Headless Immortal

Chapter 60 Eating Meat, Drinking Wine, and Cultivating Magic

Set up the stove.

Start a fire.

Sun Shen was an expert at living outdoors and quickly built a stove using mud and stones.

He drew his sword from his waist to bleed the wild boar, then cut open its belly and peeled off the skin.

Upon opening the pig's head, he found that, just as he had suspected, a fist-shaped crack had appeared on the side of the bone, almost piercing through it. The crack extended to the other side, and the inside had turned into a mushy mess.

That was a heavy punch!

Lu Xun had some experience, but helpers only made things worse, so he went to gather some dry firewood.

The Five Old Peaks have no shortage of red pines and fiery maples.

Maple wood is suitable for grilling meat.

A few moments.

Wash the pork in a tributary of the Three-Tiered Waterfall.

Sun Shen carefully opened his waist pouch and took out a packet of fine salt.

Knead it thoroughly and hang it on a maple frame.

Grey Baby rubbed his paws together, drooling.

General Toothless also descended from the sky and stood quietly by the stream.

Sun Shen used his precious knife to cut off a piece of meat, roasted it inside and out, and then handed it to Lu Xun.

Grey Baby jumped around anxiously.

"They are all there, they are all there."

A large piece of meat was stuffed into Grey Treasure's paw.

The Toothless General also received a piece.

Lu Xun opened his blood-red maw.

Wild boar meat is eaten.

It has a strong earthy, fishy smell.

I don't like the food.

"Have a drink to calm your nerves." Sun Shen handed him a gourd of wine.

Lu Xun tilted his head back and drank heartily, observing the flavor while pondering its taste. It lacked a strong, pungent spiciness, instead offering a lingering fruity flavor with a hint of bitterness, followed by an endless sweetness after swallowing. Strangely, it caused a surge of magical energy within him, as if he had drunk a large mouthful of moonlight.

Seeing the Five Gods' confusion, Sun Shen explained, "Drinking alcohol and eating meat are both forms of cultivation."

As he spoke, he untied another gourd from his waist and took a sip himself.

Clearly, that gourd was originally intended for Lu Xun.

Wu Tonglu nodded as if he understood, looking at the large piece of meat in his hand, and tore off a big chunk without any hesitation or discomfort.

Unappetizing.

But that doesn't prevent you from continuing to eat.

You need to be well-fed to have energy.

One man and three strange feet ate most of a wild boar.

Most of them were sacrificed to Lu Xun and Sun Shen's stomachs.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Lu Xun peeled off the pine bark, twisted it into rope, and cut out thirty or forty catties of well-roasted meat. This stuff was good, so he brought some out for Xiao Cheng as well.

"Roar."

Lu Xun packed his things and put them aside, then unleashed his Monkey Dance without hesitation.

The moonlight was as clear as water.

The Five Gods dance amidst light and shadow.

Every move he made seemed to blend seamlessly with nature.

Long, drawn-out breaths accompanied the rise and fall of the chest and abdomen.

A rustling sound came from the air, and the birds and beasts quietly sat in a circle.

Subtle rhythms emanated from the treetops, rock crevices, and mountain streams, as if the spirits formed from the vegetation and rocks were sharing the undulating moonlight.

A milky white light could be faintly seen emerging, followed by a shimmering golden and jade-like hue, as countless points of light converged in the darkness to form a babbling brook.

The stream seems to be a tributary derived from a main stream, and although it is just a small stream, it brings endless benefits to the birds, beasts, plants and spirits in the mountains.

After practicing the final move, Lu Xun exhaled a breath of fresh air and relaxed his body.

Sun Shen nodded and said, "The situation in the southeast is tense, and the governor and I probably won't stay long."

He then pulled a secret manual from his pocket: "Take this Ape Form Fist Manual. It also contains the method for making medicinal wine."

Lu Xun accepted the boxing manual without much pretense.

"Practicing martial arts is something that requires perseverance."

"Persistence will bring rewards."

……

Five o'clock.

Lu Xun returned to the room with Hui Bao.

The animal pens were no place for humans. The high temperature from fermentation was bad enough, but the pungent, mixed odor was enough to bring tears to one's eyes. Grey Bao kept gagging, refusing to go back to the animal pens. Lu Xun, coincidentally, wasn't planning on going back either; while he wasn't a germaphobe, he didn't want to live in a livestock pen.

As soon as he entered, Lu Xun was somewhat surprised to find Xiao Cheng sitting in the courtyard.

"Squeak."

Grey Treasure jumped onto the stone and used it to climb onto Xiao Cheng's shoulder.

