Using a Wok to Reorganize Life and Fly to Immortality Chapter 22
TLed by Serena Love
Chapter 22 Candied Spirit Yam
On the entire third floor of the Great Competition, all eyes were on the five people from Zhiqiong Peak who were in high spirits.
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"What's going on? Wasn't that Foundation Building guy with the Qiankun ruler exhausted just now?"
"Yeah, could it be that he took a Spirit Replenishing Pill?"
"What nonsense is it? A Spirit Replenishing Pill can only restore 20% of spiritual energy. Look at him. Does that look like a 20% recovery?"
Everyone looked around and saw Yu Dong, dressed in blue and holding a ruler in his hand, standing in front of the team from Zhiqiong Peak.
At this time, his black hair was floating and his eyes were like torches.
'Who is this spirited guy?'
The five people from Zhenxuan Peak had long been waiting excitedly for their turn in the ring. However, now they stepped onto the ring with solemn faces.
On the first day of the competition, their peak master was not present. If they won this challenge and had to defend their position, their master would attend and sit on the peak leader seat just like Zhiqiong Peak at this moment.
Now, they were only accompanied by their team leader, Zhou Yu, who had just entered the early stage of Golden Core.
"Don't be in a rut. Even if they have a powerful elixir, they will only have one or two at most." Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and said to comfort his junior brothers and sisters, "First use up that female cultivator's spiritual energy. Once she is exhausted, we clean up the ring."
His junior brothers and sisters all lit up and responded immediately.
The judging elder immediately proceeded to burn the incense and the fire in his hand flew into the bronze tripod again. "Begin."
Zhou Yu nodded, took a step forward and bowed to the five people from Zhiqiong Peak, "Please advise."
Before he finished speaking, he was bound by Hang Wan'er's Five Immortal Ropes in an instant.
The crowd of onlookers: "..."
However, when Zhou Yu was about to be knocked off the ring by Hang Wan'er's double hairpins, a junior brother behind him immediately released an iron hook and raised him to a high altitude.
The double hairpin that Hang Wan'er threw hit the air.
Her eyebrows rose.
'Even if all four from Zhenxuan Peak were knocked off the ring, Zhou Yu would still be inside the ring.'
'As long as the guy with Golden Core is there, the enemy still has the final chance of winning!'
Hang Wan'er's face sank. "Fifth Senior Brother, Sixth Senior Brother, we have to do our best to defeat those four!"
She did not dare to separate one or two ropes from the Five Immortal Ropes that bound Zhou Yu.
Zhenxuan Peak had a lot of spiritual power. If she took it off, causing Zhou Yu to break free ahead of time, everything would be in vain.
Yan Yan and Yu Dong didn't need her to say anything further. Yan Yan's Eighteen Swords Into One and Yu Dong's skill, the Bright Universe, had already attacked the four.
"I think Zhenxuan Peak can win!"
"That's right, just exhaust Zhiqiong Peak's spiritual energy!"
"Analyzing the previous battle, Changying Peak was unlucky just now. It is obvious that their strength was good, but they failed because they were not prepared."
The onlookers whispered.
Yan Yan fought one-on-two, while Hang Wan'er and Yu Dong were one-on-one each.
The sword light from both sides continued, but just after a few breaths, sweat dripped from Yan Yan's forehead. Hang Wan'er's face was also pale and they couldn't hold it any longer.
The outcome was already tilted.
Qian Qingqiu frowned and looked at Su Yu. "Why don't you ask Junior Brother Lu to come?"
'How to win this?'
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a bang on the ring. Zhenxuan Peak's Golden Core cultivator, Zhou Yu, broke free from the five bright-colored ropes. The sword in his hand flew out.
Qian Qingqiu did not feel very good.
"Zhiqiong Peak is over!"
"That female cultivator can't hold it anymore. Her head is covered in sweat. She won't be able to use her magic weapon this time-"
The onlookers all sympathized with Zhiqiong Peak.
However, before they finished speaking, the pale Hang Wan'er's left hand quickly took out a palm-sized white porcelain dish from her waist!
Everyone: "??"
The five people from Zhenxuan Peak: "???"
A light fragrance of spring plums immediately wafted over the entire ring, overflowing all corners.
Everyone was stunned when they saw Hang Wan'er's dish trembled and a five-petaled spring plum blossom that seemed to be dripping with dew catapulted into her red lips.
Then she swallowed.
"What is that?" Someone asked.
But no one had the answer. In the blink of an eye, Hang Wan'er's pale face turned pink.
