Chapter 194: Martial Saint Xiao Ping'er, Infinite Battle Body

It was not until later that Gu Ke got the key to stinky tofu from an old tofu craftsman - the recipe of stinky brine.

Only then did he realize that it was because of the lack of stinky brine that the stinky tofu made did not smell so stinky and did not taste so fragrant.

In fact, the ingredients of stinky brine are different, and the production methods vary greatly. Therefore, stinky tofu is not a local specialty, and it does not have only one flavor.

For example, the brine of Qingfang is slightly green, and the stinky tofu made is green.

In order to speed up the fermentation and coloring, some people will add alum (ferrous sulfate heptahydrate).

Some brine is light gray, and the stinky tofu made is gray.

Some stinky tofu is slightly yellow in color, and its appearance is not much different from ordinary tofu.

Some people add fermented black beans to cold boiled water, boil it for another quarter of an hour, then filter the fermented black beans and cool it.

Then add edible alkali, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, salt, white wine and tofu brain, soak them together for about a few months, stir them several times during the period to assist in fermentation, and then make brine.

There are also methods of chopping and cooking amaranth stems and ginger, then washing and draining fresh snow vegetables, chopping and salting, and soaking them in cold boiled water together with pepper and salt to ferment.

This method takes longer, and the time for making brine can be more than one year, and the obvious smell of stinky brine can be smelled.

The advantage is that after making it once, you only need to take away the brine for use, and the remaining residue can be kept and continue to ferment into old brine.

When using it again, take away some of the old residue, add water and a certain amount of new materials, and you can make new brine.

This process is also fermentation, similar to kimchi, sauerkraut, wine making, soy sauce and vinegar.

The most time-consuming and laborious thing is the first time. With brine, kimchi water or koji, you can reduce the fermentation time, quickly expand the output, and produce the same ingredients more stably.

Like this stinky tofu, Gu Ke and Xiaoman turned it into red and white tofu fermented paste at the beginning.

Later, qualified stinky brine was finally made. Using the warehouse's ten-fold aging function, several large jars were quickly made, without any trouble.

Beans in the valley are one of the main crops, and some of them will be regularly processed into tofu and tofu brain, which are regular customers for three meals a day.

Xiaoman was the most greedy, and soaked several large jars of stinky brine with stinky tofu in one go.

Because Gu Ke's cooking skills increased later, the stinky brine was improved several times, and the first stinky tofu was not so fragrant.

In addition to sweets, Xiaoman is tired of many foods and decisively discarded the "inferior products".

Gu Ke also let her.

Even if it is inferior, it is still food. When needed, it can be traded to the people and eaten after being roasted.

It doesn't matter if it is a little smelly, as long as the effect is good.

If it is like the stinky tofu brushed with chili sauce at this moment, it will emit a chili fragrance when it is roasted, and the taste will be better.

Xiaoman's nose kept moving, and he praised again and again: "It's so stinky, this is really stinky."

Gu Ke nodded in agreement.

Most people who eat stinky tofu are like this. When they smell it, they shout that it is so stinky, ugly and smelly, and when they eat it, they even shout that it is so delicious.

Both are sincere praises for stinky tofu. If it is not stinky, it is still very stinky tofu.

The slightly gray stinky tofu was quickly baked to a burnt yellow color, and the oil in the chili sauce was also absorbed into the inside, leaving a layer of dark red on the surface.

Gu Ke opened his mouth and took a piece. After confirming that the baking temperature was just right, he divided the stinky tofu in his hand into three parts: "Eat it while it is hot, it will taste wrong if it is cold."

Xiaoman is quick to stretch his mouth and take a piece first, not forgetting to comment: "It is burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. Lao Gu baked it just right this time."

Saranzhu was too lazy to think of words and nodded to indicate "I am the same."

Gu Ke was also very satisfied. The slightly burnt skin of the tofu was a little crispy, and it squeaked when bitten.

The tofu inside remained tender and contained enough juice. The unique smelly fragrance that penetrated the soul turned into the ultimate umami, which satisfied the taste buds to the greatest extent.

This is the characteristic of fermented bean products.

The taste of fermented black beans, soy sauce, and soybean paste is different, but in the end, fermentation produces more freshness and conquers people's mouths.

When the three were eating with their mouths full of oil, Gu Ke's expression changed slightly and he looked down the peak.

Saranzhu also looked over almost at the same time, only Xiaoman didn't notice it.

After a moment, she suddenly frowned: "Hey, why do I feel chilly?"

Not to mention that she had just been promoted to Martial Honor, even when she was Martial Master, her blood was like fire, and she liked coolness and hated heat.

But this kind of coolness is like a breeze blowing on her face, and it is impossible to make her feel cold. At this moment, it seems like an ordinary person touching ice and snow, and it is a bit freezing.

