Chapter 103 Emotional Stability

Near noon, before the guests were seated, the Sky Clear Banquet had already started its online live broadcast ahead of time at the strong request of the audience. A large number of eager viewers immediately flocked into the live broadcast room of the Renjian Restaurant.

[It feels like a long time since we last met. We haven’t seen each other for eighteen years.]

[Thank God, it finally started broadcasting. I thought I was following a fake live broadcast room]

[Serve the food, I'm ready. I must grab the Qiankun Wanwu Egg today.]

[I heard that the host was not feeling well yesterday and postponed the broadcast. I think he is fine now]

[When will the seats for the next month's Sunny Sky Banquet be released? I'm so anxious]

"Welcome everyone to Renjian Restaurant. We are sorry that we had to cancel the live broadcast yesterday due to special circumstances, so we will start the broadcast ahead of schedule. Today's Clear Sky Banquet is still in the preparation stage. Time is tight and the host is a bit busy. If you are bored, you can come later or play with the assistant host first." Qi Huan half-jokingly and half-seriously moved the water pitcher containing the small rattan branches in front of the camera.

In order to avoid unnecessary problems, Qi Huan never lets Jiujiu appear in the live broadcast room, but Xiao Tengzhi has no such concerns. For the time being, it looks no different from many pet vines in the Fifth Star Domain, and there is no sign of its ferocious and terrifying ability to devour soul beasts.

Qi Huan was busy preparing the dishes and didn't say much. The little Tengzhi who was helping the broadcast couldn't speak, but his body language was very rich. He lay in the pitcher, and looked at Qi Huan and the batter with curiosity. He was frightened by the knife that was used to cut vegetables, and then he peeked around to look at the ingredients. He was really a natural cute creature.

The audience gossiped about the identity of Po Ren next to them in the barrage, admired the two people's knife skills, paid attention to the lively and active "little assistant" in front of the camera, and discussed the ingredients, which was also a happy occasion.

There were even viewers who were quick with their hands and took screenshots and cut them to make a bunch of emoticons of Xiao Tengzhi. The lively and agile body movements portrayed the scene vividly, attracting many people to save them. By the time Qi Huan discovered them, the live broadcast room was already full of emoticons of Xiao Tengzhi.

When the guests took their seats, Yao Yao also rushed back from the mine in time.

As a big customer, he got a tasting seat, and Po Ren also got an experience seat due to his "hard work" in the past two days. Like the Po Zhan couple last time, the two of them sat in the "notarization" area and could taste the Clear Sky Banquet with the other twelve guests.

The fish and meat sashimi, as thin as a cicada's wing, are rolled up into flowers. In order to maintain the fresh taste, a layer of star-shaped finely crushed ice is placed underneath.

Yao Yao and Po Ren each picked up a piece of pure and clear fish sashimi, while the other picked up a piece of bright and attractive meat sashimi. They were soft, tender and delicate in the mouth, cool on the teeth and clear on the tongue. The flavor of the golden minced meat spread, dispelling the fishy smell and coldness of the raw meat and turning it into boundless sweetness.

The two looked at each other and saw the enjoyment and admiration of the delicious food in each other's eyes.

Yao Yao subconsciously wanted to give a reward, but thinking that he was the "notary" today, the word "reward" turned around on his lips, and finally turned into an exclamation, "It tastes wonderful."

"It's really wonderful." Po Ren also nodded, convinced. He was very surprised to get the recipes of four wonderful dishes including Hundred Fruit Hoof from Qi Huan in the morning, and now he tasted Qi Huan's famous banquet, and he was extremely happy.

The other guests at the table followed their lead and exclaimed in admiration.

The comments in the online live broadcast room were divided into two extremes. The audience who got a chance to taste the original food praised it highly, while those who didn’t got one expressed sourness and said it must not taste good!

Dishes were served on the table one after another.

The gourd chicken is fried until golden, crispy, tender and fragrant. The crispy skin breaks into pieces when touched by teeth, and the juice flowing under the skin is fresh and soothing to the throat. The aroma of aged wine and spices is deeply locked in the silky chicken fibers, and every bite has a rich flavor with just the right amount of intensity.

