Chapter 162: Chapter 160: Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth
Jiang Jichen took out the Burning Flame Wood!
Burning Flame Wood was an incredibly precious material for Pill Fire. It was said that if the wood was old enough, it could even produce a wisp of Phoenix Flame.
The Burning Flame Wood in Jiang Jichen’s hands was at least a thousand years old, making it exceptionally extraordinary.
He had also found this Burning Flame Wood in Cang Songzi’s Storage Bag. If he sold it to an Alchemist, it would undoubtedly fetch a large quantity of Spirit Pills.
Jiang Jichen placed a pile of Burning Flame Wood under the giant tripod and ignited it with his Spirit Flame.
BOOM!
Blue flames surged, roaring to life beneath the giant tripod. The temperature of the fire was frighteningly high.
The Spiritual Spring inside the tripod instantly boiled. The Spirit Medicines tumbled in the water, releasing an intoxicatingly fragrant aroma that made one want to greedily breathe it in.
However, if he didn’t cover it with the Tripod Lid quickly, the extreme heat would soon evaporate all the Spiritual Spring inside.
So, Jiang Jichen moved!
He held the Ice Soul Cold Sword in his hand. Although it was only an Innate Eighth Grade Spiritual Artifact, its chilling aura was so intense that it could slice through the meat without damaging the texture in the slightest.
With a dance of Sword Light, Jiang Jichen began dicing the Giant Serpent’s flesh, sending piece after piece flying into the tripod.
With their discerning eyes, Wei Xiaohao and Luoo Long could naturally tell that the size and thickness of each piece of meat were perfectly identical, without the slightest deviation. Such Swordsmanship could only be described as the pinnacle of perfection, a display of sheer mastery.
The giant tripod only appeared to be a few meters deep and wide, seemingly too small to hold the meat of such a massive Giant Serpent. But in reality, this tripod was extraordinary. It contained an inner space hundreds of times larger than its external appearance suggested!
Therefore, even after dicing the entire serpent’s meat into it, there was still plenty of room to spare.
Brick-sized chunks of serpent meat rained down into the giant tripod.
By the time the entire Giant Serpent was reduced to a skeleton, only a few dozen breaths had passed. In that short time, who knew how many tens of thousands of times Jiang Jichen had swung his sword?
THUD!
Finally, Jiang Jichen slammed the Tripod Lid down. A tripod of serpent broth was now in the making. All they had to do was wait for it to cook through before they could eat.
As for the Tier Ten Profound Snake Inner Core, Jiang Jichen tossed it to Luoo Long. If he could fully refine this Snake Pill, he would definitely be able to step into the Innate Eighth Layer Minor Grandmaster Realm.
As the Burning Flame Wood burned, the Spirit Medicine and serpent meat inside the giant tripod began to break down. A rich fragrance wafted out, so thick that even the Tripod Lid couldn’t contain it.
"It smells so good!"
Wei Xiaohao yelled, swallowing his saliva.
Luoo Long was also drooling. Even Yee Youmeng, who always wore an expression of cold indifference, gulped.
Jiang Jichen chuckled, saying with immense pride, "The serpent broth I make is a peerless tonic, and its aroma is second to none. When you taste it in a bit, you’ll be afraid of swallowing your own tongues."
When making serpent broth in a giant tripod, controlling the heat was crucial. The goal was to completely render the essence from the serpent meat, merge it with the dissolved Spirit Medicine, and transform it all into a soup!
Time passed. The others stood behind Jiang Jichen, unable to wait any longer, constantly asking, "Is it ready yet?"
「Three double-hours later」 Jiang Jichen extinguished the fire!
It was a good thing he had the Burning Flame Wood. Otherwise, it would have taken a full day to break down the Spirit Medicine in the giant tripod. Now, it was done in just three double-hours.
"Open the tripod!"
With a pulling motion of his palm, Jiang Jichen sent the Tripod Lid flying. In an instant, an intoxicating fragrance burst forth, filling the entire cavern.
The group peered into the giant tripod. They saw a broth as tender and white as milk, bubbling and shimmering with a crystalline luster.
Just one whiff of the rising aroma made them feel refreshed all over. Their Qi Seas churned, and their Spiritual Power actually improved slightly.
