Chapter 319 Banquet

The main ingredients, salt and water, Shichui used the same ones as Guzheng. As for what he had more than Guzheng, they were: pork and pork bones of ordinary pheasants and small fragrant pigs produced in Shuxu, as well as some ginger and scallions, some wolfberries and red dates.

Guzheng understood that Shichui was going to use the bones and meat of pheasants and small fragrant pigs to make soup. As for the ginger and scallions, Guzheng sighed secretly after seeing them.

For the quality of ingredients, ordinary people can only judge by experience, and it is impossible for them to have a very accurate instrument spirit to judge the grade of ingredients like Guzheng. The ginger and scallions used by Shichui, one is of inferior grade, and the other is of low grade!

When the main ingredients are ordinary, auxiliary ingredients such as scallions and ginger can be of inferior grade. As long as they are handled properly, they will not only not lower the taste of the food, but also play a role in covering and enhancing the flavor.

But if the grade of the ingredients is ordinary, and the auxiliary ingredients such as scallions and ginger are of low grade, this will have some counter-effects, and it is better not to use them.

As for the grades of wolfberry and red dates, one is inferior and the other is ordinary. Putting these two things in the soup is considered to be two common medicinal materials for making soup in the secular world, and they play a role of food supplement. This is why there is no discussion in the small circle of ordinary people. They really can be put in or not.

The method of Shichui is very traditional. First, pheasant, small fragrant pork, pork bones, ginger slices, red dates, and wolfberries are used to make the soup, and then various main ingredients are put into the broth in the clay pot at intervals.

Holding the hot clay pot with both hands, Shichui began to cook it with internal strength. Then, he added salt and green onions at the right time.

Gu Zheng's processing of the ingredients took a longer time. He roasted the eight kinds of mushrooms, steamed them, pickled them, and blanched them.

After processing the ingredients, Gu Zheng put the mushrooms into the clay pot at the right water temperature. He also put them in order and added salt at the right time. During this process, Gu Zheng has been watching the fire carefully, and from time to time he sniffed and savored the aroma in the clay pot, so as to make judgments and operate in this way, so as to make up for the disadvantages of not using immortal arts.

Gu Zheng paid attention to the aroma in the clay pot, and his nostrils inevitably penetrated the aroma of the stone-cooked 'mushroom soup'.

The 'mushroom soup' of the stone-cooked 'mushroom soup' has been prepared and has entered the heat preservation stage. However, he did not make a sound to disturb, but just watched Gu Zheng quietly.

Gu Zheng's 'mushroom soup' has not been prepared yet, and he occasionally uses the immortal art to scoop out the traces in the soup that can affect the taste.

When using immortal arts before, it was very simple to remove traces. Gu Zheng could use the water control art to sink these things to the bottom of the pot, and finally do not need the soup at the bottom of the pot. Or use the water control art to let them attach to the surface of the soup, and then Gu Zheng will scoop them out. And such an operation will naturally not require frequent use of a spoon like Gu Zheng now.

The fragrance wafted out of Gu Zheng's clay pot, which was different from the fragrance of Shi Cui's 'mushroom soup', making everyone in the kitchen flutter their noses.

"Master Gu, why did you pour soup frequently just now? There was no foam in the soup!"

"Master Gu, why don't you use internal energy?"

Seeing that Gu Zheng's 'mushroom soup' was already done, Shi Cui and Chen San immediately asked.

"Frequently pouring soup is to make the soup taste more delicious. Not using internal energy is because I want to challenge myself!"

Gu Zheng put the mushroom soup made by the two together when answering him.

"Master Gu, now that both soups are ready, who in this room will be the referee?" Shi Cui asked.

"For the sake of fairness, don't let the people in the room be the referee, what do you think?" Gu Zheng asked back.

"Sure, there are disciples outside who are responsible for serving dishes today. They usually don't come to the kitchen. They are temporarily dispatched. We can call three people in, and then how about two wins out of three?" Shi Cui said.

"Okay, that's what I meant!"

After Gu Zheng agreed, he and Shi Chui went outside the kitchen and called in three Shushan disciples who were on standby.

"Try the mushroom soup here. Which one is more delicious?"

Shi Chui gave the mushroom soup that the two of them had prepared to the three serving disciples.

The three disciples started eating at the same time. After a flash of surprise on their faces, they devoured it.

