Using a Wok to Reorganize Life and Fly to Immortality Chapter 86
TLed by Serena Love
Edited by Liya
Chapter 86 - Ants Climbing a Tree
With the mandarin duck hot pot, the two demons were sweating profusely.
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In this seven-story Five Elements Secret Pagoda, wind and ice elements always run continuously. This was ensured by having at least five or six air-conditioning arrays on each floor. However, the sweat couldn't stop.
Under the double stimulation of the boiling heat and a variety of spices, it was difficult to avoid sweating.
Especially demons who were physically strong. In Su Yu's words, their metabolism was fast. After a meal, their foreheads were like being washed with spiritual water.
"Could it be because Master Su melted the broken armor into the pot just now, so some demonic energy was released?"
The Nascent Soul at the next table frowned.
"That armor was a thing of the demon race. When it is burned, some demonic energy will come out."
"Impossible. I have sent away a demon scale armor once before and I also ate it. How can there be such strong demonic energy?"
The Nascent Soul on the opposite side disapproved. Their consciousness floated out on the spot.
He also raised his hand and called a waiter parrot.
Mo Sang and Mo Tu were relieved before, but now they looked at each other in horror.
'We are exposed!'
'Who knew it would be like this after a single portion of crispy armor elixir?'
'Go!'
'We must leave immediately. Otherwise, we will be surrounded by people and will not be able to escape.'
They got up on the spot. However, in the blink of an eye, they picked up the mandarin duck hot pot on the table.
Then the two devoured them in an instant.
After all, it cost 9,800 spirit stones.
At least a hundred years of savings for demons.
It could not be wasted.
Suddenly their tongues were burning hot as if they were on fire!
But they couldn't care so much anymore. The two demons hurriedly placed the spirit stones on the table and were about to leave.
They thought they were already very hidden, but they didn't expect that when they stood up, the eyes of all cultivators around them were stunned and focused on them.
Looking at their empty mandarin duck hot pot, all the cultivators around them who were 'eating snacks' were stunned.
"Two fellow Daoists... Are you all right?"
Mo Sang was stunned for a moment. He knew something was wrong, but he and Mo Tu were busy desperately fleeing from the tower's third floor.
When they left the Five Elements Secret Pagoda, Elder Zhang of Nanxun and Earth Spirit, who were meditating on the tower today, opened their eyes together. Their consciousness swept towards the two demons.
Soon, they closed their eyes again.
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"Hoo, escape."
"Thankfully, we can escape quickly."
The two demons' clothes and robes were all wet. What was even more uncomfortable was that they drank a whole pot of mandarin duck hot pot in one breath.
Their whole bodies seemed to be on fire and their mouths were dry and hot.
They fled thousands of miles away, then opened their mouths and exhaled, sweating like rain.
This was not like eating a mandarin duck hot pot at all, but like jumping into a pot of hot oil and then bathing for three days. The heat was so extreme that the demonic energy inside their body was pounding.
When they reached the place where they felt that no one could catch up, Mo Tu and Mo Sang took off their hoods. They were out of breath and wanted to let the magic horns on their sweaty foreheads breathe.
"It's all Mei Youde's fault, that trash! If the passage can be fully opened after 30 days and the demon army can pass through, I will kill him!"
Mo Tu wiped the sweat with his arms angrily.
'It's so frustrating.'
"If it weren't for the fact that we only had twelve demon generals here in the human world, we wouldn't be afraid of being exposed. We wouldn't be afraid of those human cultivators!"
Two dignified demon generals escaped.
What would they do if they didn't escape? There were at least six god-level cultivators in that tower.
Mo Sang also nodded even though he was a little embarrassed.
But he was stunned when he saw Mo Tu's movement of wiping his sweat. It was as if he had eaten the red oil floating at the bottom of the mandarin duck hot pot, the sweat on his arm was pale pink.
What was even weirder was that the pitch black demonic energy surrounding his demon body, which originally roamed like a small snake at this time, was quickly eaten away by the sweat beads that flowed out!
The demonic energy on Mo Tu's body evaporated with the hot sweat.
Once his strong arm was exposed, a black aura came out and couldn't be blocked by his robes. The more sweat he wiped, the fairer his body became.if you are reading this on a site other than puretl(.)com then this chapter has been stolen
He looked like he was a human cultivator.
Mo Sang: "...!"
Just as he was about to speak out, Mo Tu finally finished scolding Mei Youde and looked up at him.
