Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

At that time, Ling Chi asked Hongjun for the Qiankun Cauldron under the pretext of helping the West restore its underground spiritual veins. Hongjun knew that this would help him repay the karmic debts in the West, so after careful consideration, he agreed.

In fact, Ling Chi only restored one-tenth of the underground spiritual veins. This was not because Jieyin and Zhunti were greedy, but because Hongjun had said from the beginning that the destruction of the West was a predetermined fate of Heaven. Even if Ling Chi wanted to help him restore the Western spiritual veins, he could only restore one-tenth. So he just made up an excuse to restore one-tenth of the Western spiritual veins.

However, this one-tenth of the spiritual vein was enough to help Hongjun offset a large amount of karma, which is why he was willing to use the Qiankun Cauldron as a price to ask Ling Chi to help.

Ling Chi waved his sleeve and put away the Qiankun Cauldron. He chuckled and said, "In that case, I won't disturb your seclusion any longer. After you become a saint, I will cook a few more grand dishes to celebrate your success."

Hongjun smiled slightly: "That is indeed my wish, but I dare not ask."

……

At the farm, Ling Chi slammed the Qiankun Cauldron on the ground and said triumphantly, "Elder Pu, Master, look, this is the Qiankun Cauldron I obtained from Hongjun. It can reverse the acquired to the innate. With the Qiankun Cauldron, all the magic treasures I refine in the future can be upgraded to the level of innate spiritual treasures."

Pu Heng, Zong Lian, and the others circled the Qiankun Cauldron, their exclamations of praise ringing out: "Truly a priceless treasure!"

For these craftsmen, the Qiankun Cauldron is far more precious than the Heaven-Opening Axe or the Chaos Green Lotus. With this treasure, they can refine even higher-quality innate spiritual treasures in the future.

For a craftsman, what could be happier than this?

"Please refine the Qiankun Cauldron first, young master. We will go and prepare the spiritual materials for refining the innate spiritual treasure. This time, we will definitely refine a top-level spiritual treasure for you," Pu Heng said excitedly.

"Don't worry, Elder Pu," Ling Chi said. "Speaking of spiritual treasures, I already have the Taiji Diagram, the Pangu Banner, and I've also acquired the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Black Lotus of Annihilation. I don't lack spiritual treasures now. It's just that Shuang'er and the others have a bit too few. After I refine the Qiankun Cauldron, I'll ask Elder Pu, Master, and Junior Brother to help them refine some protective spiritual treasures!"

Zong Lian smiled and said, "Very good."

Ziying said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will do my best."

Pu Heng exclaimed, "Young master, you are truly kind and benevolent. How could this old man not do his utmost?"

Ou Yu said weakly, "I will do my best."

"..."

While Pu Heng and the others were discussing with Shuang'er and the others what kind of spiritual treasure to refine, Ling Chi went to a small house in the Sky Garden to cultivate in seclusion. After nearly a thousand years, Ling Chi completely refined the Qiankun Cauldron, then handed it over to Pu Heng and the others, and returned to the Primordial Continent.

At this time, fifteen thousand years had passed since the Dragon-Han Calamity. With the end of the struggle between the three races of dragon, phoenix, and qilin, the creatures of the prehistoric world began to recuperate, and the prehistoric world returned to a period of peace.

Countless eons have passed since Ling Chi left Nuwa. Just as he finished his seclusion, Ling'er approached him, saying that Nuwa's Dao of Creation had reached its zenith and that she could create humans and saints at any time.

Therefore, Ling Chi immediately returned to the Primordial Continent, wanting to witness firsthand the scene of Nuwa creating humans and becoming a saint. As for the possibility that Nuwa might have become a saint before Hongjun? What does that matter?

Nuwa's creation of humans and her attainment of sainthood were ordained by Heaven, but whether or not she became Hongjun's disciple is not important.

Moreover, Nuwa was already at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, and had studied the Dao of Creation with Ling'er for countless eons. Whether it was her cultivation or her magical power, she had already reached the level where she could prove the Dao. In the end, she was only missing an opportunity. And now, although she didn't know if the opportunity had arrived, she had to try to find out.

And having not seen Nuwa for so many years, he really missed this little girl. He wondered how she was doing now? Had she grown taller? Had she grown up?

Thinking of this, Ling Chi couldn't wait any longer. With a spatial teleportation, he returned to Zhou Mountain, to the valley where Nuwa was.

