Unknowingly, two days passed. In these two days, Gu Zheng made many transactions. Whether it was celestial coins or the stock of ingredients, they were all increasing. However, what made people feel helpless was that there was still no news of planet Qiming.
"I realized that your current state of mind is really good. You're actually not anxious at all."
Seeing Gu Zheng make another transaction with a smile, the artifact spirit's voice was rather gloomy.
"This isn't an urgent matter, so it's useless to be anxious. The market is closing tomorrow. If there's no news of planet Qiming here, then we'll just look for it in another place, "Gu Zheng said.
"I hope we can get planet Qiming at the next place!" The artifact spirit sighed.
Seeing that the market was about to close on the last day, Gu Zheng, who still hadn't gotten planet Qiming, began to pack up his stall. However, at this moment, there was a turn for the better. An old monk with planet Qiming came to find Gu Zheng.
"Master, what do you want me to use in exchange for planet Qiming?"
The old monk's planet Qiming was real. This made Gu Zheng secretly happy.
The old monk smiled slightly. He didn't answer Gu Zheng's question and instead asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you an immortal chef?"
"Master, why do you ask?" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"I know that you need planet Qiming. This poor monk got the news from the monks of Baohua Temple."
The old monk's voice paused. He looked at Gu Zheng and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, you should have already guessed how this poor monk knew your identity, right?"
Baohua Temple was the temple where Great Master Wu Nian was. Gu Zheng didn't ask Great Master Wu Nian not to reveal his identity. This time, he also asked Great Master Wu Nian for help in finding planet Qiming, so it wasn't strange that the old monk in front of him knew that he was an immortal chef.
"Master, what did you mention? Do you want me to use food cultivation to exchange for it?" Gu Zheng asked.
"No, this poor monk wants my disciple to learn your food cultivation!"
Whether it was the old monk's appearance or the way he spoke, he had the strong demeanor of an eminent monk. However, his request still made Gu Zheng frown.
"Learn food cultivation? What kind of food cultivation does Master's disciple want to learn? "Gu Zheng said.
"I want to learn from the food cultivator that Grandmaster consumed on the Floating Mountain that day and caused a frenzy of immortal essence to be plundered," the young monk said.
"In your dreams!"
Before Gu Zheng could say anything, the Artifact Spirit's voice rang out in his mind.
"Do you really think that a piece of broken Morning Star is especially precious? You want to imitate Lord Gokusen's Elemental Elixir Food Cultivation? Is there something wrong with your head? "The artifact spirit appeared to be very angry.
"Master, don't you think this request is too much?"
Although Gu Zheng did not express his anger, the smile on his face had already disappeared.
Indeed, the old monk's request was too much. Not to mention the Dan elemental food cultivators, even if it was the Asian food cultivators' cooking methods, it was also too much to ask for just a piece of Morning Star! After all, the cooking method of a high level food cultivator like Ya Xin was a top-secret in the Immortal Chef Sect. Even if they taught it to their disciples, they had to be very careful, let alone outsiders who wanted to learn it.
"This Penniless Monk's request is not too much. After all, we are just taking what we need."
The old monk still had a good-natured smile on his face, but in Gu Zheng's eyes, he felt a little nauseous.
"Master, you should keep your Morning Star. This Bai cannot do this kind of business!" Gu Zheng said coldly.
"Morning Star might not have been very precious in the past, but it is different now. After all, many people need it! If Fellow Daoist misses out on this Penniless Monk's Morning Star, who knows when you will see it again, "the old monk said earnestly.
"This Bai is not waiting for Morning Star to save his life. It can appear whenever it likes!"
Gu Zheng's voice paused, and he said, "Master, please do as you wish. This Bai still has business to do!"
"Could it be that Fellow Daoist did not plant a Primal Chaos Imprint?" The old monk's expression was rather surprised.
"Who told you that I planted a Primal Chaos Imprint?" Gu Zheng glared at the old monk.
"No one said it. This Penniless Monk guessed it. Since Fellow Daoist did not plant a Primal Chaos Imprint, then it is not strange that Morning Star's value to you is somewhat low.
