Using a Wok to Reorganize Life and Fly to Immortality Chapter 13
TLed by Serena Love
Edited by Liya
Chapter 13 The Roasted Second-Grade Flying Sword
"Second Senior Sister, how come it took so long this time?"
After the sun had set, Zhiqiong Peak would turn pitch black. Lu Yizhou couldn't wait any longer and was extremely anxious.
Yan Yan stood in front of the bamboo forest, frowning silently.if you are reading this on a site other than puretl(.)com then this chapter has been stolen
"Sixth Junior Brother, it seems that the elixir that could help you understand the Nine Swords Unity is more difficult than my Qin art elixir. It took Second Senior Sister a lot of time and energy." Lu Yizhou frowned. "I'm afraid there might be failures. Even if Second Senior Sister is talented, it might be difficult. But don't worry, if it doesn't work this time, maybe next time."
Yan Yan's eyebrows and feet twitched. He was forced and dragged out here, and what did he say earlier? But his Fourth Senior Brother did not listen to him. So just wait and see.
He had already practiced the nine swords. However, he had to buy another nine spirit swords for the second level of the sword art.
"I don't need it. I..." Yan Yan pursed his thin lips.
Even if she really changed for the better and his world became absurd overnight, she still couldn't cure his problem. It didn't matter if she could make magical elixirs.
Because what he needed was not an elixir to understand sword formation, but a good sword!
Yan Yan turned around and walked towards the open space by the river where Su Yu was.
"Sixth Junior Brother, what are you doing?"
Lu Yizhou hurriedly flew over and stopped in front of him, "When Second Senior Sister is doing alchemy, she doesn't like to be disturbed. Once she is distracted, all efforts will be in vain..." Before he finished speaking, he heard the crisp sound of a spirit treasure hitting a metal.
They had cultivated and built a foundation, so they had sharp ears and eyes. Suddenly, they heard Su Yu's cold scolding.
'Did she fail? Did she suffer a backlash from her alchemy?'
Lu Yizhou's face changed rapidly. He hurriedly left Yan Yan behind and rushed towards the river, "Second Senior Sister?"
Yan Yan bit his lower lip and immediately held the two swords around his waist with his right hand while catching up like a whirlwind.
"Second Senior Sister, are you okay?"
The open space by the river was about a hundred meters from where they were standing and they arrived instantly.
At this moment, the clear riverside was smokey and there was a strong roasted meat smell overflowing with fragrance. The tangy aroma was completely forced out, with an oily smell at the onset. The aroma was fierce and overbearing, making the mouth salivate. Thereafter, there was a faint fresh bamboo smell faintly diffused at the end, making people feel refreshed.
Lu Yizhou's eyes suddenly brightened. "It's so fragrant. Is this an elixir?"
The red tassels on Yan Yan's double swords shook.
'Is this an elixir?'
He had never seen an alchemist use their furnace out in the open. He had also never eaten a pill with this kind of smell.
The smell was like the barbecue he ate before he went up the mountain. However, the aroma was more than a hundred times stronger than the one he ate at that time.
'Is this an elixir?!'
Yan Yan didn't believe it. However, there was a loud rumbling in his stomach, which made his ears feel hot.
After a while, he saw Su Yu in a long yellow dress with her shoulders drooped. She seemed to be standing in front of a fragrant lotus leaf wrap and her eyes were full of sadness. She blushed a little when she heard Lu Yizhou's question.
Yan Yan frowned.
As he expected, she really couldn't make alchemy. But he had never seen her ashamed like this.
"Sixth Junior Brother, why don't you thank Second Senior Sister yet!"
Yan Yan raised his brows lightly.
Lu Yizhou was worried that his disrespect would anger Su Yu, so he hurriedly asked on his behalf, "Second Senior Sister, how do you take this pill?"
Su Yu felt unprecedented suffocation.
She had been in the kitchen for many years. The thickness of her face was already comparable to a wall. However, at this moment, her face was flushed. She coughed lightly and looked up to the sky.
'It's a sad day.'
'How to take it?'
"Swallow it in one mouthful and pierce your intestines."
Lu Yizhou: ...
Yan Yan's eyebrows and feet twitched.
Su Yu sighed faintly, "It's over. You don't need to try it."
She still needed to review the problem with this Flying Sword Rib.
Lu Yizhou was stunned.
'It really failed.'
He couldn't help but sigh bitterly. He saw that Second Senior Sister succeeded in producing elixirs, again and again. Therefore, he took it for granted, asking her to make something as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
"Second Senior Sister, it was me who was abrupt. Alchemists fail to make elixirs every day. Not to mention Sixth Junior Brother's sword move is very difficult, so don't take it to heart. If you are willing to help us, Sixth Junior Brother and I are already very grateful. Thank you Second Senior Sister. Sixth Junior Brother, don't you think so?"
