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

Chapter 240 Stepping Under the Moon, A Vast Expanse of Heaven and Earth

Chen Xu watched the Monkey King leave.

At the same time, the Book of Food and Delight was opened beside him.

[You invited the Monkey King to a banquet with the Jade Elixir of Enlightenment, enabling him to see his true nature and break through his delusions, earning you +1000 likes.]

【Like +800+600……】

[Obtained the spiritual material Flying Cloud Gourd.]

【Flying Cloud Gourd: Gather clouds in the morning and breeze in the evening, repeat this for ten days, and you will get a gourd of flying clouds.】

Releasing flying clouds allows for flight; melting them yields ethereal water, an excellent ingredient for cooking.

Chen Xu's horizons were broadened once again.

He has seen many strange and unusual spiritual materials, but he still feels a sense of novelty whenever a new spiritual material appears.

really interesting.

Chen Xu thought of the various auxiliary materials that had previously stumped him, such as snow from the previous year and volcanic spring water, and now he had obtained a piece of light and spiritual water.

Although it is unknown which recipes this light and refreshing water can be used in, it is always better to have more of it than not.

He carefully put away the Flying Cloud Gourd and began to look forward to the sunrise the next day.

The Book of Culinary Delight also contains some new hints, such as:

[Cultivation Level: Late Stage of Meridian Opening Realm 93.9%]

Yes, just as Chen Xu drank the second and third sips of the Thousand Treasures Wine, his cultivation made another new progress.

It jumped from 82% to 93%.

It doesn't stop there.

【Shouyuan: 18/280】

His lifespan was extended to two hundred and eighty years!
The first sip of the Thousand Treasures Wine, Chen Xu said, would increase his lifespan by twenty years.

The second sip of the Thousand Treasures Wine, Chen Xu said, would increase his lifespan by thirty years.

Upon tasting the third sip of the Thousand Treasures Wine, he gained another fifty years of lifespan.

It's equivalent to adding a hundred years to one's lifespan with just three sips of the elixir—what an incredible increase!

This increase even exceeded the original limit of Qianzhen Wine—

Of course, the difference is not significant; the total difference is only ten years.

Originally, Thousand Treasures Brew was the finest among the top-grade spiritual wines. Such a rare treasure that could extend one's lifespan by a hundred years would have been slaughtered to death by some powerful figures long ago if it weren't for the great risks involved in drinking it.

Thinking about it this way, the flaws of Qianzhen Brew are no longer flaws.

This has become a necessary form of self-protection.

Chen Xu stood up. He wasn't drunk, but he seemed slightly tipsy.

The moonlight was cool and refreshing, and the silver gauze looked like water.

The monkey king had gone far away, and the little mouse on his shoulder sat close to him. The little hedgehog also rolled off the rock and sat up, rubbing its eyes, its expression still a little hazy.

Suddenly, the mouse squeaked and darted off Chen Xu's shoulder, disappearing into his sleeve.

Hey, this little guy had thought about it a thousand times before.

One moment they're trying to teach the hedgehog a lesson, the next they're trying to chase it away.

After Chen Xu brought it up, he figured it out himself and even started acting as a protector for the hedgehog with ease.

But now that the hedgehog has actually woken up, it can't control itself and once again crawls into Chen Xu's sleeve.

Alas, the scholar's sleeve is still where the mouse feels safest.

Chen Xu felt the furry thing pressed against his left forearm and was both amused and exasperated. Wei Yuan, having witnessed the mouse's fleeting figure, sat on the rock in a daze for a long while.

It slept soundly the whole time, completely unaware of the turmoil and turmoil in the other person's heart.

As for the monkey demon's comings and goings, the little hedgehog knew even less.

All it saw was the moonlight like water, the mountain breeze gentle and quiet, and Chen Xu smiling at it, so it couldn't help but give Chen Xu a big smile in return.

"Brother Chen." Wei Yuan's heart was filled with an indescribable joy and satisfaction.

"It's the fifteenth again, and the moon is full again," Wei Yuan said, looking at the bright moon.

Chen Xu stood up, waved his sleeve to take away the low table and wine pot in front of him, and said to Wei Yuan, "A Yuan, tonight, we'll probably have to spend the night in the open under the moonlight."

Are you afraid? Do you find it difficult?

Wei Yuan was taken aback and said, "Ah, the moonlight is so good, how could it be difficult? I... I've always lived in the wild."

At this point, Wei Yuan suddenly tilted his head and said happily, "Brother Chen, you're not used to sleeping outdoors, are you? No problem, I'm best at earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escape technique), and I'm also best at finding places to stay."

"I'll burrow into the earth and find a cave; we'll spend the night there!"

Chen Xu laughed.

That's why the little demons who are born and raised in the earth don't find sleeping outdoors difficult, while only humans who are used to houses and beds would find traveling and sleeping outdoors at night difficult.

He took out the jade leaf knot that he hadn't had time to take out earlier, untied it, handed one of the jade leaves to Wei Yuan, and told him the purpose of the jade leaf knot.

【Jade Leaf Knot: Separate this item from a specific spirit and keep it for one month. During the separation period, the two must interact daily. After one month, the Jade Leaf Knot will mature and can be steamed into a delicacy using a secret method.

After sharing a meal, both sides can establish a crisis connection and summon each other within a 300-mile radius.

Wei Yuan accepted it, feeling both amazed and delighted: "Brother Chen, you...you're willing to summon me at any time?"

Thinking of the crisis he had experienced before, and of Chen Xu's tireless efforts to find and rescue him, Wei Yuan was immediately filled with emotion.

It couldn't hold back its tears and said, "Brother Chen, you're worried about my safety and want to be able to save me at any time, right?"
I will never be foolish again, and I will never put myself in danger again.

Tears welled up in its eyes, but then it heard a sneer.

It turned out that Little Mouse Ashi had somehow crawled out of Chen Xu's sleeve again, baring his teeth and grinning at him, while glaring at the jade leaf in his hand.

Wei Yuan was stunned again.

It stared blankly at the mouse. Although it was being mocked, it unconsciously shrank its legs and hurriedly put the jade leaf in its hand into the book box behind it.

Ah Shi then snorted again, clung to Chen Xu's sleeve, and glared at Wei Yuan with his big, grape-like eyes.

Chen Xu: ...

After a moment of silence, Chen Xu finally reached out and stroked Ashi's head and back.

“Ashi, you are always by my side, and we will never be separated, so you don’t need this jade leaf knot.”

He then said to Wei Yuan, "Ah Yuan, let us each hold a jade leaf knot. When this knot matures, if we are ever separated in the future, you can summon me to save you when you face a crisis, and if I am in crisis, we can make an agreement in advance."

Therefore, your ability to summon me to leave at the agreed time is also a way of saving me.

Yes, the jade leaf knot has this use too.

Upon hearing this, Wei Yuan's perspective broadened immediately.

It nodded repeatedly, then exclaimed with delight, "That's right, Brother Chen! This Jade Leaf Knot is wonderful! Don't worry, I won't leave your side for the next month. We must nurture the Jade Leaf Knot until it matures."

The mouse, clinging to Chen Xu, finally stopped baring its teeth and glaring at Wei Yuan.

It squeaked softly, rubbed against Chen Xu's fingers, and then darted back into his sleeve.

Chen Xu smiled, stood up and said, "A-Shi, A-Yuan, let's go now. The moon is beautiful tonight. Let me find a good place to open a ghost market."

"Let's not go in. Instead, we'll ask a good friend to go to the ghost market and tell him what he saw. What do you say?"

(End of this chapter)