Qi Zhiheng first went to a shop that sells seeds and selected a lot of seeds, intending to plant them in his space.
Among them are spiritual vegetable seeds of levels one to four. Although he will start by processing level one ingredients, once he becomes familiar with the lower-level materials, he will definitely learn to process materials of other levels.
After Qi Zhiheng bought the seeds, he led Yang Yitian into the spiritual vegetable shop to select spiritual vegetables.
Qi Zhiheng came to the area with low-grade ingredients and picked out a few white jade radishes with abundant spiritual energy.
There are also rules for selecting ingredients. Take this white jade radish for example. As long as the radish skin is damaged, spiritual energy will flow out continuously from the damaged area. Therefore, Qi Zhiheng was particularly careful when selecting it.
After picking out a few large radishes, I went to select some Yuyan cabbages.
The selection method for Yuyan cabbage is somewhat similar to that for white jade radish. First, check each leaf for damage; damaged leaves need to be removed promptly. However, Qi Zhiheng didn't pay attention to these details; he only selected whole, intact cabbages.
White jade radish and misty cabbage are among the most common spiritual vegetables eaten by ordinary cultivators.
In addition, Qi Zhiheng also selected the Yu Lu Wanxiang Fruit. Although the price of a single fruit was lower than that of the White Jade Radish and the Yuyan Cabbage, its small size made up for it.
To brew a vat of fruit wine, you need at least a hundred or so fruits; otherwise, the spiritual energy will be insufficient, and the quality of the fruit wine will not be very high.
Qi Zhiheng also picked out one hundred Yu Lu Wan Xiang fruits.
Holding a few radishes and two cabbages, and carrying a bag of Yu Lu passion fruit, Qi Zhiheng went to the counter to pay.
The total cost of these items was five spirit stones plus seventy-four spirit pearls.
Then Qi Zhiheng went and bought a set of eleven kitchen knives of different sizes.
The primary requirement for becoming a spiritual chef is not knife skills or culinary skills, but the ability to preserve the spiritual energy in ingredients and bring it to its best state.
Qi Zhiheng had already memorized the techniques and incantations for handling ingredients. He first took out a white jade radish and washed it with clean water. Then he placed the white jade radish on the table, made hand seals, and circulated the Spirit Returning Incantation to maximize the hidden effects and spiritual energy within the white jade radish!
He channeled his spiritual energy into the cleaver, raised it, and sliced the white jade radish in two! The spiritual energy on the cleaver instantly locked the radish's spiritual power within the food.
It's relatively easy to preserve spiritual energy with a single cut like this, but normal cooking would never involve just one cut.
Slicing, shredding, and carving all require the use of spiritual energy.
The more cuts are made, the harder it is to preserve the spiritual energy.
The higher the quality of the ingredients, the more spiritual power the chef will consume.
If a chef's spiritual power is insufficient to complete a dish, it is undoubtedly a failure. Not only will the flavor be lost, but the spiritual power will also be depleted.
In places like Xuanling Continent, people don't know how to preserve the spiritual power of the vegetables themselves. Dishes made that way have less than one-tenth of the original spiritual power, and some even less.
Qi Zhiheng picked up the kitchen knife and cut the radish into pieces. However, the radish was not only cut unevenly, but also lost a lot of its spiritual energy.
Yang Yitian was studying formations and talismans with a book in hand, occasionally stealing a glance at Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng felt a little embarrassed by the stares; his knife skills seemed a bit lacking...
Although the knife skills are not good, the spiritual energy inside is still better than that of the people from Xuanling Continent!
He picked up a slice of white radish and put it in his mouth. It was crisp and refreshing, with a sweet and spicy flavor. More importantly, the spiritual energy in it was the most abundant among all the spiritual vegetables that Qi Zhiheng had ever eaten.
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