The old monk laughed and then said, "How about this! Fellow Daoist, as long as you make the food cultivation from that day on my disciple again, this Morning Star will also be yours, alright? "
Gu Zheng did not immediately speak. He sized up the young monk from head to toe and did not discover anything special about the young monk.
The condition changed from imparting to observing. If it was not for the fact that this young monk was confident that he could learn it after seeing it once, the old monk would not be like this. However, if the young monk was really the kind of person who could learn it after seeing it once, then he was really a genius in the path of cooking! After all, observing was not imparting. Gu Zheng would not be like Gokusen who imparted his skills and tell the young monk all kinds of things to pay attention to when cooking.
"Are you sure you only want to see it once?" Gu Zheng asked.
"I am sure!" the young monk said confidently.
"The food cultivation that Fellow Daoist makes must have the same effect as that day!" the old monk added.
"The food cultivation that day requires two immortal grade ingredients. If you have immortal grade ingredients, I can consider doing this business."
"Two immortal grade ingredients?"
Gu Zheng's words caused the old monk's eyes to widen.
"What do you think?"
Gu Zheng sneered and said snappily, "If you only need ordinary ingredients, how can there be such an effect? Other than the immortal grade ingredients, you also need many other resources. These resources are also very expensive! However, the immortal grade ingredients are the main ingredients. As for what the supplementary ingredients are, that will have to be decided after seeing the main ingredients. "
The old monk did not care about Gu Zheng's sneer. He gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, give me two days. I will find two immortal grade ingredients!"
"Alright, I will wait for you at the Buddha Light Inn in the county for two days. I will not wait for you after two days! Also, let me tell you, prepare as many high-grade ingredients as possible, as well as high-grade Immortal Essence Pills as possible! "Gu Zheng said.
After deciding on the location and time, the old monk did not stay any longer and left with the young monk.
"What wishful thinking!"
The Artifact Spirit's angry voice rang in Gu Zheng's mind.
"What are you going to do?" The Artifact Spirit asked.
"If he wants to steal my skills, then he can steal it!" Gu Zheng smiled contemptuously.
Two days later, Gu Zheng waited for the old monk and his disciple at the Buddha Light Inn.
Without much idle chatter, the old monk placed the two ingredients on the table.
"Five-colored Deer Meat and Chaos Papaya. These are indeed two immortal grade ingredients."
Gu Zheng smiled. He felt that things were really coincidental. After looking at the Five-colored Deer Meat with his Dao Eye, he found that this piece of meat was actually from the same mutated Five-colored Deer as the one he had used to make the Elixir Essence Food Cultivation.
"Aside from these two immortal grade ingredients, we also need …" Lin Fan's eyes widened.
Gu Zheng said all the things he needed and then said, "Among these ingredients, if you have them, you can provide them to me. If you don't have them, you can exchange them with me."
The old monk took out all the immortal essence pills that Gu Zheng wanted. As for the ingredients used as supplementary ingredients, he only had one high-grade one.
After exchanging other resources with Gu Zheng, a set of ingredients for cooking the Elixir Essence Food Cultivation was placed on the table. However, the ingredients for this set of cooking the Elixir Essence Food Cultivation were exaggerated. It was set by Gu Zheng according to the Elixir Essence Food Cultivation that he had made for Master Duan. Therefore, in terms of ingredients, the old monk actually paid twice the price of the real Elixir Essence Food Cultivation.
"Since we have the ingredients now, we should talk about the specifics," the old monk said.
"Okay."
Gu Zheng nodded and said again, "I'm only responsible for cooking, not teaching. When I'm cooking the food cultivation, unless I ask something, you can't speak! I'll only cook according to my method. You can't raise any objections. Whether you can learn it or not will depend on your disciple's ability. After the food cultivation is done, you can check the effects. After confirming that there are no problems, give me the Morning Star. If the two of you have any objections, you can raise them now! "
Regarding the rules that Gu Zheng mentioned, the old monk looked at the young monk. The young monk shook his head.
"Okay, we'll do as you say!" the old monk said.
"Since you don't have any objections, I'll cook the food cultivation in this inn. After the food cultivation is done, you can find a place to test the effects," Gu Zheng said.
