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

Chapter 450 Jade Capital, A Great Event Is About to Begin (Part 2)

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Xu's spirit entered the kitchen.

In the Great Li Kingdom, he still only needs to consume 100 firepower points each time he enters the Fireworks Kitchen.

This value was not fixed because the Xuan Tian Star Realm required 1000 fireworks points to consume.

Chen Xu always felt that there were many secrets between the two worlds, and the existence of the Great Li Kingdom could not be simply explained by the "world in the painting".

Now, through the different consumption of fireworks energy on both sides, and the "eerie words in the wind" just now, Chen Xu seems to have gained a deeper understanding of this.

He consolidated his rapidly improving cultivation in the kitchen filled with the smoke and fire.

From the seventh to the eighth level of the Golden Core, not only does the true essence become more abundant and the Golden Core become more spiritual, but there is also an extremely mysterious boundary that needs to be crossed.

That is the gestation of the Dharma form.

Of course, Chen Xu is only close to the eighth level of the Golden Core stage, and has not yet truly reached the eighth level.

Therefore, he only barely scratched the surface of the Dharma-image process.

Once he truly understands the direction of his own Dharma form and plants the seed of the Dharma form in his Golden Core, he will be able to break through to the eighth level.

To break through to the ninth level, the seed of Dharma form must transform from illusory to real, giving birth to an embryo.

When the embryo grows and breaks through the soil, that will be the time when Chen Xu truly breaks through the Golden Core Realm and enters the "Gathering Spirit Realm"!
The Food God's Manual refers to the next cultivation stage after the Golden Core as Gathering Spirit.

In the Xuan Tian Star Realm, the next realm after the Golden Core stage is the Nascent Soul stage.

Chen Xu wasn't really clear about the specific differences between Gathering Spirit and Nascent Soul.

However, through his recent cultivation, he has gained a very clear understanding of his future cultivation direction.

Within his dantian, a mysterious and vast seed of Dharma form was gradually gestating in the void.

Today, its outline can be vaguely seen.

Like chaos, like a chicken egg.

Within it, there seemed to be wind, fire, thunder, and lightning, intertwining and flashing.

The sound of the wind was intermittent, sometimes clear and sometimes hazy.

A power as deep as the ocean is contained within, difficult to describe or depict.

Even Chen Xu himself occasionally felt a sense of terror when he looked inward with his soul and sensed the golden core.

It's unknown how much his strength will rise when he truly breaks through to the eighth level of the Golden Core stage and successfully plants that Dharma Seed.
If this Dharma form is fully condensed, how will his cultivation level change as he breaks through from the Golden Core stage to the Gathering Spirit stage?
Chen Xu was unaware of this at the moment.

But he always felt that some kind of earth-shattering qualitative change should occur.

Compared to the transition from the Meridian Opening Realm to the Core Formation Realm, the change is definitely many times greater than that, beyond calculation.

Chen Xu was in high spirits and carefully contemplated the "supernatural power" he had just gained through the "eerie words in the wind".

It's actually difficult to directly call this ability "supernatural power".

Compared to specific supernatural powers and spells like the Netherworld, Chen Xu prefers to call the new abilities brought by Whispers in the Wind "enhancement".

That's right, it's "enhancement".

Through this enhancement, Chen Xu's physique improved, and the range of his spiritual thoughts also increased.

From the original 150 zhang, it has now broken through to a radius of 300 zhang!

What is this concept?
Simply put, Chen Xu is in the back mountain, but he can see all the scenes of Xiaowan Village in his mind, as long as he wants.

He could even explore the entire area of ​​the village called Shangtang on the other side of the mountain with his divine sense.

At the same time, Chen Xu's acceptance of likes was also "enhanced" and expanded.

He used to be able to receive likes from about one city, but now he can receive likes from an entire prefecture.

Just as the enhanced divine power took effect and the range of likes received expanded, the Heavenly Book of the Food Cauldron beside Chen Xu opened, and then scattered like notifications began to appear.

【点赞+1+10+2+5+1+1……】

Most of them only got 1 like, and the most got no more than 10 likes.

But when these likes flooded in, Chen Xu was still taken aback.

Having few likes per item is not a problem.

The key point is that it got a lot of likes!

I wonder who is liking his post in the middle of the night?
He can now receive praise from an entire prefecture, which means that there are so many people in Yunjiang Prefecture who are having trouble sleeping at night.
Chen Xu found it very interesting.

In just a short time, his total number of likes increased by nearly 10000.

Half an hour later, the number of likes that kept pouring in gradually decreased.

Chen Xu carefully traced the origins through the Book of Food and Food, and then realized that the people who had given him so many likes were not the people of Yunjiang Prefecture at all.

Most of them actually come from the underworld!

This result left Chen Xu momentarily stunned, and a very strange feeling arose from the bottom of his heart.

