"This is really an opportunity. It's a pity that you already have several super food cultivators. This new super food cultivator won't be of much use to you," the Artifact Spirit said.
"Wrong. This new super food cultivator is very powerful! Among the few super food cultivators I have, the Sacred Fruit Cultivator has the best effect, but it relies on heavenly materials and earthly treasures. The Immortal Fruit Cultivator is slightly less effective, but it still requires Immortal Fruit. As for the Elemental Core Food Cultivator, it has the least restrictions compared to the Sacred Fruit Cultivator and Immortal Fruit Cultivator. It can be cooked as long as it uses reasonable ingredients and elixirs that can be combined with the ingredients! This new food cultivator can completely replace my need for the Elemental Core Food Cultivator in the future because its characteristics are very similar to the Elemental Core Food Cultivator. It can also use elixirs as ingredients! "Gu Zheng said.
"It can do that? Then this is really a great opportunity! "
The Artifact Spirit's eyes widened. Although she had a lot of culinary knowledge, she didn't have the Eye of Dao after all, nor did she have a deep understanding of ingredients like Gu Zheng. She really wouldn't have known such a profound thing if Gu Zheng hadn't explained it to her.
"The benefits don't stop there!"
Gu Zheng smiled and continued, "The food cultivator failed to 'pass the tribulation', but it wasn't destroyed because of it. It was all thanks to Huang Junde's unconventional method of remedy! When I have time in the future, I can deliberately make the food cultivator fail to 'pass the tribulation' and try to use other methods to remedy it. Let's see if I can make the food cultivator rise from the ashes. After all, it contains a very profound Dao of Transformation and the Dao of Life and Death! "
"After the mission is completed, you will have more free time when you return to Earth. At that time, you can try what you want!"
The Artifact Spirit seemed very excited. She was more supportive of anything that could improve Gu Zheng's cultivation or improve his culinary skills.
Hearing the Artifact Spirit's words, Gu Zheng smiled and said, "Although I have a lot of resources now, if I want to try something like this, it will consume a lot of ingredients!"
The Artifact Spirit rolled her eyes at Gu Zheng. She knew that Gu Zheng wanted to take this opportunity to ask for benefits. "Do your mission well. When the time comes, the reward for this mission will make you feel like you've earned a lot!"
Gu Zheng knew that the reward for the 'Culinary Mastery' mission would be excellent, but now that he heard the Artifact Spirit's words, he was even more certain of the reward and felt full of motivation.
Gu Zheng and Yun Songtao flew into the Kunlun Mountain Range. They chose a place for cooking and cultivating, and laid down a few restrictions to prevent others from disturbing them.
Gu Zheng began to prepare for cooking while Yun Songtao stood guard outside the restriction. After all, this was the Kunlun Mountain Range. When the food cultivator crazily absorbed the immortal essence, it would definitely alarm the immortal cultivators in the Kunlun Mountain Range and attract unnecessary trouble.
"It's a pity that due to the rules of the mission, I can't add any other ingredients or supplementary ingredients to this dish other than water. Otherwise, its effects would definitely be improved."
Looking at the boiling water in the pot, Gu Zheng sighed in his heart. He removed the restriction on the jade box and poured the food cultivator, which looked like a messy stew, into the pot.
When the food cultivator entered the pot, the clear water in the pot instantly changed color and created a large wave. Gu Zheng observed the changes in the food cultivator with his Dao Eye and used the Five Elements Immortal Art to control it in turn.
Under Gu Zheng's control, the waves were calmed down and turned back to normal. A strange smell also emerged from the pot.
The strange smell was a stench. It was produced when the food cultivator failed to pass the 'tribulation'. However, under Gu Zheng's control, the stench was gradually diluted and turned into a faint fragrance! Moreover, this fragrance would become more fragrant as time passed. The principle was the same as the smelly herring that Gu Zheng had cooked before.
The murky soup in the pot became clear as time passed. Some yellow oil droplets floated on it, and the smell became more fragrant as if there was meat stewing in the pot. The food cultivator that was originally like a stew was completely cooked in this process. If Gu Zheng wanted to give this food cultivator a new life, he had to change it into a different form.
For a full half an incense stick's worth of time, Gu Zheng used the Five Elements Immortal Art to control the food cultivator in the pot.
