Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

"Hmm, it seems Ling Sha is very clever." Ling Chi nodded.

"Hehe, of course, I won't let you down, sir," Han Lingsha said smugly.

An old man?

Ling Chi touched his young, handsome, and hairless face: Never mind, children speak without thinking.

"Most of our disciples practice swordsmanship, but you may also practice other weapons. The way of swordsmanship lies in the heart, not in the form," Ling Chi said. "This is all I have to teach you. Study hard. I have other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now."

"Master, I don't even know your name yet!" Han Lingsha asked hurriedly.

"Hehe, my surname is Ling and my given name is Chi. Ling means 'soaring ambition,' and Chi means 'a pool of wine and meat.'" Ling Chi flicked his sleeve, and a large cloth bag was thrown out. Han Lingsha grabbed it and asked, "Master, what is this?"

"Seeing how hungry you all are, take this food to fill your stomachs!" With that, Ling Chi flew away on his sword.

"Wow! Master flies so fast!" Han Lingsha's eyes sparkled.

"Food!" Yun Tianhe's mind was entirely on the cloth bag: "Ling Sha, Master has given us food, hurry up and open it and eat! I'm starving."

"Eat, eat, all you know is eating." Han Lingsha's beautiful mood was ruined by him. She knelt down, opened the cloth bag, and saw purple light shooting into the sky. A rich aroma wafted out, making the two of them widen their eyes and drool.

This large bag is full of delicious and easy-to-eat foods such as Juntun Guokui, Roujiamo, and Shouzhuabing. They smell wonderful and are very filling.

"It smells so good! What is this? Why have I never seen it before?" Han Lingsha grabbed a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Well--"

……

"Ding! Conquered the stomach of ordinary purple-level diner Han Lingsha. The diner's level is too low and does not count towards the conquest count. Dropped ordinary purple-level recipe - Heart of Ingenuity."

"Ingenuity: Common purple recipe, Mechanical Skill Talent +5, Valid for three uses."

……

Ling Chi heard the notification sound in the air and smiled slightly: "Not bad."

In no time, he had landed on Mount Bagong.

At this time, the feng shui of the Huainan King's tomb had been damaged by an unknown tomb robber, and the ghosts in all the tombs were in an uproar. If they were not suppressed, it would soon become a ghost town.

"Luckily I remembered this, otherwise Tianhe and the others would have been in trouble if they hadn't passed through here." Ling Chi secretly wiped away a cold sweat, his eyes turning golden. He scanned the area and discovered the tomb-raiding hole left by Han Lingsha.

The tomb-raiding cave was blocked by a huge rock, and it's a mystery how Han Lingsha managed to move the rock here.

Ling Chi casually pushed the boulder aside, revealing the tomb robber's hole.

Entering the royal mausoleum through the tomb robber's hole, and just as Ling Chi stepped into the front hall of the burial chamber, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Truly magnificent and imposing, with a myriad of grandeur! The ancient kings and nobles were so extravagant. Even Liu An's mausoleum was of this scale; I wonder just how astonishing Qin Shi Huang's tomb must be?"

Before he could finish his thought, he saw a female ghost dressed in red, drifting menacingly toward him.

"Hmph!" Ling Chi took out a bell and shook it.

After the bell rang, the female ghost let out a scream and was sucked into the bell.

"Hey, this Soul-Suppressing Bell is really useful."

The Soul-Suppressing Bell is a magical artifact used by the Qionghua Sect for catching ghosts. Because it can only be used to catch ghosts and has no other use, only the lower-level disciples with limited talent in the sect will learn the art of catching ghosts. This Soul-Suppressing Bell is also the lowest-level magical artifact, and when it goes to the martial arts world, it can only subdue some low-level ghosts and monsters.

The Qionghua Sect doesn't value ghost-catching techniques, but Ling Chi finds them very interesting and has spent over a decade studying them. If we're talking about ghost-catching techniques, he can be considered the number one in the Qionghua Sect.