It turns out that the sleepless ones are not the people of Yunjiang Prefecture, but the ghosts and spirits who are also here.

The ghosts never sleep, yet they speak of Chen Xu.

I don't know which aspect of Chen Xu they were discussing.

Was it the culinary traces he left behind while wandering the Ghost Market, or...?

Chen Xu's question was quickly answered.

[You spearheaded the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, resolving the severe drought in northern Xinjiang. Your fame resounded throughout the underworld and the mortal realm, earning praise from spirits and receiving a mysterious spiritual material: three Yellow Spring Flowers.]

【Yellow Spring Flower: Each Yellow Spring Flower has different characteristics and must be soaked in the water of the Netherworld River to awaken its spirituality and acquire its special properties.

Note: The River of the Underworld is forbidden to living beings; enter with caution.

Chen Xu silently examined the three Yellow Springs Flowers that had been automatically placed in the kitchen, and a slight stirring appeared in his heart.

Although no living beings can cross the River of the Underworld, it seems somewhat difficult to awaken the spirituality of this Yellow Spring Flower.

However, Chen Xu actually has a "ghostly lineage" in the underworld.

For him, stimulating the Yellow Spring Flower should not be difficult.

However, at this time, he still has no intention of going to the underworld.

We've been through enough tonight, let's take a break for now.

It's not too late for him to go to the underworld after he returns home tomorrow, visits his parents and relatives, and then visits his teachers and friends such as Wu Zhengze and Feng Yuanbai.

Even if unforeseen circumstances arise in the underworld, it won't disrupt his plans.

Chen Xu suppressed his impulse, silently regulated his breathing, and entered a state of deep concentration again.

The moonlight shone like water all night until dawn.

The crowing of roosters awakened the sleeping village.

Early in the morning, there was a lot of noise.

Pots and pans clattering, roosters crowing and dogs barking, children crying, couples arguing...

It was as lively as music in the mortal world, it was hard to tell whether it was noise in tranquility or tranquility in noise.

As the thin mist gradually rose, and the sun finally broke through the clouds, the Chen family in Xiaowan Village welcomed their returning guests.

Early that morning, as soon as Luo opened the courtyard gate, the wooden basin she was holding fell to the ground with a thud.

She gasped in surprise, and then, as if in a dreamlike state, almost with a sob, she uttered those two words: "Erlang!"

When a traveler returns home, why do his parents weep?
Chen Xu strode forward and caught the fallen wooden basin. He flicked his clothes, knelt down, and cried out, "Mother!"

Luo's tears then streamed down her face.

The ensuing lively and joyous occasion needs no further mention.

Chen Xu's return home caused quite a stir in the entire Xiaowan Village.

At first, he simply stayed at home, catching up with his family and chatting about whatever topics he could find, while also handing over the various gifts he had brought from the Xuan Tian Star Realm to his family.

The most important of these was a full 500 jin of Grade 9 spiritual rice, Jade Marrow Spiritual Rice.

Chalcedony rice is mild in nature and can be cooked and eaten even by ordinary people.

In the Xuan Tian Star Realm, there are some mortals who lack the aptitude for cultivation, but are born into cultivation families, with powerful cultivators among their close relatives.

The greatest benefit that ordinary people like this can obtain from regularly consuming Grade Nine Spirit Rice is that their physical condition is enhanced and their lifespan is extended.

Although they are ordinary people, living a healthy life to 120 years old is usually not a problem.

Chen Xu's parents are both around forty years old, and there is basically no possibility of them transcending the mortal realm and cultivating anymore.

Therefore, Chen Xu's greatest hope for them was to live a long and healthy life.

Since mortals have limited absorption capacity, if these 500 catties of spirit rice were given only to Mr. and Mrs. Chen, they could eat for more than three years.

It wasn't that Chen Xu was stingy and unwilling to give more; rather, he was worried that if he gave them too much, they wouldn't be able to store it properly.

His return to the Great Li Kingdom this time, although he will go to the Xuan Tian Star Realm again afterward, does not mean that he will never come back.

Chen Xu has been searching for a way to travel more freely between the two worlds.

After listening to the whispers in the wind, he became even more certain that this method was definitely feasible.

The most significant aspect lies in his unparalleled supernatural powers.

Whispers in the Wind not only enhanced Chen Xu's physique, mental acuity, and the range of likes he could receive.

His Unbreakable Divine Power was also enhanced at the same time!
Previously, Chen Xu's route through the Netherworld was within a range of thirty to fifty miles.

Although he has not actually used it yet, Chen Xu already understands it through his senses that if he were to use the Netherworld Path again, he should be able to travel at least a hundred miles across the human world in one go.

Most importantly, the number of times he can use the Netherworld Path daily has increased from five to ten.

Even without using Qi to ride the wind, Chen Xu can now travel thousands of miles in an instant simply by relying on the Netherworld.

If such a mythical ability were to be revealed, the entire Great Li Kingdom would likely be shaken.