"Which mushroom soup is more delicious?"

Shi Chui asked the first serving disciple.

"They are all delicious. I haven't eaten enough and it's already over." The serving disciple said regretfully.

Shi Chui rolled his eyes and said, "You must name the most delicious one!"

"This bowl is the most delicious!"

The bowl that the serving disciple picked up represented the mushroom soup made by Gu Zheng.

"Why is this bowl delicious?" Shi Chui said unwillingly.

"I can't describe it. Anyway, it's the most delicious." The serving disciple scratched his head.

"What about you?"

Shi Chui, who was unhappy, asked the second serving disciple.

"I think this bowl is the most delicious too!"

The second waiter picked up a bowl, which also contained ancient mushroom soup.

"What's the reason?" Shichui was a little anxious.

"It's over before I can taste it. How about Shichu give me two more bowls so I can taste it?" The second waiter said with a grin.

"Okay!"

It stands to reason that Shichui shouldn't show his concern, let alone give a second chance, after all, the waiter had already given an answer.

However, Gu Zhengdu just folded his arms and smiled, which made Butler Hu, who wanted to say something, just keep his mouth shut.

“So delicious!”

After two bowls of fungus soup, the disciple who taught the dish licked his lips with unsatisfied interest, and then solemnly raised the bowl of Guzheng fungus soup: "This one is the most delicious. As for the reason, I can't say, I can only say "It gives me the feeling of walking in the mountains and forests under the scorching sun, which is a wonderful feeling."

"Forget it!"

Seeing that Shi Chui was even more angry, Chen San pulled his sleeve. According to the rule of two out of three games, Shi Chui has already lost, and there is no need to let the third disciple to speak. If the third disciple says that his cooking is delicious, he can save a little face, but if the third disciple still says that Gu Zheng's fungus soup is more delicious, it will be as embarrassing as it is. .

"No!"

Shi Chui said one word persistently, and then asked the third disciple: "It's your turn!"

The third disciple who passed down the dishes was about to lift the bowl of Gu Zheng Mushroom Soup in his hand, but when he saw Shi Chui's wide eyes, he quickly put it down again.

"It's okay, just tell the truth!" Deacon Hu finally spoke.

"I also think this bowl is the most delicious!"

The third disciple who passed down the dishes finally lifted the bowl he originally wanted to lift.

"Okay, you can go out!"

Deacon Hu asked the three disciples to leave, and then looked at Shi Chui: "Shi Chu, it's not good for you to keep your face down like this! It's just a competition, winning or losing is normal, please be more open-minded."

"Deacon Hu is right!"

Although he said this, Shi Chui quickly filled a bowl of mushroom soup made by Gu Zheng.

"Master Gu, according to the agreement, I, Shi Chui, lost, but everyone has their own preferences for carrots and cabbages, so I am a little dissatisfied with the loss! How about we wait for you to compete with Chen San and then we can have another match?"

Shi Cui, who had tasted fungus soup, really felt that the fungus soup made by Gu Zheng was just a little bit worse than his.

"No need to compete with Shi Chu again, there is still business to do today!"

It was originally a competition where we lowered our strength, but who would have thought that we would encounter a weirdo who was willing to be poisoned and refused to admit defeat! With such a person, Gu Zheng would naturally not discuss with him again, and even canceled his plan to taste his fungus soup because of this.

"Oh, I know!"

Shi Chui's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately told Chen San something.

Gu Zheng secretly laughed, and after Shi Chui finished speaking, he spoke to Chen San: "Chen San, can our discussion begin?"

When encountering a chef like Shi Cui with a bad character, Gu Zheng actually no longer wants to compete with Chef Chen San. After all, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to Mo are black! But we have an appointment ahead of us, so let’s just make do with it!

"Yes, but I have a condition. Next time I won't choose these disciples to do the tasting. They are all laymen! This time the referee is only looking for one, how about choosing Elder Meng?" Shi Chui said.

Elder Meng of Shushan is regarded as the most delicious elder. Although Gu Zheng has never met this person, he has heard people mention him and has done something related to him.

When Gu Zheng and Luo Xiao went to the back mountain of Shu Mountain, the colorful feather sparrow egg they picked up was what Elder Meng ordered from Elder Feng.

"Can."

