The spirit's words caused Gu Zheng's eyes to widen abruptly. In his widened eyes, other than clarity, there was also a trace of confusion.
"The true 'color', or rather, the 'color' I want, the kind of 'color' that can affect the 'aroma and taste' and the final result of a food cultivation."
Gu Zheng's voice paused for a moment. The trace of confusion in his eyes disappeared, leaving behind only clarity. "It's not that simple! If you want to present it, you don't need to rely on your imagination. You need to rely on your understanding of the Dao of Food and Drink. You need to rely on the extreme changes in the Dao of Food and Drink to create the 'Dao of Nature'! "
An explosion went off in Gu Zheng's mind. The ingredients in his eyes instantly changed. Joy appeared on his face. His control over the food cultivator in the wok had changed to another method. It was a method different from the one he used to shape the color. When he did this, he didn't find it strange at all. Instead, he felt that everything was so natural.
"Thank you, spirit!"
Gu Zheng sincerely thanked the spirit.
"You, you had an epiphany?"
In his inner vision, the spirit's eyes widened. His face was full of disbelief.
"Hm? Isn't this what you wanted to see? "Gu Zheng didn't understand.
"I, I," the spirit stuttered.
The weapon spirit stuttered, "About 'color', I vaguely remember Master Glutton Immortal talking about it when he was cooking the food cultivators. However, I don't understand the Dao of Food and Drink. I also don't remember clearly what those mysterious things Lord Gokusen talked about were! However, I can see that you were thinking about something just now. You should have entered a state similar to being in a daze. This kind of state actually appeared when you were focused on cooking. There is only one possibility, and that is that you touched the window paper! You also mumbled about the problem of 'lust' just now. I just wanted to find a topic to talk about so that you wouldn't fall into that state at the critical moment, so that you wouldn't ruin the food cultivation. Who would have thought that you would actually have an epiphany! "
Gu Zheng smiled but didn't say anything. He was indeed enlightened.
Gu Zheng had inadvertently grasped the true essence of 'color' during the cooking of the Iron Armored Food Cultivator. To put it simply, it was the extreme change of 'color' in the path of food cultivation. Therefore, the Iron Armored Food Cultivator looked more like a painting than a painting.
The so-called extreme changes did not rely on imagination, but on the understanding of ingredients and Dao. It was a positive breakthrough without reducing the medicinal effects of food cultivation.
At this moment, Gu Zheng, who had been enlightened, called the extreme transformation "inverse", and the understanding he gained from enlightenment "smooth". He gave up his original intention of using "inverse" to model the immortal fruit cultivation, and changed it to "smooth". This allowed it to develop naturally without reducing the medicinal effects of the immortal fruit cultivation.
Gu Zheng himself wasn't sure what the final shape of the immortal fruit cultivation would be, but he knew that it would definitely not be a pot of jam or a simple fruit. This was because he had used the "smooth" technique. He also understood that in this path of food cultivation, using "smooth" would achieve better results than "inverse". This was also the reason why he gave up "inverse" and used "smooth" instead.
Gu Zheng changed the word 'reverse' to 'follow'. The jam that was originally revolving around the Seven Mystery Zoysia and Honey Jasmine once again wrapped around them. The immortal elemental energy floating above the pot also all entered the pot. It was so dense that it was impossible for the naked eye to see what was happening inside.
Gu Zheng threw a plate into the pot. The immortal fruit cultivation would be on the plate when the time came.
"The immortal fruit cultivation is changing. Its medicinal effects are getting stronger and stronger. This will definitely surpass my previous imagination!"
The artifact spirit paused for a moment before asking, "What exactly did you gain from your epiphany?"
"I gained enlightenment on 'inverse' and 'smooth'."
Gu Zheng faintly smiled, and then explained the characteristics of 'defy' and 'obey'.
After listening to Gu Zheng's explanation, the artifact spirit looked at Gu Zheng with her beautiful eyes, as if there was something more in them. "To be able to fuse ingredients freely, to be able to convert the bad ingredients into good ones, and to gain enlightenment on 'inverse' and 'smooth', you are really amazing! When you became an immortal cultivator and took the Orifices-Enlightening Food Cultivation, I once said that your realm at that time was' Dao Begets One '. I really didn't expect that you could progress so quickly! How long has it been? Your realm should have reached the 'One Begets Two' stage. Gu Zheng, I am proud of you! "
"Wow!"