"..."
Yan Yan didn't turn his head away, "I never said that I wanted any pills!"
Lu Yizhou nodded, "Second Senior Sister, you had spent half a day of hard work. Go to rest first. I'll take care of this thing with my junior brother."
After speaking, he took a step forward and bent over to pick up the leftover lotus leaf 'elixir dregs'.
"Cough, don't move it..." Su Yu's face flushed.
She was embarrassed!
Before she could take care of this accident, he came to execute her publicly!
When Lu Yizhou heard her words, he had already stretched out his hand. However, when he unfolded the lotus leaf and saw the hot object on it, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
"Sixth, Sixth, Sixth Junior Brother..."
Su Yu raised her head.
Yan Yan frowned and reluctantly came forward to clean up together.
As he took a step forward, he saw on the lotus leaf... lay a long sword about two feet long. The blade was like an autumn frost with dragon scales on the hilt.
It looked like it could cut iron like mud, which was better than the two swords around his waist. There were also a few wisps of heat radiating from it!
Yan Yan was stunned.
He stood still for a moment and his long black hair fluttered in the wind. When he was half an inch closer to the sword, his sharp sword energy that was swayed by this sword with a cold light was cut into two on the spot!
"This, this here... Sixth Junior Brother, Second Senior Sister actually made a second-grade spirit sword for you!"
Su Yu who was already preparing to die of embarrassment: "???"
There was nothing difficult in this world that Master Su couldn't fix by cooking a meal.
This was Su Yu's principle of life. Indeed, it held true.
"It has sword energy of its own. Its sharp blade could break a blade of grass or a strand of hair with the wind... This treasured feature can only be found in a second-grade spirit sword!" Lu Yizhou's gaze was astonished and he couldn't take his eyes off this newly made sword.
Su Yu listened and her expression changed again and again.
"You..." Yan Yan only felt that his world became upside down.
How did she know that what he needed was not an elixir but a sword!
He looked at this newborn sword in front of him in disbelief. He could feel that it was like a baby who had just came into the world and had yet to see blood.
The whole body of the sword was lustrous and white, similar to the shape of a willow leaf. It had a thick ridge with a straight and sharp groove in the middle, which made the entire bright sword look like it was in the shape of a mountain, which was very rare in swords. Most of the general refiners would engrave double grooves to maintain the blade's balance.
Yan Yan looked at this seemingly clumsy single groove. Not only did he not have doubts about it, but he felt that his mind was very compatible with it.
He had never felt this way. As if this sword was born and ascended from the heavens to be his.
"Sixth Junior Brother, this sword groove looks like the trace from when Second Senior Sister ordered you to break the wolf bone just now. You slashed at the bone with your sword in anger!" Lu Yizhou was thoughtful, and when he discovered this clue, he was overjoyed. "Before refining, a trace of your sword energy was integrated into the wolf bone. That is probably how this sword is in harmony with your mind and spirit. It can help you realize your sword spirit, so your nine swords can be unified as soon as possible!"
Yan Yan took a step back and looked at Su Yu absentmindedly.
'She had already thought about it before refining this sword?'
He had thought that she just wanted to see them all go down one by one!
How could it be that she did this for him?
This question made him even more perplexed than how someone at the fifth stage of Qi Refining could refine a second-grade spiritual weapon.
Even though Lu Yizhou had seen Su Yu's greatness, he was very pleasantly surprised at this moment. "Second Senior Sister is actually able to refine weapons. Once you make a move, it is also a second-grade spiritual weapon. You hide this so well from us. You just said that you failed and asked us to leave."
"Hey, Second Senior Sister is so humble. Is it only a third-grade spiritual weapon that would be considered a success?"
Yan Yan: "..."
If he had a third-grade spirit sword, he could complete the second level of Guiyi Swordsmanship, which required eighteen swords. His strength would rise rapidly and he could more or less hold down a battle with someone at the Golden Core level.
This would be even more powerful than the third level of blood-devouring swordsmanship.
His expression became complicated.
"Cough." Su Yu cleared her throat.
Third-grade? Her fourth junior brother can surely draw a big cake better than her.
[E/N: 'To draw a cake' in Chinese idioms means to use fantasy to satisfy oneself or to encourage a person with a good imagery. Refer to this website to understand further: https://www.echineselearning.com/blog/idiom-stories-hua-bing-chong-ji-to-draw-a-cake-to-satisfy-hunger]
Nonetheless, drawing a cake in the sky was a must-have skill for every kitchen manager to give all kitchen employees good hope for their future advancement. It would let them have a lofty goal and make them release unremitting efforts.
"Well... what about a third-grade spiritual weapon?"
