Chapter 771

"Even if the abnormality of your Five Elements Immortal Ball is really related to the 'Momentary Beauty', it appeared after the changed 'Momentary Beauty'! And the changed 'Momentary Beauty' is not only harmless, but also improves the taste! And in this cooking, you can't see the 'Momentary Beauty' after the taste is improved, you can only see the 'Momentary Beauty' after the destruction! As for the Heart of Tao, hey, even if you really have the Heart of Tao, it takes a process to awaken. This process will leave you no time to deal with the deterioration of food, and this mission, you are really doomed to fail!"

The spirit of the weapon told the truth, and Gu Zheng, who had been unwilling to accept the facts, sank to the bottom of his heart.

"Look at it in a positive way. Although you can't get the mission reward, you don't have to be too sad. After Lord Tiexian knows these things, he may give you a reward at his discretion."

Facing the comfort of the spirit of the weapon, Gu Zheng shook his head and smiled: "It doesn't matter. The rules are set by me. I have nothing to say if I lose under such rules!"

"Tell me, what standard do you want this time?" Gu Zheng asked Yun Songtao.

"Still the lowest standard!"

Yun Songtao gave the ingredients as a bet to Gu Zheng.

Whether it was Yun Songtao or Huang Junde, they all thought that Gu Zheng would win, but they didn't expect that this time the ingredients would push Gu Zheng into the abyss.

Gu Zheng walked towards the kitchen with the ingredients, his back was as heavy as a dead soldier. However, the dead soldier suddenly stopped, and his eyes lit up, which was a kind of light that saw life!

"What's wrong?"

Gu Zheng's mission was about to fail, and the spirit of the weapon felt bad. When she saw that Gu Zheng seemed to have thought of a way, she immediately asked.

"The ingredients in my hand are the ingredients for the mission, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Gu Zheng's question made the spirit of the weapon a little confused.

"That means, if I don't cook this ingredient well, the whole mission will fail, right?" Gu Zheng laughed.

"What exactly do you want to say?"

As soon as the spirit of the weapon spoke, his eyes widened instantly: "I understand what you mean! You want to make another ingredient first to see if there will be any turnaround?"

"Yes, there are two ingredients. The one in my hand is the ingredient for the mission, but the other one is not! If I cook the other ingredient first, maybe there will really be a turnaround?" Gu Zheng said.

"Then try it quickly!" The spirit of the weapon said anxiously.

Gu Zheng's Five Elements Fairy Ball had reacted to 'Momentary Beauty' before. Cooking the ingredient that is not the mission first is indeed the best choice to find a way out in a desperate situation!

He did it as soon as he said it. After entering the kitchen, Gu Zheng put the ingredients for the mission aside first, and then took out the other ingredients to deal with.

Although Yun Songtao was somewhat curious about Gu Zheng's behavior, he was sensible and did not ask anything.

Hangu beast meat is very special because it contains cold poison. Yun Hao wanted to use it to stump Gu Zheng at first.

The meat of the Hangu beast king also contains cold poison, but the toxicity is not enhanced because it is the beast king. It only strengthens the meat quality.

Gu Zheng initially felt that although Huang Junde was a first-grade immortal chef, his Taoism among first-grade immortal chefs was not high. After all, he was once stumped by cooking Hangu beast meat in Kunlun Sect! Huang Junde played by different rules than Qidian at that time. Although Kunlun Sect provided him with Hangu beast meat, the choice of auxiliary materials was in his hands. If he had enough Taoism, he could understand from the peculiar fragrance of Hangu beast meat that to remove the cold poison in Hangu beast meat, he only needed to match a few suitable auxiliary materials.

Now, in Gu Zheng's heart, Huang Junde, the immortal chef he had never met, was not so bad at cooking.

Regardless of whether there was any hidden secret at the beginning, Huang Junde was indeed stumped by the meat of the beast of the cold valley. But now, when he processed the meat of the beast king of the cold valley, he used those appropriate auxiliary materials! And the processing methods of the other ingredients were very appropriate even without the Eye of Tao, so his Taoism could not be considered bad among the first-class immortal chefs.

Putting aside his cooking skills, Gu Zheng felt that Huang Junde was a strange person. He was both lucky and unlucky.

