Chapter 2640: Continue on the Road, Again Encountering Ingredients

The second pot of food was also quickly served; everyone still had one big bowl each, eating with oil dripping from their mouths.

The flavor of this ingredient is truly top-notch, not the slightest bit inferior to that of the extraterrestrial heavenly demon's ingredient.

After eating two big snake ingredients in a row, everyone finally took a temporary break, still unwilling to stop.

The remaining big snake ingredient—originally someone had suggested eating it all together—but it was stopped by the two leading Heavenly Palace Celestial Officials.

Having already eaten two big snake ingredients in a row, they decided to keep this remaining one for future needs.

Although everyone was craving, they still forced themselves to hold back.

Indeed, it's better to conserve resources; keeping some ingredients for later when food runs low would be better.

They reluctantly agreed to hold back, rested for about a quarter of an hour, and then everyone continued on the road.

However, their mindset was now completely different from before.

Before, there was still panic about arriving in an unfamiliar territory, but now their hearts were filled with anticipation.

They looked forward to obtaining new ingredients; the big snake ingredient was indeed excellent, and if they could slay a few more like that later, they could feast heartily again.

Therefore, the tension in their hearts had dissipated considerably, replaced by a sense of anticipation.

Their state while on the move had changed; their eyes scanned the surroundings, searching for any sign of ingredients.

As soon as they saw that big snake ingredient, without doubt everyone would swarm over it; this wasn't danger, it was a heaven-sent blessing.

Ingredients—who would complain about having too much? Not at all; the more that came, the more they wanted.

The team continued forward, but they didn't know whether the big snake ingredients were simply scarce or their luck was just terrible.

They walked for a long time without encountering any danger.

No danger naturally meant they hadn't encountered any ingredients; although the journey was safe, everyone unconsciously felt a bit gloomy.

Where are the ingredients? They said danger would be everywhere, yet not even a trace could be seen.

Could it be that this territory only has those three big snake ingredients?

Moreover, that big snake ingredient somehow hides its form using unknown means; even the two leading Heavenly Palace Celestial Officials couldn't detect it beforehand.

Only when they reveal themselves voluntarily can one sense them.

Otherwise, even if one pushes their divine sense to the limit, they cannot detect even a trace of its aura.

This made everyone feel gloomy; they could only wait for the ingredients to come to them, with no way to seek them out.

"Where did the ingredient go?"

"How would I know? You go look for it."

"If I had the ability, I would have gone already."

While everyone was gloomily on the road, mutually whispering complaints, suddenly, the blood‑colored dust‑filled sky seemed to have its smoke and dust stirred by something.

Soon a massive vortex formed above everyone's heads, resembling the eye of a tornado.

"What is that?"

"I don't know; I only care about what comes from underground."

The sky's sudden anomaly put everyone on alert, though they felt little excitement.

It wasn't an ingredient; at present everyone was more concerned about the movement underground—that big snake ingredient.

If it were movement underground, everyone would probably have lit up with excitement.

But now, looking at the sky, everyone was somewhat impatient.

What nonsense is this, playing tricks—what should come doesn't, and what shouldn't comes just to mess with people's minds, right?

Their gaze locked onto the massive vortex above the sky, their eyes filled with icy chill.

Under everyone's gaze, a loud ……………… rooster crow rang out from the smoke and dust.

"What sound?"

This rooster's crow made everyone startle—where did that chicken cry come from?

Accompanying the sound, soon a huge chicken head protruded from the vortex.

This chicken head was huge; from it one could tell the creature's size was certainly not small.

However, everyone had no interest in this big rooster; they only thought about the big snake ingredient.

After all, who hasn't eaten chicken? To those present, the spirit chicken was already as tasteless as chewing wax.

"Who's going to kill it? It's annoying to look at."

Someone spoke impatiently; they were waiting for ingredients.

However, Tianlin was obviously thinking more than the others; while everyone was speaking impatiently in a jumble, Tianlin came to Ye Zhangqing's side and whispered.

"Is this thing an ingredient?"

The big snake just now was a top‑grade ingredient; this big rooster, although he couldn't tell what it was, was obviously not an ordinary rooster.

Its aura was different—far stronger than that of an ordinary spirit chicken.

So he thought maybe this thing could also be an ingredient; just because he couldn't tell didn't mean Ye Zhangqing couldn't either.

So Tianlin immediately asked, his eyes full of expectation.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhangqing also raised his head to look at the huge chicken head in the sky, his face full of strangeness.

In his mind, the system's notification came again—this big rooster was actually a top‑grade ingredient as well.

What is going on with this territory? Normally top‑grade ingredients are rare to encounter even once, yet here they hadn't gone far before encountering two top‑grade ingredients without even meeting many living creatures.

Ye Zhangqing had also speculated before about how top‑grade ingredients are judged.

Given the dog system's nature, the conditions are obviously extremely harsh; failing to meet them means no response.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone so long before encountering a few.

But upon arriving in this territory, even before a day had passed, the system had already given two top‑grade ingredient evaluations.

Just as before, the system gave the cooking method and weakness for this big rooster.

It's another top-grade ingredient, and seeing Ye Zhangqing like this, Tianlin seemed to have guessed something as well.

He lifted his head to look at the rooster, and at this moment his gaze turned fiery.

Since Ye Zhangqing isn't speaking, it must mean there's something off about this rooster.

The oddness likely lies in the ingredient, so this rooster, just like the previous snake ingredient, is also a top-grade ingredient on par with an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon?

Tianlin guessed in his heart; for a moment his gaze grew even fiercer—could there be more good fortune?

Meanwhile, Ye Zhangqing beside him didn't disappoint him either; just as Tianlin was secretly excited, Ye Zhangqing also slowly spoke up.

"Yes, this rooster, like the snake just now, is a top-grade ingredient, and its weakness is the comb on its head."

Huh???

Hearing Ye Zhangqing's words, Tianlin was first stunned, then immediately overjoyed.

It really is a top-grade ingredient, and there's still such good fortune—great, great, great.

Moreover, not only that, Ye Zhangqing also saw through this ingredient's weakness; as long as there's a weakness, it's easy to handle.

Don't be fooled by this rooster's strong aura, but since I know your vital point, killing you isn't that hard, is it?

For a moment, Tianlin felt this place was practically a treasure trove—look, it's full of top-grade ingredients.