"Your culinary skills?"
Brook was slightly surprised. He didn't know Gu Zheng's exact age, but since Gu Zheng already had the strength of a level three dominator, he must be a cultivation maniac. Such a person actually said that he had culinary skills.
"Master, Ouyang, no, Mister Gu was originally a chef, a very famous chef!"
Housekeeper Berlusconi explained in a low voice. Hearing this, Brook was even more surprised. He slowly nodded. "That's good. I'm not used to the food here. I'll have to trouble you, little friend Gu!"
After interacting with him for a few days, Brook also learned of Gu Zheng's real name. The two of them were in the same boat. Neither of them were from the Infernal Court. They were both sent here by mistake. In this place where they had no relatives, the two of them felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
"Come in first!"
Gu Zheng smiled and let the two of them enter his room. Then, he took out the immortal tool kitchen utensils from the Chaos Space. Brook saw the extraordinariness of the kitchen utensils with a single glance, and the shock in his eyes grew.
The utensils were won by Gu Zheng. This set of utensils was indeed good, much better than the utensils he used before.
After the utensils were laid out, Gu Zheng took out the ingredients. Because he didn't think of what to cook beforehand, it was purely an impromptu idea. Gu Zheng prepared to cook something simple to eat first.
The ingredients were simple, but the taste wasn't simple. Gu Zheng made shredded chicken noodle soup and honey chicken.
Three people and a slightly bigger fat chicken. Brook's eyes widened when he saw Gu Zheng take out a live chicken. He also had a spatial artifact, but it was very ordinary. It could only store inanimate objects, not living things.
Those that could store living things were definitely high-grade goods.
However, Brook didn't say anything. His temperament was indifferent. Back when he was cultivating on Earth, he was like this. Later on, when he cultivated and entered the Devil Realm, it was still the same. Whether or not it could store living things, it was still a spatial artifact. As long as it could store things, it didn't make any difference to him.
The chicken was quickly processed by Gu Zheng. The shredded chicken was removed, the chicken soup was used to cook noodles, and the chicken was left to make honey sauce chicken.
It didn't take long for the aroma to spread out. Brook couldn't help but sniff. Just by smelling the aroma, he could tell that Gu Zheng's cooking was many times better than what he had eaten before. Even he was tempted to eat it as soon as possible.
While the Honey-sauce Chicken was being steamed, Gu Zheng began to prepare the noodles.
Gu Zheng used Sky Flour. Sky Flour was the best for making noodles. It was the most chewy and tasty. Although the Sky Flour was still Normal Grade, the water and salt had been raised to Medium Grade. The overall taste had increased by a lot.
Brook stood at the side and stared at Gu Zheng's hands. The way Gu Zheng kneaded the dough gave him a sense of beauty that came from an art class.
When Brook was cultivating, he was a fan of literature and art. He made friends with a lot of literature and art big shots, and many of them were good friends of Brook.
Of course, Brook also had many names. After all, his lifespan was still there. If others found out that he was an old monster that had lived for thousands of years, who knew what kind of trouble it would cause.
However, Picasso, Da Vinci and the others did have a good relationship with him.
The noodles were quickly kneaded and Gu Zheng put the noodles into the pot. The Honey-sauce Chicken on the other side was almost ready to be steamed with the support of his immortal power.
While cooking the noodles, Gu Zheng took out some ingredients that were suitable for cold mixing and made a small platter. After the noodles were ready, a Honey-sauce Chicken and a cold dish were brought to the table.
Two side dishes and a bowl of noodles. It was a very simple meal.
"Please!"
There was a big table in Gu Zheng's room. The three of them sat around the table while the butler looked at the door.
Gu Zheng made chicken noodle soup, not chicken blood soup. It didn't have the exaggerated fragrance of chicken blood soup, but the fragrance was still very strong. At least everyone in the inn could smell it. The people in the inn were all asking where the fragrance came from.
The people in the inn were confused. They didn't know what the fragrance was about. Following the fragrance, some people smelled it and came to the outside of Gu Zheng's room. At this moment, there were already more than a dozen people standing outside. They were all people who smelled the fragrance and ran over.
These were all ordinary people. They knew that the fragrance was inside, but they didn't dare to knock on the door or push it open.
After all, the people who could stay in the best room in an inn were either rich or powerful. Generally, they couldn't afford to offend such people.
Brook and Gu Zheng already knew that there were people outside. The two of them ignored them and sat there eating noodles.
