Eternal Night

Chapter 579 will win!
"...This is suitable for making sashimi and soup."

At the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Huang Rong peeled open the shell of a lobster about the length of her arm, tore off a piece of meat, put it in her mouth, chewed it carefully, and after a while, smiled and said to Wu Pifu.

The so-called "kuai" is actually similar to the various raw fish dishes that Wu Pifu knew about in later generations, which were very popular dishes during the Southern Song Dynasty.

"But it tastes even better if it's sliced ​​thinly and frozen quickly. I think Father and Seventh Master will definitely like it."

As she spoke, Huang Rong reached out and opened a large abalone with green edges, about the size of a millstone. This time, she didn't tear off any meat, but instead frowned as she looked at the abalone and said, "Although it's big enough, it hasn't been dried yet. Abalone without a soft center is no better than fish meat; it has no flavor. Let's just pass on this one."

After releasing the abalone, Huang Rong looked at a sea fish even larger than herself. This sea fish was caught by Wu Pifu, and Huang Rong did not recognize it, but in later generations it would be the famous bluefin tuna.

This time, Huang Rong still reached out to stroke and smell the fish, then tore off a small piece of fish meat from under the skin and put it in her mouth to savor it. After a moment, her eyes lit up, and she nodded slightly. Then she tore off pieces of meat from different parts of the fish, chewed and tasted them one by one, before closing her eyes to think: "This fish is very good. It can be made into three different dishes, or it can be sliced ​​into thin pieces and made into sashimi..."

After trying the bluefin tuna, Huang Rong looked at the next seafood dish, which turned out to be an enormous Kun.

Huang Rong looked at Wu Pifu speechlessly, and whispered, "Brother Pifu, don't you know? This Kun is a divine creature; harming it is an ominous sign..."

Wu Pifu shook his head and said, "Why are there so many ominous signs? These are just sea creatures, born and raised in nature, no different from other fish. As long as they are not overfished and killed, it is no different from fishing. Of course, if you catch them, you should eat them and not waste them."

If someone else had said this, Huang Rong probably wouldn't have believed it. After all, her home was Peach Blossom Island, which was an island, and she had heard these rumors about the sea since she was a child. But these words were spoken by Wu Pifu, and celestial beings were myths in themselves, so she believed them without a doubt. She walked over to the Kun and carefully stroked it, sniffed it, and then tore a slit under its skin, pulled out a small piece of flesh, and put it in her mouth.

However, the fish was very fatty, and Huang Rong initially tasted the fat, which made her frown. Then, beneath the fat, she tasted the meat. After tasting it carefully, she wondered, "How strange, this meat doesn't taste like fish, but rather like... tender beef?"

Wu Pifu nodded and said, "Yes, this Kun is not actually a fish, but a beast. It just lives in the sea, so it looks like a fish."

Huang Rong was also surprised. It actually lived in the water, looked like a fish, had fish-like habits, but was not a fish.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "The meat of the Kun is suitable for grilling over a low flame. With spices, it is also a top-quality ingredient."

With Huang Rong, a culinary expert, on board, the trip to Australia came to a perfect end. Wu Pifu brought back plant vines and tree bark from the inland, obtained several carefully selected large lobsters, several large pieces of bluefin tuna meat, and a large piece of whale meat. He then released the remaining whale meat into the sea. As the saying goes, "When a whale falls, a hundred creatures are born." Since it came from the sea and eventually returned to the sea, it was not a waste.

After carefully tying up the ingredients, Wu Pifu, supporting Huang Rong's waist, took to the air and flew towards the Asian continent.

Neither of them spoke the rest of the way. Huang Rong held Wu Pifu tightly around the waist, gazing at the vast ocean, her eyes filled with a dreamy look...

"...Can you stay?"

In a daze, Wu Pifu seemed to hear the voice, but he did not answer or react, and just continued to fly towards the Asian continent.

With the appointed day approaching, Wu Pifu had also gone sightseeing with Huang Rong. As the day drew near, Huang Rong suddenly suggested that she and Wu Pifu go to find some rare overseas ingredients to welcome her father and Hong Qigong back and to bid farewell to Wu Pifu for his upcoming battle.

The suggestion was certainly good, so Wu Pifu took Huang Rong on a trip around the world, collecting ingredients, birds and beasts, fruits and vegetables, and plump fish from all over the place for more than two days. This trip to Australia was the last one, and today was also the day to make an appointment with Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong. Given their character, they would definitely arrive at this time, regardless of whether they had obtained enough martial arts skills.

After flying back to the Asian continent from Australia, Wu Pifu took Huang Rong straight to Lin'an City.

In Lin'an City, Wu Pifu bought a large house. Although it couldn't compare to the imperial mansion bestowed upon him in the Song Dynasty Dream World, it was still considered a mansion in Lin'an City. Anyway, he wasn't short of money, not to mention Huang Rong was also not short of money.

When they returned to Lin'an, it was already afternoon. Huang Rong was all smiles, as if the silence on the way and that seemingly unrelated remark had never existed. She took down the ingredients and went to the cellar cold storage, where she also took out the ingredients from other regions from the previous two days. Then she began to process them carefully. Wu Pifu couldn't help with this, so Huang Rong chased him out of the kitchen.

And so, Wu Pifu sat in the courtyard watching the sun gradually set. As dusk approached, a long howl suddenly rang out from somewhere in Lin'an City, the howl rolling and sounding as if it carried the roar of a dragon.

Upon hearing the whistling sound, Wu Pifu stood up. Before he could move, the sound of a flute suddenly came from the other side. The sound of the flute was as rolling as the sea, continuous and resounding throughout the city.

Like Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi also obtained the martial arts techniques of the Human Immortal, which goes without saying.

