Chapter 7: On Cooking and Karma, Boiling Wine and Discussing Tao

  Discussing cause and effect while cooking, discussing Tao while brewing wine (Recommended Collection)

  "What grievances do you have, tell me about it." Shen Long put on an air of a wise and enlightened person, anyway he also wanted to understand the gossip, they themselves said it was just what he wanted to hear.

  "It's a long story, please come down, great immortal..."

  "It's a long story, so you wait for a moment, I still have one more thing to say, after I finish speaking, then listen to your long speech." Shen Long said, adjusting his posture as if he was about to continue talking.

  "King of the Eastern Peak, Immortal Being, don't say anymore."

  When Shen Long said he would continue with the unfinished part, the four people below changed color and almost shouted in unison.

  "What? Do you think what I said was bad?" Shen Long's face sank.

  Scaring them a bit, looking at their pale faces, Shen Long was already delighted. Old Tang's chanting technique is indeed high.

  "How could it be bad? The immortal's words are pearls of wisdom, containing profound truths. You guys think so too, right?" Knife and Tray looked at Shen Long's face and quickly flattered him, then led the remaining three people away.

  "Yes, yes, yes..." Du Kang, Wu Ya and Hong Yun all responded in unison, and the previous grudges seemed to have been forgotten. However, what they thought of Jian Jing in their hearts was unknown, as they just stared at him with sinister gazes.

  "Really?" Shen Long suppressed his smile and asked in a deep voice, trying to look more serious.

  "Of course." Knife's face was affirmative, then turned around and asked the remaining three people again, "You say, is it?"

  "Yes, yes, yes." At this time, Du Kang and Wu Ya had already forgotten that they were their big brothers. Yanran and Hongyun formed a united front, and the three of them had one expression - gritting their teeth.

  "Why aren't you listening to me then?" Shen Long asked with feigned curiosity.

  "That's because...because..." The knife and chopping board expression was gloomy, suddenly unable to think of a good reason, the stormy brain was grinding away.

  "Because Knife Rack saw the Great Immortal standing there, tired, and wanted to invite you down to try his 'Sea, Land and Air'. This time it was Red Cloud Body Knife Rack who spoke, and after finishing, he also said to the three brothers:"

  "Are you guys saying it's true?"

  "That's right, that's right." The crows and Du Kang didn't care what was being said, they just responded first before speaking.

  "What did you say? 'Sea, Land and Air'?" Du Kang was the first to react, shouting in surprise, then looking at the knife holder, his face had already turned bright red.

  "Red Cloud Old Thief, you harmed my big brother! Do you know how much effort my big brother put into making this dish?" The crow's eyes were bloodshot, with a look of wanting to fight to the death.

  "Third brother, don't be rude. There's a big one now. Also, please let the great immortal taste it." Dao Gui said to Wu Ya at this time with his face color also restored to normal.

  "What is 'Sea-Land-Air'?" Shen Long was clearly interested in this.

  "Senior, you must try this 'Heaven, Earth and Sea' dish. It's the most complete cuisine that Chef Knife has created so far, containing all sorts of creatures from the heavens, oceans, and land. Almost everything in the vast wilderness is included. Of course, Chef Knife hasn't finished cooking it yet, but tasting a part of it should be fine, right?" Hongyun explained to Shen Long, ignoring the hungry gaze of the crow.

  "Oh, I didn't expect your perseverance to be so great. You are truly a man of great willpower." Shen Long looked at Dao Zhan in surprise, bowed to him, and said with admiration, "I have always admired people with this kind of character, whether it was in my past life or in the Primordial Chaos."

  "Thank you, great immortal, for your praise. I'm unworthy of it. Your great name has spread far and wide across the expanse. Here, let me offer you a taste of 'Sea, Land, and Air'." Dao Jian hastily retreated, not daring to accept Shen Long's courtesy, but his heart was extremely excited - being able to gain the admiration of a powerful immortal from the Primordial Chaos was a great honor indeed.

  Du Kang and Wu Ya were also excited, as if Shen Long was bowing to them, while Hong Yun had a sulky face.

  "Never mind, since it's your masterpiece, how can you waste it? Wait until you're done and then taste it." Shen Long waved his hand in refusal. It's said to be their most precious thing, although his own cultivation is higher than theirs, he can tease them with his cultivation, but that kind of forcing someone beyond what they can endure, he couldn't do it.

  "It's rare for Dong Wang Gong to praise me, what's precious or not, that 'Sea, Land and Air' isn't considered precious, it's just not finished, not perfect. The most precious thing is my boundary delicacy. Please try some today, Great Immortal." Dao Gu heard Shen Long didn't go to taste his own "Sea, Land and Air", he also respected Shen Long more in his heart, and took out his own most precious dish.

  "Big brother, you......?" Du Kang and Wu Ya were both faces of incredulity.

  "What is Boundary Delicacy?" Shen Long asked doubtfully, looking at the two of them.

  "Big Brother cultivates the way of culinary arts, without upgrading a realm, he must make the most perfect dish in that stage, and each perfect dish contains Big Brother's epiphany at that stage. Big Brother leaves them every time as a legacy for the culinary arts." Du Kang explained to Shen Long incredulously.

  "That's the case, then it's even more impossible. For cultivators, passing on their legacy is as important as life itself. If I were to accept your legacy today, who knows when someone would destroy mine? It's not worth it, not worth it." Shen Long half-jokingly waved his hand in refusal.

  "It's not that serious." Seeing Shen Long refuse again, the eyes of the knife holder shone even brighter. He thought Shen Long was a highly moral and noble person.

  "It's that serious. Alright, let's just order a couple of small dishes and sit down to talk." Shen Long had already descended from the sky and casually chose a place to sit down.

