401: Chapter 395: The Potent Aftereffects of Rat Demon Meat 401: Chapter 395: The Potent Aftereffects of Rat Demon Meat The fierce flames had burned Brother Shan, the Rat Demon, beyond recognition.
Chen Hai started searching from the Rat Demon’s head,
scouring through its entire upper body, but he still couldn’t find any Rat Demon Meat that could be considered edible.
Yet persistence pays off, and as he was rummaging through the taut last two hind legs of the creature,
he finally found a cylindrical piece of meat the size of a thumb near that area!
The skin of the meat chunk was charred black, but the inside was still flesh and not completely carbonized.
Besides the fact that Brother Shan, the Rat Demon, had protected this area the best before his demise,
another reason was that this cylindrical piece of meat moved more often and had thicker skin than other parts of its body.
“Thank goodness, I’ve managed to fulfill my obligation and found a piece of Rat Demon Meat that’s barely edible for Brother Dalong!”
“Otherwise, if I really had to go back empty-handed, Brother Dalong might not say much, but he would definitely be unhappy in his heart, thinking that I brushed him off.”
Heaving a sigh of relief, Chen Hai stood up.
The Rat Demon Meat in his hand was still scorching hot, having been thoroughly cooked by the flames.
Unseasoned with salt or spices like cumin, he could already imagine what such unflavored Rat Demon Meat would taste like.
A piece of meat like this would be consumed in just a bite or two.
To this, Chen Hai was indifferent.
It was his prior agreement to bring back a piece of Rat Demon Meat for his cousin, Jiang Dalong.
Handing it over to Jiang Dalong would show his intent, and it would mean his promise was fulfilled!
Whether to eat it or not was Jiang Dalong’s own choice.
Even if Jiang Dalong tossed the meat aside as soon as he received it, Chen Hai would have no objections.
Securing the hard-found piece of Rat Demon Meat, Chen Hai set a fire to thoroughly burn the nearly completely carbonized corpse of the Rat Demon to ashes.
After scanning the area to make sure he hadn’t overlooked anything, he turned and strode back the way he came.
Some ten to twenty minutes later, Chen Hai finally returned to the arch bridge over the main road.
Jiang Dalong was squatting near the bridge’s foundation, where the 250cc motorbike was parked.
With a cigarette in his mouth, he had also gathered some twigs and started a small bonfire.
The burning bonfire provided warmth as well as emboldened the spirit.
Seemingly, Jiang Dalong, who boasted he was brave enough to sleep in graveyards, had still grown a bit faint-hearted after suffering twice at the hands of the Rat Demon when left alone here!
“Cousin, you are finally back…” Dalong’s face lit up visibly when he saw Chen Hai.
He was about to stand up and come towards Chen Hai when he suddenly halted, stopping in his tracks.
“If you really are my cousin, you’ll definitely remember what I told you before we split up…”
Staring at Chen Hai who was now only a few steps away, Jiang Dalong asked in a grave tone.
Clearly, he was once bitten, twice shy.
He asked the question solely to verify that the Chen Hai before him was the real deal and not an illusion influenced by some eerie power.
The spot where he was squatting was beside a bridge pillar and the mountain; there was neither a ditch nor a pond.
As long as he stayed put and didn’t wander around, there was no risk of stepping into thin air and tumbling into a ditch below.
Having set up a bonfire and waiting for Chen Hai, he had made up his mind not to move an inch from his spot until he was sure his cousin had really returned.
“Brother Dalong, you’re being so cautious now?”
“Didn’t you just want me to bring back a piece of Rat Demon Meat?
I wouldn’t dare forget what you asked me to do; I’ve been keeping it in mind the whole time!”
As he spoke, Chen Hai had walked up to Jiang Dalong and squatted down in front of him, extending the piece of Rat Demon Meat to him.
“So little meat, and shaped like that?
Which part of the Rat Demon’s body is this?” Jiang Dalong picked over the chunk of meat Chen Hai had handed him, examining it from every angle, while casually asking a question.
“It’s the essence of the Rat Demon, the best part—I specifically saved it for you!” Chen Hai replied with a smile.
Bull penis or dog penis, for some men, are indeed wonderful delicacies without a doubt.
Considering this was called the Rat Tail, touted as the most exquisite part of the Rat Demon, the claim was certainly plausible.
As for whether it was specifically saved for Jiang Dalong?
That wasn’t important at all.
What mattered was that the meat had genuinely come from Chen Hai and ended up in Jiang Dalong’s hands.
Upon hearing Chen Hai’s explanation, Jiang Dalong felt a spark of excitement.
“Your cousin always enjoys his meat.
This piece is still warm—I smelled it and knew it was fully cooked!”
“Even without any seasoning, it might be bland, but just thinking about it coming from the demon that almost cost me my life makes my appetite surge and fills me with satisfaction!”
After peeling off the charred black outer skin, the insides were pinkish.
Bringing it to his lips, Jiang Dalong first took a whiff of the scent.
Confronted with an indescribable aroma of roasted meat that shot straight up his nose and sped up his salivation, he opened his mouth and tentatively bit off a small piece.
“Delicious, aromatic, has a nice chewiness to it…”
“Demon Meat is indeed Demon Meat, truly in a league of its own.
Just the taste alone throws beef and mutton several blocks behind.”
“It’s just a pity that there’s so little of it…”
Having had a taste, Jiang Dalong couldn’t stop eating.
The tiny piece of meat the size of a thumb, the first bite was a tester; by the second, it was all gone.
This Rat Demon meat seemed to grow more flavorful the more he chewed.
After several minutes savoring it in his mouth, he reluctantly swallowed the whole piece.
“Cousin, a demon rat that’s attained such power should be at least bigger than a cat, right?”
“This piece you brought me is the essence of the Rat Demon, but what about the rest of the meat?
You didn’t just throw it away, did you?”
With a mischievous gleam in his eye, Jiang Dalong probed, testing the waters.
After consuming that piece of Rat Demon meat, his back no longer ached, his legs no longer hurt, and he felt warm and cozy.
Right now, he felt that even if he were in a freezing snowy landscape, he could dare to roll naked in the snow.
“Gone, only this little bit was left; I burned the other parts of the Rat Demon to ashes!” Chen Hai replied noncommittally with a shrug.
As he spoke, he paid special attention to Jiang Dalong’s complexion.
When Jiang Dalong first ate the Rat Demon meat, his face was merely a bit flushed.
But in the blink of an eye, his entire face had turned red as a beet.
Anxious, Chen Hai was about to ask him what was happening—
But Jiang Dalong had already jumped to his feet, speaking first, “Cousin, the demon’s meat has too much of a punch, I can’t take it!”
“Quick, you drive, take me back to the county…”
As he spoke, he hunched over, clutching his groin, looking extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing this, Chen Hai also grew anxious!
If he had known that a piece of Rat Demon meat would do this to his cousin Jiang Dalong, he would have preferred a few gripes from him and certainly never agreed to bring the Demon Meat for him to eat.
He walked a few steps to the nearby 250cc motorcycle and straddled it.
He had never ridden this type of motorcycle before and had no experience whatsoever.
“Rumble, rumble, rumble…”
Fortunately, with his solid car-driving skills as a foundation and after asking Jiang Dalong for basic motorcycle instructions, he managed to smoothly get the motorcycle started.
“Brother Long, hop on quick.
To the county, I’ll take you straight to the hospital.”
“What hospital?
Just drop me off at a hair salon…”
With the motorcycle’s engine roaring, Chen Hai drove with Jiang Dalong towards the county, speeding away like a swiftly flashing bolt of lightning.