Using a Wok to Reorganize Life and Fly to Immortality Chapter 6
TLed by Serena Love
Edited by Liya
Chapter 6 Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix
Back in her room, Su Yu propped her forehead, looked inside her dantian and fell into thought.
"I don't know why this cauldron can extract spiritual essence."
Was it her transmigration cheat?
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"The ultimate goal of all things is the Dao."
In the qin classroom, Li Ruchang said this while sitting cross-legged.
"Anything that pursues the ultimate form of things will exert its great power."
"The third form of <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix> was created by a Nascent Soul elder of this sect who spent more than ten years in the deep mountains. It was finally completed after hearing thousands of birds chirping."
"Between the heavens and the earth, all things have spirits. These are all Dao. Comprehending the Dao is to comprehend the thousands of ways of all things in this world."
When Li Ruchang said this, his eyes swept across the room.
He saw that various disciples plucked the strings of their qin and their spiritual sense turned into immature spectral birds. Although they were not powerful, he nodded in relief.
"If you realize the ultimate form of <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix>, when cultivators below Golden Core hear it, their sea of consciousness will be turbulent. They will not be able to cast any magic. Even if a swordsman is standing opposite you, no matter how fast his sword is, it's not as fast as your music."
He said this while looking at the empty seat in the last row.
Just as he was thinking of changing a set of qin art for this disciple who couldn't understand this song, he heard a sudden clanging of the qin from outside.
The pitch was high and the tempo was urgent.
Like a hundred birds flying up, breaking through the sky.
Li Ruchang's expression froze.
In the qin classroom, the disciples who had just managed to activate their spiritual consciousness turned their heads. Dozens of spectral images of immature birds were shocked in an instant.
Several lifelike and full-winged spectral birds swirled and rushed into the room, screeching loudly.
Facing the attack of these lifelike spectral birds, the disciples' immature spectral birds were like paper, torn when they were touched and they disappeared without a trace!
"Cough--"
The disciples playing their qin turned pale and covered their chests in pain. It was obvious that their seas of consciousness were shaken.
This was the backlash of their qin art being suppressed by a higher-ranking cultivator.
Uncle Master Li hurriedly waved his hand and threw out his fourth-grade magic weapon, a flowing cloud bronze bell, shrouding the disciples who were not at the Golden Core level.
At the same time, his divine consciousness was released, saying, "The little friend outside, please go to the Nine Sounds Pagoda to practice."
This person playing <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix> had already reached 30% of the ultimate power of this skill. However, unexpectedly, they attacked disciples of the Foundation Building level at will.
'Excessive.'
Uncle Li was about to punish the stranger, but as soon as his consciousness was released, he was stunned.
Lu Yizhou, who was sitting outside, was also disturbed and immediately awoke from his meditation.
He was also feeling frightened himself.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a large flock of spectral spirit chickens flying around.
As he had awoken, he automatically stopped playing his qin and the vivid spiritual chickens in front of him dissipated on the spot.
"Lu Yizhou, are you playing outside?!"
"Uncle Master Li, is this the <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix>?"
Uncle Master Li and Lu Yizhou looked at each other across the qin classroom.
The remaining disciples, who were still in pain, widened their eyes.
"Impossible. How could he comprehend this song faster than us?"
"He's not even as good as me on the second form!"
"He didn't come to class yesterday and learned this song a day later than us!"
"... ..."
Not only did the disciples suffer from the shock of their sea of consciousness being attacked, but their chests also felt suffocated like they had been hit by a thousand arrows.
"You didn't know the meaning of the song yet. Why did you suddenly have an epiphany?" Li Ruchang was puzzled and looked at this disciple who had an unusual condition.
Lu Yizhou also questioned this himself.
Though in his mind, he remembered the slender figure of his second senior sister under this morning's sunlight and the jade bottle of powder with golden light and full of salty chicken flavor.
How could he explain this?
"Forget it. Every cultivation has its own destiny. You don't need to tell others about your tricks."
Li Ruchang waved his hand, indicating that he should not be embarrassed.
"I also saw the spectral birds that you conjured by the sound of your qin just now. They all look like chickens. I was curious for a while."
Lu Yizhou blushed instantly.
Indeed, what he had understood was just chickens.
"Remember, the so-called "hundreds of birds" are not just chickens. This qin art, <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix>, will allow you to break through to the Great Perfection. Go, you don't have to come to class for three days. You can practice it on your own. Once this qin art enters the realm of perfection, you can also break through to the peak of the Foundation Building level."
A group of disciples: ...
