[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king":3,"chapter-bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-31":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Bone King: Welcoming the Birth of the King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2349239,4592,"Chapter 31: Cured Meat Soup: Heading to the Troll's Territory","bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>Upon entering the village,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a sense of desolation immediately met the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire village was not large; one could see all the houses in the village at a glance, totaling only about 30 or so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small portion of the ground was covered with a layer of gravel and was relatively clean, but most areas were overgrown with weeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the varying heights of the weeds in different areas, someone must have been clearing them from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the houses were low, single-story structures. A few of the better ones could be seen to be built of stone bricks, but judging by the grayish-white walls, these better houses were also quite old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our village is quite small, but there are a few vacant houses. If you don't mind, you can rest in that house ahead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick, grayish-brown beard on both sides of the village chief's cheeks and his chin quivered with the movement of his speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Village Chief.\" Tang Zheng glanced at the house the village chief pointed to, then spoke in gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe, it's just a small matter. It's been a long time since our village had any guests.\" The village chief let out a gentle chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two were talking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>many curious gazes and heads peered out from the doorways and windows of the villagers' houses nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Carne Village was not large, so any commotion would naturally be known to everyone very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng offered a simple word of thanks, then, under the gaze of many, entered the vacant house in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carne Village was actually very ordinary, and there was nothing worth Tang Zheng's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one had to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would only be that young girl named Enri.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl who, with the help of an ordinary magic item, the \"Horn of the Goblin General,\" managed to blow out an entire army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng highly suspected that she possessed a natural ability similar to \"extremely high affinity with goblins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for now, she was just an ordinary girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing open the wooden door, the joints connecting it to the frame emitted an old, creaking sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng walked into the vacant house. It was very empty, furnished only with a wooden bed, and there was a thin layer of dust on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were some tattered spiderwebs on the rafters overhead and in the four corners of the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the wooden boards met the floor in the corners of the walls, the color was slightly darker, likely caused by dampness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a poor border village, Tang Zheng did not expect a good living environment. The reason he came to Carne Village was that it was the closest village to the Great Forest of Tob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because it belonged to the territory of the Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke, the safety was actually quite high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took about a day's journey from E-Rantel to Carne Village, so a round trip would take at least two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Tang Zheng had replenished his supplies, he still needed to guard against unexpected situations and might need to exit the forest early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or face a situation where supplies were consumed too much and were insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such times, there naturally needed to be a place specifically for resting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carne Village could not be more suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have prepared a 'Clean' magic scroll.\" Tang Zheng looked at the dust in the room and the spiderwebs on the rafters, shaking his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after learning a lot about the preparations adventurers make when going out from the \"Rock\" team, there were still things he had overlooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng could only clean the room himself, clearing out a clean area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he take a basketball-sized ceramic jar from his toolbox and place it on the ground, then took out a piece of cured meat, broke it into small pieces of varying sizes and put them in, and then poured water from his waterskin into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng extended a finger and tapped the ceramic jar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than half a minute, the clear water in the ceramic jar began to boil, gradually turning into a pot of meat soup, emitting a meaty aroma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to mention anything else, this magic is at least quite convenient for heating food.\" Tang Zheng smelled the salty fragrance in the air and a faint smile appeared on his face. A minute passed in the blink of an eye, and the simple meat soup was ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng took out a bowl, ladled a scoop for himself, and then picked up the black bread to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after boiling, the cured meat still carried a heavy salty taste, but paired with the dry, hard black bread, it was not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cured meat was one of the staple foods adventurers kept on hand when in the wild. Because it was cured very saltily, it was almost impossible to eat directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was often used to make meat soup or as a substitute for salt, which was an important way for adventurers, who were manual laborers, to replenish salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aroma of the meat soup with a faint salty taste drifted out through the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It immediately caused a small stir in Carne Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main economic source of Carne Village was crops, mainly wheat, and gathering some herbs on the edge of the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hunting wild beasts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For villagers who averaged only level 1, this was a quite dangerous thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng remembered that there should be a hunter in Carne Village who had the basic class of \"Ranger,\" but the person was at most level 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=9+Shu_ba\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at his attribute panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Genius 1lv + Sword Saint 6lv = Comprehensive Level 7lv.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experience left over from killing those two Eight Fingers members, plus the goblins and small magical beasts he had killed along the way, allowed Tang Zheng to level up once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of progress, it was not too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng felt that it should not take many days to raise the intermediate class \"Sword Saint\" to the max level, and after that, the main focus would be raising the level of \"Genius.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Shalltear and Zesshi Zetsumei's \"Priest\" classes were 10lv.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Tang Zheng was not sure if this was the prerequisite \"Priest\" level condition for \"Valkyrie,\" raising it to this level to maintain consistency was never wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, June 2nd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the sky brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng packed up and left Carne Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, he specifically went to the village chief's place and paid 5 copper coins for the lodging fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of Carne Village were quite simple and honest; the village chief did not intend to take it, but Tang Zheng forced it into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might very well return to Carne Village later, so increasing favor in advance was a bit of interpersonal social strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could still afford five copper coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was filled with the unique scent of the jungle—a mixture of branches, leaves, soil, and decay—wafting out from the Great Forest of Tob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rustle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng stepped on the thick branches, leaves, and moss. With every step, it made a \"rustling\" sound as if branches were colliding and being crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in the jungle, the calls of various animals and birds could be heard from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng held an iron sword in his hand and moved along the outer area toward the east side of the Great Forest of Tob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the three rulers of the forest, the strongest and most difficult to deal with was the Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke. With Tang Zheng's strength, if he ran into him, he wouldn't even be able to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't look at how cute he was in the anime; that was because it was from the perspective of Ainz Ooal Gown. In reality, the Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke, was a quite terrifying magical beast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two rulers of the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Naga of the West had high intelligence and was also a magic caster, which also posed a high degree of danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the other one, the Troll, although equally powerful, had low intelligence and was the stubborn type!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, he belonged to the warrior class. Besides possessing super recovery abilities and physical attack methods, he had no other means of attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the event of an accidental encounter, the chance of escaping when running into a Troll was clearly much higher than running into the Naga of the West or the Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lush, towering trees covered the surroundings. Sunlight passed through layers of barriers, penetrating the dense canopy, and fell mottled on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1476,"2026-06-21T02:30:15.860Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d0e98aea8a182248d5acbfe8e42c533d8ec143753f1c26e7334eb1aaf24dbe2b","bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-32","bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-30",357,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-cover.jpg"]