She shouted loudly when the Golden Core's sword was about to reach the five people from Zhiqiong Peak.
"Catch him again!"
Once again, Zhou Yu was caught by the Five Immortal Ropes and was unable to mobilize his spiritual energy. His big sword fell three meters in front of Yu Dong and lost its power.
Everyone: "!"
'What lack of spiritual energy? Sorry, there is no such thing.'
Soon, Yan Yan on the side of the ring, who looked tired earlier, stood still. A pink plum blossom flew out from his waist tremblingly and was sucked into his mouth.
In an instant, his aura was restored.
His second level of sword unity took shape in a flash!
'Who said I can only use the eighteen swords twice? Sorry, there is no such thing.'
All the members of Zhiqiong Peak were full of blood.
The disciples of Zhenxuan Peak turned pale with shock. The other disciples in the audience, who thought they might be lucky and wanted to challenge Zhiqiong Peak, were also in an uproar.
All the audience were astonished.
The whole ring was soon enveloped in a strange atmosphere.
The Nanxun Grand Competition had been held for a hundred years, but this kind of ridiculous situation had never occurred before.
A dignified cultivator at Golden Core level had no use at all.
As for the other four Foundation Building cultivators from Zhenxuan Peak, they thought they could win against the five Foundation Building opponents from Zhiqiong Peak. However, it was only a dream.
Hang Wan'er's team's spiritual energy seemed to be inexhaustible.
Every time they got tired, they took out a flower from their waists, inhaled it, and returned to their peak condition... After two or three times this repeated, the four people from Zhenxuan Peak couldn't stand it anymore. Their hands holding their swords trembled, their breaths were heavy and they were soon hit by Yan Yan and flew out of the ring.
"Offended!" In the end, Zhou Yu was the only one left. Hang Wan'er threw her double hairpins to push him off the ring mercilessly.
She looked around the arena towards the rest of the people who wanted to challenge Zhiqiong Peak and raised her fair face.
"Who is next?"
The audience was stunned.
In the sitting area where all members of Zhiqiong Peak rested, Su Yu calmly retracted her gaze and continued to browse the Encyclopaedia of Beasts.
'Won again.'
Qian Qingqiu's forehead twitched. He felt that he had to re-examine Zhiqiong Peak's strength.
'The most important point is...'
"Junior Sister Su, what are those plum blossom-shaped medicinal pills? Did it and the Hooves Flower elixir come from the same alchemy master?"
Qian Qingqiu did not dare to call that person a mere alchemist.
Being able to come up with miraculous elixirs over and over again meant that person was definitely not an ordinary alchemist. They were already worthy of the honorary title of a master.
Su Yu raised her eyebrows. She was reading about the sweet cane grass that a second-grade unicorn deer liked to eat in the encyclopaedia. She couldn't help but stop flipping the pages when she heard his question.
She looked at Wei Zhao in confusion. "You didn't mention to Brother Qian that Zhiqiong Peak's kitchen produced these?"
Qian Qingqiu: ...
After getting out of the ring, Yu Dong happily accepted the praise of his Taoist companion, Zhu Ying, with joy. However, he almost stumbled upon hearing this.
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'What?'
Which part of the peak is the kitchen? Why has he never heard of it? Was it something that Eldest Senior Brother left behind before he left this time?
Yu Dong looked at Su Yu like he was in a dream.
Wei Zhao bowed and saluted with his palm and fist to Qian Qingqiu apologetically. "Senior Brother Qian, I forgot to tell you. Those elixirs were made by my Second Senior Sister."
Yu Dong took a step back.
The teacup in Qian Qingqiu's hand fell on the table with a bang. Even though he was in the Golden Core level, he didn't have time to catch it.
All the junior brothers and sisters from Zhiqiong Peak changed their expressions, but soon they returned to normal.
"It turned out to be Second Senior Sister. That seems to be normal. She can refine Eight Treasures Mushroom Soup every day. It seems that an elixir to restore spiritual power is nothing."
"Yeah, it all makes sense."
'What makes sense? Is this reasonable!'
Yu Dong looked at Su Yu in disbelief. She was only in the fifth stage of the Qi Refining level. Oh no, now she was in the seventh stage of Qi Refining.
Even if she had built a foundation, she was purely a sword cultivator. Since when could she concoct pills? She had also refined elixirs that were more powerful than what ordinary alchemists could refine.
"This... I've never heard Brother Xiao say it," Qian Qingqiu smiled wryly after being shocked. "Brother Xiao and Zhiqiong Peak had closely concealed this. I don't even know that there is still a junior sister who is an alchemy genius like this."
