Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 95: Black Bear Demon Awakens Divine Skills
"What will you have?" Chen Nuo said indifferently.
Seeing that Shopkeeper Chen had spoken, Tian Peng stopped making a fuss.
"Give me a Sweet and Sour Pork." Having come here so many times, Tian Peng knew the menu better than his own cultivation techniques.
After eating so much, for some reason, he found pork to be the tastiest.
Maybe that’s what fate is all about.
He used to eat Crispy Fried Chicken all the time because he’d had it so often that it was easy to bring out his Divine Skills.
Now that he had awakened the Divine Skills from the Crispy Fried Chicken, he didn’t need to eat it anymore.
"Same for me," the Black Bear Demon said without any hesitation.
Everything that Peng said was the truth, and all his actions were just; in short, just follow him, and all would be settled.
Chen Nuo just shrugged his shoulders and ignored the three of them, heading directly to the kitchen to cook.
"Wonder what the bone-turned-soup that Shopkeeper Chen mentioned tastes like," Xiaotian Dog mumbled while drooling.
The name alone sounded good.
Xiaotian Dog had brought his own ingredients, which Chen Nuo hadn’t expected, but as long as they were dining here, there was no getting out of paying!
As for the golden skeleton, Chen Nuo didn’t even know what it was.
"System, scan it," Chen Nuo thought to himself.
"An incomplete Howling Moon Swallowing Sky Wolf skeleton."
Wolves, dogs...
Chen Nuo stroked his chin, realizing they indeed seemed to have a common origin.
"How do I eat this thing to get the Bloodline Essence?"
"Simmer the big bones into a broth."
As expected!
Chen Nuo nodded, his professional judgement as a chef hadn’t faltered.
Just do it!
Bone broth takes much longer to simmer than ordinary dishes, especially since this was no ordinary skeleton.
Even with the Li Fire Bell to kindle the fire, simmering it properly wouldn’t be easy.
Indeed, Chen Nuo had installed the stove with Guanyin’s Li Fire Bell as the lead in a series of fire-based Magical Treasures that made up the heating stove.
Super useful!
It wasn’t long before Chen Nuo emerged from the kitchen, carrying two plates of Sweet and Sour Pork.
That bone could take its time simmering.
As soon as Chen Nuo appeared, the already impatient Xiaotian leapt up, jumping three feet high, trying to get a clear view of what was in Chen Nuo’s hands.
With a slight sidestep, Chen Nuo dodged the hungry dog’s pounce and said, "Don’t bother looking, that bone still needs to simmer for a while."
"Isn’t that too long?" howled Xiaotian Dog, for whom every second of waiting for food was torture.
Because the greater the anticipation, the more one wants it to be quick.
Ignoring Xiaotian Dog’s howls, Chen Nuo served up the dishes.
"Enjoy your meal."
"Thanks, Shopkeeper Chen," Tian Peng said with a grin, nodding, then turned to mock Xiaotian Dog, "You just sit tight and wait, I’m going to enjoy mine."
The Black Bear Demon watched the steaming Sweet and Sour Pork in a daze, saliva forming as he smelled the gentle sweetness in the air, his mouth watering at the sight of something he’d never experienced before.
Tian Peng slapped the table, looking exasperated, and glared as he said, "Don’t be so jumpy when you’re out, you’re embarrassing me!"
Chen Nuo twitched at Tian Peng’s words.
He remembered the first time Tian Peng came here, face down in the dish, and now he had the nerve to chastise others?
Chen Nuo had nothing more to say about Tian Peng’s penchant for posturing, something only a good social thrashing could remedy.
"Yes!" At Tian Peng’s word, the Black Bear Demon sat up straight and proper.
Tian Peng picked up his chopsticks and gestured for the Black Bear Demon to follow his lead, instructing earnestly, "You must eat with elegance. As the Marshal of the Heavenly Court’s naval forces, I must always demonstrate the court’s breadth of spirit through my actions. Watch carefully and learn."
