Chapter 9

: Cooking with Phoenix True Fire? This dad's too hardcore!

"Cook?"

Li Hanyi looked at Su Changqing suspiciously.

"You can cook? I remember three years ago in Cangshan, you even burned the fish you were grilling."

"A scholar should be viewed with new eyes after three days' absence."

Su Changqing smiled confidently, rolled up his sleeves, and walked towards the kitchen. "Today I'll show you what a culinary god descending to earth really means!"

joke.

During those three years of meditative absorption, he wasn't idle in his sea of ​​consciousness either.

Besides practicing sword techniques, I also sometimes practice various life skills when I'm bored.

After all, cultivators understand even cooking from the perspective of the "Tao".

"Nuonuo, wait a minute, Daddy will make you some 'Golden Fried Rice'!"

Su Changqing walked into the kitchen.

Although the tavern was dilapidated, the kitchen was fairly clean. However, it hadn't been used for a long time, so the pile of firewood was damp and felt wet to the touch.

"Tsk, this firewood won't light."

Su Changqing frowned.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have to find dry firewood to start a fire, or use their internal energy to slowly dry it.

But Su Changqing was too lazy to go through all that trouble.

He looked around and saw that no one was there.

Except for Baili Dongjun, who was peeping from the big locust tree outside the window.

Then he casually snapped his fingers.

"Snapped!"

A cluster of golden flames leaped from his fingertips without warning.

The flame was only the size of a fingernail, yet it exuded a supreme and terrifying aura that seemed capable of burning everything in the world!

The surrounding space distorted slightly the moment the flame appeared.

Phoenix Fire!

This is a companion supernatural power that he unexpectedly comprehended while deducing the "Ten Thousand Gods Tribulation". It is the most yang fire in the world, a divine fire that is said to be able to be reborn from the ashes!

If this were placed in the world of cultivation, this wisp of true fire would be enough to cause countless powerful beings to fight tooth and nail for it.

But at the moment.

Su Changqing flicked his finger.

"go."

That priceless phoenix flame drifted lightly into the pile of damp firewood under the stove.

boom!

There was absolutely no need for kindling; the damp firewood ignited the moment it came into contact with the real fire!

Moreover, Su Changqing controlled the flames with exquisite skill, burning only firewood and not the stove, and not even a wisp of black smoke was emitted. Instead, it emitted a faint woody fragrance.

Holy crap!!!

A suppressed gasp came from the large locust tree outside the window.

Baili Dongjun clung tightly to the tree trunk, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets.

As the eldest son of the Baili family and a connoisseur of wine, he was well-informed and knowledgeable.

He had once seen a record of this golden flame in an ancient book—the ancestor of all fires, capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas!

"That...that's the legendary divine fire?! This wasteful thing is actually being used to fire pots?!"

Baili Dongjun felt his worldview collapsing once again.

Cooking with Phoenix Fire?

That's incredibly extravagant!

Even the gods in heaven wouldn't be this arrogant, would they?

Su Changqing didn't care if someone was peeping outside, as long as they didn't disturb him while he was cooking.

The stove is lit, the pot is hot, and the oil is heated.

Next, it's time to showcase the real technology.

Su Changqing picked up a giant bird egg that he had somehow acquired, and casually cracked it open, causing the golden egg liquid to fall into the bowl.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The cleaver in his hand transformed into a ball of silver light.

The speed at which he chopped scallions was so fast that you couldn't even see a blur.

The size and thickness of each scallion were exactly the same, as if they had been measured with a ruler!

This isn't knife work, this is swordsmanship!

This incorporates the "Thousand Threads" sword intent from "The Tribulations of the Gods" into the act of chopping vegetables!

Next, the egg mixture is poured into the pan.

"Sizzle—"

A wonderful explosion, accompanied by an indescribable rich aroma, instantly filled the kitchen!

With a flick of his wrist, Su Changqing made the iron pot seem to come alive in his hand, flipping and turning it up and down.

The golden egg liquid coated each glistening grain of rice, drawing graceful arcs in the air.

Every grain of rice is dancing joyfully, releasing its most essential essence under the scorching heat of the phoenix's true fire!

This isn't fried rice at all.

This is clearly alchemy!

It is using the great principles of heaven and earth to cook a bowl of ordinary rice!

"It smells so good..."

Outside the tavern.

