In the past, Gu Zheng would have to wait for the weapon spirit's reminder to know that the turtle shell could be used to make an Iron Armor Food Cultivator.
However, things were different now. Gu Zheng understood the Dao of Food and Drink, so he could see the extraordinariness of the turtle shell at a glance. However, in terms of knowledge, Gu Zheng was still inferior to the weapon spirit. This was something that could not be helped. After all, he was only in his twenties.
"Weapon spirit, what kind of turtle was used to make this Immortal Artifact? The level of the turtle shell can be maintained at Excellent! "Gu Zheng asked.
Even after being refined into an immortal tool, the level of the turtle shell could still be maintained at the excellent level. This was a very rare thing.
However, it was a pity that the turtle shell was enlarged when it was worn by Lu Qi. After the explosion, it returned to its original size. Gu Zheng collected the fragments and pieced them together, but they were only the size of a palm. It was barely enough to make an Iron Armor Food Cultivator.
"This turtle is so small, but the level of the ingredient can still be maintained at Excellent after being made into an Immortal Artifact. There is only one possibility. This turtle has the bloodline of the Divine Beast Black Tortoise, and the purity of the bloodline is not low." The weapon spirit said.
Gu Zheng nodded and began to prepare the Iron Armor Food Cultivator's cooking.
One Excellent Main Ingredient and six Intermediate Auxiliary Ingredients. This was the recipe for a High Grade Iron Armor Food Cultivator.
Gu Zheng picked out the auxiliary ingredients from the Chaos Space and could not help but think of the Iron Armor Food Cultivator he made for the first time.
At that time, he was still in the Shu Ruins. In order to obtain the Earth Spirit Turtle's shell, the main ingredient for cooking the Iron Armor Food Cultivator, Gu Zheng spent a lot of effort.
At that time, an Ordinary Ingredient could make Gu Zheng very happy. Now that he had obtained an Intermediate Ingredient, Gu Zheng was already numb to it.
"Weapon spirit, are food cultivators really only divided into High, Intermediate, and Low Grade?"
In the past, there were few resources and his cultivation realm was low, so Gu Zheng did not ask this question. However, now that he was about to make a High Grade Iron Armor Food Cultivator, the Main Ingredient was only Excellent! If he used High Grade Ingredients as the Main Ingredient and Excellent Auxiliary Ingredients as the Auxiliary Ingredients, could the Food Cultivator's grade break through? With Gu Zheng's current knowledge, he felt that it was definitely possible!
"Of course, it's not just the top, middle, and lower grades. I've told you before that it's only the top, middle, and lower grades because your cultivation is still low. Even the ordinary grade ingredients are very scarce, so it's useless to tell you, so I'll just tell you. In fact, there is still the Immortal Grade Food Cultivation above the High Grade Food Cultivation. However, the cooking of the Immortal Grade Food Cultivation is very easy to fail, and Lord Gokusen did not leave behind the recipe for the Immortal Grade Food Cultivation. You will have to wait until you have enough resources to try the cooking of the Immortal Grade Food Cultivation. Then, you can try to figure it out yourself, "said the artifact spirit.
"Based on the current situation, cooking immortal food cultivation is still very far away for me!"
Gu Zheng smiled and immediately began to process the auxiliary materials. He burned what needed to be burned, roasted what needed to be baked and steamed what needed to be steamed.
The so-called main ingredient did not refer to the one that occupied the most portion of the food cultivation. The so-called auxiliary materials usually had different levels of importance.
In Gu Zheng's High Grade Food Cultivation this time, besides the main ingredient, most of the auxiliary materials were Long-Tongued Beast meat. As for the other five auxiliary materials, they were all flowers: Luminous Night Flower, Beautiful Concubine Flower, Purple Flame Flower, Fire Phoenix Orchid, and the Immortal Nectar and Nether Cloud he'd just obtained from Lu Qi's storage belt.
"Sir, will the food cultivation this time also have Extreme Fragrance Transformation?"
As Meow Meow asked, its stomach failed to live up to expectations and growled.
This would be the second High Grade Food Cultivation Gu Zheng had made in a day. The High Grade Food Cultivation he'd made before had already made Meow Meow crave for it.
"Not all food cultivators will be able to transform after reaching high grade, but this time, due to the materials used, I predict that the Iron Armor Food Cultivator will be able to transform into an extremely fragrant form."
Gu Zheng paused and smiled. "That's true. I haven't let a greedy little cat like you eat for an entire day."
"Hehe."
Meow Meow stuck out her tongue at Gu Zheng, wanting to ask Gu Zheng to make something for her to eat, but it wasn't appropriate for her to ask.