Although it was of little use to the Qionghua Sect, it was just right for dealing with the ghosts and monsters in the royal tomb.

Ling Chi continued on his way, capturing many ghosts and monsters, and soon arrived at the rear hall of the tomb.

There are two toads carved from jade here. Of course, this is only the surface appearance. In fact, this pair of toads is a legendary treasure - Yin Yang Purple Palace.

The Yin-Yang Purple Jade is divided into two parts, Yin and Yang. They grow together and take a thousand years to take the form of jade underground. Once dug out and made into jade artifacts, it is already a priceless treasure. If the Yin-Yang Purple Jade is not dug out after it becomes jade, it will take another thousand years for the jade marrow to become a spirit, which can then be consumed. After consumption, one can awaken the Yin-Yang spiritual root.

This is what Ling Chi learned from the Candle Dragon not long ago. That's why Ling Chi traveled all this way to catch the ghost and, incidentally, dig up the Yin-Yang Purple Palace so that he can unlock the Yin-Yang Spiritual Root in the future.

Upon seeing the Yin-Yang Purple Palace, Ling Chi knew he couldn't dig it out, otherwise he would only get two pieces of jade.

This was no challenge for him. He drew his Dragon Slayer Blade and, with four slashes, dug up the ground within the Yin-Yang Purple Palace area and planted it into the farm.

In this way, after waiting another 1,800 years, the jade marrow will become a spirit, and the Yin-Yang spiritual root can be activated.

"I am indeed blessed with great fortune." Since eating the Fortune Fruit and gaining 18 points of fortune, he has found that his luck has improved a lot. Not only has the success rate of alchemy increased, but the probability of going out to find various ores has also increased significantly.

Luck is indeed the greatest reliance for cultivators.

After leaving the farm, we continued on our journey and soon arrived at the Dan Chamber, the place where the soul of the King of Huainan was suppressed.

Ling Chi walked to the center of the alchemy room and saw an alchemy furnace, many bottles and jars, and some bamboo slips.

Ling Chi's attention was drawn to the orange-red jade pot. With his golden eyes, he saw that there was indeed a powerful ghost inside the pot, struggling to break free from its restraints.

Ling Chi smiled slightly: "Found it."

With a flick of his right index finger, the lid of the jade pot fell off, and a fierce ghost dressed in Han Dynasty royal robes and wearing a crown emerged from the pot, letting out a burst of wild laughter: "Hahaha! I, the king, have seen the light of day again!!"

After laughing, the vengeful ghost looked at Ling Chi: "Hmm? Who are you?"

"I am a sword immortal from the Qionghua Sect," Ling Chi said with a smile.

"Sword Immortal of the Qionghua Sect? I've never heard of him. Get out of here at once!" The vengeful ghost waved his sleeve, exuding an air of dominance.

"Now that I'm here, why make me leave so soon?" Ling Chi smiled and said, "Are you afraid I'll make your soul disappear?"

"Nonsense!" the vengeful ghost roared. "I am magnanimous, that's why I let you leave. Don't be ungrateful!"

"All bark and no bite." Ling Chi shook his head, took out the Soul-Suppressing Bell, and shook it.

Ring ring—

"Ugh!? Ah! Damn it—" The vengeful ghost struggled desperately, but it still couldn't escape the fate of being taken away.

Ling Chi thought it was over, but he didn't expect that the vengeful ghost was actually quite powerful. It kept crashing around inside the Soul-Suppressing Bell, causing the bell to vibrate continuously.

Ling Chi's gaze sharpened as he channeled a wisp of yang energy into the Soul-Suppressing Bell.

This yang energy is like the sun, a natural nemesis to yin spirits and ghosts. As soon as the yang energy enters, it is like boiling water scalding a frog, scalding all the ghosts inside. The newly taken-in fierce ghosts bear the brunt and suffer the greatest damage.

"Ah! Damn it!" The vengeful ghost screamed in agony, no longer daring to lash out.

Ling Chi flicked the Soul-Suppressing Bell and laughed, "Keep resisting! Where's your arrogance from before?"