Xiao Cheng jumped up from his seat.

Her starry eyes were filled with surprise.

The reason was that what stepped into the courtyard was not a black cat, but a large monster with a red face, green teeth, white hair and a white body, who was over seven feet tall, with golden eyes like two balls of fire.

An ordinary person would probably be paralyzed with fear at first glance, their screams choked in their throats, turning into hoarse coughs. But Cheng Yan, after a moment of surprise, respectfully bowed and called out, "Uncle Cat."

Lu Xun walked over to the stone table and put down the meat and the half-empty gourd of wine he had drunk.

"Playing in the water."

I casually rubbed the morning dew into water, dipped it in the dew, and wrote on the desk.

Why aren't you sleeping?

"The sound of gongs and drums at dawn woke me up." The look of surprise in Cheng Yan's eyes lingered for a long time.

Even though he knew the great monster before him was Uncle Cat, he still felt his heart pounding and his blood surging, making him tense. This was his body's instinctive reaction, beyond his control.

"Seeing that Brother Zhou and Brother Wu haven't returned, and Uncle Cat, you and Grey Treasure are nowhere to be found, I got up to go..."

"Brother Cheng, who are you talking to?"

Lu He, who had gotten up to relieve himself, pushed open the door: "Is it Brother Zhou and the others who are back?"

Cheng Yan was terrified; he couldn't let Lü He see Uncle Cat.

He quickly got up to cover it up, but found that the tall monster from before had disappeared, and a black cat had appeared on the stone bench instead.

The black cat meowed harmlessly.

Cheng Yan smiled knowingly and turned around to say, "Oh, I was asking Brother Lü if he wanted to have something to eat with us?"

"eat?"

"I fear I am not worthy of such a privilege."

Lü He waved his hands repeatedly, trying to refuse.

The food at the academy is quite good, with three meals a day.

He wasn't a big eater and had little interest in martial arts; he only wanted to read the magic power as soon as possible. However, when he smelled the aroma, his stomach still rumbled uncontrollably. He blushed and sat down at Cheng Yan's invitation.

Light the oil lamp and divide the utensils and wine cups.

The two people, the cat, and the mouse enjoyed the cold meat.

Lu He used his dagger to cut off a large piece and shared it in a dish: "This is wild boar meat, isn't it?"

"Exactly."

Cheng Yan nodded, somewhat surprised, after receiving instructions from Lao Mao. "Brother Lü, you can tell right away with just one bite?"

Lu He remarked with emotion: "Back then, when I went into the mountains with Lao Chai'er, we hunted a small one, and I still reminisce about it to this day."

"Good wine!"

Cheng Yan drank a cup of wine and immediately felt refreshed. His blood and qi surged and flowed, and he vaguely caught something in his mind.

Grey Treasure, standing upright with its legs straight and holding the wine cup, drank half of it. Knowing it was something good, it quickly finished the rest and blinked its bright black eyes at the wine gourd.

"I'll fill it up again for you." Cheng Yan smiled and poured another cup for Hui Bao.

……

A few moments.

The two drunken men, arm in arm, stumbled across the courtyard threshold.

Zhou Changcai let out a hiccup and muttered, "Keep betting, I still have money!" He then pulled out a stack of silver notes from his pocket.

Cheng Yan stepped forward to help the two men up, stuffed the silver notes back into Zhou Changcai's pocket, and said, "Where have you been coming from? You reek of alcohol..." Not only did they smell of alcohol, but they also smelled of rouge and face powder.

Wu Agui laughed heartily with a dazed look in his eyes: "Brother Cheng, it's a real pity you didn't go to the back mountain. You don't know how prosperous it is there."

Just as he was about to fall, Cheng Yan quickly pulled him up.

The two were hastily carried to the bed.

Lu He shook his head and said, "I'm afraid they won't be able to participate in the morning mountain run."

"Let alone running up the mountain, it's questionable whether we can even get up for school in the morning," Cheng Yan chimed in.

The old cat, its golden eyes narrowed, hooked the wine cup with its paw.

He noticed something off about the two of them; there was a faint fishy smell mixed with the odor of alcohol, sweat, and cosmetics.

Lu Xun did not pursue the matter further, reasoning that the spirits and monsters that could survive in the academy must all know some rules.

The black cat tilted its head back and yawned deeply.

He needs to take a nap.

Even the strongest body needs sleep, otherwise a tense mind can easily break down.

The black cat, clad in its dark blue-black armor, settled into a nest inside the room. Gray leaned against the old cat's belly, its thick tail curling back to cover Gray.

(End of this chapter)