'I didn't know. What to hide...'
Yu Dong held his Qiankun Ruler and sat down in a hurry.
He suspected that his eldest senior brother did not know either.
Moreover, he had never seen the scene of his eldest senior brother and the second senior sister talking before.
When she saw them in such amazement, Su Yu admitted generously, "I didn't hide it. I only found the small kitchen in the peak recently."
Yu Dong: "...?"
Qian Qingqiu: "..."
Even though they could easily make friends and talk well, in this situation, they didn't know how to process these words.
'Is alchemy something that can be learned in a short time?'
'Also, what does the small kitchen have anything to do with alchemy?'
But if he asked again, he was not polite.
Qian Qingqiu hurriedly smiled and said, "So it turns out to be this way. Junior Sister is really talented."
Next to them, Yu Dong's expression froze.
'Qian Qingqiu understand? I still don't understand!'
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On the top of the Northern Glacier.
Several lightning bolts slashed on a broadsword one after another.
Sweat dripped from Xiao Muge's forehead. He clenched his hands and in a blink of an eye, he took a piece of broken ice from the ice lake and injected a terrifying spiritual power into it.
While facing the thunder tribulation, he condensed some ice soul containing the power of a Golden Core attack once every ten days. He marked it to the seal of the peak master and sent it to Zhiqiong Peak.
In the past three months, he had condensed nine pieces of ice soul.
He didn't seek to win the competition but only wanted his junior brothers and sisters to protect themselves. He hoped for them to not get injured or to not destroy their foundation.
Xiao Muge pursed his lips tightly.
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Su Yu was drinking tea leisurely outside the ring and suddenly felt coldness in her storage bag.
Once she probed with her divine sense, she found a piece of broken ice condensed next to the peak master's seal.
"Amazing."
At first, she didn't have any feelings for this peak master's seal. She thought it was useless, but apparently it was simply a natural ice maker.
This tenth piece was a large ice cube. She had collected nine other pieces so far and their coolness was just right to keep the flesh and bones of beasts, that were not needed for the time being, fresh.
Su Yu observed this new piece of ice with satisfaction.
The shape was like a lofty mountain. The appearance would be spectacular if it was used as a plate for raw cut fish. She liked it very much.
It would be better if it could condense other shapes next time...
She wondered if placing a mold next to the small seal would be effective.
While Su Yu pondered, five ghostly figures quickly appeared on the ring.
"Wuying Peak!"
The disciples in the audience exclaimed.
Su Yu couldn't help but look up and saw five shadows on the stage that looked like black phantoms in a smoke. Their faces were indistinguishable and their bodies were still fluttering from time to time. The audience seemed unable to use their spiritual sense to locate them.
"Wuying Peak used to appear on the last day of the competition. Why did they come on the first day?"
"Third Senior Brother, send the jade slip to Fourth Senior Brother!"
Yu Dong clenched the ruler in his hand.
"Wuying Peak specializes in exercises to build their body. Their chief disciple, Chen Ying, uses spiritual energy to move at high speed. Ordinary cultivators can't see him with naked eyes. Those with lower spiritual consciousness can't detect him either. Seventh Junior Sister's Five Immortal Ropes can't trap him at all!"
"Whether they are at Foundation Building or Golden Core... I can't tell." Yu Dong tried to investigate the cultivation level of these five people but failed.
Wuying Peak was the strangest peak in Nanxun Academy.
Many third-class peaks rolled over in their hands in the past. However, Wuying Peak was good at hiding and raiding but not good at defending.
Now... all of the team members of Zhiqiong Peak were only at the Foundation Building level!
Yu Dong gritted his teeth. "Only Fourth Senior Brother can do it. He may be able to capture the opponent with his qin attack."
"It's too late, hahaha-"
Spooky laughter came from the ring.
"There is only half a column of incense time left. If you call a helper now, it is too late!"
Hang Wan'er gritted her teeth. "Third Senior Brother, I'll deal with that Chen Ying. I don't believe that I can't!"
As she said that, her beautiful eyes tried to catch sight of the five grey foggy figures on the other side of the ring. However, after trying to sense them, her face became decadent.
'They really cannot be located.'
If she was unable to find the object, how could she bind them with her Five Immortal Ropes?
Yan Yan clenched his Dragon Scale Sword. "I will force him out with sword energy."
"That can't be done. Even someone in the middle stage of Golden Core can't catch him. His moving speed is extremely fast. No matter how many swords you have, you can't cover every part of the ring." Yu Dong's mouth was bitter.
