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

Chapter 300 The Many Flavors of Everyday Life
That morning, Chen Xu sat by the window in the courtyard, lost in thought for a long time.

The two little demons had patrolled the entire courtyard, and Little Mouse Ashi even secretly hid behind the pomegranate tree and peed.

The little demon is urinating; it's marking its territory.

Seeing this, Wei Yuan disagreed and hurriedly moved away from it, carrying his book box back to the house through the window.

Of course, Wei Yuan was not going to complain to Chen Xu.

It wasn't so tasteless as to report every trivial matter to Chen Xu.

Unexpectedly, after Ah-Shi finished urinating, he came back and confessed to Chen-Xu.

“Scholar, that pomegranate tree can absorb the demonic energy in my urine. Although this tree is not yet a spirit, it is probably not far off.”

Chen Xu was speechless for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then you water it every day?"

The mouse then became embarrassed and scratched its fluffy little head, saying, "That won't do either, it will burn the roots."

Besides, we won't be staying here for long; this tree won't become a spirit in ten days or half a month.

Even if it actually happens, creating a tree demon in the marketplace like this might not be a good thing.

Ninth Master said that we cannot bear such a heavy karmic burden unless we can take the tree demon away.

But how could the tree spirit take it away?

It will wither away from here.

Ah Shi speaks politely and respectfully, which is completely different from his sometimes shameless behavior.

It's clear that this little guy is very well-mannered and knows how to prioritize.

After listening, Chen Xu smiled and praised, saying, "Ah Shi is right. It was my oversight that I made such a presumptuous suggestion."

The mouse retorted, "I know, scholar, you were just teasing me. I understand the principle that one shouldn't casually enlighten demons in the marketplace, so how could you not understand it?"

After saying that, it puffed out its furry chest.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, making the tips of its gray fur glow with gold, and its entire body seemed to be draped in a veil of light.

So cute, it's absolutely adorable.

Chen Xu couldn't help but have a thought, remembering the hint from the Jade Cicada Robe: the streets have a hundred flavors.

What exactly are the flavors of everyday life?

Is it just about going to the streets and observing the everyday life of ordinary people?
No, Chen Xu himself should also be included in this medley of everyday life.

Chen Xu couldn't help but think back: How long has it been since I've properly cooked a meal?

In the kitchen, amidst the smoke and fire, Chen Xu often used the Eight Methods of Spiritual Cooking to prepare spiritual food, thereby increasing his cultivation level.

In the cultivation methods of the Food God's Manual, making spiritual food is very effective in improving cultivation level.

In reality, however, Chen Xu rarely cooks anymore.

He traveled through the Lingxi Mountains with two little demons, hunting when hungry and drinking from the spiritual spring when thirsty.

The drinking water consisted partly of the Jade Dew Spring water from the kitchen and partly of the spiritual water that Chen Xu summoned himself using a water-drawing technique.

Such a lifestyle of eating in the open and sleeping outdoors, free from worldly concerns and mundane concerns, may be interesting, but it lacks the real warmth and lived-in spirit of everyday life.

The mice and Wei Yuan often ate the red cinnabar as their staple food, and Chen Xu would cultivate a batch of red cinnabar in the kitchen every few days.

His skill in drawing the All Things Transformation Symbol became increasingly refined.

So much so that Chen Xu himself often ate the Crimson Robe as candy. This thing has a pure spiritual energy and a warm nature. Even if it is not processed in any way, it tastes very good when eaten raw.

Thinking of this, Chen Xu suddenly said, "A-Shi, how about we go check out the kitchen?"

Ah Shi jumped up from the windowsill and said excitedly, "Scholar, are you going to the kitchen to cook porridge? Or plain rice porridge? Your plain rice porridge is also very delicious!" To this day, the little mouse has eaten many spiritual creatures, but it still misses that first bowl of plain rice porridge.

Chen Xu had originally planned to add spirit rice to the porridge, but after hearing what the little mouse said, he suddenly changed his mind.

It's not necessary to have spirit rice with every meal. Even if you don't add spirit rice, what's wrong with just cooking a pot of plain porridge?

Thinking of this, Chen Xu got up and went into the kitchen.

The kitchen in this small courtyard was also cleaned very well, and all the kitchen utensils were complete. Compared to the courtyard that Chen Xu rented in Jichuan County, the kitchen in this courtyard was several times better.

On the stove, there was not only an iron pot, but also two earthenware urns, one large and one small, quite complete.

There were also two bamboo steamers, with a fairly large opening, which looked like they could be placed on an iron pot for use.

There were also kitchen knives, cutting boards, water tanks, and other items.

There was no water in the water tank, and no condiments such as oil, salt, soy sauce, or vinegar in the cupboard next to it.

But in the corner of the kitchen, there was a small pile of firewood, which the landlady had prepared in advance.

It's clear that although the rent here is a bit expensive, it's worth it.

The mice jumped around curiously in the kitchen, even sneaking into the corners of the stove and going inside the firebox to check the remaining ashes.

After reading it, the mouse jumped out and said, "Scholar, this family once fought in the kitchen and even bled!"
No wonder they rented out the house, but thankfully no one has died, so we don't have any taboos about living there.

But we shouldn't use this pot; it's been used to cook rats!

At this point, the mouse frowned.

A rat was actually cooked in the pot in the kitchen?

Chen Xu frowned upon hearing this. He immediately stepped forward, raising his hand to unleash flames to burn the iron pot, but the little mouse quickly stopped him, saying:

"Scholar, we don't need to use this pot, nor do we need to destroy it."

I know that iron pots are very valuable household items in this world. If you burn this iron pot, you'll have to pay the owner for a new one later, which isn't necessary.”

Chen Xu was about to refute.

The mouse then said, “Scholar, do you know? I can tell that the reason this family cooks mice in an iron pot is because they were once so poor that they could only catch insects and mice to eat.”

Although I am a rat demon, I don't think there's anything wrong with people catching rats to eat when they are extremely hungry.

I don't like that kind of person, and I definitely won't get close to them, but... but..."

At this point, the mouse suddenly became speechless.

It's as if there are many words I want to express, but for some reason, when all those words reach my lips, I just can't seem to string them together into a sentence.

Wei Yuan, who had been silently following beside him, jumped onto the stove and suddenly spoke up:
"Ashi, I know what you want to say."

Just as we are in the mountains, if it's for survival, then whether it's cats eating fish, tigers eating deer, or wolves eating rabbits, it's not wrong.

The fish are not wrong, the deer are not wrong, the rabbit is not wrong, but the cat, the tiger, the wolf... they are not wrong either.

However, if anyone, or any tiger or wolf, tries to take advantage of us, we must fight back.

As for the rest of their kind, if they lack intelligence, they need not be considered as such.

When Wei Yuan uttered those last words, there was an indescribable indifference in his expression.

The mouse opened its eyes wide and stared at it in astonishment.

This may be the first time that the mouse has seen demonic qualities in Wei Yuan.

(End of this chapter)