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

Chapter 203 Literary Spiritual Food and the Knight-Errant
As night deepened, Chen Xu entered the kitchen.

He opened the Book of Food and examined everything related to the "Literary Spiritual Food".

【Accumulated likes: 36735】

First, the trip to the Ghost Market directly increased Chen Xu's total number of likes by nearly 9000 points.

This is an unprecedented bumper harvest, after all, the ghosts in the ghost market all have cultivation, and there are even "big players" like the Old Man of the Leaky Sea and the Wild Goose Ghost King.

However, one shouldn't visit the ghost market too often; the basic human base still needs to be expanded.

Secondly, after accumulating over 30000 likes, the exchange ratio between likes and free attribute points directly changed to 40 likes to 1.

Therefore, Chen Xu's attribute points have now become:
[Free attribute points: 343]

This seems like a lot, but the later the game goes, the more attribute points Chen Xu needs, so the more of these things the better.

However, during his trip to the Ghost Market, Chen Xu gained some new insights. Now that he has returned to the mortal realm, he finds that his cultivation has improved without him even realizing it.

[Cultivation Level: Late Stage of Meridian Opening Realm 37.9%]

Chen Xu himself exclaimed in surprise, "Eh?" He hadn't cultivated in the Ghost Market, so how did his cultivation level increase from the 20-something percent of the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm to the 30-something percent?

He carefully recalled the events that had transpired and pondered them repeatedly before he could vaguely discern that his progress in cultivation had occurred in three stages.

First, he walked under the Yin-Yang Boundless Scale, which sparked the fire, allowing him to achieve the second level of perfect fire control and comprehend the new divine power [Six Paths of Heavenly Desolation], resulting in a significant increase in his cultivation.

Secondly, although he was in the netherworld, he sensed the human world and directly drew water from the human world from afar, thus increasing his cultivation level.

Thirdly, when the Wild Goose Ghost King cleaved the barrier between the Netherworld and the Human Realm with a single strike, Chen Xu also took the opportunity to comprehend his sword intent, which similarly promoted his cultivation progress.

Of course, this is also related to Chen Xu's own strong three-element attributes.

He regularly adds a lot of attribute points to himself, but these attribute points don't actually convert into his cultivation level immediately.

Even if he diligently refines the energy every day by taking advantage of the time difference in the kitchen, there will still be some energy left to accumulate in his body.

This provided a solid foundation for Chen Xu's cultivation to greatly increase whenever he had a sudden enlightenment.

Otherwise, try endlessly trying to achieve enlightenment without any foundation.
If you don't get sucked dry, you're considered to have a good constitution!
Chen Xu had only truly embarked on the path of cultivation for a little over a month, but in that short time he had already traversed a path that would take others decades to complete.

In the bustling kitchen, Chen Xu stroked the ethereal Book of Food and smiled slightly.

There is a lingering feeling of being in another world, and at the same time, a strong ambition to reach new heights... as if lurking underwater, or growing in the clouds.

[The basic recipe for "Literary Food" can be unlocked by spending 10000 Firework Points.]

……

Hmm, it's expensive, but it's definitely worth it.

Chen Xu checked his balance:

[Fireworks value: 11659]

Without hesitation, he immediately chose to unlock.

On one of the pages of the Fireworks Collection, there is an icon for the Four Treasures of the Study.

Using his mind to control it, Chen Xu selected to unlock it. Suddenly, the icon of the Four Treasures of the Study seemed to come from nothingness into reality, and then it suddenly leaped up and exploded into a sky full of light in front of Chen Xu.

Immediately, a flood of information poured down.

Even with his powerful spirit, Chen Xu couldn't help but feel a vague sense of disorientation at this moment.

He frowned slightly, calmed his mind, and quickly digested all the information one by one.

It turns out that the so-called beginner's method of making spiritual food is actually a systematic and comprehensive refining technique, just like the Eight Methods of Spiritual Refining.

This method is called "Nine Turns of the Literary Mind"!
The Nine Turns of the Literary Mind consists of nine levels, corresponding to the Nine Thoughts on the Way of Literature.