Lu Yizhou: "!"
Lu Yizhou recalled what Uncle Master Li said and felt absent-minded all the way back. He didn't even know how he got back to Zhiqiong Peak.
So, should he ask his second senior sister to make other bird powder... Should he try other bird essences?
Lu Yizhou had been practising his qin for several years, but he never knew that he could upgrade his skills like this.
'Does Eldest Senior Brother know about this?'
He was feeling tangled. Eldest Senior Brother never relied on medicinal pills to cultivate nor did he advocate them to rely on medicinal pills to break through the shackles of their cultivation.
But now, he urgently needs to improve his strength!
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"Second Senior Sister!"
When Lu Yizhou returned to the peak, he could not suppress his confusion and excitement. He went straight to the three-entry courtyard that no one wanted to step into.
He stopped in a hurry when he arrived outside this quiet and peaceful courtyard.
In the past, Second Senior Sister hated being disturbed by others.
She always liked to be in her room. If there was nothing important, whoever dared to break in would be taught a lesson.
As such, after a long time, others were reluctant to approach this place.
Lu Yizhou had only been here a few times in the past few years. Standing outside the courtyard at this moment, he was a little worried and did not dare to shout anymore.
After a short while, the courtyard door opened with a creak. Su Yu, in a yellow dress, leisurely walked out of her room with an empty porcelain bowl.
Her brows and eyes stretched out on her gleaming white goose egg face. There was no depressed expression on her face like it was in the past.
A pair of eyes looked over at him, sparkling as if they contained stars.
"Why did you come back so early?"
Su Yu held the porcelain bowl and looked at this "inner demon boy".
"Bullied by your classmates?"
She had to rely on him for her long-term career. So, she had to take good care of his physical and mental state.
Lu Yizhou immediately blushed, "No."
He faintly felt that there was another strange plucking of the strings in his heart.
Previously, his eldest senior brother never asked him about this.
His eldest senior brother considered any hardship in cultivation as natural. Therefore, he never asked about his relationship with his classmates.
"My teacher asked me to come back and practice the qin by myself."
"Huh?"
Su Yu felt bad when she heard this. Wasn't this the sign of a child being persuaded to quit?
"Why? Were you unable to keep up with the progress of your study? Or were you disrupting the study of other disciples?"
"No."
Lu Yizhou felt guilty. Because he was in meditation and he had lost control for a while, he subconsciously played the <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix> which seemed to affect his classmates.
But, that was because they lost their own focus. What did it have to do with him, an honest disciple who obeyed his teacher's teaching and practised the <Hundreds of Birds Facing the Phoenix>?
Lu Yizhou's face felt hot and he refused to admit his fault.
"Actually, Uncle Master Li felt that I was progressing too fast. So he asked me to go back. Since I have time, I think I will report to Second Senior Sister on the effect of your innovative dish..."
Su Yu understood halfway through his words and immediately reached out to stop him.
She had had enough of that semi-finished product.
"I've tried the spirit chicken powder myself, so I know the effects. Thanks for your hard work."
Lu Yizhou suddenly realized.
His second senior sister really knew it!
In the entire Zhiqiong Peak, he was currently the only one who cultivated the sound attack. Could it be that it was made especially for him in the first place?
It turned out that the elixir that made him have an epiphany was called Spirit Chicken Powder.
"If there is nothing else, there is leftover chicken soup in the kitchen. The pot is very hot. You can get it yourself." Su Yu gave him the empty bowl as well. "By the way, put this back for me."
"Let's urge your third senior brother again to try the taste of the six bowls of Jade Pill Powder. Ask him to hurry up. It's a big deal..."
Lu Yizhou took the bowl and nodded subconsciously.
This morning, he still didn't quite approve of Second Senior Sister's extravagant behavior of consuming six bowls of Jade Pill Powder concurrently.
But now, he clearly realized her intentions.
Her refining things were indeed no trivial matter!
"Second Senior Sister, do you have any remaining Spirit Chicken Powder?" Lu Yizhou felt itchy when he thought about it. Then, he thought of Uncle Master Li's words, "Or, or, do you have other spirit bird powder?"
Su Yu paused, somewhat feeling incredulous.
"Do you still want those failed products?"
Lu Yizhou's consciousness shook.
"Failed product?" Is it a failure to make him reach 30% of the qin art in one breath?
"Then, if it's a success..." 'What would it look like.'
Lu Yizhou was unable to ask the follow-up question.
Could it be that a single sip will take him to the realm of perfection?
He was very shocked.
Su Yu stopped walking and patted her forehead.