This was a broth that concentrated the essence of all the Treasure Medicines and the flesh of a Tier Ten Perfection Profound Beast. The essence it contained was unimaginable, and its value was astonishingly incalculable.
"Let’s eat!"
Jiang Jichen gave the order.
The others could no longer wait. They each took out a large bowl, filled it to the brim, and began drinking in big gulps, completely ignoring the scalding hot broth.
As the broth entered their mouths, the group was overwhelmed by an incredible deliciousness. The aroma curled around their tongues, the savory flavor bloomed in their chests, and the medicinal properties spread throughout their bodies...
The sensation was indescribable, sublime to the extreme. It was just as Jiang Jichen had said—they wished they could swallow their own tongues.
Wei Xiaohao hailed from one of the Seven Great Families. What kind of delicacies hadn’t he eaten?
But only now did he suddenly realize that everything he had eaten before was garbage, completely incomparable to this wild and flavorful Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth.
If Jiang Jichen knew what he was thinking, he would surely mock him relentlessly.
A Tier Ten Profound Serpent, plus more than ten kinds of Treasure Medicine and dozens of precious Spirit Medicines—not even the Seven Great Families would be so wasteful as to use it all just to stew a single tripod of serpent broth.
Of course, if any Alchemists knew what Jiang Jichen had done, they would surely be heartbroken and furious, cursing him for being so profligate.
With so many Treasure Medicines, who knew how many precious, upper-grade Spirit Medicines could have been refined from them?
But Jiang Jichen wasn’t an Alchemist, so he naturally didn’t think that way. In his eyes, resources were meant to be used.
And with so many Treasure Medicines and Spirit Medicines added in, plus the endless essence contained within the Tier Ten Profound Serpent’s flesh itself, this tripod of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth was indeed filled with astonishing Spiritual Qi and medicinal properties.
After just one bowl of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth, Wei Xiaohao already felt his entire body heat up. His skin turned red, and his Bloodline Power was nearly triggered. The Wei Family’s Supreme Technique began to operate on its own, absorbing the essence from the broth.
However, the medicinal Spiritual Power contained in a single large bowl was too immense. Even with Wei Xiaohao desperately circulating the Wei Family Technique, he couldn’t absorb it all at once.
But he wasn’t satisfied. The Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth was just too delicious, so he filled another large bowl and drank it all. The end result was him running in circles around the giant cavern, with steam constantly rising from his body.
Clearly, two bowls of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth were Wei Xiaohao’s limit. Any more and his body would have exploded.
Luoo Long actually drank ten bowls. His Barbaric Spirit Bloodline was truly extraordinary. But as a result, his Barbarian Spirit Power naturally erupted, and he joined Wei Xiaohao in running circles around the cavern. Puffs of mist shot from their mouths as they shouted, "Whoa, it’s too hot! I can’t take it...!"
What surprised Jiang Jichen, however, was Yee Youmeng. He was taking small sips, like a long, steady stream, but he drank extremely fast. Soon, ten bowls of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth were down, yet his expression remained unchanged.
Jiang Jichen was secretly amazed by Yee Youmeng’s constitution. It was just that there was a seal of forgetting on his body, so even Jiang Jichen couldn’t see through him.
"Little Youmeng, not bad! I never thought a tiny little frame like yours could drink so much. You’d be hard to raise!"
Jiang Jichen drank a bowl of the Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth, smacked his lips, and sighed with feeling.
"What are you talking about? Who needs you to raise them!"
Yee Youmeng said after finishing a bowl, glaring coquettishly at Jiang Jichen.
At that moment, Jiang Jichen’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. He had only just realized that Yee Youmeng’s eyes held an endless allure, so beautiful they were mesmerizing—like the brightest stars in the night sky, or the most beautiful pearls in the deep sea.
’I’m done for. Yee Youmeng is such an enchanting devil. Why would a man have such beautiful eyes?’
Jiang Jichen lamented internally, then ladled another bowl of Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth and downed it in one go to vent his feelings.
"I’m your boss. If I don’t raise you, who will? Hmph, the Treasure Medicine Serpent Broth you’re eating—wasn’t it made by me?"
Jiang Jichen said haughtily.
Yee Youmeng didn’t reply. Upon hearing Jiang Jichen’s words, a strange light flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a look of sorrow.