When Ling Chi saw Nuwa again, he could hardly believe his eyes. The beautiful young woman with flowing hair, a slender figure, and unparalleled beauty, exuding an aura of holiness and compassion, was Nuwa.

Is the exceptionally dignified young girl in palace attire before me Nuwa?

Where did that little girl who used to wear animal skins and play in the mud go?

It's true that girls change a lot as they grow up, but this change is too big!

"You...you are Nuwa?"

Nuwa looked at the 'heartless man' she had been separated from for countless eons. She was overjoyed at first, but then, as if remembering something, her expression became calm and composed. She bowed to him and smiled, "Brother Ling, it's been a long time."

"Uh, it's been a long time." Ling Chi looked Nuwa up and down, marveling, "Wow, that little girl from back then has grown up so much, I don't even recognize her anymore."

Nuwa smiled and said, "Brother Ling is joking. All living beings in the world will grow up one day. Once they grow up, how can they be compared with when they were children?"

"You're right." Ling Chi nodded and smiled, "Girls really do change a lot as they grow up, becoming more and more beautiful. It seems I can't treat you the same way as before anymore."

“Brother Ling, you’re too kind,” Nuwa quickly said. “Although Nuwa has grown up, Nuwa will always be Brother Ling’s sister. Brother Ling can treat Nuwa the same as before.”

Chapter Sixteen: Nuwa practices martial arts, the witches and demons clash, and Hongjun becomes a saint.

"Really?" Ling Chi asked.

"Mmm." Nuwa nodded repeatedly.

Ling Chi breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "You should have said so earlier! I was so nervous." He took out a meat bun and said, "Come here and give me a leg massage."

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Nuwa lightly spat, "I'm not a child anymore; those old tricks don't work on me anymore."

Watching Nuwa stuff a steamed bun into her mouth and diligently massage his legs, Ling Chi stretched comfortably and asked, "When are you planning to create humans?"

Nuwa said while massaging her legs, "It can be done anytime, but I don't know why, whenever I think about creating humans, I feel a little restless, as if there will be a lot of trouble after creating humans."

"Oh?" Ling Chi seemed to be thinking.

Nuwa looked up at him and asked, "Brother Ling, do you know why?"

"I don't know." Ling Chi shook his head. Seeing Nuwa's disappointment, he said, "However, we can make bold assumptions and carefully verify them."

Nuwa blinked her bright eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

“At our level of cultivation and realm, any slight abnormality is caused by the influence of Qi. Simply put, it is a warning from Heaven.” Ling Chi said, “You want to create humans, but Heaven is making you feel irritable. This shows that Heaven is reminding you that now is not the time to create humans.”

He paused for a moment, then said, "Although this is just my guess, do you think it's possible?"

“Hmm…” Nuwa frowned in deep thought, her expression constantly changing.

After a long while, Nuwa came to her senses and said, "Brother Ling, perhaps your hypothesis is correct. In the past years, I also tried to create humans. Although these people lived healthily, they all died tragically as soon as they left the valley."

“I see.” Ling Chi narrowed his eyes and said, “It seems that the human race has not yet been recognized by the Heavenly Dao, or perhaps, it is not yet time for the human race to emerge.”

“Brother Ling is right,” Nuwa said. “I just wonder when the human race will be born? If it takes too long, I will become impatient.”

"Impatientness stems from boredom. As long as you do something interesting, even a long time will pass quickly," Ling Chi smiled. "For example, how about learning to cook?"

“I won’t learn.” Nuwa shook her head repeatedly. “Although I like to eat, cooking is too difficult. Besides, with Brother Ling and Sister Ling’er here, why should I learn it myself?”

"..."

What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless.

Ling Chi patted her head a few times and said, "Then learn music with me! After you learn it, you can play beautiful music anytime, anywhere."

“I don’t want to learn, I don’t want to learn.” Nuwa continued to shake her head: “Brother Fuxi plays music all day long. Although his playing the zither sounds quite nice, he can only sit while playing, which is too restrictive.”

"..."

Ling Chi's face twitched, and he said, "How about learning formations from me?"

"Formations are too difficult, I don't want to learn them."

"Then... Beast Taming Technique?"

"I can make it myself, I don't need to learn."

Ling Chi's face was very ugly. He angrily rebuked, "You won't learn this, you won't learn that, I'll let you taste the power of this big stick!"

Ling Chi took out a lollipop and forced it into Nuwa's mouth.

"Um..."

