Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

"Yiyi!"

Just as Wang Chen returned home, he was met with a strong protest from Yuanyuan.

The little creature clutched his collar tightly with its paws and rubbed its fluffy head vigorously against his chin.

It made discontented whining noises.

This time Wang Chen had been gone for three or four days before returning, leaving it alone in the house like an abandoned mouse.

Its only company was a boring wooden dummy.

It felt as if Wang Chen had abandoned it.

Heartbroken.

Wang Chen had to do both coaxing and promising, and in the end, he had to bring out the big guns, "I'll cook something delicious for you, right now!"

To strengthen his persuasion.

He took out a piece of Nest Honey from his Storage Bag and broke off a little to stuff into the little guy's mouth.

Yuanyuan's eyes immediately went round with delight.

Having tasted the sweetness, it opened its front paws and held onto the large piece of Nest Honey tightly, its tail standing up with happiness!

Mine mine all mine!

After cheering up the little creature, Wang Chen went to the kitchen with a smile.

He began to process the ingredients he harvested today.

Firstly, he took out four Peeled Bear Paws and soaked them in honey water prepared with bee honey, and finally added some Spiritual Wine.

This method had an excellent effect of drawing out the blood from the bear paws and removing the gamey taste, making them easier to flavor during cooking.

Wang Chen had learned this technique from a book.

However, the bear paws needed to be soaked overnight, so they definitely wouldn't be ready to eat today.

Wang Chen then took out the valuable Bear Gall and placed it into a porcelain jar filled with Spiritual Wine.

The Spiritual Wine and the porcelain jar were both purchased in Cloud Lake City, where the wine is a potent distilled liquor, perfect for marinating bear gall.

Wang Chen intended to drink the Bear Gall Wine himself.

A few days ago in Cloud Dragon City's Four Seas Commerce Association, he asked about the Vajra Ghee used to aid the cultivation of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method and discovered that its price had skyrocketed by five to six times!

After suppressing the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon with the Ancient Taoist Stele, Wang Chen, who no longer had any concerns, picked up this strongest Buddhist Body Refinement technique again to continue his practice.

He had never imagined the price of Vajra Ghee would soar to such an extent.

Utterly inhumane!

But the representatives from the Four Seas Commerce Association also expressed their helplessness, as the formula for Vajra Ghee was special and could only be produced by the Heavenly Dragon Temple in the Western Region. Not to mention their association, even the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was unable to replicate it.

As the supply was completely controlled by the Heavenly Dragon Temple.

Even if the price increased several fold, it was still at the monks' discretion!

Although Wang Chen could afford the Vajra Ghee at five times its original price with his current wealth,

he really didn't want to be the sucker paying a premium.

He had originally purchased Vajra Ghee because it was cost-effective and most suitable for practicing the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method.

Now that the price had risen to such a high level,

it was undeniably more economical to substitute it with other Spiritual Medicines and Spiritual Materials that could supplement Qi-Blood and strengthen the Physique.

Even if the effect was slightly inferior, he was not worried thanks to his Immortal Cultivation panel cheats.

That's why he had specifically set aside that Bear Gall.

After marinating both the bear paws and the bear gall, Wang Chen finally took out a large chunk of bear meat along with the Nest Honey.

He cleaned the bear meat thoroughly, cut it into small pieces, and skewered them onto iron sticks.

After preparing the ingredients, Wang Chen set up a barbecue grill in the front yard.

Soon, skewers of snowy white bear meat sizzled and oozed fat under the charcoal fire.

A rich aroma of grilled meat rapidly spread through the yard.

"Yiyi!"

The gluttonous Yuanyuan was immediately lured over, perching on Wang Chen's shoulder and drooling over the crispy and tender skewers.

When the skewers were seventy to eighty percent cooked, Wang Chen brushed honey over them.

That scent was simply heavenly!

The fully cooked bear meat had a thin, golden layer of honey shell on the outside that crunched satisfyingly when bitten into.

Then, the juices and rich flavor of the meat instantly filled the mouth, making the taste buds explode.

Both body and mind were immensely satisfied.

Nest Honey and bear meat, a hundred percent perfect match!

If honey barbecue gets a bit greasy after eating too much, switch to soy sauce and spices, it still makes people want to swallow their tongues.

Incredibly delicious.

And whether it's Nest Honey or bear meat, both contain considerable Spiritual Energy.

Bear meat can further enhance Qi-Blood.

Wang Chen finished ten skewers in one go.

The rest filled Yuanyuan's belly—lately, the little guy's appetite was getting bigger and bigger.

Wang Chen then took out a frying pan and began to simmer the cut bear belly meat.

There's plenty of fat in bear belly meat, with one pound yielding almost nine ounces of oil.

With the fragrant bear oil, he made a soy sauce with black sesame rice.

Wang Chen could eat three big bowls.

As for the remaining oil residue, sprinkle with fine salt, and embed it into black sesame rice balls as filling.

Yuanyuan declared it had reserved them all!

Not only did it reserve them for itself, but it also wanted to share them with Grandpa Turtle.

The next morning, the first thing Wang Chen did after getting up was to put the four soaked bear paws into the Red Copper Cauldron along with various ingredients, spring water, and Spiritual Wine to stew.

The Red Copper Cauldron is a round-bottomed, footless cooking vessel, similar to the pressure cooker from Wang Chen's former life.

Specially used for stewing tough Monster Beast meat.

Moreover, one must use Mana to catalyze the flames for cooking, otherwise, the effect would be much reduced with just charcoal fire.

He spent a whole two hours perfecting this stewed bear paw dish.

The bear paws came out of the pot plump and pink, like crystal jelly, the enticing aroma making one drool.

As for the taste.

It melted in the mouth as if eating ginseng fruit, Wang Chen simply couldn't describe it with words.

He and Yuanyuan each ate one for breakfast, leaving one for the little guy to present to Grandpa Mysterious Turtle as a sign of filial piety.

The last one, Wang Chen packed in a thermally insulated container.

Carrying it, he headed to Peach Blossom Valley.

He walked through the peach groves to the edge of the pond and didn't see Chang Chun.

Wang Chen wasn't concerned and set down the container, taking out his Fire Crow Sword to practice the Sword Control Technique.

Although he had successfully condensed the sword intent, he was still dozens of experience points away from achieving Great Perfection.

The Sword Control Technique at Great Perfection would undoubtedly be more powerful and might even produce special effects.

Therefore, he planned to spend a few more days maxing it out.

Just as Wang Chen was getting into the groove of his practice, a figure suddenly appeared on a nearby rock.

Wang Chen felt it and immediately retracted his Fire Crow Sword, respectfully giving a bow to the figure, "Master!"

Chang Chun nodded, "Have you completed your task?"

"Yes."

Wang Chen took out the Nest Honey he had prepared earlier and presented it along with the container, "Please inspect them, Master."

Seeing the hundreds of pounds of honey and the bear paw in the container that Wang Chen brought,

Chang Chun showed a trace of a smile, "Not bad."

"Since you've completed the task, I will now teach you the Thunderbolt Sword Technique."

Wang Chen's spirits soared.

He had been diligently practicing the Sword Control, which was just the basics of the Flying Sword technique. Condensing sword intent was already at its peak, with no further progression possible.

But real Swordsmanship is different, the upper limit of its power is much higher.

The problem is, the Flying Sword technique is vastly different from ordinary Swordsmanship, and the Merit Points needed to exchange for it in the Scripture Pavilion are astronomically high.

Wang Chen couldn't afford them.

With Chang Chun's instruction, that meant saving a large amount of Merit Points.

He could finally enjoy the benefits of being a True Disciple!

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Here's the second update.