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——————[I am the dividing line for Du Heng to enter Shenxu Palace]————

Shenxu Palace covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of acres, including thousands of acres of spiritual fields and tens of thousands of monks. There are hundreds of palaces in the palace, and countless caves on the hills. If there is no one to guide you, you may get lost in the mountains and never get out.

There were more than 300 new servants, and they were almost all divided up as soon as they arrived at Shenxu Palace.

The best-paid ones are those who are assigned to the main peaks to do chores to serve the Jindan Yuanying monks. Since the high-level monks spend most of the year in seclusion practicing, all these chores have to do is daily cleaning.

Such positions need to be snatched up, and those with money and connections have already stuffed their people in. If they meet a cultivator on a peak who is in a good mood, maybe they can get one or two pills to strengthen their bodies.

The second group is the menial workers assigned to work in the spiritual beast garden and spiritual medicine fields. Although the treatment of these menial workers is not as good as that of the menial workers who serve high-level monks, they are more comfortable. After taking care of the spiritual beasts and spiritual plants every day, they can still have some free time.

The worst was being assigned to the kitchen as a handyman. It sounded like a lucrative place, but once you were assigned to the kitchen as a handyman, you would face endless chores. Washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, cooking vegetables, and serving vegetables...handymen in other places could rest, but those in the kitchen had to be busy from morning till night.

That's fine, but working as a handyman in the kitchen is always at risk of getting hurt, and the risk is greater than anywhere else.

Most of the cultivators who needed food in Shenxu Palace were at the foundation-building stage or below. The rich ones spent money to buy fasting pills, and the poor cultivators could only go to the dining hall to eat. The spiritual energy in the food was naturally not as good as the spiritual energy contained in the fasting pills, and the food in the dining hall was really hard to swallow. Sometimes, the cultivators who were wronged in various places would vent their anger on the servants in the dining hall.

A terrible accident happened in the dining hall of Shenxiu Palace two days ago. The chef was beaten by a monk who was eating and became half paralyzed. After the higher-ups investigated, the monk was put in solitary confinement, and most of the servants in the dining hall left. This is why Du Heng came here.

Although it is said that wherever there are people, there is the Jianghu, Du Heng had already made preparations before entering Shenxu Palace. But he never expected to hear such a version. He felt that the place he was going to might not be the Jianghu, but the paste.

The diners who might beat him up at any time and the endless things to do... He even began to doubt his own ability. Could he handle it? But he must not run away before Xiaoyu and the others came in to join him.

As Du Heng was climbing up the stairs and daydreaming, he heard the steward in front of him say, "When you get to the dining hall, be alert. You are mortals, don't offend the eyes of the real people."

Du Heng glanced at the steward who was talking. The steward's surname was Ding, and he was the tall and thin Taoist who gave Du Heng the jade token yesterday. Although he looked young, everyone respectfully called him Old Ding.

As Elder Ding was talking, he suddenly said to Du Heng and the others, "Pull aside and salute."

The servants in the chaos immediately stood along the mountain path. After a while, a young man with a sword came down the mountain. The young man had an amazing aura, like a sharp sword out of its sheath. When he walked past the servants, their breathing stagnated, for fear that a loud breath would scare the young man.

The young man suddenly stopped in front of Du Heng, frowning slightly as he looked at Du Heng. Du Heng looked into his eyes, then he bowed and smiled at the man in a friendly manner.

The man asked, "Other servants?" Du Heng nodded, "Yes, yes."

The man asked again, "Go to the dining hall?" Du Heng nodded again.

The man didn't look back. He just said, "You're not bad." Then he floated down the mountain, leaving Du Heng confused: "Huh?"

After a long while, the servants finally caught their breath: "How scary! Is that a cultivator?" "Daddy, I finally saw the legendary sword cultivator. How scary!" "Woo woo, I saw my dead mother waving at me."

Old Ding walked up the steps to Du Heng. He looked Du Heng up and down and asked, "Do you know the real person who looked at you just now?" Du Heng shook his head, "No."

Old Ding looked in the direction where the sword cultivator left, then turned back to look at Du Heng. Du Heng felt his hair run down his body: "Old Ding, is there any problem?"

Old Ding shook his head and then nodded, then he continued climbing the mountain with the servants.