The Yunmeng meat with flowers is simple yet not easy to cook. Star anise, cinnamon, fennel and other spices are ground into smoke, and the soy sauce and sugar sauce are condensed into clouds during the cooking process. It is wrapped in the clear and beautiful cloud-patterned meat. It is soft, tender and flexible, and turns into a rich smell of fireworks at the bottom of the throat, which is so fragrant that it makes people dream about it.

Wensi tofu is as exquisite as a work of art. The jade-like tofu floats in the clear chicken soup into thousands of snow-like strands. It melts into soft spring water with a sip on the tongue, silky and tender. The salty fragrance of the ham, the freshness of the mushrooms, and the sweetness of the scales combine to form a touch of freshness that spreads between the lips and teeth.

Everyone tasted the dishes one by one, and each time they felt that the taste of the dish was already perfect, but after a dozen seconds they would be lost in the taste of the next dish, repeatedly overturning their previous conclusions.

Two-thirds of today's guests are internet celebrities, and the remaining one-third are foodies. There are no dangerous people, so the atmosphere in the starship's 'monitoring room' is not that tense.

Jiufang Yu was scanning the display screen while flipping through the list of sworn brothers that Yao Yao was going to invite to a banquet - that is, the "Record of Heroes in the World", doing two things at the same time.

Diwuyuan sat behind the surveillance screen opposite him, holding his bowl of Bijian porridge and drinking it intermittently, with a lack of taste.

This bowl of Bijian porridge was made specially for him by Qi Huan. The original Bijian porridge used celery, but it was changed to rattan and silver rice. On the one hand, it was made considering that he needed a lighter diet after recovering from a serious illness, and on the other hand, rattan was also used to replenish the mental strength of him and Xiaobai.

The young master silently glanced at Jiufang Yu opposite him, and could not see anything unusual on his face. For a moment, Diwu Yuan even suspected that everything he heard last night was just an illusion, a dream. But it was impossible. His memory had always been outstanding, and he remembered every word of that conversation clearly.

During the day, he even went out of his way to look up what Qiu Ran mentioned about the guide and combing. Before that, he had always avoided his identity as a guide, so he deliberately ignored most of the relevant information.

The most common method of healing is for guides to use their mental power to help sentinels sort out their mental images, which is very common.

When combing, the sentinel needs to create a temporary connection with the guide to open the entrance to his own mental picture. However, this temporary connection can only open the surface area of ​​the mental picture and perform shallow combing.

If the Sentinel and the Guide are paired, a fixed connection can be created for further combing. This combing treatment effect is of course better, but it also requires a strong trust between the Sentinel and the Guide. After all, the spiritual picture is the embodiment of the Sentinel's spiritual world, hiding many of their unknown secrets. Intermediate and high-level combing treatment means delivering a deeper self.

Combined combing requires the Sentinel Guide to create the strongest permanent connection, which is equivalent to the Sentinel completely opening up his spiritual vision to the Guide, revealing everything about himself without reservation, handing over his secrets and life, and if the Guide is willing, he can even kill the other party easily. Because of this, even though this combing treatment method has the best effect, few people use it. Basically, only Sentinel couples who have already combined will choose this method, which is why it is called combined combing.

Also staying in the room to eat were Jiujiu, Zhouqiba and Xiaobai. To be precise, Zhouqiba was eating hard while Xiaobai and Jiujiu were watching.

The black ball is also green, and also uses broken vines as the main ingredient. In order to make it more delicious, Qi Huan even uses the broken vines to squeeze juice and makes a green version of the vine-flavored snow meringue.

"You..." Are you really that ill? Diwuyuan swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

Jiufang Yu looked up, and the young master had to change the subject temporarily, "You studied Yao Yao's list. Are you worried that there are problems with the people in it? In fact, you can rest assured. There are basically no bad people he likes. At most, they are weird people."

