Lijiang Guard City, Yongtong District.
The sound of sizzling stir-frying echoed in the courtyard, and the tantalizing aroma spread throughout.
Chen Mu hummed a tune as he served up a plate of flavorful cured meat from the pot.
After five months, he had finally mastered the Blue-eyed Golden Ape Shape Cultivation Technique to its peak.
"No wonder those in Jianghu are so eager for the Dragon Transformation Pill, a poison that quenches thirst with poison," Chen Mu exclaimed with a sense of emotion, "Shape Cultivation is too difficult!"
Bending down, he lifted his shirt. With a look of complex satisfaction from overcoming hardships, he gazed at the Soul Strength that encircled his abdomen like a belt.
After affectionately taking another couple of glances, he picked up a shovel and began to stir the fine sand in another iron pot.
Within the sand lay peanuts, the scorching fine sand slowly and evenly transferring heat to their interiors.