Everyone's faces were very bad.
Su Yu raised her eyebrows, "...every part of the ring..."
Master Su had some occupational diseases.
After hearing these descriptions, she couldn't help but reminisce about the days when she was studying in the back kitchen. In order to make the dish successful at the best heat, she practiced repeatedly. After that, every night, late at night, when she closed her eyes, there were traces of phantoms shaking in front of her...
She was continuously dizzy and had insomnia, but she couldn't escape this vision until half a month later.
When she remembered this, her dantian's five-element cauldron suddenly shook. It couldn't seem to sit still. Let's dance!
Su Yu looked strange and couldn't help but hold down her lower abdomen.
"Maybe... I can give it a try."
Yu Dong was shocked. "You?"
For the past few years, her water-breaking sword had been stored in her storage bag. It was rarely used.
She used to be a wind-type sword cultivator with great talent. Her speed of swinging the sword was extremely fast. When she cut with her water-breaking sword, the light and shadow danced as if she was cutting off the Nine Heavens Galaxy.
The rest of the juniors couldn't help but follow his gaze, looking at her expectantly.
"Second Senior Sister." Hang Wan'er's voice trembled and her eyes were a little red.
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'Zhiqiong Peak's female cultivators are going to save the world again?!'
"You're finally taking up your sword again!"
Su Yu: "...?"
"What sword? I only use a sword when I'm serious."
Wei Zhao: "?!"
Yu Dong: "??"
Yan Yan: "??"
Hang Wan'er: "Second Senior Sister, I started late. You can't lie to me. So are you a sword cultivator?!"
Wei Zhao: "..."
'Seventh Junior Sister is simpler than Fourth Junior Brother, but what should I do?'
He was about to open his mouth when he saw Su Yu took out a red copper-colored second-grade sword from her bag.
The two round copper rings on this sword were very familiar to him.
Wei Zhao: ...
'Isn't this my copper sword?'
"Third Senior Brother's sword?"
"Oh, Fourth Senior Brother is in retreat, so the sword is here with Second Senior Sister."
The disciples were talking.
Although Wei Zhao was stunned, he also nodded. It seemed to be normal for Fourth Junior Brother to hand over important treasures to her for safekeeping before retreating.
However, in just a moment, he saw Su Yu's hand holding the red copper sword moved. The blade condensed a shadow and directly peeled a long mountain spirit yam the size of an arm taken out from her storage bag. The shadow of the knife flickered, pushing and pulling in between, and snow-white yam blocks fell in front of them, all of the same sizes.
Wei Zhao: ...
Everyone from Zhiqiong Peak: ...
Hang Wan'er took a step back and her face was pale. "She is really... a sword cultivator!"
Qian Qingqiu was astonished.
How can the disciples of Zhiqiong Peak be like this?
'Brother Xiao... What have you taught your junior brothers and sisters?'
Those hands did not seem to be dealing with elixir materials at all.
All sorts of long mountain spirit yam could be used as medicine?
"Junior Sister Hang, keep your voice down. Alchemy shouldn't be disturbed."
If the process of alchemy was disturbed, the alchemy would be destroyed in an explosion and the sea of knowledge of the alchemist might be damaged.
Qian Qingqiu hurriedly stretched out his hand and placed an array on Su Yu to isolate her from the outside world.
Hang Wan'er and everyone from Zhiqiong Peak were stunned.
Wei Zhao said, "If my sword can be used in the process of making elixirs, it can be considered worthwhile."
When he was speaking, there was a trace of regret in his eyes.
Qian Qingqiu had promised to help him find medicine, but there was no news.
But he quickly suppressed his disappointment, dissipated his regret and looked at Su Yu with a proud expression.
"Senior Brother Qian, please protect my sister while she is concocting alchemy!"
The cauldron that was used was unremarkable and even looked a bit inconsistent with the identity of an alchemist.
"???"
"Isn't this the one from the kitchen?" Sixteenth Junior Brother, who often delivered goods to Su Yu on Yan Yan's behalf, recognized it at a glance.
'Why did she bring out a wok!?'
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Even Qian Qingqiu was dumbfounded.
"Senior Brother Qian, are you sure my senior sister is concocting alchemy?" Sixteenth Junior Brother couldn't help but ask.
Qian Qingqiu: "..."
'Excuse me.'
'I don't know.'
They were stunned and shocked, but Su Yu, who was under the array, had an undisturbed gaze.
This dish she was going to cook needed great attention to the heat. It was all based on her experience and observation after constant attempts. Even now, she did not dare to be distracted easily.
