The Birds Keep Ringing Chapter 16

The old man pulled a booklet from his robe. It was immediately clear that this booklet was not a proper secret manual. The cover was made of cheap, bright yellow paper, emblazoned with several large, wildly scrawled characters: "Guaranteed Success: Ten-Day Ascension Crash Course." The old man licked his finger, flipped open a page, and read in a singsong voice: "Take one live chicken, remove claws, remove skin..." He flipped a few more pages, muttering, "Wait, this is the recipe for Auspicious Dragon…