……

After a bit of playful fighting, Ling Chi said, "You silly girl, I thought you'd become more mature as you grew up, but I didn't expect you to still be as mischievous as when you were a child. I think you're destined to play in the mud your whole life."

"Brother Ling, don't be angry, I was wrong." Nuwa quickly lowered her head and admitted her mistake.

“You’re not wrong, I’m wrong. I was wrong to believe you would change.” Ling Chi shook his head and sighed, “Tell me, what exactly do you want to learn?”

This stumped Nuwa. Over the years, she had never considered what she wanted to learn. She had only been playing with mud and researching how to create creatures that best suited her desires. Apart from that, she had no idea what else she could do.

Ling Chi wanted her to learn something for her own good, and she knew that. But just like her previous antics, that was actually her truest reaction. She really didn't like those things. Even if Ling Chi forced her to learn, even if she could learn them very well, she knew she wouldn't do it willingly. She knew that if Ling Chi got angry later, she would also feel bad. So she simply didn't learn them in the first place, nipping future conflicts in the bud.

Now, facing Ling Chi's question, she pondered for a long time, constantly asking herself what she really wanted. After a fierce self-examination, Nuwa came to an answer, which was also what she wanted most—no one would dare to bully her.

"Brother Ling, my dream is: I can bully others, but no one can bully me."

"..."

Upon hearing Nuwa's words, Ling Chi remained silent for a long time before patting Nuwa's head and saying, "Young man, have fun playing in the mud and stop daydreaming."

Nuwa: "..."

……

Joking aside, Ling Chi still took out the theory of martial arts and taught it to Nuwa.

Martial arts, in a sense, are very similar to the Law of Force, but the Law of Force emphasizes that one force can overcome all other methods, while martial arts is about gathering thousands of martial arts techniques into one person to deal with any unknown danger.

Since Nuwa doesn't want to be bullied, she should learn all the combat skills and master them. With her current cultivation level and superb martial arts skills, no matter who she faces in the future, as long as their realm is not much higher than hers, they will only be bullied by her.

Given Nuwa's active nature, she was well-suited to learning martial arts. At this time, Lingchi was in a relatively leisurely period, so he focused on teaching Nuwa.

Ten thousand years have passed, and Nuwa's martial arts skills have reached a very high level. With the martial arts skills that Nuwa has mastered at this time, it would be an exaggeration to say that she could fight ten people at once, but it would definitely not be a problem to fight three or five people at once.

The difference in fighting ability between someone who knows martial arts and someone who doesn't is significant.

Of course, this is far from Nuwa's limit. Martial arts is a path without end. As Nuwa continues to learn, grow, and comprehend, she will eventually comprehend even more profound martial arts techniques, which are ultimate skills that can allow her to survive to the death.

During the ten thousand years that Nuwa studied martial arts, many powerful beings emerged in the primordial world, such as the Three Pure Ones, who were transformed from the three parts of Pangu's primordial spirit on Mount Kunlun: Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian.

There are also the twelve Ancestral Witches, formed from the essence and blood of Pangu:

Dijiang: Like a yellow sac, red like cinnabar fire, with six feet and four wings, a chaotic and faceless being, the ancestral shaman of space and speed.

Jumang: Green as bamboo, with a bird's body and a human face, riding two dragons, the ancestral shaman of wood in the East.

Zhu Rong: With the head of an animal and the body of a human, covered in red scales, with fire snakes piercing his ears and riding on fire dragons, he is the ancestral witch of fire in the south.

Ru Shou: With a human face and a tiger's body, covered in golden scales, with wings growing from his shoulder blades, a snake piercing his left ear, and riding two dragons, he is the ancestral witch of the Western metal element.

Gonggong: He has the head of a python and the body of a human, covered in black scales, riding a black dragon, and with a green python wrapped around his hand. He is the ancestral shaman of the water in the north.

Xuanming: A ferocious behemoth covered in bone spurs, the ancestral witch of rain.

Houtu: Human body with a snake tail, seven hands behind her back, two hands in front of her chest, holding a flying serpent in both hands, the ancestral witch of the central earth.

Qiangliang: He has a snake in his mouth and a snake in his hand. He has a tiger's head and a human body, four hooves, long elbows, and is the ancestral witch of thunder.

Zhu Jiuyin: Human head and dragon body, entirely crimson, the ancestral witch of time.

Tianwu: Eight-headed human face, tiger body with ten tails, the ancestral witch of wind.

Xi Zi: A human-faced bird with green snakes hanging from his ears and holding a red snake in his hand; the ancestral sorcerer of lightning.