Rabbit Must Die
Chapter 252 - 249 The Great Humiliation [Subscribe Please]_1

Chapter 252: Chapter 249 The Great Humiliation [Subscribe Please]_1

Qin Shou muttered a list of demands before giving the furnace a pat and saying, "Got all that?"

The Alchemy Furnace replied with a bellyful of grievances, "What do you take me for? No other pot gets this kind of treatment, okay?"

Qin Shou chuckled, "Of course, you’re like a fully intelligent voice-controlled rice cooker..."

"Uh... what’s that?" the Eight Trigrams Furnace asked.

Qin Shou said, "Don’t ask if you don’t know. Get cooking!"

Left with no choice, the Eight Trigrams Furnace automatically ignited its flames and began to cook the big cat...

As it cooked, the Eight Trigrams Furnace suddenly exclaimed, "I know what this is now!"

"What is it?" Qin Shou asked curiously.

Shivering, the Eight Trigrams Furnace spoke haltingly, "White... Tiger!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou was truly startled!

The Four Symbols Divine Beasts, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise represent the gods of the four directions! In the vast cosmos, they also stand as leaders of the stars!

Could it be that the woman killed a Heavenly God?

But the Eight Trigrams Furnace immediately said, "It’s not the Heavenly God level White Tiger, it’s the kind raised in the Heavenly Court, without spiritual awareness, but with strong combat abilities!

In fact, the Heavenly Court has bred many divine beasts without spiritual awareness. These beasts are distributed among the various armies and work in conjunction with them, displaying astonishing combat power. As far as I know, there are four Heavenly Armies in the Heavenly Court, which are accompanied by groups of the Four Symbols Divine Beasts...

Of course, although they’re called Four Symbols Divine Beasts, they are of thin bloodlines, not direct descendants...

Such pseudo-divine beasts are also favored by many Immortals. Some keep one as a mount or pet, though most just bear a resemblance in appearance.

After all, without the strength, rashly keeping a descendant of the Four Symbols Divine Beasts as a pet is tantamount to courting death.

This one time, I heard from a little novice monk that a Bodhisattva rode a White Tiger to visit the Dao Ancestor. This one must be one of the nurtured kind, just uncertain about its strength..."

"Kept as a pet?" Qin Shou was startled. "So, we stewed someone’s pet?"

The Eight Trigrams Furnace said, "Mhm..."

Qin Shou was rendered a bit speechless. Stewing someone’s pet, how could the owner let this slide?

But then he thought, the woman was even fiercer—who would dare settle accounts with her?

If someone were to come knocking, he wagered the woman might just stew the White Tiger’s owner to make soup...

But what if they were afraid to trouble the woman and instead came for him?

With a sigh, Qin Shou figured he’d better pay a visit to Dog Xiaotian when he got a chance. Such a huge pot can’t just be carried by him alone!

Meanwhile, a fragrant aroma wafted from within the Eight Trigrams Furnace...

At the whiff, Qin Shou’s eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "It smells so good? My mouth is watering..."

The Eight Trigrams Furnace also called out in surprise, "Holy crap, I cooked it and it smells this delicious?"

The aroma was rich but not greasy, laden with endless temptation; the scent grew stronger and stronger, unable to be dispersed by the wind. Or rather, the wind carried away less than what was emitted!

Qin Shou couldn’t sit still any longer, desperately swallowing saliva, and cried out, "I can’t take it, let me have a taste!"

"You dare!" Just then, a domineering voice emanated from the White Bone Hall.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou instantly halted his advance...

Seeing this, the Eight Trigrams Furnace burst into laughter, not bothering to lift the lid. Its bronze body suddenly turned transparent, and the succulent White Tiger meat inside was close at hand!

For the first time, Qin Shou saw how the Eight Trigrams Furnace cooked. It wasn’t just fire inside!

Eight Trigrams correspond to eight types of power; earth, fire, water, and wind continuously changed inside, modulating temperatures and infusing the essence of fire into the White Tiger’s body, refining almost all the meat on its body as the fat dripped down...

Even more outrageous, the character for "Xun" on the Eight Trigrams Furnace lit up and then it blew gusts of wind, infusing the nose of the Rabbit with a pervasive scent...

It made Qin Shou swallow saliva non-stop until, with a woof, he shouted, "I can’t stand it anymore, it smells too good, I need a taste first!"

While speaking, Qin Shou already charged forward, leaping at it!

Smack!

Like a pie hitting an iron board, the plump Rabbit collapsed onto the Eight Trigrams Furnace, hanging there for a while before sliding off, clearly illustrating the impact of the collision!

"Hahaha... Rabbit, giving up so soon? It’s so delicious! Come and eat! Haha..." the Eight Trigrams Furnace taunted triumphantly.

The next moment, the Rabbit sprang up, perched atop the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and demanded, "Lift the lid, I want to eat meat! Or else I’ll eat you!"

In the midst of speaking, it opened its gaping mouth wide, biting at the lid of the Eight Trigrams Furnace!

The Eight Trigrams Furnace was genuinely startled and began to regret provoking the Rabbit; such a bite could be life-threatening!

Just then, a delicate jade hand reached over and grabbed the Rabbit by the ears...

Crack!

Qin Shou, having his ear tugged, bit down on nothing and angrily said, "Who’s that?"

"Little rabbit, that’s my lunch."

The woman had appeared behind Qin Shou at some point and casually threw the rabbit onto the ground.