"Remember, refinement of the art is endless, but it is difficult to cook without rice. If you have the ability, you will not bring back the ribs of a first-grade beast but the calamity of the East China Sea, an evil dragon skull. That way, even a ninth-grade or tenth-grade sword is not impossible."
Yan Yan: "...!"
After Su Yu finished painting a much bigger cake, she felt that her dantian had swollen for some time and she became a little sleepy, "If there are no other problems, go get a breakthrough as soon as possible."
Yan Yan's body shook violently.
She really noticed that he was suffering from not having a sword and was about to give up his practice.
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Back in the courtyard.
Wei Zhao, who was sitting in a wheelchair, finally looked much rosier than the previous few days.
He looked at the two junior brothers in front of him and sighed inwardly.
If only he had received the wheelchair sent back by his Fifth Junior Brother one day earlier, he would be able to see the magnificent scene of his second senior sister refining a second-grade sword!
"Sixth Junior Brother, you haven't tested the power of this sword yet?" Wei Zhao frowned and then looked at Yan Yan, who had only been looking at the sword for a long time.
Yan Yan gritted his teeth and took a step forward.
Wei Zhao was relieved, "Well, a man should be like this. If you don't want to owe her a favor, you should use this sword to kill beasts and exchange it with spirit stones to pay her back!"
Yan Yan took a deep breath and finally held the dragon-scale hilt of the two-feet sword in front of him.
As soon as he picked it up, his expression changed.
This sword was not as cold as an ordinary spirit sword. At this moment, he clearly felt a burst of warmth between his thumb and index finger.
It seemed to have its own warming array, which corresponded to the golden color of the dragon scales on the hilt.
While Yan Yan was feeling the sword's energy, Lu Yizhou was already holding his guqin and clanging the strings with his fingers.
"Sixth Junior Brother, let me see how powerful your sword is!"
Yan Yan was stunned. Then he heard the sound of the qin, which was fierce and majestic, with astonishing momentum.
His expression suddenly became serious and he saw lifelike spectral birds condensed in the air!
Is this the qin art that Fourth Senior Brother realized recently?
Yan Yan quickly clenched the slightly hot long sword in his hand and looked at these high-altitude spirit chickens that made his sea of knowledge tremble. They had plump and powerful wings. There were dozens of them, covering the sky and the sun, almost completely surrounding him.
Immediately, he gripped the sword.
He used the first form of his swordsmanship, the Solitary Sword Breaking Through the Air!
He faced the flying chickens above his head. Instead of retreating, he stepped forward. The two-feet sword in his hand slashed across the mighty chickens that were transformed from qin music.
"Sixth Junior Brother, be careful. I have another move!" Lu Yizhou's melody continued. The spirit chickens' appearance changed instantly and the feathers were dyed gold. A majestic and terrifying golden-winged bird appeared faintly. It gave out a loud cry.
Yan Yan was startled and was about to step back when he saw that the two-feet sword in his hand extended sharp beams that locked the body of the Garuda instantly and tore it to shreds!
"Isn't this the characteristic of stamens of the Cloud Swallowing Demon Flower?!" Lu Yizhou was shocked.
Yan Yan was stunned for a moment, then turned solemn.
He raised the sword and swung to the left.
After slashing the sword at the spectral Garuda, the sword in his hand divided itself into eight needle-like sword energies and shot at the phantom of the golden-winged bird that was about to take shape!
Lu Yizhou's face suddenly turned pale. His music stopped abruptly and he smiled bitterly.
"I thought that my <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix> contained the Garuda's ultimate move. Before, it could hold for a while with someone at the Golden Core level. I didn't expect..."
Yan Yan's expression was strange. "Fourth Senior Brother, if you transformed the Garuda from the beginning, with hundreds of them, my sea of consciousness would have been hurt long ago. You were being merciful."
Lu Yizhou sighed, "No, it's Second Senior Sister who gave me pointers."
"?"
"She refined the Seven Relish pill to help me breakthrough. She also refined a second-grade sword that will help you greatly increase your strength. However, she told me to practice sailing against the current. If you don't continue to advance, you will regress."
Yan Yan: ...
Lu Yizhou suddenly felt frustrated. He said to Wei Zhao and Yan Yan while holding his qin, "Third Senior Brother, Sixth Junior Brother, I'm going to retreat for a few days to learn the art of the qin. Before I improve, I really have no face to see Second Senior Sister again. If Second Senior Sister has any orders, Sixth Junior Brother, I will leave it to you to worry about."
Yan Yan was bewildered. "Wait..."
Wei Zhao, who was sitting in a wheelchair, nodded. "You go. There is still me watching the peak."
When Lu Yizhou heard this, he was relieved. He turned around in his fluttering white clothes and strode away.
