Chapter 61: The Law of Truly Recalling One's Words May Be Delayed, But It Never Fails — Drawing the Vermilion Bird Precious Bone

"I'm going back to cultivate..."

Jiang Churan rolled her eyes in disdain and turned to leave.

"Since you're already here, you might as well have a bite. I'm exceptionally good at roasting chicken."

Li Wudao stepped forward to stop her, wearing a confident smile.

With that, he gently pushed the young girl back and had her sit down on the rattan chair once again.

Immediately afterward, he poured a cup of clear tea and placed it into Jiang Churan's dazed hands.

"Drink some tea to warm your stomach first. It will be ready in a moment."

Having done all this, Li Wudao squatted down in front of the fire rack, looking like a total slacker as he cheerfully and leisurely turned the roasting chicken.

"???"

Jiang Churan was somewhat bewildered.

She looked down at the warm tea in her hands, then glanced sideways at the teenager fiddling with the firewood, feeling a sense of indescribable absurdity.

What was happening?

Wasn't she about to leave? Why did she end up staying after all?

Gazing at the glistening, sizzle-bubbling oil on the surface of the chicken,

Jiang Churan took a small sip of tea, frowned, and said, "Let's get this straight first: I am not going to eat this thing. You can keep it for yourself."

The path of martial arts was long and arduous, akin to sailing against the current—if you do not advance, you recede. How could one indulge in the vulgar and mortal desires of worldly smoke and fire?

Perhaps due to habits from her past life, in order to keep her spiritual platform ethereal and pure, she had long since abstained from meat and greasy food.

"Not going to eat? I guarantee you'll be craving it in a minute!"

Li Wudao chuckled inwardly, then took out a specially prepared mysterious seasoning sauce from the edge of the table and gently drizzled it over the surface of the chicken.

"Soul-stirring sauce, pour it on~"

Instantly, a complex meaty aroma mixed with a multitude of spices drifted in all directions, rushing straight toward them and greatly stimulating one's appetite.

Li Wudao greedily inhaled the fragrance, looking somewhat intoxicated.

Not bad, truly not bad.

After adding that soul-stirring little seasoning sauce, the flavor just kicked right up. It wasn't just intoxicating; it went straight to the brain.

"What is this smell..."

On the rattan chair, Jiang Churan twitched her delicate nose, her bright, beautiful eyes flashing with surprise.

"What did you add? Why did the meaty aroma suddenly become so rich and mellow?"

The young girl looked at Li Wudao in puzzlement.

This fragrance had such rich and unique layers; she had never smelled such a captivating scent before.

Seeing this, Li Wudao smiled triumphantly, "It's Thirteen-Spice. I added Thirteen-Spice."

"What is Thirteen-Spice?"

Jiang Churan tilted her head, her eyes filled with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

"A spice."

"And what is a spice? Where did you get it?"

"Uh... that's not important."

"..."

After some laborious explanation, he managed to muddle his way through.

Li Wudao wiped the sweat from his brow.

He had to admit, little Jiang's curiosity was greater than a cat's; he had almost let the secret slip.

"Here, this big chicken leg is for you..."

To divert the young girl's attention, Li Wudao deployed his ultimate culinary secret technique.

Seeing the golden, juice-dripping chicken leg presented right before her eyes, Jiang Churan shook her head, wanting to refuse once again.

Just at that moment,

"Rumble—"

The young girl's stomach traitorously let out a growl.

Instantly, Jiang Churan's fair face flushed red, overwhelmed with shame and annoyance. She was so embarrassed she could practically drip water.

Li Wudao smiled inwardly. *Oh, little girl, you thought I couldn't handle you?*

Without missing a beat, he brought the large chicken leg right up to her lips, taking the initiative to feed her. "Open your mouth."

Based on his meager experience, the surefire way to deal with a proud and aloof person was direct enforcement.

The effect was immediate and astonishing.

"..."

With a dazed look in her eyes, Jiang Churan mechanically opened her small mouth and took a gentle bite of the chicken leg.

A moment later,

Her pupils constricted slightly. She swallowed her saliva and began to take the initiative, picking up the chicken leg to eat on her own.

This taste was simply too delicious! It surpassed even the delicacies she had eaten in the imperial palace in her past life—it was absolute perfection.

Li Wudao rested his chin in his hands, admiring the young girl's flawless, pure profile and her relish-filled way of eating, feeling a wave of deep emotion in his heart.