The mountain Du Heng was climbing was called Shenxiu Peak, and their dining hall was halfway up the mountain. If Du Heng had climbed this road alone, he would have reached his destination in less than an incense stick of time, but with so many servants, it took them half an hour to stand in front of the dining hall.

The dining hall was beautifully built. Standing at the entrance, one could see the tables and chairs in the dining hall and the serving table at the back. Du Heng looked at the plaque on the dining hall, which read "Shenxiu Second Dining Hall". He couldn't help but wonder, could there be another dining hall?

Old Ding nodded at Du Heng and said, "Stand aside." Du Heng stepped aside and stood a few steps.

Lao Ding said to the others, "You will be servants in the second dining hall from now on." After saying this, Lao Ding turned and looked at Du Heng: "Just follow me."

Du Heng: ??? It’s different from what he thought. Why is he the only one here?

The fat cook from the second dining hall came out quickly and took away his servants, while Lao Ding took Du Heng to continue climbing the mountain. Du Heng had questions in his mind, but he thought about it and didn't ask them. He just obeyed the assignment anyway.

Old Ding listened to Du Heng's footsteps and said, "I wanted to ask you yesterday, do you have any cultivation?" Du Heng smiled good-naturedly, "Yes, a little. But it's not a big deal."

Old Ding said, "No wonder you are different from the others. I am going to take you to a dining hall on Shenxiu Peak. You are lucky to have won the favor of Master Gu. Don't forget my support when you are on the rise in the future." Old Ding's cultivation level was too low. At the Qi Refining stage, he couldn't even see Du Heng's cultivation level.

Du Heng smiled foolishly: "Who is Master Gu?"

Old Ding said, "Gu Lingfeng is the cultivator who just glanced at you on the mountain path. He is the direct disciple of our Shenxiu Peak master. He is now a cultivator in the late Jindan stage and is only one step away from the Nascent Soul stage."

Du Heng: "Oh." He thought of a millet swaying in the wind. Well, this name is easy to remember.

Old Ding said, "Those who eat in the dining hall are the disciples of Shenxiu Peak and cultivators above the foundation-building stage." Du Heng suddenly remembered, "Hey? Doesn't that mean there will be very few people eating?"

Lao Ding said, "Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, there will only be a dozen people eating there every day, and they are all my disciples. As long as the dishes you cook are not too bad, you will be able to establish a good relationship with them in the future."

Du Heng nodded: "Oh..."

Old Ding glanced at Du Heng, shook his head, and thought to himself: This young man is handsome, but not very smart. He looks silly.

Soon Du Heng arrived at the door of the First Dining Hall. From the outside, the First Dining Hall and the Second Dining Hall looked similar, except that to the east of the First Dining Hall was an exquisite palace built against the mountain. On the palace square, a dozen sword boys were dancing with swords.

The swish sounds from the dancing swords kept reaching my ears, and at a glance I could see the sharp sword blades sliding through the air, creating a series of sword flowers.

The sword boys had solemn expressions. The youngest among them was only three feet tall, and their swords were longer than them. Regardless of age, their movements were in unison, and their swords flowed smoothly.

Du Heng couldn't help but stare in amazement. Is this the strength of a sword cultivator? So amazing!

Lao Ding pointed in the direction of the First Canteen and said, "This is the First Canteen. Work hard. I'll ask other canteens to send you some food later."

Du Heng looked towards the door of the dining hall. Wow, it was locked!

Du Heng: ...Is this a show of force?

At the same time as he was being assassinated, a not-so-nice thought arose in his mind: Could it be that he was the only staff member in this canteen?

Don't mention it, Du Heng actually guessed it right. After Lao Ding gave him the key, Du Heng opened the door of the dining hall and sneezed. The dining hall is covered with dust. Does anyone still eat in this dining hall? Compared to this, is there any edible rice and vegetables in here?

The layout of the dining hall is very clear. As soon as you enter the door, you will see the place where the monks eat. Rectangular dining tables, five feet long and two feet wide, are neatly arranged. There is nothing on the dining tables, but there are two matching benches below.

Du Heng estimated that the dining hall could accommodate two to three hundred people at the same time. He drew a line on the table with his fingers, and his fingers were so big that he could write on the table.

Behind the tables and chairs is a long serving table, which shows the difference between the first and second dining halls. The serving table in the second dining hall does not block the kitchen, while the serving table in the first dining hall is divided into five compartments, and the kitchen behind the compartments can be seen at a glance.

