Zhang Wei pondered, "Very well. Speaking of which, I do need currency from this realm. I will give you some for trading. If you manage it well, I believe you can reap considerable profits."
Zhan Hua was overjoyed. "Senior, rest assured. The Tianmen Sect has numerous businesses and is quite adept at management!"
Zhang Wei dared not take out anything too precious, as he had not yet fully grasped this world and did not know if there were any hidden super experts.
However, coming to such a good place, it would be a shame not to collect some resources.
The ingredients Zhang Wei had in the largest quantities were sea vinegar, with a daily output of hundreds of millions of tons, followed by various desert products, such as rock rice.
There were also sausages and sardines, with a monthly output of millions of tons.
Although they were all Grade One, they were perfect-grade replicas. In terms of nutrition and taste, they were no less than Grade Seven or Eight.
However, these were already the worst ingredients Zhang Wei had on hand.
First was the experimental effect. Zhuo Bufan immediately knelt and pleaded, "Please, bestow this opportunity upon Ying'er!"
Zhan Hua was deeply moved. This child Bufan, like himself, was willing to disregard his own dignity for his disciple. He bore a striking resemblance to himself in his youth. If the Tianmen Sect were to be handed over to Bufan in the future, he could depart this world with peace of mind!
Zhang Wei was indifferent. It made no difference who served as the guinea pig.
To restore the effect to its most fundamental level, Zhang Wei did not use any special methods or culinary skills. He simply took some rock rice and sea vinegar and gave them to the cook to prepare.
After some thought, Zhang Wei took out some edible-grade rank one Liquor Island kelp. With these ingredients, he could make a vinegar-wrapped rice.
Soon, the food was steamed.
First, there was the steaming hot white rice!
Each grain of the perfect-grade rock rice was identical in size, perfectly round and lustrous like pearls, with the smooth hue of pebbles, tinged slightly with gray.
As the cook served it, he marveled, "This heavenly realm's rice is truly exceptional. The aroma alone is something I've never encountered in my life. If any restaurant could use this rice, even just for plain steamed rice without any side dishes, it would be swarmed with diners every day!"
"Vulgar!"
Zhuo Bufan instinctively reprimanded, but he quickly realized that the cook before him was the benefactor who had saved their sect. His swordsmanship, capable of repelling two early-stage Foundation Establishment experts, marked him as no ordinary person.
His tone immediately softened as he explained, "What I meant was, how could the rice from a heavenly realm senior be used in a restaurant? Wouldn't that defile it for common folk?"
Zhang Wei, however, spoke up, "In my world, deliciousness is meant to be shared. Everyone can eat their fill and has the right to enjoy delicious food."
Everyone was stunned.
If such a place truly existed, the heavenly realm… was indeed something to yearn for.
At this moment, Shao Ying sat on a chair, with eight red strings tied to his wrist. The other ends of the strings were connected to eight highly respected sect elders, whose status was second only to the four brothers of Zhan Hua.
They could feel Shao Ying's physical changes through the red strings by taking his pulse.
"Child, don't be nervous. Just treat it as a regular meal from the mortal world. Relax and focus on experiencing the taste."
Shao Ying nodded, thanked Zhang Wei, and then, under the gaze of hundreds of people, picked up the rice bowl and sniffed it.
… He picked up a small pinch of the grayish-white, crystal-clear, round grains of rice with his chopsticks and gently placed them in his mouth. He closed his eyes slightly, chewing with his jaw.
Gulp.
The sound of swallowing echoed through the crowd.
Shao Ying's chewing became faster and faster. Without a word, he quickly picked up a second mouthful, a third…
Zhuo Bufan, anxiously watching, asked, "Ying'er, do you feel anything?"
"This…"
Shao Ying's face blushed, and he quickly put down the rice bowl, saying, "Master, I only felt that the rice was incredibly delicious. I couldn't help but want to eat more, and I almost lost my composure. I have failed your teachings!"
Cultivation is also the cultivation of the mind, aiming for emotional stability and detachment from worldly desires.
Under the influence of the rock rice's taste, Shao Ying found himself enjoying it, a rare experience. However, the education he had received told him that such enjoyment was a form of degeneration and sin, indicating a lack of self-control.
Thus, when Zhuo Bufan inquired, he felt a sense of unease and guilt.
"This…"
Bufan didn't know what to say and turned to look at Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei said, "Just do as I said. Focus on experiencing the taste. You have committed no sin."
Shao Ying was, after all, a child with little guile and no resistance to delicious food. After a few elegant bites, his pace quickened, and he even began to scoop the rice directly from the bowl.
"Delicious!"
"So delicious!"
"Master, so this is what heavenly realm food tastes like! This isn't ordinary mortal food, is it? The heavenly realm is truly amazing!"
Indeed.
How could something from the heavenly realm be considered mundane?
Seeing Shao Ying eating happily, Duo Lun Duo chuckled and served another bowl from the pot. "Look at you, so unrefined. You're acting like this just eating plain rice. You must not have been eating properly before!"
"Let me tell you, one must eat constantly to grow strong. Look at me! Pinch my muscles!"
"Little brother, you're as scrawny as a chick. How can you be like this? You won't even have the strength to fight!"
"Eat! Eat to your heart's content!"
Shao Ying grinned, showing the smile befitting his age.
He took Duo Lun Duo's bowl and ate bowl after bowl!
Zhuo Bufan asked again, "Ying'er, how do you feel?"
"Full."
Zhuo Bufan: ...
"Ahem, Ying'er, I meant in terms of True Qi!"
Shao Ying quickly circulated his Qi, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body.
The eight elders taking his pulse widened their eyes and exchanged incredulous glances!
One of them stood up and reported, "Reporting to the Sect Master and informing our esteemed guest, Shao Ying's True Qi capacity has increased by a full fifteen percent in the time it takes an incense stick to burn!"
The strength of his True Qi remained unchanged.
Even the most ordinary rock rice, without any culinary skill, produced such a clear and evident effect…
Zhuo Bufan excitedly clasped his master's hand. Their eyes were filled with infinite joy! A divine medicine!
It was truly a divine medicine!
Even the renowned Yellow Dragon Pill, from the first-grade mid-tier, known for refining True Qi, might not have such an immediate effect!
And the subsequent sardine rice rolls presented to them astonished everyone even further!
Liquor Island kelp…
Sea vinegar…
Rock rice…
Sausages and sardines…
Four ingredients of similar nutritional grades. While their effects should have been comparable individually, when consumed together, they exhibited an effect of 1111 greater than 20!
Drinking vinegar by itself had the weakest effect, while eating sausages and sardines alone had the best effect. For the same portion, which should have increased inner force by fourfold, it instead increased it by twentyfold due to the combination!
Incomprehensible!
Zhan Hua pondered, "Could… this be the alchemy of the immortal realm?"
"A single ingredient cannot unleash its full potential. It requires medicinal guides, auxiliary ingredients, and other components to be combined to create the most effective pills?"
It had to be!
It's just that…
Why would this method of combination involve cooking?
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