Chapter 16: Merit Descends from Heaven! Houtu

On the Stone Peak.

"It seems that from now on, the Human Race might also begin to reveal its own brilliance!"

Houtu had witnessed with her own eyes Lu Yun's journey from nearly being eaten at the start to now, in turn, killing all the Demon beasts that attempted to eat him, and she felt quite satisfied.

At the same time, she saw from Lu Yun that the Human Race possessed no small amount of potential.

Especially regarding the Xingyi Fist that Lu Yun practiced; she felt that if it were popularized among the Human Race, they should not have to live so arduously in the future.

Of course, it was merely that.

At the very least, Houtu did not believe the Human Race could pose any threat to the Wu Clan.

Now that the good show was over, she was naturally prepared to leave.

But just as she was about to depart, suddenly—

"Hmm? What is this fragrance?"

Houtu suddenly stopped her steps, her nose twitched slightly, and soon her gaze locked onto Lu Yun's side once again.

She discovered that this scent, which she had never smelled before, was actually coming from Lu Yun's direction.

As it turned out, Lu Yun had already processed the wild boar and had begun to roast it.

Coincidentally, in the process of searching for dry firewood, he had discovered a few chili plants and a few peppercorn plants, and he had decisively gathered them to use as seasonings.

Now, he was rotating the branch skewering the meat while sprinkling the seasonings onto it.

Consequently, a rich aroma of roasted meat began to drift about this place.

The fragrance drifted for ten miles!

He had thus once again attracted Houtu's attention!

"Meat can actually be eaten like this? The things he added seem to be the seed powders of some weeds found nearby?"

"How can the meat be so fragrant after adding those things?"

Houtu had never thought that Demon beast meat could be so fragrant.

It made her, a dignified Ancestral Witch, even feel somewhat reluctant to leave for a moment.

Should I go over, ask that human for a piece of meat to eat, and then ask him how he made it so fragrant?

Such a thought sprouted in Houtu's heart.

Of course, she would not take Lu Yun's food and cooking method for free; she intended to exchange things with Lu Yun.

Just like the humans near her Houtu Ancestral Court would also help the Wu Clan do some things in exchange for certain ingredients the Wu Clan did not want.

It was just that previously it was always humans exchanging with the Wu Clan for ingredients, but now that it was she, a member of the Wu Clan, going to find a human to exchange for ingredients, she was at a loss for a moment as to what to use to exchange with Lu Yun.

Just as Houtu was struggling with this, suddenly, a change that Houtu found somewhat unexpected appeared!

"Hum!"

In the blue sky, a mass of golden clouds appeared without warning.

Seeing this scene, Houtu was momentarily stunned.

Because this suddenly appearing golden cloud was none other than the famous Merit Golden Cloud of the Great Desolation!

Although the Wu Clan did not cultivate Heavenly Dao merit, Houtu had still seen others obtain Heavenly Dao merit. For example, in the past, Nuwa molded clay to create humans, which induced the Heavenly Dao to descend with immeasurable merit, using it to Prove the Dao and become a Saint! Houtu knew even better that there were countless cultivators in the Great Desolation who bitterly sought Heavenly Dao merit but could never obtain it.

She truly did not understand why a Merit Golden Cloud would suddenly appear here.

Looking left and right, she suddenly discovered that the area covered by this Merit Golden Cloud was precisely the space above Lu Yun.

This left Houtu astonished, and suddenly a thought stirred in her heart: "Could it be that this food preparation method used by this human is his own original creation, so the Heavenly Dao specially gave him a merit reward?"

As if to verify her conjecture, at this very instant, the Merit Golden Cloud in the sky descended!

The golden clouds transformed into two beams of golden light; one fell into Lu Yun's body, and the other landed on the barbecue grill Lu Yun had just made with nearby materials! "It really is because of this!"

Houtu widened her eyes abruptly; amidst her astonishment, she suddenly felt even hungrier.

This was food that even the Heavenly Dao recognized and specially descended a merit reward for; how delicious must it be? And just as her cravings were stirred, Lu Yun was also stunned at this moment.

Because, the instant the Merit Golden Light entered his body, he already knew that what he had just obtained was a portion of Heavenly Dao merit, and the reason for the reward was precisely because he had pioneered a brand-new way of food preparation!

This piece of information dealt a huge blow to his heart! Because he suddenly knew what kind of world he was currently in.

This is the Great Desolation! Isn't Heavenly Dao merit a very common Heavenly Dao reward in the Great Desolation? Moreover, he had only roasted a wild boar and could attract Heavenly Dao merit; this meant that the era he was currently in was still the ancient era of the Great Desolation!

Otherwise, a merit reward like this would surely have been obtained by someone else long ago! Although Lu Yun had previously anticipated that he was in a relatively high-level world, he had not expected this world to be advanced to such a degree! Thinking of the horror and danger of the Great Desolation, he suddenly felt that the fragrant roasted meat in front of him was no longer so fragrant for a moment.

He had just thought that he had obtained a cultivation technique that could lead to immortality and that he would be set, but he had not expected that he was actually in the ancient era of the Great Desolation! This was a terrifying world where Great Luo were as common as dogs and Quasi-Saints walked everywhere! And yet, he was currently burdened with a Heavenly Condemnation Halo.

Lu Yun was very worried: would he be struck to death by a divine thunderbolt descending from the sky at any moment? Just as Lu Yun was anxious and uneasy in his heart, suddenly—

"Human, your meat is about to burn!"

A pleasant voice suddenly entered Lu Yun's ears.

Lu Yun was startled awake, looked abruptly in the direction the voice came from, and saw a beautiful woman who had appeared not far beside him at some unknown time.

For a moment, Lu Yun could not help but be somewhat distracted.

Because this woman's appearance was truly too outstanding, and she radiated a holy and compassionate temperament; even Lu Yun, who had seen many internet celebrities and stars in his previous life, had never seen such a beautiful woman.

This woman was naturally Houtu.

She had just been struggling with how to come over to ask for roasted meat when she discovered that after the Merit Golden Light descended, Lu Yun had become dazed for some reason, to the point that the meat he was roasting was about to be burned.

Houtu truly could not bear to see the ingredients wasted, so she channeled the Earth Great Dao Law and instantly arrived near Lu Yun from the peak of the Stone Peak to give him a reminder.

Unexpectedly, after Lu Yun saw her, he actually continued to stare blankly.

Houtu did not know what was wrong with Lu Yun; she immediately went up and snatched the roasted meat from Lu Yun's hand, taking it off the fire.

Taking a closer look, she discovered it had not been burned, and only then did she heave a sigh of relief.

And Lu Yun was also startled awake by her actions at this time.

Suddenly, Lu Yun recalled the words the other party had said when she first appeared; she had actually addressed him as a human!

In that case, she was not a human? Could she be a Demon that had taken human form?! Lu Yun suddenly became a bit nervous.

After all, a Demon capable of taking human form should be very powerful no matter how one looks at it! The more Lu Yun thought about it, the more nervous he became, and he could not help but ask: "You wouldn't happen to be... that wild boar Great Monster, would you!"

(End of this chapter)