"What?"
Mu Lingsha froze, staring at the grilled meat in her hand.
Wu Yun, Lin Dong, and Lin Qingtan were also stunned.
Everything they had fought tooth and nail for… was now skewered and sizzling over the fire?
"Does it feel like the food in your mouth suddenly lost its flavor?" Ye Feng asked calmly.
"Why did you kill it?" Mu Lingsha questioned, brows furrowed. "That was a Red Python Tiger—an adult one can rival a cultivator in the Tianyuan Realm! Don't tell me you didn't know what it was?"
"Just a Red Python Tiger?" Ye Feng raised a brow. "Do I need to explain my history of riding dragons and phoenixes to you?"
Mu Lingsha choked on her words.
Ye Feng had mounts—Taixu Ancient Dragon Zi Yan, Feng Qing'er of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, and Mu Qingluan of the Qingluan Clan from the Doupo Plane.
"Dragon…?"
"Phoenix…?"
Wu Yun and Mu Lingsha exchanged glances, realizing they had vastly underestimated Ye Feng.
"The Red Python Tiger isn't even on the same level as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. Eat it or don't. It's your choice." Ye Feng said indifferently.
Not eat it?
That thought vanished the moment they felt the warm, surging energy from the roasted meat settle into their bodies.
Buzz—
A spatial ripple surged around Mu Lingsha.
"You… broke through?" Wu Yun asked, startled.
"Yes," Mu Lingsha nodded, eyes wide with disbelief. "Just a few bites of meat, and I broke through my cultivation."
"Eating… meat can do that?" Wu Yun was stunned.
Even if it sounded absurd, the breakthrough was real. The moment realization hit, he began devouring the meat in large mouthfuls.
Mu Lingsha followed suit, unwilling to fall behind.
"Buzz!"
Again, the same surge of energy—cultivation levels rising at a speed they couldn't even dream of through normal methods.
"Earth Yuan Realm…" Mu Lingsha gasped, stunned.
From the eighth level of the Tempering Body Realm to the Earth Yuan Realm—just from eating meat.
She drew in a cold breath, hardly able to believe it.
"Breakthrough?" Lin Dong asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Mm." Mu Lingsha nodded, then turned to Ye Feng, her voice cautious but eager. "I… I want more."
Ye Feng stirred the redwood embers with a stick. From within the fire, he pulled out a lump of hardened mud.
Bang!
With a sharp crack, the stick smashed the lump, revealing layers of lotus leaves. Beneath them, the roasted cub of a Red Python Tiger was unveiled, its aroma instantly revitalizing everyone present.
Mu Lingsha ripped off a chunk of meat and wolfed it down.
"Aren't you supposed to be losing weight?" Wu Yun teased.
"I've decided to postpone that plan," she replied, cheeks puffed with meat.
Half an hour later, all four of them lay sprawled on the ground, unable to take another bite.
"Fifth level of Earth Realm," Wu Yun muttered, belly full and heart satisfied.
"Sixth level…" Mu Lingsha murmured, lazily throwing an animal skin over herself for modesty.
Their cultivation had all soared by eating barbecue.
"Just eating meat raises cultivation... This is the greatest opportunity I've had since the hunt began," Mu Lingsha thought, awe lingering in her chest.
But then she noticed Ye Feng's eyes settle on her. Instinctively, she closed her knees and adjusted her robe.
"You... you're not going to ask me to pay with my body, right?" she asked weakly.
"You wish, I don't," Ye Feng said bluntly, then turned to Lin Dong. "Mu Lingsha, what do you think of my disciple?"
"Huh?" Mu Lingsha blinked.
"My disciple will be your husband," Ye Feng added casually. "That won't embarrass you, right?"
"Ah?"
"Ah??"
Both Mu Lingsha and Lin Dong were stunned.
Ye Feng, without a trace of hesitation, continued, "Your talent is average, but your looks and wild temper are decent. I think you two make a good match."
Mu Lingsha tilted her head, studying Lin Dong.
He was decisive, powerful, and not bad to look at. When their eyes met, she quickly looked away, cheeks slightly red.
"You've all improved too quickly. Your realms are unstable. After the hunt, stay in the jungle. Each of you must hunt ten beasts daily to consolidate your power," Ye Feng instructed.
Then he looked at Lin Dong. "Once the hunt ends, wipe out the Lei and Xie families. Don't give them time to retaliate."
"Yes, Master." Lin Dong bowed his head respectfully.
"What?"
"You want to destroy the Lei and Xie families?" Mu Lingsha and Wu Yun exclaimed in shock.
Wu Yun was visibly anxious. "Those clans have deep roots in Qingyang Town. My Martial School won't stand aside if you provoke them. This isn't something we can decide hastily."
"No need," Ye Feng said. "Lin Dong alone is enough."
Then, without waiting for a reply, he stood up and turned his back to them. A spatial rift silently opened in the air.
"Alright, I'm going out to relax. Do as you wish."
"Yes, Master."
"Understood, Master Ye."
"Uh…" Wu Yun hesitated. "Master Ye?"
Ye Feng paused.
"When… can I have your barbecue again?" Wu Yun asked, dead serious.
Ye Feng stared at him blankly. Then—smack! smack! smack!—he struck Wu Yun on the head thrice with the cooking stick.
"You brat! Do I look like your personal chef? You deserve a beating!"
Turning away, Ye Feng placed his hands behind his back and walked into the spatial crack. The rift sealed behind him like it had never existed.
Wu Yun and Lin Qingtan were petrified.
"Nirvana Realm… Life Profound… Death Profound… Reincarnation Realm… Ancestral Realm…?" Wu Yun muttered, listing realms like a prayer.
He thought Ye Feng was at most in the Heaven Origin Realm—but now? Ye Feng had likely surpassed that entirely.
"Lin Dong… what realm is your master really in?" he asked.
"I don't know," Lin Dong replied honestly. "He never said. But he once told me something."
"What?"
"A master in the Ancestral Realm is only fit to carry his shoes."
"What?!"
Wu Yun's eyes widened.
He didn't think it was a joke.
After all, someone who could split space casually… definitely wasn't ordinary.
As Ye Feng's figure vanished into the void, Wu Yun quietly touched the bump on his head—his eyes filled with a new light.
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