Jiang Lu was taken aback when he saw Qi Ye walk in.

Without saying a word, Qi Ye laid out the dishes and then poured boiling hot oil directly onto the sour soup beef.

"Sizzle..."

After a soft sound, a fragrant aroma wafted over.

After saying "Please enjoy your meal, esteemed guest," Qi Ye left the private room.

Jiang Lu remained silent for a long time, but still couldn't help asking Huan Feng, "Has the Shu Mountain Sword Sect become so extravagant? Do even Nascent Soul cultivators need to work as waiters?"

Huanfeng gave a wry smile and said, "Master, you don't know this, but being a kitchen helper at the Shushan Sword Sect is a lucrative job. If it weren't for the fact that it's embarrassing, their hall masters and elders would probably all come and join in the fun. If they weren't forbidding it, I would have applied to be a kitchen helper myself."

Jiang Lu couldn't help but roll his eyes and scold, "Look at your pathetic self! The head of a sect, actually wants to work as a waiter in another sect. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if word gets out?"

Huanfeng hurriedly said, "Do you think I'm the only one with this idea? In the cultivation world, not to mention the invincible sect, which other sect wouldn't want to apply for a job? You didn't see those kitchen helpers in the Shu Mountain Sword Sect. In just half a year, they went from average to genius, and their cultivation level even soared like they were flying on a sword. In our sect, only our genius disciples occasionally get to eat food that can improve their aptitude, but those kitchen helpers eat it every day."

Good heavens!

After hearing this, Jiang Lu felt that Huanfeng's idea wasn't so outrageous after all.

He was, after all, an immortal who had spent many years in the immortal realm and was quite knowledgeable.

However, he had only heard of, but never actually seen, a disciple whose qualifications had not yet suffered any aftereffects.

Never mind all that, with delicious food in front of me, I should just focus on eating.

Jiang Lu took out his iPhone 24 and turned on the flavor recording function again.

To be honest, although the chili peppers have some serious side effects, their aroma is truly irresistible.

Moreover, this chili pepper tastes different from the previous one. Although it is also somewhat pungent, it is far from being as overpowering as the last one.

It smells incredibly spicy, but not spicy enough to make you cough or tear up.

Carefully pick up a slice of beef.

After mentally preparing himself, he carefully put it in his mouth.

Just when he thought an extremely spicy aura was about to hit him, he suddenly realized that the meat didn't seem so spicy.

With a gentle chew, the beef in your mouth feels incredibly tender, and the flavor is a delicious combination of sour, salty, and spicy.

Unconvinced, he picked up a piece of meat and ate it again, but it still wasn't as spicy as he had imagined.

Jiang Lu was overjoyed; the spiciness was well within his tolerance level!

They ate with incredible speed and skill.

Suddenly, Jiang Luhao and Huanfeng stopped moving at the same time, and then they both looked up at each other without prior arrangement.

The reason was simple: both of them discovered enoki mushrooms buried at the bottom of the bowl.

Damn it, again?!

Are we never going to stop meeting up?

Jiang Lu immediately wanted to turn the tables on his grand-disciple.

But a slight reluctance lingered in his heart, preventing him from moving several times.

Huanfeng stared at the enoki mushrooms in his small white porcelain bowl and immediately made up his mind.

We must never let life's unexpected encounters happen twice!

So he took the initiative and said, "Master, I actually quite like these enoki mushrooms, but there's one thing I have to say: Ye Zhizun's food only has special properties after you eat the whole serving. Last time, the property was to remove toxins and purify the body. Today's property will definitely be different. If it really improves your aptitude, you might even reap a lot of benefits."

"oh?"

Jiang Lu was taken aback. She was so caught up in the spiciness of the food that she hadn't thought much about it at the time, and later she was so focused on losing weight that she didn't pay attention to anything else.

"I am now a pure immortal body, how could the properties of this food still have any effect on me?"

Huanfeng said confidently, "Master, you must not underestimate Ye Zhizun. He even has dishes here that are guaranteed to receive blessings from heaven and earth. If you want to try them, Master, the points I have here are enough to exchange for one dish."

His words piqued Jiang Lu's interest.

Even if the things bestowed by heaven and earth are from the lower realm, they are still rare and precious treasures.

Although their effects vary in strength, they are truly things that transcend any level of understanding.

However, Jiang Lu still asked the question that was currently of most concern to him.

"Isn't this food, a blessing from heaven and earth, incredibly delicious?"

Ah, this...

Huanfeng was somewhat speechless.

How should I answer that?

Tell the truth, what if the advisor doesn't want to eat?

If I don't tell the truth, what if I get retaliated against later?

In a flash, Huanfeng blurted out, "The taste is very unique, and I believe the advisor will never forget it."

Revealing these points was a last resort for Huanfeng.

Although the advisor in the celestial realm could not provide much assistance to the sects in the mortal realm, it was far less effective than having high-end combat power in the lower realm.

However, sects in the lower realms have their own hardships; not every place is like the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, where everyone loves and respects each other.

The points have been collected, but deciding who to give the food to has become a problem.

Even if the sect leader himself wanted to eat it, he had to get the elders' permission.

But everyone has their own secrets and their own little quirks.

If this first document were given to the advisor, the problem would be easily solved.

If the advisor has eaten his fill and is comfortable in the mortal realm, then the person who personally received him has accomplished a great feat.

With this achievement as a foundation, no one will be able to find fault with it.

...

Ye Feng was quite surprised when Qi Ye told him that Huan Feng wanted a dish that was guaranteed to be blessed by heaven and earth.

He thought to himself that this person was willing to go to great lengths to serve his elders.

Those who have points should naturally complete the task first, as this is a rule set by the Mountain Top Cottage.

Looking at the ingredients provided by Huanfeng, Ye Feng made up his mind.

A large yellow croaker weighing a full fifteen pounds—why would you need to choose anything else?

This thing has always been known as the "gold bar of the sea" on Earth, and its price is ridiculously high.

A two-pound wild yellow croaker can sell for several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan.

For a catty weighing around 10 kilograms, there's absolutely no room for negotiation if you don't pay at least 40,000 to 50,000 yuan.

And that's only if it's caught with a net. If the angler is incredibly lucky, the price will go up even more.