A low warmth spread through Hao's core. Not the kind from soup or spicy food.
No, this was the real deal - the bubbling prelude to a breakthrough!
His meridians tingled. Spiritual qi churned in his lower abdomen, swirling tighter and tighter.
This… wasn't normal.
This fish wasn't just a roasted delicacy. It had to be some high-level beast!
Maybe not on par with those ultra-tier sacred beasts the system uses for its product ingredients, but definitely no regular swamp-dwelling carp beast either.
In cultivation terms, the stronger the beast, the purer and more potent its flesh. For cultivators, eating a powerful beast wasn't just for taste - it was part nutrition, part fortification, and part qi supplementation.
But the catch?
Your body could only absorb what it was ready to handle. The rest would either be flushed out, wasted - or in worse cases, burn you from the inside out.
