"Master, why do you want to go out for a walk? Is it because of the commotion outside? "
There were various immortal arrays and restrictions in the cave. Aside from protecting the cave, these immortal arrays and restrictions were also used to isolate sounds from the outside world. However, inside the cave, it was easy to understand what was going on outside. As long as the owner of the cave did a simple thing, images of the surroundings would appear in the cave.
At this moment, Die Ling and Gu Zheng's eyes were fixed on an image on the cave wall. It was the situation near the cave. Although there was no one else in the image, there were faint voices coming from it.
"It's not because of the commotion outside. I just need to cook some food to eat."
As an Immortal Chef, Gu Zheng's main method of increasing his cultivation was through various kinds of food cultivation. It had been some time since he last ate food cultivation, so it was time to cook some food to increase his cultivation.
"Oh? Why do you need to go out for a walk? "Die Ling didn't understand.
"This place is rich in immortal energy, but it belongs to the Buddhist Sect. Once you eat food cultivation, you will crazily plunder immortal energy, which might affect others," Gu Zheng said.
"Ah? Then you can't eat food cultivation here? "Die Ling 'e furrowed her brows.
"It's not that you can't eat food cultivation here, but you need to make an appointment with the deacon monk first. While you were asleep, I went to look for the deacon monk and made an appointment today. However, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, you still need to confirm it before eating food cultivation, "Gu Zheng said.
"So it's like that. Then let's go out, Master. I still haven't taken a good look at this Floating Mountain!" Die Ling said happily.
Gu Zheng brought Die Ling out and flew directly to the deacon monk's cave.
The Floating Mountain Range was very large. As they got closer, the sounds that they could faintly hear from the cave became clearer and clearer.
"Master, what are you doing? Are you going to talk about the Dao? "Die Ling asked curiously.
"That's right. Every once in a while, the monks of the Floating Mountain will come here to talk about the Dao. They don't hide it from outsiders. The place where they talk about the Dao is outside the deacon monk's cave, "Gu Zheng said.
The deacon monk was in charge of managing the Floating Mountain. There was a plaza outside his cave where a group of people were exchanging cultivation experiences.
Gu Zheng's arrival didn't attract much attention. However, people couldn't help but look at Die Ling, who was following behind him.
The deacon monk was talking to someone. When he saw Gu Zheng, he nodded at Gu Zheng, indicating that he should wait for a moment.
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"The Floating Mountain only sells a total of five Immortal's Caves to the outside world. Each of the five Immortal's Caves can only bring in one servant. In terms of numbers, they naturally can't compare to the monks." Gu Zheng said.
While the monks were talking about the Dao, Gu Zheng and Die Ling were talking in private. After half an incense stick's time, the talk ended. Some people left the plaza while others continued to talk.
Seeing the deacon monk walk over, Gu Zheng and Die Ling stood up.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, is this the servant you mentioned before?"
The deacon monk sized up Die Ling. As a deacon of the Floating Mountain, he had to know the number of servants of the outsiders. Although the immortal elemental energy here was dense, the consumption of immortal elemental energy was naturally higher. Therefore, there was a limit to the number of people.
"Yes," Gu Zheng said.
"Beautiful like the clouds in the sky!" The deacon monk nodded at Die Ling.
Die Ling's cultivation was equivalent to a Perfected Golden Immortal and she was a monk at the level of an eminent monk. For the monk to say such words, it was enough to show how outstanding her appearance was.
However, the deacon monk's praise didn't have any other meaning. It was as if he had seen a beautiful cloud fly across the sky.
"Thank you for your praise!" Die Ling bowed.
The deacon monk smiled and looked at Gu Zheng. "Fellow Daoist Bai, you might have to wait a little longer. Fellow Daoist Duan hasn't come out yet!"
The last time Gu Zheng came to make an appointment, the deacon monk had told Gu Zheng that there was a grade one blacksmith with the surname Duan on the Floating Mountain. He was refining a Celestial Artifact.
When Gu Zheng came to make an appointment, it was an emergency period when the Celestial Artifact could be refined at any time. Therefore, to be safe, the deacon monk asked Gu Zheng to wait for two days.
Now that two days had passed, the Celestial Artifact refined by the Celestial Artifact was still in the process of being refined.
"Master Wu Nian, what kind of Celestial Artifact is this Celestial Artifact refining?"
