Chapter 30: The Unreasonable Ancestral Witch! The Nine-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation!

Houtu looked at Zhurong, a flash of pleasant surprise in her eyes, and immediately beckoned to him, saying, "Brother Zhurong, come help me roast meat!"

Zhurong was stunned upon hearing this, and looking at Houtu and Xuanming, he asked in confusion, "Roast meat? What is this about? Didn't Xuanming say you were ambushed by the Demon Race?"

Xuanming said, "That fellow Guiche has already been scared off!"

Houtu then briefly introduced the benefits and deliciousness of roasted meat to Zhurong.

Zhurong had actually smelled the aroma of the roasted meat and was naturally attracted to it; now that the enemy had run away, he naturally expressed his willingness to help.

Thus, Zhurong appeared at the side, flames dancing in his palms, precisely controlling the power of the flames to the appropriate temperature to provide heat for Houtu to roast the beast meat.

Although Zhurong's flames were intense, his control was extremely strong, and under his precise regulation, the roasted meat was even more delicious.

Xuanming was completely captivated by this fragrance by now, looking at them greedily from time to time and asking Houtu if it was ready yet.

When the beast meat was roasted until golden and crispy, Houtu finally picked up a piece and handed it to Xuanming, saying, "Sister, have a taste!"

Xuanming took the meat, took a bite, and was immediately conquered by the wonderful texture.

She said with a face full of surprise, "This is really delicious! I never expected that the prey we usually hunt could become so delicious after being roasted like this!"

Hearing this, Zhurong also said impatiently, "Let me have a taste too!"

Houtu naturally served a portion of roasted meat to Zhurong as well.

Upon tasting it, Zhurong's eyes widened, and he said, "Too delicious! I have never eaten such delicious meat!"

And just as Zhurong was tucking in—

"It seems I have arrived a step late!"

A green light descended from the sky and landed near them.

Houtu looked up and immediately revealed a smile on her face: "Brother Jumang, why have you come too?"

Zhurong said, "You didn't come late, you came just in time! Come and eat meat with us!"

Jumang sat down curiously, also took a piece of roasted meat and began to eat, his eyes also lighting up, and he exclaimed, "Truly delicious!"

Seeing that the three Ancestral Witches had all thrown themselves into it, tasting the deliciousness of the meat and occasionally letting out exclamations of praise, Houtu was secretly pleased.

She smiled and said, "It's good, right? This is what Lu Yun taught me."

"Lu Yun?"

Xuanming glanced in the direction of the Stone Palace and said, "Is that the name of that fellow inside the Stone Palace? No wonder you want to protect him so much!"

Jumang looked at the Immortal Ascension Tribulation that was about to descend, then looked at the stone mountain that was still frozen, and said thoughtfully, "So, little sister, you came into conflict with that Guiche just to protect him?"

Houtu nodded and said, "That's right."

Zhurong immediately clapped his hands in approval and said, "Little sister, you did well! This Lu Yun is actually able to make such delicious meat and even taught you; this is a huge favor to our Wu Clan, he should indeed be protected!"

He felt that he had truly come at the right time this time, otherwise how could he have eaten such delicious meat? And their conversation was faithfully transmitted to Guiche and his group; for a moment, Guiche was so angry his face twisted.

"These damned Ancestral Witches, they are simply infuriating me!"

He never imagined that Houtu was protecting the fellow inside that Stone Palace just because the other party had taught her a new way to roast meat! The Taiyi Golden Immortals of the Demon Race beside him also found it somewhat hard to accept.

But thinking about it carefully, it seemed these Ancestral Witches had always been this unreasonable!

Zhurong and the others naturally did not care about how the Demon Race felt; at this moment, the three Ancestral Witches were eating to their hearts' content, and Houtu was a bit too busy roasting meat by herself.

Fortunately, after watching for a while, Xuanming and Jumang basically understood, and soon tried it themselves, which finally allowed Houtu to eat as well. And just as the four of them were eating happily—

"Boom!"

In the blue sky, a low rumble sounded, immediately drawing their attention.

They all looked toward the direction of the Stone Palace and were shocked to see that the Tribulation Cloud had finished brewing and was about to unleash the Tribulation Lightning.

Jumang glanced at the Tribulation Cloud and said with some surprise, "It is actually a Nine-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation! Little sister, your friend's origin seems quite good!"

Subsequently, Jumang frowned again and said, "No, if his origin is good, he should be able to become an immortal upon taking human form; why does he still need to undergo a tribulation now?"

Zhurong and Xuanming were also somewhat unable to understand.

Although the Wu Clan did not need to undergo tribulations, the Immortal Ascension Tribulation was the most common Heavenly Tribulation in the Great Desolation; they saw it often and naturally knew that there were differences in strength.

The weakest was the One-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation, which only required resisting one bolt of Tribulation Lightning to become an immortal. Of course, after passing this kind of tribulation, one could only become the lowest-level Human Immortal.

A slightly stronger one was the Three-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation, which required resisting three bolts of Tribulation Lightning, and after completing the tribulation, one could directly become an Earth Immortal.

And a more powerful one was the Six-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation, which required resisting six bolts of Tribulation Lightning, and after completing the tribulation, there was a certain chance to become a Heavenly Immortal.

The strongest was naturally the Nine-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation, which required resisting nine bolts of Tribulation Lightning; once the tribulation was completed, one would definitely become a Heavenly Immortal!

Houtu smiled slightly and said, "Because, this friend of mine is an Acquired Lifeform."

At this, the three Ancestral Witches were even more surprised.

Zhurong said with surprise, "An Acquired Lifeform, yet able to trigger a Nine-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation? Not bad, not bad! Truly worthy of being an existence capable of creating such a delicious method of roasting meat!"

Tens of thousands of miles away, Guiche and the others, who had temporarily stopped fleeing, saw this scene from afar with the help of a Spiritual Treasure and were all speechless.

They really could not figure out what kind of connection there could be between being able to create a method for roasting meat and attracting a Nine-fold Immortal Ascension Tribulation! What made them even more speechless was that Xuanming actually took this for granted! One could only say that these Ancestral Witches were indeed unreasonable!

However, they could not be bothered with this anymore; now they just wanted to know who exactly was the guy who had caused them to suffer so miserably.

Just at this moment, they saw a bolt of Tribulation Lightning suddenly fall from the firmament, striking directly at that Stone Palace! "Boom!"

In just an instant, the Stone Palace was smashed to pieces by the Tribulation Lightning, turning into countless rubble and kicking up rolling dust.

Because Houtu had withdrawn her magic power from the Stone Palace the moment the Tribulation Lightning fell, it was at best a sturdier building and naturally could not block the Tribulation Lightning.

Regarding this, Guiche and the others naturally did not feel anything strange.

After all, one could only rely on oneself to undergo a tribulation and could not rely on the protection of others; this was something everyone in the Great Desolation knew.

If Houtu had really continued to protect the other party, it would have instead caused the Heavenly Tribulation to continue evolving and drag her, an Ancestral Witch, into the Heavenly Tribulation as well.

Guiche and the others stared nervously at the rolling dust, slowly seeing a blurred figure.

Just at this moment—

"Crack!"

The image manifested upon the Spiritual Treasure vanished instantly!

Guiche's face turned black in an instant, and he roared angrily, "Damned Ancestral Witch, to cut off my investigation at precisely this moment!"

The subordinates beside him were all equally frantic.

They had been just a tiny bit away from seeing the culprit clearly! (End of chapter)