Zhou Lulu frowned and said, “I like reading and want to specialize in Confucian cultivation under the Fourth Elder’s tutelage, but my father insists that I choose Bai Lian Peak. He says that the Fourth Elder has become stupid from reading and cannot teach you anything.”

“Who is your father?”

“The Fifth Elder, Zhou Xin.”

Lu Yang immediately shut up. Bai Lian Peak belonged to her family, so of course her father would want her to choose it.

The main peak of Bai Lian Peak was a crimson mountain that towered into the clouds like a volcano, illuminating the sky.

Whether it was due to long-term alchemy or the nature of Bai Lian Peak itself, the temperature here was slightly higher than elsewhere.

It was early spring, but Bai Lian Peak felt like it had entered summer.

Lu Yang felt a slight prickling sensation on his skin, as if something was drilling into his body. He instinctively activated his cultivation technique, forming a thin protective layer around his body.

Zhou Lulu explained in a low voice, “Junior Brother, you are sensing the Jin Wu Qi. Bai Lian Peak has forged too many magical treasures, and the air is filled with Jin Wu Qi. However, it does not harm cultivators, and you will get used to it.”

“But your reaction is very fast. Few people are like you.”

Lu Yang smiled, “My cultivation technique is very useful.”

He also heard the clanging sound of a hammer in his imagination, and he thought that a fellow disciple was vigorously hammering the refined iron with a large hammer, sending sparks flying and forging steel.

He followed the sound and found himself at the canteen.

“Um…”

Lu Yang felt that he could accept it.

He got used to it.

The canteen was full of smoke and bustling with people. They were talking and laughing, holding various foods and gesturing like they were holding a broadsword, wandering around like chivalrous heroes.

They looked like students who were passing by the canteen to buy food after class, as well as knights who had just walked out of the weapon shop.

“Is Li Haoran here?” Lu Yang remembered that Li Haoran, who had the Fire Spiritual Root, was under the tutelage of the Fifth Elder. In theory, his cultivation level was similar to his own, but he didn’t know what level he had actually reached.

Zhou Lulu shook her head, “Li Junior Brother is still in seclusion and is not qualified to sell food in the canteen. Father said that Li Haoran has a good foundation and needs to soak in magma more to have better development.”

“I heard that Li Junior Brother was screaming when he first soaked in magma, but now he’s silent. He should have gotten used to it.”

“…Is it possible that he’s not used to it, but he’s familiar with it?”

“Hmm?”

Lu Yang couldn’t imagine that soaking in hot water was not the most miserable thing. Senior Sister was too kind to him.

He didn’t feel too regretful about not seeing Li Haoran. Otherwise, they could have exchanged some tips on taking a bath.

Zhou Lulu came to the noisy canteen, but her enthusiasm had vanished without a trace. She beat a retreat, took two steps back, and spoke extremely fast, like a machine gun, “Lu Junior Brother, the food in the canteen is of good quality and cheap. You can buy it yourself.”

Zhou Lulu finished speaking and disappeared before Lu Yang could see how she vanished.

Lu Yang sighed, realizing that he could only rely on himself.

“Stewed fish bones, freshly made stewed fish bones, the best choice for sawing trees and cutting people, everyone who has tried it says it’s good!”

“Flatbread, freshly baked meat flatbread that can withstand punches and kicks, you can’t break it even if you try!”

“Come and take a look, noodles that are harder than steel bars, essential for binding people. Once you’re tied up, you won’t be able to escape. Buy now and get a free binding tutorial!”

The canteen was like an earthly market, with vendors shouting and selling their food. The only difference was that the canteen was much noisier – the vendors had high cultivation levels and loud voices.Lu Yang saw a senior brother holding a red braised fish bone in his hand. The fish bones were as sharp as blades, and a light scratch felt like being bitten by a ferocious shark, leaving a deep wound.

The senior brother who sold the red braised fish bones enthusiastically promoted, “Junior Brother, do you want a fish bone? This is a fish demon from the Emerald Wave Pool. It had the strength of the Peak Foundation Establishment stage during its lifetime, and the fish bones it left behind are very tough. I spent a long time refining them, and they can be used as weapons in battle and as food when hungry.”

After speaking, he heard him crunch on a fish bone.

Lu Yang didn’t know how he refined his teeth.

Lu Yang looked at the very useful fish bone and then looked at the price.

Hmm, can’t afford it.

Seeing Lu Yang smiling apologetically, the senior brother didn’t insist and continued to promote to others.

Lu Yang saw another senior brother directly take out a youtiao from the oil pan and control the oil.

“Do you want one, Junior Brother? There are ones for the Foundation Establishment stage and ones for the Golden Core stage. The ones for the Foundation Establishment stage only require 150 contribution points.”

In terms of price, it is indeed cheaper than the Tremor Mountain Hammer on the exchange list. The Tremor Mountain Hammer requires 270 contribution points, while the youtiao only requires 150 contribution points, almost half the price.

“The advantage of my youtiao is not only its hardness. It contains three layers of dark energy. When it hits, the three layers of dark energy will overlap and burst out, with amazing power. It can catch enemies off guard.”

“If you’re hungry and want to eat, it’s no problem. It has a long shelf life.”

After speaking, the senior brother who sold the youtiao took a bite, and the three layers of dark energy burst in his mouth. Except for his mouth swelling a bit, nothing else happened.

“Senior Brother, I’m new here, and there are some things I don’t understand. Why can this youtiao be used as both a weapon and food? Can it really be bitten?”

The senior brother saw Lu Yang’s cultivation level and knew that he was a new disciple of the Foundation Establishment stage, so it was normal for him to have questions about this.

“This is a way to train and verify the results of refining one’s body.”

“Refining the body naturally involves refining the organs, bones, skin, and seven apertures. Only then can one be considered a true body cultivator. In addition, teeth are also an essential part of the process.”

“I heard that some body cultivators only focus on refining their bones and skin to the extreme, and under their brute force impact, even mountains tremble. They are considered outstanding, but others are troubled when facing these invulnerable body cultivators. So they came up with a solution.”

“What solution?”

“They use transformation spells like the Size-changing Technique to shrink their bodies and attack these body cultivators from the inside. These body cultivators have not refined their internal organs, so they are easily defeated by others using this method.”

“These people cannot be considered true body cultivators, or they can be called rogue body cultivators.”

The senior brother clicked his teeth, making a sound like metal collision.

They are half body cultivators in terms of refining tools. Their physical strength is not as strong as that of true body cultivators, but they have refined both their internal and external bodies.

“Ordinary cultivators use magic weapons as weapons, but the body of a body cultivator is the strongest weapon. Since it is the strongest weapon, eating youtiao and the like is not difficult.”

Lu Yang understood that the food in the cafeteria is highly functional and can be divided into two uses. One is sold as a weapon to non-body cultivators like him, and the other is sold as food to body cultivators.

“Meng Jingzhou is under the tutelage of the Third Elder and is a genuine body cultivator. He should be able to bite it.”

Thinking of this, Lu Yang bought a youtiao, waved it twice, and felt its weight.