"You reminded me of what I wanted to ask from you. I'm tired of eating too much chicken. You can search for other spiritual ingredients for me if you have time."
She had arrived at an immortal cultivation world. She had to let go of the past and be courageous.
'What chicken!'
In this world of immortality, there are also evil phoenixes that are polluted by evil spirits and have lost their senses.
"If you have the ability to get a phoenix, Senior Sister will cook it for you too."
Lu Yizhou staggered a step back.
<Phoenix Cry to the Ninth Heaven> is the last layer of the Phoenix Qin Art, the tenth form.
Once he learnt this, he could meddle with Nascent Soul masters!
Lu Yizhou knew that his qualifications were not enough and he never dared to have any delusions.
But now, it was as if he saw his second senior sister, who was standing with her hands folded in front of him, punching and clearing the fog in front of him that was obscuring his way to the top!
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"Do you know what you're talking about?"
Wei Zhao, who was lying on the bed, helplessly looked at his fourth junior brother, who had always been obedient but not very shrewd.
"I've only heard of pure fire spirit root alchemists with excellent talent who can refine medicinal pills that bring people into a state of meditation. Occasionally, they can comprehend their own fire spirit power and refine them into medicinal pills to form a unique fire to help people to understand a little fire spirit technique."
Wei Zhao almost laughed at his fourth junior brother.
"But it happens only one in ten thousand. It is as difficult as the sky to achieve this form, even for an alchemist with pure fire spirit root. How many such medicinal pills can there be in the world? This kind of fire spirit pill has a demand but no supply. I haven't seen it with my own eyes."
Although he didn't say it, he was grateful to Su Yu.
He had decided to give her his monthly spirit stone allowance, given by the sect in the future, as payment for her refining the Jade Pill Powder for him. He knew that this was far from enough. If he could regain his strength one day, he would pay her double.
Being grateful to Su Yu is one thing. This didn't mean that he could watch his fourth junior brother blindly believe in her.
"The Spirit Chicken Powder you mentioned that makes people comprehend a song is unheard of."
Lu Yizhou was anxious, "Third Senior Brother, it's true. After I took it, I had an epiphany immediately."
Wei Zhao shook his head, "Have you ever thought about it? Maybe it is the accumulation of your daily comprehension? Your classmates of the same sect were bullying you and you felt uneasy. It happened that you took spiritual powder at that time. You ingested spiritual energy and your sea of consciousness shook. The cultivation potential that you never had before exploded."
Lu Yizhou opened his mouth.
'Is that so?'
Wei Zhao was helpless.
His junior brother was so simple. What should he do?
"Then, as you said, you can buy some other poultry. Ask... her to refine it and see if it still works." Wei Zhao said as if he was tired, "Eldest Senior Brother said that cultivation lies in oneself and no one can help anyone else. Did you forget?"
Lu Yizhou blushed, "What Third Senior Brother said is right."
"Well, go on. You continue to practice your qin. Don't slack off."
Lu Yizhou nodded. He was about to turn around but he stopped and looked seriously at Wei Zhao.
"Second Senior Brother, have you tried all the six bowls of Jade Pill Powder? You should complete Second Senior Sister's major event as soon as possible. Don't delay."
Wei Zhao: "?"
'What major event?'
After he had talked to him for a long time, he still believed that she could refine the Spirit Gathering Pill at the fifth stage of Qi Refining?!
When Lu Yizhou walked out of the room, he remembered his third senior brother's words—buy a spirit bird for his second senior sister to refine.
He went straight to the sect exchange office.
He bought four low-priced spirit birds, a cormorant, two water-pulling pigeons and a river duck... These are ordinary spirit birds that ordinary cultivators didn't want and were only used for cooking. He spent about 120 spirit stones in distress.
When he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered his second senior sister's ghostly words, 'If you can find a phoenix...'
Lu Yizhou gritted his teeth and walked to the expensive spirit beast exchange office that he had never been to.
These beasts were usually used only for alchemy.
A first-grade Garuda. A whole bird was 2000 spirit stones.
Lu Yizhou became even more distressed.
"Uncle, can I get one-eighth... no, one-fourth!"
"???"
Su Yu was in her room. She was about to go out for a walk to have a look at the kitchen under her jurisdiction—no, the small kitchen of Zhiqiong Peak.
Before she could leave, there was a slightly shy, hesitant, but very respectful knock on the door.
"Second Senior Sister, I have bought other spirit poultry meat."
Su Yu was stunned.
'This boy has a future.'
'He bought things fast!'
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