Chapter 723: Ten Years of Hard Work

Unknowingly, two days passed. During these two days, Gu Zheng made many transactions. Whether it was immortal coins or food reserves, they were increasing. But what was more frustrating was that there were still no Morning Star News.

"I find that you are in a really good mood now, and you are not in a hurry at all."

Seeing Gu Zheng complete a deal with a smile, Qi Ling's voice was quite depressed.

"This is not an urgent matter, so it is useless to rush. The market will be closed tomorrow. There is no whereabouts of the morning star here, so just look for it somewhere else." Gu Zheng said.

"I hope I can get the morning star next time!" Qi Ling sighed.

Seeing that the market was about to close on the last day, Gu Zheng, who still had not received the morning star, began to close his stall. However, things took a turn for the better at this time. An old monk with the morning star came to see Gu Zheng.

"What does the master want me to exchange for the morning star?"

The old monk's morning star was true, which made Gu Zheng secretly happy.

The old monk smiled slightly, and without answering Gu Zheng's question, he asked: "Is your Taoist friend the Immortal Chef?"

"Master, why do you ask that?" Gu Zheng said with a smile.

"Knowing that fellow Taoists need the Morning Star, the poor monk got the news from the monks of Baohua Temple."

The old monk paused, looked at Gu Zheng and said with a smile, "Fellow Taoist should have guessed how the poor monk knew the identity of fellow Taoist, right?"

Baohua Temple is the temple where Master Wu Nian lives. Gu Zheng did not ask Master Wu Nian not to reveal his identity. Master Wu Nian also helped in finding the morning star this time, so the old monk in front of him knew that he was a Xianchu is not surprised either.

"Master mentioned something about me, but you want me to exchange it for food cultivation?" Gu Zheng asked.

"No, the poor monk wants his apprentice to learn the food cultivation method of his Taoist friends!"

The old monk looked and spoke with a strong demeanor of an eminent monk, but his request still made Gu Zheng frown.

"Learn a food practice? What food practice does the master's apprentice want to learn?" Gu Zheng said.

"I want to learn the food cultivation method that the master took on the Hanging Mountain that day, causing a crazy plunder of immortal energy." The young monk said.

"wishful thinking!"

Before Gu Zhengdu could say anything, the voice of Qi Ling had already sounded in his mind.

"Do you really think that a piece of broken morning star is particularly precious? You want to learn Master Tie Xian's Danyuan Food Cultivation. Is there anything wrong with your brain?" Qi Ling looked very angry.

"Master, don't you think this request is too much?"

Although Gu Zheng didn't show his anger, the smile on his face had faded.

Indeed, the old monk's request was very excessive. Let alone Danyuan Food Cultivator, even if you want to learn the cooking methods of Yaxin Food Cultivator with a piece of Venus, this is also very excessive! After all, the cooking methods of food cultivators at the level of Yaxin Cuisine are top secrets in the Immortal Chef Sect, and they are cautious even if they are taught to disciples, let alone outsiders who want to learn them.

"The poor monk's request is not too much. After all, everyone gets what they need."

The old monk still had a kind smile on his face, but looking at Gu Zheng's eyes, he felt a little nauseous.

"It's better to keep the master's golden star. Bai can't do this kind of business!" Gu Zheng said coldly.

"The Morning Star may not have been so precious before, but it is different now. After all, many people need him! If Taoist fellow Taoist misses the Morning Star here, who knows when we will see the Morning Star again." The old monk He spoke with sincerity and sincerity.

"Bai is not waiting for the morning star to save his life. It can appear whenever it likes!"

Gu Zheng's voice paused and he said to the guest: "Master, please help yourself, Bai has business to do!"

"Didn't fellow Taoist have the Mark of Chaos?" The old monk's expression was quite surprising.

"Who told you that I had the Mark of Chaos?" Gu Zheng glared at the old monk.

"No one said it, it was just a poor monk's guess. Since fellow Taoist has not planted the Mark of Chaos, it is not surprising that the value of Morning Star is somewhat low to you.

