A small maid was briskly walking through the heavy snow, carrying a large wooden basin full of clothes. Suddenly, she looked into the distance with confusion. There, faintly visible, someone knelt on the ground, and around him, there was no snow at all.
“What’s going on?” the little maid murmured, walking toward the figure.
“It’s the master!” As she drew closer, she recognized him immediately. The one kneeling there was none other than the Lord of Xueying Domain himself. His bare back was faintly red, radiating intense heat. Steam was rising from around him, melting all the snow within a ten-meter radius. This sight would have been shocking to any powerful knight or mage.
But the maid was just an ordinary girl, unaware of what it truly meant for someone’s body heat alone to melt snow ten meters around.
“Why is all the snow melted? Could this be the power of Aura?” she wondered silently, then couldn’t help but call out nervously, “Master, master, are you alright?”
She was somewhat timid.
After all, Dongbo Xueying had often trained so hard with his spear techniques that he would sweat profusely, steaming with heat, even collapsing from exhaustion. So the maid assumed that her master had once again become overly absorbed in his training.
“I’m fine,” Dongbo Xueying rasped, slowly rising to his feet.
“I’m very well.”
He turned his head to glance at the maid. “Very, very well.”
The maid stood silently, too afraid to speak.
“Go tell the kitchen to prepare something for me. I want a whole magical beast roasted and brought here,” Dongbo Xueying ordered.
“A whole one?” the maid’s eyes widened.
After all, a regular horse weighed seven or eight hundred jin, sometimes even over a thousand. A Frost-Feathered Magical Beast foal weighed two thousand jin, and some magical beasts were even larger, weighing several thousand or even ten thousand jin. In the castle, Dongbo Xueying’s daily meals mainly consisted of magical beast meat, which contained more energy. The knights in the castle also ate magical beast meat.
Therefore, the castle’s cold storage usually kept one or two magical beasts, but that was to supply the entire castle for many days.
“Yes, a whole one. I remember there was a third-tier magical beast and a second-tier one. Roast the third-tier one and bring it here,” Dongbo Xueying instructed.
“Yes, master,” the maid obediently went to deliver the order.
As Dongbo Xueying watched the maid run off quickly with the large wooden basin, he smiled and walked over to pick up some clothes and dress himself. He looked once again like the valiant young man he always appeared to be… but only he himself knew how terrifying his youthful body had become!
“Let’s see how high I can jump,” Dongbo Xueying looked at the main tower of his castle. It was magnificent, with the second-floor railing standing seven or eight meters high. In the past, he could barely grab the railing and pull himself up.
Whoosh!
He pushed off with his feet, and in a flash, like a phantom, he soared straight up, surpassing the height of the entire castle before descending. He startled himself with the jump. Fortunately, the heavy snowfall concealed this brief moment from others’ eyes.
“I can jump this high? The main tower is over twenty meters tall. I remember the city wall of Yishui was quite tall, but it was only about eighteen meters. Can I now easily leap over Yishui’s city wall?” Dongbo Xueying was amazed. From the height of his jump, he was beginning to grasp the level of his own strength.
Dongbo Xueying quickly descended from the roof and went to the dining hall to wait for his meal.
Because—
He was extremely hungry! In his entire life, he had never felt this hungry before. Although Dongbo Xueying was thrilled about his sudden strength increase, his first order was to prepare roasted meat because the hunger was driving him mad.
“Crunch…” Dongbo Xueying grabbed some pastries from the fruit tray on the table and swallowed them in a few bites. His evolved stomach instantly digested and absorbed them, but the energy was still pitifully minimal.
“Master, master!” A bearded male servant rushed into the dining hall, his voice rough. “You want a whole roasted third-tier magical beast?”
“Yes!” Dongbo Xueying looked at him. “As quickly as possible! Cook it and bring it right away.”
“Understood, understood.” The bearded servant was startled but hurried to obey.
Normally, if a steward delivered an order from the lord, a chef like him wouldn’t dare to ask questions. But this command was simply unbelievable! A whole third-tier magical beast—over twelve thousand jin of magical beast meat! It was extremely valuable. Moreover, the messenger wasn’t one of the lord’s personal attendants, but just a little laundry maid. That’s why the chef had come to confirm.
