The next day, early in the morning.
"The restaurant will be closing soon. I wish you a safe journey."
Chef Watanabe walked Huai Shi to the door and gave him a special lunchbox from his restaurant. He also gave him a business card. "After we move, the restaurant will be able to open a take-out service. I shouldn't be so presumptuous, but you don't look like you can cook very diligently. If you need anything, please help us. "
"Of course, of course."
Huai Shi took the business card with both hands. When he saw the logo of yesterday's courier, his eyelids twitched. Once the name of yesterday's courier was on it, no matter how far it was, it would definitely be delivered on time. However, the price would probably double like a space elevator.
However, if it was necessary, it would be worth it even if the price was doubled.
Last night, during the staff dinner, Chef Watanabe showed him the secret recipe he learned from Tengu Mountain, the 'Fenghe' style. The name sounds scary, but it's actually a cooking method of stewing.
Tengu Mountain's stew was mixed with a large amount of negative origin substances. It also used wine as a medium to boil all kinds of precious Abyss medicinal herbs into a pot of soup, forming a wondrous stew.
The wonder and subtlety of this method were not inferior to any alchemy.
Not only could it quickly heal people's injuries, but it could also bring about a long-term blessing of up to twelve hours. Depending on the ingredients, it could make people energetic, not afraid of cold or heat, not tired, and immune to deep corrosion, etc.
Even without the identity of the Cooking Demon, Watanabe's skills were obviously far superior to Huai Shi's. He also opened a new door for Huai Shi on the road of dark cuisine.
The Cooking Demon was just the beginning. There was still a vast world waiting for him to explore … although he really didn't intend to spend more effort on cooking.
Watanabe of course also saw it, otherwise he wouldn't have been so presumptuous. As early as breakfast, he had already hinted that if Huai Shi was interested, he might as well drink this cup of residual … cough cough, he might as well go to Tengu Mountain. The recommendation letter was not a problem.
In the end, Huai Shi declined.
As a senior, he certainly felt that it was a pity, but he also understood that for a young talent like Huai Shi, dark cuisine was not a lifelong goal worth striving for. While reluctantly saying goodbye, he also handed over the business card of the future store, hoping that he could help him in the future and form a good relationship with him.
This favor could not be said to be unshakable. Huai Shi firmly accepted it and nodded his head in farewell.
A rare smile appeared on Watanabe's usually serious face. After sending Huai Shi off, Watanabe returned to the shop and ordered his apprentices to pack up. Not long after, a Hirata truck arrived at the door and drove them all the way to Kitty Paradise.
Only an empty storefront was left in its original place.
On the other hand, Huai Shi rode on his white horse, holding the hand-drawn map given to him by the head chef. He swayed all the way to the direction of the city's music hall.
There, he should be able to meet people from the Hells Music Union. Hopefully, they would be able to find a good luthier there.
Even now, he was still thinking about his old zither.
After spending such a long time together, to Huai Shi, it was not so much a zither as an old friend that had always been by his side.
If he could restore it to its former state, he definitely wouldn't hesitate to make a trip. Even if he returned empty-handed, it would only be a waste of time.
In addition, he would take a moment or two to touch the trees and plants on the side of the road, as if he was playing with a cat or a dog. Occasionally, he would touch a new species, and he would be happy for half a day.
This was the instinctive joy that the Mountain Ghost Sacred Mark brought him, a sense of accomplishment.
As the Origin Substance became more and more mixed, the chaotic life force within it became more and more exuberant. There was order in the chaos, just like in a deep forest. Even if it grew wild, it had its own rules.
With every new strand of life force, Huai Shi's Origin Substance became more and more lively. In the end, it seemed as if it had a life of its own, constantly leaping about. Wherever the white horse passed, it would leave behind traces of grass and shrubs on the asphalt road.
Huai Shi was planting grass everywhere.
Now, he finally understood how the Mountain Ghost Sacred Mark grew. It was like illegally raising funds. Its origins were complicated, and there were many of them, but the most important thing was the circulation.
By connecting with different networks, it ensured that there was a balance between the flow and the flow of profits.
In the Present Realm, there was the suppression of the Three Great Restrictions, so he couldn't run rampant. However, in the Infernal Realm, there was only the Heart Pleasing Framework. There was no way to defend against this strange method of life force circulation.
During his battle with the prince, he had also discovered a new method, which was to connect the life force within his body with the surrounding life force network, creating a "distributed server" effect for a short period of time.
To put it simply, Huai Shi's life force was like some kind of colorful website that couldn't be seen by children. Its life force was as exuberant as a poisonous plant.
In this state, the damage from piercing wounds and blunt blows from heavy weapons would be greatly reduced. If you wanted to kill him, you would have to destroy his vitals or forcefully dismember his corpse.
Otherwise, if one of his "servers" was temporarily sealed, as long as he transferred out a strand of life force in advance, he would be able to preserve his most precious seed and sprout again after the limelight passed.
Yes, as long as he could pay back the losses from his "illegal fundraising" in a short period of time, he would be safe and sound.
