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

Chapter 97: Practice, do your best
After Feng Yuanbai and Feng Xi left, Chen Xu began to study hard behind closed doors.

He consumed 100 fireworks points to enter the fireworks kitchen, read, practice, cook spiritual food, regulate his qi and mind, and improve himself in a cycle.

Time is very tight, but here at Chen Xu's place, thanks to the unique space of the fireworks kitchen, he actually has relatively ample time.

He even had a sense of leisurely fulfillment, and felt that the days of studying hard behind closed doors were quiet, peaceful, and calming.

The fireworks kitchen stuff is fun too.

Such as [Mingxin Gourd] and [Yuanqi Jade Dew].

There are also [Three Coins of Heart Fire Divine Lotus], as well as the newly acquired [Fragments of the Spirit Cicada Jade Clothes] and [Ghost Blood Knife].

The Mingxin gourd is used to hold wine. If you expose it to moonlight at night, you can get fine wine.

Chen Xu still had some Fengli wine soaked in blood agar, as well as a few jars of fine wine he had just acquired today.

For example, the Liuxiazui sent by the Cui family.

In terms of wine quality, this wine list is naturally much better than Fengli wine.

After comparing them, Chen Xu poured both jars of Liuxiazui into the Mingxin gourd.

This small gourd was only the size of a palm. Chen Xu used the water control technique and lightly tapped it. The clear wine formed a thin stream and turned into a rainbow bridge and poured into the small gourd.

But this small gourd, the size of a palm, obviously has a lot of secrets inside.

Two jars weighing a total of ten pounds of wine were put into it. The small gourd was still light in Chen Xu's hand, and the weight did not change at all.

Pick up the gourd and shake it gently, you can hear the subtle sound of water.

Chen Xu held it in his hand and sensed it carefully, and found that there were actually three spaces in this Mingxin Gourd.

The wine capacity of each space is about 100 kilograms, which is actually not very large, but you have to know that if the wine in the Mingxin Gourd can be exposed to moonlight for ten years, it can be turned into fairy wine!
What kind of wine can be called fairy wine?
Chen Xu has no way of knowing at the moment, but he can get spiritual wine in half a month, which is easy to verify.

The entry for the Bright Heart Gourd states: [Every night, you can brew three grams of moonlight. In three days, you can brew fine wine. In half a month, you can brew magical liquor. In one month, you can brew jade liquid. In one year, you can brew nectar…]

Chen Xu simply poured all the three kinds of wine he had on hand into the Mingxin gourd. He brewed the three kinds of wine in three spaces for half a month before distinguishing them.

After that, he checked [Yuanqi Yulu] again.

One drop of this substance can be consumed every twelve hours. It can purify the true qi, widen the meridians, and consolidate the foundation.

There are thirty drops in one ounce of Yuanqi Jade Dew.

It is exactly the spiritual object that Chen Xu urgently needs now.

Every time he stayed in the kitchen for twelve hours, he would drink a drop of Yuanqi Jade Dew to assist in his practice.

In real time, it would only take five or six days for him to use up all the Yuanqi Jade Dew.

Although going in and out of the kitchen too many times a day will make people feel a little uncomfortable.

However, since you are going to study and practice hard behind closed doors, you must do your best.

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Afterwards, Chen Xu used three grams of Heart Fire Lotus to make the "Three Liangs of Red Dust Pastry", which can help people break through obstacles and solve puzzles.

Chen Xu can't use it now, but it's better to be prepared.

[Fragments of Lingchan Jade Clothes] need to be bathed in the purple air of the morning sun before they can be used. They cannot be used now either, so wait until tomorrow.

Although this thing can be used as food, Chen Xu took it in mainly because he valued its divination ability.

As for cooking and eating, it was impossible for him to do it with his current level of cultivation, so there was no rush.

The same goes for the Ghost Blood Knife. It is a good knife, and Chen Xu is exactly in need of such a knife.

Outside the inn, the sun's shadow gradually shifted across the sky. Chen Xu repeatedly entered and exited the kitchen, lost in spiritual practice and reading, not caring about the time.

It's late at night, and people need to pay attention to the time.

The streets and markets around the inn were under curfew. In the dark night, Feng Yuanbai came to visit quietly.

He brought his own small seal and packed a lot of books for Chen Xu.

Many of these books were from his personal collection, including history books of the current dynasty, some official gazetteers, and many exclusive annotations on classics by ancient sages.

These books are absolutely impossible to buy in bookstores outside, and ordinary academies and schools will not teach them.

As for the county school, Chen Xu found it difficult to read history there, so you can imagine how precious these books are.

In this era, literature seemed to be flourishing and academies were everywhere, but the truly important knowledge was actually monopolized by a certain class.

Fortunately, Feng Yuanbai truly keeps his promises when teaching and does not make any concessions.

After listening to the Jinshi's lectures, Chen Xu realized that although he seemed to have read a lot of books, he still had many shortcomings when it came to taking the imperial examinations.

He had no problem reciting the classics, but there were inevitably some deviations in his annotations.

There are also flaws in the articles on the interpretation of the scriptures. It’s not that I can’t write, but that what I know is not broad enough, not extensive enough, and not sophisticated enough.

As for policy essays, Chen Xu's is actually the best written.

It’s just that some theories are too extreme and easy to violate taboos, which is where Feng Yuanbai needs to give Chen Xu detailed guidance.

However, Chen Xu had already begun to feel extremely ashamed. He had always boasted of his talent and knowledge, but it turned out that he was just a frog in a well looking at the sky.

They said that it was because of the harm done by evil people that he had been unable to enter the examination hall for many years, which was why he had repeatedly failed to pass the examination.

But now I think about it, even if he had been allowed to enter the examination room, would he have been able to pass?
Chen Xu felt ashamed and reflected on himself, and thus became more diligent.

Little did he know that Feng Yuanbai's back was already covered in cold sweat, and he was holding it together so as not to show any clues in front of Chen Xu.

Chen Xu's memory, comprehension, and ability to react quickly were all terrifyingly strong.

His shortcomings are simply because some things are locked in a specific class and he has no access to them before, so he has to lack them.

But even so, in Feng Yuanbai's opinion, there would be no problem for Chen Xu to take the examination to become a scholar.

Feng Yuanbai's coming here is not just to provide timely help, but to add icing on the cake.

The two people have their own understandings, but they both feel the same way and work diligently.

For a moment, there was a lot of harmony.

In addition to learning exam-related knowledge from Feng Yuanbai, Chen Xu and Feng Yuanbai would sometimes chat about anything and everything.

Talk about history, the present, the geography of the country, and the principles of spiritual practice.

As a result, Chen Xu gradually improved his understanding of the world and learned a lot.

After studying and practicing so hard, several days passed by in a flash.

Chen Xu's cultivation has improved again.

[Cultivation: Tongmai Realm Early Stage 71%]

The trickle of innate Qi almost doubled in size, and his perception of the world around him also increased from three meters to thirty-seven meters.

That night, Feng Yuanbai came with a slightly solemn expression and told Chen Xu a piece of news.

"Someone broke into the dungeon at night and nearly castrated Wang Ji."

Chen Xu couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea.

"The castration was unsuccessful?"

It’s no wonder that Chen Xu asked this question, as this is exactly what Feng Yuanbai meant.

Feng Yuanbai laughed and said, "How can we let someone be castrated in a dungeon? If anything really happens, we'll have to get out first."

Changing the subject, he said with a smile, "I plan to release Wang Ji tomorrow. After all, there is insufficient evidence..."

(End of this chapter)