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

Chapter 398 The Allure of That Strike Piercing Through the Sky
The change happened in an instant.

At that moment, Chen Xu was listening to Shi Xiao speak when he suddenly saw Ye Ningzhen walk up to his side and raise the bamboo pole in her hand.

Her movements were so swift, without any build-up or unnecessary words.

No, she didn't say a word at all.

The bamboo pole in his hand was like a ray of blue light piercing through the white waves, instantly penetrating the sky and heading straight for Shi Xiao on the opposite boat.

Shi Xiao had no way to dodge.

It was too fast, faster than he expected, and beyond his ability to cope.

Shi Xiao was terrified.

Before his fear could fully surface, the bamboo pole used as a sword struck him between the eyebrows.

boom!
Shi Xiao screamed and stumbled back three steps on the boat, which rocked violently and was about to capsize in the water.

The other two cultivators on the ship also looked terrified, as if they wanted to do something, but they were also too slow to react.

Just at this critical moment, a "crack" sound was heard from Shi Xiao's body.

It was a jade crown that Shi Xiao was wearing on his head, which suddenly shattered.

pat!

The jade crown fell onto the boat and shattered into countless fragments.

It turned out that the jade crown magic weapon had blocked the fatal blow from the bamboo pole, preventing him from dying on the spot.

Snapped--

The bamboo pole, exhausted at this point, fell onto the boat, lying horizontally on the spot.

The small boat rocked violently, but fortunately it managed to stabilize itself in the wind and waves and was not actually capsized.

However, Shi Xiao lost his protective magic weapon, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

He looked at Ye Ningzhen in shock and anger: "Are you crazy, Ye Ningzhen! How dare you try to kill me? Are you really not afraid of the Hundred Sects' prohibition, not afraid that I will report you to the Crimson Sky Palace?"

Ye Ningzhen was also angry, but she was not afraid of the threat and sneered, "Aren't you still alive?"

"I didn't die because my magic weapon is powerful, but that doesn't mean you didn't try to kill me!"

Shi Xiao retorted, while raising one foot to hook the bamboo pole that had fallen onto the boat.

He swung the bamboo pole into the air, and it looked like it was about to fall directly into his hand.

Shi Xiao also sneered, "The murder weapon is this bamboo pole. There must be remnants of your true essence on it. I will use this as evidence to report to the Crimson Cloud Palace..."

Before he could finish speaking, a series of clicking sounds were heard.

The bamboo pole suddenly exploded in mid-air, and before Shi Xiao could catch it, the bamboo pole, which had looked perfectly fine, shattered into a pile of bamboo chips.

Bamboo shavings scattered all over the boat, and Shi Xiao's expression froze.

Ye Ningzhen snorted and said smugly, "Go ahead and sue. Without any evidence, just your words will make you wonder when the Crimson Cloud Palace will file a case."
Your Hundred Refinements Sect claims that every inner disciple has a protective magic treasure, and every true disciple wears a life-saving divine object.

Do you think I don't know you're some kind of great-aunt?

If I truly wanted to kill you today, it wouldn't be a bamboo pole aimed at you right now.

Even if you go back and report this to the sect, I, Ye Ningzhen, am justified.

Who told you to be so foul-mouthed, slandering my sect's sixth-rank spirit chef with your eloquent words!
Behave yourself, step aside, or I'll smash your head in if you dare to be so sarcastic again.

As soon as she finished speaking, the bamboo raft under Ye Ningzhen's feet suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the small boat that was still floating on the water not far away.

The bamboo rafts surged forward with ferocious momentum, crashing violently like arrows or ferocious beasts.

Shi Xiao's expression changed drastically upon seeing this.

Although I wanted to tough it out, my body was incredibly honest.

He immediately cast a spell, maneuvering the small boat to the left to avoid the danger.

In the blink of an eye, the bamboo raft and the small boat passed each other by.

It stirred up white waves, some splashing onto the small boat, while others turned into long trails, chasing after the bamboo raft.

On the bamboo raft, Ye Ningzhen laughed heartily.

"You brat, you dare to provoke your grandma with your lousy skills! Go back and train for another three years, and break through to the Golden Core stage first..."

Before the words were even finished, the bamboo raft had already sped away.

Shi Xiao, left behind, was pale and flushed, his anger surging but he had no way to vent it.

On Shi Xiao's boat, the other two cultivators he had led away shrank back, speechless.

As the bamboo raft sailed away, it left only a trail of shadows like a cloak billowing across the wide river.

Shi Xiao glanced at the other two cultivators on the small boat and said in a gloomy voice:
"How about it? Now that you've seen me, Shi, suffer a great loss, do you regret boarding our Hundred Refinements Sect's ship?"

How dare the two monks on the ship respond?

He quickly replied:

"How could that be? The Hundred Refinements Sect is a top-tier sect among the sixth-grade sects. Senior Brother Shi was simply too disdainful to argue with that woman and was just letting her have her way."