He also showed a horrified and startled expression. "Sang, why has the demonic energy on your body disappeared?! What did you cultivate?"
Mo Sang, who knew everything: "..."
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"They finished the mandarin duck hot pot soup?"
When the afternoon rush was about to end, Su Yu listened to Wei Zhao's report and her forehead twitched.
Hang Wan'er showed a guilty expression. "It seems that the explanation for the mandarin duck elixir I wrote in the menu is not clear enough."
"Don't blame yourself," Yu Dong sighed, "I didn't recommend a suitable package based on their spiritual stone condition."
The other party was not rich in spiritual stones, so they were only willing to buy the mandarin duck hot pot base.
"Next time, I will recommend them to try Maoxuewang." Yu Dong summed up his experience.
[T/N: Mao xue wang (literally means sloppy blood tofu) is a spicy soup made of duck blood curd, tripe, chicken gizzard, and other organ parts simmered in a broth that is made of peppercorn and chillis.]
Master Su nodded.
This was the only way for everyone in the kitchen to grow and know how to deal with various situations.
"What happened to the demonic energy just now?"
She lowered her head and checked the hot pot base that Fire Spirit simmered today. She dipped her bamboo chopsticks, tasted it and pondered.
"The spice in the simmering pouch bag should be replaced."
Fire Spirit recorded it on the spot.
Beside her, Wood Spirit immediately made a new soup base package. Each spiritual plant spice was carefully screened, wrapped in silk and then put into the soup base to simmer.
In this way, after the ingredients lose their taste, it was very convenient to take them away together so that the spices would not spread around in the soup.
Wei Zhao glanced at their operation, immediately put on a mask, and said, "From the feedback of Nascent Soul guests, I heard that the demonic energy on the third floor was very high at noon. We immediately checked and there were seventy-eight guests on the third floor at that time."
"No abnormality was found among the guests who stayed. But there were eight guests who happened to leave at that time. Among them were those two who drank the mandarin duck hot pot in one gulp."
Su Yu stopped and raised her eyebrows. "Is it them?"
Wei Zhao shook his head, "Not sure yet. Elder Zhang and Earth Spirit, who were on duty, also noticed these two people. They did have demonic energy, but it might have originated from magic weapons. After they left, their demonic energy became lesser and lesser along the way. Earth Spirit was suspicious and intended to continue to pay attention to them. As long as there is an increase in the demonic energy within a radius of 10,000 miles, she will immediately report back."
Su Yu listened and hummed.
Earth Spirit was already a master of the Spirit Severing stage and she had cultivated to the ninth level of earth-based cultivation.
As long as there was soil, Earth Spirit could spread her consciousness.
The entire seven-story ancient secret palace tower was open for business over Nanxun and it was seemingly undefended.
But whether in the surrounding mountains, streams or green plants, there were several god-level spirits of the Five Elements.
If the demon army invaded, they would definitely not escape their attention.
"I'm afraid that they have some bad ideas and use magic weapons as a cover-up." Hang Wan'er held her Five Immortal Ropes. "Or taking over someone's body, just like that Mei Zhen'er. "
It was difficult to detect body possession with the naked eye and spiritual sense.
Normal cultivators couldn't recognize them without being familiar with each other's body and language habits.
"Young Master, I have some ideas about body possession."
Wood Spirit looked like he was six years old at this time. After finishing making the spice pouches, he respectfully climbed down from the small stool in front of the dining table.
"Thousands of years ago, I read in the Five Elements Palace records that there are drawbacks to entering another person's body. It is impossible to coordinate in the initial stage. It takes at least a few years of practice before you can naturally control it."
Su Yu wiped her hands. "You mean that if you force them to take action, you can tell the difference?"
Wood Spirit smiled. "Young Master is wise. But besides fighting, there is another way. Thousands of years ago, there was a case where a demon met a cultivator who was good at using Gu insects. As a result, some ants entered his dantian, causing his incompatible physical body to be separated from his primordial spirit in an instant and it was exposed."
Su Yu raised her eyebrows. 'Insects and ants?'
Other places were fine, but her back kitchen could not have these.
Master Su would not allow it.
Yu Dong's peach blossom eyes lit up, but he sighed quickly. "In the past hundred years, cultivators of Gu insects have been on the decline. Most of the Gu insects have long been eaten by the secret realm beasts. Even when people looked for them five hundred years ago, there were no more powerful female insects."
The inheritance was not fully lost, but the great ones were gone.