"I'll make you a few fried eggs to fill your stomach first. When we get out of the treasure trove, I'll make you a good meal!" Gu Zheng said.
"Thank you, sir!"
"You've spoiled her!"
Meow Meow's thanks and the weapon spirit's complaints sounded at almost the same time. Gu Zheng laughed. "It's fine, an emperor doesn't lack hungry soldiers. Besides, a few fried eggs won't take long. "
He lit the fire, poured the oil, cracked the eggs, and a fragrant aroma wafted out.
Gu Zheng was now even faster at making fried eggs. His smooth movements were even more elegant than when he'd seen Gokusen make fried eggs when he'd first inherited the skill.
Meow Meow was already enjoying her fried eggs, and Gu Zheng began to cook his Iron Armored Food Cultivator.
In the past, Gu Zheng had almost always used stewing to make food cultivators. This didn't mean that stewing was the only way to make food cultivators. It was just that his realm wasn't high enough, or that he didn't have the mood or time to make the color of the food cultivator stand out.
Compared to the stewing of food cultivators in the past, the cooking process of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator this time was much more complicated. Gu Zheng also decided to make some bold attempts in this food cultivator. According to his understanding of the Dao, he would make some changes to the Iron Armored Food Cultivator.
After roasting the turtle shell, he ground it into powder. Gu Zheng put the powder, along with the Beauty Flower, Purple Flame Flower, and Fire Phoenix Orchid into the pot.
The Fire Manipulation Art, Water Manipulation Art, and Wood Manipulation Art were used together. Under Gu Zheng's full control, the spring water in the pot wrapped around the ingredients and began to boil quickly.
In the past, Gu Zheng would often do something else while the soup was boiling, such as stir-frying some vegetables.
But this time, Gu Zheng only focused on boiling a pot of soup. The reason was simple. Even with Gu Zheng's current cultivation base, it would still take him ten minutes to cook this pot of soup. The remaining steps of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator, on the other hand, only took three minutes.
Eight minutes later, the pot, which had originally only had a faint aroma, began to emit a rich aroma. The turtle shell, which had already been ground into powder, was finally completely melted into the soup under the control of Gu Zheng's immortal technique.
"Sir, judging from the sound of the pot, there doesn't seem to be much soup left!"
Meow Meow couldn't help but ask after some hesitation.
"The soup in the pot is only a part of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator, so there can't be as much soup as there is soup. There are still two minutes left. After two minutes, the soup in the pot will be so little that it won't even be able to drown the ingredients. "
Gu Zheng smiled and stopped using the Wood Manipulation Art. As for the Fire Manipulation Art and Water Manipulation Art, they became gentler. The boiling of the soup in the pot also became a lot less intense.
Two minutes later, the soup was almost done. Gu Zheng began the next step of the cooking.
The preliminary processing of the long-tongued beast meat was mixed with the Night Bright Flower and chopped into diced meat. Then, he quickly stirred the diced meat with salt with chopsticks. At the same time, he used the Water Control Spell to complete the preliminary fusion while the two ingredients were still raw.
Gu Zheng added oil to the wok. After the oil heated up, he placed the diced meat into the wok and stir-fried it. The tantalizing aroma reached its peak, and Meow Meow, who had already finished the egg, couldn't help but swallow its saliva.
"It's a pity that there aren't many main ingredients. Otherwise, I could make one for you," Gu Zheng said with a smile.
The main ingredients of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator were very rare. Even though Gu Zheng already had a lot of common and intermediate ingredients, if he hadn't obtained Lu Qi's tortoiseshell today, the Iron Armored Food Cultivator he could cook would still only be low-grade.
As a yao cultivator, Meow Meow's body was very strong. A low-grade Iron Armored Food Cultivator without a permanent buff wouldn't have much of an effect on her.
"It's fine. Mister, just eat."
Meow Meow stuck out its tongue and tried hard to withdraw its gaze from the pot. It turned its back and stopped watching Gu Zheng cook.
The meat cubes in the wok had been fried. Gu Zheng took them out and placed them on a plate. He then placed the washed Immortal Nectar and Nether Cloud on top of it. He poured all the broth that had almost been boiled dry in the pot onto the plate. Finally, he covered the plate with a lid and performed the immortal technique again.
Hearing the sound of Gu Zheng taking the food out of the pot, Meow Meow, who had just turned around, couldn't help but turn around again to see what Gu Zheng was going to do next.
Under the lid that couldn't be seen with the naked eye, the stir-fried pork cubes, Immortal Dew, and Nether Cloud Cloudy Flower were all madly absorbing the broth. They were all changing from their initial casual positions. They were either taking shape or shining with new colors.
The aroma was unprecedentedly rich and mesmerizing. Even Gu Zheng couldn't help but take a few deep breaths.