At this time, the fragrance in the air was very rich. This fragrance carried spirituality and was different from the fragrance of ordinary delicacies. Even the weeds on the ground swayed with the fragrance and greedily sucked in.
The water that Gu Zheng had added to the pot had been boiled dry. The food cultivator in the pot was now a beautiful red sauce. The texture was a bit like the 'Three Untouched' that Gu Zheng had made some time ago.
"Bang!"
The pot, which had been placed on the stove, suddenly jumped up. After being suppressed by Gu Zheng, it froze in midair.
Gu Zheng frowned. The Five Elements Immortal Sphere in his body vibrated. With the Fire Controlling Art, the flames in the stove suddenly rose and continued to provide heat to the pot.
The 'tribulation' of the food cultivator had begun. Whether it was the shaking pot in the air or the food cultivator who wanted to jump out of the pot, they were all restless.
While controlling the wok, Gu Zheng continued to mix the characteristics of the food cultivator in the wok. It wasn't an easy process. Otherwise, Huang Junde, a First Grade Immortal Chef, wouldn't have failed at the step of transcending the tribulation.
"Bang!"
A loud sound came from the pot. The food cultivator, who had been suppressed by Gu Zheng, jumped up.
"Bang!"
Another loud sound rang out. The food cultivator, who did not jump very high, crashed into the colorless barrier that Gu Zheng had set up in advance and bounced back into the pot.
"Go!"
Gu Zheng pointed with a finger. The lid of the pot flew up and covered the pot. Immortal energy flew out from his fingertips and he set up three layers of restrictions on the pot.
As Gu Zheng expected, after the food cultivator destroyed the first two layers of restrictions on the lid, he finally calmed down under the pressure of the third layer.
"Phew …"
Gu Zheng let out a long breath. The 'tribulation' of the food cultivator, which did not seem dangerous on the surface, had finally ended under his control.
In the next moment, the immortal energy in heaven and earth madly condensed into the pot. Gu Zheng once again used the Five Elements Immortal Art to make the final adjustments to the food cultivator.
The immortal energy in a large area was attracted. This phenomenon naturally alarmed the immortal cultivators in the Kunlun Mountains. At the same time, two people flew in Gu Zheng's direction.
The Kunlun Sect was not the only immortal sect in the Kunlun Mountains. However, the Kunlun Sect was the largest among these immortal sects.
The two immortal cultivators flew over aggressively. Although the immortal energy in the air would naturally flow due to the attraction, this kind of large-scale plundering of immortal energy in other people's territory would lead to a life and death situation when they met someone who was not easy to talk to. This was not a strange thing.
The two immortal cultivators who came over were not from the Kunlun Sect. However, they also knew the Kunlun Sect's elder, Yun Songtao.
Yun Songtao told the two immortal cultivators that the phenomenon here was caused by the food cultivator that he had asked the immortal chef to cook. The two immortal cultivators did not dare to say anything else and immediately returned to where they came from.
As soon as the two immortal cultivators left, Gu Zheng called Yun Songtao and asked him to bring the cooked food cultivator back to the Kunlun Mountains. This was because this food cultivator had been processed twice. Its shelf life was short, and it only had a short shelf life of two days.
This was a business that would not be reviewed by customers. However, no matter whether it was the taste or the effect of this business, Gu Zheng was very satisfied with it! After all, he had turned an originally bad food cultivator into a brand new one. The strength of its effect could be seen from the plundering of immortal energy when it was almost out of the pot.
"Exalted Immortal, I have a question," Yun Songtao said.
"Go ahead," Gu Zheng said.
"Exalted Immortal, I heard that you would leave the Wind Billow Star after completing your task. Exalted Immortal, when will your task be completed? "
Yun Songtao's question made Gu Zheng frown slightly. "Why are you so curious about this?"
"Exalted Immortal, don't think too much. I'm just curious." Yun Songtao hurriedly smiled apologetically.
"There is a limit to my task. If you pass the requirements, I will complete another eleven orders."
Gu Zheng was originally short of thirteen orders. However, today, Yun Songtao helped him complete two orders. Therefore, he was left with eleven orders.
"Exalted Immortal, don't worry. I will present my last order to you as soon as possible," Yun Songtao said.
