That's right. If Ye Xi were planning to use connections, even without alchemy, Senior Brother would become a peerless martial artist. With such talent, unless the Haoqi Pavilion is just all talk, how could they miss out? As for Senior Brother Ying Xun, being chosen as a disciple by the Medicine Emperor and personally taught for so many years, how could he not have some skills?
Ye Xiruo brought back some food and pastries, most of which were things Zishu liked to eat. Zishu tasted all the pastries, which were different in color and shape, and finally fixed his eyes on a pastry shaped like a gold ingot.
"What's the name of this pastry? It's quite delicious."
"Gold ingot. It is made from sweet potatoes, which are steamed, ground, and mixed with butter, lard, and other ingredients."
"Yingxun, you eat too."
Yingxun ate one and then stopped: "It's too sweet, a bit cloying."
Well, if such delicious food can't be shared, then it can only be enjoyed alone. Zishu ate to his heart's content.
"Time is running out. The background of You Ran Ju may not be as simple as we think. We need to go to the library more often and read as many books as possible. Otherwise, if we fail the test, Xue Gongfeng will be in big trouble."
"The poison in Bai Zheng's body."
"The four of us combined are not even as good as a single finger of a Tribulation Transcending cultivator, so what else can we do? We hope Bai Feng can step up his game."
"Junior Sister's conditions are too demanding."
"What can I do? That's the Heavenly Star Poison, it's been mixed together for five years. When it erupts, it's deadly."
"Alas, there's nothing we can do about it. The toxins have already invaded the blood and internal organs." It can't be completely eliminated simply by using strange fire.
Wait, use the strange fire to devour it completely. Even if it's not completely devoured, it doesn't matter. Being able to devour a part of it is good enough.
"System, can we use Ice Heart Flame this time?"
"It's very difficult; one wrong move and you'll turn to ash."
"So it's not impossible."
"There is a very high chance that he will die."
Since we're all going to die anyway, what does it matter? We might as well try anything.
"Brother Xiu Qi, let's go out for a bit."
"I just got back and have to go out again. I've thought of another approach and would like to ask Xue Gongfeng if it's feasible."
"Alright, go ahead." Zishu waved his hand, still gnawing on a chicken wing in his hand.
Yingxun took out a blue handkerchief and helped Zishu wipe the grease stains from the corner of his mouth.
"Stop wiping, we haven't finished eating yet anyway. Why don't you eat? Although it's not as delicious as what Junior Sister makes herself, it's still quite good."
Yingxun picked out a savory pastry, ate a few, and then put it down, seemingly not taking her appetite very seriously.
Upon seeing this, Zishu stopped pressuring Yingxun and began eating alone, telling Yingxun about his miserable life of starvation in Lingshan.
Lingshan is a place with beautiful mountains, clear waters, and stunning scenery, as well as many rare medicinal herbs. He should have been living a very comfortable life, with his junior sister preparing countless delicacies for him. Life couldn't be better.
As it turned out, the happy days were always short-lived; he simply had an enormous appetite. In just one year, he devoured all the food and drinks his junior sister had prepared.
There was absolutely nothing to eat. Deep in the Spirit Mountain, ghosts were spreading the news to him, and besides, no one knew where his junior sister had gone.
He originally intended to take fasting pills, but having grown accustomed to delicious food, the fasting pills were no different from poison in his eyes. He took three fasting pills and lasted for half a month before he couldn't take it anymore. He even remembered that Ye Xiruo had prepared quite a few recipes for him.
Someone as clever and intelligent as him should have mastered it at a glance, but well, this thing requires talent, and unfortunately, he doesn't have any.
What kind of rubbish are those? The weird taste makes you question your existence. How can there be such awful food in this world?
Finally, he gave up on those dishes that seemed too difficult for the average person to make and started to honestly make some simple dishes.
To make fish soup, simply clean the fish, put it in water, add some salt, vinegar, and ginger, and simmer it slowly without interfering. Once the fish is almost cooked through, take it out and discard the fish. What remains is a delicious, original-flavor fish soup. Although the taste may be a bit bland, it is undeniably fresh and delicious.
Another very simple dish is steamed eggs, boiled eggs, or egg drop soup.
Boiled eggs can be cooked in broth or in plain water. There's no skill involved; just cook them until they're done.
To make steamed eggs, beat the egg mixture, add water and salt, then steam. After a while, take them out and they're done. They melt in your mouth, are refreshing and easy to eat, and different eggs will have different flavors.
Beggar's chicken is quite complicated. He tried it many times, but the taste was terrible. It was nowhere near as delicious as the one his junior sister made.
In the end, all I could manage were mushroom stewed chicken and roast chicken. After months of struggling, I finally managed to come up with a few edible dishes, and life wasn't so bad anymore.
I'll also go pick some spirit fruits and have a bite to eat.
"I prefer the Bigu Pill." Yingxun blurted out this after hearing Zishu's complaints, making Zishu wonder if he had misheard.
"Don't you like to eat it?"
Zishu's expression was one of deep hurt, mixed with a sense of grievance and disbelief. How could anyone not like to eat it?
"I like it, but it's too much trouble."
"I know, you can't cook either, just like Xiu Qiyu, you explode as soon as you enter the kitchen, right?" The expression and tone sounded somewhat gloating.
"No, you can use the time you would spend cooking to cultivate, refine pills, take care of spiritual herbs, or read books. There's really no need to spend so much time on food."
Okay, so Yingxun is a cultivation fanatic.
"I'll definitely let you try my cooking sometime."
Yingxun nodded.
After Ye Xiruo and Xiu Qiyu left, they went directly to Wuyinglou, a place in Mocheng that was used to gather information. Ye Xiruo had previously researched Wuyinglou and found that its influence was spread throughout the entire Hailan Continent, collecting all kinds of secret information and data from all over the world for sale.
All messages are classified into different security levels and then sold at different prices. No one knows who their master is, nor does anyone want to overthrow it or challenge its authority; this seems to have become an unspoken fact throughout the Azure Continent.
Ye Xiruo's current objective is to find out the safest and most secluded training ground in Mo City. She plans to rent it for a few days and also use the space to properly cultivate her Fire Control Technique.
The system said that Bai Zheng would likely die if he used the Ice Heart Flame, which was related to his control over the strange fire. If she could control the Ice Heart Flame more strongly, Bai Zheng might be able to save his life.
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