Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Back at home, Ouyang Yudu had already made four dishes and a soup displayed on the stone table in the courtyard.

"Hey, these dishes look pretty good," Lin Shen said. Although he had not started eating yet, the appearance of the dishes was quite appetizing.

"It's just passable, good enough to eat," Ouyang Yudu replied.

"You cook this well normally?" Lin Shen rarely ate much, often drinking Nirvana Fluid to replenish energy when he was out, and seldom cooked.

"Yeah, I'm used to it. I've been eating like this since I was young. I can't get used to Celestial Race's food, so I just make do with whatever," said Ouyang Yudu. "When Old Wei stayed here, he loved the steamed meat with rice flour the most."

"You should have told me about your cooking skills earlier," Lin Shen said as he picked up a piece of the steamed meat and put it into his mouth. The savory and sticky texture immediately made Lin Shen feel like happiness was about to explode in his mouth.

"This is good... really good," Lin Shen mumbled as he ate.

Ouyang Yudu brewed a cup of tea for Lin Shen, saying, "You can't find good tea on Sky Pinnacle Star, so just make do with this."

"I haven't even eaten yet, and we're already drinking tea?" Lin Shen was a bit puzzled about moving on to tea.

"When your body evolves to our level, eating less can actually be beneficial. Eating too much is bad for the body. Drinking some tea before a meal, just enough to satisfy the taste buds is enough. You shouldn't overindulge," Ouyang Yudu explained, pouring a cup for himself as well.

"Don't bother with that today, we're not talking about health. Let's drink generously and eat heartily; we're after sheer enjoyment today. Save this tea for another time when you can enjoy it slowly," Lin Shen said as he placed a large cup in front of Ouyang Yudu and opened a bottle of Daydream, pouring it full for Ouyang Yudu and himself.

"Here's to successfully completing our mission," Lin Shen raised his glass and clinked it against Ouyang Yudu's.

After taking a sip himself, Lin Shen saw Ouyang Yudu tasting it sparingly and quickly remarked, "That won't do. We're supposed to be celebrating today, no leaving until we're all drunk. Let go, and drink up," he added as he clinked his glass again with Ouyang Yudu's. "Watch me, I'll show you how it's done. Just spin it back like this."

Lin Shen placed the cup to his lips and gulped down the drink directly.

That large cup held nearly half a liter, and after downing a cup of Daydream, he felt his head getting slightly dizzy.

"This wine from Sky Pinnacle Star has got quite a kick," Lin Shen thought with delight. With such strong alcohol, he was sure he could get Ouyang Yudu drink under the table tonight.

"Alright," Ouyang Yudu also held his cup, slowly drinking the wine inside.

Despite both drinking in one gulp, Lin Shen couldn't help but feel that Ouyang Yudu drank more elegantly, unlike his own crude manner.

A bottle of Daydream was 2L, a box containing six bottles, and Lin Shen estimated that one bottle could pour about six cups.

While pouring more for Ouyang Yudu, Lin Shen said, "I arranged the teleporter on Giant Ring Star. If you ever want to go back to check on your homeworld, you can return through there, very convenient."

"There's nothing for me there. I don't plan on going back," Ouyang Yudu stated flatly.

Lin Shen didn't know what Ouyang Yudu had gone through, so he wasn't aware that his homeworld didn't hold any pleasant memories for Ouyang Yudu.

"Last time I went back to my homeworld, guess who I saw?" Lin Shen continued, picking up more food while he talked.

"Who?" Ouyang Yudu lifted his teacup, took a sip of tea, and then asked.

"Bai Shenfei, she has ascended, just teleported away from our home planet, seems like she was headed to some star, she mentioned it but I can't recall now." Lin Shen asked, "The Gift Theory you practice, aside from Dual Cultivation, are there any other ways to break through?"

Ouyang Yudu pondered and said, "Properly practicing Gift Theory, the only way is through Dual Cultivation, but Bai Shenfei certainly wouldn't take that path."

"In reality, it's an unsolvable vicious cycle. Those who qualify to practice Gift Theory are all exceptionally talented and proud, and they cannot accept cultivating with others. It's not because they cannot accept Dual Cultivation, nor dissatisfaction with the other person, but rather they cannot overcome the barrier within themselves, accepting that they cannot master Gift Theory alone."

Ouyang Yudu sighed and said, "If I am not mistaken, Bai Shenfei probably took a much more difficult path, embodying Dual Hearts in a Single Body."

"Dual Hearts in a Single Body?" Lin Shen didn't understand what Ouyang Yudu meant.

"Simply put, it means creating a dual personality within oneself. Gift Theory cannot be practiced alone. I was able to break through because there is something inside my body; without it, I too would have had to take the path of Dual Hearts in a Single Body."

Lin Shen said with a strange expression, "Turning yourself into a dual personality, isn't that madness? Fortunately, you didn't take that path."

"I would rather have taken that path," Ouyang Yudu said, and picked up his wine cup, downing the contents in one gulp without waiting for Lin Shen to toast.

"You are troubled," Lin Shen observed, frowning slightly.

"In this world, we are all mortals, who doesn't have troubles?" Ouyang Yudu took the wine bottle, poured himself another drink, and said to himself, "You know, I really envy Wei. Many times, I think, if I were Wei, if I could also have been born into the Wei Family, even if I were to die in battle in Tiancheng, what a thrilling fate that would be."

"What's there to envy about him, a martial fanatic, having nothing in his life but cultivation, how dull?" Lin Shen said.

"That's why simplicity is better," Ouyang Yudu raised his cup, "Come on, aren't you trying to get drunk? I'll keep you company."

"Here." Lin Shen clinked cups, then downed his drink, feeling light all over, and couldn't help but say, "This wine really packs a punch!"

Ouyang Yudu set down his empty cup, and without waiting for Lin Shen's move, opened a new bottle of wine, filled Lin Shen's cup and his own.

However, he didn't drink this cup, instead, he held it up and poured it on the surface of the Jade Bone Demon Umbrella next to him.

The Jade Bone Demon Umbrella was always open unless in battle when Ouyang Yudu would close it.

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The wine poured onto the umbrella, immediately soaked in, not a drop trickling down.

"It drinks wine?" Lin Shen was surprised.

"If possible, she would probably prefer to drink blood," Ouyang Yudu said with a laugh.

Lin Shen watched as the umbrella that absorbed the wine gradually began to reveal a painting, seeming like an ink painting of a woman in simple white garb, her face not visible, just a pair of soul-stirring phoenix eyes.

But the painting gradually faded, as if it had never appeared.

"A man should wield the sword, carefree, cutting through all perplexities. In drunken stupor and floating dreams, his blood dyes the beauty's knee." Lin Shen poured his own cup of wine on the Jade Bone Demon Umbrella as well, "Here's to the Ouyang Family's delicate beauty, a toast to you."

Lin Shen truly couldn't hold it anymore, the wine was really hitting hard, he felt if he continued drinking, he might just collapse first, even his rigorous practice of Evolution Theory hadn't made him completely adapted yet.