a scene from the past and drawing in the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the food.

Although the origin of the image of a carp leaping over the dragon gate is unknown, there is no doubt that this delicacy, having absorbed such rich spiritual energy from the Golden Tree, must be beneficial to one's cultivation.

Therefore, her own disciple naturally had to get a share, and even if Yu Lianxin didn't mention it, Ying Ruoruo would take the initiative to give her a portion.

The task of distributing the food was naturally left to Yu Lianxin, the only junior present. A pair of chopsticks was prepared in the lunchbox, and Yu Lianxin skillfully picked up the chopsticks. However, the other three people's expressions changed slightly when they saw the chopsticks.

Huan Shu and Ying Ruoruo both looked bewildered and surprised, clearly having never seen such tableware before. Qi Po Xiao, however, raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Lianxin, is this tableware called chopsticks?"

Eh?

Yu Lianxin nodded. "Has the Pavilion Master also visited my shop?"

Qi Po-xiao shook his head. "I went to the outer academy a few days ago and found the disciples talking about a small shop outside the academy. They said the food there was delicious and there was a special kind of utensil called chopsticks. But I didn't pay much attention to it at the time."

With a hint of deeper meaning in his eyes, Qi Po-xiao slowly spoke, "The chef in this little shop is quite something, capable of cooking dishes that draw upon the vital energy of heaven and earth."

At that moment, Qi Po-xiao suddenly had a desire to explore that little shop.

The chopsticks easily cut open the fish's belly, and an even richer aroma of mutton burst out, filling the four people's noses. The unique flavor, with a hint of muttony smell, was not unpleasant at all; on the contrary, it whetted their appetites.

Yu Lianxin was alright, since she had already eaten her fill at the small shop. The three people from the Sea God Pavilion exchanged glances, their curiosity lessened and their primal desire for delicious food more prominent.

Seeing the fish's belly filled with mutton, Yu Lianxin's face showed a hint of realization.

No wonder this dish is called "fish belly stuffed with lamb," now I know what it means.

A smile appeared on her face as she spoke softly, "Teacher, Pavilion Master, and Elder Huan, this dish is called 'Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb,' and it's the most expensive dish at that little shop."

A sheep hidden inside a fish's belly?

The three nodded silently, looked at the tender mutton inside the fish's belly, and felt that the name was exceptionally fitting.

Soon, Yu Lianxin divided the whole dish of fish belly stuffed with mutton into four portions. After taking the smallest portion for herself, she handed the other three portions to the three old men.

Huan Shu took her share, looked at the pale golden dragon scale fish meat, and asked curiously, "How much does this cost?"

"One thousand gold soul coins."

One thousand gold soul coins?

Huan remained silent.

Is this dish expensive?

Considering the nutritional value of the Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fish itself, this price is already considered good value for money.

But thinking about the hundreds of thousands of gold soul coins he had spent tending to those few hundred-year-old dragon-scaled fish, Huan Shu sighed, "Too cheap."

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Chapter 83 The Weak Woman Ying Ruoruo

There was only one pair of chopsticks in the lunchbox, but the three of them were among the strongest in the world, with soul power levels above level 95, so they naturally had their own methods.

Qi Po Xiao glanced at the chopsticks in Yu Lian Xin's hand, then vanished in a flash. When he reappeared, he was holding a palm-sized piece of round wood.

With a surge of soul power, the log transformed into three pairs of chopsticks, while the rest turned into sawdust that fell into the trash can.