From the time the plate was covered to when the lid was lifted, less than thirty seconds had passed.
"Wow!"
The moment the lid was lifted, Meow Meow couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
First of all, the aroma was so mesmerizing that Meow Meow forgot about the Extreme Fragrance Form. When the lid was lifted, Meow Meow realized that the Form she'd forgotten about was actually present under the cover!
Secondly, the Iron Armored Food Cultivator this time was simply too beautiful. Meow Meow felt that she'd never seen such a beautiful dish before!
"Sir, this, this …"
Meow Meow's eyes widened, but she couldn't find the right words to describe the food cultivator.
"It's like a painting, but not a painting, right?" Gu Zheng smiled.
"Yes, yes! That's the feeling! "
Little stars appeared in Meow Meow's eyes. Although she didn't have a share of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator, that didn't stop her from feeling reluctant to eat.
Under the effects of the Sand Tower immortal technique, the pieces of meat took the shape of two hills. Because of the Luminous Night Flower mixed in with the meat, the two hills glowed faintly. Although there wasn't much of the clear soup, it flowed between the two hills like a river.
The beautiful concubine flowers, purple flame flowers, and fire phoenix orchids, which were originally used to make the soup, didn't melt in the soup. Not only did they retain their original shapes, but after absorbing some of each other's essence and the essence of the tortoiseshell, they burst forth with even more vibrant colors than before. They were scattered on the empty space on the plate, setting off the mountains and rivers in a beautiful contrast.
The Immortal Nectar Nether Cloud, which was added last, bloomed at the top of the hill. After absorbing the essence of the various ingredients, its originally pure white color became somewhat translucent and translucent, with a few specks of light attached to it, making it appear even more ethereal.
The best part of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator was the little long-tongued beast created by the Form of Fragrance. Like a pangolin, it curled up into a ball, sometimes rolling on the plate, sometimes pacing at the foot of the hill. It looked so lifelike.
"You put a lot of effort into this dish!"
Looking inside himself, he saw the spirit clapping her hands lightly. She clapped for Gu Zheng, a proud smile on her face.
"Although I knew the effect would be good, the Form of Fragrance in the end is so vivid. This is also beyond my expectations." Gu Zheng sighed with emotion from the bottom of his heart.
In the Iron Armored Food Cultivator passed down by Gokusen, the cooking steps of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator were also more complicated. However, the final shape after the dish was taken out of the pot would be like a normal stir-fry, and not like Gu Zheng's current 'painting but not painting'.
Due to the limitations of his understanding of the Dao not being as deep as Gokusen's, and the fact that the ingredients were very rare, Gu Zheng couldn't completely follow his own ideas! Gu Zheng could only add a little creativity on the original foundation of the Food Cultivator Method to make the 'fragrance' look even more perfect.
In the original Food Cultivator Method, if meat was used as a supplementary ingredient, the meat should be shredded. As for the remaining five exotic flowers, according to their different characteristics, the Beauty Flower, Purple Flame Flower, and Fire Phoenix Orchid should be boiled with turtle shell powder. As for the remaining Luminous Night Flower, it should be split into petals and stir-fried with shredded meat. Finally, the Immortal Dew and Nether Cloud should be stewed in the soup.
In terms of the cooking method, Gu Zheng's change wasn't that big, but it was actually a very big change! The Food Cultivator Method passed down by Gokusen contained the Dao. The slightest change could cause a deviation from the original effect. This was the problem Gu Zheng encountered when he tried to change it for the first time after comprehending the Dao of Food.
It had been some time since he comprehended the Dao of Food. Gu Zheng's understanding of the Dao was also deeper than before. While he wanted to make changes, he also knew that he could make some changes!
However, the change wasn't the effect, but the 'color' of the Iron Armor Food Cultivator.
In order to achieve the color he wanted and maintain the effects of the dish at the level of an Iron Armor Food Elementalist, Gu Zheng had spent a lot of effort and thought to cook it. Finally, he was able to achieve the effect of the color change without any change in effect.
Gu Zheng's' color change without changing the effect 'didn't sound very useful, but in fact, it was a change in the use and understanding of the Dao, and it was reflected in reality! This was also the reason why the harsh Artifact Spirit had applauded him.
"Actually, the Food Cultivator Method passed down by Lord Gokusen more or less has room for change. This room can only be discovered or perfected when your realm reaches a certain level."
"The Iron Armor Food Cultivator you made this time is very good. I believe you've discovered something I didn't tell you before."
