"By the way, Yicheng, why is your hair all smudged?"

Qin Shou looked at Yi Cheng and asked.

"I know, I know."

Da Mei raised her hand, "When we were catching crayfish, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck Yi Cheng with a whoosh!"

? ? ? ?

Qin Shou was stunned for a moment.

"Yi Cheng, why did the lightning strike you?"

"The goose...the goose doesn't know either."

Yi Cheng scratched his head, looking completely innocent, still dazed from being struck by the lightning.

? ? ? ?

Qin Shou was speechless.

Could it be that this thing has already incurred the wrath of both heaven and man?

"Alright, be more careful next time. Go have fun."

"Okay, okay, Da Mei, let's go play hide-and-seek, geese!"

"Uh-huh"

Yi Cheng and Da Mei held hands and ran towards the mountain.

[Congratulations! Your apprentice, Yi Cheng, has successfully completed the Foundation Establishment stage. You are rewarded with a "Bronze Luck Card".]

[Bronze Luck Card: On the day of the lottery, your luck value increases by 1,000 times]

"Wait a minute, Yi Cheng."

Qin Shou immediately called out to Yi Cheng and checked on her condition.

"Holy crap, he really reached the Foundation Establishment stage!!!"

Qin Shou was genuinely stunned.

No, I need to take a break.

Qin Shou plopped down on a small stool, waved his hand, and signaled Yi Cheng and the others to leave.

What the hell is this?

I, a dignified cultivator, have to be extremely careful even when undergoing tribulation, and this guy just got struck by lightning and... he's already at the Foundation Establishment stage?!?!?!?!

"System, tell me, is there anything special about Yi Cheng?"

"When I entered the Nascent Soul stage, I sensed that her soul was incomplete. Is her mental deficiency related to this?"

"system?"

"Brother Tong..."

Seeing that his inquiries were fruitless, Qin Shou clicked on the lottery draw.

"lottery"

Congratulations! You've won a copy of "Ancient Brewing Secrets"!

[Ancient Brewing Techniques: Created by the Wine Immortal, this technique records the brewing recipes for 3,600 kinds of spiritual wines. Each spiritual wine has its own unique effects, including warding off evil spirits, expelling poisons, curing diseases, increasing spiritual power, extending lifespan, improving physique, and strengthening the physical body...]

"I love this fine wine!"

Qin Shou's eyes lit up.

The road to immortality is long, but there's an endless supply of fine wine—it sounds wonderful!

...

noon.

Qin Shou personally cooked a large pot of crayfish with a unique flavor profile from his previous life: spicy, garlic, and five-spice.

The master and his disciples, along with their several spirit pets, ate with great relish.

Because Yi Cheng and Xiao Pang eat too much every day, Qin Shou set a rule: Yi Cheng can only eat half of all the main dishes, Xiao Pang can eat one-third of the remaining half, and the rest can be shared by everyone else.

As for rice, eat as much as you want, because the Qin beast cooks it in a cauldron every day.

The rice was put into the cauldron, and with a burst of fire, it was cooked in just a few seconds.

Because the rice planted by the Qin beast has been nourished by spiritual energy over the years, it has gradually transformed into spiritual rice, which contains dozens of times more energy than ordinary rice.

Qin Shou discovered that Yi Cheng's food intake was also related to the energy contained in the food.

Previously, Yi Cheng could not get full even if she ate enough for a thousand people in one meal. Now, she can get 90% full after eating enough for one or two hundred people.

Of course, feeling full is just feeling full; it's not the limit of the amount of food one can consume from an orange.

Belly fat has no limits.

Hehe, keep going!

On Turtle Mountain, the weather was clear and the clouds were bright, and the master and his disciples were enjoying a warm meal...

In the sky, a giant hand tore through the void and emerged.

The newcomer appeared to be middle-aged, wearing a crown and carrying a long sword at his waist. His deep gaze was fixed on the tortoise-shaped mountain at his feet.

