Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 378 - 365: Nine Nether Calamity Fiend, Secret Technique of the Spirit Chef
Chen Xu fixed his gaze on the wild boar meat on the ground.
Nowadays, he was constantly burdened by the oppressive forces of heaven and earth from all directions, and his divine thought couldn’t leave his body. Unlike his time in the Great Li Kingdom, he couldn’t observe many things in detail through his divine thought.
However, when Chen Xu focused his attention on an object, his innate talent for seeing entries would naturally respond.
Yes, he could see food entries!
[Exotic Wild Boar Meat, originally an ordinary wild boar, wounded by celestial sword energy, affected by the Nine Nether Calamity Fiend at the time of death, causing internal disorder of yin and yang, with evil poison born within it. Normally inedible.
If one wishes to consume it, the evil poison must be removed using a Spirit Chef’s secret technique. Then, it can be cooked with the Spirit Roasting Eight Techniques for safe consumption.]
The entry explained the fundamental reason why the wild boar meat was inedible!
Chen Xu, upon realizing this, immediately had many associations.
But at this moment, the most crucial task was to understand what exactly was the "Spirit Chef’s secret technique" that could remove the evil poison here?
He had cultivated both the Food God Technique Scroll and the Spirit Roasting Eight Techniques, but neither of these cultivation techniques contained any descriptions or records about "removing evil poison".
Chen Xu’s mind raced, and the Food Cauldron Celestial Book opened at his side.
Lines of information were revealed from it.
[Divine Master Position: Chen Xu]
[Title: Firework Apprentice]
[Cultivation: Golden Core Level 3 (39.9%)]
[Current Status: Soul Casting (1.03/1000)]
[Special Status: Spirit Connection Breaking Barrier, Void Manifestation]
Huh, a lot of the information had changed.
Chen Xu’s cultivation was now at Golden Core Level 3, which was due to having taken a Dragon Soaring Pill earlier.
A single Dragon Soaring Pill not only granted Chen Xu the power of [Binding Dragon Returning Wave] for a quarter of an hour while consuming the pill, but also propelled his cultivation to advance rapidly, breaking through two minor levels, going directly from Golden Core Level 1 to Golden Core Level 3.
It’s just that Chen Xu was previously preoccupied with the great changes of heaven and earth, and had no time to mind these details.
Soul Casting was also easy to understand and didn’t need much explanation.
Only with [Spirit Connection Breaking Barrier, Void Manifestation], after Chen Xu pondered for a while and reviewed the information feedback from the Food Cauldron Celestial Book, did he understand.
The so-called [Spirit Connection Breaking Barrier] referred to his emergence from the painting.
[Void Manifestation] indicated that his life form was undergoing metamorphosis.
This was actually connected to the changes in the value of [Soul].
At the same time, Chen Xu noticed that his lifespan had also changed.
[Lifespan: 18/341]
Previously, his lifespan was 340 years, but now, without realizing it, his lifespan had unexpectedly extended by one year.
Was it because of [Soul +1]?
It turned out that the growth of the soul was a more straightforward way of extending life than the growth of essence.
Chen Xu’s emotions slightly surged; he controlled himself to maintain composure, but a sense of joy from gaining something still emanated from his chest.
Now as he looked at this world again, most of the initial unfamiliarity had already faded away.
Still bearing caution, Chen Xu reaffirmed that his decision to "ascend" was indeed in the right direction.
He pondered again on how to eliminate the evil poison of this wild boar meat.
Suddenly, Chen Xu recalled a type of spiritual material he once possessed: Life-Reflected Fiend!
The Life-Reflected Fiend could absorb various evil poisons from living beings, and Chen Xu originally often used the Life-Reflected Fiend to absorb the heat poison from within small mice, helping them heal injuries and dispel illness.
Later on, as Chen Xu’s understanding of the application of Innate Qi reached a proficient level, he learned to use a combination of Innate Qi and Spirit Manipulation Technique to heal the small mice.