Su Yu calmed down and threw the yam into the wok to stir fry.
The disciples were stunned.
"Sister is cooking?"
"Shut up! Second Senior Sister said it is to prepare for the enemy, Wuying Peak..."
Zhu Ying also sneaked up to Yu Dong, "What is your second senior sister doing? If it's real alchemy, why not use an alchemy furnace? Dong Lang, tell me quickly. What do you know?"
What did he know? Yu Dong didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Why did she take out a wok and why did she put a first-grade spirit yam into the wok? He was also dumbfounded.
He didn't know anything.
He vaguely thought of the soft and sweet fragrance at the first bite of the Spring Plum elixir and had some kind of terrible guess in his heart.
Was it possible that all her elixirs were made in a wok?
Yu Dong bit his tongue when he thought of it.
'Stop this, such a rebellious idea!'
He kept his eyes fixed on Su Yu. He saw Su Yu's metal spatula flipping over and the wok was shrouded in white mist as if spiritual energy was rising.
"Today's third match, Wuying Peak against Zhiqiong Peak. The disciples from both sides, enter the ring!"
The judging elder let out a majestic voice.
Yu Dong's expression changed and he hurriedly looked at Su Yu.
'It was too late.'
Hang Wan'er gritted her teeth, "Let's go up first and delay them for a while."
The junior brothers and sisters smiled bitterly. "Even if Second Senior Sister made alchemy, it will take at least half a day."
But as soon as the person said this, a warm porcelain white jade plate flew towards Yu Dong.
Yu Dong was stunned for a moment, hurriedly caught it and got a warm feeling.
When he turned his head to look, he saw Su Yu flipped her spatula with her left hand, scooped out a spoonful of irregular golden things, placed it on a jade plate heated by spirit fire and shot them at Hang Wan'er.
The next three spoonfuls and three plates flew towards Yan Yan, Sixteenth and Eighteenth in a row.
"After the fight begins, use chopsticks to pull the spirit yam in the dish. Try it out first and come back if it doesn't work."
Hang Wan'er was surprised and delighted. "I understand, Second Senior Sister. Let's go!"
Yu Dong: "?"
'Understand what? What does it mean?'
'Is this an elixir?'
Yu Dong didn't feel like it was an elixir. It was more like...
"Hey, what is that!"
"What did you bring, Zhiqiong Peak?"
"Why are there still dishes? Why did the disciples take out chopsticks? What is the use of this against Wuying Peak?"
"Does Zhiqiong Peak try to invite people to dinner? So they would spare them? Hahaha!"
The onlookers burst into laughter.
In the ring, the five people from Wuying Peak also laughed hoarsely, then disappeared into the arena like ghosts.
Yu Dong's complexion changed. He heard the sound of the wind around him blowing constantly and strange spiritual power continuously shuttled around him. He turned his head left and right but he couldn't see anyone!
"It's futile. You can't catch us at all. The Five Immortal Ropes... It's useless to use against us!"
Chen Ying's laughter came from all directions in the arena. He was arrogant and majestic.
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Yu Dong looked solemn. "Seventh Junior Sister, I'll try him first-"
He was about to throw his ruler, but before he finished speaking, a gleaming lustre suddenly flashed somewhere outside his field of vision. It was like golden threads of silk floating endlessly. It was like the silk of hundred year old demon silkworms... the longer it floated, the thinner it was pulled, the smoother and more translucent...
While he was stunned, he found more and more transparent silk threads floating around him.
When he turned his head, he happened to see Sixteenth Junior Brother use a pair of chopsticks to pick up the golden lumps on the warm white plate. He then pulled out several fragrant and soft silk with a sweet smell. After dragging it with chopsticks a few more times, the silky golden thread actually doubled. It pulled out from the plate and floated on the ring.
Then, he heard a muffled sound...
Yu Dong raised his head in response, looked towards the upper right of the ring and saw a piece of black robe corners stuck by a crystal clear thread!
"Hahaha, even if you have infinite spiritual power, you can't use your treasures to help you... he... he..."
In the ring, Chen Ying's wild and sneering laughter suddenly froze.
The source of sound which previously came from all directions now seemed to have a fixed point.
"!"
The sweet smell became stronger and stronger throughout the ring.
The man in the black robe moved westward at high speed, the silk thread sticking to him kept getting longer and thinner. However, it never broke. Soon, ten, one hundred, more and more silk threads permeated the ring. Gradually, the man's hands, feet and back in black robes... the full human figure hidden in the ring slowly appeared.
Chen Ying: "!"
Everyone: "!"
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