At first, Diwuyuan was worried. Every year when he received the new roster, he would carefully investigate the nominal brothers added on it. Later, he found that they were completely redundant. Yao Yao had a sharp eye and would not look down on anyone unless he was a genius or an outstanding person.

"It's not all out of worry. I also want to see if there are any people I can make friends with. As you know, Feixing is in great need of connections right now." Jiufang Yu said in a relaxed tone, "After all, most of those who can come into contact with Young Master Yao are either rich or noble."

Under normal circumstances, Diwu Yuan would have mocked Jiufang Yu for his "good intentions", but at this moment he was completely speechless. He pursed his lips and silently swallowed another spoonful of Bijian porridge.

"Are you still not feeling well?" Jiufang Yu also noticed that something was wrong with him. "It's not a big problem here. How about letting Qiu Ran check you out after you finish eating?"

"It's okay." Feeling the concern in Jiufang Yu's words, Diwu Yuan became even more confused. Why would such a strong and powerful person like Jiufang Yu encounter such a thing?

The second live broadcast of the Qingkong Banquet lasted for more than three hours. Except for the change of the divine beast pastry to the lion awakening pattern, the other dishes were the same as the last time. Xiao Tengzhi's emoticon package also unexpectedly became popular in the food circle with the live broadcast of this banquet.

After dinner, Diwuyuan hesitated for a long time, but finally ran to Qi Huan's room.

As soon as he entered the room, the young master looked around guiltily, and only felt relieved after confirming that Zhouqiba was not there.

"Would you like to eat rattan melon?" The rattan branch version of snow melon was unexpectedly popular with everyone, so Qi Huan simply made some more. At this moment, there were two freshly made plates in the refrigerator in his room.

"Yeah." Diwuyuan nodded.

Qi Huan brought two snow meringues and placed them in front of Diwuyuan along with a scoop of ice cream.

"Are you feeling any discomfort?" Qi Huan touched his head. This little guy scared everyone yesterday.

"I'm in very good condition now, better than before. I have sharp ears and sharp eyes." Diwuyuan blinked suggestively.

Qi Huan: ???

"Anyway, thank you and Jiujiu." The young master's expression became serious, and he thanked him solemnly, "I owe you a big favor."

Qi Huan was stunned, for a moment he didn't know how Diwuyuan knew that it was Jiujiu who saved him and Xiaobai.

"I felt a special aura. Later, Xiaobai said that it was Jiujiu's aura." The young master explained and added, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, not even my parents."

He did sense a special aura, but apart from the 'clues' provided by Xiaobai, there were also the key words 'healing' mentioned by Jiufang Yu and Qiu Ran in their conversation yesterday. Combining these aspects together, he was able to deduce the truth of the matter.

Diwuyuan was extremely intelligent and naturally understood that Qi Huan did not come forward to take credit because he did not want to reveal Jiujiu's special abilities, so he made a promise and a guarantee.

"Thank you." Qi Huan felt relieved after getting his assurance.

There was a half-finished sketch on the table. It did not look like the long table they had used in previous banquets, but a square table with a winding waterway on the surface.

"Qushui Liushang?" Diwuyuan took a sip of Teng Mei Niang and looked at the picture with a frown.

"That's right, but it's not for drinking. It's for preparing food." Qi Huan explained with a smile, picked up the pen and continued to outline, "It's specially designed for your big banquet for forty people the day after tomorrow."

There is a large banquet for forty people, with a wide variety of dishes. In addition to the individual dishes for each person, there are also many large dishes, so a table similar to a revolving table is needed to facilitate everyone to taste different dishes.

Jiufang Yu said that most of Yao Yao's sworn brothers were from famous families, and two of them might be of great help to the future development of Feixing, so they could take advantage of this banquet to get to know them and make friends with them.

Qi Huan went through the menu again, hoping to help the Star Lord look good and achieve his goal of making friends. In the end, the dishes were fine, but the banquet style was a bit stuck. The people were too far apart for all the regular dishes, and rotating the tables was not "classy" enough. He suddenly had an idea and remembered the Qushui Liushang banquet he had seen in TV dramas. This elegant tone was more worthy of the status of the children of the aristocratic families.