This is it.

The middle-aged man murmured something.

call out!

The next moment, a ray of sword light pierced through the clouds, broke through the sea of ​​clouds, and landed not far in front of the middle-aged man.

"Palace Master Nangong, you've arrived too."

The middle-aged man greeted him.

"Greetings, Sect Master Feng"

The woman in the white dress nodded slightly in response.

The middle-aged man smiled gently and said, "Indeed, as a sword fanatic, how could you not come when you sensed such a powerful sword intent?"

"Isn't being appointed sect leader the same?"

"Hahaha, we sword cultivators, how could we not be tempted to witness such sword intent?"

"Sect Leader Feng, do you know who the owner of that sword intent is?"

"I don't know"

The middle-aged man shook his head. "I have never heard of such a person in Yunzhou. That sword intent seems to come from the Netherworld. Even though we are millions of miles apart, my sword heart can feel its power."

"In this world, apart from my senior brother Yun Anran, I have never seen such a powerful sword intent."

"It is very powerful."

The woman in the white dress fixed her gaze on the small hilltop beneath the clouds.

"This mountain is shrouded in an array, and I can't even tell its level?"

Whoosh!

Just then, a hole was suddenly smashed open in the vast clouds above the void, and sunlight streamed down as a blood-red throne, spanning tens of meters in length and width, crashed into the void.

Seated high on the throne was a silver-haired man, with a burly physique, standing over three meters tall. His muscles were bulging and shimmered with a golden sheen. He had bull horns on his head, a demonic face, and blood-red eyes that filled his bright silver pupils.

He was holding a blood-red greatsword with both hands.

A powerful and violent aura emanated from him without any attempt to conceal it.

"Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing!"

"Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing!"

The middle-aged man and the woman in the white dress looked at the silver-haired man, their expressions becoming serious.

The woman in the white dress had an eager look in her eyes, and the long sword she carried on her back hummed and vibrated.

"Xue Yueqing, since you dare to leave the Ten Thousand Swamps, aren't you afraid of being hunted down by my human race?"

The woman in the white dress spoke coldly.

The long sword behind him was instantly drawn, its light cascading down like the Milky Way from the heavens, shimmering like glass, making the vast wilderness shine brightly.

Sizzle!

The long sword sliced ​​through the void and slashed towards the Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing.

Boom!

The silver-haired man, known as the Demon Emperor, swung his blood-red greatsword, splitting the sky with a single strike and scattering the white-dressed woman's sword energy.

"Hahaha, the Lord of the Glazed Heavenly Palace is nothing special."

"In the entire Yunzhou, besides Yun Anran, who else is worthy of my drawing my sword?"

Xue Yueqing laughed loudly, her eyes filled with nothing but coldness and disdain.

"Since you two are here, then you may stay here."

As he spoke, Xue Yueqing stood up abruptly, his powerful physical strength instantly shattering the space around him. He gripped his greatsword, his entire body radiating a terrifying killing intent.

"Hmph, Xue Yueqing, if you want to keep me here, you'd better have the ability."

"Open the Glazed Sword Realm for me!"

The woman in the white dress gave a cold rebuke, and her body was surrounded by sword light that transformed into a sea of ​​crystal. Endless waves rolled in the crystal sea, and each wave was composed of countless strands of sword energy.

In an instant, sword energy soared into the sky.

"Gentlemen, don't forget why we're here today."

At this moment, the middle-aged man beside him said calmly, "Xue Yueqing, although your cultivation is slightly higher than ours, if we were to truly fight, even you, the Demon Emperor, might not be able to leave this wilderness safely."

"Hahaha, why would I need you to threaten me when I'm making decisions?"

"Today, I, the Emperor, will reduce your human race by three more sword cultivators."

The Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing looked up to the sky and roared, his furious cries echoing throughout the Great Wilderness.

"Human sword cultivator, come out and face your death!"