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

Chapter 176 Ninth Master's Reminder

Lü Ji turned to page thirty-one of the Xuanbang.

He paced excitedly in the pavilion for a few steps before finally managing to organize his thoughts and speaking to Chen Xu:
"Brother Chen, look, you are ranked thirty-first on the Xuan Ranking!"
Throughout the entire "Records of the Splendor of the Great Li Dynasty," he is the only person to have entered the Xuan List without ever passing the imperial examinations.

It turns out that, apart from Chen Xu, the lowest-ranking scholar in the entire Record of the Splendor of Dali was a Juren (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations at the provincial level).

Xie Mingyi, who ranked first on the imperial examination list, was the top scholar in the Gyeonggi Province, and everyone expected him to participate in the spring imperial examination next year.

He is also a top contender for the top score in next year's imperial examination.

The second-ranked star-picker on the Heavenly Ranking is not a scholar, but a Taoist practitioner, a Taoist True Lord, and a master at the Core Formation stage!
Pei Jingque, who ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking, was even the newly appointed champion last year.

He was the top scholar, but he only ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking.

It's easy to imagine just how formidable Xie Mingyi, who came in first place, truly was.

But those brilliant figures were ultimately too far removed from Yunjiang Prefecture at this moment. Lu Ji, who had clearly calmed down, suddenly became agitated again and said:

"Brother Chen, your inclusion on the list truly demonstrates your remarkable poetic talent."

One poem, two poems... six poems in total, a total of six poems about green smoke.

Wait, something's not right... The Ghost King of Pufeng Mountain was actually killed by Brother Chen?

The air inside and outside the pavilion suddenly became quiet.

Lu Ji stared at Chen Xu in astonishment, his expression incredulous and his eyes glazed over.

He began to doubt his own eyes once again; he had only recently acquired this book, "The Splendor of Dali."

To be honest, I didn't have time to read the contents carefully at all, because I was really shocked when I read "Sympathy for the Peasants" before.

He was only interested in befriending Chen Xu, and he regarded the Record of the Splendor of Dali as a stepping stone. He never expected that it would contain such amazing achievements of Chen Xu.
Chen Xu was speechless for a moment.

When he viewed the battle achievements of others through the Records of the Great Li Dynasty, he still had a strange feeling of being an observer.

Now it was his turn, and Chen Xu first carefully examined the description.

It only contains a few brief sentences: "In the examination hall, he once led the bookworms to strike the bell."

During the provincial examination, he won first place with his poem "Ode to the Spring Mountain Moon".

He wrote poems such as "The Knight-Errant", "Flowers Are Not Flowers", "Palace Poems", "Sympathy for the Farmers", "Spring Mountain Moon", and "Farewell to the Ancient Grassland".

He was a master of cooking and once single-handedly wiped out an entire den of demons on Pufeng Mountain.

That's all.

I did not give Ji Weizi the copy of "One General's Success is Built on the Bones of Ten Thousands of Dead"!
It never described in detail how Chen Xu destroyed the entire cave of ghosts at Pufeng Mountain, nor did it even mention that Xie Huaizheng was the Ghost King.

In fact, Xie Huaizheng's title of Ghost King was mostly self-proclaimed.

The true Ghost King cannot arrive so easily.

However, the short sentence "single-handedly wiped out the entire cave of demons at Pufeng Mountain" is already astonishing enough.

Lu Ji was still blinking hard, almost to the point that his eyelids were cramping.

Chen Xu, however, was silently pondering his ability to record information about the "Records of the Splendor of Dali".

It's unclear whether everything recorded in this Chronicle of Splendor was collected and recorded by someone, or if there's some other hidden secret.
Regardless of the reason, the fact that this item omitted "One General's Success is Built on the Bones of Ten Thousand" indicates that the other party is not connected to the netherworld!
This discovery brought Chen Xu a slight sense of relief.

The discovery that his trump cards had not been fully revealed quickly changed Chen Xu's mindset, and he no longer resented the appearance of the Great Li Chronicles.

In fact, this thing is beneficial to him!

Lu Ji was in a daze for a while, and finally came back to his senses when another gatekeeper came to report.

The gatekeeper rushed over and said to Chen Xu, "Master Chen, my master has sent someone to deliver a book to you." Chen Xu took the book from the gatekeeper and looked at it, but it was not the same "Records of the Splendor of the Great Li Dynasty." So which one was it?

It's unlikely that Magistrate Feng's information was less than that of Lü Ji.

However, Magistrate Feng was very busy and couldn't possibly run to Chen Xu for every little thing that happened.

His order to send the Records of the Splendor of Dali at this moment was quite timely.

Lu Ji then hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands and bowed to Chen Xu, saying, "Brother Chen, I have often heard of the evil spirits on Pufeng Mountain in the city."

"I am truly grateful that you were able to destroy this hellhole."

Chen Xu immediately came to help him, but he suddenly took a step back on the steps and missed a step.

"Ouch!"

In a panic, Lü Ji flipped over and fell to the ground with a thud.

The fall was truly embarrassing; Lü Ji's face turned almost liver-colored.

He quickly stood up and blurted out, "Brother Chen, I smell the aroma of your pastries every day from next door. May I ask you to have a pastry to try?"
"If there were pastries to eat, even though I fell, I certainly wouldn't feel any pain."

【Like +10】

Chen Xu was both amused and exasperated. This Lü Ji, who seemed thin-skinned, turned out to be a humorous person.

I haven't even tasted the pastry yet, but I've already received a thumbs up.

Through that single like, Chen Xu learned that Lü Ji's daily like limit was [35] points.

He hasn't opened up the literary sea yet; he's only cultivated his Qi cultivation technique. Yet, his daily limit is a whopping 35 points. It's clear that Lü Ji's Qi cultivation is quite strong.

If he consumes spiritual food, his maximum potential should directly increase to 350 points.

Chen Xu did not use the Insight Technique or the Tide Observation Technique on Lü Ji, but the feedback from the Heavenly Book of the Eating Cauldron could still analyze the cultivation status of living beings to some extent.

It is evident that the Book of Culinary Delight has many other functions that can be further utilized.

Afterwards, Chen Xu ordered someone to bring him some shortbread as a gift, and also brought him a small gourd of "Joyful Sorrow Wine" as a farewell gift.

Carrying a food box, Lü Ji bid farewell to Chen Xu in a daze.

Only after leaving the villa did he suddenly realize that he had been presumptuous in visiting Chen Xu, only to end up eating and taking things without bringing anything with him.

The copy of "The Splendor of Dali" that he originally wanted to bring to give to Chen Xu was taken back unopened.

Lu Ji stood at the entrance of the villa, so flustered that he almost wanted to slap himself.

Hey, what's going on here?
He rushed home, rummaging through drawers and cabinets to find something to reciprocate.

Little did they know that Chen Xu was in such a hurry to see his guest off because the spirit pouch at his waist had been activated.

The time when the spirit pouch started moving coincided with the time when Feng Yuanbai also sent someone to deliver the Record of the Splendor of Dali.

A strange feeling suddenly arose in Chen Xu's heart. He hurriedly saw Lü Ji off and returned to his room.

Once the spirit pouch was opened, the dazed little mouse crawled out.

Recently, Chen Xu has been using the Zhaoming Sha technique to absorb the sickness energy of the mouse every day, and also feeding it spiritual food to help it recover.

Overall, Shi's physical condition is actually much better than before.

But after crawling out in a daze, the mouse sat on the table with its eyes half-closed, and suddenly an old voice came from its stomach:
"Fellow Daoist Chen... I observe that your fortune is fluctuating, and you may face another calamity soon!"

(End of this chapter)