Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 200 Living and Working in Peace and Contentment

"You don't need to worry about the water source, because the technique I cultivate is based on the Five Elements of Water, which I can summon at any time. As for food, there is plenty stored in this bag, enough for us to enjoy for several months."

Du Fan grabbed Ding Lan's wrist, placed her small hand on his storage bag, and said with a smile.

"Even if it's not enough, this monster needs to eat every now and then, so we can take some from it and make sure we don't go hungry."

As for fire, you have even less to worry about. Look at this!

Du Fan smiled slightly, patted his storage bag with one hand, and took out an item, which was none other than the Blue Flame Platform from the equipment.

In an instant, a wisp of flame appeared on the blue fire platform. Although the flame was not large, it was exceptionally bright, instantly illuminating the space within a ten-zhang radius around the two of them as if it were daytime. Even Ding Lan could see the surrounding scenery clearly.

"This item is called the Blue Fire Platform. It can be used for lighting, as well as as a fire for cooking. Moreover, the temperature of the fire can be adjusted by yourself, which is very convenient. I will teach you how to use it later."

Du Fan glanced tenderly at the woman in front of him, a warm smile appearing on his face.

Ding Lan's fair and flawless face was still somewhat pale, but her demeanor and temperament had, for some reason, gained a touch of strength and determination, and lost some of her innocence and naivety.

Since entering the giant beast's body, all the woman has seen is pitch black, and she can't see anything at all, just like her future life.

She even had the unsettling feeling that she might be going blind. This feeling once nearly drove her to the brink of collapse.

Even now, seeing the pale blue flames, the crystal-like blue fire platform, and the smiling Young Master Du before her, who made her feel exceptionally at ease, Ding Lan felt a strange emotion welling up inside her. It was surging and complex, and in silence, it turned into two lines of tears.

"If you keep crying like this, I'm going to cry too," Du Fan said, sounding somewhat aggrieved, after about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

"Young Master Du, what's wrong?" Upon hearing this, Ding Lan immediately stopped crying, stared blankly at Du Fan, and asked in confusion.

"What's wrong? I'm hungry, of course!" Du Fan rolled his eyes and let out an exaggerated wail.

"Huh? Oh, okay, I'll get you something to eat right now, but, but how am I supposed to get it..." Ding Lan stamped her foot anxiously, looking somewhat flustered.

……

Half an hour later, Du Fan and Ding Lan sat facing each other.

Between them was a grill, and below it, a faint but actually scorching pale blue flame flickered from a blue fire pit. Above the grill was a leg of lamb that was about to be cooked.

Du Fan looked relaxed, humming a little tune as he fiddled with the iron skewer piercing the lamb leg, ensuring it was heated evenly. The lamb leg was already sizzling and oozing oil, and a lingering aroma of meat filled the surroundings.

Ding Lan, on the other hand, bit her lip tightly, her cheeks slightly flushed, her expression hesitant, and she clutched the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, looking embarrassed.

"Hey girl, why do you look like that?" Du Fan glanced at the girl and said with amusement.

"Young Master Du, I promised to cook for you, but... but instead you're the one taking care of me. I'm so useless!" Ding Lan's eyes reddened, she was very sad and almost cried.

"Stop! Hold on! If you cry again, you won't get this roast lamb leg!"

Although Du Fan feigned anger on the surface, he was actually relieved. Ding Lan had cried more than once recently. It was good that she could cry it out and release some of her emotions so that they wouldn't accumulate and cause illness.

Even now, Du Fan is still horrified when he recalls Ding Lan's pale face, cold expression, and even cold-blooded demeanor in front of the graves of the Ding family elders on Bingyu Mountain.

If this woman continues to live with hatred in her heart, who knows what she will become in the end? Perhaps her life will be ruined.

"Young Master Du, I remember clearly the steps you took using the Blue Fire Platform, the technique for grilling the meat, and the order and amount of seasoning you added. Next time, I'll do it next time!" Ding Lan clenched her small fists, as if gathering her courage, and suddenly looked up at Du Fan, making up her mind.

"Next time? Not just next time, but the time after that, and the time after that! In short, I was just giving you a demonstration. From now on, you'll be in charge of all my meals!" Du Fan glared and said fiercely.

Upon seeing Du Fan's expression, Ding Lan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

Du Fan then brought out some drinks, and the two enjoyed their meal very much.

He suddenly felt that this scene was very absurd, that he was actually inside the belly of a monster, roasting a lamb leg!

Du Fan was momentarily dazed, unsure whether he had eaten the meat himself or the monster.

