CHAPTER 392: CHAPTER 323: SUN XIAORUI’S GRILLED MEAT STRATEGIES

Lu Lin wasn’t in a hurry, he just sat quietly in the tent waiting.

After a few minutes, Lv Susu’s voice came through the Message Conch.

"Alright, Lu Lin, you can continue now."

"..."

Lu Lin was speechless.

He had already said everything that needed to be said. Now, it mainly depended on how the federation’s big shots would make their decision.

"Let me speak."

Chen Danqing reached out to take the Message Conch.

"Lu Lin, are the cultivation levels over in the Dragon Abyss World accurate?"

"How do they cultivate at each level, how do they promote?"

"Also, if the children there can’t reach the Star Dust Realm before twelve, is there a way to remedy it?"

Like a machine gun, Chen Danqing fired off a slew of questions.

Lu Lin pondered for a moment before beginning to answer: "That’s right, there shouldn’t be any mistakes with the cultivation levels, at least not with the Star Dust, Star Core, Star Universe, and Star Battle realms."

"During the Star Dust period, the cultivation is... During the Star Core period, the cultivation is..."

"In the Dragon Abyss World, about 99.99% of children can reach the Star Dust Realm by the age of twelve, and some with better talents and families can even reach the Star Dust Realm Peak."

"As for those who can’t reach the Star Dust Realm, apart from being ’wasted’ without cultivation talent, they have specialized ’Star Power Pills’ for the children to take; these Star Power Pills are cheap and the materials are practically everywhere..."

Lu Lin wasn’t wrong.

The materials for Star Power Pills aren’t literally everywhere, but they are almost everywhere.

Having spent only two days at North Scorching Mountain, he found a significant amount of the main material for Star Power Pills - Star Grass.

Sadly, Lu Lin hadn’t obtained the specific formula for Star Power Pills, nor did he know if the Exotic Battlefield or federation had this Star Grass.

Afterwards, Chen Danqing and others took turns asking Lu Lin numerous questions, gaining a thorough understanding of the Dragon Abyss World, especially the Wild Blade Clan’s location.

Even things Lu Lin himself hadn’t noticed before were addressed thanks to everyone’s questions, which he was able to answer.

No choice, having strong Spiritual Strength is just that impressive.

"Alright, Lu Lin, we’ve got a pretty good understanding. Now go ahead and talk about the cultivation contents."

Lu Lin took out the four secret books Sun Xiaorui had given him, reciting them one by one to the people across.

Whenever he encountered homonyms or contentious parts, Lu Lin noted them down individually.

If Sun Xiaorui comes tonight, Lu Lin can inquire about them then.

Yesterday, when giving Lu Lin the cultivation manuals, Sun Xiaorui specifically warned that besides the federation’s big shots, Lu Lin wasn’t allowed to leak the contents to the sect’s disciples.

Therefore, Lu Lin couldn’t conveniently consult Zhou Chang and Gao Shu.

When Lu Lin finished recounting all four secret books, about three hours had passed.

The injured students supported each other, leaving the tent to prepare lunch.

Upon hearing the commotion, Lu Lin ended his call with the federation.

Unexpectedly, right after Lu Lin had helped prepare lunch for several students, Sun Xiaorui came over.

Her face was gloomy, clearly dealing with something unhappy.

A flicker of murderous intention occasionally emerged from her eyes, making Lu Lin deeply nervous.

"Sister Sun, what’s wrong..."

Lu Lin asked tentatively.

Sun Xiaorui didn’t speak, picking up a rabbit leg from the East Blood Rabbit Lu Lin had grilled, turning around, and removing her mask to eat.

However, just when she put the mask back on, her expression froze.

The rabbit leg meat in her mouth bulged into two big lumps, reminiscent of a girl in an anime.

She quickly stood up, teleported to a distant place, removed her mask, and spit everything out.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey."

The murderous air on Sun Xiaorui’s face vanished without a trace, only endless disdain remained.

She teleported back to Lu Lin’s side, her eyebrows furrowed, "Lu Lin, is this the meat you grilled?"

"Hmm? Yeah, how is it? It tastes pretty good, right."

"I wasn’t much into cooking before, it’s only recently after becoming a teacher at the school that I started learning."

Faced with Lu Lin’s confident expression, Sun Xiaorui was beyond words.

"Hmm, you’re really good at it, don’t do it again."

Lu Lin: ...

The wounded nearby who were eating Lu Lin’s grilled meat, upon hearing Sun Xiaorui’s words, turned their heads, nodding involuntarily with a look of agreement.

They’d eaten Lu Lin’s grilled meat yesterday noon; their wounds almost flared up again.

If their own grilling hadn’t been poor too, to be honest, no one would endure Lu Lin’s grilling skills.

Seeing a few students, Sun Xiaorui showed a trace of reluctance.

So pitiful.

Thinking this, Sun Xiaorui impulsively began to grill the untouched East Blood Rabbit those students had left on the fire.

Before long, a rich fragrance wafted over.

The students exchanged glances, unable to suppress smiles.

Unexpectedly, Sister Sun really had quite the skill.

This grilled meat is absolutely at a master level.

"Come, eat up."

Sun Xiaorui handed the grilled meat to the students and took two skewers herself.

Lu Lin looked at the grilled meat in Sun Xiaorui’s hand and couldn’t help but swallow.

