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

Chapter 402 Yin-Yang Two Elements Stove, Spring Breeze Melts Snow Drink

Chen Xu stood behind the stove, carefully observing the stove in the Ling Shan Lou restaurant.

Both stoves are movable, and apart from the wide table and stove opening in the center, the four legs are supported by carved pillars in the shape of two fish.

The two fish are in black and white, with array patterns carved between them.

Each stove has two burners in the middle, and the two burners are also divided into black and white.

The patterns on the sides are circular and connected end to end, looking both mysterious and ancient.

As Chen Xu was observing, Ye Ningzhen's slightly smug voice rang out:

"Junior Brother Chen, this is the Yin-Yang Two Elements Stove, a specialty of our Divine Mechanism Sect, crafted with the utmost effort by our sect's weapon refiners."

Any kind of spirit firewood placed under the stove opening will automatically generate Yin-Yang dual spirit flames through the array patterns.

The intense heat of the yang fire is extremely powerful, capable of both steaming and stir-frying, quickly gathering the aroma of the wok and locking in the essence of the ingredients.

The Yin Fire contains spiritual energy, making it suitable for slow cooking, which can better bring out the true nature of the ingredients.

If we were to sell this Yin-Yang Two-Element Stove outside, we wouldn't sell it for less than two thousand Qi Hua Pills.

However, within our Shenji Sect, this stove is a standard feature of the Ling Shan Lou (Spiritual Dining Hall).

Junior Brother Chen, you only need to inject your true essence into the central array pattern next to the stove, and let your true essence circulate around once to dispel the aura of the previous spirit chef, and you will be able to initially control this stove.

Why don't you give it a try and see if this stove is easy to use?

"Oh, right, Junior Brother Zhou, go help your Senior Brother Chen tidy up these two stoves."

After she finished speaking, she winked at Zhou Hou.

Zhou Hou quickly stepped forward and moved the two plates of spiritual food that had been placed on the stove to the side.

Yes, Zhang and Liu left in such a hurry that the food they had prepared was still on their respective stoves and hadn't been cleared away.

Zhou Hou has taken away two kinds of spiritual food, but he has not taken away the various seasonings and ingredients that were originally left on the stove.

These ingredients originally belonged to the Ling Shan Lou restaurant and could be considered public supplies for the sect.

The sect's chefs have a daily quota, and if a large banquet is to be prepared, additional resources will be allocated.

Such details will not be elaborated upon.

After Zhou Hou took away the two plates of spiritual food, he cheerfully presented them to Ge Xing.

He whispered, "Uncle Ge, please eat. Those two guys are infuriating, but what they made is perfectly fine. Let's not waste it."

Ge Xing was both amused and exasperated; he had no appetite at the moment.

He waved his hand dismissively, as if shooing away flies, and told Zhou Hou to move the things away.

Zhou Hou let out a low "ouch," then quickly pretended to be in a panic, and then bent down to place the food in front of Ye Ningzhen.

Ye Ningzhen swallowed hard; she was actually craving it.

But since she was in front of Ge Xing and there were new junior disciples from the sect taking tests, Ye Ningzhen still had to maintain a certain image.

So she quietly picked up a green plum blossom cake, ate it as if she were stealing a bite, and watched Chen Xu arrange the ingredients in front of him.

Hmm, eating while watching is a unique experience.

Life is like this; at this moment, one should have another pot of spiritual tea, only then can it be considered worthwhile.

Ye Ningzhen felt a mixture of anticipation and slight worry.

Chen Xu's age and cultivation level cannot be faked, because he has passed the test by the Spirit Tablet Bureau. The Spirit Tablet Bureau's spirit-testing pillars are professional in terms of bone age.

Ye Ningzhen's only worry was Chen Xu's spiritual cooking ability.

After all, Chen Xu has the talent of a spiritual chef, and this whole affair is only his side of the story.

Who knows just how far their talent can go?

Or perhaps we shouldn't talk about talent, but rather directly mention the other person's exceptional culinary skills—

Ultimately, talent must be manifested through culinary skills. What if Chen Xu's claim of having culinary skills is merely that of a novice?

Ye Ningzhen is about to lose face in front of Ge Xing.