Otherwise, if the maid had lied, she would suffer, but the chef would also face severe punishment for wasting a third-tier magical beast.
“The lord wants to roast an entire magical beast. That’s such a waste,” the bearded chef thought to himself but dared not question further. Who was he to question the lord’s orders? His only duty was to obey!
…
Dongbo Xueying waited, desperately resisting the hunger that made his entire body tremble.
Finally, he smelled the aroma of roasted meat.
Whoosh!
Dongbo Xueying instantly dashed out of the dining hall and stood by the railing, looking down. A horse-drawn carriage was slowly approaching below, accompanied by a group of male servants. Inside the carriage was the fully roasted magical beast, already cut into two halves. The twelve thousand jin of meat was the pure weight after removing the organs and blood. It was no easy task for the servants to move such a massive load, and transporting it had been quite troublesome.
“Once we get it to the master’s dining hall, everyone needs to work together to carry it upstairs,” the male servants were still discussing the logistics.
Thud!
Suddenly, the ground shook. A black-clothed Youthstood in front of the carriage.
“Master.” The strong male servants were first startled, then respectfully called out.
“Alright, I’ll take it from here. You all go back to work.” Dongbo Xueying walked over and lifted the enormous tray from the carriage. On it were the two halves of the roasted magical beast.
Holding a tray much larger than his own body, Dongbo Xueying quickly walked back toward the dining hall.
The group of male servants stood there, stunned.
Good heavens?
He just carried it away like that?
Twelve thousand jin of magical beast meat! Even after roasting, it must have still weighed over ten thousand jin. They had all worked together with great effort just to drag it upstairs. And now he just carried it off? How strong was he?
“Don’t gossip outside,” Dongbo Xueying glanced down and reminded them.
“Yes,” all the male servants responded.
But Dongbo Xueying himself understood that carrying an entire magical beast would inevitably spread rumors. However, it didn’t matter. After all, it was normal for noble families to do extravagant things. The more wasteful and luxurious, the more powerful a family appeared to be.
Without the confidence of strength, who could afford such extravagance?
As for carrying over ten thousand jin of magical beast meat, it was nothing. His strength would eventually be revealed.
“Master can actually carry over ten thousand jin of magical beast meat. He must be a Celestial Knight now!”
“Probably. A fifteen-year-old Celestial Knight, turning sixteen after the New Year. Truly incredible!”
“Hmph, you only see how powerful the master is now, but you don’t know how hard he trains every day. The servants at the training ground say they find it terrifying to watch him train!”
The male servants whispered among themselves.
…
Bang! The enormous tray landed heavily on the dining table, shaking it.
Thud! Dongbo Xueying immediately closed the dining hall door.
The servants thought their master was just being extravagant and wasteful.
But in reality…
Dongbo Xueying was genuinely hungry!
“Let’s eat!” Dongbo Xueying grabbed the dining knife, slicing off a piece of bone meat weighing over ten jin, and began devouring it hungrily. Crunch! He chewed the bones into pieces and swallowed them whole. His body rejoiced as it rapidly digested and absorbed the nutrients. The food was completely digested the moment it entered his stomach.
His body, desperately hungry and starved of energy, kept consuming and drawing strength.
Eat! Eat! Eat!
Dongbo Xueying ate rapidly. Before one’s eyes, the golden, oily roasted magical beast meat kept disappearing. The small bones were completely eaten, leaving only the thick, large bones.
…
“Xueying! Xueying! How could you be so extravagant and wasteful?” The deep, furious voice of the lion-man Tong San echoed as he entered. In the entire castle, only Tong San and Zong Ling dared to scold Dongbo Xueying a bit.
Whoosh—
Angry, the lion-man Tong San pushed open the door, but his eyes widened in shock. The enormous tray was now just a massive skeleton. All the small bones were gone, leaving only the main skeleton. All the magical beast meat had vanished completely.
Dongbo Xueying had already cleaned himself up and was sitting nearby, smiling. “Uncle Tong, I didn’t waste anything.”
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