Joking aside, although he doesn’t have the talent for cooking and doesn’t like cooking in the first place, he hasn’t lost his taste system. He surely knows the level of grilled meat he can make.

Sun Xiaorui glanced at Lu Lin, secretly laughing, and purposely pretended not to notice him as she started eating on her own.

"Hey, Sister Sun, is the grilled meat tasty?"

Lu Lin said, licking his lips.

"Hmm, it’s good. The exterior is crispy, the inside is tender and smooth, plus it’s smoked with ancient pine needles, leaving a pine scent lingering between the lips and teeth."

Uh, as Sun Xiaorui mentioned this, Lu Lin recalled.

After the battle the day before yesterday, Gao Shu and Zhou Chang brought quite a few ancient pine branches back with the students, which Lu Lin didn’t understand at the time.

Now listening to Sun Xiaorui, he suddenly realized.

These two deputy class teachers surely have leisure interests, even in this North Scorching Mountain, they’ve gone for some pine scent meat smoking.

"What are you thinking?"

"As a teacher for the students, aren’t you aware that ancient pine needles effectively remove the bloody taste?"

"Without them helping to cover the scent, it’s likely that demon beasts from within the North Scorching Mountain would have overrun your camp the night before."

"Oh."

Lu Lin felt ashamed inside.

He really didn’t know what Sun Xiaorui said. Clearly, despite having an Eye System Talent to let him avoid dangers in the North Scorching Mountain, Lu Lin has much more to learn.

The two chatted intermittently; Lu Lin learned a lot of outdoor survival tips from Sun Xiaorui.

Combined with his own Eye-based Star Skill, Lu Lin is confident that next time when he leads a team out, it won’t be as dangerous as this time.

"By the way, Sister Sun, when you came earlier, you seemed upset?"

"Hmm."

Once Sun Xiaorui was reminded, she immediately felt a surge of anger.

Early this morning, she received news that there might be some disturbances on Ren Jiuxiao’s side.

As for the specific disturbance, the person relaying the message hadn’t figured it out, which left Sun Xiaorui angry.

Just now, more news came.

Ren Jiuxiao, during a battle, took personal risks and directly raided Zou Yuhe’s main camp; Zou Yuhe only has cultivation at the early Star Battle stage, naturally not Ren Jiuxiao’s match.

The two fiercely fought over ten moves; Zou Yuhe couldn’t resist, fled defeated, and remains missing.

But Ren Jiuxiao didn’t pursue; he ordered a takeover of Zou Yuhe’s forces.

Though the integration might take a lot of time, his move initiated a bad precedent.

Ying Zhong’s cultivation is higher than Yu Chixun; if he was also this strong, Yu Chixun certainly couldn’t withstand, and defeat was an inevitable outcome.

The real key, though, is Xue Rongdao.

Recently, in the battles between Xue Rongdao and Sun Xiaorui, Xue Rongdao didn’t gain much advantage. Sun Xiaorui adopted a comprehensive defense strategy, protecting her forces like a turtle shell.

Unless it’s a full-scale battle, there’s no easy way to breach Sun Xiaorui swiftly.

But now, with Ren Jiuxiao applying decapitation tactics, there’s no guarantee Xue Rongdao wouldn’t learn from this and also target Sun Xiaorui.

"Indeed, this is quite tricky."

"Sister, your current force itself isn’t very strong; your cultivation is even weaker compared to Brother Xue Rongdao."

"Unless it’s..."

"Unless what?"

Sun Xiaorui’s eyes glimmered brightly, staring at Lu Lin.

"Unless it’s forming alliances."

"Forming alliances? What do you mean?"

Sun Xiaorui didn’t study the history of the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, so she naturally didn’t understand the term.

"It’s like this; the current situation shows three brothers are strong in abilities, while you, Zou Yuhe, Yu Chixun, and Guan Lin’er have weaker abilities."

"If left unattended, it ultimately leads to you four being eliminated, with the other three brothers strengthening then attacking each other again."

"I know, Sister Sun, you’re not a woman without ambition; ever since ancient times, women can hold up half the sky. Why can’t you, too, aim for the Wild Blade Clan Sect Leader position like these brothers?"

"My thought is that Sister Sun, you must act promptly, connect with Yu Chixun and Guan Lin’er, emotionally persuade them, and invite them into your forces."

"No, don’t call it joining, initially, you mustn’t reveal your target, coalition, yes, say that you three are forming an alliance to collectively resist the attacks from the three brothers."

"Sister Sun, don’t rush, this is only the first step."

"After forming the alliance, you must promote yourself among the three forces, package yourself, beautify yourself, Sister Sun, hold on, let me finish."

Lu Lin seized Sun Xiaorui’s hand making a gesture to punch, continuing his grand speech.

"This packaging isn’t saying you’re not good now, but for your goodness to be known by all disciples within the alliance, let them respect you, adore you."

"Just like today’s event, you can do more such things, bandage wounds for injured disciples, present elixirs to weaker outer sect disciples, teach cultivation experiences to those about to advance."

"Sister Sun, these efforts are insignificant to you, but to us grassroots disciples, they are a concern from Sister Sun, how could we not be grateful, even due to your identity, they surely will spread all the good once they benefit."

"Thus, you’ll gain a vast base of support."

"Now we’ve secured the major advantage, and in the future, naturally, it will lead to invincibility."