Shi Xiao chuckled and said:

"Ye Ningzhen is known as the strongest Foundation Establishment cultivator in the outer city, the kind who can condense a Golden Core at any time. So what's so strange about me being no match for her for the time being?"
However, the strongest method of our Hundred Refinements Sect has never been fighting, but refining weapons.

If it were truly a life-or-death battle, with my magic weapon, why would I, Shi, fear Ye Ningzhen, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator?
You two just wait and see. The Shenji Sect won't be smug for long, and Ye Ningzhen will inevitably suffer a setback sooner or later.

What happened today was nothing more than a tactic to test her and lull her into a false sense of security.

Another month... Ha.

At this point, Shi Xiao seemed to have some crucial information he hadn't revealed, but he deliberately stopped talking.

A sarcastic laugh was all it took to end the conversation.

The two cultivators being escorted on the ship couldn't help but exchange glances, their own thoughts racing through their minds, before quickly smiling at Shi Xiao to show their loyalty.

Meanwhile, on the bamboo raft ahead, Ye Ningzhen had already suppressed her anger and was hurriedly explaining to Chen Xu.

"Junior Brother Chen, did you understand what I just saw?"
Your senior sister is not that kind of cruel and ruthless person. Every time I take action, it is with reason and evidence.

"By the way, you didn't believe what Shi Xiaohun said, did you?"

Chen Xu calmly replied, "I naturally understand the difference between close and distant relationships. How can there be a reason to be close to someone who is distant and distant to someone who is close?"

How could I not believe Fellow Daoist Ye, but instead believe that unknown person?

Fellow Daoist Ye, please rest assured.

Ye Ningzhen let out a soft breath and then explained:

"Fellow Daoist Chen, I can't hide it from you either. Our sixth-grade spiritual chef, Master Su, has indeed entered the Qingyu Sect in the inner city."

However, our sect does not only have Master Su as a sixth-grade spiritual chef.

There was also a Master Sun, who was even more highly respected.

Once you've entered the sect, as long as you properly demonstrate your talent in culinary arts, why worry about not receiving guidance from a master?
By the way, Fellow Daoist Chen, you previously said that you didn't understand the way of adding points to spiritual food.

Otherwise, after you enter the mountain gate, why don't you go to our sect's Ling Shan Lou and show off your skills?
Our sect possesses a True Jade Talisman obtained from the Jade Palace. With this talisman, one can have thirty opportunities each month to test spiritual food.

Once I inform the sect leader, I can conduct the test for you immediately.

In this way, you can intuitively understand what it means to "point to the truth" and what it means to "feed the opposite sex with spiritual nourishment."

After Ye Ningzhen finished speaking rapidly, it turned out that she wanted to test Chen Xu.

However, Ye Ningzhen spoke very tactfully, and although she intended to test him, she arranged her words to be appropriate in every way.

So enthusiastic, compared to Ye Ningzhen who was just now constantly shouting for war, it's like they're two completely different people.

Ji Yang, who was watching from the side, was already speechless with astonishment.

He dared not show it, and could only secretly steal glances at Ye Ningzhen with an indescribable look.

There was admiration in that gaze, but for some reason, Ji Yang was not afraid of the other party.

This might be because in Ji Yang's mind, his seniors were always many times more powerful.

Therefore, no matter how strong Ye Ningzhen appeared, in Ji Yang's eyes, she seemed to be nothing special.

Not as good as the senior, not as good as the senior... Although Ji Yang now knows that the senior in his heart is actually very young.

Ji Yang himself is nineteen years old this year, even a year older than his senior.

However, in the world of cultivation, cultivation is paramount, and those who attain it are revered.

Ji Yang didn't feel there was anything wrong with addressing a younger cultivator as "senior" repeatedly.

On the contrary, he admired Chen Xu even more from the bottom of his heart.

He felt he had gotten incredibly lucky; otherwise, how could he have been so fortunate as to meet a senior?

In fact, Ji Yang had also vaguely suspected that his senior's real age was more than eighteen.

Ji Yang always felt that Chen Xu's cultivation level should actually be far beyond the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for Chen Xu's cultivation level, Ji Yang dared not think about it and had no way of guessing.

Deep down, he felt a vague excitement, an inexplicable sense of confidence, and a feeling of superiority that he was the only one sober while everyone else was drunk.

Hey, look!

You are all unaware of the strength of our predecessors. Only I have a glimpse of it. How can I, Ji Yang, be compared with ordinary people?

In short, Ji Yang had a whole host of thoughts swirling in his head.

This made his gaze always seem somewhat blank, and when he looked at Ye Ningzhen, he seemed to have a kind of stunned reverence.

Ye Ningzhen couldn't help but feel uncomfortable with such gazes.

Today's buy-one-get-one-free deal is great, both the purchase and the free gift!

If Chen Xu really has the aptitude of a spiritual chef, that would be an incredible stroke of luck.

As for the young man who accompanied Chen Xu, although we don't know his aptitude, just the fact that he came with the spirit chef means the sect will definitely keep him.

What's more, this kid is also a great straight man.

He would look at his senior sister Ye with reverence.