Du Heng muttered, "Oh, how advanced, and it's a translucent kitchen."

There are two corridors on the left and right of the serving table. You can walk into the back kitchen by picking one of the two corridors and turning a corner. There is no lock on the kitchen door. Just push it open and you can see the layout inside.

The feeling Du Heng had about the kitchen was just one word - dirty.

The rusty stove was covered with a layer of black stuff; the vegetable racks were piled with dried vegetables that could not be distinguished from their raw materials; the rice jar was empty without a single grain of rice; the bowls and chopsticks piled on the black ground could no longer be seen in their original color...

Du Heng walked forward a few steps, leaving a few footprints on the ground. He sniffed the smell from the kitchen, which was really not very pleasant, with a musty smell.

Du Heng sighed. He had never done any cleaning since he came to the world of cultivation. He didn't expect that the first thing he had to do when he arrived at the kitchen of Shenxu Palace was to clean the place! Fortunately, he and Xuan Yu learned a trick, otherwise he would have had a hard time.

Just when Du Heng put down the package, Xiao Xiao poked her head out from inside the package: "Swoosh, woosh, woosh~" Du Heng was delighted when he saw Xiao Xiao: "Are you feeling too pent up?"

Xiaoxiao jumped out of the spirit beast bag: "Chirp." Fortunately, he just took a nap. The spirit beast bag made by Long Jun was more comfortable than the previous one, and he almost fell asleep.

Seeing that Xiaoxiao was about to fall to the ground, Du Heng picked her up and said, "Don't move. I have to clean up. Don't make trouble." Xiaoxiao flapped her wings and he didn't make trouble.

There was a formation in the kitchen of Shenxu Palace, which could be used for basic water and fire, but the cleaning formation must have been broken. Just as he was groping to repair the cleaning formation, he heard a dog barking from the spirit beast bag behind him: "Woof."

Du Heng turned his head in confusion, only to see Wonton coming out of the spirit beast bag. Du Heng was stunned: "Hey? Wonton, why are you here? Aren't you in the cave?"

Wonton rubbed Du Heng's legs affectionately and licked his palm, its curly tail wagging in the wind. Not only Wonton, but also Nian Nian Sui Sui and Ci Ba came out of the spirit beast bag.

Du Heng was pleasantly surprised: "When did you enter the spirit beast bag?!"

He thought it was already difficult to sneak into Shenxu Palace with Xiaoxiao, but he didn't expect that his little animals would follow him!

Just as Du Heng was touching each of the branches, he heard a buzzing sound. What a weird thing! The cleaning array that Du Heng thought was broken actually started to work! Great! He didn't have to roll up his sleeves to clean!

Xiaoxiao squinted her eyes and looked at Wonton. Wonton was breathing innocently, and its big tail was shaking, creating a gust of wind.

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The effect of the formation was powerful. After the flash of light, the kitchen changed. After the dirt faded, the kitchen revealed its original color. The kitchen of Shenxu Palace was similar to his kitchen. Who would believe that the floor of the kitchen was actually moon white? This was very similar to the white totem of Shenxu Palace.

The newly renovated kitchen gave Du Heng motivation, and he inspected his work area. He saw six stoves lined up against one wall. The stoves were different from the previous kitchen, which was at the back, but the stoves here were open to the front.

The formation that controls the size of the flame in the stove is engraved on the opening of the stove. Du Heng stood in front of the stove, weighing the spatula and waving it. The stove was easy to use regardless of its size and height.

After cleaning up the dining hall, Lao Ding hadn't sent anyone to deliver the food yet. Du Heng casually walked around the dining hall, and the large group of small animals in front and behind him made it look particularly spectacular. There were several doors behind the kitchen, and Du Heng casually pushed open a door, and a big rat jumped out, scaring him.

The rat's body was longer than chopsticks, and it was fat and strong. As soon as it came out, it jumped into the kitchen. However, all five kitchens were cleaned up by Du Heng. The rat jumped in and felt that the smell was not right, so it quickly retreated.

Du Heng picked up a wooden stick and wanted to hit the mouse, but before Du Heng could react, Ciba bit the mouse's throat, and the mouse only had time to howl before it died.

Du Heng was almost stunned. He didn't even have time to drop the wooden stick in his hand, and Ciba had already solved the battle?