"Oh? You have it? "Gu Zheng asked.
"That's right. After giving me these ingredients, Fellow Daoist Huang also told me how to complete my last task. However, I need some time to prepare the ingredients that I lack. It will take about three days. I will definitely go to the shop again! "
Yun Songtao left. Gu Zheng, who was returning to the shop, was very happy. He did not take Yun Hao's life back then. The task he gave him had been a great help.
In the next few days, the shop's business improved again. The number of orders per day continued for three days!
Previously, Gu Zheng had thought that if the business here was really bad, he would open the shop in a foreign country for the remaining orders and let the foreign cultivators complete them. However, who would have thought that in three days, there would only be one order left! Moreover, when they parted last time, Yun Songtao had vowed that his last task would only take about three days.
Sure enough, on the afternoon of the third day, Yun Songtao came to the shop again.
After looking at the ingredients provided by Yun Songtao, Gu Zheng shook his head. "According to the difficulty level, the ingredients this time are not up to standard. You also know that your son asked me to cook the Cold Valley Beast meat before. Although the Cold Valley Beast meat you brought this time is slightly different, in terms of cooking difficulty, it does not meet the standard! "
Hearing Gu Zheng's words, Yun Songtao hurriedly said, "Exalted Immortal, Fellow Daoist Huang said that when these ingredients are cooked together, 'Fleeting Youth' will appear!"
Yun Songtao's explanation made Gu Zheng's heart tremble. It was a pity that he could not properly experience 'Fleeting Youth' last time. This time, Yun Songtao actually brought him an ingredient that could produce 'Fleeting Youth'. How could he not be excited?!
"Really?" Gu Zheng asked.
"It's absolutely true. Fellow Daoist Huang really said so! When Fellow Daoist Huang was in the Kunlun Sect, he was also stumped by the Cold Valley Beast meat. After that, when he left, he asked us for the Cold Valley Beast meat. Our Kunlun Sect provided Fellow Daoist Huang with a lot of Cold Valley Beast meat, including the same Cold Valley Beast Emperor meat as this time. When Fellow Daoist Huang went back to cook, he encountered 'Fleeting Youth'! Therefore, he asked me to specially find the Cold Valley Beast Emperor meat this time! "
Yun Songtao's voice paused, and then he said, "Fellow Daoist Huang also told me that if Exalted Immortal said that the ingredients were not up to standard, he would tell me his cooking method."
Yun Songtao told Gu Zheng Huang Junde's cooking method. After hearing it, Gu Zheng frowned slightly. Huang Junde's cooking method was the best way to cook these ingredients with the Eye of Dao.
However, 'Fleeting Youth' was a variable in the cooking of ingredients. It could not be discovered by the Eye of Dao in advance, so Gu Zheng could not determine if 'Fleeting Youth' would appear during the cooking process.
However, Gu Zheng also believed that whether it was Yun Songtao or Huang Junde, they did not have the guts to lie about this unless they were tired of living.
"Do you still have the Cold Valley Beast Emperor meat on you? Show it to me! "Gu Zheng asked.
"Yes, I hunted a Cold Valley Beast Emperor in the Kunlun Ruins!"
Yun Songtao patted his storage belt, and a dead spirit beast appeared in the shop.
The Cold Valley Beast Emperor looked a little like a Qilin, and one of its hind legs had been cut off by Yun Songtao.
The Cold Valley Beast Emperor meat that Yun Songtao provided to Gu Zheng was only a relatively upper part of the Cold Valley Beast Emperor's hind leg. Under the observation of Gu Zheng's Eye of Dao, there was a special substance in this part of the hind leg meat. And this special substance was only available in the other hind leg of the Cold Valley Beast Emperor that weighed more than 500 kilograms.
"I have all the other ingredients, but I'm missing the hind leg meat of the Cold Valley Beast Emperor," Gu Zheng muttered.
"If you want the hind leg meat of the Cold Valley Beast Emperor, I'll cut it off for you now!" Yun Songtao said fawningly.
"Alright!"
Gu Zheng nodded in satisfaction. Yun Songtao immediately used an immortal technique to separate the hind leg meat of the Cold Valley Beast Emperor.
"What do you want to do?"