After Gu Zheng responded, he looked at Deacon Hu: "It seems that this matter will trouble Deacon Hu again!"

"You're welcome, Master Gu, my mission today is to serve you! I will invite Elder Meng here right now. He will definitely be very interested in this kind of thing."

After Deacon Hu left, Gu Zheng and Chen San immediately made their own preparations.

At the back of Shushan Mountain, the purple harvested by Guzheng could not see the sky, and a lot of it was distributed to Shushan. Most of the purple that was distributed to Shushan fell into the hands of Elder Feng, who used the spring water from the earth's veins to make the sour bamboo shoots that are now on the ingredient list for the closing banquet.

The meat used in ‘Stir-fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots’ is not ordinary pork or beef, but leg meat from a species called ‘Groundbird’ from the Sichuan Ruins.

The ingredients of the pickled bamboo shoots were of average grade, and the meat of the groundbird was also ordinary. When Gu Zheng ordered from the ingredients list, he also ordered the sour soup used to soak the pickled bamboo shoots, as well as some oil from the groundbird.

Although the groundbird is a spiritual beast, it is not Chen San's first time cooking. He is still very confident in mastering this kind of food.

Before the competition, Chen San said that among the ingredients used by Gu Zheng, there were two kinds of auxiliary materials. He did not use these two auxiliary materials. He used the auxiliary materials that he felt were better. The two auxiliary ingredients he refers to in Guzheng are the sour soup for soaking the pickled bamboo shoots and some mesh oil from the stomach of the groundbird.

Chen San doesn’t need to soak the pickled bamboo shoots in soup or groundbird oil. This is because he doesn’t understand these two things well enough! In his opinion, the soup for soaking sour bamboo shoots tastes very sour and has a strange smell! He didn't know what Gu Zheng was doing with the soup for soaking the sour bamboo shoots. Anyway, he felt that it wasn't suitable to appear in this dish at all.

As for groundbird oil, although the mesh oil is a bit special, it looks particularly white and tender, as if it is semi-liquid. However, this kind of oil is full of groundbird body odor, which really makes people feel that it is not suitable to appear in high-quality dishes.

Gu Zheng was working on the ingredients. He knew that Chen San was watching him, and he also knew that Chen San didn't use sour soup and ground bird oil because he couldn't control these two unconventional ingredients. The auxiliary materials used by Chen San are richer than those of Shi Cui.

Ingredients powder, oil, green and red pepper, minced garlic, starch.

The auxiliary materials used by Chen San may not sound too much, but after being analyzed by the spirit of the instrument, the powder alone contains spices such as pepper, dried ginger, cinnamon, galangal, star anise, galangal, fennel, cardamom, angelica root, angelica dahurica, costus root, cloves, and grass fruit.

When Gu Zheng first heard the spirit of the instrument's analysis, he couldn't help but sigh. After all, Shushan is a famous sect. Although the cultivators usually don't have high requirements for their appetite, there are actually these spices of good quality in the kitchen. This is really not something that ordinary people can get together.

Cut the green and red peppers and sour bamboo shoots into shreds, and after the ground bird meat is boiled in the soup, tear it into shreds along the texture.

Put oil in the pot, add the ground bird meat after the oil is hot and stir-fry until it changes color, then remove it.

Use the remaining oil in the pot to sauté the minced garlic, then add the green and red pepper shreds and sour bamboo shoot shreds and stir-fry until they are cooked, and then pour the previously fried ground bird meat into the shreds and stir-fry evenly. During the cooking period, Chen San's internal energy penetrated into the pot many times and acted on the ingredients.

As for Gu Zheng, it also took a lot of time to process the ingredients.

First, the ground bird meat was boiled and then torn into shreds, and then soaked in the sour bamboo shoots and sour soup that was boiled and turned off the fire for a while.

Gu Zheng had already processed the sour soup with trace substances in the process of boiling the sour soup of the ground bird meat, so that when it was really boiled, the people in the kitchen were sniffing hard, deeply experiencing the sour fragrance that was refreshing but not choking, and made people want to drool! And this special sour fragrance has completely disappeared the strange taste in Chen San's heart!

The purple color that can't see the sky was originally discovered by Gu Zheng, and the method of making sour bamboo shoots with it was also told to Elder Feng by him, so he has an incomparable understanding of the effect of sour bamboo shoot soup.