Just as: when one sees clearly, one can perceive the origin;

Listening to Si Cong, one can understand the meaning behind the strings;

If one's complexion is warm, then the atmosphere will be harmonious;

If one's appearance is respectful, then one's form and spirit will both be reverent.

This may seem a little hard to understand, but if it is interpreted as "respecting heaven and earth as if they were personally present, and fearing cause and effect as if walking on thin ice," then it becomes clear.

There are five more levels, and Chen Xu wanted to see more, but the overwhelming amount of chaotic information in his mind had already overwhelmed him, preventing him from continuing. The initial Nine Revolutions of Literary Heart only explained the general principles of the Nine Revolutions.

Even the general outline in the latter half is still not visible.

He could only firmly grasp the first layer of the Nine Transformations of the Literary Mind amidst the vast and endless flood of information: seeing clearly and contemplating the origin!
What does it mean to contemplate the origin?

This seems to have a similar effect to the "Dongwei" of the second level of wood splitting, and even the "Method of Observing the Tide" taught by Master Wu.

However, the first level of the Nine Revolutions of Literary Mind, "Observing the Origin," is more effective for literary and spiritual materials.

At that moment, Chen Xu's mind suddenly stirred, and he turned and walked to a corner of the kitchen.

He placed a table there, on which were the Four Treasures of the Study, as well as various "literary and artistic materials" that Chen Xu had previously collected.

For example, the original manuscript of "The Knight Errant"!
This item also has an entry:

[A draft of a poem, "Green Smoke," with its flowing and elegant style, though not yet encompassing mountains and rivers, already radiates a chivalrous spirit. This poem is still evolving...]

No, Chen Xu cannot use this original manuscript now.

But at this moment, he was still filled with an indescribable surge of emotion.

The literary mind is ever-changing, moving in every aspect.

Chen Xu immediately laid out paper, ground ink, and rewrote "The Knight-Errant".

"Zhao guest wears a silk tassel, Wu hook sword shines like frost and snow..."

The ink and brushstrokes on the paper seem to flow like clouds and smoke.

In Chen Xu's sea of ​​literature, on the inkstone boat, the Wu hook, which was originally only close to solid, suddenly jumped and suddenly solidified into a real substance!

He wrote: "One man can be killed in ten steps, and no trace can be left for a thousand miles."

A murderous aura surged within him.

He also wrote: "Three cups of wine and I utter a promise; the Five Sacred Mountains seem light as a feather."

A surge of heroic spirit propelled him soaring upwards.

……

As the poem was completed, a phrase suddenly appeared above the scroll of ink before him:
[The poems written from the heart of a poet, imbued with their literary spirit, have come alive; through repeated refinement, they can be crafted into spiritual nourishment.]

What kind of spiritual food is it?
Chen Xu picked up the paper and went to the stove.

Following the method of the Nine Turns of the Literary Mind, he moved the primordial Qi in his dantian while placing the scroll of the poem "Ode to a Knight-Errant" above a stove.

Simultaneously, the spirit control technique was used to keep the scroll of poetry from falling.

Below, Chen Xu ignited the flames inside the stove using his fire control technique.

call--

Orange-red flames shot into the air, scorching the floating scroll of poetry until it turned a charred yellow.

Under Chen Xu's precise control, the yellowed scroll of poetry remained half-fallen, seemingly on the verge of bursting into flames, yet never actually bursting into fire.

Flames and poems float in the air, facing each other like firewood locked in a standoff, as time slowly flows by.

A quarter of an hour, a quarter of an hour...

Half an hour, three hours...

Chen Xu sat cross-legged in front of the stove for a full five hours.

This process can be described as agonizing.

Every moment, Chen Xu had to exert precise control over the poetry scroll and the flames.

His spiritual energy was greatly depleted. At the same time, the words of "The Wanderer" seemed both real and unreal, and like a shooting star falling from the sky, they kept circulating and washing over his sea of ​​words.

Chen Xu had never before analyzed the existence of words with such precision as he was now.

His literary works seem to contain carving knives, meticulously sculpting everything on the scrolls of poetry.

Until one moment, Chen Xu suddenly heard a resounding clang from the sea of ​​words!
(End of this chapter)