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Chapter 16: I’ll Eat The Meat While You Can Eat The Bones

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“What? Borrow fire?” When the Flame Lion heard this, it immediately looked vigilant. “Flame is my power. Are you trying to exhaust me and take the opportunity to make me into a braised lion head?”

As a former lone hero, it wandered on the prairie. Every day, it came and went in the wind and rain, looking free and romantic.

However, it was the only one who knew how difficult it was.

Not only did it have to avoid the pursuit of its own kind, but it also had to prevent the proctology director’s hyenas from undergoing forced surgery. From time to time, it had to endure the threat of the giant elephant demon.

It was common to starve for three days.

Every day, it lived in fear, afraid that it would accidentally become food for other demon beasts.

Experience told it that it could not easily consume its strength. Only by maintaining enough stamina could it deal with all kinds of dangers.

After being locked up here, it did not refuse any food. Even if it was fed grass, it fully promoted the spirit of being not wasteful and ate it clean.

Its previous wandering life had created its extraordinary endurance. It would not easily get angry and waste any strength.

The goal was to maintain its strength in case of any mishaps.

It also knew that Zhou Xuan had been feeding it for the past month.

At that moment, even though it sensed that Zhou Xuan was only a “Silver Four-Star”, it did not flare up, nor did it have the intention to slap him to death.

“I’m not lending it to you.” It simply refused explicitly.

Of course, what it did not know was that Zhou Xuan’s realm had already reached the Gold One-Star realm. The so-called Silver Four-Star was just a disguised realm.

“Are you becoming more narrow-minded?” Zhou Xuan explained, “I’m just roasting a piece of meat. When it’s cooked, I’ll give you half.”

“Is that really all?” The Flame Lion was suspicious.

“Of course.” Zhou Xuan nodded. “Smell it. Does this lamb leg smell good?”

When the Flame Lion heard this, it could not help but swallow its saliva. The temptation of this lamb leg meat was too great.

“It’ll smell even better after it’s roasted,” Zhou Xuan said seductively.

Hence, the Flame Lion could no longer hold it in. It opened its mouth and spat out a stream of flames.

That flame was its intrinsic power and had a powerful burning power.

Under the barbeque of the flames, the lamb leg sizzled with oil, and the fragrance quickly came out.

“I used to be a barbecue expert in the grassland.” It was a little smug, as if it was thinking of the time when it used to roast hyenas and leopard demons on the grassland.

“What the f*ck? It’s almost burnt. Keep the firepower down.” Zhou Xuan glared at it angrily.

“Won’t it taste better if it’s burnt?” It asked in return.

“Come on, you’re still called the grassland barbecue expert. You’re far from it.” Zhou Xuan revealed a disdainful expression and had no choice but to help it control the fire.

The Flame Lion was obedient and immediately reduced the fire output.

In just ten minutes, a golden lamb leg that was emitting oil appeared in front of Zhou Xuan.

Smell it, how fragrant.

He had been hungry for a long time, so he naturally did not hesitate and picked it up to eat.

“It’s quite fragrant, just a little lacking in seasoning.” He already had a plan in mind. When he went to eat at noon, he would buy some seasoning and leave it here so that it would be easier to barbecue in the future.

Zhou Xuan ate with relish, and the Flame Lion beside him could only watch eagerly.

When it saw that the meat was getting lesser and lesser, it became more and more anxious. “Leave some for me.”

“What’s the hurry? Here.” As Zhou Xuan spoke, he threw the bone to the Flame Lion.

‘I got the lamb leg, and you contributed the fire. I’ll eat the meat, and you’ll eat the bones. There’s nothing wrong with that.’

The Flame Lion looked at the bones and did not see any flesh. For a moment, it fell into deep thought.

He seemed to have been tricked.

Zhou Xuan ate the meat and observed the Flame Lion’s expression from the corner of his eye.

He thought that the Flame Lion would fly into a rage and slap him.

Unexpectedly, there was none.

The Flame Lion picked up the bone and ate it clean.

“That’s not right. Why aren’t you angry?” Zhou Xuan was puzzled. He still wanted to anger the Flame Lion and spar with it to test the results of his cultivation.

But now, it seemed that this Flame Lion was different from other demon beasts. It had extraordinary endurance.

“Don’t you just want to anger me and find an opportunity to make me into a braised lion’s head? I won’t fall for it.” The Flame Lion ate the bones and lay down, looking like it wouldn’t be angry at all.

Zhou Xuan was helpless. It was really not easy to find an opportunity to deal with it.

After he finished eating the lamb leg, he immediately felt comfortable.

He looked at the Flame Lion again and said, “Then will you be angry if I touch you?”

The Flame Lion did not speak. Instead, it turned around and assumed a sprawled posture.

The meaning was clear: Come on, feel whatever you want.

“Your endurance is really unimaginably strong.” Zhou Xuan was a little surprised. “Then I won’t stand on the ceremony.”

After saying that, he touched the Flame Lion. As expected, the Flame Lion did not resist at all, nor was it angry.

The voice of the Unscientific Sign-In System sounded in Zhou Xuan’s ear. “Ding… Target discovered. Do you want to sign in?”

“Sign in.” In fact, eating roasted meat was not the most important thing. The most important thing was to sign in.

“Ding… Signed in successfully. Received Fire Element.”

Fire Element was a type of pure power in the starry sky. Other than fire element, there was also water element, wood element, and other pure elemental powers in the starry sky.

The flames controlled by the Flame Lion were not the purest fire elements. They belonged to the category of beast flames.

The Heavenly Fire in the starry sky was made of the purest fire elements.

As far as Zhou Xuan knew, only the fire elves of the elves possessed pure fire elements.

Fire Element was very powerful. Not only could it be used to roast meat, but it also had the power to burn the starry sky. It was something countless experts dreamed of.

Zhou Xuan could not help but reveal an imperceptible smile. “I didn’t expect to be able to obtain the pure power of fire elements from signing in on a Gold One-Star Flame Lion. It’s more or less unscientific. However, I like it.”

“Ding, do you want to fuse with the Fire Element?” The system’s voice sounded again.

“Fuse.” Zhou Xuan did not hesitate.

Then, a wisp of fairy-like flames danced and flew into Zhou Xuan’s body.

The Flame Lion was lying on its back with its eyes closed. It did not see this scene at all.

The Fire Element entering his body meant that Zhou Xuan had obtained the ability to control flames.

A spark could start a prairie fire. The Fire Element was still small and weak. However, as long as Zhou Xuan continued to cultivate, he could strengthen the Fire Element.

The pure power of the Fire Element was not activated with the power of the Astral Soul, but with mental power.

Zhou Xuan’s mental power was far stronger than the power of his Astral Soul. It was his trump card. Using his powerful mental power to nourish the Fire Element could quickly strengthen the Fire Element.

He stood up and spread out his right hand as he walked. The Fire Element was immediately visible. It was dancing like a fire spirit, as happy as a child.

“With this Fire Element, I won’t have to rely on fire to roast meat in the future.” He couldn’t help but mutter, “However, if outsiders know that I plan to use Fire Element to roast meat, will I be beaten up?”

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