Gu Zheng exclaimed exaggeratedly, "What did I see? I saw the entire starry sky in your eyes! "
"Bah!"
The artifact spirit naturally understood what 'the entire starry sky' meant. She blushed and almost instinctively spat at Gu Zheng, then turned around and didn't look at him anymore.
The immortal essence in the wok was still dense. Wisps of white mist rose from the wok and floated above the wok, gathering into a ball.
The fragrance finally reached its peak. It was enough to make people intoxicated. The white mist floating above the pot instantly transformed into a small, colorful flying ant that plunged into the pot.
The rich immortal essence in the wok was instantly absorbed by the Immortal Fruit Cultivation, revealing its true appearance.
The Seven Mysteries Ganoderma and the Honey Jasmine looked the same as before, but they looked like they were growing on a plate, and their colors were deeper than before.
The colorful flying ant flew between the Seven Mystery Ganoderma and the Honey Jasmine. Pink balls quickly appeared on the Seven Mystery Ganoderma's cap and the Honey Jasmine's branches. In the blink of an eye, they transformed into the Jade Dragon Eye and the Golden Lychee.
Dense light rose from the Seven Mystery Ganoderma and Honey Jasmine. Each and every one of the small and exquisite immortal fruits flickered with specks of light. The extremely fragrant multicolored flying ants landed on the largest immortal fruit. In the end, they slowly faded away. The cultivation of immortal fruits was finally completed.
"Gulp!"
Miaomiao, who was in the middle of breaking the formation, couldn't help but gulp. If she hadn't deliberately suppressed her saliva, she felt that she would've secreted an endless stream of saliva. The Immortal Fruit Cultivation this time was so fragrant that it was intoxicating. Even smelling the fragrance made one feel a hint of sweetness in their mouths.
Gu Zheng waved his hand and a plate flew out from the pot. Holding the plate, he carefully observed the different types of immortal fruits. He was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
"Gulp!"
Even Gu Zheng himself could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"What a pity! This kind of occasion isn't suitable for such meticulous tastes. "
With a sigh, Gu Zheng picked up the Immortal Fruit Cultivation with his chopsticks and ate it as fast as he could.
The sweet fragrance lingered in his mouth and the immortal essence in his stomach churned. Every pore on his body seemed to have become a vortex, desperately thirsting for the immortal essence in the air.
Miaomiao, who'd been waiting for this moment, immediately used the last bit of immortal force needed to break the formation. Immortal essence immediately emerged from the immortal formation.
The ball of immortal force spun wildly. Whether it was the immortal essence produced inside or the immortal essence in the air, all of it surged toward the ball and was absorbed by it.
As the ball of immortal force in Gu Zheng's body grew larger, Miaomiao also began to move. She needed to nip some dangers in the bud.
The immortal formation sealing the immortal essence had been broken. Although the killing moves of the third layer were sealed, there was still a chance of breaking through the seal. Gu Zheng was at a critical juncture in his cultivation, so Miaomiao wouldn't allow anything to threaten him.
Miaomiao moved like the wind, shuttling back and forth between the killing moves.
After Miaomiao's inspection, the seal on one of the killing moves flashed with an abnormal light. As if sensing something, Miaomiao abruptly turned around and poured immortal force into the seal to reinforce it.
Fortunately, Miaomiao understood immortal formations, so it didn't take much effort for her to reinforce or seal. In just a few breaths of time, the seal that was about to break was suppressed.
However, in the short time it took Miaomiao to reinforce the seal, the seals on the other two killing moves flashed with an abnormal light again.
"Damn it!"
Miaomiao cursed. According to Jasmine, even if the killing moves were affected, there shouldn't be many of them under the seal. But now, it seemed that was wrong. The immortal formation sealing the immortal essence had just been broken not long ago, but three killing moves were already trying to break through the seal.
Miaomiao's hands danced, and she was able to multitask, reinforcing the two unstable seals at the same time.
The situation that Miaomiao was worried about didn't happen after the two unstable seals were reinforced. At least for the time being, the seals on the killing moves were still very stable.