However, Ye Ningzhen always trusted her intuition, and these slight worries were quickly put aside by her, replaced by greater anticipation.

Chen Xu selected three ingredients in total.

Firstly, it is a seventh-grade spirit rice with cloud-patterned design;

Secondly, it is the ninth-grade spiritual material, the Azure Bean;

Thirdly, it is also a ninth-grade spiritual material, the Ice Crystal Fruit.

Of these three spiritual materials, Cloud Pattern Spirit Rice is a staple food, but it may be used when making certain pastries.

However, because the Cloud Pattern Spirit Rice is naturally coarse and large, although it is rich in spiritual energy, its texture is somewhat dry and tough. To put it bluntly, it's like chewing wood chips, so spiritual chefs don't like to use it.

If any spiritual meal includes cloud-patterned spiritual rice as the main dish, the disciples who are qualified to eat it often have mixed feelings of love and hate towards it.

There's no need to elaborate on the points of hatred.

As for "love," this is, after all, a seventh-grade spiritual rice, rich in spiritual energy. After consumption, it can increase the speed of a cultivator's true essence circulation in a short period of time, making it an excellent aid for cultivation.

Its value is enough to overshadow its rough and unpleasant taste.

When Ye Ningzhen saw Chen Xu take the Cloud Pattern Spirit Rice, she immediately felt that the Green Calyx Golden Plum Cake in her mouth was not so delicious anymore.

She clicked her tongue inwardly, while her face unconsciously furrowed slightly.

If Junior Brother Chen uses this to cook rice, will she still refuse to eat the spiritual rice after it's cooked?

Alas, the choice here is incredibly difficult.

Ye Ningzhen's expression was conflicted, but she didn't notice that Ge Xing, who had been somewhat indifferent, suddenly had a bright look in his eyes.

Ge Xing's focus is completely different from Ye Ningzhen's.

Ye Ningzhen was concerned about whether the cloud-patterned spirit rice tasted good, but Ge Xing saw that Chen Xu was confident in obtaining seventh-grade spirit materials!
It is important to know that the higher the grade of the spiritual materials, the higher the requirements for the spiritual chef's purification ability.

Each of the seventh-grade spiritual materials contains abundant malevolent energy when harvested.

If the spirit chef's exorcism techniques are not skillful before cooking, the spirit food may even explode during the cooking process.

If the pot explodes, the nearest chef could even be in mortal danger.

In Ge Xing's opinion, Chen Xu would definitely not risk his life so easily. Since he dared to use a seventh-grade spiritual material, he must have enough confidence to remove the poisonous energy from it.

In this way, even if Chen Xu's skills in cooking spiritual food are somewhat lacking, his potential is beyond doubt.

Ge Xing is a pragmatist; he values ​​practical benefits more than the ethereal "deliciousness."

Little did Chen Xu know that if the spiritual materials were not properly cleansed of evil spirits, there was a risk of them exploding.

Fortunately, Chen Xu's exorcism never relied on any magical techniques, but rather on the magical wisp of life-illuminating evil in his hand.

He concealed the invisible Life-Illuminating Fiend in his palm, took out about two ounces of cloud-patterned spirit rice, put it in a jar, and then gently covered it with the palm containing the Life-Illuminating Fiend.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Xu used the Spirit Control Technique to manipulate the Life-Illuminating Fiend, and began to slowly absorb the poisonous fiend from the spirit rice.

The process was actually quite straightforward, but it required finesse, which is why Chen Xu's pace was a little slow.

Meanwhile, Ye Ningzhen had already finished one piece of Green Calyx Golden Plum Cake, and then secretly took a second piece and ate it.

Zhou Hou secretly tore off one of the legs of the Spirit Flame Drunken Goose.

Hey, nobody's eating it, so Zhou the monkey is eating it.

Not only did he eat it himself, but he also secretly asked Ji Yang if he wanted some.

Ji Yang dared not. Although he also thought the Spirit Flame Drunken Goose smelled delicious, he found it a bit too cloying. It wasn't as crisp and tempting as Chen Xu's Purple Spirit Pearl, which made one want to eat it again and again, unable to stop.

