The Master of Beasts-Chapter 561 - 138
"Sizzle"
This time, the sound came from nearby. Chen Jiuge turned his head and saw Xiao Hong eating.
"You..."
"Jiuge, this is a good thing, it can help comprehend the power of laws. But there is also a cold aura within it, which doesn't feel good. However, it should be fine as long as we don't eat too much." Xiao Hong carefully experienced it.
"Hehehe, it is a good thing, but you, little man, are just a True Immortal. I'm afraid a few bites might be enough to kill you!" The Black Crow Elder said with a sinister smile.
"Why? If you can't finish it, just stop eating, right?" Xiao Hong retorted.
"Don't eat! Heh heh."
In the next second, they both knew what not eating would lead to.
"Why won't you eat?" The ceramic girl at the next table questioned the four cultivators at the table.
"Is this even food? Is it edible?" one middle-aged scholar in Confucian clothes said with a pale face.
The girl seemed not to hear the scholar's question, her voice rising: "Why won't you eat!"
"This can't be eaten!"
"Why won't you eat?" Her voice grew louder, and the gaze of the old master at the top table fell upon the scholar.
The scholar took a deep breath and sat down, trembling as he picked up a green leaf, slowly placing it in his mouth.
The scholar's cultivation had likely not reached True Immortal. As he chewed the ceramic leaf, fresh blood kept oozing out; chewing ceramic raw was sheer torture.
"This, this is the Law! Hahaha, I'm going to become immortal, I'm going to become immortal!"
The scholar shouted madly twice, ignoring the blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, he continuously shoved the dishes in front of him into his mouth, while the other three people at the table cautiously ate these ceramic dishes.
Then, Chen Jiuge saw the four of them eating like crazed people.
A few breaths later, the four turned into lifelike ceramic statues.
The vestment robes on the four cultivators who turned into statues shattered, leaving them naked as they blankly walked toward the old master.
The old master let out a bizarre chuckling, grabbing the only female cultivator among the four.
His face, smeared with oil paint, drew close as he sniffed intoxicated, speaking slowly: "Mediocre taste, lacking, lacking!"
"Crunch"
The female cultivator statue was swallowed whole by the old master. Faintly, a shrill scream echoed through the hall, the sound of the female cultivator's True Spirit!
"Gulp"
Swallowing the ceramic in his mouth, the Black Crow Elder chuckled strangely: "Not eating leads to death, and eating without digesting also leads to death!"
"Dear guest, why aren't you eating?" The ceramic girl's eerie voice sounded from one side.
Chen Jiuge swallowed hard and picked up a soybean, forcing a smile: "I'll eat now."
The soybean entered his mouth, and the hard and slick texture gave Chen Jiuge an uncomfortable feeling. With a 'crack,' the soybean was crushed, and a strong power of laws surged into his sealed Dantian.
"It really is the power of laws!" Chen Jiuge was shocked, a greedy look emerging in his eyes, staring hungrily at the dishes before him.
Xiao Hong quickly grabbed Chen Jiuge's hand, whispered: "Stay clear-headed."
At the same time, the Chaos Pearl in his Sea of Consciousness kept shaking, allowing Chen Jiuge to barely regain clarity.
Looking at the dishes before him with some lingering fear: "Just a bit more, and it would have been over!"
"It's useless, everyone has to finish their own food." Master White Tiger shook his head.
Watching Xiao Hong, who seemed to want to ask for his help, Master White Tiger interrupted: "Don't ask me, I don't have the ability, and you can't even protect yourself, yet you worry about others."
"Even if a Heavenly Immortal finishes their own food, they may not remain unscathed!"
Hearing Master White Tiger's words, Xiao Hong and Chen Jiuge felt their hearts sink slowly.
Relying on the ability of the Chaos Pearl, Chen Jiuge barely controlled his greed, looking around, trying to find a new chance for life.
One cultivator statue after another appeared, then lined up to be crisply devoured by the old master. These were cultivators who couldn't restrain their desires; they also had the lowest cultivation present, likely not yet achieving True Immortal.
Eating leads to certain death, so some would choose to ignore the old master's threats and not eat.
There were quite a few such people, but their outcome was dire, directly overwhelmed by ceramic spiders falling from above the hall. Countless small spiders hatched from within the cultivators, leaving behind a lightweight shell.
"What's that thing?" Chen Jiuge asked with some nausea.
"Don't know, but we all call them ceramic spiders. Not eating the banquet will turn you into their food. This way of dying is even worse than turning ceramic and being eaten by the old master." The Black Crow Elder said with emotion.
"Crunch"
Another soybean went down the stomach, but unlike before, this time besides the power of laws, a cold aura rushed downward in his body.
The sole of his right foot turned to ceramic!
Watching Chen Jiuge's face suddenly change, Master White Tiger explained: "These dishes can help us understand the laws, but they also contain a strange power that, once accumulated to a certain degree, will turn parts of your body into ceramic."
"The lower the cultivation, the faster the transformation. At least as many times as I've been here, I've never seen a True Immortal finish a banquet intact."
"Senior, are you saying I'm doomed?" Chen Jiuge asked with a grim look.
"Though I don't want to discourage you, it is indeed so." Master White Tiger sighed.
"Jiuge." Xiao Hong squeezed Chen Jiuge's hand, not knowing how to comfort him.
Due to the Mutual Heart Chain, Xiao Hong's feelings for Chen Jiuge grew stronger, and upon hearing such news, a bit of concern instinctively showed.