The room that Gu Zheng was in was very big. The kitchen utensils had already been set up. Gu Zheng also started to process the ingredients.
To Gu Zheng, processing ingredients was an art. After all, he wanted two portions of ingredients, but to produce the effects of one portion, he needed to start processing the ingredients with some 'thought'.
The first ingredient that Gu Zheng processed was the five-colored deer meat. If he didn't need to 'think', the most correct way to prepare the five-colored deer meat in this food cultivation was to add minced Ming Wang Immortal Grass and steam it for a while. However, after Gu Zheng used some 'thought', he soaked the five-colored deer meat in ice water and used the Water Control Art to process it.
Although he was using the Water Control Art to process the five-colored deer meat, Gu Zheng also paid attention to the young monk. He knew that the young monk was watching his movements very seriously and had some doubts between his brows. Clearly, he was questioning why Gu Zheng would use ice water to process the five-colored deer meat.
The fact that the young monk had doubts meant that he really had a certain level of skill. He was able to see that this way of processing the five-colored deer meat wasn't very good. On top of that, Gu Zheng could feel that the young monk's heart was beating a little faster when he watched him process the ingredients. It made him even more certain that the young monk, who didn't look anything special, had the legendary Heart of Ingenuity.
There were many types of 'Exquisite Heart'. In the Dao of Food, those who had the 'Exquisite Heart' would have a sensitivity toward ingredients that ordinary people didn't have. This sensitivity was specifically reflected in the fact that even if he hadn't seen an ingredient before, he would have a special feeling. From there, he would know what kind of ingredient that ingredient was paired with and would easily produce a better effect.
The 'Exquisite Heart' could be said to be an innate condition that the majority of Immortal Chefs were envious of. In terms of observing ingredients, it was second only to Gu Zheng's Dao Eye!
Although the 'Exquisite Heart' was second only to the Dao Eye, the scope of comparison was limited. In fact, the difference between the two was very big. The 'Exquisite Heart' was an innate talent, while the Dao Eye was comprehending the Dao and understanding the Laws. How could the 'Exquisite Heart's' special feeling toward ingredients compare to the Dao Eye's?
After washing the five-colored deer meat, Gu Zheng sliced it and chopped up the Bright King Immortal Grass before putting it into the sliced deer meat. Then, he added salt, immortal wine, and other condiments.
After marinating the five-colored deer meat, Gu Zheng wanted to laugh in his heart. This was because the young monk had clearly fallen into his trap. The doubt in his eyes turned into understanding as he marinated the five-colored deer meat. There was even some admiration in his eyes. Indeed, if there was a mistake, the five-colored deer meat and the Bright King Immortal Grass would be a very reasonable combination.
As Gu Zheng continued cooking, the young monk's eyes went through two rounds of doubt and understanding. In the end, when the food cultivator's strange phenomenon appeared, it was completely replaced by admiration.
This time, the food cultivator was still very noisy. However, under Gu Zheng's suppression, it calmed down and turned into a bowl of thick soup with deer meat and Primal Chaos Papaya slices. The milky white fragrance of the meat permeated the air.
"Alright, you guys can talk now!"
The moment Gu Zheng's voice fell, the old monk couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Fragrant, too fragrant!"
The old monk's demeanor was completely different from before. As he spoke, his gaze never left the food cultivator in the young monk's hands.
"Now that the food cultivator is done, let's find a place to test the effects!" Gu Zheng said.
"No need. I believe that this is a food cultivator that meets the standards," the young monk said.
"Disciple, are you sure?" the old monk asked.
"I'm sure," the young monk said.
The old monk nodded and gave the Morning Star to Gu Zheng. "Fellow Daoist, we master and disciple will take our leave now. In the future, if there are any other matters regarding the food cultivator, we might have to come to the Floating Mountain to bother you again!"
"Hehe."
Gu Zheng just smiled noncommittally and waved his hand to send them off.
The old monk didn't care about Gu Zheng's reaction. He happily left with the young monk.
"How much do you think the young monk can learn from you?"