Just like a dream within a dream, the person appearing in a dream within a dream—is he in a dream within a dream, or is he in a dream? That really is a question…

After eating, Ding Lan's mood improved noticeably. Although she spoke very little, Du Fan could sense a certain air about her age from her face.

After an unknown amount of time, Ding Lan felt sleepy and fell asleep next to Du Fan.

Du Fan dimmed the light on the Blue Fire Platform and took out a robe from his storage bag, gently covering the woman with it.

Then, his eyes flashed, and he began to ponder.

He hadn't completely lied to the woman about what he had said earlier; for example, his need for food was genuine.

Since there is no spiritual energy in this space, he cannot breathe in and out, and therefore cannot solve the problem of fasting. Neither the pills nor the essential oils he has can replace spiritual energy to achieve this.

There's another point, also related to the spiritual energy of the weather, but he's only guessing at the moment and can't confirm it yet.

Du Fan took a deep breath, and with a flick of his wrist, took out a small bottle containing ginseng essential oil.

He opened the lid, drank a drop, and began to circulate his internal energy to refine it.

Two hours passed quickly. Du Fan opened his eyes and used his divine sense to examine his inner self, sensing the changes in his cultivation level. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. At this moment, he had confirmed his previous guess.

"My cultivation aptitude is truly interesting. When there is spiritual energy in the heavens and earth, it doesn't help me much; but when there is no spiritual energy, it suppresses me..."

Du Fan sighed inwardly. It turned out that when cultivators refined pills to improve their cultivation, it seemed that it had nothing to do with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth or their aptitude, but in fact, that was not the case.

He couldn't yet understand the mysterious connection between them, but his current situation was that after refining the ginseng essence oil, the magical power generated within his body was less than one-tenth of what it was in the outside world.

And the amount of magical power that can then contribute to one's own cultivation is even smaller.

"Proportionally speaking, my cultivation speed inside this monster's belly is nearly a hundred times slower than outside."

In this way, whether I cultivate or not is of little significance; I only need to consume one drop of ginseng essence oil daily to maintain the balance of my internal magical energy.

After pondering for a long time, Du Fan was speechless.

"If I set up a spirit-gathering array, I could cultivate normally. But I looked down on this array back then and never bought one. Who would have thought that I would actually need a spirit-gathering array one day? Sigh..."

As he was feeling extremely frustrated, his eyes caught sight of the Blue Fire Platform. His expression suddenly changed, his breathing became slightly rapid, and with a single gesture, he took the Blue Fire Platform into his hand.

He glanced at Ding Lan, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't wake her up. Instead, he quietly went to the inside of the monster's cavity, turned the Blue Fire Platform to its maximum temperature, and slowly moved it to the inside of the monster's cavity.

However, Du Fan's expression quickly fell. Just a few inches away from the monster's cavity wall, the blue flame emitted a slight "sizzling" sound before dimming and extinguishing.

"Oh shit!"

Du Fan couldn't help but swear, then left the place helplessly. After relighting the Blue Fire Platform, he returned to Ding Lan's side and sat down cross-legged.

"Even if we're trapped here and can't get out for the time being, we can't just do nothing. If we do that, we'll really be wasting our lives."

Since I can't improve my cultivation level, I can only focus on improving my spells and physical skills to increase my strength. This will also increase my chances of escaping when an opportunity arises in the future.

After pondering for a moment, Du Fan made a decision. He immediately patted his storage bag, took out the jade slip containing the "Mother-Child Sword Technique" manual he had purchased from Penglai Pavilion, and released a wisp of his divine sense into the jade slip to begin comprehending it.

Du Fan was no stranger to the "Mother-Child Sword Technique." Back when he was in the Kongsang Sect, his quiet and shy senior sister, Guan Jing, was the one who mainly practiced this kind of magic.

Back then, this woman used this technique to shock everyone in the outer disciple competition, shining brightly. In the end, she ranked among the top three in that competition and became an inner disciple, and was also under the tutelage of Uncle Shen in the Spirit Herb Garden.

Although this spell was exceptionally powerful, it wasn't exactly a secret technique. At least in Du Fan's view, it wasn't complicated. Therefore, when Ding Lan woke up the next day, he had already thoroughly understood it.

This spell is similar to the Water Shadow Sword, belonging to the Lesser Five Elements spells. It is divided into three levels. The first level can be cultivated at the first level of Qi Refining, the second level at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and the third level can be mastered at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

"Young Master Du, what would you like to eat?" Ding Lan blinked her eyelashes and asked cautiously.

"Let's have some barbecue." Du Fan's mind was mostly absorbed in the cultivation technique jade slip. Upon hearing this, he patted his storage bag with one hand, casually took out a raw lamb leg, tossed it to Ding Lan, and said nonchalantly.