Su Yu sighed. She looked up and saw that everyone was looking at her expectantly as if she was the hope of Gu insect cultivation.
Wood Spirit scratched the back of his head with his little hand. "Young Master, if you can refine pills for wood-type spirit plants to take, you should also be able to cultivate Gu insects."
Su Yu: "?"
'How many misunderstandings do you have about Master Su?'
'Even if Gu insects come, they can only be the ingredients.'
Master Su refused.
"No, I can promise you anything except for insects or ants."
Su Yu covered her pot.
The hygiene of her restaurant would not allow creatures other than humans to enter her kitchen.
'Don't even think about it.'
But when she took a step, she paused.
The ants that shook the soul and the body together...
"...Ants?"
Ants Climbing a Tree was one of the traditional dishes of Sichuan Province.
[T/N: Absolutely no real ants involved. It is so called because the dish has bits of ground meat clinging to noodles, evoking an image of ants walking on twigs.]
'Cough.'
Master Su put her hands behind her back and looked at Wood Spirit and Yu Dong, who were going to read the books again to find out how to deal with body possession. She cleared her throat.
"Well, wait, I might actually have a solution."
Su Yu had an idea and was ready to try it.
But, she still told Hang Wan'er, the lobby manager, "No matter what the result is, we must always be ready to meet the enemy. In the afternoon, all the parrot waiters in the tower will be given red robes and soft armor. All of you will wear them too."
Master Su opened the door to do business, but she could not prevent thieves for a thousand days.
However, she could improve the equipment for the employees - body armor first.
"Each person and beast will get three bouncing meatballs and a safe gingerbread house."
"Send news to Elder Qing Xuan and other sects. Get everyone to be vigilant."
Hang Wan'er nodded and went to action immediately.
The reserves were abundant. It would be enough for everyone.
Wei Zhao immediately returned to Zhiqiong Peak. He summoned his brothers and sisters and made new gingerbread houses to replenish the inventory according to the method taught by their second senior sister.
Metal Spirit also summoned a hundred golden knives and began to chop meat to make squirting beef balls.
Everything was in order.
Su Yu was very satisfied and immediately invested in the production of Ants Climbing a Tree.
This dish lived up to its name.
Use finely minced meat and stir-fry with bean paste, oil and soy sauce.
When she picked up a chopstick, several transparent noodles soaked in the thick red sauce were hanging down. They were soft and close together and there were bits of minced meat hanging on them.
It was like the name of the dish, like a weeping willow with a few small ants climbing. It was a scene full of vitality in the countryside.
A heavenly aura fell among the crystal noodles.
When everyone saw it, they gathered around her.
"Try it and see if it helps."
Su Yu served it on some plates and handed it to them.
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Thousands of miles away from Nanxun.
Two tall figures were sitting lonely in the sunset. Their shoulders were drooping. They looked up at the mountains and rivers, and sighed.
"Finally, we are no longer losing demonic energy, but only two-thirds are left..."
The tall demonic figure was about to cry.
"Human cultivators are too cruel. Sang, the human records you bought are all fake. Why didn't they write that demons can't eat mandarin duck?"
Mo Sang: "..."
His heart felt a stab.
He had only half of his demonic energy left... He drank more mandarin duck red hot soup than Mo Tu.
Originally, they were two demon generals. Mo Tu was slightly stronger than him.
They both stretched out their arms at the same time and upon closer inspection, their skin was fairer than a passing woodcutter at the foot of the mountain.
Most of their black demonic energy had evaporated and their skin became fairer!
"How can this be good?" Mo Tu sighed, retracted his arms and hid them under his black robe.
This sight was so bright that he didn't even want to see it.
"There is no demonic energy in the human world for us to absorb."
"We can't recover. It's too dangerous. Just go back to Mei Youde's passage and we'll go back to the demon world."
"No." Mo Sang immediately rejected it.
"We have only been here for two days. If we fail and return, the Demon Lord will punish us."
"And our demonic energy has subsided. Wouldn't it be better to sneak into Nanxun? When we left that day, no cultivator caught up with us. Maybe nothing happened."
"Let's go again."
Mo Tu: "???"
He didn't want to.
If he did it again, maybe the remaining two-thirds of his demonic energy would be gone.
"Mo Tu, you think about it. That mandarin duck hot pot can make our demonic energy disappear. If the Demon Lord brings an army here and Su Yu takes them out to deal with us during the war, wouldn't we be defeated?"
