Leisurely mountain village

However, no matter how much his cultivation level improved, Ye Huan couldn't use his supernatural abilities. His Dao Scriptures, on the other hand, were gaining experience rapidly, with each pill potentially allowing him to level up. However, Ye Huan knew that the required base level was too high.

Currently, he is mainly refining pills based on the available medicinal herbs to enhance his soul, hoping to develop his divine sense as soon as possible. Secondly, he is refining physique pills, which he will not give up as long as they are useful. He wants to upgrade to the next stage, and the best way at present is through his master Pangu's body refinement method.

As for the future, the best option would be a combination of time and space, but he couldn't give up on body refinement either; he had to do both and make sure both were strong.

The little fox and the white tiger shared quite a few of the pills that could enhance cultivation. The nine-tailed fox ate the pills but could not advance any further. She felt as if she had become more powerful, but her cultivation level was capped and she couldn't move forward.

"It's useful, but it won't raise your cultivation level. Your cultivation will overflow, and not much will remain," the nine-tailed fox said after swallowing a handful of pills.

Ye Huan nodded. Let's level up the little fox first. We can refine all the medicinal herbs here in one day. We can't consume all the pills in one day either, so there's no rush.

"Let's go back~" Ye Huan hugged the little fox and got into the sleigh. The deer stood up energetically, which puzzled Ye Huan: "Did it take some kind of performance-enhancing drugs?"

He didn't know that the deer felt like it had joined an organization and been given a permanent position. Now, if anyone tried to take its job pulling the cart, it would probably challenge them to a duel, even if the other party was a level five beast.

"I'll go around the lake and catch a few fish to take back. The girl and the little guy both love to eat them," Ye Huan said to Lu'er, sitting down and holding the little fox.

The deer nodded, head held high, and before leaving, it glanced at the white tiger and the nine-tailed fox. This was the first time it had looked up at a level ten demon and a level eight ferocious beast that day.

"Whoosh~" With the deer straining, the sled began to slide. Ye Huan waved to the nine-tailed fox, "Let's go."

The nine-tailed fox nodded, took a few steps forward to see them off, and the little fox perched on Ye Huan's shoulder, squeaking at its mother before snuggling back into Ye Huan's arms and taking a comfortable nap.

By the lake, Ye Huan stared blankly at the still unfrozen water. "This doesn't make sense!"

Then he saw a flock of white geese-like animals swimming on the lake, looking quite content. Ye Huan's eyes lit up, and drool dripped from the corner of his mouth.

"A goose stewed in an iron pot? Wow, this goose is huge! My iron pot can't hold it. I need to get an even bigger one."

Yes, this goose must weigh over 100 pounds. Ye Huan muttered, "I wonder if the meat will be tough, such a big goose."

"Never mind, let's take two back and try them~" Ye Huan took the bow and arrow from the sled, nocked the arrow, and shot it at the goose with fluid movements.

Whoosh whoosh~

Four arrows, four geese; the rest of the geese ran off in a spectacular fashion, and then, like a transport plane, they actually took off.

"They can really fly." Ye Huan watched the geese fly away, but he wasn't upset. He flew to the lake and retrieved the four geese before starting to catch fish.

They didn't see any salmon, but they caught more than ten sturgeon, tied them to the back of the sled, and the deer started moving, heading home.

"Brother Ye is back!" Someone at the end of the village saw Ye Huan's sled and shouted. Many people ran from the village entrance to the end of the village. Ye Huan arrived in the village, got off the sled, and the prey behind him was naturally untied by others.

"Leave me a leg and a head from that goose. It should taste good stewed in an iron pot. You guys can share it," Ye Huan said with a smile. The four geese probably weighed over 1,500 jin (750 kg), so it wouldn't be a problem for each family to get a few jin.

"It needs to be stewed longer, this stuff is hard to cook through."

"Okay, Brother Ye, is this a goose?" Gangzi and the others untied the prey and carried it to a warmer spot at the village entrance.

Lu'er followed Ye Huan so casually that when they reached the village entrance, no one found it strange. When they saw Niu'er carrying the little girl, Lu'er actually went over and rubbed against Niu'er.

The ox looked at it in surprise, and seeing that its young master didn't say anything, it tacitly accepted that the deer was a friend, not a foe, and let it go.

The deer seemed to have discovered a new world. It no longer needed to be confined. As long as it didn't misbehave, no one bothered to let it roam freely. It was happy and confirmed its inner thoughts.

"Goose birds? I didn't know that? I found them in the lake, so I brought a few back to try. You guys have never eaten them before?" Ye Huan shook his head.

"We can't catch them. Geese fly very high and never land where there are people."

"Oh, that's lucky. We're used to eating things that walk on land and swim in the water, so today we'll try something that flies in the sky," Ye Huan said with a smile. That goose leg and goose head probably weighed close to ten pounds.

"It's a pity there's no pickled cabbage or potatoes. Sigh~ I wonder what those wild yams would taste like in there. I'll try it tonight~"

Ye Huan only took the middle section of the sturgeon, which weighed about ten pounds. The little fox liked to eat it, so he steamed it for it.

After the meal was finished, it was getting late, and everyone went home. Today there was fish and birds to eat, and soon smoke rose from every household, the aroma gradually becoming irresistible.

Ye Huan went back and lit the earthen stove, first heating the kang (a heated brick bed), then letting the little fox rest on it. He started cooking, using the replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe to chop goose legs and heads, and then began stewing.

Place a clay pot on the fireplace, clean the sturgeon pieces and steam them inside. Ye Huan picks up a wild yam, peels and cuts it into chunks, washes it and sets it aside. She'll put it into the stewed goose later and see how it tastes.

However, Ye Huan estimated that it wouldn't be too bad, as most tubers can be used in cooking.

I chopped two wild garlic stalks and two slices of that ginger-like thing, then shredded them and set them aside. Later, I sprinkled them on the steamed fish and drizzled some hot oil over them. The taste was absolutely delicious.

It took Ye Huan a full three and a half hours before she could finally enjoy her meal. She picked out the fish bones, leaving the fish boneless, and put half of it on a plate for the little fox to eat.

We added two more slices of goose meat and a stewed wild yam to it, and the little fox ate very happily.

Ye Huan tasted the wild yam and couldn't help but nod in approval. It was pretty good, delicious.

He tasted the goose meat again and was immediately amazed. "If I had known it would be this delicious, I should have kept all those geese back then." He also knew that such geese were a rare find, and he didn't know when he would be able to eat them again.

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While Ye Huan was enjoying the stewed goose in an iron pot, his second clone, the one who was last left in the Shattered Star Domain, finally ran into trouble.

Ye Huan's task for him was to find out the whereabouts of the Demon Race, and then keep an eye on the God Race, the Holy Land, and the gods and demons like Du Batian, preventing them from sending out interstellar fleets. He was to destroy them as soon as he saw them and not let them go out. His clone did the same. However, apart from passing interstellar pirates, he did not encounter any stronger alien races or gods and demons.

Until this day, he unexpectedly discovered his target...