In terms of luck, Huang Junde first had a super food cultivator who failed to "cross the tribulation" but was not destroyed, and then touched the meat of the beast king of the cold valley with "momentary fragrance"!

It is extremely difficult for a food cultivator to cross the tribulation but not be destroyed. At least in this matter, Huang Junde refreshed Gu Zheng's knowledge.

As for the "momentary fragrance" in the way of diet, it is also extremely rare. The probability of it appearing in the combination of ingredients is as rare as winning the first prize in buying a lottery!

Therefore, Huang Junde was very lucky, at least the two things he had experienced, Gu Zheng had not experienced yet.

However, Huang Junde was also very unfortunate. Although the failure of "crossing the calamity" did not destroy the super food cultivation, he did not know how to sublimate it! As for the "momentary beauty", Gu Zheng felt that he was just a witness and did not gain any benefits from it. After all, the probability of the Heart of Tao appearing in the Immortal Kitchen is rarer than the Eye of Tao.

The ingredients are a bit cumbersome to handle, but cooking is not difficult for Gu Zheng.

Several ingredients rolled under Gu Zheng's wok, some red and some green, which looked very beautiful, and the fragrance became more and more intense as the cooking process progressed.

"It should be soon!"

Gu Zheng stared at the food in the pot, and he became more and more nervous. He didn't know when the "Moment of Beauty" would appear, but now that the dish was about to be served, if the "Moment of Beauty" didn't appear, there would be no chance for it to appear.

"Is there really no "Moment of Beauty"?"

Just when Gu Zheng was feeling mixed emotions and was about to serve the food, the belated "Moment of Beauty" appeared.

Under the observation of Gu Zheng's Eye of Tao, the originally good food instantly changed its characteristics, and a pot of delicious food also turned into pig food. The speed was so fast that people had no time to react or make any remedies!

Gu Zheng was sweating profusely in his heart. The appearance of "Moment of Beauty" completely shattered his extravagant hopes.

Before, Gu Zheng was unwilling to accept this. He hoped that the Eye of Tao could see some clues before the "Moment of Beauty" appeared, even if it was just a little bit! But unfortunately, he really didn't find any clues at all.

Gu Zheng had hope before. The vibration of the five-element fairy ball in his body last time might be a turning point in this deadlock. But now that the "Moment of Fragrance" has appeared, he can't feel the difference of the five-element fairy ball.

"It's over. This mission has capsized in the gutter!"

Gu Zheng smiled bitterly. If there is no turnaround, then the real mission will be an unsolvable situation.

However, just as Gu Zheng was about to clean up the food destroyed by the "Moment of Fragrance", the five-element fairy ball in his body vibrated again!

Gu Zheng's five-element fairy ball was shining in his inner vision. The five-color light intertwined and rushed into his mind like a rainbow.

Gu Zheng only felt a headache, and then a buzzing sound. When everything returned to normal, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Gu Zheng had returned to normal, the spirit of the weapon asked hurriedly. She could sense the abnormality of Gu Zheng, but she didn't know what Gu Zheng had experienced.

"I have always felt that there are secrets in the unusual Five Elements Immortal Ball and Immortal Power Ball that I have not discovered yet. Now it seems to be true! I am not born with the Heart of Tao, but after the magical Five Elements Immortal Ball met the 'Moment of Fragrance' twice, the changes it has undergone are like awakening! It has made a mysterious change in me, and this change makes me feel that I also have the Heart of Tao!" Gu Zheng said excitedly.

"Do you think you have it too? Why not sure?"

The spirit of the weapon was very excited, but she was also very confused.

"I don't say it is certain because I don't have the mysterious feeling that the awakening of the Heart of Tao should have. I think I need to experience the 'Moment of Fragrance' again before my acquired Heart of Tao can truly awaken!"

After Gu Zheng said this, he took the task ingredients and packed them up.

"But if this is the case, the task will still fail. After all, awakening the Heart of Tao also takes time!" The spirit of the weapon said depressedly.

"Compared to having the Heart of Tao, the failure of the mission is nothing to me! Although Master Tiexian said that it's okay to not have the Heart of Tao, since there is such a magical power that is rarer than the Eye of Tao, but I don't have it, it will be an unspeakable sorrow for me!" Gu Zheng said seriously.