"Huanhuan, what does it feel like to like someone?"

"Maybe I'm just happy just thinking about him. When I'm with him, it doesn't matter if it's windy or rainy. I can feel as happy just eating something as if I were eating a feast prepared by a celebrity chef. People say that love is unbridled, possessive, happy and full of laughter." Qi Huan sketched and summed it up with words he had seen on the Internet before.

"So do you like Tang Si or Jiufang Yu?" Diwuyuan said shockingly while licking the sweet cream on his tongue.

The sudden question made Qi Huan's heart jump, and the tip of his pen immediately deviated. He coughed twice, "What nonsense are you talking about, little kid?" What does this have to do with Tang Si?

"You tell me, as a guide looks at a sentry." Diwuyuan shook the spoon and said half coquettishly and half seriously.

"As a guide?" Qi Huan looked at Diwuyuan blankly. So far, except for the two hours of practicing mental power every night, he did not have much awareness of being a guide. Most of the time, he simply regarded himself as a chef.

"Um."

"I don't know," Qi Huan shook his head, "I don't even think I'm a real guide."

"So which of the two do you like?" the young master asked with burning eyes.

Is there any need to ask this? Qi Huan rolled his eyes speechlessly. Shouldn't his feelings for Jiufang Yu be obvious to everyone?

Qi Huan was stared at by Diwu Yuan and had no choice but to surrender, "Jiufang Yu."

"How much do you like it?" Diwuyuan continued to ask.

How much do you like it? Qi Huan was stumped by this question. He sketched the square table with his hand and was silent for a long time before saying, "Actually, I'm not too sure myself."

Diwu Yuan was about to speak, but Qi Huan continued, "But every time I see him injured or fainted, my heart aches so much that it feels like it's going to break apart. It's almost unbearable."

He had never felt that kind of heart-wrenching pain from anyone else before.

Diwuyuan looked at Qi Huan, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter. If Huan Huan couldn't bear Jiufang Yu being injured, then what if he died...

The young master didn't dare to think further. He silently took two more bites of Teng Mei Niang. The originally sweet and soft taste between his lips and teeth suddenly became bitter.

"Why are you asking these suddenly? Don't tell me who you like?" Qi Huan looked at Diwuyuan with gossiping eyes.

"Huanhuan," Diwuyuan put down the spoon with determination, and looked at Qi Huan with his big black and white eyes, "I want to tell you a secret."

"You're not really in love with someone, are you?" Qi Huan held a pen in his hand and sat up straight with great interest, as if he was ready to listen to the child's story about The Sorrows of Young Werther.

The young master shook his head and warned seriously, "After I tell you, you absolutely must not get excited, you must not tell anyone, and you must not say that it was me who said it."

"Don't worry, adults are very calm and their emotions are very stable." Seeing Diwuyuan's serious expression, Qi Huan cooperated by raising the hand that was not holding the pen. "I swear, I will not get excited after listening to this, and I will not reveal a single word to others."

"Go ahead." Qi Huan smiled widely, extremely curious as to who Diwu Yuan fell in love with. He also asked him not to get excited after hearing this.

"When I woke up in the treatment cabin last night, I overheard a conversation between Jiufang Yu and Qiu Ran. Doctor Qiu read the medical report and said that after several battles, especially the fierce battle with the Soul-Eating Dark Vine in the mine yesterday, Jiufang Yu's physical condition has deteriorated greatly. I'm afraid he won't last more than five months."

The pen in Qi Huan's hand broke with a "snap", the smile on his face froze, and he was stunned for a moment as if he was struck by lightning.

Diwuyuan waved his hand in front of him helplessly, but there was no response. The young master was also confused, and didn't know whether to continue talking, "Huanhuan?"

Qi Huan ignored him, stood up suddenly, turned around, took a few steps to the door, opened it and rushed towards Jiufang Yu's room.

"Oh! Wait a minute!" There was something more crucial to say! Diwu Yuan was so anxious that he jumped up and down, and hurriedly chased after him.

Liar! What happened to the adults' emotional stability?