After processing the bird meat, Gu Zheng refined the semi-fluid bird oil. During the process, he also processed the trace substances, so that the trace substances belonging to the bird's body odor completely disappeared, and the only thing left was an indescribable fragrance.

After stir-frying the soaked bird meat with bird oil for a while, Gu Zheng poured in the sour bamboo shoots and stir-fried them together. Sour bamboo shoots are salty in nature, so there is no need to add salt again.

Without the water control and fire control techniques to be used, Gu Zheng can only work harder on controlling the heat.

There is a sour fragrance in the pot, which is more intense than what Chen San did before. It makes people's stomachs growl.

Finally, the dish is ready, and the chefs who were busy at work also stopped what they were doing at this time and looked at Elder Meng who was about to taste it.

Elder Meng had already arrived, but he saw that Gu Zheng and Chen San were concentrating on cooking, so he didn't make a sound to disturb them. Seeing that Gu Zheng's 'Stir-fried Sour Bamboo Shoots with Pork' was also finished, he said, "I've been tortured by the sour and fragrant taste for a long time, now I can finally taste the delicious food!"

Without saying anything more, Elder Meng walked straight towards the 'Stir-fried Sour Bamboo Shoots with Pork' made by Chen San.

"Elder Meng, you should taste the dishes of Gu's master first, after all, he is a guest."

Chen San remembered Shi Chui's instructions. What Shi Chui had whispered to him before, that is, the dishes tasted first are at a disadvantage.

In fact, Shi Chui was right to tell Chen San this, after all, this is not a professional food review. In professional food reviews, the judges only taste a little bit of a dish and will immediately taste the next dish.

However, the three disciples who served dishes before all finished one dish and then ate another one! There were a lot of things to eat, and there was a time interval, which made it easy for people to only be impressed by the second dish.

Elder Meng looked at Shi Chui with a strange expression, and seemed to understand what Shi Chui was thinking. He shook his head and smiled, and walked towards the 'Stir-fried Sour Bamboo Shoots with Pork' made by Gu Zheng.

"If we look at it from a picky perspective, the color of the three elements, flavor and aroma, is inferior to the 'Stir-fried Sour Bamboo Shoots with Pork' made by Gu Zongmen. After all, there are no green or red pepper strips in it, which makes it look too plain. The color of food is different from the taste. The color is relatively bright, which can arouse people's appetite."

"However, this has little impact on my final evaluation. After all, this is not a very professional review. There are many other factors involved. For example, Gu Zongmen did not even use his internal strength, and the amount of ingredients used was different, so it is normal for the color to be affected."

Elder Meng would actually start his review from the color, which Gu Zheng had not thought of before. Chen San, who was originally under a lot of pressure because of the loss of the competition with Shichui, felt relieved after hearing this insignificant review.

Elder Meng picked up Gu Zheng's plate of 'Stir-fried Sour Bamboo Shoots with Pork', sniffed it lightly, and closed his eyes. He looked like he had taken a sip of wine and was savoring the taste of the wine.

"Sour, a very transparent sourness with a different aroma."

After Elder Meng commented on the aroma, he picked up the chopsticks and added a little sour bamboo shoots to his mouth. After chewing it for a while, he spoke again: "I have eaten the sour bamboo shoots soaked by Lao Feng, and the taste is beyond reproach. The sour bamboo shoots in the dish of Master Gu taste better than what I have eaten, but it is not amazing."

Gu Zheng agreed with Elder Meng's evaluation. Without using magic, the taste of the sour bamboo shoots can be improved a little. In a mixed-flavor dish, it is already good. After all, cooking is not like stewing soup. Without using magic, it is difficult for Gu Zheng to completely remove some trace substances that can affect the taste.

After tasting the sour bamboo shoots, when Elder Meng picked up a piece of groundbird meat, he added: "The oil used by the ancient master for cooking was actually the oil of the groundbird, and there was not even a trace of the sour bamboo shoots that he tasted just now. The bad taste is expected, but I still admire it. "

After saying this, Elder Meng put the ground bird meat into his mouth.

Elder Meng's expression remained unchanged as the groundbird meat entered his mouth, but when he began to chew it, his eyes opened wider and wider, and the frequency of chewing became faster and faster.