Yan Yan was startled.
"Sixth Junior Brother."
Wei Zhao turned his wheelchair and looked at Yan Yan earnestly.
"Although I have become a waste, my vision is still clear. This two-feet sword comes with eight sword beams, which is equivalent to having a small strangling formation. It can be used to fight against more powerful enemies. If you take this sword to the exchange office, you will definitely be able to get an identification for a second-grade spiritual weapon, which would make your sword worth 100,000 spirit stones. However, this sword is especially useful for your current swordsmanship. If you study it more and integrate the sword into your sword formation, you will definitely be able to fight against the enemy in a thousand ways. For you, this is more valuable than 100,000 spirit stones."
Yan Yan's expression was complicated. He was with the sword day and night, but he didn't realize this.
With this sword, the unity of his first nine swords was a matter of course.
This sword was even more suitable for him than the Silver Snake Sword left by Eldest Senior Brother. It could already be considered as nine swords into one, because it had eight unpredictable sword beams within it. If he practiced hard, he would be able to reach the power of the second level of Guiyi Swordsmanship in advance, which surpassed the second level of the blood-devouring swordsmanship that he secretly cultivated.
Yan Yan smiled bitterly.
Whether to continue practicing the blood-devouring sword or continue to practice the Guiyi Swordsmanship was just a momentary doubt.
"Third Senior Brother, I will earn spirit stones and return them to her as soon as possible."
Wei Zhao hummed in relief, "It's good if you understand. From now on, you will be responsible for running errands for a few days. In addition to cultivating, go to her every day. Ask her what spiritual materials she needs or what difficulties she has. She is the current peak master anyway and she is also your current creditor. While you must do your best, you should also be grateful."
Yan Yan held the sword's handle tightly. He almost had to grit out the word from between his teeth.
"...Yes."
"Okay, then you write out the review for this sword and send it to her first. Don't... delay her major event."
"?!"
'What major event?'
Naturally, it was whatever Su Yu was doing right now.
Everything she did was a big deal. She had helped one person recuperate his body, helped another to learn the qin art and now she had refined a top-class second-grade sword that one person lacked.
On Zhiqiong Peak, who else had done anything greater than her?
Now, Wei Zhao also believed that they should focus on her needs first.
---
Su Yu, who had just finished this shocking event, had already returned to her small courtyard to rest.
She was reflecting on today's 'innovative dish'.
"If you remove the hard wolf bones and only use the broken bamboo that has absorbed sword energy of a hundred years as the ingredient... It should be able to be eaten and might help realize the sword heart."
Her Sixth Junior Brother, whose progress had been stagnant and was about to collapse in the novel's plot, was the only excellent boucher she had found during this period.
[E/N: Boucher is basically a butcher chef. I tried to use the titles used for kitchen staff as this novel is related to them. I referred these titles from this LINK.]if you are reading this on a site other than puretl(.)com then this chapter has been stolen
If he cultivated evil swordsmanship, his qi and blood would be exhausted and he would not live for long... Master Su, who had always cherished talents, felt like her heart was cut with a knife when she thought about it.
A good prepping staff was an integral part of the entire restaurant.
If the knife work was not good, it would directly affect the upper limit of the ingredient's taste when it was cooked. Even if the follow-up seasoning was perfect and the heat control was fantastic, it could not save nor hide the mistakes or omissions of knife work.
This precious boucher shouldn't be left to become crippled. He had to be trained well so that he could support her career.
As Su Yu thought about it, she became more determined to get up and create new dishes immediately.
As long as Master Su cooked fast enough, the novel's plot couldn't catch up with her!
However, as she was about to stand up, she felt a burst of fullness in her dantian.
The five-element cauldron was trembling and in a blink of an eye, it rose in size.
Her vision was shrouded with five colors of elements.
---
"Elder Liu, you said that my fourth junior brother can still recover as long as we wait for the opportunity?"
"Yes." The bracelet on the wrist of the woman in white lit up. An old man appeared from the grey fog and said, "Today, I was watching the sky at night. I found that the qi and blood of one of the disciples of the other side's peak are declining. Once he is defeated, you will rise. This is the turning point for your junior brother."
The woman in white immediately smiled.
Just as she was about to move forward, she was shocked and stopped.
"Elder Liu, I feel like I was a little slower at absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!"
"Huh? You must have been in meditation for many days, so you were tired. I don't think you have any abnormality."
The woman in white frowned and then nodded slightly, "Elder Liu is right. It should be fine now."
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"You... broke through?"
At Zhiqiong Peak, Wei Zhao who was sitting in a wheelchair by the chicken coop, looked at Su Yu in astonishment.
"Sixth stage of Qi Refining?"
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