Gu Zheng ate elegantly, but Brook was different. He ate the noodles very quickly. Although Brook was a European, he used chopsticks very well. He ate the noodles very smoothly. From time to time, he would pick up cold dishes and Honey-sauce Chicken.
"Not bad, it's delicious. I haven't eaten something so delicious in a long time!"
Brook said as he ate. He ate the fastest. In a short while, the noodles in his bowl were all gone. He also ate half of the Honey-sauce Chicken. When the housekeeper saw this, he hurriedly brought his bowl over to him.
The housekeeper's bowl had not been touched.
Looking at the housekeeper, Brook hesitated for a moment. Finally, he shook his head and said, "You eat. You don't have to give it to me!"
Although he wanted to eat very much, he couldn't bring himself to eat the food of others. After struggling for a while, he finally gave up.
"Young friend Gu, your culinary skills are truly superb. It's been a long time since I've eaten something so delicious. No, I should say that I've rarely eaten anything as delicious as yours. There was only one time when I attended a Great Demon Lord's banquet in the Demon Realm. The taste of the food at the banquet was truly delicious, almost as good as yours!"
Brook said quickly. A great lord was an official title in the Devil Realm. It was a very powerful person. In a place of the same age, those who could hold the position of great lord were basically experts with the strength of Daluo Jinxian.
"It's good that you like it!"
Gu Zheng smiled faintly and didn't say anything. This was just an ordinary meal that he had made. If he had used all of the mid-grade ingredients or added some good ingredients, the taste would have been many times better than this.
That kind of food was really amazing.
If all the ingredients were of good grade or high grade, then the dish would be a real immortal dish. The Tool Spirit had said before that when his Gokusen Immortal Art reached the fifth layer, it would give him high grade ingredients. At that time, he would be able to obtain high grade ingredients.
He was now at the seventh layer of the fourth layer. He was not far from the fifth layer. He was really looking forward to cultivating to the fifth layer. At least, at that time, he would have more and better ingredients.
Brook didn't want it. The housekeeper ate the noodles in front of him. With just one bite, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The food made by Gu Zheng was really delicious. He had always lived in the castle, but he had also eaten some of the so-called famous chefs' food. Compared to Gu Zheng's food, the difference was really too big.
It could be said that one was in heaven and the other was on earth.
He had never eaten such delicious food in his life. He finally understood why when he inquired about Gu Zheng, all he got was information related to cooking, such as the champion of China's National Gourmet Competition, the youngest famous chef in China, the best chef, and so on.
Gu Zheng's cooking was really good. With just one taste, he had completely conquered his taste buds.
Three servings of noodles and two dishes were eaten clean. Brook was still not satisfied.
"The taste is really good. If I had known, I would have let you make it a few days ago!"
They had been in Hell for a few days. In fact, Brook had been hungry for a long time. Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked to eat today. It was just that the food here disappointed him.
Hell's food was disappointing, but Gu Zheng's cooking really gave him a big surprise.
Gu Zheng smiled and didn't say anything. Instead, he took out a pot of good wine and wine glasses.
After pouring out three glasses of wine, Brook's nose immediately sniffed it.
This was a good wine for cultivators. Although it wasn't immortal wine, the taste was still very beautiful. Immortal wine was a good treasure that could strengthen immortal power. However, Brook didn't cultivate immortal power, so Gu Zheng didn't rashly take out the immortal wine to avoid any conflicts.
"Good wine. I haven't drunk such wine for a long time. Speaking of which, the last time I drank it was more than a thousand years ago. A friend of mine from the East gave it to me!"
Brook drank it in one gulp and immediately praised. He squinted his eyes and shook his head as he spoke, as if he was recalling the past.
More than a thousand years ago, he hadn't cultivated to the level of Jin Xian and was still on Earth. Speaking of which, he and Gu Zheng were both from Earth. In Hell, they were really from the same hometown. Hell wasn't the Devil World, nor was it the Heaven. Even if the people on Earth cultivated to the level of Jin Xian, they would never come to this place.
It was even possible that the three of them were the only seedlings from Earth, and there were no other places.
"After drinking, let's go and ask for information!"
Gu Zheng said softly. Brook had the experience of traveling between two worlds and knew the characteristics of a connection point. Generally speaking, a connection point was located in a special place. For example, Gu Zheng's castle was actually a connection point to Earth.
Back then, Solomon was also one of the 72 Demon Gods that he summoned.