Wu Pifu stood up with a smile and roared to the sky, his voice like thunder and tiger's howl, echoing the two voices. Before long, Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi arrived at the same time, looking travel-worn. The two were quite different. Hong Qigong came empty-handed with a smile on his face, while Huang Yaoshi carried a large bundle full of books, but his face was full of worry.

Upon arriving in the courtyard, before the two could even speak, Hong Qigong's nose began to twitch, and drool dripped from the corner of his mouth. He took a few deep breaths and said, "What's that smell? It smells so good! Is Rong'er making something delicious?"

Wu Pifu smiled and said, "That's right. Rong'er took me all over the world and found a lot of overseas ingredients. We're preparing a big meal now."

Hong Qigong immediately became excited, his hands rubbing together incessantly, as if he couldn't wait to rush into the kitchen to steal a few pieces. Then he glanced at Huang Yaoshi and saw that Huang Yaoshi was reserved, but had a proud smile on his face.

Hong Qigong immediately became displeased and said to Huang Yaoshi, "You old eccentric, you're truly blessed! You have a virtuous wife, a clever daughter, and even your son-in-law... cough, he's a celestial being descended to earth!" Huang Yaoshi coughed but didn't speak. At this moment, Huang Rong also came out of the kitchen. Seeing Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi, her eyes lit up and she said, "Father, Qigong, you're back? Please wait a moment, the dishes will be ready soon."

After saying that, she didn't wait for the three of them to speak before disappearing into the kitchen to start working again.

Since no servants were hired and this residence was only for temporary accommodation, Wu Pifu personally poured fine wine for the two of them. Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi did not stand on ceremony and each drank it down in one gulp. After they sat down, Hong Qigong spoke first: "We have fulfilled our mission! We really got some good stuff this time!"

Hong Qigong took out a piece of Xuan paper from his inner pocket and said, "This is the manual for the One-Finger Divine Skill and the Innate Skill, which was personally written by Master Yideng."

Wu Pifu took the paper, and sure enough, the main brain's voice came to his mind again: One Finger Divine Skill costs 10,000 points, and Innate Skill costs 6,000 points. These two martial arts only require 16,000 points to learn. The number of points confirmed his guess, that is, the main brain consumes points to let him learn immortal martial arts, not based on the strength of the martial arts, but based on the amount of information he has already obtained.

But that wasn't all. Hong Qigong continued smugly, "In addition, there is the Six Meridians Divine Sword fragment. Since even Master Yideng himself didn't master it, although there are fragments passed down from his ancestors, they are not in writing, so this old beggar can only pass them on."

The main AI's voice sounded again, this time with more points required. The Six Meridians Divine Sword required 50,000 points, and the amount of information in this martial art was more than that of the One Finger Divine Skill and the Innate Skill combined.

After Hong Qigong finished explaining the incomplete Six Meridians Divine Sword technique, Wu Pifu silently closed his eyes for a long time before opening them and nodding.

At this point, Huang Yaoshi said with shame, "Seventh Master, you have gained a lot... but I have lost my reputation on this trip. I did not find the Innate Skill in Chongyang Palace, and the other skills were really unbearable. The trip to Shaolin Temple was also not smooth. According to those monks, the Yi Jin Jing has been lost for many years. Even the abbot has not learned it. Moreover, they have closed the mountain since the Northern Song Dynasty and do not have any extraordinary martial arts. So I simply packed up and brought all seventy-two skills. My disciple can see which one he wants to learn."

Wu Pifu was speechless. But this really seemed like something Huang Yaoshi would do. So he simply flipped through the package one by one, listening to the voice of the main brain. There was even less information on these so-called martial arts manuals. There were only a couple hundred, and at most no more than a thousand. Although they were the Seventy-Two Arts of Shaolin Temple, they were almost useless to him.

They searched until the very end and actually found three cultivation manuals with a total of five to ten thousand words of information.

"Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill"

"Golden Bell Shield".

"Iron Shirt".

Wu Pifu simply learned all three at once, along with the One-Finger Divine Skill, the Six Meridian Divine Sword, and the Innate Skill.

Unexpectedly, after learning the three Shaolin Kung Fu techniques, as well as One Finger Divine Skill, Six Meridian Divine Sword, and Innate Skill, each of them underwent changes.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. The information of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, Golden Bell Cover, and Iron Shirt has been integrated, returning to its original state and transforming into the True Martial Indestructible Body."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. The information of One Finger Divine Skill, Six Meridians Divine Sword, and Innate Skill have been integrated, returning to their origin and transforming into the Star River Profound Origin Cannon."

Wu Pifu was speechless, but he was also delighted.

The three chatted for a while longer, and then Huang Rong, beaming with joy, began to bring out all sorts of delicious dishes. It was a mystery how such a young girl could prepare more than ten dishes in just one afternoon, filling a large table.

The three of them didn't stand on ceremony, each drinking fine wine and eating delicacies. Being men of the martial world, they were all in high spirits, talking about interesting stories of the martial arts world, discussing the principles of martial arts, and Wu Pifu telling some stories about the Outer Heaven. Everyone was in high spirits, and Huang Rong laughed the happiestly, but her eyes seemed to be filled with tears...

After a satisfying meal, with all the delicious dishes on the table finished, the three of them looked at Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu knew that parting was imminent, and he was not a sentimental person, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After a long silence, Wu Pifu stood up and solemnly clasped his hands in a salute to Huang Rong, Huang Yaoshi, and Hong Qigong.

"Then, I'll go."

Just as Wu Pifu was about to close his eyes and communicate with the main computer, Huang Rong suddenly cried out, "Brother Pifu, you must come back for me! You must win!"

Wu Pifu remained silent and nodded.

"Will win!"

The scenery flickered before his eyes, and Wu Pifu had returned to Gaia.

(End of this chapter)