Gu Ke and Saranzhu looked inexplicable.

A chuckle sounded behind Xiaoman: "Sister, that's my blood, of course you will feel cold."

Xiaoman turned her head in surprise, and saw Xiao Ping'er's body slowly emerging from the transparency.

She scratched her head in confusion: "No, I'm a martial master, how can you get close to me silently?"

Xiao Ping'er smiled but said nothing.

Gu Ke couldn't help but pinch her cheek: "Because your younger sister has been promoted to a martial saint."

Xiao Man was stunned: "Didn't she retreat after me?"

Sa Lanzhu took the opportunity to reach out and grab her other cheek: "You are so stupid, my younger sister couldn't suppress her strength growth before, once she let go, the speed of breakthrough will naturally be faster."

Xiao Man looked at Xiao Ping'er and found that she didn't refute, knowing that she agreed.

After thinking about it, his shoulders suddenly collapsed: "So I am still the weakest?"

Sa Lanzhu pulled her into his arms and squeezed her hard: "Are you stupid? You are the best cook in the valley, who can you compare your strength with!"

Xiaoman was still a little unhappy: "But Xiaoping'er is also the best at embroidery and weaving."

Salanzhu's eyes rolled, and her hands slid down quickly and forcefully: "Who said that, your "advantages" are still very "big", and I can never compare with you."

Xiaoman felt pain and immediately fought back: "This is my flesh, do you think it doesn't hurt to pinch it?"

Salanzhu laughed: "I'll pinch you until it's swollen, and I guarantee that no one can surpass it, and you won't be stupid."

Xiaoman rushed over and stretched out his hand to pinch: "I'll pinch you until it's swollen too, so that you can be the second place."

The two of them immediately quarreled.

Gu Ke chuckled and shook his head: No matter how noisy it is, at least the little girl's attention was diverted.

The feeling of loss just now came quickly and went away even faster.

Looking at Xiao Ping'er who stood beside him quietly, he patted her head: "How do you feel? Don't you want to sleep?"

Xiao Ping'er shook her head with a faint smile on her face: "No, I just felt my mind was concentrated when I awakened my true self, and I seemed to be in better spirits."

After a pause, she continued: "But you still need to rest for a while and slowly adapt to the power of the Martial Saint."

Gu Ke pondered for a moment and nodded: "Rest for a few days, I will teach you the method of entering into meditation in the Great Dream Mirage Dragon Sutra, which can coordinate the blood and qi of the body and the mind to the greatest extent."

Xiao Ping'er was startled: "Is it the kind of sister Bai?"

She didn't want to sleep like Bai Suqing and not get up.

Gu Ke shook his head: "She practiced the Water and Fire Heart Sutra, and the method of entering into a state of meditation is more complicated and unpredictable, which is not suitable for you."

Xiao Ping'er couldn't help asking: "Then, how long do you want to sleep?"

Gu Ke smiled and tapped her head: "What are you thinking about? After entering the Great Dream Mirage Dragon Sutra, you can only enter into a state of meditation for half an hour every day. Only when you practice to a very deep level can you sleep for several years like your sister Bai."

"You can set the duration of meditation yourself. No matter how deep your cultivation is, you can wake up at the right time."

Xiao Ping'er breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and then she saw that he had a teasing look on his face, and she couldn't help but feel embarrassed and whispered in defense: "I, I just think that the affairs in the valley are complicated, and it's better for someone to do it."

Gu Ke smiled and hummed, and stopped teasing her.

In fact, since there was Saranzhu, the palace spirit, Xiao Ping'er's housekeeper duties and Xiaoman's farm work and chores can be shared for the most part.

But he didn't let Saranzhu do this, because he didn't want the two children to feel idle.

This is not the last life, when some weird women had nothing and did nothing, but expected others to give them everything to enjoy.

In Dawu, women are still physically weaker than men, but in absolute terms they are much stronger than men in the last life.

They are capable of most physical work, and are not much worse than men in farming, and they produce a large part of the wealth for the family.

Therefore, women are not valued only in the martial arts group, but their status in ordinary people's families is not low.

As his employees, the two children would be uneasy if he really didn't let them work.

Although it was expected that the two children were promoted on the same day, Gu Ke was also quite happy in his heart, so he simply joined in the fun: "Okay, you have been promoted, and it's my turn."

When this was said, even Saranzhu looked surprised.

Gu Ke's strength has always been linked to the cave, and upgrading the cave will make him stronger. She couldn't have been unaware of it.

The two children have known him for many years, but have never seen him have any "promotion process". He always becomes very strong without knowing it.

Curious, Xiaoman took the lead to express support: "Okay, okay, Lao Gu, you are the strongest!"

Xiao Ping'er nodded in agreement.

Gu Ke chuckled, floated up, and soared hundreds of feet into the sky.