The effect of Innate Qi was far superior, as it could simultaneously reduce the pain of the small mice, which was why he seldom used the Life-Reflected Fiend afterward.
In truth, the Life-Reflected Fiend had another peculiar ability.
[Life-Reflected Fiend, gathering the utmost evil qi of the world, once it fills forty-nine courses, it is cooked with Rootless Water, Unrestrained Wind, and Heart’s Desire Fire.
One can obtain a Shadow of the Soul.
Hidden within one’s shadow, when merged, it can amplify one’s own power by one-fold. When separated, this soul shadow can fly thousands of miles and follow any commands.
Within a hundred miles, the power of the soul shadow can reach ninety percent of oneself; two hundred miles, eighty percent... and so forth.
In critical moments, unraveling the Life-Reflected Fiend allows one to substitute for death once.]
Once the Life-Reflected Fiend is refined, it can even serve as a substitute for death!
Initially, Chen Xu didn’t quite understand the purpose of this item, but reflecting now on some of the entry explanations of the Life-Reflected Fiend, particularly the phrase [Shadow of the Soul], Chen Xu suddenly had a vague insight.
Soul, and Shadow of the Soul, as the names imply, must have some connection.
If [Shadow of the Soul] can substitute for death, then the mysteries and wonders of the Soul itself are beyond imagination.
He had a strong feeling that perhaps in this realm, he could indeed unravel the mystery of eternal life.
Of course, meals must be eaten bite by bite, and journeys taken step by step.
Long-term goals should be kept in mind, while what Chen Xu had to do now was to attempt to extract the evil poison from the wild boar meat on the ground using the Life-Reflected Fiend.
The Life-Reflected Fiend required a full forty-nine courses of extreme evil to perform the [Shadow of the Soul] refinement. Chen Xu had set it aside back then, not because he didn’t want the [Shadow of the Soul].
But extreme evils were hard to come by, and despite extracting disease fiend from the small mice over a long period, he had only filled two courses of extreme evil.
Lately, he had been busy with provincial examinations, water diversion from the south to the north, among other complex and rapidly appearing changes, and hadn’t had the time to deal with the Life-Reflected Fiend.
As a result, this treasure had been set aside.
While Chen Xu was contemplating, he saw Ding Chuan crouching beside the wild boar’s carcass, still unwilling to give up, trying to cut meat from the wild boar’s haunches.
Ding Chuan gritted his teeth, his eyes red: "Such a large wild boar, yet I can’t find any piece of meat not tainted by poison! No, I refuse to believe it!"
He disemboweled the wild boar, and as time passed since its death, an even more foul stench emanated from it.
To the naked eye, some parts had begun to visibly show a distinct ghostly green hue.
Such colored pork had obviously been completely tainted by poison and was impossible to eat.
Ding Chuan wielded his sword to cut the whole wild boar into pieces, intending to find a good piece of meat.
As for the roasted meat that had been cooked before but was inedible, Ding Chuan had clearly forgotten all about it.
Chen Xu gently flicked his finger, and an extremely fine gust of finger wind shot out silently, striking the roasted meat on the ground and bouncing it up.
The roasted meat landed in Chen Xu’s palm, and he mobilized his Golden Core, forming a thin layer of True Yuan in his palm to hold the roasted meat in the air.
He did this not because he had a cleanliness obsession.
But rather, he intended to use this to train his application of True Yuan in this world. As he was constantly suppressed by the world’s pressure, he needed to train hard on True Yuan to accelerate the formation of his soul.
Holding the roasted meat, Chen Xu silently released the Life-Reflected Fiend.
The Life-Reflected Fiend was formless yet substantial, appearing slippery like a swimming fish, making it extremely difficult to grasp and control.
Chen Xu slightly frowned, having anticipated this.
Just as his first use of the Life-Reflected Fiend in the Great Li Kingdom encountered many difficulties.
But now that he was in another world, he needed to fully adapt, which meant he had to retrace many of the challenging steps he had already experienced.
