Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 213 - 210 This is called a good appetite!

Chapter 213: Chapter 210 This is called a good appetite!

Red clouds tumbled across the sky as a golden-red sun slowly sank into the boundary between the ocean and the heavens, covering the entire sea with a glittering sparkle as if strewn with dazzling gold dust.

Enveloped in clouds and mist all year round, hidden from view above the ocean, Penglai Immortal Mountain finally briefly lifted its Mountain Protection Array, allowing the setting sun to shine into the venue of the "Thousand Elders Banquet."

Clang! Clang! Clang!...

Nine resounding chimes echoed and reverberated across the island.

They reminded Wang Yuan that in a few days, it would be the Chongyang Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

Should he perhaps burn some of his deceased father’s favorite things, such as:

"Nine-Tailed Turtle," "Jade Beauty," "Jade Concubine’s Love Story," "Yichun Fragrance"... and other such storybooks as a token of filial piety?

However, those seniors on the first floor seemed completely unaffected by this festival to honor and sacrifice to the elderly; instead, they were chatting and laughing with one another:

"The timing of this ’Thousand Elders Banquet’ really is perfect. Once today is over, we won’t need to bother with observing the Chongyang Festival anymore, hahaha..."

"To return to youth and ascend to immortality, I suppose among the immortals, we centenarians might be no different from children, right?"

"..."

As heavenly music chimed again, a sea of golden light rose up in the vast, circular venue, and clouds steamed with multicolored mist.

The fourth layer, where nine Yin God realm experts were seated, was also enveloped within it, slowly transforming into a misty scene of a Turquoise Pool paradise.

Golden light shimmered in myriad paths amidst the red glow, auspicious qi swirling in thousands of streams, emitting purple mist!

There one could see the jade buildings suffused with a deep green, constructed of glittering glass; shimmering and bright, they were adorned with precious jade.

A divine person, dressed in a golden Crown Robe, sat in the center, their face indistinguishable. Behind them, a Heavenly Consort fanned the air, and Jade Maidens held up immortal cloths. The grandeur surpassed even that of the pompous Emperor by a hundredfold.

The entire venue of the "Thousand Elders Banquet" fell instantly silent.

"Let the banquet begin!"

Following the command of Shan Jun, who was said to be in a perennial slumber, waking for only a few days out of the year, the grand "Thousand Elders Banquet" officially commenced.

At Wang Yuan’s table, there were all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, crispy-skin roast duck, Longjing shrimp, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, lion’s head meatballs... and needless to say, all sorts of fine wines.

At the tables of the Tree Charm Peach Fairies, who could only eat vegetarian, there were also various seasonal and off-season fresh fruits and vegetables, more prestigious than a state banquet.

Only at the first floor of the "Thousand Elders Banquet" was it utterly different; they had only Poria, big dates, sesame, yellow essence... and other such medicinal materials that the Taoists used for fasting.

Yet the group of old men and women seemed to eat with relish.

After all, they were about to ascend to immortality; how could they eat the food of the mortal world at this banquet?

Far from being upset, they were all actually in high spirits.

Whoosh!

Just then, a mermaid swimming leisurely in a pool on the first floor was suddenly captured by an invisible force and pulled into the immortal realm above.

To the common eyes of those old men, women, and lower-level disciples, it seemed the mermaid had been blessed to fly into the realm of immortals.

But in Wang Yuan’s eyes, it was clear to see that it had actually landed on a huge platter.

A Yin God realm Taoist Yinzhi, holding a dagger, cut off the mermaid’s neck in one stroke, deftly deboning it while contentedly saying:

"This ’mermaid’ needs to weigh over two hundred jin and be over eight feet long.

Remove the third to fifth cervical vertebrae, and take the crystal-clear marrow within; this is the Living Jade Essence used for refining the Penglai Immortal Formula.

Today, basking in the light of our Uncle Shan Jun, we also have the opportunity to indulge ourselves with this treasured ingredient as an appetizer, which is quite perfect.