"Last time, Immortal Fruit Cultivator's absorption lasted a full fifteen minutes. This time, it'll definitely take even longer. I can't let the killing moves disturb Mister."
Miaomiao clenched her small fists and scanned the seals as she ran. "You damned killing moves, behave yourselves, or else …"
As if sensing Miaomiao's threat, one of the killing moves expressed its unwillingness to submit, and the seal on it flashed with an unstable light.
"You alone won't do!"
Miaomiao waved her immortal force and quickly suppressed the unconvinced killing move.
The strengthening process was short, but just as Miaomiao finished, three more seals flashed with an unstable light, and one of them was rather far from Miaomiao.
"Damn it!"
Miaomiao was furious. She could only reinforce two seals at most, and now that three were flashing at the same time, it seemed that a killing move was about to appear.
The two seals had just been reinforced when a soft sound came from the furthest seal, the flickering light was blown to pieces, four lotus shaped bronze oil lamps flew out from the small immortal formation where the killer move was located.
Miaomiao raised her eyebrows, a trace of joy appearing on her grim face.
The four bronze oil lamps flew towards Miaomiao as soon as they appeared. Miaomiao had too many killing moves around her and naturally wouldn't use this place as a battlefield. She had already turned into a blur and rushed towards the four oil lamps.
"Whoosh …"
The four oil lamps spewed out flames at the same time, turning Miaomiao's surroundings into a disaster zone.
"This level of damage is fine against cultivators who refine essence into qi!"
Miaomiao sneered. She ignored the flames and waved her hand in the air, creating a large barrier that enveloped the four oil lamps.
For Miaomiao, this killing move wasn't much, but she couldn't let it go unchecked. Otherwise, it might destroy the seals on the other killer moves and trigger a terrifying chain reaction.
She knew that the barrier couldn't hold the four oil lamps for long, and she'd only used it because it was a race against time.
Taking advantage of the four oil lamps being sealed, Miaomiao went to the immortal formation where the oil lamps had been and raised her hand to break it.
"Crack!"
The four oil lamps in the air burned through the barrier and hurtled towards Miaomiao at lightning speed.
Miaomiao didn't even turn her head. She raised her hand and sent out four claw winds, knocking the four oil lamps back before they could even get close.
As they were knocked back, oil spilled out of the lamps. Instead of turning into a sea of fire, the oil that fell to the ground turned into flaming demons that waved their fiery whips at Miaomiao.
"Too weak!"
Miaomiao didn't even turn her head. The shadow behind her that looked like a cat or a rabbit pounced forward and extinguished the flaming demons in an instant.
At the same time, the four oil lamps in the air collided and merged into one. They shot out a flame far more destructive than before, enough to threaten even a Spirit Severing cultivator.
"I've been waiting for you!"
As if she'd foreseen all of this, Miaomiao turned her head and sucked in the flame from the oil lamps. Surprisingly, there was no sign of pain on her face. Instead, she looked indescribably pleased.
"Crash …"
As if something had collapsed, the immortal formation under Miaomiao's hand was broken, and the oil lamps under its control fell to the ground with a clang.
From the appearance of the oil lamps to Miaomiao resolving the crisis, it hadn't taken much time.
Miaomiao didn't even have time to fiddle with the oil lamps before she hurriedly threw herself into the maintenance of the next seal. Fortunately, while Miaomiao was dealing with the oil lamps, this was the only seal that was unstable.
With the unstable seals stabilized and no new dangers appearing for the time being, Miaomiao happily picked up the oil lamps and began to examine them.
The green oil lamp exuded a sense of antiquity. There were many mysterious words engraved on it, and there were also some demonic statues. This was a Celestial Artifact, and its grade had already reached the mid-grade!
Miaomiao had never owned an immortal treasure before. This wasn't to say that she couldn't use the treasures refined by humans, nor that Gu Zheng was reluctant to give her one. Rather, apart from Tang Mo, Gu Zheng's immortal treasures didn't suit her at all.
As soon as the green lamps appeared, Miaomiao's attention was drawn to them, and a feeling rose in her heart that the immortal treasure was very suitable for her. This feeling wasn't without reason. Miaomiao could sense that the refinement of the immortal treasure had used a lot of materials from spirit beasts. Most importantly, it contained a heavenly monster's lifebound demonfire!
