Chapter 920: Mission Reward
The cleaning up of those who had died tonight were handled by both the people of the Pill Tower and the Evernight Manor together. The spoils were also equally split equally with most of the healing materials falling into the hands of the tower. After all, compared to Hei Yu and his subordinates who didn’t even suffer even a single scratch, the elders of the Pill Tower were badly wounded. They should be thankful that none of these elders had used a forbidden technique during the battle or they would be in a dying state now.
Hei Yu and his subordinates from the Evernight Manor were satisfied with what they had received as a share only Tan Shengyu had placed his share to his storage without checking. After all, compared to the gifts he received from his own master and his mistress nothing in this space ring can be compared so he is not that interested.
Instead, he wanted to know more about places where he can legitimately fight. What happened tonight cannot be even considered a battle for Tan Shengyu. The Evernight Manor is good at assassination. So most of their attacks involved ambush and traps instead of close combat or direct fighting. Hei Yu promised to bring him to an underground arena where he can fight with everything he got, but this place is considered dangerous and he has to sign a life and death contract. He had asked him to inform his master at least and get his permission before Hei Yu could bring him over to the place.
Tan Shengyu knew that getting permission from his master would not be hard. Even asking his mistress if he explained it properly and with his master backing him, she might agree. However this is something his wife and family would not approve of. So I decided not to tell them.
When he returned to the Floating Island One at dawn, Tan Shengyu realized that his master, Shen Jueyang and his mistress, Yue Xuexia were waiting for him to arrive. They had some midnight snack at the nearby forest grilling some mutton, and seafood to pass time. By the time, Tan Shengyu had come back, he had witnessed his mistress and master eating some buttered smelling, with some soy sauce grilled scallops. Just the scent was enough for Tan Shengyu and Hei Yu to swallow their tongues upon smelling it.
The Immortal Sun Emperor said, "Oh, you guys are back. Seat down and eat."
"You can report while eating," The Moon Goddess said as she took a nicely grilled scallops and carefully ate one.
Tan Shengyu wasn’t shy when it came to eating even if his master and mistress were there as the Tan Family usually eat together with their masters. On the other hand, Hei Yu was a bit conservative with taking one from the grill. After all, he had noticed that these scallops were at least Blue-grade ferocious sea monsters and he never heard of anyone eating them. However, he cannot be seeing an illusion where both his eyes and noses are telling him that these wild scallop monsters were cooked deliciously and are made into a spirit food by the two masters before him.
Seeing him not eating, Tan Shengyu thought that Hei Yu was feeling shy and grabbed one for him. "Why aren’t you eating? Don’t be shy! Even though Master’s cooking isn’t as good as the Mistress, it’s still edible!"
Pang!
His very own master, the Immortal Sun Emperor who was handling the soup, used the ladle on his hand to smack the head of his silly disciple.
Ow~
"Why did you hit me master? It’s not like you are the one who cooks these!" Tan Shengyu said while holding his aching head.
Shen Jueyang said, "Just eat. You stupid beat!"
"Jueyang’s grilling skills are better than mine, Shengyu. He is the one who made these," said Yue Xuexia while pointing at the marinated meat and seafood not far from the grill.
Tan Shengyu said, "Eh? But the Master even burned our mansion’s kitchen twice. Brother Yuye told me before!"
"Shut up!" said the Immortal Sun Emperor with a hand holding the ladle trembling as if wanting to hit this stupid disciple of his for the second time.
The Moon Goddess chuckles and said, "I only said he is better at grilling me at grilling. I was the one who made the soup and asked to stir it."
"That’s great! Master, can I have a bowl of soup!" Tan Shengyu asked.
Shen Jueyang who looked like he wanted to kill his disciple got his ladle taken from him and was fed by scallops by Yue Xuexia herself to calm down.
The Moon Goddess said, "Alright, don’t be angry. Don’t you know your disciple’s personality? Grill a few more and I will handle the soup." She stood up and went to the next bonfire where the soup was boiling. He added a few more seaweed to leave an umami flavor on the soup and made a four serving for all of them.
At the grilling area, Shen Jueyang was like an obedient husband grilling some more food because his wife asked him to. Seeing his scene, Tan Shengyu couldn’t help but stare at his master. In mind, this master of his had never held something in his hand except the blood of his enemies. But ever since he met the Mistress he started doing things a normal person would do. Cooking, serving tea, feeding someone he loves. He started to look more human. The infamous Immortal Sun Emperor, well known for his image not different from that of a War God, completely merciless when it comes to his enemies, was now flipping some skewers for them to eat.
Tan Shengyu was used to this, but Hei Yu who only heard about the Immortal Sun Emperor in rumors, he would never have thought that the Cold hearted Immortal Sun Emperor can be this human in some place no one knows and he was flabbergasted by this fact.
Hei Yu’s thoughts: ’Is this man truly that cold hearted Immortal Sun Emperor? The undefeatable war god in the Cosmos Battlefield? Why does he look so meek right now? Moreover, he is Shengyu’s master?! Unbelievable!!’
The Moon Goddess upon finishing cooking the soup served them to everyone using qi to send it to them and said, "Alright have some soup to warm your stomach and remove the greasy feeling in your mouth."
"Thank you, Xue’er (Mistress)!!"
The three men drank their soup and felt warm in their stomachs which spread throughout their whole body. The greasy feeling from eating too many skewers was cleansed by this soup making them able to eat more. Yue Xuexia sat back in her seat and carefully sipped her soup. She cannot be like these three men who treated a hot soup like some kind of beverage.
"Can you tell us what happened at the Pill Tower tonight?" Yue Xuexia said.
Hei Yu left the reporting to Tan Shengyu, he was there when they witnessed what had happened and he had also told him the groups and names of the group that targeted the Pill Tower that night. The five teams working as a group, their cultivation levels and their reason why they attacked the tower were all reported by Tan Shengyu and Hei Yu.
The Immortal Sun Emperor said, "The Yun Clan? This is not unexpected. Those people from the Alchemist Association had always wanted to monopolize the production of pills to solidify their place in the Core Haven."
"But the full legacy of the Divine Doctor had already been inherited by me, what the Pill Tower possessed must be the original knowledge of the Later Divine Doctor and his own discoveries," said Yue Xuexia. "I will just check on it the next time we come to the Pill Tower again."
She then looked at Hei Yu and took two pill bottles from her system storage and threw them at him. Hei Yu received the two pill bottles. One that held only one and the other that held a hundred pills.
Hei Yu looked confused and asked, "Mistress, this is?"
"Your reward for tonight’s mission. The separate pill is for you and the other jade bottle is for your subordinates. This pill is called the Longevity pill. Yours can extend your lifespan for 100 years while the other pills can extend lifespan for ten years. You can distribute them according to the merits of this mission," Yue Xuexia said nonchalantly. As if the Longevity in her mouth was nothing but an ordinary pill she can make as she wishes.
Hei Yu froze in shock after checking the pill and to learn that the pill was indeed a real longevity pill. It was only when Tan Shengyu had poked him that he had come back to life.
"It’s just Longevity Pills. Are you asking someone to steal it from you? You let it out like that and for a bit longer the pills might turn into real jelly beans for being overexposed!" Tan Shengyu reminded me.
Upon hearing this, Hei Yu hurriedly covered the bottle and hid it in his space storage for safety. This was the first time he had received a treasure of this level and he was shocked. He immediately knelt down and thanked the Moon Goddess.
"Thank you for such a precious gift, Mistress!" Hei Yu said.