Previously, this was the first time he had met the Deacon Monk. There were some things that Gu Zheng felt it was inappropriate to ask about. However, now that the appointed time had arrived and this Grandmaster Duan had yet to refine the Immortal Artifact, this made him rather curious.
Although Gu Zheng wasn't a blacksmith, he knew a little about refining. When a blacksmith came into contact with the materials, he would have a concept of time. It was like how Gu Zheng knew how to cook and how long it would take to finish the dish when he saw the ingredients.
Generally speaking, a blacksmith's estimation of time would be off by a day at most. If it exceeded this error, it would either mean that the refinement had failed in advance or that there was a problem during the refinement process. The result was very likely to be a failure.
Gu Zheng came to make an appointment two days ago, but it was during the period when the Celestial Artifact Refining could be completed at any time. This abnormal situation had almost exceeded the normal error of a day.
"Master Duan is helping this poor monk's senior brother refine a spatial Celestial Artifact."
Monk Wu Nian paused and then said, "This kind of spatial Celestial Artifact is quite special. When it's about to be refined, it's more sensitive to the changes in the Celestial Essence in the air. Therefore, it can't withstand the torment of condensing Celestial Essence in the Elemental Gathering Array and the special effect of eating cultivators to plunder it."
When Monk Wu Nian's voice fell, almost everyone in the square looked in one direction because they felt that the flow of Celestial Essence in the air had undergone a great change.
"It's finally starting to absorb Celestial Essence. It seems that the Celestial Artifact Master Duan is refining is about to be completed!"
Monk Wu Nian's voice was filled with emotion as if his heart had finally been relieved.
At this time, the two cultivators who were chatting together in the square walked towards Gu Zheng and the others.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, I'm Gan Long. Greetings!"
The black-clothed old man among the two cupped his fists towards Gu Zheng.
"Do you know me, Fellow Daoist Gan?" Gu Zheng returned the greeting.
"I heard from Master Wu Nian that Fellow Daoist Bai is an Immortal Chef, so I came to pay you a visit!" Gan Long said.
"So that's how it is. Nice to meet you!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
The yellow-clothed old man beside the black-clothed old man said, "Fellow Daoist Bai, I'm Ye Hongjiang. I wonder if Fellow Daoist would like to take on business?"
"The main purpose of living in the Floating Mountain is to cultivate in seclusion. However, since I'm not in seclusion now, and we're all neighbors, there's no harm in taking on a business, "Gu Zheng said.
"Fellow Daoists, your alcohol addiction is acting up again!"
Master Wu Nian smiled at Gan Long and Ye Hongjiang, then looked at Gu Zheng and said, "Gan and Fellow Daoist Ye can be considered old residents of the Floating Mountain. The two of them have a good personal relationship. Every time they come out of seclusion together, they always have a few drinks!"
"The two of us are indeed acting up, but Master, you haven't drunk for a while, right?" Gan Long said with a smile.
"Indeed, since the last time I drank with the two of you, I haven't drunk for three years," Master Wu Nian said.
"Three years? Why do I feel like it's been three months? "
Ye Hongjiang shook his head with a smile. The concept of time was really a little vague for immortal cultivators.
"As the saying goes, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Since the two of you happened to come out of seclusion, and Fellow Daoist Bai happened to come to our Floating Mountain, as long as Master Duan's immortal tool is successfully refined today, I'll hold a banquet to treat you all!" Master Wu Nian said.
"That's great!"
"It's rare for Master Wu Nian to treat us, and it's even an Immortal Chef banquet. This is really something to look forward to!"
Gan Long and Ye Hongjiang laughed.
"We didn't ask in detail the last time we met. I wonder what grade Fellow Daoist Bai is?" Master Wu Nian asked.
Immortal Chefs were also divided into three grades, with the third grade being the lowest and the first grade being the highest. If one wanted to obtain an Immortal Chef grade certificate, they had to go to the Immortal Chef Alliance, which was formed by the Twelve Immortal Chef Sects.
The higher the grade of an Immortal Chef, the more they could make the best use of it. The same ingredients in the hands of Immortal Chefs of different grades would naturally produce different effects. As for the fees of Immortal Chefs of different grades, they were also different.
"Since I'm not a member of an Immortal Chef Sect, I didn't go to the Immortal Chef Alliance to obtain a grade certificate," Gu Zheng said.
"Although Fellow Daoist Bai didn't go to the Immortal Chef Alliance to obtain a grade certificate, Fellow Daoist Bai should know what grade he is, right?" Master Wu Nian asked again.