This was also the reason why the magic array couldn't be moved away. Gu Zheng wasn't clear about this, but Brook knew that he also used that connection point to go back and forth. As long as they found the connection point, they had hope of returning to Earth.
After returning to Earth, Brook had to be careful. As long as he didn't trigger the magic array to go to and from Hell, he had hope of returning to the Devil World.
"Okay!"
Brook readily agreed. The butler stood up and opened the door. There were still a dozen people standing outside. After seeing the bowls and chopsticks on the table, they all shook their heads and left.
Naturally, they weren't worried that the people outside could hear them talking. However, it was very uncomfortable to have people standing outside, so the butler went out to chase them away.
The streets of the city were very wide, and there were carriages passing by from time to time. According to Gu Zheng's estimation, the streets of the city were about six lanes wide, and there was no problem for a few loose carriages to run side by side.
The streets of the city were made of stones and were very clean. The mortals here lived very comfortably. It wasn't that Hell didn't have wars. As long as there were people, there would be wars. Hell was no exception. It was just that wars were very rare, and large-scale wars were even rarer.
Another point was that the rulers of Hell were cultivators. Even if there was a war, they would not implicate the innocent. This was a good point. If there was a war, everyone would just fight. Usually, it would be cultivators fighting against cultivators, while the civilians would watch from afar.
For example, if there was an irreconcilable conflict between two families and they had to fight, the first to fight would be the practitioners. Moreover, it would be the high-level practitioners who had reached the Immortal Realm.
If one side failed, then the ordinary cultivators on their side would be unlucky. They would either be killed or turned into slaves. As for the commoners, nothing would happen. Some families would occupy the territories of other families, and the commoners would become their people.
Other than handing in some tributes, the civilians would organize people to constantly search for various kinds of cultivation resources. These resources were of no use to ordinary people. As long as they found them and contributed them to their families, they would receive some rewards and improve their lives. Therefore, there were many treasure hunters among the civilians of Hell.
Treasure hunters were different from the bounty hunters on Earth. Their main purpose was to find treasures, or to find cultivation resources for practitioners.
Some treasure hunters couldn't find one for several years, while some could find several in a year. Different luck would lead to different results.
Treasure hunters who couldn't find resources and didn't have any savings would lead a miserable life. It was possible for them to starve to death. However, even if they starved to death, they wouldn't dare to commit crimes. The punishment for civilians in Hell was very severe. Moreover, it wasn't just killing you. In serious cases, your soul would be extracted and you would suffer forever.
If your soul was extracted, you wouldn't die even if you died. You would suffer great pain every day. This was enough to intimidate all the civilians. Therefore, no one dared to violate the laws set by the ruler. If they did, they would be in a situation where they couldn't live and couldn't die.
It was also because of this that the cities of Hell were very safe. It was said that no one picked up lost things on the road. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that there were no thieves, robbers, or murderers here.
Even if you lost something, the people who found it would find a way to return it to you. This really surprised Gu Zheng for a long time.
He also learned about this later. He didn't expect that the harmonious society that the people hoped for would appear in a place like Hell. It had to be said that it was a kind of irony and also a kind of helplessness.
The good customs of the people also caused the people to be simple and honest. It made it much easier for them to ask for information.
When the three of them went out, Brook kept asking questions. Moreover, they were all strange questions that Gu Zheng couldn't understand at all. For example, where didn't it rain, where there were more clouds, where there were more water plants, and so on.
Gu Zheng didn't know how these questions would help in finding the connection point. However, he was smart and didn't ask. Since Brook knew about the connection point, he must have his ways. Gu Zheng just had to wait for the results.
This time, they stayed in the city for fifteen days. After fifteen days, Brook called Ren Baqian to his room.
"According to the information I received these days, the place that is most likely to be the connection point is Mount Ali!"
After calling Gu Zheng over, Brook immediately said his analysis. After these days of getting along, they had become good friends. Brook's temperament was very straightforward and he liked to make friends. It wasn't difficult to get along with him.
Gu Zheng had excellent cooking skills. His cooking skills made the people around him reluctant to leave him. It was the same for Brook. At least for these days, Brook was very satisfied every day. He could eat different kinds of delicious food every day. He was very satisfied.
If it wasn't for the fact that this was Hell, he really wanted to live like this day after day until he got tired of eating Gu Zheng's food.
No, he would never get tired of eating Gu Zheng's food. This was what Brook believed in his heart.
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