Sikong Changfeng, who was still worrying about the city gate that had been split open, suddenly twitched his nose twice.

A strange fragrance wafted over on the wind.

That wasn't just any ordinary aroma of food.

It was a unique fragrance that could arouse one's deepest appetite and even resonate with the body's internal energy!

"This taste..."

Sikong Changfeng took a deep breath.

Just one bite!

boom!

He felt that the bottleneck in his body, which had been stuck in the late stage of the Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm for many years, actually loosened slightly at this moment as he inhaled the fragrance!

"What?!"

Sikong Changfeng's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with disbelief. "Just smelling it can increase one's cultivation? Is there some kind of elixir in here?!"

It wasn't just him.

Throughout Snowmoon City, any martial artist who smelled this fragrance, whether a newly initiated ninth-rank henchman or a second-rank master, felt their internal energy circulation speed increase!

"My God! What kind of divine delicacy is this?"

"I feel like my stomach is singing!"

"Quick! Find out where this fragrance is coming from! I need to find a master to teach me!"

In an instant, the entire Snowmoon City was in an uproar because of this bowl of fried rice.

……

Inside the tavern.

Li Hanyi was sitting at the table holding Xiao Nuomi, waiting.

Little Nuomi couldn't hold back any longer. She lay on the table, her big eyes fixed on the direction of the kitchen, her drool almost dripping onto the table.

"Mommy, it smells so good! Did Daddy cook the clouds in the sky?"

Li Hanyi was also secretly alarmed.

Although she is not a skilled cook, she has tasted countless delicacies.

But this fragrance is truly unique.

Just smelling it gave her a feeling of being refreshed and as if she were in a fairyland full of spiritual energy.

"That bastard...when did he learn this trick?"

Li Hanyi muttered to herself, but a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

Just then.

"Ta-da! Special Golden Egg Fried Rice, here it comes!"

Su Changqing came out carrying two plates.

The fried rice on that plate was actually glowing!

It really is glowing!

Each grain of rice is coated with golden egg liquid, emitting a faint glow, as if it were made of a pile of broken gold.

It's sprinkled with bright green scallions and red diced ham, making it vibrant in color and incredibly appealing.

"Wow!!!"

Little Nuomi exclaimed in surprise, her eyes sparkling, "Sparkling rice!"

Su Changqing placed the plate in front of the mother and daughter and thoughtfully handed them two spoons.

"Try it quickly, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

Su Changqing looked at them expectantly.

Li Hanyi looked at the plate of fried rice in front of her, which resembled a work of art, and hesitated: "This...is it really edible? Why is it glowing?"

"That's a sign of spiritual energy overflowing. Don't worry, it won't kill you."

Su Changqing smiled.

Little Nuomi didn't care about anything else. She was starving, so she grabbed a spoon, scooped up a big spoonful, and stuffed it into her mouth.

next second.

The little guy's expression froze.

Immediately afterwards, her eyes widened suddenly, and an extremely exaggerated expression of happiness appeared on her face.

"Ugh!!!"

good to eat!

too delicious!

The soft, sticky rice, the fresh aroma of the eggs, and the salty savory flavor of the ham blend perfectly under the cooking of Phoenix Fire, transforming into a warm current that slides down the throat.

Even more amazingly, once this warm current entered the stomach, it exploded instantly, turning into countless tiny streams of heat that rushed to every part of the body!

"Buzz—"

Suddenly, a faint golden light shone from Xiao Nuomi's body!

Her hair moved without wind, and her aura began to rise steadily!

Li Hanyi was startled, dropping her chopsticks in surprise: "Nuonuo! What's wrong?!"

Su Changqing remained calm, reaching out to stop Li Hanyi, who was trying to get up: "Don't panic, that's spiritual energy infusion. It seems the effect of this demon beast egg is even better than I expected."

Under the watchful eyes of the two.

Little Nuomi's aura shot up like a rocket!

Originally just an ordinary child, her meridians were instantly opened up under the influence of this spiritual energy.

Ninth rank... Eighth rank... Seventh rank...

In the blink of an eye, he broke through to the lower three ranks!

But this is not over yet!

The golden light grew even brighter, and Little Nuomi closed her eyes comfortably, as if she were soaking in a hot spring.

He actually achieved Foundation Establishment and entered the First Rank of Martial Arts on the spot?!