Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 31

[Chapter 31 Barbecue (Seeking follow-up reading)]

“Number 57, T-Zone, is this the place?”

At the foot of the mountain, shanty town.

When Fang Xing arrived at a place, he saw a row of huts scattered around a red leaf forest.

Not far away, there is a clear stream flowing by.

These sheds were all made of wood, with house numbers nailed above the doors.

He found his house and found it was locked. He immediately took out the brass key and opened the chain.

There was a creaky sound, and the door opened, and a puff of dust and a musty smell wafted into my nose.

“The environment isn’t great, but at least it’s private…”

Fang Xing put on a mask and started cleaning.

Half an hour later, he finished cleaning the room and went out with a basket of garbage.

The door of the next room opened and someone came out.

“Huh? Is that you?”

There was a cry of surprise.

Fang Xing turned his head and saw a bright and beautiful woman in her twenties looking at him in surprise.

“You are… the youngest of the Five Righteous Men of Cangshan, Shen Yuxin?”

He recognized her immediately. It was one of the couple. He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly at what a bad fate it was.

“It is me, fellow Taoist, so you live next door?”

Shen Yuxin couldn’t help feeling very strange when she thought of her eldest brother’s evaluation.

“We just moved in today. We’ll all be neighbors from now on. We’ll take care of each other if anything happens…”

Fang Xing smiled, and saw a little head popping out from behind Shen Yuxin. It looked rather cute with its tiger-like head. “Is this your son?”

“That’s right, Zijin, come and meet your uncle.”

Shen Yuxin pulled the child out with a hint of pride on her face.

“uncle……”

Meng Zijin shouted.

“Be good, uncle will buy you some candy next time…”

Fang Xing smiled, but in his heart he was complaining: “Am I that old? Call me uncle? Calling me brother is more appropriate…”

After exchanging a few polite words with Shen Yuxin, he returned to his room, closed the door, and went to the kitchen.

“The firewood rice feels good…”

After opening the lid of the pot, you will see a pot full of delicious rice, exuding an enticing aroma.

Fang Xing thought about it and did not start eating right away. Instead, he cut another piece of beef.

This beef is monster beef bought at the market. Each beef is thick and strong, with snowflake-like texture all over it. You can tell at a glance that it is top quality stuff.

“It’s a pity to have rice but no vegetables, isn’t it?”

Fang Xing took out a bottle, which contained barbecue ingredients from the Blue Star Federation.

He cut the beef into small pieces, skewered them with mahogany roots, and slowly roasted them over the fire, occasionally sprinkling some spices on them.

Before long, waves of earth-shaking aroma emanated from the kitchen and then drifted to the neighbors.

next door.

“…Boss, the young man we met today actually became our neighbor.”

Shen Yuxin was telling Meng Yi, who had just returned home, what had happened.

“What?”

Meng Yi’s good mood disappeared in an instant and he touched the purse around his waist.

The Five Heroes of Cangshan finally killed a monster and sold it for a lot of low-grade spirit stones. Could it be that they are being targeted now?

“Do you think… the other party is coming for us?”

Meng Yi lowered his voice, unconsciously adding a hint of murderous intent.

“In my opinion, it’s not that… any piece of clothing they have is worth more than our entire fortune…” Shen Yu thought about it and shook his head immediately.

“It’s fine if it’s not, but if it is, we’re not vegetarians either!”

Meng Yi thought for a moment and said, “I still need to talk to my eldest brother about this matter… Well, let Zi Jin come out. We will eat tiger monster meat and spiritual rice tonight. Take care of these few pounds of spiritual rice and make some spiritual rice porridge for Zi Jin every day. He is five years old now. Next year, he can officially have his spiritual roots tested. Even if he doesn’t have spiritual roots, he can lay a solid foundation and learn martial arts well…”

Most of the warriors in the market town have no way to move forward, and all they think about is their future generations.

“Zijin is born smart. I think he must have spiritual roots.”

Shen Yuxin comforted her husband and then prepared to go to the kitchen to cook.

Suddenly, a strange aroma of barbecue wafted over.

“What is this? It smells so good?”

Meng Yi swallowed unconsciously.

He had eaten a lot of barbecue, but this was the first time he smelled such delicious barbecue.

It’s not their fault.

After all, there are limited chefs in Qinglinfang City, and they are at the lowest level. It is a big deal if they put a handful of salt on the barbecue.

How can it compare to the barbecue ingredients specially prepared in the interstellar era?

There are dozens of spices alone, which was an unimaginable luxury in ancient times.

“Could it be that the little brother has ordered a meal at Tiancan Restaurant? Those are delicacies made by the spiritual chef. Only masters in the late stage of Qi training can afford to taste them…”

Shen Yuxin was also a little strange.

“Dad…I want to eat barbecue!”

At this time, Meng Zijin poked his head out: “I want to go to Uncle Fang’s house next door to eat barbecue… woo woo woo…”

…

“Well, as expected, this monster meat is of extremely high quality… plus the barbecue spices from the interstellar era, it is simply invincible.”

Fang Xing picked up the beef skewers made of red mangrove roots, took a big bite, and a look of satisfaction suddenly appeared on his face: “It tastes better than the barbecue stall I ate on my birthday before… It turns out that the ingredients are better than anything else!”