Of course, needless to say, Chen Xu was already famous throughout the world.

He left his family 500 catties of spirit rice, a lot of spirit wine, and various low-grade pills.

There were medicines to replenish vital energy, medicines to treat illnesses and injuries, and even a kind of discontinuous powder that he had specially bought at a stall in the Hundred Battles Market.

This kind of spiritual medicine that can reattach severed limbs of mortals and low-level cultivators is commonplace and worthless in the Xuan Tian Star Dou Realm, but it is considered a divine medicine in the Da Li Kingdom.

In addition, Chen Xu taught Chen Ping, Chen An, and Chen Xuan the art of cultivating inner energy.

He has many good things, but he needs to give them in moderation.

Blindly feeding your pets may provide your family with abundant resources, but it can also lead to crises.

After all, he couldn't always be by his family's side. What if someone without any sense of morality came and took advantage of Chen Xu's absence to rob the Chen family?

Murder for money, murder for treasure—

Even if Chen Xu is able to avenge his family later, what's the point?

Ultimately, a grave mistake was made, which was by no means what Chen Xu wanted.

Therefore, he had to ensure that both his brothers and younger sister grew up.

In addition, he left many protective amulets for his family.

The main types are armor, with most being passively triggered.

There are also offensive types, which can only be used after the Chen siblings have successfully cultivated their Qi.

There are also a few low-grade protective inner armors, which were purchased from the Divine Mechanism Sect.

The price of a top-grade ninth-rank protective inner armor is not high, but in the Great Li Kingdom, even an ordinary Jinshi (successful candidate in the highest imperial examination) might not be able to break through the protection of such an inner armor even if he exerted all his strength.

As for the inner armor of the ninth rank and above, such as the inner armor of the eighth or seventh rank, ordinary people cannot wear it.

Even if Chen Xu could afford it, there was no need for him to buy it.

Inner armor of grade eight and above already possesses the sharpness of magical artifacts and carries immense pressure; any mortal who touches it will be injured.

Chen Xu did buy them, but he mainly intended to give them as gifts to Master Wu and Feng Yuanbai.

Cui Yunqi was also involved. Although Chen Xu's relationship with him wasn't particularly deep, Brother Cui's loyalty was genuine, so he naturally couldn't forget him.

On this day, Chen Xu was at home catching up with his relatives, unaware that Master Wu and Feng Yuanbai, whom he was talking about, were also talking about him.

Master Wu dispatched two guards to secretly protect the Chen family in Xiaowan Village.

When Chen Xu returned, the commotion spread throughout the village, and the two guards immediately rode back to Jichuan County to report to Master Wu.

Meanwhile, Feng Yuanbai, who was in Yunjiang Prefecture, was mentioning Chen Xu for a different reason.

Feng Yuanbai received a cryptic and terrifying secret letter.

This secret letter came from the capital, from a student of the great Confucian scholar Li Yanqing!

The letter mentioned that Wen Daoyuan had not appeared in the capital for more than ten days since he presided over the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and returned to Yujing with his two disciples.

Although the Ziwei Academy has taken over many matters around the Grand Canal, seemingly gaining much more power and leaving a great reputation throughout the entire Dali Kingdom.

However, Wen Daoyuan, the headmaster, claimed to be in seclusion and kept a secret from everyone.

Wen Daoyuan's second disciple, Jiang Cheng, also disappeared under the pretext of going into seclusion.

The word "disappeared" is used very subtly.

Logically speaking, it is common for practitioners to go into seclusion, especially for great Confucian scholars like Wen Daoyuan.

If he wanted to go into seclusion to pursue his studies, it wouldn't be unusual for him to disappear for more than ten days, let alone ten years.

But this time the situation is different.

Firstly, there are still many matters around the Grand Canal that Wen Daoyuan needs to oversee, and his decision to go into seclusion at this time inevitably raises suspicions.

The second anomaly is that while Wen Daoyuan was in seclusion, a large number of spiritual materials from the Ziwei Academy were transferred to the imperial palace!

When Wen Daoyuan went into seclusion, the academy stopped supplying him with the spiritual materials he had learned, and instead transferred a large number of them to the imperial palace.

Could it be that Wen Daoyuan is actually in seclusion in the palace?
Thirdly, the emperor suspended court sessions.

Although Emperor Yonghui has often neglected attending court in recent years, there is a difference between neglecting court and actually stopping court altogether.

Moreover, even if the emperor did not attend court, the Left Chancellor Liu Shao always did.

However, in recent times, even Liu Shao has begun to adopt the style of Emperor Yonghui.

In the last five days, Liu Shao has been completely missing.

The entire capital city appeared peaceful and prosperous, with everything proceeding as usual.

However, some astute individuals have already begun to sense the undercurrents within.

The letter then asked Feng Yuanbai:
Is there any trace of Chen Xu?

(End of this chapter)