Previously, while on the Skylark Boat, Ji Yang had consumed a large amount of Purple Spirit Pearls and was already quite full.

Therefore, he was ultimately able to resist the temptation of the Spirit Flame Drunken Goose, but he shyly shook his head at Zhou Hou.

Compared to Lingyan Drunken Goose, Ji Yang was more eager to see what Chen Xu could do.

He then used spirit rice as the main ingredient. Could it be that he intends to use grade seven spirit rice to make popcorn spirit pearls?

What would that taste like?
Ji Yang swallowed hard, his throat bobbing. Several dozen breaths later, Chen Xu successfully cleared the poisonous energy from the two ounces of spirit rice in the jar, and in his palm, the lines of malevolent energy that illuminated his life force had gained another perfect line.

At this point, nineteen of the forty-nine lines of malevolent energy in the Zhaoming Sha formation have been filled.

The amount of malevolent energy contained in the seventh-grade spirit rice was indeed extraordinary. Just by removing the poisonous malevolent energy from two ounces of the spirit rice, the malevolent energy line of the Life-Catching Fiend was completely filled.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing.

The good thing is that the maturation speed of the inauspicious star can be accelerated.

The downside is that once the ominous influence completely transforms, Chen Xu will lose the means to exorcise it.

This is also an important reason why he insisted on joining the sect.

Chen Xu needs to join a sect to learn the true methods of exorcising evil spirits through spiritual cooking.

Such methods, unless passed down through lineage, cannot be bought or sold anywhere else.

Time passed slowly, and Chen Xu finished processing the Cloud Pattern Spirit Rice and then used the same method to process the Azure Beans and Ice Crystal Fruits.

Both of these are ninth-grade spiritual materials, mostly harvested by mortals, and generally require little processing.

In just a few breaths, the negligible amount of poisonous energy had been completely eliminated.

The others present, including Ge Xing, were not actually spiritual chefs, so they could not directly judge the success rate of Chen Xu's exorcism.

However, Ge Xing was experienced in managing the Spirit Food Hall. Just by sensing the aura within from afar, he could tell that the spiritual ingredients were pure and clear, and he guessed that Chen Xu's exorcism was quite successful.

He nodded to himself, feeling even more satisfied.

Looking to the side, hey, Ye Ningzhen and Zhou Hou are both eating their own food, enjoying it immensely.

Ge Xing was somewhat exasperated and was about to raise his hand when he unexpectedly flicked Ye Ningzhen's forehead.

Suddenly, Chen Xu was seen putting the Cloud Pattern Spirit Rice, the Azure Beans, and the Jade Purity Spirit Spring from the water vat next to him into a large pot.

Hmm, is Chen Xu going to cook porridge?

Ge Xing frowned slightly. It wasn't that he looked down on cooking porridge.

If Chen Xu comes to perform the spiritual chef test and what he presents to everyone for the first time is just a pot of porridge, even if the porridge is very well made, it will probably be disappointing.

Thinking of this, Ge Xing couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

But then he heard Zhou Hou mutter to himself:
"Senior Sister, I can finally see it now. This Senior Brother Chen is undoubtedly a true spiritual chef. He can remove evil spirits and can even remove them directly from seventh-grade spiritual materials."

However, he came from a small mountain town and had seen very few cooking techniques of spirit chefs; he only knew some simple skills from outside.

However, this is not surprising. Even among sixth- or seventh-grade sects, those small mountain towns outside certainly don't have any good lineages.

It's not surprising that Senior Brother Chen doesn't know how to make complicated dishes.

As long as he can remove the evil spirits from the seventh-grade spiritual material, we've already struck gold by meeting Senior Brother Chen.

After he studies with us for a while longer, he'll definitely be far superior to Zhang and Liu. Hehe…

Zhou Hou no longer expected Chen Xu to make anything delicious.

However, he was afraid that Ye Ningzhen would be disappointed, and he also felt that Chen Xu had done enough, so he quickly offered his comments.

I just hope that when Chen Xu's spirit rice porridge comes out, everyone won't be brought to tears by how bad it tastes...

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Xu's palm floated above the black iron cauldron, and suddenly he spat out tiny wind blades.