The same process as before, Gu Zheng cleaned up the ingredients and started cooking.

This time, Gu Zheng was not nervous during the cooking process. He would definitely awaken the Heart of Tao. As for the failure of the mission, no one could do anything about it.

The dish was about to be served. With the experience of the last time, Gu Zheng understood that the "Momentary Beauty" would appear in a moment.

Suddenly, there was a bang in Gu Zheng's head, and everything around him seemed different because of it. The feeling was like staying in a closed and dull room for a long time, and suddenly someone opened the window, and the fresh air outside rushed in!

Awakened, Gu Zheng awakened the Heart of Tao! The instant enlightenment of the Heart of Tao shocked him!

Gu Zheng originally thought that the awakening of the Heart of Tao would make him miss the opportunity to contain the "Moment of Fragrance", after all, the "Moment of Fragrance" appeared very quickly!

However, after truly awakening the Heart of Tao, Gu Zheng discovered that the brewing of the "Moment of Fragrance" was actually longer than he knew!

In Gu Zheng's original cognition, the "Moment of Fragrance" took only about three seconds from brewing to appearance, but in fact the process was longer, long enough for the immortal chef with the Heart of Tao to prepare!

After all, Gu Zheng's Heart of Tao awakened ten seconds before the appearance of the "Moment of Fragrance", and when he awakened, the brewing of the "Moment of Fragrance" in secret had just begun.

In ten seconds, even for ordinary people, they can do a lot of things, not to mention an immortal chef like Gu Zheng.

Feeling the lack of changes in the ingredients, Gu Zheng quickly made remedies.

Although the ingredients and auxiliary materials for the task are limited, Gu Zheng can only use the existing ones to make up for it, but fortunately, the "Momentary Beauty" in this dish does not need anything else to make up for it. As long as you master the way of converting ingredients, you can easily deal with it.

So, Gu Zheng used the way of conversion to convert the substances that needed to be converted in the food, and perfectly solved the adverse mutation of "Momentary Beauty".

Like a dead tree coming back to life, after the adverse mutation of "Momentary Beauty" was stopped, some substances that were not originally in the food were produced again! And the appearance of these substances will be used by Gu Zheng to complete the final sublimation of "Momentary Beauty".

Finally, the cooked food was brought to Yun Songtao's table by Gu Zheng.

Yun Songtao opened the lid on the plate, and the extremely fragrant shape appeared. The pleasant smell made Yun Songtao couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Hmm, it smells so good!"

Yun Songtao said intoxicatedly, and quickly devoured the food on the plate.

"Is this really the meat of the Cold Valley Beast King? How can it be so delicious!"

The food on the plate has been eaten up, and Yun Songtao licked his lips with relish. Not to mention that he believed that the meat of the Cold Valley Beast King no longer had the cold poison, even if it still had the cold poison, as long as it was still so delicious, he could not care about it at all!

Yun Songtao's evaluation of the deliciousness of the Cold Valley Beast Meat was naturally full of praise.

"Congratulations to the descendant of the Tiexian, congratulations on completing the test of cooking skills. Will the reward be issued now or later?"

After Yun Songtao made his evaluation, which was regarded as a perfect ending to Gu Zheng's task, the voice of the weapon spirit also sounded.

"Give me the reward later. I want to enjoy the joy of receiving the award in a calm state."

Indeed, Gu Zheng's heart was not calm, for two reasons.

The first point is the enlightenment after awakening the heart of Tao.

The second point is that since the test of cooking skills has ended, he wants to settle the cause and effect of this task first.

"Okay, I'll give it to you whenever you want it!"

The spirit of the instrument was really happy for Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng not only completed the test of cooking skills, but also awakened the heart of Tao. This made her look at Gu Zheng as soft as water and her voice as soft as water.

Looking at the spirit of the instrument, Gu Zheng couldn't help shivering, and the voice of the butterfly spirit sounded at this time.

"Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master! Master finally completed this task, this is great!"

Gu Zheng looked at the butterfly spirit. The butterfly spirit looked very quiet, but he had no doubt that the excited little dragon girl was very restrained. Otherwise, she would definitely want to jump on him.

"Let's be happy!"

