First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 41: The Desolate Realm

After having his fill of food and drink, he enjoyed the breeze by the river and sea for a while before putting away the barbecue grill and other things into his storage bag. He then returned to the Immortal Cave where he was stationed and went to sleep, feeling slightly intoxicated.

As for the incident with the dumb and huge rat during the barbecue, he treated it as a trivial anecdote and quickly forgot about it.

For the next three days, Shen Mo's daily routine remained highly disciplined.

During the day, he refined pills. From noon to afternoon, he made talismans. In the evening, he practiced the "Swift Thunderous Steps" to improve his proficiency in this light body technique.

Knowing that he had some free time on this day, he took out the remaining three pounds of meat from the neck of the dual-headed silver ring python and made another barbecue.

"After this meal, there won't be anything left to eat."

While skewering the meat with bamboo sticks, Shen Mo sprinkled the barbecue marinade on top.

When he killed the dual-headed silver ring python in the Zhao family's spiritual field, he used the Fire Separation Talisman.

The flames produced by the Fire Separation Talisman were too strong, to the point that the several hundred catties of the dual-headed python's body were completely burnt and turned into charcoal, leaving no good meat.

After careful dissection, he managed to salvage ten pounds of meat that hadn't been completely charred from the burnt corpse.

With these few barbecues, the ten pounds of python meat were finally consumed.

"But there's still plenty of barbecue seasoning left, and although the python meat is finished, I can use other meat as a substitute if I really want to barbecue."

As he flipped the golden-brown python meat, Shen Mo thought to himself.

When he last visited the market, he bought a lot of seasoning for the barbecue marinade, which should be enough to last for at least a year.

Although there were no demonic beast spirit meat stores like the dual-headed silver ring python in the Immortal Cave where he was stationed, the Lingjiang Sect often sent people to deliver food, with the most common being the red-browed deer meat.

The red-browed deer was the most common type of low-level demonic beast.

Its meat was tender and delicious, and most importantly, it yielded a large amount of meat. Therefore, there were people specifically hunting them for meat sales.

There were even cultivators who would set up areas to raise red-browed deer, similar to how ordinary people raised livestock for food.

However, even if the red-browed deer had a good taste, they were still low-level demonic beasts. In terms of deliciousness and the amount of Spirit Power contained, they were far from being comparable to the dual-headed silver ring python.

Lost in thought, the barbecue was almost done.

The aroma filled the air, making one's mouth water.

Shen Mo wrapped the grilled python meat in lotus leaves and placed it on the table, ready to start eating.

Suddenly!

"Whoosh!" A black shadow quickly darted over from a distance and climbed onto the table.

"What's going on?"

Shen Mo stared blankly at the black shadow, his face filled with astonishment.

The black shadow was none other than the rat that had stolen his barbecue three days ago by the Stone Ping River.

"I've just started eating, and you've come knocking because you smelled the aroma?"

This was beyond belief, it was simply unbelievable!

It should be noted that the Immortal Cave at the Xuanjing Mine Vein was guarded by restrictions set up by the formation master of the Lingjiang Sect.

To enter and exit on a daily basis, one needed a token for verification to unlock the restrictions.

Without the token to lift the restrictions, there was simply no way to directly enter the Immortal Cave.

Unless one used brute force to attack the restrictions and forcefully open the Immortal Cave.

But if that were the case, as soon as the restrictions changed even slightly, Shen Mo and the other disciples who held the Immortal Cave tokens, like Guo Zhao, would be the first to notice the abnormality.

Shen Mo couldn't figure it out. "How did you break in?"

With so many restrictions, how could this rat enter the Immortal Cave as if it were an unoccupied realm and appear here so brazenly?

Facing Shen Mo's scrutinizing gaze filled with doubt, the rat remained indifferent.

Its eyes, the size of mung beans, can only accommodate the aroma-filled python barbecue on the table.

"Ying! Ying! Ying!"

It tiptoed and made a few cries towards Shen Mo, as if urging him to give it some meat to eat.

But at this moment, Shen Mo didn't do so.

So, it gathered up its courage and ran to the side of the python barbecue, tearing off a small piece of meat with its teeth and chewing it greedily.

It seemed extremely obsessed with the secret barbecue flavor brought by Shen Mo from Earth.

Its chubby cheeks kept moving as it chewed the python meat, and its eyes curved into crescents.

It seemed to have gained infinite happiness from the delicious meat.

Shen Mo allowed its behavior and didn't stop it.

Mainly because he was busy opening the destiny panel and putting on his special "Yao Knowledge" destiny.

"This chubby rat doesn't seem like an ordinary gold-devouring rat, I have to take a look!"

When the "Yao Knowledge" destiny was activated, a screen of light information immediately appeared before Shen Mo's eyes.

[Yao Knowledge: Chronicles]

[Silver Ring Snake] [Double-Headed Silver Ring Python] [Stone Spirit]

[Gold-Devouring Rat] [Red-Browed Deer] [Spirit-Hiding Rat]

"Spirit-Hiding Rat?" Shen Mo raised an eyebrow when he saw this unfamiliar Demonic Beasts information that appeared last.

Sure enough, the chubby rat in front of him was not the common gold-devouring rat!

Take a look at the information!

With a thought, he communicated with the Yao Knowledge Catalog to view detailed information about the Spirit-Hiding Rat.

[You are attempting to peek at the information of a first-order advanced Demonic Beasts, the Spirit-Hiding Rat. It will cost one low-grade Spirit Stone.]

Shen Mo quickly took out a low-grade Spirit Stone from his pocket.

"Buzz!"

A golden light flickered, and the Spirit Power of the Spirit Stone was absorbed completely by the Yao Knowledge Catalog, turning into scattered fragments.

At the same time, information about the Spirit-Hiding Rat appeared before Shen Mo's eyes.

[Demonic Beasts: Spirit-Hiding Rat]

[Realm: Peak of the First Order]

[Brief Description: Although this beast mingles among gold-devouring rats, it is not ordinary. It possesses a trace of ancient Bloodline and enjoys eating meat. Due to the atavism of its Bloodline, it possesses Supernatural Power (Hiding), which allows it to ignore Restrictions formations and is best at finding various treasures.]

[Weakness: ???]

"This chubby rat actually has a trace of ancient Bloodline and can ignore Restriction formations!"

"No wonder it entered my Immortal Cave so easily!"

After reading through it, Shen Mo finally understood the reason and his gaze towards the Spirit-Hiding Rat changed.

"Ying ying!" It seemed to sense Shen Mo's gaze. The Spirit-Hiding Rat, which was tearing apart the roasted meat, suddenly paused. Its eyes, the size of mung beans, nervously stared at Shen Mo, as if afraid that he would drive it away.

"No need to worry." A warm smile appeared on Shen Mo's face. "Eat with peace of mind. Today, I invite you."

It was the first time he had seen such a beast with Supernatural Power. After thinking for a moment, he generously gave it all the roasted meat.

"If you're not full, there's more here, all for you." He pushed the plate of roasted meat in front of the Spirit-Hiding Rat and spoke.

The Spirit-Hiding Rat was momentarily stunned, then delightedly pulled all the roasted meat in front of it and happily started eating again.

Shen Mo stood aside, watching its ravenous appearance, and his smile became even more pronounced.

This little rat is quite interesting!

(End of this chapter)