The voice of the artifact spirit sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
"What a good monk. He has a rare exquisite heart. Who asked you guys to be greedy and insatiable?"
Gu Zheng sighed and then said, "He can't learn anything from me. Even if he learns something, it will be the wrong method. Don't you think I'm leading him astray? Actually, I really didn't want to do this. They forced me! "
Gu Zheng's aggrieved expression amused the artifact spirit. She glanced at Gu Zheng and then said, "Now that you've obtained the Morning Star, we're just waiting for Great Master Duan to refine an immortal artifact that can break through space for you. Then, we'll head to Earth. Although Lord Gokusen didn't restrict your training location, I haven't heard from him for a few months. I want to contact him. "
After making this decision, the artifact spirit hesitated a bit. After all, she knew that Gokusen was very busy.
"Alright, you contact him!" Gu Zheng said.
Gu Zheng didn't have much hope that the artifact spirit could contact Gokusen. After all, when they had just entered the Wilderness, the artifact spirit had contacted him countless times. However, until Gokusen took the initiative to look for her, she hadn't been able to contact Gokusen.
However, this time, the artifact spirit closed her eyes and quickly entered a special state of ecstasy. This made Gu Zheng somewhat unable to believe that she had actually contacted Gokusen!
Furthermore, something that made Gu Zheng even more unable to believe happened a moment later. Gokusen's phantom actually appeared in the room!
"This …"
For a moment, Gu Zheng felt somewhat tongue-tied. Gokusen's phantom was smiling at him. This indicated that Gokusen wanted to talk to him!
Although he had fantasized about meeting Gokusen countless times in his heart, when Gokusen's phantom appeared in the room, Gu Zheng still felt somewhat dazed. This was really too sudden.
"Greetings, Master!"
Although he was somewhat dazed, it only lasted for a moment. Gu Zheng excitedly saluted Gokusen's phantom.
"Disciple, you may dispense with the formalities!"
Gokusen, whose white clothes fluttered, spoke. His voice carried an indescribable majesty, but it also made people feel very amiable. This was the first time Gu Zheng heard Gokusen speak. In the past, when he was receiving cultivation imparting, Gokusen had only told him the details of culinary skills through divine thoughts, and not through his real voice.
"Not bad. It's only been a few years. Whether it's culinary skills or cultivation, your progress has even surprised me!" Gokusen said with gratification.
"Thank you, Master, for your praise!"
Gu Zheng had a lot to say, but for a moment, he didn't know where to start.
"Disciple, I don't have much time to see you this time. If you have anything to say, you can say it when you return from Earth," Gokusen said.
"Master, do you mean that when I return from Earth, I can see you?" Gu Zheng's eyes widened.
"That's right. When you return from Earth this time, come to the Heavenly Realm to find me!"
Gokusen smiled slightly and then said, "Well, Master still has a lot of things to do. This time, I won't say anything more to you. Work hard, disciple. Master will wait for you in the Heavenly Realm! "
Gokusen's shadow disappeared, but Gu Zheng was still staring blankly at the place where he had been.
"Haha, what's wrong with you?" The Artifact Spirit laughed.
At this moment, Gu Zheng's feelings were still very complicated. To be honest, although Gu Zheng had accepted Gokusen's inheritance, he didn't have much respect for him from the bottom of his heart! There might be some resentment and even hatred, but the moment he saw Gokusen, these things didn't seem to be important anymore. It was as if everything that was originally illusory had become reality, and a special feeling flowed in his heart.
"When I return from Earth this time, I can see Master."
Gu Zheng's voice was almost murmuring, but the tone of the word "Master" was relatively heavy.
"When I see you, I really feel it. The sufferings you suffered in the past are indispensable conditions for you to become who you are today! Some of the things that were rewarded to you, even Lord Gokusen spent a lot of effort to collect them. As for some things that were not given to you, you should understand the reason. In other words, if there were two of you, one is the current you, and the other is walking on a smooth path after receiving the inheritance. Then I'm sure that you are not as good as you are now! Isn't there a saying in your hometown, 'Ten years to polish a sword'? You are the sword that has been polished for ten years! "The Artifact Spirit sighed.
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