Dark Moon Era

Nonetheless, deep down inside, there was nothing for Su Yao to be frustrated about because Tang Ling was Tang Ling.

Based on everything he displayed, if he was not as talented as he displayed, that would have been strange.

40 minutes later, the vicious beast meat that Su Yao shredded into the pot started to soften. As for the new way of eating, Tang Ling also earned himself a nod from Su Yao.

Tang Ling wiped the sweat away from his forehead as he simply said, “It’s not as hard as it looks.”

It was just a new way of eating, not a new way to fight, so Tang Ling deemed the level of difficulty reasonable.

The young boy did not notice that his definition of ‘easy’ coupled with his naivety really made Su Yao want to beat him up. The man had to hold back his urge a few times so that he did not do something stupid.

The soup in the pot suddenly became a strange black color. Su Yao neglected the heat and took the pot off the fire. “It’s almost done after letting it simmer for a bit. That’s the most effective way to consume it. Wait for it to cool down and you finish it. I don’t want to see a single drop of soup left in the pot when you’re finished.” Su Yao said to Tang Ling while sitting on top of a big rock.

“Me? Eat this alone?” Tang Ling seemed to have a hard time accepting Su Yao’s generosity. He had a very big dinner, and perhaps because of the medium nutrition paste, he still did not feel any hunger. He was rather reluctant to finish the soup.

Su Yao’s cooking was considered as wild beast level, and the thing that scared Tang Ling most was the vicious beast meat. could he really finish a total of 50 grams of vicious beast meat?

“Do you really think I came all the way here in the middle of the night to admire the moon with you? This pot of soup is worth probably more than 50,000 credits. If you don’t drink it, I’ll make you.” Su Yao was not angry when he said that, but his tone was indubitable that Tang Ling strongly believed he would really force the pot of soup down his mouth if he decided not to drink it.

So, Tang Ling skipped the chatter. After the soup cooled down, he gobbled down the meat as well as the stems and leaves of the vegetables. Everything was stuffed into his mouth, simply chewed up, and swallowed into his stomach.

The soup was everything but tasty. It had a sourish, bitter taste and was a little numbing. The seemingly soft meat was actually as tough as tree bark while the stems of the vegetables were thorny, but Tang Ling ate it happily like the first time Su Yao fed him with that pot of soup.

What was inside the soup that cost 50,000 credits? It was not necessary to ponder upon it since the goodwill itself was not to be wasted and taken for granted.

Tang Ling thought as such because Su Yao had purposely prepared this dinner for him, so he assumed the man was fond of exotic ingredients in his meals.

The effect of the soup came into play right after it entered his stomach.

There was not a warm buffer or anything similar. It exploded into heat energy the moment the soup reached his stomach, and the burning sensation then spread to every corner of his body.

Though the burning sensation was still within withstandable range, it was not as painful as eating the vicious beast meat raw the first time.

Tang Ling shivered and drained the last drop of soup from the pot. In the end, his hand shook and the pot fell down with a clunk.

“Use the methods I taught you just now. Do it now and it will be the most effective. If you don’t want to waste it, remember to perform all the details.” Su Yao seemingly neglected Tang Ling’s pain and simply reminded him of the poses.

Tang Ling instantly performed all eight actions from the eating method that Su Yao taught him.

It was already burning as the heat energy spread in his body, and after he performed the movements from the eating method, the pain was amplified a lot more, causing Tang Ling to clench his teeth.

Su Yao was still looking calm as he stood up on the rock and stared at Tang Ling, saying word by word, “I am serious. If you cannot perform any pose or neglect the details, I don’t mind helping you out, but you have to believe that the pain will be a lot worse than doing it yourself.”

Tang Ling kept quiet and performed the poses, enduring the amplified pain and savoring his own bowel movements. Every inch of muscle that moved was captured in his heart.

He was sweating like a waterfall. The beads of sweat rolled down his face and drenched his training tracksuit wet as if he had sprinted in the rain for five minutes. The tracksuit was stuck to his body.

Su Yao watched quietly and calmly, but his hands behind his back were clenched tight, giving his nervousness away.

It was actually a risk that he was taking, a necessary one. Sometimes, it was not about the choices one made but the will to risk it.

“No power is easily attained. Everyone powerful has gone through pain to reach where they are, and the pain is not the tickles that you are having now. Your tickles aren’t even painful, to be honest.

“Do you know how valuable the ingredients that you’ve just drunk are? If the violent vicious beast meat isn’t neutralized by the ingredients, you can’t even swallow 10 grams of meat. Moreover, it can slightly increase your power as well. Don’t think you can absorb everything you drank. Even with the recipe and the eating method, the most you can absorb is around 20%. Now, tell me, do you have the balls to not continue?”

Even though he was worried and nervous, Su Yao was not going to show his emotions brazenly. He lashed out at Tang Ling because the boy’s willpower was very important since he was already at risk.

Five minutes… ten minutes…

Even though Tang Ling trembled violently with the pain, he held on. There was only a single thought in his mind during the process: which one was more painful? Was it the pain from the meat or the fight with the Leceister silverback bear?

The blistering energy slowly turned mild and ultimately turned into a warm stream that flowed in Tang Ling’s body comfortably. It started to calmly flow towards every inch of his body.

“It’s done.” Su Yao nodded and released his clenched fists. His palms were drenched in sweat.

After Tang Ling heard the confirmation, he shut his eyes and fell to the ground. If he did not hold on like his life depended on it, he might not have made it through the first minute.

Therefore, after he relaxed, he was totally exhausted. He still could not fight the weakened state after he absorbed the vicious beast meat.

His gums were bloody as he lay down slackly and let his body recover. The warm, mild stream in his body was endless as every inch of his body felt it. It was very comfortable.

The recovery was quick. The neutralization and enhancement that Su Yao spoke of was certainly not a lie.

Watching Tang Ling rest on the ground, Su Yao’s rigid face suddenly turned soft. He removed the big overcoat and tossed it over Tang Ling.

Warmth enveloped Tang Ling whole. It was so comfortable that he wanted to sleep, but he did not.

It had been a month since he saw Su Yao, and there were a lot of things he wanted to talk to him about, but when the thoughts were turned into words, he verbalized, “If you have such a clever way of absorbing the meat, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Su Yao grunted. “You wouldn’t have been able to learn it a month ago. Without the training, you couldn’t have controlled your muscles like you did today.”

What Su Yao said was the truth. The enhancement of his body qualities did not just bless him with enhanced strength, agility, stamina, and increased reflexes. The repeated training even enhanced Tang Ling’s control over his body and strengthened his spirit. Those were qualities that would not show up brazenly.

Tang Ling understood the meaning behind it. He was just trying to find a topic to start the conversation since he was really poor at expressing himself.

A little silence later, Tang Ling jumped to a new topic. “The test tomorrow…”

“I know. You won’t pass under normal circumstances,” Su Yao replied as such, frightening Tang Ling. He sat up right away.

What? I can’t pass?