Chen Nuo, Erlang, and others: ...
"Peng’s right!" the Black Bear Demon nodded earnestly, unable to let Peng down.
With clumsy bear paws, he picked up a pair of chopsticks, struggling to hold them as Tian Peng did, looking almost like toothpicks in his hands.
Seeing the Black Bear Demon catching on quickly, Tian Peng nodded with satisfaction.
"Always remember, elegance... um!" Tian Peng was saying when he grabbed a piece of pork drenched in sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.
Before he could finish his sentence, the meat had disappeared into his stomach.
Then, to hell with elegance!
Tian Peng’s eyes bulged, he looked like a starving ghost, and his chopsticks even left afterimages.
"This elegance of the Heavenly Court, well..." the Bull Demon King let out a dry laugh.
The Roc Demon King took a sip of Peach Blossom Brew and commented critically, "A bit in a hurry."
Erlang Shen held his forehead with one hand, if Haotian knew the elegance of Heavenly Court was like this, he probably would slap Tian Peng to death.
Headache, embarrassing.
The Black Bear Demon scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, and also tried a piece of the pork.
The tender texture and sweet and sour flavor instantly threw the Black Bear Demon into confusion.
He instinctively dropped his chopsticks and devoured the food with his bear paws.
"Burp..." Tian Peng looked at his empty plate with satisfaction in his eyes.
He licked his mouth full of sauce and with his every move, he exuded elegance.
A dish a day, truly one of life’s great pleasures.
If only Shopkeeper Chen’s dishes were unlimited, he now had money after all, a wealthy family man!
With a lazy pat on his belly, Tian Peng glanced at the Black Bear Demon and saw that he was already meditating with eyes closed, his bear face stiffened, and the plate on the table looked as good as new.
Is this... the start of an Awakening?
Tian Peng raised an eyebrow but wasn’t too surprised; it seemed like everyone who came here for the first time gained Divine Skills upon trying the dishes, right?
In a corner, the almost invisible Yang Chan showed a look of envy.
Alas, there’s always a lucky dog who Awakens on the first try.
Everyone was watching, waiting for the moment the Black Bear Demon would Awaken.
Though it wasn’t about them, aside from Chen Nuo, everyone’s heart was filled with a bit of excitement.
Chen Nuo smiled slightly, a playful look in his eyes.
This felt like going to a supermarket to buy game cards in his past life, with friends gathering around, waiting for lucky person’s arrival.
He hadn’t expected to experience this feeling in the world of Journey to the West.
Finally, amidst eager anticipation, the system’s voice echoed in his mind.
"Ding, the Black Bear Demon has Awakened Mysterious Heavenly Formation Armor from eating Sweet and Sour Pork, do you wish to synchronize the Awakening?"
Huh?
Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment; he had thought, according to the original Black Bear Demon’s fascination with Buddhist Law, that he would Awaken a Divine Skill related to Buddhism.
He hadn’t expected it to be one from Taoism.
Mysterious Heavenly Formation Armor: Knowledge of astronomy and geography, understanding of yin and yang, proficient in the Eight Trigrams, skilled in the arrangement and cracking of formations, capable of deducing upgrades, and developing various grand formations.
Impressive!
Chen Nuo nodded secretly; although it wasn’t a combat-centric Divine Skill, its potential was definitely not low.
"Inherit," Chen Nuo thought to himself.
He wouldn’t pass up such a high-quality Divine Skill.
"How is it?" Tian Peng eagerly asked the moment the Black Bear Demon opened his eyes, "What did you Awaken?"
The others perked up their ears as well.
The Black Bear Demon grinned, his eyes shining with excitement, and described his Divine Skill in a somewhat incoherent manner.
This Divine Skill is pretty good!
Everyone nodded, feeling a bit envious.
This Divine Skill was something even Yang Jian held in high esteem.