Although the beef meat is relatively tough, it is just right for Fang Xing, a second-level warrior.

He ate a full pot of rice with the beef and felt a pure energy surge through his body.

“The spiritual rice combined with monster meat has a stronger effect?”

With a little surprise, Fang Xing immediately set up the “Big Dragon Posture” and slowly absorbed the energy and blood.

“Sure enough, monster meat and warriors are a perfect match? It feels similar to swallowing a pill, but without the slightest bit of poison…”

“Huh? Why is there crying? Whose child is being beaten? Next door? That Meng Zijin today?”

“Forget it, beating the kids on a rainy day is just a waste of time…”

…

The next day.

Fang Xing pushed open the door, felt the fresh air, and nodded secretly.

“Practicing martial arts here is more efficient than in a temporary camp… There is a saying among immortal cultivators about spiritual veins. It is said that Qinglinfang City was built on a spiritual land. It seems that this is true…”

He stretched himself and was about to perform a set of boxing to warm up when the door next to him opened and Meng Yi walked out: “Brother Fang…”

“Brother Meng…”

Fang Xing returned the gift, thought about it, and decided not to ask about the child.

After all, it’s someone else’s family affair. Besides, it’s not easy for a cyborg to fight with the parents, so the child should not be ungrateful for what he has.

“I heard from my wife yesterday that Brother Fang had just moved in. I don’t have anything valuable, so here are a few pounds of tiger bones as a gift for the housewarming.”

Meng Yi brought over a few tiger bones. The bloody smell was still there, so they were obviously from the demon tiger from yesterday.

“Thank you. I’ll take the tiger bone and use it to make wine.”

Fang Xing took the tiger bone and chatted with Meng Yi for a few words.

Meng Yi smiled bitterly again: “My child is naughty. If I offend you in the future, please don’t take it as an offense, Brother Fang…”

“No, no…” Fang Xing thought for a moment, then ran back and took out a bag of spices: “This is my secret barbecue seasoning, just consider it a return gift.”

“Thank you very much.”

Meng Yi then realized that the barbecue last night was made by Fang Xing himself, and he immediately praised: “Brother Fang’s cooking skills are worthy of a place even in the market. My kid was noisy for half the night, and he finally calmed down today.”

When he mentioned his own boy, a hint of pride appeared on his face.

Fang Xing inquired a little more and found out that in this world, when a child is six or seven years old, the spiritual roots have already taken shape and can be detected by the “Spirit Testing Talisman” and the magic of immortal cultivators.

Mr. and Mrs. Meng Yi naturally had high hopes for Meng Zijin.

“Alas… I don’t ask that kid to be noticed by the sect’s spiritual tester. I just hope he can have spiritual roots, even if it’s the inferior one, I’ll be satisfied.” Meng Yi couldn’t help but sigh when he mentioned this.

The Qingxuan Sect is a major sect of immortal cultivation. It has always had the habit of collecting children with excellent spiritual roots and accepting them as disciples.

Those warriors could obviously be domineering and powerful in the secular world, but they chose to go to the world of immortal cultivation and get beaten to a bloody pulp. A large part of them is pinning their hopes on future generations.

As long as the descendants have spiritual roots and pass it down from generation to generation, it will be the inheritance of a small immortal cultivation family.

“The continuation of the spirit, the continuation of the bloodline… If you can’t achieve immortality, is this the only thing you can pursue?”

After hearing this, Fang Xing couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Anyway, he definitely couldn’t enter the Qingxuan Sect.

Not to mention that he has no spiritual roots, even if he has spiritual roots, Qingxuan Sect does not like adult Qigong practitioners, unless they are truly gifted or have a special skill.

Fang Xing is aware of this, it’s just that it’s hard to cultivate loyalty…

“Today we five heroes are going to have a small gathering. I wonder if Brother Fang will come?”

Meng Yi found that he and Fang Xing got along better and better as they talked, so he couldn’t help but extend an invitation.

“No, I have other things to do today…”

Fang Xing had just refused, but suddenly his expression changed and he looked up at the sky.

Chirp!

The sound of birds chirping was heard, and then a huge black bird with a wingspan of more than five or six meters was seen. Its eyes were blood red, and it rode the strong wind and broke into the range of Qinglin Mountain.

“There’s a demon bird!”

Meng Yi looked up and saw this scene, his expression suddenly changed: “Yuxin, quickly take Zijin to the market town, there is a large formation guarding there, it will be safe.”

“Boss, what about you?”

Shen Yuxin came out holding Meng Zijin and looked at her husband anxiously.

“I’ll go and take a look…”

Meng Yi looked in the direction of the demon bird, and there seemed to be a hint of excitement in his expression.

“People here really don’t take human life seriously, do they?”

Fang Xing looked at Meng Yi’s back as he left, but he was complaining in his heart: “Is he going to kill the monster bird? He is clearly trying to take advantage of the chaos… Although this market seems safe and can avoid minor chaos, if there is a big chaos, the closer to the center of the market, the more dangerous it is!”

“Although living here can improve the efficiency of martial arts training, it really doesn’t make me feel safe. I’d better go to the black market a few more times and save enough money to buy a laser gun…”

(End of this chapter)