Indeed, such a rare treat!"

Other Realm Mages of the Yin God realm started to use the Object Manipulation Technique and drew other mermaids up to the "Immortal Realm."

One must know that among the three major formulas of the Medicine Immortal Sect,

The Immortal Elixir was made by simmering a hundred herbs to extract their essences and could take years to complete; the Penglai Immortal Formula was made by simmering jade essence and the five metals, taking twelve years to complete;

The Yaochi Immortal Formula was created by refining the bodies of six fellow Mages of the sect for an entire cycle of sixty years.

Just as among the so-called "hundred herbs," there are creatures such as the Blood Ginseng Demon, how could the Penglai Immortal Formula possibly be concocted with ordinary jade essence and the five metals?

The legends of "mermaid flesh" along the coast indeed originate from this very "jade essence" supply chain.

After the appetizer came the intensely nourishing Blood Ginseng Demon.

A small hole was pierced directly in them, and nine Demons greedily sucked the blood wine from their bodies until they were drained dry into a thin layer of ginseng skin.

The third dish, "Medicine Man," was actually disciples who had mutated into a [Weird] state while practicing the Undying Elixir Technique.

After losing control, they gradually became a mixture of half human, half medicine, living corpses.

As they continued to kill lifeforms, they would slowly grow various unique, miraculous herbs and immortal fruits on their heads, each one a powerful restorative.

The "ginseng babies" that appeared on the mountains near the coastal areas, which had turned into spirits, were mostly transformations of these individuals. If Mountain Pickers became greedy and pursued them, they would typically be killed.

"Refreshing, oh so refreshing!"

"Pity that it only comes once every three years; we must make sure to eat our fill."

As time went on and they were half-satiated, the Demons couldn’t help but cast their gazes down at the thousand elders on the lower levels, who served as the main course.

Someone shouted:

"It has begun!"

No sooner had the words fallen than each old person began to curl up in their seats. Their aged skin slowly hardened and turned into a cocoon-like shell of some kind of insect.

They were not turning into insects; rather, it signaled the impending completion of the Feather Transformation Molting Technique, which could take ten or even decades to master.

This method could only be practiced by those over fifty years old.

By refining Cicada Shedding, Silkworm Shedding, and Snake Shedding into the Feather Transformation Stage Immortal Pill, and consistently taking it over many years,

One could give birth from one’s original body to a creature known as a Feather-Born Child at the end of one’s lifespan.

The longer one lived, the more nourishing the Feather-Born Child that emerged would be.

A short while later.

Crack—!

With a crisp sound in the area, the first [Feather-Born Child] emerged from its cocoon.

It looked at its own rejuvenated, newly revitalized body and was immediately ecstatic.

"Hahaha, I have ascended to immortality, I have ascended!"

Completely unaware that its body was plump and white, resembling an eight or nine-year-old child with a pair of pure white wings on its back, while its head still maintained the look of its original aged appearance.

The face, dense with wrinkles, was filled with boundless longing for the future as it flapped its wings and surged towards the Immortal Realm in the sky.

However, it was the second, the third...

The [Shan Jun] that had been motionless before finally reacted at this moment.

Dozens of limbs, as thick as arms and resembling eel’s appendages, burst out from under the gold-yellow long robe.

Those [Feather-Born Children] who had just headed towards the Immortal Realm had scarcely touched the ground before these horrific appendages bit down on their heads.

Gurgle... Gurgle...

They began to suck out their brains like through a straw.

[Shan Jun]’s face was full of indulgence:

"Ah, I most enjoy eating the brain marrow of these [Renrui], filled with vicissitudes and wisdom, like a century-old wine, truly an endless aftertaste.

People outside the Sect call me [Wiseman], not really because I possess all-knowing power, but because I know how to extract the wisdom of these [Renrui]! Delicious, it really is too delicious!"