"Whether it's a dish or a Food Cultivator, there's the saying of 'color, fragrance'. The Dao is everywhere. Naturally, it's not limited to the taste or the effect. "
"You've already seen the Dao of Fragrance. Now, you have a deeper understanding of it. 'Extreme Fragrance Transformation' is the manifestation of the Dao of Fragrance."
"The manifestation of the Dao of 'color'. After comprehending the Dao of Food Cultivator Method, you must have some understanding, but today is the first time you've made it!"
"It is precisely because the 'color' has reached the extreme and is filled with Dao that it affects the 'fragrance'. It allows the original 'Extreme Fragrance Manifestation' to have a spirit that surpasses the others. It also allows the original 'fragrance' to have a breakthrough! Therefore, the Iron Armor Food Cultivator you made is more effective than the method Lord Gokusen passed down to you! "
"I believe that after this Iron Armored Food Cultivator's cooking, your understanding of the Dao of Food and Drink will become even more profound."
"To be honest, you were able to make such a breakthrough in the Dao of Food Cultivator left behind by Lord Gokusen much earlier than I expected. I thought you would have reached the level of Jin Xian by the time you reached this step!"
The Artifact Spirit said a lot, and as she looked at Gu Zheng with her Inner Sight, a smile bloomed on her face.
"Yes! The Dao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. The color, fragrance, and taste affect each other, and in the end, it has an effect that exceeds the original. Isn't this the Dao? "Gu Zheng murmured.
"Ahem."
Looking inside himself, the Artifact Spirit cleared his throat, and the expression on his face became solemn.
"Contribution: Descendant of Gokusen. Completed Growth Mission: Breakthrough in Food Cultivator!"
"Reward: 200 Medium-grade Immortal Essence Pills."
"Reward: One Earth Spirit Pill."
"Reward: 10 kilograms of Cloud Pattern Red Copper and 20 kilograms of Black Jade Silver."
"Reward: 1.5 kilograms of Earth Spirit Sand, two pieces of Dark Yin Stone, and one piece of Phoenix Blood Wood."
As soon as the Artifact Spirit finished speaking, she saw that Gu Zheng's eyes were still wide open. She couldn't help but say, "Are you stupid? If you don't want these rewards, I will take them back! "
"Yes, yes, who said I don't want them?" Gu Zheng laughed. "It's just that I didn't expect that this troublesome attempt would have such an additional reward!"
Gu Zheng was really happy. The reward this time was really great.
200 Medium-grade Immortal Essence Pills. This reward was not as generous as Changfeng's. It was enough to cook the Elixir Elemental Food Cultivator twice!
"Artifact Spirit, when I became an Immortal Cultivator, you only rewarded me with 100 Medium-grade Immortal Essence Pills. Now, you are giving me 200! You are so nice!"
Looking at the reward happily, Gu Zheng didn't forget to praise the Artifact Spirit.
"This is not me being nice. This is something that Lord Gokusen set! You were able to make a breakthrough in the Food Cultivation Method that Lord Gokusen left behind. In a sense, this is even rarer than becoming an Immortal Cultivator. "
The Artifact Spirit was a little embarrassed. She blushed and said again, "What I did for you was just exchanging some useless rewards for materials that you urgently need."
"With these 10 kilograms of Cloud Pattern Red Copper and 20 kilograms of Black Jade Silver, I have gathered all the materials to repair the Chaos Tower except for the Blood Maple Tree Core and the Metal Spirit Qi!" Gu Zheng said with emotion.
Although he would be able to get enough Cloud Pattern Red Copper and Black Jade Silver from the Artifact Spirit through completing missions sooner or later, it was still something to be happy about.
"By the way, what are the other three materials rewarded?" Gu Zheng asked again.
"The other nine floors of the Chaos Tower have been confirmed to be with the Black Sky Snail Sect. After the matter of the Heavenly Snail Cave is over, you will have to go and retrieve the nine floors of the tower. The new nine floors of the tower will also need to be repaired. According to my guess, the Earth Spirit Sand, Dark Yin Stone, and Phoenix Blood Wood will all be used to repair the tower. I will reward you in advance! "The Artifact Spirit smiled.
"Good girl!"
Gu Zheng laughed. He wanted to touch the Artifact Spirit's hair, but he couldn't. The Artifact Spirit glared at him fiercely. She deliberately put on a stern face and said, "Hurry up and finish looking at the rewards. Go and eat your Food Cultivation!"
"It's okay. It won't take much time. It's okay to eat later!"
Gu Zheng laughed and took out the fragrant Earth Spirit Pill from the Chaos Space. "This little pill can make the Earth Control Spell advance to a high level!"
"Yes! If you hadn't completed the 'Breakthrough in Food Cultivation' test, it wouldn't have been easy to get the Earth Spirit Pill. "The Artifact Spirit smiled.
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