Chapter 25 Iron Pot Stew

The next morning, in Da Chui's courtyard.

Da Chui got up early to prepare the meal.

When everyone else got up, Da Chui had already set the table in the courtyard and, along with the morning sun, gave everyone a serving of "iron pot stew"...

Under Da Chui's enthusiastic hospitality, the trio drank a broth made of who-knows-what meat, and ate large mouthfuls of strangely flavored green vegetables and fruits...

Everything here tasted so strange, just like the Caogu wine yesterday.

"What is this?" Jiang Xiao couldn't help but ask. He picked up a "rib" from the broth with his chopsticks. The bone was very hard, and the meat on it was pitifully small, but it was particularly chewy.

To be precise, it was a little *too* chewy, making his teeth ache...

Jiang Xiao was the bait, so he didn't have to eat, but he had a spirit of exploration for magical food.

Da Chui wiped the sweat from his bald head and laughed loudly, "Haha, this is the rib of a Ruishou (auspicious beast), good stuff."

Jiang Xiao was taken aback and said, "Ruishou? The Ruishou I'm imagining?"

Da Chui tore at the rib meat while mumbling, "The Ruishou in the Night City Other Dimension. Haven't you seen it on Earth?"

Jiang Xiao shook his head and said, "My home is in Beijiang. Later, I went to the Imperial Capital for school, and my troops were stationed in Northwest China. I really haven't been to the Night City Other Dimension in the Central Plains."

Da Chui nodded and said, "I see. Then tonight, I'll stew you a Mandarin duck. It's also a creature from Night City. I guess you haven't eaten it either."

Jiang Xiao: "Iron... iron pot stewed Mandarin duck?"

"Quick, eat! Fight, fight!" Beside the table, a Jin Lu (Gold Monk) stood proudly, like a foreman. With his hands behind his back, he kept urging Jiang Xiao to eat quickly and then go fight.

Jiang Xiao was amused and looked up at the Jin Lu's black ghost face, "So eager to lose?"

The Jin Lu's face darkened. Of course, his face was already black, so it didn't seem to change much...

Jiang Xiao raised the rib he had gnawed clean, holding the bone towards the Jin Lu, "Don't you want to eat some?"

"No eat, fight! Battle!" The Jin Lu's body trembled. It seemed to be suffocating. His already hoarse voice became even more gloomy and trembling, like a perverted killer.

As he spoke, the Jin Lu squatted down.

He casually took off his bamboo hat. A pair of black claws grabbed his big black head. His expression was extremely strange, and he muttered in a low voice, "Kill! Fight! Battle... hehe..."

"Uh..." Jiang Xiao carefully handed the bone over and said, "You should eat something. You can't go hungry."

"Wuwu~ I want to fight, fight, wuwu..." The Jin Lu's emotions were like a roller coaster. His voice suddenly choked up, and he whimpered softly, looking like he wanted something but couldn't get it.

That pitiful appearance would be heartbreaking if it were on a normal creature, but this ugly and sinister ghost-faced monk...

"Sigh, eat it." Jiang Xiao stuffed the bone into the Jin Lu's big mouth and gently patted his big black head, "Your mind is already perverted enough. Your body must be healthy!"

"Pfft..." Da Chui suddenly turned his head and spat out a mouthful of meat soup, "Cough cough, cough cough, hahahahaha..."

He Yun also laughed lightly and said, "Stop messing around, kid. You have to be careful when you fight later. These guys are all Platinum-level fighting masters.

"Leaving aside their rank and Star Techniques, let's just talk about their fighting skills. Even on a global scale, they are likely to be top-notch!"

Jiang Xiao grinned and ate a sweet and sour green fruit, "Old He, haven't you seen my blade?"

The trio had been working together for several months. How could He Yun not have seen Jiang Xiao's blade?

But obviously, He Yun hadn't seen enough.

He Yun wanted to say something, but Jiang Xiao finished the broth in one gulp and shouted, "Good! Today, I will give the elderly a lesson! I'll show you what it means to be a formidable youth!"

He Yun: ???

The Jin Lu suddenly stood up. A violent aura spread out from his nearly three-meter-tall body, stirring up dust in the courtyard...

As the dust flew, the blind woman silently put down her chopsticks.

The next moment,

The Jin Lu carried Jiang Xiao and started a hundred-meter sprint!

"Ah..." Jiang Xiao's voice grew smaller and smaller as the Jin Lu shot onto the roof, carrying Jiang Xiao and speeding through Yegu Tacheng.

A dozen seconds later, under everyone's astonished gazes, the Jin Lu ran back with Jiang Xiao!

The Jin Lu plunged into Jiang Xiao's bedroom, grabbed the handles of two giant blades with one hand, supported Jiang Xiao's body with the other, still carrying him on his shoulder, ran out again, and quickly left.

Everyone in the courtyard: "..."

"I...am...going..." Jiang Xiao was like a pig, carried on the Jin Lu's neck. In the Jin Lu's journey of flying and escaping, Jiang Xiao's body swayed from side to side. It was so exciting.

"Haha, hahahaha, fight! Fight!" The Jin Lu shouted excitedly while running, laughing wildly.

One person told ten, ten told a hundred, and the entire Yegu Tacheng was boiling!

They loved to fight the most!

Unfortunately, there were too many rules in Yegu Tacheng. Every fight had to be held in the arena and had to be applied for in advance.

If they fought in private, it would shorten the time to enter the Ancient Pagoda and bathe in the light column, so the ghost-faced monks were extremely frustrated every day!

The ghost-faced monks possessed peak fighting skills and good intelligence. Why hadn't they dominated the Central Plains?

Of course, it was because they focused more on internal strife.

They longed for opponents of equal strength. This was also the reason why other forces at the top of the Ancient Pagoda had always been in chaos and unable to develop.

