📖 Chapter 1324 - Tongue’s Desire City

16 May, 2024

Wang Baole glanced at the token and gestured toward it, causing it to fly straight into his hand. After putting the token away, he didn’t ask any questions, instead looking into the forest in the direction of the odd aroma.

The late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Wang Baole accept the token. However, he still remained vigilant.

“Fellow Daoist, please.”

As he spoke, he turned his body sideways. He didn’t dare to show his back to Wang Baole, instead waiting for the latter to arrive next to him so they could move forward side by side. At the same time, the two early-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivators positioned themselves a little farther away. They didn’t show any aggression, but rather had guarded looks on their faces.

Wang Baole didn’t bother with these three people and flew toward the forest in a flash. The late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator beside him also stepped forward, making the two of them enter the forest at the same time. There, they saw the source of the odd aroma.

It was a green cauldron as tall as a person. Numerous ancient totems and esoteric runes were carved on it, making it shine with bright light as muffled rumbling sounded out from within it.

There seemed to be a powerful being inside the cauldron trying to break out. However, it couldn’t destroy the cauldron and could only suffer refinement. It was this powerful being that emitted the irresistibly alluring aroma.

At the same time, traces of battle filled the surroundings, and several corpses could be seen in the distance.

This scene caused Wang Baole to raise his eyebrows. As he stepped forward, his divine will swept out and scanned the inside of the cauldron. There, he could see a golden thread, like a tentacle or an antenna, boiling in water.

Perhaps this water was originally clear and colorless, but right now, it was turning golden at a rate visible to the naked eye. As it turned into a golden soup, the odd aroma became stronger and stronger.

“This…” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. Even with his vast knowledge and experience, he still couldn’t recognize what this thing was. However, he could tell that eating it would nourish the fleshly body.

To him, something of this level wasn’t very useful, but to a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, it was no different from a supreme treasure.

While Wang Baole observed the cauldron, the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was observing Wang Baole. After noticing that Wang Baole’s expression didn’t grow greedy upon seeing the strange tentacle, his heart finally became a little calmer. He sighed internally.

‘This monstrous killer was about to leave earlier. Why did I have to go and stop him?’

Waving his hand, a blue light flew out from his storage pouch and turned into a puppet that looked like a Daoist child. This puppet was holding a copper bowl, and it immediately went over to the cauldron and filled the bowl with golden soup. Then, it offered up the bowl to Wang Baole.

“Fellow Daoist, this is a great supplement. Please enjoy.”

Wang Baole’s expression didn’t change. He took the bowl and put it up against his mouth, taking a sip without hesitation. His true body had an unimaginably high level of existence; whether it was a curse or a poison, neither would be effective against him.

The same held even for a clone.

As the warm soup entered his stomach, it turned into waves of heat that spread throughout his entire body. Wang Baole’s eyes immediately lit up. Although this soup had little effect on his body, he couldn’t deny that it was extremely delicious.

“Give me one more bowl.” After swallowing everything, Wang Baole licked his lips and spoke.

The late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator felt pain in his heart, but he still sent the puppet to fill another bowl. Then, he went and poured a bowl for himself, sitting down next to Wang Baole and drinking up.

As for the two early-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, they could only stand there a distance away, swallowing their saliva.

Just like that, Wang Baole and the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator sat there, drinking bowls of soup one after another. As they did so, Wang Baole casually asked some questions. He had introduced himself as a cultivator from Ancient Epoch City, so the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator wasn’t suspicious and spoke freely. After all, all of this was common knowledge, and there was no need to draw the other party’s ire by hiding things.

An hour passed, and the tentacle in the cauldron was almost completely refined, causing the soup to turn an even deeper shade of gold. By now, almost 80% of it was gone, and Wang Baole had also heard the information that he wanted.

For example, he learned that this golden tentacle was called an odd appendage. However, the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator didn’t know what exactly it was. He only knew that it was an ingredient unique to Tongue’s Desire City, and that there was a limited number sold to outsiders every month. If someone wanted to purchase one, they would have to accomplish a mission assigned by Tongue’s Desire City.

The one here wasn’t bought, but stolen. Odd appendages were hard to store and could only be cooked in a certain way. Therefore, after killing its previous owners, the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and his group had needed to cook it on the spot.

That was why the strange aroma had spread out, as well as why the old man in black had blocked Wang Baole from entering the forest.

At the same time, Wang Baole also learned about the entry token for Tongue’s Desire City. According to the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, Tongue’s Desire City was located about a hundred thousand li away from this forest.

That city was one of the seven great cities in the World Realm. Although it wasn’t closed off, only those with a token could enter and leave. Each token had a limit on the number of times it could be used, as well as how long the holder could stay in the city. If someone didn’t leave after their time ran out, they would be forcibly expelled.

Moreover, once the token’s uses had expired, the holder would need to complete missions in order to obtain more uses. Otherwise, they would be barred from reentering the city.

“Tongue’s Desire City is a paradise for rogue cultivators like us.” The late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator said emotionally.

“In that place, as long as you can afford them, you can obtain unimaginable delicacies. Eating these delicacies will even improve your cultivation base.

“On the first day of every month, the Desire Lord hosts the Gluttony Festival, which makes the whole city go wild. Just sniffing the air on those days can nourish your divine soul. Actually, today’s the start of another Gluttony Festival. It’s too bad that I’ve got important things to do, so I won’t be able to make it…”

Listening to the words of the cultivator in front of him, Wang Baole also became interested in Tongue’s Desire City. He saw that the soup was almost finished, so he stood up and said goodbye, much to the other party’s surprise.

After Wang Baole was gone into the distance, the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator finally felt truly relieved. His two companions, who hadn’t dared to get close earlier, immediately ran over and helped themselves to some soup. Although there was only a little left, at least it was something…

After finishing the soup as quickly as possible, the three people put away the cauldron and left in a hurry.

Meanwhile, Wang Baole was flying through the sky and heading toward Tongue’s Desire City. If it were someone else, perhaps a hundred thousand li was a distance that would take a while to traverse. Moreover, this world had restrictions on teleportation, making it impossible to move at full speed.

But none of this was a problem for Wang Baole. In just two hours, there on the horizon, he saw… a shocking, sprawling city!

This city looked like a massive cauldron, and an ongoing commotion could be heard even from far away. Curls of eye-catching green smoke rose up from inside the city, merging into a huge black cloud that loomed ominously in the sky. Bolts of lightning flashed across the clouded sky, accompanied by the deafening rumbling of thunder.

But even the thunder’s rumbling couldn’t suppress the sound of cheers from inside the city. It seemed that at this moment… the city was holding some sort of grand event.

Huge masses of cultivators were lining up outside the city walls and waiting to get in.

“Tongue’s Desire City.” Narrowing his eyes, Wang Baole flashed over without hesitation.