After finishing a mouthful of meat, Elder Meng's face was full of surprise.

"Sure enough, the most outstanding part of the 'Stir-fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots' is the groundbird meat! I have eaten groundbird meat before, and this kind of meat that needs to be shredded to eat usually has a woody texture. , and the taste is not that wonderful.”

"The groundbird oil used by the ancient master has less contamination on the outside of the ingredients, but more on the inside of the meat. This different change makes the originally woody taste become much more fragrant and tender. It’s even more delicious because of it!”

"Furthermore, the groundbird meat cooked in sour soup makes the original aroma and tenderness changed by the oil more prominent, and therefore has a transparent but not offensive sourness! And this sourness, It’s more refreshing and eye-catching than the ordinary sour taste! ”

Elder Meng paused, then looked at the other cooks: "Is the rice steamed?"

"It's almost ready." A cook replied.

"Okay, I'm going to wait for Master Gu's plate of 'Fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots' and enjoy it with rice. This will definitely be a wonderful experience!"

Elder Meng looked forward to the experience that would follow. After rinsing his mouth quickly, he picked up the 'fried pork with sour bamboo shoots' made by Chen San.

"I won't comment on the color. As for the fragrance, it's quite good in the first place, but compared to the one from Master Gu, it's obviously a bit inferior. It doesn't have the refreshing and refreshing feeling!"

Elder Meng shook his head, put a piece of sour bamboo shoots into his mouth, and frowned as he ate.

Without making any comments, Elder Meng took another piece of ground bird meat and put it in his mouth. With his neck stretched out, it was obviously difficult to swallow. Chen San wanted to cry.

"Cook Chen, the 'Stir-fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots' you made is pretty good. At least I can feel that you made this dish with great care. The spices in the meat also taste very good, but in essence, the texture is It’s still firewood. Among the effects of the two ingredients, the feeling of sourness after entering the meat is even more different from what Guzhang made! There’s a gap.”

Elder Meng was already very considerate to Chen San. It was fine when he ate sour bamboo shoots just now, but when he ate groundbird meat, he almost couldn't help but spit it into the trash can. It's really hard to compare people to each other, and compare goods to each other. The goods have to be thrown away!

Chen San did not question Elder Meng's words, but he still tasted the 'fried pork with sour bamboo shoots' made by Gu Zheng.

"Master Gu, I lost, I am convinced!"

After tasting the 'Fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots', Chen San's face was full of disappointment.

Gu Zheng's 'Fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots' made a big breakthrough, and it was a breakthrough in a good way. Compared with Gu Zheng's 'Fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots', what he did seemed very mediocre. This is Chen San The feeling in the heart.

Gu Zheng didn't say much, just nodded.

In fact, whether it is Chen San or Shi Chui, their cooking skills are also good, but as the same saying goes, one has to die when comparing with others, and one has to throw away when comparing goods.

"Elder Meng, please try it. This is the 'fungus soup' that Master Gu and I made before. It's still kept warm!" Shi Chui smiled flatteringly at Elder Meng.

"If you don't tell me, I want to taste it too. There are vegetables and soup. My meal will be perfect later."

Elder Meng paused for a moment, then looked at Shi Cui with a half-smile but not a smile: "Whose do you want me to taste first?"

Shi Chui looked embarrassed, but still insisted on his idea: "Let's try Sect Master Gu's first!"

"hehe."

Elder Meng smiled and took out the 'fungus soup' made by the two of them from the clay pot.

"First of all, let's talk about the color. The 'mushroom soup' made by the ancient master only has various kinds of mushrooms. The 'mushroom soup' made by Shi Chu has red dates, wolfberry and green onion floating in it. The color is not as good as the 'sour bamboo shoots' The color of the stir-fried pork, the 'Stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots' is a meat dish, it would be nice to have a brighter color, but 'Mushroom Soup' is a pure mountain delicacy. The chopped green onions you put in it made me think it was a failure at first. It suddenly lost its spirit and felt too vulgar! Love, this color, I think the 'true color' of Master Gu is better!"

Elder Meng just commented on one color, and Shi Chui's face was already wrinkled like a bitter gourd.

"Elder Meng is commenting from the perspective of vegetarian dishes, so the soup I prepared with all my heart will be counterproductive," Shi Chu thought.

