After seeing off the two elders, Zhao Ziyi and Song Chen happily closed the door of the Spicy Palace.
Since Ancestor Qingluan is in his palace today, the two of them won't go back. Instead, they'll meditate and cultivate in the Spicy Palace all night.
Zhao Ziyi spread the spirit stones he had just obtained on the third floor of the Spicy Palace.
They decided to splurge and absorb the spiritual energy within the spirit stone to aid their cultivation.
"Come on, let's try it out!"
Zhao Ziyi took out two prayer cushions from his storage bag.
This futon was specially made by Song Chen.
It contains various methods to aid in cultivation.
The spirit-gathering array, spirit-gathering talisman, spirit-gathering inscription, and even the futon itself are spirit-gathering artifacts crafted by Song Chen.
As long as they carry the futon, they won't need to redraw the array no matter where they go to cultivate.
Zhao Ziyi placed the two prayer cushions facing each other and then sat down.
Song Chen sat on the futon next to him.
He then took out a small table and eight dishes covered with lids from his storage bag.
"You've spent the whole day chatting with the old man, you must be tired. Try the meal I prepared!"
Zhao Ziyi looked at Song Chen and said with a grin:
"Having earned a million spirit stones, it's all worth chatting about!"
"But you, you didn't rest today, you've been in the kitchen cooking the whole time, you must be more tired than me, you should eat more."
Song Chen would prepare a separate meal every day for the two of them to eat in the evening.
Today is no exception.
These dishes were all specially prepared by Song Chen.
There are dishes that enhance spiritual energy, dishes that replenish qi and blood, and dishes that repair and strengthen spiritual roots.
The main focus is on nutritional balance.
It was no less impressive than the banquet we had just attended.
Even their meals were sprinkled evenly with spiritual moss, which enhances comprehension.
The Lingwu moss, roasted with oil, salt, and sugar, is very crisp and refreshing. Adding it to rice not only makes it delicious but also enhances its aroma.
The two ate and chatted.
Zhao Ziyi pondered for a moment, then said;
"Although the arrival of Ancestor Qingluan today was unexpected, it directly helped us open up sales channels."
In the future, forces located further away from us can adopt a distributor model to sell meals.
Song Chen nodded. This method was indeed good. Every time they wholesaled boxed meals to distributors, the price started at one million spirit stones, and the two of them made a lot of money.
Zhao Ziyi seemed to have thought of something. He frowned and said:
"But we can't just find any distributor; we also need to hire Xing Shu Xian Hu."
Use the Star Pivot Mirror to monitor dealers.
The boxed meals are valuable treasures; if someone were to kill and steal them, our distributors would be ruined.
Song Chen picked up a mouthful of rice and suggested:
"Instead of relying on distributors, it's better to just use the founders of the major powers."
Our ancestor, first and foremost, had the strength to back it up.
Secondly, the patriarch cares more about the members of his faction and would not easily slaughter cultivators.
Zhao Ziyi nodded upon hearing this, then shook his head.
No, you forgot something.
The demon beast race can cultivate simply by sleeping.
Without the struggle for resources, and with the same bloodline, they will not kill each other.
But humans are different.
Blood relatives kill each other, fellow disciples kill each other, masters and disciples kill each other—the number is countless.
We ourselves have experienced many things like this.
Dean Pei of Xianheyuan, have you forgotten?
Pei Yuan, he has been deceiving us all along!
He tricked us into entering the Ascending Dragon Path, treating us like prey, sending us to our deaths, all for the sake of receiving spiritual energy infusion.
The ancestors of human cultivators are unreliable.
However, we could try to make contact with the ancestors of the nine major demon clans.
The two spent a month in peace with the Celestial Fox Clan of Star Pivot, and indeed forgot much of their previous hardships.
Song Chen nodded heavily:
"Let's make contact with the human border cultivators first."
The True Treasure Continent is too vast; we don't need to rush.
As long as we cultivate diligently, our lifespan can be extended to a thousand years, and the Spicy Palace will one day become famous throughout the world.
Moreover, once we become famous, we live in constant worry.
They were worried that they might die at any moment.
"Let's wait until we're powerful enough to protect ourselves before we make contact with the other ancestors."
Zhao Ziyi nodded:
"That's right! Our own strength is our greatest guarantee!"
After finishing their meal, the two began to meditate and cultivate.
Now, with the help of spirit stones, they can absorb spiritual energy twice as fast as before.
In addition to absorbing the spiritual energy dissipating between heaven and earth, they can also absorb the spiritual energy from the spiritual stones on the ground.
The spiritual energy within Song Chen's body circulated through a complete cycle and entered his dantian.
Upon seeing his dark gray golden core, he immediately woke up, took out the jade slip from his storage bag, and began to study it.
This jade slip was given to him by the Azure Phoenix Ancestor.
Song Chen pressed the jade slip close to his forehead, read a few sentences, and was immediately stunned by its contents.
[Explanation of the Chaotic Qi]
"In the beginning of heaven and earth, yin and yang were not yet separated, and the clear and turbid were not fixed. At this time, the qi was the qi of chaos."
The chaotic energy is ever-changing, with no fixed position above or below.
Those who control the primordial chaos, if they are perfectly pure and virtuous, have no reason to exist. When they die, their bodies and souls vanish, and they become the gentle breeze of the world, existing alongside mountains, rocks, clouds, and rain.
If one is extremely turbid and evil, one's lifespan will be shortened until death, when one turns to dust.
Song Chen looked at these words and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Too good and it turns to smoke; too bad and it turns to dust.
Neither of these outcomes is good.
However, Song Chen felt that his chaotic energy was still very stable and he did not feel uncomfortable.
He composed himself and continued reading.
"The chaotic energy, besides enhancing the power of techniques, can also be used for body tempering, alchemy, and weapon forging..."
These functions were exactly what Song Chen needed, and he breathed a sigh of relief. This dark gray energy wasn't a useless piece of trash after all.
"...
The primordial chaos is divided into two types: innate chaos and acquired chaos.
The primordial chaos energy can give rise to new chaos energy, which requires mastering the balance of Yin and Yang.
The world after tomorrow is a state of chaos, without any requirements for good or evil; it can be used freely.
After reading the entire jade slip, Song Chen finally understood what the Chaos Qi was.
He stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then understood why the chaotic energy within his body was so stable.
His chaotic energy was born beneath the wok.
When cooking, whether it's a spirit beast or a spirit plant, he considers it evil, committing acts of killing.
However, he also cooked delicious dishes that filled people's stomachs, pleased diners, and at the same time, gave them a sense of tranquility. This is true virtue.
Song Chen blinked. Wasn't this the path he was looking for? The Doctrine of the Mean!
The butcher's hands are stained with blood in order to survive, but he has no intention of killing.
Humans survive by eating grains and animals, and there is no killing involved.
Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp.
This is instinct, and there is no intention to kill.
However, the cultivators of Tianyi Sect, who took pleasure in slaughter, truly committed the sin of killing.
Once you understand one thing, you understand everything.
Song Chen suddenly understood.
He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion.
The surrounding spiritual energy surged and was absorbed into his body.
The spirit stone beneath them was also drained of its spiritual energy, turning into powder layer by layer.
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