The old monk laughed, and then said: "How about this! As long as you, the Taoist disciple, do the food cultivation for that day again, this morning star will also be yours, okay?"

Gu Zheng didn't speak immediately. He looked at the young monk up and down, but he didn't find anything special about the young monk.

The condition changed from teaching to watching. If the young monk hadn't been confident enough to learn it after watching it once, the old monk would never have been like this. But if the young monk is really the kind of person who can learn it after just one look, then he is truly a genius in the art of cooking! After all, watching is not teaching, and Gu Zheng will not tell the young monks all the things that need to be paid attention to in cooking like Tie Xian taught his skills.

"Are you sure you just want to read it once?" Gu Zheng asked.

"Sure!" the young monk said confidently.

"The food cultivation done by Taoist friends must have the same effect as that day!" the old monk added.

"The food repair that day requires two kinds of immortal ingredients. If you have immortal ingredients, I can consider making this deal."

"Two immortal ingredients?"

Gu Zheng's words made the old monk's eyes widen.

"What do you think?"

Gu Zheng sneered and said angrily: "If you just need ordinary ingredients, how can you have such an effect? ​​In addition to immortal ingredients, you also need many other resources, and these resources are also valuable! However, immortal ingredients High-quality ingredients are the main ingredients. As for what the auxiliary ingredients are, it depends on the main ingredients. ”

The old monk didn't care about Gu Zheng's sneer. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, give me two days, I'll find two immortal ingredients!"

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the 'Buddha Light Inn' in the county for two days, no more waiting! In addition, I'll tell you, prepare more high-quality ingredients, excellent and high-quality immortal Yuan Dan!" Gu Zheng said.

After deciding the place and time, the old monk left with the young monk without staying for long.

"What a wishful thinking!"

The angry voice of the spirit of the weapon sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.

"What are you going to do?" The spirit of the weapon asked.

"He wants to steal the master's skills, so just come and steal!" Gu Zheng smiled contemptuously.

Two days later, Gu Zheng waited for the old monk and his apprentice in the Buddha Light Inn.

Without much gossip, the old monk put the two ingredients on the table.

"Colorful venison and Chaos papaya, these are indeed two immortal ingredients." Gu Zheng smiled. He felt that it was a coincidence. He saw the colorful venison with the Eye of Tao and found that this piece of colorful venison and the one he used to make Dan Yuan Food Cultivation were actually from the same mutant colorful deer. "In addition to these two immortal ingredients, to cook this food cultivation, you also need..." Gu Zheng said everything he needed, and then said: "If you have any of these ingredients, provide them to me, and if you don't have any, exchange them with me." The old monk took out all the immortal Yuan Dan that Gu Zheng wanted. As for the several ingredients used as auxiliary materials, he only had one high-grade one. After exchanging other resources with Gu Zheng, a complete set of ingredients for cooking Dan Yuan Food Cultivation was placed on the table. However, this set of ingredients for cooking Dan Yuan Food Cultivation has water. It was set by Gu Zheng according to the Dan Yuan Food Cultivation made for Master Duan, so in terms of the ingredients needed, the old monk actually paid twice as much as the real Dan Yuan Food Cultivation. "Now that we have all the ingredients, we should talk about the specifics." said the old monk.

"Okay."

Gu Zheng nodded and spoke again: "I am only responsible for cooking, not teaching. During the process of cooking the food, you cannot speak unless I ask something! I only cook in my own way, and you cannot raise any objections to this. Whether you can learn it or not depends on your apprentice's ability. After the food is cooked, you will check the effect. After confirming that there is no problem, give me the morning star. If you two have any opinions, you can raise them now!"

Regarding the rules mentioned by Gu Zheng, the old monk looked at the young monk, and the young monk shook his head.

"Okay, let's do it according to what you said!" said the old monk.

"Since you have no objection, I will cook the food in this inn. After the food is done, you can find a place to verify the effect." said Gu Zheng.

