Story 5 Bonus [Book 1 End] – A Fantastically Dangerous Meal (2/2)

“What it’s good to do is take this knife and this field,” I mentioned as I pulled jade variations of these from my ring. “Then, you go accumulate one Snow Pea Pod and one Pepper in the identical field. And, in case you can, don’t contaminate them along with your non secular vitality or contact them along with your arms.”

He swallowed. “Fairy Lin… How are we alleged to eat one thing if we will’t even contact it with our arms?”

I struggled a bit however finally admitted, “Whereas I have never studied this subject I’ve heard that there are a pair similarities between alchemy and immortal cooking, a lot in the identical manner chemistry and cooking share sure elements.”

“What’s… ‘Chemistry?’”

“Ah, don’t fear about that… What I’m saying is that you just’ll have to steadiness out the energies of elements, and in some instances, put together them upfront. Additionally, in case you contact peppers along with your arms then rub your eyes, you’re gonna have a nasty time.”

Realization unfold on his face, then he nodded. He most likely likened these peppers to those standard in mundane dishes. It was really an honest comparability.

“Gather 4 of every. We can’t want greater than that for this recipe…” Most likely.

He stared on the two small bushes as if going through a harmful enemy. Nicely, he wasn’t improper.

He stepped in the direction of the crops. As he grew nearer and nearer, I may inform that he realized that there was one thing I hadn’t talked about. That there was a purpose the world across the two seemed charred and icy.

He adjusted his place so he stood in between them then shortly collected one Snow Pea pod into the jade field. As a result of the field was open it began to freeze. His eyes grew extensive, and he turned to deftly reduce off a pepper.

Then swiftly went forwards and backwards three extra occasions earlier than closing the field and utilizing Constant Step to take away himself from that scenario.

He breathed shortly and shot me a betrayed glare.

I grinned. “Sure, this was a check. And also you handed.”

“What was it a check of?”

“Though your cultivation hasn’t elevated, your bodily physique has turn out to be stronger and extra capable of take injury. You’re additionally utilizing your head, although, it is best to have realized that the surroundings was extra intense than it appeared from the indicators round you.”

He nodded.

“You continue to have room to enhance, however not dangerous.” I held out my hand for a excessive 5. He reluctantly gave me one. However he wasn’t as reluctant as he normally was. This one really made a tender clapping sound.

Very satisfying. The child was undoubtedly beginning to adore excessive fives! Muahahaha!

***

Having collected all the elements, we returned to the cave. Little Spring introduced out the cooking provides he stored in his bag. These weren’t nearly as good as those we left within the area, however they have been adequate for now.

“Fairy Lin! How do I dry the peppers?”

I frowned… And stared on the field that contained the intense pink peppers and the inexperienced snow peas.

Nicely, if I have been going to dry an herb for alchemy the quick manner…

“To dry medicinal herbs you’d normally dangle them up and allow them to dry out naturally. However there’s a technique to pace up the method if it’s good to. This solely works on a handful of herbs at a time.”

After all, there have been different extra handy strategies I may use as soon as I reached the next realm. However I used to be restricted proper now.

I took out a number of stones and positioned them in a small secret crafter’s array. Then I positioned a spirit stone within the heart.

After I strengthened my arms with Qi, I tossed the contents of the jade field up into the air and separated them into scorching peppers on the lid and icy peas within the field. I positioned the peas off to the aspect the place they might chill the room. Then, utilizing jade chopsticks I positioned them on high of the array. The peppers shrank and wrinkled to the bare eye. As soon as they seemed about proper, I pulled them out of the array and dumped them again into the field with the peas.

His eyes glittered with pleasure. He pulled out the mushrooms that we’d collected to make the mushroom essence.

“The directions say that I have to extract the essence of the mushrooms and ferment them.”

“Fermenting takes time, you understand.”

“However I’ve seen you employ a method that speeds that up.”

I groaned. It wasn’t a speed-up time approach as a lot because it was a rise within the plant’s fee at which it rotted. Like how apples would keep good for months however strawberries would mould in case you seemed away from them for a few hours. After all, there have been completely different causes for that, however it was the same idea.

I took out the mushrooms and frowned at them. Then I glanced at Little Spring. He seemed so hopeful.

Had the writer, maybe believed that his lovely and barely revenge-minded protagonist wanted the additional increase to assist him survive this fucked up world? Or — in what I thought of was the extra seemingly state of affairs — had he determined to get extra standard by all of a sudden altering his primary character’s character and switched to specializing in a extra standard kind of Principal Character? One which was darker, perverted, and centered on constructing a harem?