Ciba, who had bitten the mouse to death, proudly threw the mouse in front of Du Heng. It stared at Du Heng with its big round eyes and tilted its head. Du Heng quickly flattered the cat and stroked it: "Oh! Ciba is so awesome! You are the most awesome cat in the world!"

The cocky Ciba slid into the door, followed by Niannian Suisui. Du Heng saw a lot of shelves inside the door, which seemed to be where the chefs used to store their things.

The former granary had become a rat's nest. When the cleaning formation was activated, all the things in the kitchen were cleared out, leaving only the mindless rats running around everywhere.

Nianniansuisui can catch mice, so why would Du Heng say such a thing? He saw with his own eyes the mouse that snatched away Ciba from Nianniansuisui, and Ciba's face became round with anger.

From time to time, there were terrible squeaks and sounds of things falling to the ground from the door. Du Heng felt that today was definitely not a good day for the rat tribe. Du Heng planned to close the door first and open it after Ciba and the others had resolved the battle.

Before coming to Shenxu Palace, Xuan Yu had specifically told him that there were many restrictions in Shenxu Palace, and that he should not release his spiritual sense unless necessary to avoid hurting himself. Du Heng kept this in mind, and at this moment he was like opening a treasure chest, not knowing what was outside the door outside the back kitchen.

After walking through the three middle doors, Du Heng heard the terrible sounds of rats coming from the house. It seemed that there was the same room behind these three doors.

When he opened the westernmost door, he saw grass taller than he was.

There is a yard behind the dining hall, and the yard is full of grass. Ah, this is really a wild place. Du Heng covered his face with his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Xiao Xiao comforted Du Heng sympathetically: "Chirp, chirp."

If Du Heng guessed correctly, he lived deep in the yard. Today was a good day. After cleaning up, he had to pull weeds. But he had experience in pulling weeds. Now he stood at the door and waved his hand, and the weeds in the yard would be pulled out with the spiritual energy. Then he used the endless life mental method, and the weeds would turn into fertile soil.

Du Heng stood at the door and cleared all the weeds in the yard. After he finished, he found that this was actually a very nice yard with a bluestone path, rockery and strange stones, and even a clear stream flowing through the yard.

Shenxu Palace is such a waste, such a nice house is left to grow weeds! Du Heng, feeling indignant, rolled up his small package and walked towards the wing room at the back of the courtyard.

The formation in the wing room worked, and it was quite clean inside, so you could move in with your bag. After Du Heng put his gift in the wing room, he decided to go to the front of the kitchen and wait for the food delivery. Wonton and Xiaoxiao followed Du Heng all the way, and the two walked in the territory of Shenxu Palace, one after the other, and did not regard themselves as guests at all.

Du Heng opened the windows and doors of the dining hall to let in some air, and then he walked to the platform in front of the dining hall and looked at the sword cultivators who were practicing in the east. The sword cultivators' movements were very simple, and they were using their bodies to sense their spirit swords.

Du Heng heard from Wen Qiong that when practicing the technique, one must form body memory. After the body has been tempered thousands of times, when encountering danger, even if the consciousness does not react, the body can react. She pushed herself into the Peizhu Forest to practice in order to form body memory.

Although Du Heng had been traveling a lot during this period, he did not neglect his cultivation. Just by watching the monks swinging their swords, he immersed himself in the swordplay.

Just as Du Heng was watching with great interest, three people came up the mountain path. One of them was the fat chef who had just led the servants down the mountain, and the other two were servants carrying loads. Before the fat chef came to Du Heng, Du Heng heard his heavy breathing.

Du Heng bowed and said, "May I ask what is the chef's name?"

The fat chef wiped the sweat off his head. He spoke loudly and quickly, like a machine gun: "My last name is Zhu, Zhu Dalong. I heard from Lao Ding that you will be in charge of the First Canteen from now on. These are the dishes we got from the First Canteen. I'll give you some today. Tomorrow morning at 12:00, you have to go to Jingxin Terrace at the foot of the mountain to get the dishes. If you go too late, there will be no more, you know? If you are short of any seasoning, tell the steward Tao who distributes the dishes when you get the dishes, and he will bring them to you, of course, if you have a good relationship with him."

Du Heng bowed and said, "Thank you, Chef Zhu."

Zhu Dalong looked at the palace next to him fearfully. He lowered his voice and said, "I'm telling you, it's not easy to manage the dining hall. Be careful."