But as the saying goes, "By reviewing the old, one learns the new."
Now, relearning to control the Life-Reflected Fiend, Chen Xu gained deeper insights compared to before.
He carefully controlled the Life-Reflected Fiend, gradually devouring the strange ghostly green spots on the roasted meat. After several dozen breaths of time passed.
Though everything seemed slow, it all really happened in a very short amount of time.
Squatting on the ground dismantling the entire wild boar, Ding Chuan finally could no longer hold back and shouted: "Ah—"
A formal cultivator, could he actually starve to death in the wilderness?
Ding Chuan laughed wildly, drawing out his last bottle of Grain Avoidance Pill from his waist.
There were still three pills inside, enough to last him six days, but after consuming these pills, what would he do?
If he returned to Qingxi City, he feared he would have no face to see his senior sister and might even be hunted by the Four Symbols Alliance.
Ding Chuan’s face was bleak as he was about to pour out a Grain Avoidance Pill from the bottle.
When he suddenly heard an appetizing meat fragrance coming from behind him, the aroma wafted into his nostrils, making him unconsciously swallow his saliva with each breath.
This, what is going on?
Ding Chuan was more shocked than delighted, yet his body moved without his mind, suddenly turning around, his eyes fixed intently on the source of the aroma.
That—that was the piece of roasted meat he had thrown on the ground earlier!
That piece of roasted meat had not shown the ghostly green hue of poison at first because he cooked it quickly.
This was also why Ding Chuan had hoped to try eating it.
But when Ding Chuan chewed a few bites and discarded the roasted meat, its color had already started to look off.
But now, what did Ding Chuan see?
He saw the roasted meat on the ground, crispy and golden, with some areas slightly charred due to insufficient control of the fire, yet overall, the roasted meat was incredibly tempting.
Most importantly, the roasted meat bore no green hue of poison!
Ding Chuan was incredulous, breathing rapidly.
"This, this is..."
His chest heaved as he bolted three steps forward to the roasted meat, grabbing it with one hand.
The roasted meat was actually stained with a lot of dirt and debris; Ding Chuan raised his sword, intending to cut off the dirty parts.
But the aroma was too overwhelming; Ding Chuan hesitated only briefly before unwilling to cut the meat, taking out a small water pouch from his waist.
He carefully poured a small amount of clean water to wash the debris off the roasted meat, and once clean, the roasted meat looked even more appetizing.
Ding Chuan couldn’t help swallowing hard, looking around to ensure no one was around, then shouted out:
"Brother! Are you nearby? Did you use some secret spell to remove the poison from this roasted meat?"
He had only caught a glimpse of Chen Xu once before, in a life-or-death moment, but had firmly remembered Chen Xu’s existence.
After counter-killing Zhang Ming, Ding Chuan did not immediately leave, partly due to his injuries and partly due to fear of Chen Xu’s presence.
During the process of cutting meat and roasting, he lost control of his emotions several times, a mixture of real feelings and some element of performance.
But Ding Chuan had never imagined that the meat he’d roasted, tainted by poison and ruined, could become so fragrant and attractive.
Ding Chuan’s heart raced vigorously. Unable to see Chen Xu, he turned in circles, once again shouting the question:
"Brother, if you are here, could you answer?
This, this piece of roasted meat, can I eat it?"
Whether the meat was edible was not really a question for Chen Xu, but for Ding Chuan himself, asking if he dared to eat it.
If he dared, he would eat even if Chen Xu said nothing.
But if he didn’t dare, would he really trust Chen Xu’s response?
Chen Xu didn’t respond, merely standing quietly aside, watching what Ding Chuan would do next.
Ding Chuan hesitated for a moment, but finally steeled himself, deciding to take a gamble.
With a smile on his face, he carefully said, "Brother, since you don’t answer, I’ll take it as your tacit consent. This, this meat... I’ll eat it then."
He smiled and indeed tore off a piece of roasted meat, stuffing it into his mouth and started chewing.