As a know-it-all, Mo Sang was a knowledgeable and wise demon.
If you thought about it even with your toes, everyone knew that the seven-story ancient secret palace tower was very strange.
A mandarin duck hot pot worth only 9,800 spirit stones was so powerful. What about the thin-cut platter of beasts worth 19,999 spirit stones?
"In case they throw this thing on us during the war..."
Mo Sang said solemnly.
His demonic figure shook.
The two demons were already at the level of demon generals.
Their demon soldiers were equivalent to Nascent Souls.
Even they, as generals, were defeated.
Wouldn't their soldiers be unable to hold back?
"You're right."
Mo Tu understood. He wrinkled fiercely, black markings with demonic energy condensed on his eyebrows and feet.
"We must find out how much they have and whether the others on the elixir list are equally harmful to us."
Mo Sang nodded.
"But, Sang, we don't have any spirit stones to try other things. Moreover there's one that costs 19,999 spirit stones."
"..."
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On the second day, holding their scales that were about to fall off, the two demons flew to the five-element tower above Nanxun again with solemn expressions.
Mo Sang took a deep breath. "I'm going in."
The last time their demonic energy overflowed, it must have caused people to be vigilant. The danger was already greater than the first time they were here.
So the two demons decided to split up. One would go inside the tower and one would stay outside.
If there was anything wrong, Mo Tu could cause chaos outside, allowing Mo Sang to take the opportunity to escape.
"Don't get too close, lest they find out."
After that, Mo Sang flew to the golden parrot by himself.
When he arrived, the back of his neck shrank.
All the plump golden parrots, who had shiny and fluffy wings the day before, were wearing soft-scaled vests today.
Not only that but next to their storage bags, there were actually three round magic weapons and a golden house magic weapon the size of a thumb.
Mo Sang knew human cultivation very well and he could perceive it at a glance. These magic weapons were all in the fifth grade, which might cause some damage to him.
Sure enough, they aroused the vigilance of the Nanxun people yesterday.
Mo Sang secretly regretted it, but he had to continue.
"Take a number."
He tried to look as calm as possible.
"Second Senior Sister, the suspicious two who drank the mandarin duck hot pot yesterday, one of them came back alone today."
Yu Dong went to the kitchen on the seventh floor to report to Su Yu.
Su Yu hummed when she heard this.
"Okay. Then give him a portion of Ants Climbing a Tree investigation pill."
Yu Dong: "..."
Second Senior Sister's elixir name was always so long but appropriate.
Wood Spirit planted some sweet potatoes in the kitchen on the spot.
He had reached the ninth level of the avenue of life and death of the wood element. All grass and trees were his soldiers. Although he had not yet reached great perfection, he could turn his hands and could command all spiritual plants below the eighth grade.
He also asked Earth Spirit to loan him a wave of nutrient-rich soil.
Wood Spirit was only six years old today. With a small hand like a lotus root, he ordered some sweet potato seedlings on the ground.
"I will grow what Young Master Su needs."
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Su Yu touched her chin and looked over with a smile.
No matter how many times she watched it, she found it very interesting.
In the blink of an eye, the sweet potato seedlings were raised by three inches. The vines branched out, slowly reaching into the water tank next to them. It picked up a gourd water scoop, watering themselves wisely and meticulously lifting, turning, and topping the vines slowly, yielding large chunks of sweet potatoes that were sweet and hydrated.
After finishing the work, the sweet potato seedlings also used vines to dig out their own sweet potatoes from the soil.
Then, they sensibly handed the sweet potatoes to Su Yu.
At least they didn't need to wash and then peel themselves.
Wood Spirit was reluctantly satisfied. "Go to the sink and let Water Spirit clean it."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Su Yu seriously. "Young Master, can fifth-grade spirit plants be acceptable? Or do you need a higher grade?"
Su Yu waved her hand. "Okay, well done."
Wood Spirit smiled and said, "Serve the young master and serve the people."
Yu Dong's eyes twitched.
Too hard.
If it went on like this, the brothers and sisters of Zhiqiong Peak would all be robbed of contribution points by the lords of the Five Elements.
"Second Senior Sister, I'll stabilize that person first."
Yu Dong felt a sense of crisis and went to work immediately.
As he left, the kitchen was in full swing.
Water Spirit condensed water from the mountain spring and continuously washed the sweet potatoes.
Wood Spirit came over. With his small hands, he cooperated with Fire Spirit and gradually made slender and clear sweet potato vermicelli before handing it to Su Yu.