Wow!
The wind blade entered the pot, producing an extremely delicate cutting sound.

Zhou Hou was stunned.

Even from a distance of ten or twenty steps, he could already feel the sharpness and coldness of the wind blade.

For some reason, a pitch-black sky inexplicably appeared in Zhou Hou's mind.

In the vast darkness, winds and clouds gathered, and fierce winds raged, creating a terrifying scene as if the entire world was about to be shredded.

Zhou Hou shivered.

He didn't realize it until Ge Xing's hand patted his shoulder.

Zhou Hou snapped out of his daze, as if waking from a dream.

All the illusions from before vanished from my sight.

At this moment, the wind blades above the iron pot had disappeared. Chen Xu stopped and used his true essence to ignite the Yin-Yang fires below the stove.

call--

The yang fire shot up suddenly and boiled the spiritual spring in the pot in an instant.

All you could hear was the bubbling and boiling of the liquid, with steam billowing out of the pot.

Zhou Hou stammered in surprise, "Uncle-Master Ge, what just happened? Why did Senior Brother Chen put the wind blades into the pot?"

The most terrifying thing was that Chen Xu put wind blades into the pot, but in the end, the iron pot was not damaged at all.

This level of control is many times more difficult than Chen Xu directly releasing a wind blade to cut the iron pot in half.

Of course, it's also possible that their Divine Mechanism Sect's weapon-refining techniques are superior, making the black iron pot on the Yin-Yang Two-Element Stove difficult to damage—

Zhou Hou has always been good at self-promotion.

However, while secretly boasting to himself, he felt inexplicably guilty.

Time flew by as I drifted into these random thoughts.

The aroma of the pot gradually wafted out, and the fierce fire in the stove had somehow simmered into a gentle flame.

The yin and yang fires rapidly alternate, with the yang fire being intense and the yin fire subtle.

Chen Xu, however, controlled the stove with ease, as if it were not his first time using it, but rather something he had been doing for years, and was extremely skilled at it.

Unbeknownst to everyone, Chen Xu's fire control technique had already reached level four.

At level three, his fire control technique already allows him to incorporate a portion of karmic fire into his flames. By level four, he can control the karmic fire at will.

As for controlling the heat, whether it's gentle or strong, it's entirely at his command, with complete ease.

The fire control technique can manipulate both gentle and powerful fire, which is similar to the yin and yang fire before us. Although their names are different, their nature seems to be of the same origin.

Chen Xu operated the stove with exceptional skill and without any hesitation.

After several dozen breaths, Chen Xu suddenly patted the central array pattern next to the stove with his palm, extinguishing the fire and lifting the pot lid.

Whoosh, the sweltering heat rose like a long dragon.

Zhou Hou was overjoyed and had only uttered two words when he said, "It's done..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Xu raised his hand and flicked the air, and five glass cups appeared one after another on the stove in front of him with a clinking sound.

With a wave of his hand, the emerald green spiritual liquid, steaming gently in the pot, poured into the glass cups like streams of clear spring water.

Zhou Hou then said, "Huh, it's a spirit drink? This... this spirit drink can be made like this?"

It's a pity that he had only ever seen tea brewed, but never that spirit rice could be used to make spirit drinks.

Inside the glass cup, the emerald green spiritual liquid churned, but Chen Xu's actions were not yet truly completed.

He pointed, and five ice crystal fruits in the fruit plate next to him flew up at the same time.

Another flash of light appeared, and with a whoosh, all five ice crystal fruits shattered.

The icy blue spiritual juice instantly flowed like blue ribbons into the five glass cups.

The five glass cups, which were originally steaming, suddenly seemed to have been hit by a snowstorm, with a ring of ice crystals forming around their rims.

Blue ice crystals were frozen around the emerald green liquid, and what was most amazing was that a faint warmth was still rising from the center of the liquid.

Like a frozen wonderland, a hot spring has emerged.

It's as if a spring breeze is blowing across a stream, melting into a tiny spring in the chilly spring world.

Five crystal cups, as beautiful as spring breeze melting snow.

Zhou Hou's mind went blank, and he could only blurt out, "What... what is this?"

(End of this chapter)