The phrase "bound to fall for it" might be late, but it never failed to arrive.

Before long, Jiang Churan had devoured an entire chicken leg and looked longingly at the teenager, seemingly still wanting more.

Li Wudao was taken aback, finding it rather amusing. Was this little girl getting addicted to eating?

Without further ado, he handed over the tree branch holding the roasted chicken, leaving only a tiny chicken wing for himself.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for a successful investment. Investment method: Feeding a specially roasted chicken.]

[Destined Daughter of Heaven detected, random reward feedback in progress...]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Snow Toad Detoxification Pill (First-Grade Saint Medicine) x2]

[Snow Toad Detoxification Pill: Consuming it grants immunity to all poisons and cures all toxins below the level of saint medicine.]

"A single chicken traded for a holy detoxification pill?"

Li Wudao was somewhat dazed, happiness arriving far too suddenly.

At that moment, he suddenly felt that the damn system wasn't quite as scummy as he thought.

To be precise, it was only twenty-five percent scummy out of a hundred.

...

A quarter of an hour later.

Jiang Churan stood up, her cheeks flushed with a rosy glow, and fled with her head lowered as if escaping for her life.

She left behind only a pile of chicken bones and Li Wudao's teasing smile.

Usually, Jiang Churan resembled a cold and aloof fairy from the Frost Palace, untainted by worldly dust and transcendentally peerless, but today she had given him an entirely different sensory impression.

Especially the shy expression she wore with her head lowered—it outperformed countless earthly charms.

After finishing the cleanup, Li Wudao walked with a relaxed stride and leisurely returned indoors.

He then sat cross-legged on the bed, his consciousness entering the system space.

It had been a while since he cleared out his reward inventory, and he intended to organize things.

The next instant,

Several unclaimed rebate notifications popped up, accumulated from the previous period.

Due to various reasons at the time, it had been inconvenient to claim them, so they had been left on hold until now.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for a successful investment. Investment project: Teaching Xu Dachun an Earth-tier martial art.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Youth-Preservation Pills x100]

...

[Ding! Investment successful. Investment method: ...]

All sorts of miscellaneous reward notifications echoed in his mind, buzzing incessantly and lingering for a long time.

At first, they were normal pills, spirit stones, weapons, and cultivation techniques.

But later on, the style took a sharp turn. Cosmetics, rouge and powder, clothes, shoes, and other messy items also emerged, piling up into a small mountain.

After a long while,

Li Wudao was holding a pink plum-blossom bellyband in his hand, lost in deep thought.

"Damn system, are you serious? I am a guy, what on earth do you mean by giving me bellybands?"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. A vein bulged on his forehead as he cursed up a storm.

However, the system fell into a dead silence and gave no response.

*On purpose! This damn system did it on purpose!*

Li Wudao thought to himself, convinced beyond a doubt.

"So what if I scolded you a couple of times? You're actually holding a grudge. You're so petty."

He muttered under his breath, feeling extremely aggrieved.

Just at that moment, the system prompt sounded once again.

[Ding! Detected that the host still has one unused lucky draw chance.]

[Would you like to use it now?]

Suddenly, Li Wudao slapped his thigh, remembering just in time.

Almost forgot, the last time that kid Lin炎's favorability reached the threshold, he was rewarded with a lucky draw chance.

"Use it!"

He quickly responded, feeling a surge of anticipation.

Lin Yan possessed imperial-level luck at the very least; surely he should be stronger than those mediocre disciples, right?

This was his first time drawing, and he had no idea what he might get.

He just hoped it wouldn't be outrageous stuff like bellybands again.

[Detected that the target of favorability is a Child of Destiny, the prize pool has been supercharged.]

[Random reward extraction in progress...]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining: A piece of Vermilion Bird Treasure Bone.]

[Vermilion Bird Treasure Bone: Contains a wisp of original true intent from the ancient divine beast Vermilion Bird, granting tenfold vitality recovery and endless endurance.]

"Hiss—"

Li Wudao was somewhat shocked. He had actually drawn the treasure bone of an ancient divine beast?

Tenfold vitality recovery...

That was entirely too overbearing. It practically made him an undying cockroach.

If paired with his Pure Yang Saint Body and the formidable blood Qi of the Blood-Consolidating Extreme Realm, just how vigorous would his vitality be?

Doesn't that mean as long as it wasn't a fatal wound and he had a single breath left, he could fight endlessly without rest?