Gu Zheng smiled and touched Die Ling's head, then looked at Yun Songtao and said, "Come, I'll lift the restriction for you!"

"Thank you, Immortal!"

Yun Songtao hurried to Gu Zheng's side, his body trembling with excitement. It's really not a good feeling to have a restriction on life and death, and life and death are all under the control of others.

"Tomorrow at this time, you bring your son to Qidian, and I will lift the restriction in his dantian."

Gu Zheng gave Yun Songtao a time, and then left Qidian with Die Ling. He wanted to understand the cause and effect of those mortals, especially the mortals who had contributed to him in the early stage of the mission because of his net.

There were dozens of mortals, but Gu Zheng and Die Ling remembered all their qi.

Gu Zheng and Die Ling flew in the air and acted separately. They released their divine thoughts to explore, found the former guests one by one, and gave them some benefits that made them ecstatic.

A day later, Yun Songtao brought Yun Hao to Qidian.

When Yun Hao visited Qidian again, he didn't even dare to look at Gu Zheng. He kept his head down and even spoke in a timid manner.

The past was over, and Gu Zheng didn't say anything to Yun Hao. After removing the restriction in Yun Hao's body, he gave Yun Songtao some resources as a reward.

For Yun Songtao, it was good enough that the fatal crisis between father and son could be resolved. He didn't dare to expect Gu Zheng to give them any more benefits! So, when he saw the things Gu Zheng gave him, he was naturally flattered and thanked him profusely.

When he first planted the life and death restriction on Yun Songtao, Gu Zheng didn't plan to give him extra benefits after he completed the task. However, Yun Songtao completed the task very well, and he gave Gu Zheng an opportunity, so Gu Zheng wanted to reward him.

As soon as Yun Songtao left, an old man with white hair and a youthful face appeared outside the Qidian. He was Huang Junde who helped Yun Songtao complete the task.

"Huang Junde came to visit Master Bai!" Huang Junde said respectfully.

"Come in!" said Gu Zheng.

Huang Junde entered the strange shop, and Die Ling served him tea.

After a few simple words of sincere compliments, Huang Junde said: "Master Bai, Huang is here to ask for a reward from the master this time!"

As a first-class immortal chef, although his cooking skills are not as advanced as Gu Zheng, Huang Junde's attitude when speaking is really very humble.

Gu Zheng smiled but did not say anything, just tasting the tea in the cup, Die Ling frowned and said: "You old man, you followed Yun Songtao and others here, you must know that my master is kind, so you come to ask for benefits, right?"

"No, Huang came to ask for benefits, it is true that I value Master Bai's kindness, but Huang can also give some reasons for asking for benefits!" Huang Junde said.

"What reason? Help me complete the last few orders?" Gu Zheng said.

"Master Bai is a wise man, I knew that this could not be hidden from Master Bai!" Huang Junde laughed.

When Yun Songtao was completing the fourth mission, he asked Gu Zheng how to complete the mission without thinking. Gu Zheng had some doubts at that time, but he didn't ask in detail! After all, he was doing a mission. It's better for him to pretend that he didn't know that someone wanted to help him do the mission, otherwise who knows what the spirit of the weapon would say.

Later, the good business of Qidian for three consecutive days was obviously abnormal! The ingredients provided by these customers who came to Qidian were all qualified, but they gambled on the lowest grade ones. Obviously, they were not the kind of customers who came because they were really tempted by the compensation.

"Well, the business in the last few days was not normal. It turned out that this old guy was the one who did it!"

Sure enough, after learning the truth, the spirit of the weapon gritted its teeth.

However, Gu Zheng's mission had been completed. Even if the spirit of the weapon knew about it now, she could only grit her teeth. After all, Gu Zheng did not do anything illegal.

"Tell me, what benefits does Huang Daoyou want?"

Although this was the first time Gu Zheng met Huang Junde, Huang Junde had made an indispensable contribution to his entire mission. Gu Zheng would not be stingy in asking for any benefits.

"I want the 'Sweeping Eight Desolations Halberd' in Qidian!"

The 'Sweeping Eight Desolations Halberd' that Huang Junde mentioned was the top-level immortal weapon that the spirit of the weapon used to attract customers, and it was also what Huang Junde had always wanted.