As for those [Feather-Born Children] who were being eaten, each one of them had a look of enjoyment on their faces.

One of them even had his dying eyes rolled back, moaning,

"Heavenly White Jade City, twelve towers and five citadels, Immortals pat my head, grant me hair knots and longevity! I have ascended! Ascended! Hahaha..."

Wang Yuan recognized him as the centenarian, He Qijin, whom he had led here.

Immediately after.

The nine figures, who had been tapping their chopsticks against their bowls on the fourth floor, couldn’t wait any longer and began to move.

"Let me finely chop this [Feather-Born Child], even more tender than ’Not Envious of Sheep’ and ’Bone Rotten’. Raw consumption would otherwise be a waste of such exquisite meat."

"Senior Brother’s insight is brilliant! If dipped in a bit of sesame oil, the taste would definitely be even finer!"

"It’s Uncle [Shan Jun] who has the techniques.

The flesh of people filled with fear of death is sour and hard, only those with hope in their hearts are the most tender and delicious.

Create a great deception and just wait for the idiots to follow along and then feast.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!"

"Mortals and those creatures of minor paths love their two-legged sheep and ’Not Envious of Sheep’. How could they compare to us in gastronomy, huh? Hahaha..."

"Exactly, exactly, we truly know how to appreciate fine dining!"

Crackle and pop...

Scattered chunks of flesh, body parts, and blood continuously fell to the lower floors, only to be concealed by [Shan Jun]’s "Deceitful Heart"; hence, the onlookers couldn’t see the true nature.

They only thought it was a heavenly downpour of sweet dew, and a terrestrial surge of gold blossoms.

Only Wang Yuan, with eyesight "like a deep indigo color", saw the entire scene of this slaughterhouse-like feast.

So even when suspicious "fluids" splashed onto his face, he dared not move at all.

He continued to quietly eat his meal as if nothing were amiss.

Fearing that [Shan Jun] above might suddenly fancy some side dishes from the "Fresh Market" to whet their appetite, he might carelessly perish.

Fortunately.

He had [Five Ghosts Shifting Mountains] for escape, [Mountain Shifting and Scenery Changing Talisman] for hiding, [Ghost Replacement] for disguises and scapegoats, and even [Returning to Life] if he were truly slain.

And if he encountered a relentless figure determined to chase him to the ends of heaven and earth, he also had the art of "Changing Vests", with his life-saving skills maxed out.

As a last resort, he had a [Money Box] that could unleash Sword Qi at the Mage Realm level.

Although his heart was pounding like a drum, he still managed to sit steadily as if fishing.

As [Shan Jun] and the nine [Yin Gods] seemed to have almost finished their feast, there were still many "ingredients" left at the banquet.

[Shan Jun] waved a big hand.

The sky above seemed to have become its own realm, where purity and turbidity intertwined in chaos, and the misty smog formed a giant array that turned into a transparent, exquisitely crafted pill furnace.

Inside it, an elixir pill aglow with golden light floated up and down.

Whoosh—!

A tremendous suction force suddenly emerged from the pill furnace, drawing in the essence of the remaining [Blood Ginseng Demons], [Mermaids], [Medicine Men], and [Feather-Born Children].

With a rumbling as if digesting, the [Elixir Pill] began to split like a living womb, multiplying from one to two, two to four...

After a brief moment, they merged back into one and repeated the process.

Seeing this, [Shan Jun] let out a sticky laugh:

"Hahaha, this [Life Creation Pill] that I’ve innovated by blending the old with the new just needs another three days of nourishment before it can be perfected!

It can resurrect the dead and mend white bones, giving Mages a second life.

I see, from now on, which Mage from ’Peach God Tao’ or any other of the dozen plus Sects wouldn’t come begging me?"

However, he was completely unaware that below, a fellow known as "Thief Cat" and "Here I Come", accustomed to thievery, was watching the treasure pill with eyes agleam.

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