22 The Old Master, Yun Pei Shan (1/2)
Yun Pei Shan is sitting by the fire roasting a Deceptive Iguana Tail and salivating at the thought of how tender it will be. The flames are engulfing it just right to give it that nicely charred taste.
That Yun Tai... haha... he laughs out loud, I told him it was a precious ingredient I needed for an elixir. If I told him it was my favorite midnight snack I don't think even for that wine he would have risked it. But, I know of all of those brats he is the most gifted and protected by the gods.
The gods have a sense of humor because right at that moment Yun Tai flies next to him by the fire.
”Old man you are losing your ability to sense me coming, are you just getting old or am I getting more talented?”Yun Tai laughs and grabs the old man in a bear hug.
”Let go of me brat!” Yun Pei Shan bellows, but he is enjoying having Yun Tai embrace him.
”It's been fifty years since I laid eyes on you.”
”Oh wait” he remembers his barbeque tail and rushes to fire. Thank the gods it's perfectly cooked, ”with only seven tails I only have itoccasionally.”
{occasionally? you have enough for a year,they each weigh fifty cattys }.
”Hand me that porcelain bottle over there, no not that one the one behind you. ”It's my secret recipe created it just for these tails,'” No reason trying to hide the fact now.
Yun Tai looks at the skewers of meat and looks at Yun Pei Shan.
”Come, sit, join me, I don't usually share but you must be hungry the way you are looking at my skewers.”
Old man you are shameless Yun Tai is laughing in his head.
”What brings you to the mountain, shouldn't you be cultivating in seclusion? You look a bit ashen”, he mumbles with a mouthful of food. He wipes the grease that is dripping down his chin and takes a good look at Yun Tai.
”Master, I came here because I think Feng Tian has got himself into something he doesn't realize the depth of consequences. I came for your advice, your permission, and several items I will need to help him. I only brought a few things to trade because I rushed up here,so you might need to put it on a tab.”
”Yun Tai you know my advice is always free, my permission I need to ask what for and mull it over, the items you need we will see what you brought to exchange, you know I have a no credit policy.”
”Can you pass me that small rock on the table, I just discovered it if you shave a bit off it makes the flavor of food a bit more intense. I heard a merchant call it salt when I bought it from his stall.” He continues to pull pieces of meat savoring the flavor.
”You worry about that Feng Tian like he is a child. He is a grown, and Immortal at that! You should think about your own situation, you just returned and need to replenish your spiritual energy, yet you rush up here to see me.”
”He has his head in the clouds he met some girl and isn't thinking straight. I had no idea he wasn't aware of the importance of the Seven Mythological Beasts. Tian thinks the Zehran Water Dragon is just some relic of the past that oversees this island. Now, he is involved in a plan to disrupt some Beast Hunters who are looking to remove its Beast Core”, Yun Tai begins to explain.
”Beast Hunters come from all over to try to capture that rascal of a Dragon. I have known that Dragon for a thousand years and no one has removed a scale from him. As a matter of fact, that brat Tian got that Dragon's tooth and is the only one to have survived. So why worry about him?”