The ghost-faced monks at the top of other Ancient Pagodas were probably fighting all the time. Only when the Ancient Pagoda was invaded and someone came to steal the light column would they temporarily stop fighting and fight together against the enemy.

Jiang Xiao only felt like he was riding through the clouds and mist. Finally, he was thrown onto a stone arena.

"Clang~ Clang~" Two crisp sounds as two giant blades were thrown in front of Jiang Xiao.

"Hiss, heh heh..."

"Goo goo...roar!" A group of ghost-faced monks surrounded him, speaking gibberish, like ghosts crying and wolves howling. It was truly a scene of demons dancing wildly.

The Jin Lu roared loudly at the stage. Jiang Xiao couldn't understand what he was shouting, but then, crescent scimitars were thrown up one after another.

Amidst the crescent scimitars all over the ground, the Jin Lu casually picked up two and held them in his hands. His golden eyes looked at Jiang Xiao with burning intensity, ready to go: "Fight...fight! Fight!"

"Roar roar!!!"

"Heh heh..." Another chorus of ghostly howls came.

Jiang Xiao picked up the two giant blades on the ground, slowly stood up, and looked around.

This was a square arena about one meter high. The arena was large enough for two people to toss around in.

There were no guardrails or other protective measures around the arena. There were only stone pillars standing at each of the four corners.

Jiang Xiao sized up the arena and the ghost-faced monks below.

This city was very large and was built around three ancient pagodas, so the living areas of the ghost-faced monks were mostly around the ancient pagodas.

The ghost-faced monks living around the other two ancient pagodas were still rushing here after hearing the news, and the ghost-faced monks around this ancient pagoda had already surrounded the arena tightly.

Under the wild dance of demons, they squeezed together, and their bamboo hats were knocked off one after another, revealing their fanatical expressions.

They...really loved fighting!

Opportunity!

Jiang Xiao thought to himself. Since they valued fighting and martial arts so much, Jiang Xiao could completely use this arena competition to establish his prestige.

In this way, Jiang Xiao's status in Yegu Ta would be infinitely elevated in the future, and he could better lead this group of fanatical militants.

A kitchen knife, in the hands of a chef, was a tool for making delicious dishes, but if it was in the hands of a gangster, it would be a murder weapon.

Therefore, the kitchen knife itself was neither good nor evil. The difference lay in the person using the kitchen knife.

How huge of a force would these nearly a thousand fighting masters be? In the future, if Jiang Xiao could really bring them under his command, or even establish a friendly cooperative relationship, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Jiang Xiao casually flicked his blade and looked at the ghost-faced monk opposite him with burning eyes.

This battle could only be won! No losing allowed!

"Ah ah ah ah!" Jin 17 (Jin Lu) trembled with excitement, looking like he was about to ascend to the void.

Jiang Xiao clicked his tongue inwardly. I haven't even blessed you yet, and you're already ready?

Of course, the bait Jiang Xiao didn't bless him. At this time, his Star Techniques were: Deadly Double Star Technique, Shadow Crow Three Star Technique, White Ghost Double Star Technique, and Ghost Tiger's Sharpness and Perception Star Techniques.

"Wuwuwuwuwu~"

"Oh oh oh!" If they didn't fight on stage, the crowd below would really riot, but the voices of those demons and monsters were so annoying to Jiang Xiao.

He suddenly picked up his blade and pointed it at the crowd below.

For a moment, the sound in the area pointed at by the giant blade stopped slightly.

Then, the ghost-faced monks, as if they had been greatly provoked, rushed forward. If it weren't for the Silver Monks guard group who had come to pull them back, they probably would have already come up.

Just now, Li Hoge and Yue Yuchen of the Falcon Squad arrived on the scene with the Silver Monk team to maintain order.

At this time, the two of them were secretly complaining in their hearts. What was this vice-captain of the Light Chasing Squad doing? Did he want to provoke a city-wide riot?

It was already difficult enough to control the scene with so many ghost-faced monks rushing over after hearing the news of a ring match. If Jiang Xiao continued to provoke them like this, even the Silver Monks who were supposed to be maintaining order would probably jump into the ring to fight!

Jiang Xiao turned around on the spot, pointed at the ghost-faced monks surrounding the arena with his blade, and suddenly roared loudly, "Can you all speak Chinese!?"

Amidst the heated atmosphere, Jiang Xiao was also full of momentum, and he cursed.

The sounds around the arena suddenly stopped.

Jiang Xiao shouted loudly: "Your cheering is too annoying. Today, I will teach you a word, 'Wo Cao'!"

Yue Yuchen, Li Hoge: ???

A group of ghost-faced monks were also dumbfounded...

"It means surprise, it means praise!" Jiang Xiao shouted, "When you see something amazing, just say these two words, 'Wo Cao'! Got it? Come on, say it with me: Wo Cao!"

Yue Yuchen, Li Hoge: "......"

A Caolu (Grass Monk) suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "Wo...Wo Cao?"

One, two, three...

For a time, the sound of "Wo Cao" was continuous.

"Mm! Very good!" Jiang Xiao nodded heavily. There was nothing more down-to-earth than these two words.

These ghost-faced monks couldn't possibly come up with any beautiful rainbow farts anyway, so these two words were enough!

If such a pure skill-based battle didn't have any rainbow farts, wouldn't it be missing a big part of the fun?

Not far away, Da Chui led He Yun and the blind woman to the scene, only to hear a series of "Wo Cao" sounds.

He Yun and the blind woman were dumbfounded. What was going on?

Facts had proved that it was difficult to learn good things, but it was definitely easy to learn bad things...

On stage, Teacher Jiang had a gratified expression, constantly nodding and praising the ghost-faced monks below: "Mm, a promising youngster, a promising youngster!"