"Of course I know. I'm a First Grade Immortal Chef."
Gu Zheng's smile made Master Wu Nian and the others widen their eyes. They felt that it was unbelievable.
Although Master Wu Nian and the others felt that it was unbelievable, it wasn't something that was incomprehensible. After all, in an Immortal Chef Sect, there were no more than three First Grade Immortal Chefs! Under normal circumstances, the head chef of an Immortal Chef Shop was only a Second Grade Immortal Chef. Just like Lu Piaoxiang, her culinary skills were only Second Grade Immortal Chefs.
"First Grade Immortal Chef."
Master Wu Nian muttered, then gritted his teeth and said, "Fellow Daoist Bai is a First Grade Immortal Chef. This is really surprising! Then, how much does Fellow Daoist Bai charge for cooking? "
If it wasn't for food cultivation and food therapy, it was just ordinary cooking. Under normal circumstances, the dishes cooked by a First Grade Immortal Chef would naturally taste better than those cooked by a Second Grade Immortal Chef. However, to non-Immortal Chefs, this taste was like watching a show. They could feel that it was good, but they couldn't say anything about it.
Although for a layman, the taste of the same food cooked by a First Grade Immortal Chef and a Second Grade Immortal Chef was not much different, there was a huge difference in the remuneration that the two had to pay! This was because First Grade Immortal Chefs were undoubtedly existences at the level of the Supreme Elder in an Immortal Chef Sect. They wouldn't easily cook for outsiders. Once they did, the price had to be worthy of their status.
Gu Zheng was a First Grade Immortal Chef, which meant that Master Wu Nian might have to pay three times the price for the same dish to match Gu Zheng's status.
Master Wu Nian gritted his teeth in pain, and Gu Zheng naturally saw it. He wanted to laugh in his heart. After all, he knew that Master Wu Nian didn't want to run out to treat others, so he wanted to be closer. However, what Master Wu Nian didn't expect was that he was actually a First Grade Immortal Chef with a very high status! This made Master Wu Nian, who originally planned to treat an ordinary Immortal Chef banquet, feel a little heartache.
"Although I'm a First Grade Immortal Chef, we're also neighbors. I'm also very happy to be able to meet all of you today, so for today's banquet, I'll only take the cost and not the profit!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Amitabha!"
Master Wu Nian chanted the name of Buddha and bowed to Gu Zheng. "This poor monk is very grateful for Fellow Daoist Bai's benevolence and righteousness!"
"It's fine."
Gu Zheng smiled again, and then said seriously, "However, I'll only take the cost this time. After all, I'm an Immortal Chef! If there are other Fellow Daoists who invite me to cook in the future, I'll still take the resources that I should take. "
"Of course. How can we let Fellow Daoist Bai get a free meal twice!" Master Wu Nian said seriously.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, don't worry. If we really want to invite Fellow Daoist Bai to show off his skills, we naturally won't miss out!"
"Thank you for today's meal, Fellow Daoist Bai!"
Gan Long and Ye Hongjiang also spoke one after another. However, the two of them were somewhat depressed. This was the only time that Master Wu Nian had used the free meal. This had saved Master Wu Nian a lot of resources!
"Rumble …"
Suddenly, a thunderous sound came from the sky. The Immortal Core Power that was originally swarming towards Master Duan's cave became even more rapid with the thunderous sound. Moreover, along with the influx of Immortal Core Power into the cave, there were actually traces of lightning.
"It's the last step!"
Master Wu Nian was very excited, but from his clenched fists, it could be seen that he was also very nervous.
There was thunder and lightning, which meant that this immortal artifact was extraordinary. If it could withstand the test of the lightning, then the immortal artifact would be refined. If it couldn't withstand the test of the lightning, then this immortal artifact would be destroyed.
"Master Wu Nian, what kind of spatial immortal artifact is this? What kind of grade is it to have such an abnormality? "Gu Zheng asked curiously.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, this is not a spatial immortal artifact in the traditional sense, but an immortal artifact used to break open space!"
When Master Wu Nian said this, Gu Zheng's eyes immediately lit up. "This immortal artifact was refined for Master Wu Nian's senior brother. Could it be that Master Wu Nian's senior brother is going to the lower realm?"
