Chương 33: Use them for composting

"What I seek for the rest of my life is only to break through the current realm and go outside to take a look."

"Unfortunately, the mountain is too high to reach. After cultivating bitterly for decades, I finally realized just how foolish my aptitude is."

"Today, seeing your son reach the Body Tempering Realm before adulthood, a thought rose in my heart to make a gamble."

"If Little Brother has concerns, you may throw this book into Blackwater Pond. This old man will not blame you." After saying this, he stood and walked toward the alligator-dragon's corpse. The sharp blade in his hand flashed, and he quickly peeled off the alligator-dragon's hide, selecting and cutting off the best flesh from its body piece by piece.

"Little Brother, lend me your net rope." Jiang Huanyu nodded somewhat woodenly and watched as Xu Xiu used a length of net rope to tie up several hundred jin of flesh, carried it on his back, and walked into the distance. After a long while, the father and son looked at the messy alligator-dragon hide and internal organs scattered on the ground.

"Father, what should we do?" Jiang Huanyu stood, picked up the booklet Xu Xiu had left behind, and flipped through a few pages. He discovered that it was filled with obscure and difficult words.

"You take a look." He handed the booklet to his son. Jiang Wenfeng flipped through it for a while, then slightly shook his head.

"There should be no problem, but your son cannot understand it for now. I need time to study it." Jiang Huanyu sighed.

"Then take it back." Although he still had worries in his heart, this opportunity could not be missed. With the help of this so-called breathing method, if Stone could reach Xu Xiu's realm, it would be a heaven-given opportunity for the family. At that time, forget standing shoulder to shoulder with the Huang family—even the Su family, with the Deputy County Magistrate behind them, would not count for much. This was an opportunity for them. Jiang Wenfeng nodded and very carefully put the booklet away.

His clothes were almost dry from the fire. Jiang Huanyu glanced at the fishing net nearby and wanted to see whether it could still be cast a couple more times to catch some fish to bring back. But he discovered that the newly bought fishing net had already been torn open with several large holes. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

"Father, alligator-dragons!" At the same time, Jiang Wenfeng also noticed that in the originally calm pond water, one alligator-dragon head after another had surfaced and was slowly swimming toward the shore.

"How strange. When that old senior was here just now, these fellows didn't come out."

"Now that the old senior has left, they all popped their heads out one by one." Jiang Wenfeng stood up, shielding his father behind him as he watched the surroundings vigilantly. Seeing this, Jiang Huanyu frowned slightly and suddenly remembered Xu Xiu saying that the living creatures of Blackwater Pond deliberately avoided him. Could it be because of some so-called "aura of the strong"? Looking at it this way, saying that the fish in Blackwater Pond possessed spirituality really was not false.

"Stone, pack these things up. We're leaving." The fishing net was damaged, and the alligator-dragons had surfaced. It looked like they could not catch fish anymore. Fortunately, Xu Xiu had only taken away the most essential flesh from the alligator-dragon's body. There were still many leftover scraps, internal organs, and that alligator-dragon hide. They could bring them back, sell what could be sold, eat what could be eaten, and use the rest as material for composting.

Before those alligator-dragons came ashore, the father and son hurriedly cleaned everything up. When they were leaving, Jiang Wenfeng also caught sight of several huge alligator-dragon eggs in the shrubs. Without another word, he took off his outer clothes and wrapped them all up. In the small courtyard, Hu Yufen was embroidering. The two little fellows, Jiang Wenping and Jiang wenchen, were sleeping soundly in the cradle beside her. Hearing movement, she rose to greet them.

Seeing the father and son carrying a tattered fishing net, along with many bloody internal organs and pieces of flesh, she froze. Especially the alligator-dragon hide on Jiang Wenfeng's shoulder, which looked frightening just from a glance. Hu Yufen's eyes widened in shock.

"You two…" She did not know what the two had experienced. Jiang Wenfeng threw the alligator-dragon hide from his shoulder onto the ground, then helped take down the things from Jiang Huanyu's shoulder. Only then did he smile and say, "Mother, Father and I caught an alligator-dragon today!" An alligator-dragon! Hu Yufen stared in shock at the bloody alligator-dragon hide on the ground, then looked at the flesh. She could not believe that her man and son had actually caught such a terrifying monster!

"Don't listen to his nonsense. We met an expert." Jiang Huanyu smiled and came to the well, drew up a large bucket of water, and the father and son began washing the blood from their bodies.

"We met the old sir I told you about last time."

"Do you know? That old sir is a very powerful martial artist."

"If not for him, Stone and I probably would not have been able to do anything to this alligator-dragon." He briefly explained what had happened, but did not mention the most dangerous parts.

"Last time, we caused him to suffer a loss. This time, we were helped by him again, so most of the alligator-dragon meat was given to him."

"Look over the remaining things later. If they can be eaten, then preserve them. Send some to the front courtyard."

"If they cannot be eaten, use them for composting." He still had not thought through how to speak about the breathing method. A common man was innocent, but possessing a treasure made him guilty. Last time, merely a piece of hundred-year-old Blood Toad shed skin could attract the coveting of martial artists and cause his family's destruction. This breathing method was far more precious than the Blood Toad shed skin. Even without a divination warning, he clearly knew that it absolutely could not be leaked.

Hu Yufen, recovering from her shock, quickly put down the embroidery and needlework in her hands. She brought over a wooden basin from the kitchen house and prepared to select the flesh on the ground. The father and son went back to the room, changed into clean clothes, and came forward to help.