Chapter 85 Top-quality ingredients
This umbrella was a weapon she made for herself when she had some free time after her spiritual power recovered a little.
At that time, Dongfang Qi was still a little girl, and he was helping her polish the ribs of the umbrella, and his little paws were almost bleeding from the polish.
So Dongfang Qi is very familiar with this umbrella.
He held the umbrella handle and tilted the umbrella towards Lin Qingyue, wanting to block the evil spirit for her as well.
Lin Qingyue threw the Xuxu Fox to the ground and tied it up with the demon-binding rope. She said domineeringly, "No need. This little trick can't do anything to me. Let's go inside and take a look."
The yard doesn't look big from the outside, but when you walk in, you'll find that it has winding paths and the melodious sound of a piano can be heard.
Walking further in, you will see rows of houses, some of which have closed doors and some of which are open.
There were many people wandering around in the garden like sleepwalkers, each with a strange smile on their face.
An old beggar was hugging a nearby tree trunk, with a lewd smile on his face: "Beauty, today we are going to enjoy the pleasure of love. I have been a bachelor all my life, and I never thought that I would be able to marry a wife as beautiful as you in this life. I will die without regrets!"
A disheveled young man lay on the grass, laughing heartily: "Silver, silver, all this silver is mine! Hahahaha, I'm a wealthy merchant, no one can look down on me!"
There was also a man who looked like a scholar, bowing to the stone and saying, "Your Majesty, the newly crowned number one scholar pays homage to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty!"
It is obvious that these people are trapped in illusions.
The further you go inside, the clearer the sound of the piano becomes.
As the sound of the piano entered her ears, Lin Qingyue felt her whole body relax.
"What a powerful magic circle, what a powerful bewitching sound technique!"
Fortunately, Lin Qingyue's current realm has greatly improved, and her soul is already extraordinary, so she is not susceptible to the bewitching influence of these evil creatures. If she had just traveled through time in the past few days, she would probably have gotten lost in a place like this.
Dongfang Qi was also secretly shocked: "What a powerful illusion, no wonder even Xie Shouzheng was trapped."
The sound of the piano was originally melodious and clear, but at this moment the strings suddenly became urgent, like a galloping war horse, or as if thousands of arrows were shot at once.
The next moment, all the arrows in the piano music solidified into real objects and shot towards the two people in the yard.
"A mere trifle!" Lin Qingyue snorted coldly, and as her black sleeves rolled up, a powerful airflow emanated from her body, stopping all the thousands of flying arrows in mid-air.
She raised a finger, flicked it lightly, and shouted, "Go!"
The arrow feathers rolled back in response, like a startled wild goose returning to its nest, and pierced through the attic window paper.
"Zheng!"
The string breaks and the sound stops.
Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Qi looked at each other and nodded, then tiptoed into the attic.
As soon as I landed, the rich aroma of meat filled the room.
Looking closely, I saw a bronze tripod standing in the center of the attic. The flames from the bottom of the furnace licked the walls of the tripod, illuminating the surroundings with a scorching red.
The thick soup in the cauldron was bubbling, with a few pieces of fat meat with skin floating up and down, and the steaming hot air was filled with an unusual smell of blood.
Behind the bronze tripod, in the gaps where arrow feathers were scattered like a forest, a woman in red sat in front of a zither, her white wrists and jade fingers still as if plucking the strings, but the strings in her hands had all broken, and the lingering sound of the golden swords was still condensed on the broken strings.
The woman's slender eyebrows were filled with melancholy, and she sighed leisurely, "There are few friends who understand me. Who will listen when the string breaks?"
She raised her wet eyes slightly and looked at the uninvited guest who broke into the attic: "It is a pleasure to have friends coming from afar. Please sit down and I will serve you some broth."
Having said that, without waiting for Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Qi to respond, she walked out from among the arrows on the ground and came to the furnace.
The large copper spoon gently stirred the soup, and the aroma became stronger and stronger.
She took a deep breath, her face full of intoxication. "You are in for a treat! I've been cooking this pot of soup all day, and it's only just now simmering."
The white porcelain bowl, as white as silver and snow, was filled with milky white soup and pink meat pieces.
She held it in front of Lin Qingyue attentively, as if the host was entertaining a distinguished guest.
She even enthusiastically introduced it: "It should be eaten while hot. This is a rare piece of good meat. When it was alive, it drank nectar and sweet wine, ate delicacies from the mountains and the sea, and had actors playing the piano to accompany their sleep every night. Even after it was slaughtered..."
She pursed her lips and smiled, "...all at the happiest moments. That's why this meat is so tender and fresh, so rare in the world. You are in for a treat!"
"Come on, why don't you take the bowl? Don't you want to drink?"
She glanced at them coquettishly and said, "If you don't drink, I won't be polite."
After saying that, she held up the bowl and drank it in one gulp. After finishing the soup, she began to eat the meat in big mouthfuls. Her mouth was full of oil, and she didn't care even if her lip grease was smeared. She laughed as she ate: "Delicious! Delicious!"
Dongfang Qi looked at Lin Qingyue with a pale face: "Could that pot of meat be..."
"It's a human." Lin Qingyue had seen a lot of storms, and even this situation did not move her at all.
"Yes, it's a human." The charming woman in the red dress spat out a tiny piece of bone. A fingernail was still attached to one end of the bone.
Dongfang Qi's stomach churned and he almost vomited.
Lin Qingyue asked, "Should we take action, or will you surrender?"
"Can't you just wait until they finish their meal? I've been waiting for this meal for ages!"
Lin Qingyue asked again: "So you captured those people just to eat them?"
The woman in the red dress said, "Yes! I'm sure you've seen it just now. They live very well here. They have good food and wine every day. I even play the zither for them to cultivate their sentiments, allowing them to enjoy the greatest happiness in their lives. And then..."
She smiled sweetly, her lips flaming red, and was extremely charming. But the words that came out of her mouth were extremely cruel:
"...and then die in utter bliss. This will allow their flesh to become plump and tender. When eaten, simply stew it in water to create a truly delicious delicacy."
“Real top-quality ingredients don’t require overly complicated cooking methods. Just like this pot of soup, even the cracks between the bones are emitting fragrance when it’s boiling.”
Finally, Lin Qingyue couldn't help but frown.
Dongfang Qi cursed, "You're willing to harm so many innocent people just to satisfy your own appetite. This is simply... a heinous crime!"
"Is this a heinous crime? What about you humans?"
Her smile turned cold, her charm disappeared, and only endless resentment burned in her dark eyes.
“Isn’t it cruel for humans to eat chicken, duck, and fish?”
She pointed at the people in the attic, lost in their psychedelic world, and said, "Look at them. What's the difference between them and the 500-coin chicken and mushroom stew you eat at the inn?"
She asked word by word, "Aren't they all ingredients?"
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