What Shi Hao hadn’t expected was that early the next morning, Wu Ling came, and she actually brought him a wild boar weighing thousands of pounds.
“Shi Hao, this is for you.”
The girl in front of him had several scratches on her body!
Clearly, she had paid a heavy price to hunt that wild boar.
Shi Hao's expression was complex. He could feel her sincere heart, not for anything else, but simply because she considered him a friend.
So, when Shi Hao accepted her gift, she broke into a wide smile.
Shi Hao also brought out his beef hotpot to entertain Wu Ling. The ice cellar stored tens of thousands of pounds of beef, enough to ensure that the big-eater Little Ling could eat her fill!
Tasting beef hotpot for the first time, Wu Ling was directly shocked by the deliciousness of the beef.
“Haha. How is it, delicious?”
“Wow, delicious! Shi Hao, how could there be such delicious meat?”
She didn't even care about the heat. As soon as the beef was cooked, Wu Ling grabbed a piece and stuffed it into her mouth, looking like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey.
But Shi Hao found it strange. The big-eater Wu Ling had only eaten less than ten pounds of beef, yet she couldn’t eat anymore.
She burped, her eyelids looking like they were fighting: “Shi Hao, I’m so sleepy.”
Soon after, Wu Ling couldn’t resist the drowsiness, and leaning her head on the table, she started to snore softly. Her body seemed to be undergoing some kind of sharp transformation.
Shi Hao was clueless. He could only start clearing the dishes and planned to feed Wu Ling when she woke up. The sudden voice almost startled him, but it also solved Shi Hao's confusion.
“The blood and flesh of my mount contain abundant blood qi spiritual energy. Although the child possesses the bloodline of the Wu tribe, she can eat so much in one go. She is indeed a gifted talent.”
So Wu Ling possessed the bloodline of the Wu tribe. No wonder she had such a big appetite. Shi Hao finally understood why she could eat thousands of pounds of food in one meal.
And the beef in his hands must have contained too much potent blood qi, so she couldn’t eat that much.
But from the first half of the old man’s sentence, Shi Hao immediately understood his identity. Looking back, he saw that it was indeed the old man whose mount he had eaten.
“Old man, why are you here again?” Shi Hao secretly complained. Since his grievance with him was settled, the old man coming here couldn’t be about the Star Chart, right?
“In that last competition with you, I always felt like I lost unfairly, so I wanted to have another match with you today.” Laozi said calmly.
Saints value face most, even the Daoist of Non-Action, Laozi, was no exception.
He couldn't accept losing to Shi Hao.
So, after returning to the Eight Scenes Palace, Laozi summed up the two reasons why he had lost the competition.
Firstly, because he had lost his connection with the Dao, his strength was reduced to a fraction of its original power, and he couldn’t fully inscribe the Dao Rhymes!
Secondly, his luck was too bad. If he hadn't chosen the "Ren" character at that time, the other party might not have been able to win him.
So if he had another chance, Laozi was confident he could win.
“No way.”
After hearing Laozi’s request, Shi Hao refused without hesitation. He felt that whether he won or lost, it was a losing proposition. Only a fool would fight him.
What could he gain from winning? It seemed that the other party didn’t have anything worth wanting. If he lost, then he would be at a huge loss.
“Are you not going to consider it? I happen to have the cultivation method of that child of yours in my possession, which can help her control her Wu tribe bloodline. If you win me, I’ll give you the method. If you lose, you only need to give me the Star Chart to comprehend for a few years, how about that!”
Laozi’s eyes were like torches. He saw that Shi Hao cared deeply for the young girl of the Wu tribe, so he used this as a condition to try and persuade Shi Hao to agree.
“Wu tribe cultivation method? Is it the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill?” Shi Hao was stunned and then asked.
“If you want the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill, it's not impossible.” Laozi nodded. The Eight Nine Profound Skill and the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill both originated from Pangu, he possessed both of them.
“If it’s the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill, then it’s not impossible.”
Shi Hao wasn’t worried that he would lie to him. After all, the other party was a disciple of the Human Sect, and possessing the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill was normal.
“How about you and I have another calligraphy match?”
For Wu Ling’s sake, Shi Hao agreed to another competition with him.
Losing meant losing the Star Chart for a few years, but to Shi Hao, the Star Chart wasn’t a particularly important treasure. It felt like a good deal to use the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill as a bargaining chip for a competition. Of course, this didn't include things like cultivating, alchemy, talismans, etc.
As a mortal, he naturally wouldn’t be a match for a cultivator. Unless he asked his sister’s master to come, the third generation disciples of the Intercepting Sect might be able to defeat him.
“Forget calligraphy, we’ve already had a match before.” Laozi pondered for a moment and laughed: “How about fishing? I see you also like fishing.”
“Haha, interesting, you dare to challenge me to fishing?” Shi Hao laughed and agreed. He was quite confident in his fishing skills. If you had said you wanted to go fishing earlier, I wouldn't have refused.
Just as the two of them left the valley, Shi Hao wanted to go down the mountain, but Laozi stopped him.
“The fishing I'm talking about is not ordinary fishing.” Laozi took out two black fishing rods from his storage space and continued: “This was refined by an elder of my sect using a special method, it can directly fish in the void!”
Shi Hao was a little confused, but with his knowledge, he quickly understood the principle behind it.
“Within an incense stick’s time, whoever catches the most valuable treasure wins, no objections, right?”
Laozi smiled calmly. After leaving the valley, his cultivation had already returned to the realm of a Saint, he had the Dao's blessing. In today’s competition, he didn’t know how he could lose.
A Saint’s means are hard to imagine unless one experiences it personally.
“Can I try it first?” It sounded interesting, it was more fun than fishing. But he was a mortal without any cultivation, could he control such a powerful artifact?
“Of course.”
Laozi handed him one of the fishing rods, signaling him to go ahead.
When Shi Hao gripped the fishing rod, he felt that the world in front of him transformed into a world of vibrant colors.
As far as his eyes could see, there were a multitude of colorful lines, looking rather strange.
“I see, I understand how to use it. The rules of the competition are as you said, right?” Shi Hao replied.
He was also curious to see what kind of treasure he could catch in the void.
“Then, let’s begin.” Laozi first found a spot and sat cross-legged on a rock in front of the cliff.
It felt like if a gust of wind blew, it would blow him off the cliff.
Laozi took out the fishing rod and threw it in the direction of the cliff.
However, to his surprise, the thin fishing line seemed to suddenly disappear.
Shi Hao could see that the old man’s fishing line had already wrapped around one of the red lines. *