"That's right. I'm sure Fellow Daoist Bai has already guessed that this poor monk's senior brother has been struck by the mark of chaos, so he wants to go to the lower realm to take refuge. However, this poor monk's senior brother's cultivation is already equivalent to your late Daluo Jinxian. The power of law makes it extremely dangerous and difficult for this realm's cultivation to enter the lower realm. Therefore, a spatial immortal artifact that can open up a safe passage for this realm is needed. "Master Wu Nian said.
Gu Zheng nodded. Although he didn't say anything else, he was still somewhat shocked in his heart. This first-grade weapon refining master really had some skills to be able to refine such an immortal artifact. In the past, Gu Zheng thought that if he wanted to go to the lower realm, he could find a spatial node, use the Star Fixing Plate, and contact spatial divine stones and other items to increase the safety of space travel. But now, it seemed that these methods were not as effective as refining an immortal artifact that could break open space. After all, to be able to attract thunder and lightning, it was enough to show that this immortal artifact was extraordinary.
"Rumble …"
Another clap of thunder sounded in the sky, followed by a ray of light sprinkling on Master Duan's cave abode. The immortal core power that had been pouring into the cave abode also returned to calm at this time.
"It's done!" Master Wu Nian said excitedly.
"Hahahaha …"
Hearty laughter came from Master Duan's cave abode. After the door of the cave abode opened, Master Duan, with a head full of white hair, walked out of the cave abode.
"Master Wu Nian, fortunately, I didn't disappoint you!"
Master Duan handed the spatial immortal artifact that he had refined to Master Wu Nian.
The appearance of the immortal artifact was like a disk. There were mysterious runes and patterns on it, as if it was the product of several things fusing together. This was because Gu Zheng saw that the Stellar Positioning Plate, Divine Spatial Stone, and other spatial materials had not changed much.
"Thank you, thank you, Master Duan!"
After Master Wu Nian expressed his gratitude, he carefully put away the immortal artifact as if it would be broken if it was too heavy.
"Now, your senior brother doesn't have to worry about dying in space travel. You can't just say thank you verbally!" Master Duan said with a laugh.
"I'm going to invite Master Duan to the Immortal Chef Banquet to express my gratitude!" Master Wu Nian said.
"Immortal Chef Banquet? I still have to go to the outside world. I'm too lazy to fly anymore. Refining this immortal artifact consumed a lot of energy, so I need a good rest! "Master Duan said helplessly.
"You don't have to go anywhere else! Now that our Floating Mountain Sect has a First Grade Immortal Chef, let me introduce him to you. His name is Bai Zhubai! "
Master Wu Nian pointed at Gu Zheng, and Master Duan looked at Gu Zheng with widened eyes. "A First Grade Immortal Chef?"
"That's right." Gu Zheng smiled.
"Awesome! I'm going to have a good meal today!"
Although Master Duan and Master Wu Nian didn't say anything before, Gu Zheng knew that they didn't really believe him. However, there was no need to say more about this. Anyway, when the dishes were cooked, they would be able to taste whether or not they were made by a First Grade Immortal Chef.
"Well said."
Gu Zheng only smiled faintly.
"Since Master Duan has come out of seclusion, I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Bai. Do you have the menu here?" Master Wu Nian asked.
"Yes!"
Gu Zheng took out the menu from his storage belt. After Master Wu Nian looked at it, he immediately reached out and ordered a few dishes.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, I'd like to order two servings of these dishes. However, I have some ingredients, and I don't have some!" Master Wu Nian said.
"It's okay. I have all the ingredients for these dishes. Just give me what you have. As for the ingredients you don't have, you can exchange them with ingredients of the same grade from me," Gu Zheng said.
"Okay!"
Master Wu Nian quickly gave Gu Zheng enough ingredients. Then, he handed the menu to Master Duan. "Master, take a look. Feel free to order whatever you want!"
"As long as the guest follows the host's wishes!" Master Duan said with a smile.
"What about the two of you?"
Master Wu Nian handed the menu to Gan Long and Ye Hongjiang.
"Of course, as long as the guest follows the host's wishes."
"Master Wu Nian, you're too polite."
Gan Long and Ye Hongjiang naturally could tell that Master Wu Nian was just being polite.
"Alright then!"
Master Wu Nian smiled at them and returned the menu to Gu Zheng. "There will be a total of twelve ginseng banquets today. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Bai!"
"It's okay. Everyone, have a chat first. I'll go back and cook now."
Gu Zheng took the menu and returned to the cave abode with Butterfly Spirit.
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