The voice of the artifact spirit sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
"I want to take a good look at 'Fleeting Youth'," Gu Zheng said excitedly.
"How do you want to see it?" The artifact spirit asked again.
"Although I believe that 'Fleeting Youth' will appear, I'm not sure whether it will appear or not! According to the mission standards I set for Yun Songtao, each mission must be harder than the previous one. Therefore, the ingredients he brought this time were not up to standard. I decided to accept his things and let him complete his mission! As for the last business of the 'Culinary Success' test, I'll wait for the next person. "
Gu Zheng's explanation led to the artifact spirit shaking its head, "It's not as simple as you think. I've already told you that the Tao Tie statue is a psychic object. When you broke the rules and asked Yun Songtao to help you complete the mission, the mission rules you set have already been recorded by the Tao Tie statue! The ingredients that Yun Songtao brought this time, the Tao Tie statue did not judge them as unqualified. If you follow your way, then you will fail the 'Culinary Success' mission test because you refused qualified ingredients! "
The Tao Tie statue had actually recorded the mission rules set by Gu Zheng. This was something that Gu Zheng did not know! At this time, Gu Zheng finally woke up from his previous excitement.
"You mean to say that in the face of such a situation, your judgment of the mission is not as big as the Tao Tie statue? Even if you think my way is appropriate, it won't have any effect? "Gu Zheng frowned.
"That's right. Once the Tao Tie statue judges that you have failed the mission, even I can't do anything about it!" The artifact spirit said seriously.
"Alright!"
Gu Zheng's frown deepened. He had always thought that the Tao Tie statue was just a supervisor in this mission, but he did not expect that a supervisor actually had a judgment power that surpassed that of the artifact spirit!
"You've really been overjoyed this time. There are only two paths you can choose now. One is to give up, and then there will be no reward. The other is to continue, but I don't need to tell you what this path is. I really did not expect that 'Fleeting Youth' would actually appear twice under the rules set by you! "
The artifact spirit sighed. If she could think of such a variable, then she would definitely remind Gu Zheng about the Tao Tie statue. Even if Gu Zheng reminded Yun Songtao about it, she would still choose to turn a blind eye. After all, she wanted Gu Zheng to complete the mission. If not, she would not have chosen to compromise with Gu Zheng repeatedly.
But then again, let alone the artifact spirit who did not expect such a variable to appear, Gu Zheng also did not expect that the extremely rare 'Fleeting Youth' would actually appear twice under the mission rules set by him, and push him into a major crisis.
"Logically speaking, 'Fleeting Youth' is not within the scope of my mission's test!"
Gu Zheng's brows were still tightly knitted, and his mind was racing as he thought of countermeasures.
"That's right. After all, there are too few people who have the Heart of Dao. Even when Lord Gokusen taught you culinary skills, he also told you not to care too much about the Heart of Dao! Therefore, in the original mission test, if 'Fleeting Youth' appeared, the Tao Tie statue would definitely judge it as unqualified. However, you changed the rules. When the Tao Tie statue faced the 'Phoenix Dances in the Ninth Heaven', it did not judge 'Fleeting Youth' as unqualified. This time, when faced with a new ingredient, it will also not judge it as unqualified! "The artifact spirit said.
"You said that the Tao Tie statue judged the ingredient as qualified this time because it knew that 'Fleeting Youth' would appear?" Gu Zheng smiled bitterly.
"Ugh …"
The artifact spirit in the garden suddenly covered its head and let out a painful groan.
"What's wrong with you?" Gu Zheng asked nervously.
"I have already spent a lot of effort to check the Tao Tie statue. Among the things recorded in it, there is indeed a record of the Cold Valley Beast Emperor meat triggering 'Fleeting Youth'!" The artifact spirit smiled bitterly.
"Why did you do such a stupid thing? I'm just asking out of curiosity! "
Gu Zheng glared fiercely at the artifact spirit. "It's impossible to give up. Facing difficulties head-on may not be a dead end! The last time I saw 'Fleeting Youth', my Five Elements Immortal Ball suddenly moved for no reason. I feel that its movement is definitely related to 'Fleeting Youth'! Maybe I really do have the Heart of Dao? "
"Don't be silly!" The slightly weak artifact spirit shook its head and smiled bitterly.
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