The room where Gu Zheng was was very large, and the kitchen utensils had been laid out long ago. Gu Zheng also began to deal with the ingredients.

For Gu Zheng, processing ingredients is an art. After all, he wants two portions of ingredients, but he wants to make one portion, which requires some "thought" from the beginning.

The first ingredient that Gu Zheng processed was the five-colored venison. If he didn't use "thought", the most correct way to cook the five-colored venison in this food practice would be to add chopped Mingwang Xiancao and steam it in a steamer for a while. But after Gu Zheng used "thought", he soaked the five-colored venison in ice water and processed it with the water control formula.

Although he was using the water control formula to process the five-colored venison, Gu Zheng also paid attention to the young monk. He knew that the young monk was watching his actions very seriously, and there was some doubt between his eyebrows. Obviously, he questioned why he used ice water to process the five-colored venison.

The young monk would have doubts, which shows that he really has a certain level of Taoism and can see that it is not good to process the five-colored venison in this way. Moreover, Gu Zheng could feel that the young monk's heartbeat was a little fast when he was watching him process the ingredients, which made him more certain that the young monk who looked plain should have the legendary 'Exquisite Heart'.

There are many kinds of 'Exquisite Heart'. In terms of diet, having an 'Exquisite Heart' means that ordinary people are not sensitive to ingredients. This sensitivity is specifically manifested in that even if he has never seen an ingredient, he will have a special feeling, so as to know what ingredients to match with this ingredient to produce a better effect.

'Exquisite Heart' can be said to be an innate condition that most immortal chefs envy. It is second only to Gu Zheng's Eye of Tao in terms of the magical power of observing ingredients!

Although 'Exquisite Heart' is second only to the Eye of Tao, the scope of this 'second only' comparison is limited. In fact, the gap between the two is far apart. 'Exquisite Heart' is an innate talent, while the Eye of Tao is to understand the Tao and the law. How can the special feeling of 'Exquisite Heart' for ingredients be compared with what the Eye of Tao actually sees?

After cleaning the colorful venison, Gu Zheng sliced ​​the colorful venison, chopped up the Ming Wang Xiancao, put it into the sliced ​​colorful venison, and then added salt, fairy wine and other condiments.

After marinating the colorful venison, Gu Zheng wanted to laugh in his heart, because the young monk was obviously tricked. The doubt in his eyes turned into enlightenment as he marinated the colorful venison, and even some admiration in it. Indeed, if there is a reason for doing it wrong, the combination of colorful venison and Ming Wang Xiancao is very reasonable.

During Gu Zheng's cooking process, the young monk's eyes went through two rounds of doubt and realization, and finally, when the food repair showed strange phenomena, it was completely replaced by admiration.

This time, the food repair was still very noisy, but finally calmed down under Gu Zheng's suppression, turning into a bowl of thick soup with venison and chaotic papaya slices, and milky white meat fragrance.

"Okay, you can talk!"

When Gu Zheng finished speaking, the old monk was the first to swallow his saliva.

"Fragrant, too fragrant!"

Changing the previous monk's demeanor, the old monk's eyes did not leave the food repair in the young monk's hand while speaking.

"Now that the food repair is done, let's find a place to test the effect!" Gu Zheng said.

"No need, I believe this is a food repair that meets the standard of efficacy." The young monk said.

"Disciple, are you sure?" the old monk asked.

"Sure." The young monk said.

The old monk nodded and gave the Morning Star to Gu Zheng: "Daoyou, we are leaving now. If there is anything else in the future regarding food cultivation, I may have to bother you again on Xuankong Mountain!"

"Hehe."

Gu Zheng just smiled without commenting and stretched out his hand to send him away.

The old monk didn't care much about Gu Zheng's reaction. He happily left with the young monk.

"How much do you think the young monk can learn from you?"

The voice of the spirit of the instrument sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.

"What a good monk, with a rare exquisite heart, but who made you greedy?"