Du Heng nodded: "Okay, thank you Chef Zhu."

Chef Zhu said a few words in a hurry and left. Before he left, he looked at Du Heng with a look full of sympathy. Du Heng inexplicably felt that this chef was not a bad person. Someone who could share his dishes with Du Heng couldn't be that bad... right?

But when Du Heng saw the dishes they picked, a mouthful of blood got stuck in his throat.

He hadn't seen wilted cucumbers and old eggplants that were purple and turning white for many years. And the radish, how long had it been there? The skin was wrinkled, maybe the inside was rotten? And the cabbage was full of holes and pits from being gnawed by insects. It was really hard for them to carry so many vegetable stems up.

Du Heng rummaged through the basket and only found a piece of rib meat that was not much longer than his arm.

Du Heng didn't know anything else. He only knew that he cooked for Xiaoyu and the others at home, and every meal would use five or six pounds of meat, which was just the amount of food for the five of them. Even if the dining hall was bad, there was also a palace next to it, so it had to entertain at least a dozen people, right? Who would eat such a small piece of meat?

Looking at the two loads of vegetables, Du Heng could only smile bitterly as he carried them to the kitchen, hoping that he could still pick out some edible vegetables.

Vegetables have their seasons just like people. Fresh vegetables are like juicy young girls, and everyone likes them. But wilted vegetables are like wrinkled old ladies, and very few people like them.

Du Heng had not yet learned Feng Gui's technique of retrospection. Faced with so many old eggplants and wilted cucumbers, his heart felt as cold as if it had been hit by frost.

He had a lot of food in his refrigerator, but he left it all for Xuan Yu and the others. Even if he wanted to use his own food to make the first meal, he was not able to do so.

Looking at the dishes on the plate, he thought of several dishes: minced meat and eggplant, pickled cabbage, and radish and pork ribs soup.

There was no other way. Under limited conditions, I hoped he could try his best to make dishes that tasted better. Fortunately, Chef Zhu sent oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, otherwise he would have no choice.

Xiaoxiao squatted on the stove, and looked at Du Heng worriedly: "Chirp?" Is it very troublesome? Or let's stop working and go home, so as not to suffer this injustice.

Du Heng smiled and touched Xiaoxiao's head: "It hasn't come to that yet. Don't worry, there will still be food for lunch today."

After removing the skin of the large eggplants, washing them, cutting them into dice and soaking them in water, Du Heng saw that some of the eggplant seeds had turned brown-black.

He put half a pot of water in a pot, and when the water boiled, he put the cut eggplants in the steamer and steamed them.

Taking advantage of this gap, he cut the ribs sent by Chef Zhu into two parts. After cleaning them, he prepared to chop the fat into minced meat and chopped the bones into small pieces to cook radish and pork ribs soup.

By the time he had chopped the fat into minced meat, the eggplants in the pot had been steamed for a cup of tea. He took the eggplants out of the steamer and poured them into a bamboo basket to drain the water. The steamed eggplants would not absorb too much oil and would not taste too greasy.

Every time Du Heng made minced meat eggplant, he would steam the eggplant in advance, but he had never cooked so many eggplants. In the past, when he cooked at home, he only used a quarter of the eggplants he used now, which was enough for Xuan Yu and the others to enjoy.

Thinking of Xuan Yu, Du Heng sighed. Xiao Xiao asked a few questions, Du Heng was very worried: "I left so suddenly, and I didn't leave much food for Xiaoyu and the others. I don't know if they will eat on time."

Xiaoxiao flapped his wings: "Chirp." Don't worry, he can't guarantee others, but his uncle will definitely go find food, there is no doubt about that.

After putting the blanched ribs in the pot, Du Heng looked at the ribs sinking to the bottom of the pot and sighed, "There's no meat..."

Xiaoxiao made a chirp and jumped off the stove. A moment later, he came back dragging a big rat that had been bitten to death by glutinous rice cakes: "Chirp!"

Du Heng stared at Xiao Xiao: "Are you serious?" Xiao Xiao nodded seriously. He had observed that the mice here lived on grass seeds and food stored in the kitchen. They were big and fat. Why couldn't they eat? Xiao Xiao even ate insects.

Du Heng's hands were shaking. He never dreamed that one day, he would set his sights on mice. But... this mouse was really fat. He couldn't bear it anymore. He couldn't look at it anymore. If he continued to look at it, something bad would happen.

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