Chapter 16：Wolf Tail

Famous gourmet Bear Grylls once said, "Steam all things, boil all things."

What he meant was that everything could be steamed and if you didn't like to steam things, you could boil it instead.

Actually there was also a hidden meaning in this, which was Bear's representative words in the food world: As long as you remove the head, everything can be eaten...

Yi Qiu had never handled wolf meat before, actually, most people probably had never either. This was why Yi Qiu was really curious about how the wolf meat tasted like.

Yi Qiu minced the wolf meat in a deft manner and tossed it into boiling water to cook. The texture of wolf meat and boar meat was really different. The wild boar meat was more bouncy while the wolf meat was tighter and tough. 

Protector Mother Wolf's material bag:

Origin: Wolf Pup Cave (Easy difficulty)

Quality: White

Material types: Bone, meat, fur

Description: Looks like a wet stomach bag, unless you slice apart the thick meat wall, you won't be sure what is hiding within. Maybe it might be a rabbit leg?

"Will you open the Protector Mother Wolf's material bag?"

"Yes."

"You obtained 30 Integrated Network coins."

"You obtained black decorative equipment: Wolf Tail."

Wolf Tail:

Origin: Withered Grass Plains

Item level: 2

Quality: Black

Durability: 25/25

Weight: 0.01kg

Special effect:

Natural Power - Desire Demon Wolf: After use, one obtains the power of Desire Demon Wolf, Agility adjusted to 15, Charm adjusted to 15.

Sink into desires: Sink into an indescribable joy, causing your Senses to drop by 5 points. Due to Physique, there is a chance for one to obtain a short period of stunned status or excited status. 

Description: A wizard made this for a female servant he liked, to let her fight better. Was it fight or "fight" no one would know.

PS: Black quality (Dropped item), most of them have strong effects but also have really strong after-effects. Black items can appear from all sorts of chests but they won't appear in the final reward or dungeon collectible item production.

"Pui." Yi Qiu looked at the introduction and tossed it aside. He wiped his hands. Thinking about this, Wasn't this that plug that those weird people used? 

After contemplating for a moment, Yi Qiu picked it up and tossed it in his inventory. When he had more time to explore the Duoyuan Galaxy Exchange he would see whether or not there were customers with special needs. Who knows, he might be able to sell it for some Integrated Network Coins.

One needed to buy tickets to enter Duoyuan Galaxy Exchange, each entry cost 100 Integrated Network Coins. It wasn't much, but it wasn't little either. Yi Qiu was guessing that the entry fee was probably to remind rookies like him not to waste time inside.

Due to the pyramid theory, there had to be many rookies like Yi Qiu. However, there was a high death rate among them. His version was friendly and peaceful, which was why he escaped main questlines and forced quests.

However, because of that he could only do dungeons. To date he had not met an intelligent being that he could talk to much less discover any other quests. However, from the Integrated Network newbie manual, when his level increased, there might be larger dungeons.

There were many versions in the Integrated Network. Of course, the version of the Duoyuan Galaxy Exchange was the same. It was said that the 100 Integrated Network Coins was to pay for all the energy consumption costs for each version. It sounded quite complicated but it was just a whole bunch of nonsense.

Even with Yi Qiu's small bit of intelligence, he could guess that it was nonsense and that there were no energy consumption costs. They just didn't want to outright tell rookies to scram from this place. 

Yi Qiu was thinking about how those high level elders were annoyed at the rookies surging in so they complained and the Integrated Network set such a rule.

Of course all this was what Yi Qiu inferred through the Integrated Network newbie manual. Speaking of which, this manual was something Yi Qiu unknowingly found when he was reading the Class Legacy. Apart from Monk information, there were large amounts of information left by senior Monks. The thing that Yi Qiu found most useful was this so-called Integrated Network newbie manual.

Although some parts of it were unreliable like number 925, "If Mages try to attack you with laser-like magic, don't dodge, just face him with your head."

Monks weren't just a bunch of cold stones that knew how to meditate and cultivate, there were many interesting people among them. After all, saints can come out from a bunch of demons, there were many miracles and astonishing things that occured in the large Duoyuan Universe.

The wolf meat rolled in the boiling water. Yi Qiu took the meat out and changed for a pot of fresh water before stewing. At the side was a ready juicy pork chop. Since Yi Qiu's physique rose to 13, his appetite had grown. He could digest 1 portion of juicy pork chops in just an hour. However, the recovery effects became much lesser. 

However, it was fine. After all, the bit of health recovery wasn't useful now. Yi Qiu could just use Ki to recover. It was good enough as long as the food was delicious. Anyway, Yi Qiu loved the taste of the juicy pork chops. 

He would wait till tomorrow and open up the final difficulty of Barren Gold Mine. From the description, it looked quite attractive. Yi Qiu sat on the sofa, looking at the snow and thought to himself.

It would be the new year in 7 days. Yi Qiu didn't really like or dislike the new year, after all he usually spent it in school.

Yi Qiu touched his bald head. He suddenly thought about his grandfather who passed away. To him, the only person that took care of him after his parents passed was his grandpa who stayed in Dazhu Village. Unfortunately, he died early. If he obtained the Monk's power before, he might have been able to help extend his grandpa's life.

Life wasn't easy, one had to eat more good tasting things. Yi Qiu's sadness came and went like smoke; just a bit of fragrant meat mixed with star anise and cinnamon and it was all gone.

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A silent night.

Yi Qiu still didn't eat the wolf meat. The gamey taste was tough to get over. Yi Qiu guessed that it wasn't something he could deal with. After all, he only knew how to marinate wild boar and had never done much with wolf.

However, he still didn't want to give up. After searching online, Yi Qiu noticed that many people ate wolf meat, there were also many detailed steps. One had to really respect the strength of the Chinese tradition.

Yi Qiu was prepared to cook it again at noon. He had something more important now: Elite Barren Gold Mine, the final difficulty of Barren Gold Mine!

Barren Gold Mine:

Dungeon Challenge Difficulty: 2-

Dungeon difficulty: Elite

Dungeon requirements: Kill all the Dog-Head Men inside the Barren Gold Mine.

PS: You are entering the final difficulty of a dungeon. The monsters in the final difficulty will be stronger than what you had originally challenged. The boss monster that appears will obtain special abilities and even monster classes. The little monsters will obtain stronger stats and increase in resistance.

PS: After challenging the final difficulty of the dungeon, one will obtain the highest reward from the dungeon, rare drops and dungeon collectibles. Once completed, the dungeon will disappear.

"Will you challenge Barren Gold Mine (Elite difficulty)?"

"Yes!"

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