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Edited by Liya

Chapter 31 Longjing Shrimp

Meditation Hall had a long history and was first proposed to be set up by a grandmaster of Nanxun Academy who was currently in retreat.

He found that after the Immortal Ascension level, the strength of spiritual consciousness would determine the speed of cultivation.

Therefore, he set up a meditation department to especially train the disciples' spiritual sense. This was to break the mountain in advance for future Nanxun's disciples.

At present, there were a total of 81 meditation rooms in the Meditation Hall. All of the rooms were underground.

There were three types of rooms: Heavenly, Earthly and Mysterious, each of which had their own features.

The room that Zhiqiong Peak entered was the first of the three. This type of room was usually given to first-class peaks for cultivation. Also, many masters and elders came to practice here.

Not only the room had bright and beautiful night pearls embedded on its four walls, but also fifty cold jade beds and silk pillow seats that allowed the disciples to unify their minds and spirits. If they were tired, there was also spirit tea provided.if you are reading this on a site other than puretl(.)com then this chapter has been stolen

This was a first-class treatment. Let alone Wei Zhao, even their master, Elder Mu, had only been here a few times.

A group of junior brothers and sisters walked in with amazement.

"Senior brother, I don't even dare to get on this jade bed. Is this real? If I sit on it, will it disappear?"

"These silk pillow seats cost ten thousand spirit stones each. My gosh, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up later. I may not want to leave!"

"Use it however you want. But wait a minute for the spirit tea." Su Yu spoke leisurely.

She took out a pair of silver chopsticks from her storage bag.

When she spoke next, she used the silver chopsticks to take out some small leaves of the spirit tea from the jade box. Each leaf was emerald green, soft and smelled light instead of smoked. "Don't drink the tea yet."

The brothers and sisters were a little dazed.

However, Wei Zhao nodded after thinking for a moment, "Drinking spirit tea is better when you have cultivated until your consciousness is exhausted and then the effect will be better. What your second senior sister means is, go practice first, don't covet the spirit tea now."

Su Yu: "..."

She was just afraid that they would be too full for the staff meal later and they couldn't eat anymore.

Well, she was fine with Wei Zhao's explanation.

"Thank you, Second Senior Sister, for your suggestion." The junior brothers and sisters responded in unison.

None of them forgot that they could enter a Heavenly Room thanks to her. They were grateful, dared not forget her efforts and cherished this opportunity very much.

After saying that, all of them looked solemn and happy. One by one, the disciples climbed onto the jade beds and sat crossed-legs on their corresponding beds.

The fifty jade beds in the Heavenly Room were engraved with formations.

A Forbidden Spirit Formation that could seal all their spiritual power.

It also had an Eight Illusion Formation, allowing cultivators to enter an illusion of being in a secret realm to fight against beasts. Their sea of ​​consciousness determined the strength of the illusion.

Under the action of these two formations, cultivators had to use their spiritual senses to fight against the beasts in the illusion so as to improve their control of their sea of knowledge.

In addition, there were restrictions on each jade bed. Once the cultivators were on it, the restriction would close all their senses and ensure that they would not disturb each other.

"Don't be reckless. If you feel tired, stop and rest in time." Wei Zhao warned again worriedly.

"Yes, Third Senior Brother."

Everyone closed their eyes.

Hang Wan'er and other core disciples entered the illusion only after the ordinary disciples entered meditation.

Wei Zhao sat in a wheelchair and was very pleased.

Their Zhiqiong Peak had a bright future.

However, when he turned to look at Su Yu, his eyes froze.

"Second Senior Sister, you—"

She slowly cut out tea leaves from the jade box with her silver chopsticks.

Wei Zhao: "..."

"What's the matter?" Su Yu kept moving but raised her eyebrows and gestured to him to continue speaking.

Wei Zhao smiled wryly.

'What's the matter?'

'Naturally, it is a matter of cultivation.'

He looked left and right at his junior brothers and sisters. When he saw that everyone had already entered the illusion and could not hear him, he drove his wheelchair to Su Yu.

"Second Senior Sister, our third-class peak can only enter the meditation room for fifteen days a year. If we don't step up our practice now... the time will be wasted."

Wei Zhao thought for a while, but he gritted his teeth and decided to persuade Su Yu.

She used to be unable to cultivate, but recently, she made continuous breakthroughs. She was obviously more talented than other disciples.

'How can she waste her time?'

Even an alchemist had a limit on their lifespan.

At that time, the more they did alchemy, the sooner they would die.

"Second Senior Sister, even the guardian elders of Wanjian Mountain are stuck in their cultivation and their lifespan is almost exhausted. If you don't work hard at this moment..."

Su Yu counted the small leaves of the spirit tea that she had clipped out and saw that there were already seventy or eighty leaves. She immediately poured it into some spring water to clean it. "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and meditate."

Wei Zhao: ...

Why was he meditating? He was in a wheelchair. She clearly had her dantian and meridians intact!