Wow, you have good taste!
Ye Ningzhen was in a good mood, and the journey was smooth sailing from there.

The bamboo raft sailed towards the opposite bank of the Changming River.

During this time, while Ye Ningzhen had her back to Chen Xu, she secretly took out the spirit tablet and sent another message back to the sect.

When sending the message, Ye Ningzhen still felt a great deal of pain.

It should be noted that the Canglan Immortal City covers a vast area, which can be described as enormous.

It has twelve main peaks, and countless secondary peaks.

Near the Wangchuan Peak ahead, there are thirty-six secondary peaks and countless small hills.

If the spirit tablet needs to travel between the main peak and the secondary peak for communication, the fee will increase.

The Shenji Sect's mountain gate is located on Panshi Peak near Wangchuan Peak. Ye Ningzhen sent a message back via the Changming River, and each sentence cost three Qi Hua Pills.

Black, too dark!
How can we avoid causing heartache?
What's most infuriating is that, due to the excessively rich spiritual energy in the Immortal City, there are various invisible realms of immortal spirits within it.

As a result, apart from using spirit tablets for communication, other common communication spells, such as using paper cranes for communication, cannot be successfully cast.

This made spirit tablets the mainstream communication method among cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, and it was completely irreplaceable.

As for those at the Nascent Soul stage and above, Ye Ningzhen didn't know what communication methods the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation experts would use.

None of them in their entire sect had reached the Nascent Soul stage, so how could she possibly know?
Ye Ningzhen reluctantly sent a message, adding a few extra sentences and three Qi Hua Pills.

Panshi Peak, Shenji Gate.

The message was received by Ge Xing, an elder of the Spiritual Diet Hall of the Divine Mechanism Sect.

Ge Xing has been quite troubled lately.

Although Ye Ningzhen was stubborn, when she talked about her own sect, she said that it was not only powerful, but also had many spiritual chefs.

In fact, after Master Su entered the Qingyu Gate in the inner city, the number of spirit chefs in the Shenji Gate, which was originally quite large, has now dwindled to seven or eight out of ten.

Among them, the seventh rank lost the most.

The number of eighth-grade and novice ninth-grade spirit chefs who were lost was relatively small.

It's not that these chefs don't want to leave, but rather that the eighth and ninth ranks are slightly lower in rank.

Even if they leave the Divine Mechanism Sect, it would be difficult for them to find a sect of rank six or above that is better than the Divine Mechanism Sect to join.

Since that's the case, we might as well stay in the Divine Mechanism Sect.

As for why so many chefs have left, it's not just because of Master Su's departure.

There are other reasons behind this, but they are not to be told to outsiders.

Ge Xing looked worried. Lately, he had even stopped liking to drink tea and go to teahouses to listen to storytelling. He simply used seclusion as an excuse to hide in his cave.

When Ye Ningzhen sent the message, Ge Xing hissed.

He sat up abruptly from the recliner, exclaiming incredulously, "Long-distance communication? When did Ye girl become so generous?"
"W-Is this really a message from her?"

But the name flashing on the spirit tablet is Ye Ningzhen's.

After carefully examining the details, Ge Xing's expression became slightly serious.

"Ye girl is even willing to send a message, oh no, could something terrible have happened?"

With this ominous suspicion in mind, Ge Xing prepared himself mentally, took out several Qi Hua Pills, and then opened the communication.

Upon hearing the message, Ge Xing's expression gradually became strange.

"An eighteen-year-old at the late stage of Foundation Establishment? Is that true? Is Ye girl really that lucky?"

"Hiss, this kid is a spirit chef... I just can't believe it."

"Has Ye girl been tricked?"

"No, no, I have to remind her to be careful... Oh, this girl knows about the assessment, huh? Well then, I'll go and meet that chef from out of town!"

He accepted the spirit tablet and strode out of the cave.

Just as he stepped out of the hall, he saw a disciple running towards him along the winding path ahead.

"Elder Ge, something bad has happened. You must go and see quickly. This time, Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Liu are arguing."

They all want that newly forged jade sword, and they've already arranged a duel at the Spirit Cuisine Restaurant!

Ge Xing paused slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.

He lightly scolded, "What's the rush? It's just a competition. They like to compete, they're willing to compete, so let them compete."

Even spirit chefs often experience conflict.

Only by competing with others and with oneself can one make continuous progress.

This is the same principle as how we, as warriors, need to frequently experience actual combat.

You're not young anymore, why are you so impulsive?

After the reprimand, the attendant disciple looked aggrieved and whispered in defense:

"But Elder Ge, Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Liu have agreed that the winner will get the Jade Knife."

Those who lose must request to leave the sect.

"What, what should we do?"

Ge Xing frowned slightly. Just as he was about to say something, the spirit tablet in his hand began to vibrate slightly once again.

He took out the spirit tablet and input his true essence to illuminate the talisman name.

Ye Ningzhen's message came again from the other end.

Upon hearing this, Ge Xing's eyes lit up.

coming!

How could it be so fast?

(End of this chapter)