Authors did must make a dwelling. However was that basically an excellent excuse to show an lovely child like this into fucking Bloodsword? I didn’t assume so. However I’d additionally needed to dwell by way of this twisted messed-up world he created. Perhaps if I had really learn his story I’d assume otherwise… No. Most likely not.

Nicely, I knew that the writer, on the very least, began the story earlier than we entered the sect… As a result of the incident that made me notice I used to be in a guide and never in a random Xianxia alternate universe occurred through the trial to enter the sect.

However, if all went properly, we wouldn’t must endure that once more. I imply, how lame would that be? Seeing outdated buddies and enemies who have been now youngsters. Dwelling by way of one thing that appeared like hell on the time however could be ridiculously straightforward to go now.

It appeared like it could be a bit pointless to face that over again, proper?

Little Spring sat down in entrance of me, breaking me out of my ideas. He set my bowl on the stone flooring I’d scoured. Like a Yin Yang image, it was half-filled with non secular rice whereas the opposite was stuffed with the Religious Lotus Root stir-fry. He handed me a pair of chopsticks.

I stared on the meals and examined it. The white lotus root appeared to have gone past caramelization towards the charred finish of the properly executed spectrum. The Snow Peas Pods drooped, having been overcooked. The dried pink peppers seemed like they needed to kill me with spice in revenge for what I did to them earlier. And the wooden ear mushrooms seemed like sinister black squiggles, glistening with malice.

“Did you already style this?”

His decrease lip caught out and he glared at me as if I’d offended him.

Not trusting him, I lifted my eyebrow.

He introduced his personal matching bowl up, picked up a malice-filled mushroom, and took a chunk. It didn’t appear to be he was in heaven, however he additionally didn’t appear to dislike it.

Ever so slowly, I pinched out a little bit of fluffy rice and laid a slice of {a partially} charred Religious Lotus Root on high of it. Then I introduced it to my mouth and bit down.

It didn’t style nice. And its spiciness burned my mouth, exhibiting that the ratio between peppers and snow peas wasn’t proper.

Nevertheless it was edible. Barely.

Not letting something present on my face. I continued making an attempt every bit… Nicely, at the least the child knew methods to prepare dinner non secular rice the best way I preferred it. And the mushrooms have been tender and never really stuffed with malice.

The non secular vitality inside me slowly raised. Since I’d used numerous it through the day, this was serving to me to refill what I’d spent.

As soon as we have been each completed consuming, I set each my bowl and my chopsticks down. I stared on the child.

Little Spring squirmed. “What do you assume?”

“It didn’t style good in any respect,” I mentioned.

He hung his head. “I… won’t have any destiny with cooking, in spite of everything.”

“Hey! I wasn’t executed.”

He nodded.

“It wasn’t good. Nonetheless!”

He jerked his head up and sat up straight.

“That is your first try at cooking non secular delicacies. And whereas it didn’t style wonderful, it was at the least not toxic. It didn’t produce any dangerous negative effects. And it gave the one that consumed it a lift to their non secular vitality.

“Whereas not good. It was nonetheless edible, which is best than most cooks’ first time cooking one thing this advanced.” I grinned. “Good job. Work at getting higher. All it takes is numerous observe.”

His eyes appeared to say that he didn’t imagine me.

“And by no means say that you just ‘don’t have destiny’ with something you really need to do. It is likely to be more durable so that you can accomplish than for others, however that doesn’t imply you shouldn’t discover time to observe it if it brings you pleasure.”

“Sure, Fairy Lin.” He clasped his arms and bowed.

I grinned. And I wasn’t mendacity about being stuffed with non secular vitality. Even now, I needed to suppress the urge to name on the tribulation lightning… As a result of I may really feel it on the fringe of my consciousness, like an enormous storm of hatred and heavenly will ready to complete the job the earlier tribulation failed.

This tribulation wouldn’t be the traditional lightning {that a} cultivator ought to expertise when ascending from Qi Condensation to Basis Institution. This had the identical depth because the one I skilled once I created my golden core in my previous life. Perhaps even a bit of stronger than that.

This meant that I really wouldn’t have the ability to casually increase myself as much as Immortal Ascension like a stroll in a park.

After all, this was only a barely more durable problem. The heavens couldn’t enable issues to get too straightforward in spite of everything.

Fairy Lin and Little Spring will return in Story 6 [Volume 2 Start] – Slapping Faces and Coming into Sects