Su Yu squinted, facing the radiance from the night pearl while shaking the spirit tea gently. Not long after, she rinsed it and shook it again.

"Qian Qingqiu said that there is no stock of spiritual material for repairing your meridians in the exchange office. They were all bought out a few months ago. But he also mentioned that his uncle was going to the depths of the secret realm a few days ago. He should be able to return in about fifteen days and he will definitely give me a message."

Su Yu raised her eyes and glanced at Wei Zhao.

"Wait for a while. This meditation room trains your spiritual consciousness. What you have damaged is just your golden core and your meridians, which has nothing to do with your spiritual consciousness. You can go ahead and practice."

Wei Zhao couldn't refute this either.

Before she changed, he would never have said anything about her cultivation. She would have lost her temper and felt that he was meddling in her business.

Now that she could cultivate, she was amazing and talented. He didn't want to see her wasting her talent.

Wei Zhao said more and more firmly, "Second Senior Sister, aren't you free now? Why don't you practice hard?"

"Do you think I'm free?" Su Yu was surprised.

"That's enough. I have a headache just thinking about it." Su Yu stood up, holding the already cleaned spirit tea leaves. "I'll go. Is that okay?"

She was also negligent.

As the head of the back kitchen, she should join in this team-building exercise. She should be in the same group as her assistants.

It would let them know that she was always with them and they were a team.

Su Yu thought about it and quickly collected her things into her storage bag. Based on the principle of integrating into the group and hearing their true voice, she finally sat leisurely on an empty jade bed in the middle of the group of junior brothers and sisters.

Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

The current Second Senior Sister not only worked hard for them but also calmed their minds at critical moments. Now she was also willing to listen to his advice.

If he had to trade his injury to get a second senior sister with such ability, he was willing.

It was nothing even if he had no hope of cultivation in this life.

Wei Zhao's eyes twinkled.

Immediately, he pushed his hands on the wheelchair and climbed onto a jade bed with difficulty.

Second Senior Sister was right. He also could exercise his spiritual consciousness. Although it was a hundred times more difficult than ordinary cultivators, he could overcome it.

He looked at Su Yu resolutely, but as soon as his admiring gaze caught her figure, he trembled.

Su Yu, on the jade bed, was finally willing to put the spirit tea aside. However, she took out a bunch of pots and pans!

In an instant, the jade bed beneath her flashed with grey and white beams. The two arrays were running, but they did not trap her in the slightest. She took out another item as usual, which was a huge chopping block, and put it above her knees.

Her action was smooth and not abrupt at all.

Wei Zhao: "...!"

'How can she be so outrageous?'

Once you enter the illusion, you would be attacked by beasts. Cultivators had to resist with all their strength.

"Second Senior Sister, have you entered the illusory formation yet?" Wei Zhao turned his head to look left and right. All the disciples who entered the illusion seemed like they were in pain. Their foreheads were dripping with sweat. Their faces were full of stress and exhaustion from fighting. "Didn't the beasts in the illusion attack you?"if you are reading this on a site other than puretl(.)com then this chapter has been stolen

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Su Yu dragging out a second-grade serrated-jaw shrimp with an azurite-colored shell and two pairs of slender whiskers from her storage bag.

At this moment, she was pinching the shrimp's head with a serrated jaw with one hand and pinching the hardest tail with the other hand...

With a twist, the tail broke in the middle.

After pinching the tail of the shrimp, she pulled out the white jade-like shrimp body that was several times thicker than her arm.

It was beautiful and neat. There was not a trace of meat left on the inside of the shell.

Then, she touched the back of the thick shrimp, cut a small opening with the copper sword and pulled out a whole cyan shrimp vein from its back.

"Attack me?"

Su Yu raised her eyebrows and pursed her lips.

"It would be fine if I didn't attack them."

Wei Zhao: ...

Su Yu sat on the jade bed. Her hands kept moving, but her consciousness was actually in an illusion.

At this moment, the image in front of her was a secret realm and she was standing beside a stream. All kinds of birds and beasts passed in front of her.

Behind her, a golden-backed wolf roared up to the sky and slammed into her viciously. Her dantian's cauldron trembled and suddenly rushed into her sea of ​​​​knowledge.

The golden-backed wolf stopped for a second and became stiff.

The five-element cauldron in her sea of ​​​​knowledge seemed to realize that this wolf could not be used for cooking because it was just a phantom. The cauldron swayed and returned to her dantian.

'Boring.'

'It's a pity. The fat and lean meat distribution looks perfect.'

'Can be seen, but cannot be used. What is the use of this illusion?'

Su Yu sighed. She was too lazy to look any further and turned off the illusion in her consciousness.

She refocused herself on the huge shrimp on her chopping board and nodded in satisfaction.

'There is nothing wrong with this shrimp except that it is a bit big.'

She looked at Wei Zhao in a good mood and nodded, "Third Junior Brother, you cultivate seriously. Stop talking to me for fun."

Wei Zhao: ...

"If you are attentive, you will be rewarded when you wake up."