There were eight kinds of mushrooms used in the ‘Mushroom Soup’. Elder Meng tasted a little of each, and the expression on his face also changed with the taste of different mushrooms.

There was no comment on the mushrooms for the time being. After eating the mushrooms, Elder Meng took another delicious sip of the soup and then spoke.

"Although I didn't see how the ancient master made the 'mushroom soup', I can tell from the taste of the mushrooms that there are different ways of processing ingredients, including steaming and roasting, in a variety of ways, and the taste is also very good."

"As for the soup, the wonderful taste of the mixture of eight kinds of fungi is like a spring rain, making people feel that the world seems to be a lot fresher."

"This soup is excellent, but it's not as stunning as the previous 'Stir-fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots'! However, it also has something remarkable to offer. At least the mushrooms in it retain their respective flavors to a great extent. It gives you a variety of flavors in one dish!”

After commenting on Gu Zheng’s mushroom soup, Elder Meng served Shi Cui’s mushroom soup.

If we only look at the smell, the fragrance of Shichui's 'fungus soup' is stronger than that of Guzheng's.

"Shi Chu, I also love to eat meat, even without it! But when you are used to eating meat, the sudden appearance of a vegetarian food with a unique taste will still make people excited. Your soup is very fragrant, but But it’s not as pure as the ancient leader.”

After commenting on the taste of Shichui's mushroom soup, Elder Meng tasted eight kinds of mushrooms and soup in turn.

"Shi Chu, you have also worked hard. Whether it is through the order of putting them in or through the control of internal energy, your initial starting point is to preserve the taste of the fungus to the greatest extent. However, At this point, you are not as good as Gu Zhangmen, the fungus itself is The taste is still retained, but it has not broken away from the characteristics of "one pot stew". The texture and taste of two or three types of fungi are almost the same! Originally, their tastes are not so difficult to distinguish. But the soup stock blurs them, or unifies them.”

"As for the taste of the soup, normally I can't say it, but it depends on who you compare it with. So, I think the one made by Master Gu is more delicious!"

As soon as Elder Meng finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding Guzheng, and there was a burst of applause in the kitchen.

Gu Zheng clasped his fists at everyone, said a few polite words, and then started the busyness of the closing banquet.

Shi Chui was still a little dissatisfied, but he also knew that this time the discussion was over.

"Rice, where's the rice? I'm about to start eating, 'Fried Pork with Sour Bamboo Shoots' and 'Mushroom Soup', I can't wait!"

The cooks did not dare to keep Elder Meng waiting any longer and quickly served hot white rice.

Seeing how delicious Elder Meng was eating, many cooks secretly swallowed their saliva, imagining a plate of 'fried pork with sour bamboo shoots', a bowl of 'mushroom soup', and a bowl of fragrant white rice. What kind of experience it would be.

“It’s cool, so delicious!”

What Elder Meng ate was sweet and enjoyable, and finally some of the cooks couldn't bear it.

"Master Gu, can you make some special dishes and soups like this later so that we people can try them too?"

"Yes, Master Gu, I'm sorry to trouble you!"

The cook took the lead in speaking, and several other cooks immediately joined in.

Under normal circumstances, the cook is not short of food! But who told Gu Zheng to make the ‘Mushroom Soup’ and ‘Sour Bamboo Shoot Stir-fried Pork’ that they couldn’t make? What's even more tragic is that they are not on the banquet list for the closing banquet, so if they want to enjoy the delicacies that Elder Meng is enjoying now, there is no other way but to beg Gu Zheng.

"Well..." Gu Zheng lengthened his voice, then smiled and said, "Of course I didn't ask him!"

"Thank you, Master Gu, thank you, Master Gu!"

There was a burst of cheers, and Gu Zheng was naturally very happy. A group of cooks begged another cook to make food. This was quite interesting to think about.

"Not bad, Xiao Zhengzi, you really won this competition." Qi Ling's voice sounded.

"Please, can you be normal?"

Gu Zheng's head was filled with dark streaks, and Xuan Qizi's name for him was actually used by Qi Ling.

"Giggle, that's a pretty good name! Did you have such a big reaction? You did a good job today, keep up the good work!" Qi Ling said happily.

Qi Ling's recent changes are really quite big. In addition to the obvious changes, every time she talks to Gu Zheng, if she doesn't want to talk anymore, she will feel like she is drifting away just like her happy voice just now. This was used to make Gu Zheng understand that she was escaping.