Gu Zheng sighed, and then said: "He can't learn anything from me, even if he learns, it's the wrong method. Do you think I'm misleading the students? In fact, I really don't want to be like this, they forced me!"

Gu Zheng's aggrieved face made the spirit of the weapon laugh. She glared at Gu Zheng, and then said: "Now that you have obtained the Morning Star, just wait for Master Duan to refine the immortal weapon that breaks the space for you, and then we will go to Earth. Although Lord Tiexian did not restrict your training location, there has been no news from him for several months. I want to contact him to see."

After making this decision, the spirit of the weapon hesitated for several times, after all, she knew that Tiexian was very busy.

"Okay, you contact him!" Gu Zheng said.

Gu Zheng didn't have much hope that the spirit of the weapon could contact Tiexian. After all, when they just entered the prehistoric period, the spirit of the weapon didn't know how many times they had contacted, but until Tiexian took the initiative to find her, she couldn't contact Tiexian.

But this time, the spirit of the weapon with closed eyes soon fell into a special state with ecstasy on its face, which made Gu Zheng quite unbelievable. She actually contacted the Tiexian!

And, what made Gu Zheng even more unbelievable happened a moment later. The shadow of the Tiexian appeared in the room!

"This..."

For a moment, Gu Zheng felt a little tongue-tied. The shadow of the Tiexian was smiling at him, which meant that the Tiexian wanted to talk to him!

Although he had imagined seeing the Tiexian countless times in his heart, when the shadow of the Tiexian appeared in the room, Gu Zheng still felt a little confused. It was too sudden.

"Hello, Master!"

Although he was a little confused, it was only for a moment. Gu Zheng excitedly saluted the shadow of the Tiexian.

"Disciple, no need to be polite!"

The Tiexian in white clothes spoke, with an indescribable majesty in his voice, but it made people feel very kind. This was the first time that Gu Zheng heard Tiexian speak. When he was receiving the teachings before, the details of cooking that Tiexian told him were only communicated through divine thoughts, not real voices.

"Not bad, in just a few years, whether it is cooking or cultivation, your progress has surprised even the master!" Tiexian said with satisfaction.

"Thank you for the compliment, Master!"

Gu Zheng had a lot to say, but for a moment he didn't know where to start.

"Disciple, I don't have much time to see you this time. If you have anything to say, wait until you come back from Earth." Tiexian said.

"Master, you mean that I can see you after I come back from Earth?" Gu Zheng's eyes widened.

"That's right, when you come back from Earth this time, come to the heaven to find me!"

Tiexian smiled slightly, and then said: "Okay, the master still has a lot of things to do, so I won't say anything more to you this time. Work hard, disciple, the master will wait for you in the heaven!"

The shadow of Tiexian disappeared, but Gu Zheng was still staring at the place where he had stayed before.

"Haha, what's wrong with you?" The spirit of the weapon laughed.

At this moment, Gu Zheng still felt very complicated. To be honest, although he accepted the inheritance of Tiexian, who set various harsh requirements and rules, he didn't have much respect for him from the bottom of his heart! There may be some complaints or even dislike in this, but these things seem to be no longer important when he sees Tiexian. It's like everything that was originally just an illusion has become a reality. There is a special feeling flowing in his heart.

"When I come back from Earth this time, I will be able to see the master."

Gu Zheng's voice is almost a murmur, but the tone of the word "master" is relatively heavy.

"When you see it, you will truly feel it. The hardships you have endured in the past are all indispensable conditions for you to become what you are today! Some of the things rewarded to you, even Lord Tiexian has spent a lot of time collecting them. As for why some things are not given to you, you must understand the reason. In other words, if there are two of you, one is the current you, and the other has been on a smooth road since accepting the inheritance. Then I am sure that the other you is not as good as the current you! Isn't there a saying in your hometown that 'it takes ten years to sharpen a sword'? You are the sword that has been sharpened for ten years!" The spirit of the weapon sighed.