Seeing the woman, the Eight Trigrams Furnace immediately stopped making noise, obediently opened its lid, and flatteringly said, "It’s ready, would you like to taste?"

Qin Shou looked and was instantly speechless. Is this really the Supreme Elder Lord’s Alchemy Furnace? He can’t help but feel that this should belong to a certain scoundrel...

With a wave of the woman’s hand, a white bone plate appeared, and with another wave, all the meat from the White Tiger inside the furnace flew out onto the plate.

Then the woman glanced at Qin Shou and said indifferently, "Lunch was decent. This is your reward."

As she spoke, a tiger paw flew towards Qin Shou.

Qin Shou was overjoyed at the sight, grabbed it without hesitation, and stuffed it into his mouth without caring about the heat... The tiger paw was fatty, and as soon as it entered his mouth, the meat inside just melted away, with the fat wrapping around the lean meat. Taking a bite offered juiciness with a tender texture, and further chewing revealed chewy sinew, making for an excellent taste!

As for the flavor, Qin Shou didn’t even know how to describe it.

If eating the Three Stars Ring-tailed Bird was considered tasty, then this White Tiger paw was an absolutely supreme delicacy!

The two tastes were worlds apart, one in heaven and the other on earth. The difference was too great!

This was because the White Tiger paw was just something he had whipped up randomly. If it were made by the Kitchen God or God of Food, Qin Shou could imagine that the taste would be extraordinary...

"Delicious..." Qin Shou wiped his mouth and sighed.

At the same time, he clearly felt that once the White Tiger paw entered his stomach, it turned into surging Yuan Qi that rushed towards his limbs and bones!

The concentration of that Yuan Qi was actually greater than anything Qin Shou had eaten before!

Even as every cell in his body frenziedly devoured it, they couldn’t contain the rampaging Yuan Qi within...

Seeing this, Qin Shou quickly took the opportunity to cultivate the Eight-Nine Empyrean Art, guiding the Yuan Qi to strengthen his physical body...

At that moment, in Qin Shou’s mind, the scripture he had seen earlier in the day on the White Bone Gate suddenly brightened. He still couldn’t fully understand it, but at this moment, after one glance, he had a bit of enlightenment and then shouted, "Damn! Why didn’t I think of this before!"

The Eight-Nine Empyrean Art, to put it simply, is about guiding Yuan Qi into the limbs and bones, into every cell of the physical body, enhancing the strength, resilience, and power of the cells... thereby achieving an increase in overall defense and power.

While the autonomous devouring of Yuan Qi by cells was something Qin Shou didn’t quite understand, one thing was clear to him: the more Yuan Qi the cells devoured, the stronger they became! Their defense, power, and resilience all improved! Of course, most of the Yuan Qi was swallowed by the cells, disappearing somewhere unknown...

In Qin Shou’s view, each of his cells was like a black hole, only taking in and never giving out, strengthening themselves while also wasting a lot of Yuan Qi.

However, no matter what, the Eight-Nine Empyrean Art and the autonomous cell devouring shared one indirect or direct goal in some sense!

If Qin Shou could combine the two, his cultivation speed would definitely not be a simple matter of one plus one equals two. Not only would the speed increase dramatically, but he could also make the most out of the Yuan Qi before it was completely depleted, thus maximizing the benefits!

If he could let the cells "shut up" on one hand, reducing the amount of Yuan Qi they absorb, and on the other hand, carry out this integrative cultivation, then that speed...

"Damn damn damn... I’m such a blockhead, even needing that scripture to hint at this! How much Yuan Qi have I wasted!" Qin Shou cursed inwardly.

At the same time, he began to try guiding his own cells with the Eight-Nine Empyrean Art, actively using the Yuan Qi to strengthen himself, and to his delight, he discovered that although the absorption amount hadn’t changed, the speed had doubled!

That is to say, his cultivation speed had increased by double!

What was Qin Shou most lacking? The answer was one and only—time!

He didn’t dare to meditate and cultivate laboriously...

While others could afford to fast, he couldn’t miss a single meal...

Therefore, the only way to cultivate was to increase speed... The faster, the better!

As for the foundation?

Qin Shou chuckled and said, "I don’t give a damn about the foundation! I just want to survive!"

As Qin Shou got distracted, the Yuan Qi in his stomach was completely devoured by the cells in a frenzy.

Helpless, Qin Shou looked heavenward and said, "These guys are becoming harder to scare off... After stealing the Eight Trigrams Furnace, they’re still jumping around so lively. Do I really need to punch a hole in Heaven before they’ll shut up?"

Meanwhile, outside the Imperial Garden, Golden Horn, Silver Horn, Baiwen, and Raoteng stood in a row, craning their necks to peer into the Imperial Garden and sniffing towards the sky.

"What’s that smell? It’s so fragrant..." Baiwen drooled and said.

Raoteng said, "I’ve lived for so many years and have never smelled something so fragrant..."

Golden Horn also wiped his drool and said, "You just mentioned that the Kitchen God is that rabbit’s master. Could the Kitchen God be inside too?"

Baiwen shook his head and said, "Impossible, the Jade Emperor said no one is allowed in, not even the Kitchen God!"

"Could it be that the rabbit has reached such a high level? Or is it that he’s using extraordinary ingredients?" Golden Horn muttered.

Silverhorn’s eyes lit up and he said, "Definitely the ingredients! The rabbit came to take the Eight Trigrams Furnace and immediately started cooking... Could it be that he’s using..."

"Damn that rabbit! This is an unbearable humiliation!" Golden Horn realized and started yelling angrily.