"!"

Wei Zhao was dragged into the illusion by the jade bed formation before he could respond.

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"Huh!? How did a jade bed formation fail?"

The guarding disciple was surprised.

When he was about to investigate, he found that there was no problem. So he was immediately relieved.

"Maybe I'm blind..."

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"Cough-"

"Hu...cough-"

Su Yu climbed off the jade bed and stood on the ground.

She was holding some salt water in one hand, rubbing it evenly on the giant crystal shrimp the size of a jade bed so that some of the protein solidifies and increases the shrimp's crispy texture.

Soon, all kinds of painful groans came from around the room. The heavy breathing like a bellows gradually became louder and louder and sounded one after another.

Su Yu raised her eyes and looked around.

Hang Wan'er, who was closest to her, had her black hair stuck to her forehead. Her lips were bleeding from her biting herself.

The other brothers and sisters behind her also seemed to be in the same condition. Their fists on their knees were tightly clenched and blue veins burst out on their hands.

Su Yu frowned.

She didn't feel any discomfort in the illusion.

(Grinding sound...)

There was a sudden sound of teeth grinding on the left.

She turned her head and saw Yan Yan who was sitting next to Yu Dong. His whole body was trembling. His cross-legged posture changed to kneeling on one knee at some point. His hands were leaning against the Dragon Scale Sword inserted on the jade bed. He struggled to support himself and not fall down.

His eyes were still open and full of scarlet color. He stared straight in her direction without focusing as if he had lost consciousness.

Su Yu's action of massaging some egg white on the shrimp couldn't help but stop, but she immediately accelerated her movement.

After marinating, she raised her hands high, holding the shrimp like a big fish, and slid it into the huge pan full of oil.

She quickly grabbed a stick and slid the shrimp around.

Her five-element cauldron was burning.

'It's almost time for dinner. Brothers and sisters, you must persevere!'

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"Senior Brother, are you saying that the magic formations in the Heavenly Rooms are so fierce that people without a golden core can't last for half a day? A Qi Refining disciple could cultivate for a stick of incense, but even with drinking spirit tea, they can't go twice in one day?"

In a Mysterious Room, a little junior sister next to Chen Shuxin could hardly sit up straight. She slumped to the ground with her head barely supported by others.

Even so, she still frowned and said worriedly.

"What about Zhiqiong Peak? Senior Brother, should we remind them not to practice in the Heavenly Room? What if something happens to them? We are all third-class peaks and should help—"

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted sharply by the junior brother next to Chen Shuxin.

"Little Que, practice well. Don't waste time."

"It was Zhiqiong Peak who went to a Heavenly Room themselves. It wasn't Senior Brother who tied them up and put them there! What does it have to do with Senior Brother?"

Ling Que had more to say, but Chen Shuxin glanced at her.

"It looks like you have some free time?"

Ling Que's face turned pale. She immediately meditated on the pillow seat, not daring to speak.

Chen Shuxin raised his eyes and looked outside the stone chamber with a smile.

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Wei Zhao gritted his teeth and refused to make any noises of pain.

He was fighting with a second-grade yellow wind tiger in the fantasy realm and his throat was held down by its paw.

Wei Zhao closed his eyes in pain.

His meridians were damaged and his consciousness was gradually declining.

After all, he couldn't cultivate. His strength was already inferior to that of an ordinary cultivator and his consciousness began to regress.

Suddenly, an elegant scent of spiritual tea poured into his nose and mouth, making the tiger's claws on him loosen.

Wei Zhao was delighted.

The spirit tea in the Heavenly Room was really good.

The chaotic muddy feeling slowly faded away.

Who knew which junior brother or sister was drinking tea. This transcendent smell actually wafted to his jade bed.

Just when he was thinking about it, he heard the voices of a few junior brothers and sisters.

"Second Senior Sister, I moved Third Senior Brother here!"

Wei Zhao: "!"

After a long time, Wei Zhao, who was bewildered, heard Su Yu's calm voice.

"Hmm. Let's go."

Wei Zhao: "?"

After struggling a little, he immediately woke up from the illusion.

There was a white light in front of him and he saw more than 30 junior brothers and sisters sitting in a circle, each with chopsticks—

Poking a steaming giant jade-like shrimp in the middle of the jade bed!

"!"

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Translator Note:

Longjing Shrimp, also known as shrimp stir-fried with Longjing (Dragon Well) tea, is a specialty of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

The dish is produced using river prawns coated with egg white and moistened starch, fried in oil at a medium-low temperature for 15 seconds, removed from the oil, and drained when it is jade-white in color. Then it is quickly stir-fried over extreme heat with boiling water infused with Longjing tea and Shaoxing wine.

Longjing (Dragon Well) is a famous variety of green tea from Hangzhou. It was renowned for its high quality and intensely fragrant body.

This dish consists primarily of white and green colors, which are also the colors of jade. So it looks elegant, and the flavor is light and fragrant.

Recipe for the Longjing Shrimp HERE.

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