The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins
Chapter 290: Qilin Soup

Chapter 290: Chapter 290: Qilin Soup

"Your nose is even more sensitive than a dog’s!"

Poking Diao Chan’s pink little nose, Zhu Haomiao chuckled indulgently, taking a small bowl to serve it some [Qilin Soup].

"Eat up."

"Squeak!"

Like receiving a royal edict, Diao Chan squeaked with excitement, darting to the bowl to lick happily.

Chomp chomp chomp~

Watching it wriggle its little butt joyfully, Zhu Haomiao shook his head with a laugh, suddenly noticing the maid swallowing wistfully nearby.

Meeting the youth’s gaze, the maid’s face flushed red, quickly lowering her head.

Blinking, Zhu Haomiao hesitated for a moment, looking at the cleanly washed containers, and picked out a soup tureen.

He ladled a spoonful of the glowing [Qilin Soup] into it, then diluted it with hot water to a full pot of clear soup, calmly instructing the maid.

"It’s not that I’m stingy. Although this [Qilin Soup] is mild in nature, its medicinal power is too strong. People without cultivation eating it would find it too much to handle, causing restlessness and sleeplessness at best, nosebleeds at worst, or even life-threatening consequences..."

After speaking, the youth pointed to the soup tureen in front of him.

"This diluted clear soup weakens its medicinal power. Take it to share with everyone in the house, for a taste test."

"It should also help invigorate Qi, benefit the blood, and strengthen the body."

Hearing such considerate words, a touch of emotion flickered in the maid’s eyes, and she bowed her head deeply.

"Thank you, young master."

Zhu Haomiao smiled lightly, not replying, waving a hand to dismiss the maid, then ladled himself a bowl of [Qilin Soup].

An unprecedented delicious aroma drifted into his nostrils, a ghostly green light flickering in Zhu Haomiao’s eyes, hunger in his gut burning like a fire, urging him to bring the bowl before him eagerly.

But just as he couldn’t resist wanting to gulp it down, he suddenly realized something and froze in action.

The next second, the ghostly green light deep within his pupils surged violently, like a giant wave rolling, the gnawing hunger prompting him to swallow the soup with the bowl whole!

Whoosh~

In the midst of heavy breathing, Zhu Haomiao restrained his insatiable appetite, forcibly pushing the ghostly green divine light back to the depths of his mind.

[Book of Black]: Restrain [Gluttony], [Dao Heart] +5

Whoosh~

Glancing at the [Dao Heart] just a touch short of upgrading, Zhu Haomiao exhaled a turbid breath, his lips curving in contentment.

Then, he gently blew on the steaming broth, sipping slowly.

Boom!

Delicious, sweet, rich...

The wonderful taste exploded on the tongue, every taste bud cheering and leaping, as if revived from numbness, transmitting an unprecedented joyous pleasure.

Unable to help but close his eyes, Zhu Haomiao indulged for a long time before savoring the broth down.

Soon, a warm and mellow flow began to spread from the stomach, gradually extending to every corner of the body, to every cell.

A hundred times stronger than the medicinal power from eating ginseng root raw, yet without a trace of heat or irritability.

Zhu Haomiao quietly felt the warm flow circulating and dispersing within his body, both tired body and mind seemingly healed, strength reborn.

Clenching his fists, he sensed the genuine, unfalse strength flowing from his limbs, the empty Dantian quickly filling up, the overflowing energy swiftly turning into torrents rushing through the meridians. Zhu Haomiao couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.

The normal [Qilin Soup] definitely wouldn’t have such exaggerated effects!

[Gluttony]’s authority combined with [Penetration Force], almost squeezed every bit of nutrition out of the ingredients, increasing the soup’s absorbable medicinal effects by several times in normal state!

Furthermore, as a medicinal dish, the normal taste of [Qilin Soup] could only be described as not unpleasant.

Yet the [Qilin Soup] he made was a taste fully worthy of its value!

Looking at the two large pots of shimmering spiritlight broth, Zhu Haomiao pursed his lips, picking up a spoon to take small bites.

"Squeak!"

"Still want more?"

Seeing the bowl licked clean enough to shine brighter than after washing, then looking at the frantically smacking Diao Chan, Zhu Haomiao hesitated for a moment before refilling its bowl.

"Be sure not to get a nosebleed when you sleep tonight!"

"Bull’s Hole~"

"......"

Are you doing it on purpose or by accident?

If you can’t speak human language, don’t force it!

Not a single note in tune!

Silently rolling his eyes, Zhu Haomiao tossed Diao Chan aside, beginning to focus on enjoying his meal.

In less than half an hour, the "water level" of a cauldron large enough for an ordinary person to bathe in had visibly dropped, over a hundred pounds of [Qilin Soup] swallowed down, Zhu Haomiao rubbed his round, full belly, contently smacking his lips.

Still, being at level 1 for [Gluttony] isn’t enough, already stuffed with just this little bit...

Lazily collapsing in the chair, Zhu Haomiao gazed languidly at the ceiling, a gold coin appearing in his fingers, flipping lightly.

pieces of [greed coin] left...

The progress on completing the Inner Strength is almost over 50%, keeping 10 coins as breakthrough reserves, the rest can be ’spent’.

Deciding this, Zhu Haomiao flicked his thumb, the coin between his fingers spinning into the air, disintegrating into dazzling golden particles during its descent, merging into his body.

Extraordinary Power twisted time, reversing cause and effect, the [Qilin Soup] in the stomach rapidly digested and absorbed, transforming into a ceaseless rolling hot flow, permeating every corner of the body, providing nourishment for unnatural rapid enhancement.

In the blink of an eye, 16 [greed coins] were consumed entirely, the [Body] attribute surged by 8 points.

Zhu Haomiao touched his belly, feeling that only about a quarter of the Qilin Soup in the four-dimensional stomach was consumed, nodding with satisfaction.

Using Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to make supernatural medicinal meals is truly ’solid’, it was worth painstakingly brewing for hours!

Immediately, picking up the spoon again, the youth refilled his empty stomach, sighing happily.

After savoring for a while, Zhu Haomiao stood up, carefully transferring the remaining [Qilin Soup] into various containers, and gently placed them into the Storage Pouch.

As the last soup pot was placed inside, sensing that the space inside the Storage Pouch was packed full with only a small gap left, Zhu Haomiao let out a sigh of relief.

[Qilin Soup]’s shelf life is less than a day, it would be too wasteful without law-preserving pouch storage...

At this moment, Zhu Haomiao deeply felt that the Storage Pouch he spent a fortune on was worth every penny.

Whether storing live items or freezing dead states, keeping freshness is an imperative for him!

Patting the small pouch on his waist, Zhu Haomiao picked up Diao Chan, whose belly was as round as a balloon, and went back to his bedroom contentedly.

With status full, start Inner Strength!

......

As the sun rose and set, when the first ray of morning light touched his face, Zhu Haomiao awoke from a meditative cultivation between wake and sleep, stretching comfortably.

Crack crack crack crack~

Spine cracking in segments, the youth got up, moving his limbs, after washing up and changing into a set of Cloud Pattern Brocade, he felt refreshed as he pushed the door open and stepped out.