Su Yu quickly stir-fried it with satisfaction and made ten pots of Ants Climbing a Tree dish.
She gave one plate to a parrot waiter and got Hang Wan'er to pack up the rest and send them to the patrol team and the Mysterious Turtle Team.
"Eldest Senior Brother also?" Hang Wan'er couldn't help but be surprised.
Su Yu thought for a while, "The higher the level they are, the greater the impact on people's cultivation. Not only them, but I will make some to send to each faction. Get the heads and the elders to check it out themselves."
Hang Wan'er nodded immediately.
Su Yu demonstrated several times so that Fire Spirit paid attention to the changes in the stove. Wood Spirit paid attention to the changes in the noodles in the pot and Metal Spirit was responsible for flipping the pot.
After a few tries, she gradually let go and let them do it.
Two hours later, Mo Sang finally entered the seven-story ancient secret palace tower again.
He was immediately relieved when he was taken to the fourth floor.
It seemed that they did not suspect him of the demonic energy yesterday. He did not receive any special treatment.
The queue was still so long!
As soon as he sat down, Mo Sang was comfortably cooled by the blowing cold air from the air conditioner formations.
Elixir order slip was delivered quickly and he was about to order the cheapest hot and dry noodles.
A flying sword holding a wooden dinner plate slowly descended in front of him.
Mo Sang's hair stood up.
He hadn't ordered yet.
"Guest, this is a gift from our store because you got the lucky queue number for A 666." Yu Dong came in person with his smiling peach blossom eyes.
Mo Sang breathed a sigh of relief. He was even a little excited.
"What is the name of this elixir?"
Yu Dong smiled and showed him the elixir order slip, which was just updated today. "This is Ants Climbing a Tree elixir worth 4,999 spirit stones."
'Profit.'
'Saving money.'
Mo Sang was overjoyed.
It was half of yesterday's 9,800 spirit stones.
"Please eat slowly." Yu Dong smiled and left.
Mo Sang quickly became solemn.
Yesterday, the small crispy golden armor elixir was very delicious, but it abolished half of his demonic energy.
Today... In order to not reveal anything, he stacked on four black robes.
It should be foolproof.
When Mo Sang was ready, he opened the cover on the plate and looked at it carefully.
In the wooden disc, there were ruby-colored filaments that stretched like a stream. On the noodles, there were a little bit of firm little grains like demon insects.
He swallowed.
His demonic energy was shaking and his two magic horns hidden under the hood were even more itchy, ready to move.
He left the demon realm to come to the human world. There was fear of the unknown. It deepened his yearning for the demon world and made him unable to resist picking up the bamboo chopsticks and facing the Ants Climbing a Tree elixir, which he knew had nothing to do with the demon world.
He couldn't wait to move the plate closer.
In an instant, his demon energy was shaking.
And the minced meat hanging on the fine noodles were actually a bit more delicious than the insects in his memory.
He immediately rolled up another chopstick of noodles and inhaled with a hiss.
The fine noodles immediately slid moistly into his mouth along the tip of the chopsticks. Not a single one was broken in the middle.
One chopstick after another, Mo Sang couldn't stop.
He also found that no matter how many noodles he plucked, he could always wrap the minced meat and some juice into his mouth.
It was like cloud brocade, silky fabric and delicate embroidery.
At this moment, Mo Sang's mouth was full. His pair of fierce eyes couldn't help but heat up.
'Is this the elixir of the human world?'
'How delicious.'
He felt sad while he was eating it.
His tears could not stop.
He was a demon who learnt the knowledge of human cultivation so that one day demons could eat this delicious pill just like human cultivators.
But the demon world was full of chaotic demonic energy and sparse spiritual energy, which made this impossible to happen in the demon realm.
And the thought of this 4,999 spirit stones elixir made him even sadder.
He might not be able to eat it next time.
In his hand, the bamboo chopsticks slammed into the bottom of the plate, where only the sauce was left. His face was complicated.
He gritted his teeth, picked up the plate and drank all the sauce.
While drinking, a crystal tear fell from the corner of his eye.
He would remember the smell of this Ant Climbing a Tree for a lifetime.
Even if the demon army grabbed this seven-story tower in the future, he was afraid that humans would not be willing to make it for them, the demons!
Who knew, he just ate it once, but it might be a farewell.
Mo Sang wiped his tears.
"Huh? Where did this demonic energy come from!"
Mo Sang, in four layers of robes: ...
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