Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 145 The Kitchen of Fireworks: Unlocking New Techniques

Inside the inn, the aroma of the spirit wine wafted from the table.

Chen Xu held the little mouse Ashi in his left hand and gently stroked the white porcelain wine cup with his right hand.

He raised his wine glass and smiled slightly at Feng Yuanbai, saying, "Brother Feng, reading is a solitary pursuit. Some people like to plant plum trees and raise cranes, while others prefer cats and yellow-eared deer. But I prefer this little domestic deer."

Domestic deer is also one of the alternative names for rats.

Rats have many nicknames, some positive and some negative.

From Chen Xu's use of the word "domestic deer," one can already sense his fondness and appreciation for the mouse in his arms.

Feng Yuanbo, understanding the implication, smiled as well.

Although his friendship with Chen Xu deepened, he remained very discreet and did not interfere with Chen Xu's personal preferences.

However, Feng Yuanbo needed to remind him of something. He said, "Xuzhi, no one can say anything about you raising deer, but it's inconvenient to carry them around all the time."

The Qingxu Dao Palace sells a spirit pouch, which is said to be woven with spiritual materials and can be carried around to hold small pets.

Over time, this can also nurture the pet's spirituality.

You can go buy one... Perhaps it's inconvenient for you right now, but I can send someone to buy one and bring it to you tomorrow."

"That's a good idea!" Chen Xu was overjoyed and quickly thanked Feng Yuanbai.

When asked about the price of the spirit pouch, it turned out to be quite expensive, costing a full three hundred taels of silver.

Chen Xu immediately took the silver note and handed it to Feng Yuanbai, who accepted it without any hesitation.

This straightforward action is actually quite comforting.

Feng Yuanbai added, "I see that your little pet's aura is a bit weak. Originally, the Taoist priests of Qingxu Taoist Palace had extremely high medical skills and were good at treating both humans and demons."

However, those Taoist priests often take it upon themselves to slay demons and eliminate evil spirits, so seeking their help can easily lead to some trouble and unclear disputes.

In Confucianism, we believe that medicine and Confucianism are inseparable. Tomorrow I will send you some books, including "Ling Shu", "Su Wen" and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases".

We don't need to master it; after all, we're not going to become doctors.

However, with a little medical knowledge and the ability to distinguish between the four qi and five flavors, one can use the principles of medicine to resolve some common and simple ailments and regulate qi, blood, and spirit.

Most importantly, you should obtain the title of Juren as soon as possible so that your pet can be registered in the imperial court.

With your literary talent and academic achievements protecting you, even if you raise two more domestic deer in the future, no one will dare to say a word against you.

After he finished speaking, Feng Yuanbo laughed heartily again.

The way he looked at Chen Xu at this moment was quite interesting, as if to say: That's right, I'm urging you to study hard.

Chen Xu immediately smiled, and the two raised their glasses to drink together, everything understood without words.

Night had already fallen when Feng Yuanbai left.

Chen Xu presented him with a jar of spirit wine as a farewell gift to his elder brother.

At the appointed time, only Chen Xu remained in the room.

The candle was lit, and although the moonlight had not yet risen outside the window, sparse starlight shone into the room.

In this environment, Chen Xu stood by the window and felt his whole heart calm down.

After all the turmoil of the day has subsided, a lingering, poignant feeling remains, neither too close nor too far, prompting contemplation.

Chen Xu is reviewing the gains, losses, and responses of the day.

He stood by the window, feeling a strange sensation.

Even though it was late at night and everyone was quiet, it seemed as if noise was rising from all directions in the otherwise vast silence.

Chen Xu's hearing is getting better and better.

Now, if he listened carefully, he could hear not only the breathing of people in every room of the inn after nightfall, but also various complex sounds within a radius of twenty or thirty feet outside the inn.

From the softest sounds like the dust kicked up by the wind on the street, to the loudest whispers of everyday conversations in the city, there are also the sounds of insects crawling around at night, or the almost imperceptible movements of soldiers on night patrol.

Chen Xu also sensed that a group of people were secretly watching Gaosheng Inn.

Judging from the familiar scents among them, one could deduce that they were the guards of the Cui family.

Cui Yunqi was truly afraid that something "accident" might happen to him again, and this kind of covert protection must have lasted for a very long time.

In addition, someone was quietly crying inside the inn.

Most of those weeping are students who failed the provincial examination this year. A total of eighty-two people are selected as candidates for the county-level examination in Yunjiang Prefecture each year, and those who fail are naturally the vast majority.

Among the few people from Jichuan County, apart from Chen Xu, who was the top scholar, Xu Wenyuan also passed the imperial examination and became a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the lowest level of the imperial examinations).

In addition, there is Francis—

Unfortunately, Fang Ji's soul was devoured by the evil spirits of Pufeng Mountain, leaving only his body rotting on the long street.

The matter was later taken over by the prison authorities, and Fang Ji's body was also taken away by them, supposedly to cleanse it of its filth and ghostly aura before the government could send it back to his hometown.

The young man who came full of ambition returned only as a corpse.

This incident inevitably saddened his colleagues, and Chen Xu even heard Xu Wenyuan's soft sobs.

Xu Wenyuan did not show any obvious grief during the day, but unexpectedly he was heartbroken alone at night.

Every time exams end and the results are released, there are always some who are happy and some who are sad.

Chen Xu stood by the window, carefully contemplating the joys and sorrows of the world at this moment, and discovered that people's joys and sorrows are not truly shared.

These seemingly disparate joys and sorrows are, in fact, a form of spiritual practice.

He moved the primordial energy within his body and then examined the little mouse, Ashi, which he held in his palm.

Ashi's breathing was very weak, but she was sleeping very soundly.

At the same time, there is an indescribable, strange force slowly destroying its body, which should be the main reason why it cannot wake up.

Chen Xu closed the window, placed Ashi on the inside of his bed, next to his pillow, and covered its fluffy little body with a small cloth.

Ah Shi slept quietly at the head of Chen Xu's bed, as serene and lovely as a lustrous piece of gray-gold jade.

Chen Xu stroked it gently for a moment, then leaned back on the headboard and immersed his consciousness in the kitchen.

He began to study the specific usage of the "Zhaoming Sha".

Although Feng Yuanbo said that Chen Xu could learn to sense the Qi by reading medical books and use gentle Qi to care for his pet.

But in reality, Feng Yuanbai was unaware of Ashi's specific illness and only thought that he was weak.

Chen Xu believes that to truly save Ashi, they still need to rely on this [Zhaoming Sha].

The inauspicious star is formless and intangible, and is even difficult to see with the naked eye.

Chen Xu could only confirm the existence of this object through his senses. He vaguely sketched its shape and felt that the so-called "Life-Illuminating Fiend" was actually like a "water belt" that could change shape.

Because of its unpredictable nature, it is extremely difficult to control.

Chen Xu tried to control the object by attaching his mind to it, attempting to absorb the so-called "evil energy," but found that the object was extremely slippery.

It's described as a "water belt," but it also resembles a wriggling loach.

It slips away as soon as you touch it.

Chen Xu worked hard in the kitchen for six or seven hours, trying his best and urging his mind to work, but to little avail.

During this process, he discovered that his spiritual energy was being consumed exceptionally quickly.

Therefore, Chen Xu needs to continuously increase his attribute points in order to recover from his consumption while cultivating.

Until one moment, he was suddenly moved.

Discovering the concentrated smoke in the Smoke Kitchen unlocks a new technique: [Spirit Control]!
(End of this chapter)