East side of the village.
After stewing for more than half an hour, following a shout from Wang Xi.
The villagers immediately rushed forward, not caring about the heat, grabbing the meat and stuffing it into their mouths.
The next moment, each of them hissed from the heat, yet no one was willing to spit out the meat in their mouths.
The continuous cold wind couldn't dampen their enthusiasm for eating meat.
They were really too hungry. Normally they lived with their belts tightened, eating only one meal a day, lying down whenever possible. At this moment, they were eating freely, their faces shiny with grease.
Liu Ergou and Wang Xi squatted together, gnawing on meat, "Brother Wang Xi, can we go deal with Brother Mo now?"
"No rush yet." Wang Xi frowned, "Brother Mo has picked up some skills recently, last night he even broke Lu San's leg, and this morning he dealt with Aunt Lu, many women saw and got frightened, just having this meal won't be enough to drive them..."
"Brother Xi, the meat is gone, can we add some more? We haven't had our fill yet..."
Suddenly, a woman came over, pointing at the empty pot, smiling broadly.
Wang Xi finished gnawing the meat off a bone, threw the bone aside, wiped his greasy hands on his clothes, stood up, and shouted, "Everyone, was the meat tasty?"
"Tasty."
"After eating this meal today, my life is not in vain."
"..."
The villagers chatted among themselves.
"Do you want more?" Wang Xi's voice was raised a notch.
"We do," the villagers answered in unison.
"Alright, then tomorrow at this time, all the men come here to gather, we'll go up the mountain to hunt, and feast again," Wang Xi declared.
"Good, Brother Wang Xi is mighty, Brother Wang Xi is awesome," Liu Ergou shouted.
"Brother Wang Xi is mighty."
"Brother Wang Xi is mighty..."
Many others echoed.
...
[Meat consumption count +0.05, Blood Nourishing Technique experience +0.05.]
[Meat consumption count...]
Chen Mo was also eating meat, taking big bites.
Han Anniang, smelled the meat fragrance wafting in from outside, and biting her chopsticks, asked in surprise, "Uncle, someone like Wang the Pockmarked, why would he share meat with the villagers?"
Wang Xi wasn't known for generosity in the village, her grandmother used to tell her that Wang Xi was a petty thief.
What's caused him to change so much and become so generous now?
"No good deed is without motives. Sister-in-law, be cautious these days..."
Chen Mo glanced at the Blood Nourishing Technique information (Entry Level 83/100)).
By tomorrow at the latest, he would have fully mastered the Blood Nourishing Technique experience.
Due to the Lu San incident.
After breakfast, Chen Mo reinforced the doors and windows at home, especially Han Anniang's room.
...
Early the next morning.
Chen Mo was woken up by the uproar outside again.
He walked out of the room.
Han Anniang was squatting in front of the kitchen door, rinsing her mouth with salt on a willow twig, shivering from the bone-chilling wind, brushing her teeth.
Seeing Chen Mo come out, she looked up, mumbling with her mouth full, "Uncle... you're awake..."
"What's going on outside?"
Han Anniang took a sip of water, mumbled a few times, spat it out, and said, "Wang the Pockmarked led the villagers up the mountain again, this time there are even more people than yesterday..."
Chen Mo nodded, then skillfully went to the kitchen to break a willow twig, dabbed it with coarse salt, and began brushing his teeth.
During the first couple of days after coming here, while brushing his teeth with a willow twig, he, who was accustomed to electric toothbrushes, ended up with a mouthful of blood, and even hurt during meals.
Besides brushing teeth, there's also going to the toilet.
The Chen Family didn't have an outhouse, just a pit dug in the backyard vegetable patch, with some planks erected for cover, for anyone to squat at when necessary.
The wind blew on one's behind, there was no toilet paper, only bamboo strips for wiping.
Making Chen Mo utterly uncomfortable.
After his first toilet trip, he even specially took a bath.
Occasionally, while lying in bed, he would wonder why so many people online wished to travel back to ancient times. For pampered modern people, wouldn't that just be suffering?
Even crossing over as a prince wasn't more comfortable than a modest modern family.
Fortunately, after all these days, he had adapted.
After finishing breakfast.
Chen Mo wielded a firewood knife and practiced in the yard.
Then he went to the river to fetch water, back and forth several times until the water tank was full.
He also chatted with Han Anniang, and the morning passed.
When lunchtime came.
Chen Mo's mood became extraordinarily excited.
The Blood Nourishing Technique had reached (Entry Level 97.2/100).
Whether he would become a dragon or insect depended on this meal.
Chen Mo eagerly used his hands to grab a meat chunk the size of a fist, biting into it.
[Meat consumption count +0.05, Blood Nourishing Technique experience +0.05.]
[...]
[Meat consumption count +0.05, Blood Nourishing Technique experience +0.05.]
"Almost there..."
Seeing the Blood Nourishing Technique (Entry Level 99.95/100), Chen Mo drank some water and took another bite, after a few chews, he swallowed it down.
[Meat consumption count +0.05, Blood Nourishing Technique experience +0.05,]
Boom!
At that moment, Chen Mo felt a fire ignite inside him, burning up his blood.
In no time, Chen Mo sensed all the blood in his body starting to boil.
Now, his body was like a pot boiling water, every place like ears, nostrils, and mouth where steam could escape was emitting heat, and his skin became scorching hot.
"Uncle, what's happening to you, don't scare me..." Han Anniang, seeing this scene, was frightened, her eyes immediately red, hurriedly coming over to see what was wrong with Chen Mo.
But as soon as she touched his skin, Han Anniang felt as if she touched a burning iron, quickly retracting her hand.
"Uncle..." Han Anniang thought something had happened to him, her eyes filled with anxiety and tears, and then she remembered something and quickly ran to the kitchen.
Chen Mo sensed that boiling hot blood circulating through his body, he didn't feel pain, it was like being in a sauna.
Then, he detected a peculiar energy, merging into every inch of his flesh.
[Name: Chen Mo.]
[Age: 16.]
[Cultivation Technique: Blood Nourishing Technique (Small Success 0/500).]
[Realm: Refining Skin (Ninth Grade).]
[Power: 38.]
[Skills: Celestial Harmony Saber Technique (Perfection, next strike can break through the tier).]
"Success, I finally succeeded..."
Chen Mo stood up, feeling the seemingly endless power within, an unstoppable joy emerged, he wanted to shout out loud...
And then he got doused with a bucket of cold water.
Han Anniang scooped a bucket of cold water from the kitchen, and splashed it over Chen Mo as she entered the house.
Chen Mo: "..."
The previous overwhelming joy was extinguished by the cold water.
Chen Mo wiped the water off his face, dumbfounded, looking at Han Anniang, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
"I-I didn't mean to, I saw Uncle was steaming and your whole body was scorching, so I just..." Han Anniang said worriedly.