From the looks of it … … the "illegal organization operation" skill seemed to be becoming more and more important.
Huai Shi rubbed his chin with one hand and carelessly stroked the flowers and plants with the other. His mind wandered and his thoughts wandered, leisurely enjoying the tranquil morning.
If one ignored the constant rumbling and faint screams in the distance, they would not be able to escape.
Huai Shi estimated that he had collected about a thousand different types of life force, and he was about three or four thousand away from the Mountain Ghost Sacred Mark's completion.
Although the lack of numbers was slightly shocking, it was actually the easiest to deal with. Although the abyssal plant species were not considered common goods, they were cultivated by all major organizations.
Not to mention the Survival Institute, which claimed to gather all forms of life in the world; the Stonecauldron Society, which monopolized all kinds of alchemy materials and claimed to cultivate ten subspecies every day; the Milky Sea Fragment, which grew all things in the Indian Genealogy, and so on. Just the borders that produced unique abyssal plants were countless. The Eastern Summer Genealogy had three borders that were exclusively used by the Alchemists of the Genealogy for their daily needs.
For Huai Shi, this was not the most difficult. Even if he wanted to find precious species, he would just have to spend a little more money and time.
Moreover, he was not buying. He just wanted to take a look and touch it. Was that not okay?
He was already prepared to go whore.
Therefore, the most difficult thing was the next advancement.
According to Crow, he could choose what he wanted. For Huai Shi, there were as many as three advancements he could choose from!
The simplest one was not to pursue the quality of the source substance. He could eat as much as he wanted and rely on the quantity of pure vitality to break through the barrier. He could transform the same kind of vitality into a qualitative change and naturally advance.
He did not need the assistance of other border relics, nor did he need the transformation of secret instruments.
However, after this advancement, his Stigmata would break away from the Celestial genealogy and turn into a hidden path of sublimation of the Eastern Summer Genealogy. In the end, he could still reach the fifth level and become the 'Azure Emperor'. There was still room for further advancement.
However, by doing this, he would not be considered a member of the Celestial genealogy. It was equivalent to everyone sharing a portion of their belongings and returning to the Old Gao Village to live their own lives.
It was hard to say whether the Book of Destiny would still recognize him as a clerk at that time.
Although Huai Shi had always had a headache about some of the things that the Book of Destiny represented, if he were to let it leave him now … … he still chose to hug the Book of Destiny and shout that it was so fragrant!
He had been on the pirate ship for so long, why bother?
Although there was a black-hearted Crow who often made him bleed, he really couldn't do it if he wanted to cut him in half. Besides, wasn't the Celestial genealogy pretty good too?
Everyone in the Genealogy was talented, and the Crow spoke very well, so he quite liked it here.
Thus, Huai Shi could only pass on this option and consider the other two advancements.
In the Celestial genealogy, Huai Shi's Path of Heavenly Inquisition had many branches. Among them, the first stage, 'Spirit Ceremony', was the foundation. After entering the second stage, there was a divergence.
The two advancements corresponded to the Mountain Ghost and River Earl. When these two advancements entered the third stage, they would also have to face a new choice.
'Xiang Jun' or 'Young Master of Fate'?
If the advancer chose the former, there would be a difference. If it was a man, there would be no change, but if it was a woman, there would be an additional choice called 'Lady Xiang'.
According to the Crow, River Earl's advancements were 'Xiang Jun', while Mountain Ghost's advancements were 'Young Master of Fate'. However, as the Celestial genealogy was extremely versatile, both Mountain Ghost and River Earl could freely choose between the two.
They both had their advantages and disadvantages.
As the name implied, Xiang Jun was the legendary 'Xiang Water God'. It was a pure soul that was born in the water, and could greatly increase the user's affinity with water. It was invisible when it entered the water.
Its specialty was that its Origin Substance capacity was monstrous, and as long as there was a large amount of water, the user could quickly replenish their Origin Substance.
If River Earl advanced to Xiang Jun, he would also gain an innate skill called 'Canopy'. Not only would his ability to control water greatly increase, but his Origin Substance capacity would also explosively increase.
Even if his own attack power wasn't high enough, he wouldn't have to worry about using all kinds of border relics. As long as he found a few pieces of high-quality equipment, he would be able to become a Tier 3 DPS demon.
If Huai Shi advanced as a Mountain Ghost, although he wasn't as orthodox as River Earl, River Earl didn't have the ability to coexist with plants like a Mountain Ghost.
If Huai Shi obtained the ability to replenish his Origin Substance through water, combined with the innate skill of replenishing his HP through plants … … as long as there were plants and water around him, he would be an undying cockroach with full HP and MP. After making up for his shortcomings, his overall endurance would increase to a frightening degree.
In fact, if he was a bit more cruel to himself and advanced to 'Lady Xiang', he would gain a powerful control skill called 'Entanglement' … … Hm, as long as the enemy was in the water, they would find it difficult to move, and the weaker ones would drown on the spot.
It was quite powerful.
But without a chicken, what was the point of all this … …
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