It was the interval between day and night, and the drizzle enveloped the valley in a layer of gray and black twilight, and his figure was looming.

Consciousness sank into the system, and the Black Evil Palm, Pushing Mountain Palm, Tianluo Hand, Iron Body Leaning, and Water Floating were all uniformly 100 levels.

The five system-specific martial arts were connected in parallel, showing an option of "promotion available".

He moved his mind and chose promotion.

A breeze suddenly rose, rolling up the dense rain curtain.

After a few breaths, the breeze turned into a strong wind and rushed towards him.

Gu Ke realized something was wrong, and his body suddenly flashed and appeared in the sky thousands of feet away from Yulong Peak.

After a few more breaths, the strong wind turned into a gust of wind.

The trace soul sources everywhere in the cave trembled, breaking away from the invisible and colorless state of the usual day, flashing colorful lights.

Then, like moths to a flame, they followed the gust of wind and gathered towards Gu Ke in the air.

In the eyes of the three women, a huge tornado of light appeared, covering the sky and the earth of the valley, with a human figure like a black hole in the middle.

Saranzhu noticed the abnormality and decisively used the power of the mansion spirit to concentrate the free soul sources in the cave to supply Gu Ke.

Gu Ke's mind was still clear, and he also found something wrong.

If this continues, his body will not only absorb the free soul sources in the water, soil and air, but also the soul sources in the bodies of animals and plants.

If the soul sources in the bodies of exotic crops and animals are exhausted, they will degenerate into ordinary crops if they are not handled properly, and those with poor adaptability will die.

Of course, the cave that has been nurtured for nearly 20 years cannot be destroyed like this.

Gu Ke's thoughts moved, and the remaining 8,000 soul sources in the system were transferred into his body in portions of ten.

The absorption power of his body to the cave suddenly dropped sharply, and the tornado that had covered the sky and the earth quickly weakened and turned into a breeze, slowly swirling around him.

The scene that seemed like the end of the world just now disappeared, and was replaced by soul sources rising up bit by bit.

They were like fireflies on a summer night, flying unhurriedly in the valley, only getting very close to the center before they were swallowed up.

Gu Ke felt the powers and characteristics belonging to the five major martial arts in his body touching each other, slowly intertwining and blending into each other.

They are transforming from five relatively independent individuals into a complete circulatory system.

As a price, the number on the tenth digit of the remaining soul source keeps falling like a stopwatch counting down.

Three thousand units of soul source were gone in half a cup of tea.

Feeling the progress of the integration of the five major martial arts in his body, he guessed a rough number - one hundred thousand.

The five major martial arts are completely integrated and require up to 100,000 soul resources, which he does not have at the moment.

We can only settle for the second best, and the cycle of building the minimum of the five major martial arts will stop.

In the future, we will gradually invest in the soul source to perfect this astonishingly expensive promotion process.

After making up his mind, he began to guide the fusion process, using the soul source in the most critical position as much as possible to prevent the soul source from being exhausted and the cycle not being completed.

In less than two cups of tea, the soul source was consumed to only double digits, and Gu Ke also completed his work.

Because Salanzhu's assistance provided part of the soul source within the range that the cave could bear, the promotion results were better than expected.

The "promotable" option after the five martial arts schools has disappeared and turned into a name with a dim golden light - Wuji Combat Body.

Gu Ke was suspended in the air, clenched his fists, and felt a little itchy as he felt the endless battle body that had just formed in the cycle.

So he waved out his palm, and the air roared with a bang.

This casual blow instantly surpassed the speed of sound and created a sonic boom cloud.

The huge pressure pushed away the air, pushed away the rain and fog, and cleared out a blank area that was several miles long and about ten dozen wide.

After a while, the rain and mist fell again, filling the empty traces.

Gu Ke nodded slightly: With only one or two points of strength, it has surpassed the power of the 100-level Mountain Pushing Palm. The Wuji Battle Body is worthy of being a player's exclusive martial arts.

It is not like the Wuxiang Sutra which has many functions and is only created for fighting.

Because he was promoted from the fusion of the five major martial arts after level 100, Gu Ke's previous experience in using them and the five major characteristics have not been lost.

After forming a complete circulatory system, they are like his limbs and torso, fully coordinated with each other, and exerting more powerful lethality.

Of course, insufficient soul source leads to insufficient cycle completion, and the "power" that can be exploded is low, less than one percent of the complete state.

Alas, poor! Gu Ke sighed in his heart.

As soon as he thought, he appeared outside the pavilion.

Xiaoman came closer, raised his head and asked, "Lao Gu, what kind of martial arts are you doing? It feels different from what we practice."

Gu Ke thought for a while and explained: "This is called the Wuji Combat Body. It is a fusion of the five unique martial arts. It is the most suitable martial arts for me. You may not be able to learn it."

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