"..."

"Coward." Ling Chi said with a look of disdain.

"You...you could you be a disciple of that evil Taoist?" The vengeful ghost suppressed his anger and asked.

“I’m not,” Ling Chi shook his head and said, “You must be Liu An, the King of Huainan, right?”

"It is indeed I, the King."

“Unfortunately, it’s no longer the Han Dynasty. You’ve been dead for hundreds of years. The evil Taoist priest who killed you back then should be dead by now!” Ling Chi said.

"What!? No! Impossible!"

“Nothing is impossible,” Ling Chi said. “Don’t worry, I will find a Buddhist master to help you pass on to the Pure Land and let you live a good life in the Western Paradise.”

"No! I will not go to the Western Paradise. I still have many things I want to do!" Liu An protested loudly.

"Oh?"

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Talent No Less Than Huang Rong's

Ling Chi sat down on the steps and said, "Speak! What do you want to do?"

"You, you're willing to grant my wish?" Liu An was stunned. This was the first time in his life he had encountered such an easy-going sword immortal.

"That depends on what your wish is." Ling Chi picked up the bottles and jars on the ground, opened the stoppers, and saw that the pills inside had gone bad. He frowned and casually tossed them aside.

"I...I want to refine all sorts of strange medicines," Liu An said. "I have discovered that many unrelated substances in the world, which seem ordinary on the surface, can be combined in a certain proportion to create new substances with miraculous effects."

"Oh?" Ling Chi became interested: "For example?"

"For example, the Li Qi that I invented by accident is..."

“I know that.” Ling Chi interrupted him: “That thing is no longer called Li Qi, it’s called tofu. And the tofu you made tastes terrible. It was only after later generations improved it that it could be considered a delicacy.”

"Tofu? Hmm, it's made from soy milk. It looks rotten, but it's actually edible. That's quite fitting," Liu An muttered to himself.

"..." Ling Chi scratched his head: Is that how to explain tofu?

"Besides tofu, what other inventions have you made?"

"I have also invented a powder that can dissolve corpses. As long as it is sprinkled on a person and mixed with water, it will generate a strong corrosive power and turn the person into ashes," Liu An said smugly.

"Corpse-dissolving water?" Ling Chi was taken aback.

"Corpse-dissolving water? That's a fitting name, so let's call it Corpse-dissolving water." Liu An agreed with the name.

"..." Ling Chi pressed, "Anything else?"

"I have also invented a colorless and odorless poison. If a person ingests it, he will die silently within three days, and even the most skilled doctor will not be able to detect it."

Ling Chi was genuinely surprised: "Is there more?"

"I have also invented a poison that kills instantly upon contact with blood..."

"Why is everything poisonous?" Ling Chi frowned. "Isn't there anything good?"

"Well, I have invented a fragrant powder. If you put it in a small cloth bag and keep it close to your body, your body will smell sweet for a month."

“This is not bad.” Ling Chi nodded, noting that it was similar in concept to the various spices invented by Liu Mengli.

"That's nothing. I've also invented a white crystal that can be ingested. After taking it... if you don't inhale it for a day, you'll feel uncomfortable all over. I've used it to play around with..."

Ling Chi gasped. This... Liu An actually invented Ice X!

Thinking of Liu An's thin, monkey-like appearance, Ling Chi asked, "Did you take it yourself?"

“Indeed.” Liu An sighed, “If I hadn’t consumed that white crystal, I wouldn’t have become neither human nor ghost, and I wouldn’t have so easily taken the Tai Xian Xia Dan made by that demon, thus dying.”

"..." So that's how Liu An died.

Given the toxicity of Ice X, even without taking the Tai Xian Xia Dan, Liu An probably wouldn't live for more than a few years.

"You really deserve it!" Ling Chi cursed. "I think that evil Taoist priest meant well, wanting to free you from this suffering sooner."

Liu An: "..."

“But you’re quite impressive, inventing so many things in your forties,” Ling Chi said.