"Why do I always have the feeling that Qi Ling seems to have ulterior motives for my competition with Shi Chui and Chen San?" Gu Zheng said secretly, then shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Anyway, Qi Ling did not directly say similar questions. , he asked in vain.

In the evening, Shushan Banquet Living Room.

In a festive atmosphere decorated with lights and colors, thirty tables in the banquet hall were already occupied.

As the banquet was approaching, Qin Haotian, the leader of Shushan, began to speak.

"The dinner is for celebration. We have harvested the cultivation resources for the next few years from the Shu Ruins. This will make it easier for us to survive in this age of Dharma End."

"This year's Shu Ruins opened, and a lot of things happened. Some of the disciples will never appear again! However, they died a worthy and worthwhile death. They gave their lives so that we can live better! So for today’s first glass of wine, let’s pay tribute to those disciples who died in Shu Ruins!”

After Qin Haotian toasted with everyone, they all poured their drinks on the ground.

"Today's second glass of wine, we want to honor the people who came out of the Ruins of Shu! They all contributed more or less to the blood souls. They are all heroes and models of righteousness in the world! "

After Qin Haotian finished speaking, Gu Zheng and others stood up. After everyone paid respect, they drank their second glass of wine.

"The third glass of wine is a blessing wine. I won't go into too many blessings. I just hope that Shushan will coexist and prosper in the world!"

Everyone raised their glasses again and drank the third glass of wine.

"Have a banquet!"

At Qin Haotian's command, the musicians in the banquet hall played music with a strong ancient flavor. The disciples who served the dishes also immediately became busy.

After that, there was a lively scene of eating and drinking.

However, it is inevitable that some people are happy and some are sad. In fact, everyone already knows that after this Shuxu incident, Ziyun Palace will become more powerful, and Emei, which has been at the bottom of the five major branches for many years, will also rise because of this.

The dishes made by Shi Chui and Chen San are actually very good. If they participated in the food competition that Gu Zheng participated in outside, their ranking should also be in the top fifteen, and the dishes they made naturally won the praise of everyone. However, the finale dish that appeared later made everyone's praise even more endless.

The next day, near noon, Chu Xiaochen came to find Gu Zheng.

Chu Xiaochen's memory has been 'woven' by Gu Zheng, but she still remembers some things. She remembers that Gu Zheng helped her and was her benefactor, but in this process, she was less moved, so that she would no longer treat Gu Zheng differently as before.

"Gu Zheng, I came to you this time because I have something to ask for."

The memory was changed, and Chu Xiaochen's expression became much more normal when he spoke, as if he was looking at a friend with a slightly better relationship.

"You tell me!"

Gu Zheng said lightly. In fact, he had already guessed the reason why Chu Xiaochen came to him at this time.

"The quota for the Spirit Sword Zone that can be obtained by tribute, this time, only Ziyun Palace and Emei Sect are capable of competing. I would like to ask you to give up this competition and give the quota to Ziyun Palace!" Chu Xiaochen said.

"Sure! Later, I will tell Elder Lin who is responsible for registering the tribute that Emei will give up the qualification to compete for the Spirit Sword Zone."

Since he had already guessed it, Gu Zheng agreed without hesitation.

When he first came to Shushan, Gu Zheng had the intention to get this quota for tribute.

However, since the reward for killing the blood soul has already given Emei such a quota, then Gu Zheng may as well not want this quota that can only be obtained by paying tribute.

"Thank you."

After thanking him, Chu Xiaochen invited Gu Zheng again: "I am going to the Lingjian District to try my luck now, do you want to join me?"

"I also want to go to Cangjian Peak, but I want to wait until the afternoon to try my luck." Gu Zheng evaded.

What made Chu Xiaochen less moved was that Gu Zheng just didn't want to get too close to him! Originally, according to Chu Xiaochen's current attitude, it would be fine to go to Cangjian Peak together. However, Gu Zheng learned from an elder of Shushan at the closing banquet last night that Chu Xiaochen's partner was a big jealous person, and he didn't want to have any unnecessary troubles because of this.

Chu Xiaochen frowned: "Why did you go to Cangjian Peak and wait until the afternoon to go to the Lingjian District?"