A heavenly monster was equivalent to a cultivator at Jin Xian's level, and its lifebound demonfire was very attractive to Miaomiao.
Miaomiao also had a lifebound demonfire. Not long after entering the Skysnail Cavern, she'd used it to burn a human-shaped zombie.
"Thank goodness the immortal formation is controlling you, so I can't use your true strength. If I'd been in the hands of a cultivator, I'd probably have been injured today!"
Miaomiao's eyes narrowed into slits as she finished toying with the lamp and immediately claimed it as her master.
"You're mine now. In my hands, you'll be even more powerful than in the hands of a cultivator!"
Miaomiao snickered and the bronze lamp in her hand immediately floated up and danced around her.
While Miaomiao had obtained the immortal treasure she'd wanted, Gu Zheng had also benefited greatly. His original forty percent Gokusen's Art was now at forty percent, but neither the effects of the immortal fruit nor the immortal yuan in the immortal formation showed any signs of exhaustion.
Immortal yuan was still surging, and Gu Zheng's ball of immortal power was still as greedy as ever. It shone brightly as it climbed to another peak.
Finally, the ball of immortal power in Gu Zheng's body grew to its limit again. With a flash of golden light, the ball of immortal power became even more solid and heavy. It was climbing to another peak!
Before consuming the immortal fruit, Gu Zheng's cultivation had been at forty percent, early Transformed Spirit. Now, Gu Zheng's cultivation was at forty percent, late Transformed Spirit. A high-grade immortal fruit and an energy gathering formation left behind from the Prosperous Era allowed Gu Zheng's cultivation to soar rapidly.
At this moment, Gu Zheng was still devouring immortal yuan, but the artifact spirit was getting more and more excited.
"Whether it's the effects of the immortal fruit or the amount of immortal yuan stored, it's more or less beyond imagination. His cultivation actually rose to forty percent, sixty percent here! If the next treasure hunt goes smoothly and he can obtain high-quality ingredients, then in the last immortal formation on the second floor of the treasure trove, his cultivation will most likely reach forty percent, entering the Transformed Spirit or Void stage! I really didn't expect that a trip to Blood Tide Island in the Age of Chaos would yield such a harvest. His luck is really strong! "The artifact spirit sighed with emotion.
Finally, there was no more immortal elemental energy gushing out from the immortal array. Immediately after, the effect of the immortal fruit cultivation also ended. Gu Zheng's cultivation finally stopped at the forty sixth layer, which was the late stage of Spirit Severing and Void Returning.
"Awesome!"
Gu Zheng stood up, clenched his fists, and roared, feeling the enhancement in all aspects of his body after the breakthrough.
"Not bad, the immortal yuan here not only allowed you to reach forty percent, but also allowed you to accumulate another twenty percent of your immortal energy!" The artifact spirit smiled.
This time, the effect of the Immortal Fruit Cultivation lasted for twenty minutes. After Gu Zheng consumed the Immortal Fruit Cultivation, the amount of Immortal Core Power he absorbed from the air every second was equivalent to three months of bitter cultivation in the Flourishing Magic Era!
Twenty minutes had 1200 seconds. A year had 12 months. Gu Zheng's immortal fruit cultivation, in addition to the surging immortal elemental energy in the Essence Gathering Array, allowed him to cultivate for 300 years in the Flourishing Magic Era!
Hearing Gu Zheng's roar, Meow Meow knew that he was fine and immediately ran over.
"Mister, what level are you at now?" Meow Meow looked curiously at Gu Zheng.
"Late Transformed Spirit."
Gu Zheng laughed. In a good mood, he reached out and ruffled Meow Meow's hair.
"Wow!"
Meow Meow exclaimed, then shook Gu Zheng's hand. "Mister, you're amazing! You're amazing!"
"You're not bad yourself. You finally have an immortal item you like!"
Gu Zheng looked at the bronze lamp flying behind Meow Meow and gave her a thumbs up.
Mid-grade immortal items could only be found by chance, and immortal items suitable for Meow Meow were even rarer. This one seemed to be tailor-made for her!
"Mister, it doesn't have a name yet! Can you give it a name for me? "
Meow Meow handed the bronze lamp to Gu Zheng.
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