  "And you, come over here too. Everyone sit down, I don't see any deep grudges between you all. When you were fighting, you all held back, so why are you still trying to kill each other?" After sitting down, Shen Long beckoned Red Cloud with his hand. In fact, the main reason Shen Long sat down was because of Red Cloud - he wanted to take a closer look at this guy and see how he could be different from the rumors about being an old good man.

  "Right, today is a happy day, Hong Yun, you also come sit down." Dao Ju brought out four dishes, in Shen Long's eyes, they were all exquisite and perfect, full of Taoist flavor.

  "Hmm!!" Hongyun coldly snorted and sat down beside Shen Long.

  "What's going on with you guys, why are you fighting and killing each other?" Shen Long pinched a piece of food with his hand, took a bite, and secretly praised it before asking the few people who had been watching but not eating.

  "Alas! It's like this, I'm to blame for the beginning." Jian Zhan slowly recounted the whole story.

  Originally, the knife and Red Cloud had a very noble origin. Among them, Red Cloud was a spark of fire that was rubbed between Pangu's last axe to open the sky and the chaos, while the other knife was a small piece of debris that fell off when Pangu's axe broke.

  Mars fell into the vast wilderness, forming a ball of flames, looking like a cloud of fiery red, between the heavenly fire and the chaotic fire, extremely noble, this is also the reason why Shen Long just saw such a flame and couldn't call out its name.

  That piece of fragment fell into the vast wilderness, combined with the aura of creation to form a kitchen knife, which was the one held in the right hand of the chopping board. In fact, he should be called the Ancestor of Knives, but fearing that the name would attract too much attention, he changed his name to Chopping Board after cultivating the culinary way.

  What a coincidence, the flame that looked like red clouds and this kitchen knife fell together. The chopping board was one of the earlier ones to take shape. In order to perfect its culinary skills, it sought perfection and chose what it thought was the best flame, which was the original fire of the red clouds. This caused the red clouds' origin to be lost, and they didn't take shape until several eras later.

  "I knew it, so it turns out that the two of you are actually brothers. No wonder Hongyun ruined your chance at enlightenment, and you only managed to lightly injure him."

  "Hum! Who is his brother?" Hongyun said with a face full of indignation.

  "Hmph! If it weren't for Big Brother's soft heart, you would have been finished several times already. Do you think you can escape?" The crow also angrily shouted at Red Cloud.

  "You little crow, Red Cloud has spared you many times." Shen Long patted the crow's head with a satisfied smile.

  "How is this possible?" Croak said incredulously.

  "Don't you believe it? Why don't you ask your elder brother?"

  "Hmph, who wants to spare him." Hongyun coldly snorted again.

  "You——"

  "Alright, I think I've figured it out. You guys don't actually have a problem at all. Let me, the great one, make a judgment for you."

  Shen Long pressed down with his right hand, and a surge of spiritual energy burst out from his palm, suppressing everyone and stopping their argument.

  "We will follow the Great Immortal's arrangement." The four of them said respectfully under pressure.

  "Hmm!" Shen Long nodded in satisfaction and said to the four people:

  "Generally speaking, it's just the origin problem of Red Cloud. As long as this problem is solved, it'll be fine. Come on, Red Cloud, here's a pill that repairs the origin. Whether you dare to eat it or not depends on you. And you, return the materials collected by Knife Rack and Du Kang with great difficulty."

  Shen Long took out a jade bottle and handed it back to Hongyun.

  "There's nothing to be afraid of," Hongyun took the jade bottle, opened the stopper, and a strong medicinal fragrance burst out. Hongyun felt as if his vitality was increasing, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes. He returned the gourd and wide-mouthed bottle to Jianzhu and Du Kang.

  "What? You didn't burn it?" Du Kang said excitedly.

  "Hum! Idiot!" Red Cloud put away the elixir and gave Du Kang a white eye.

  "You——"

  "Alright, now that's perfectly settled. Look at how harmonious it is to sit together and discuss the Tao. Why must you fight and kill? Take a look at this vast world of chaos, it wasn't easy for Pangu the Great God to create the heavens...". Shen Long began his lengthy discourse once again.

  "Second Brother, don't you still have some Forget Worries Wine? Quickly let the Great Immortal taste it." The crow learned from its previous experience and pushed Second Brother out, then asked the other two.

  "You said it, isn't it."

  "Yes, yes, yes," this time, Knife and Red Cloud were particularly in sync, nodding their heads at the same time.

  "What wine? Is it good?" As expected, Shen Long stopped in his tracks.

  Du Kang made a bitter face and brought up a jug of wine for Shen Long to taste.

  Shen Long picked up the wine jug, under Du Kang's painful expression, and took a big gulp. Afterwards, he only felt himself in an ethereal environment, thinking to himself, "This guy won't get addicted after drinking this, right?" However, after a while, returning to reality, it was as if his soul had been cleansed, feeling empty and clear, involuntarily blurting out praise:

  "Good wine——"

  "Of course, Second Brother is the ancestor of wine-making. When Forget Worries Wine was born, heavenly blessings were bestowed upon it, what a magnificent sight!" said Crow Worshipper.

  "Oh, there's that too. Well, today I won't take advantage of you, let me tell you about the Tao, and give you a little advice." Shen Long was taken aback, and said with a smile.

  "Thank you, great immortal——" The four of them bowed to Shen Long, who waved his hand.

  "Let's start with you, Knife. Logically speaking, you're supposed to be skilled in the culinary arts, and I shouldn't have to teach you this, but still, let me remind you that a chef must take care of their tools. How could you possibly trample on your own black pot?"

  The knife and chopping board seem to have their own thoughts.

  "Next is you, Du Kang. Later, I will explain the elixir way of this deity to you, and you can infer the rest with Knife Rack."

  "And you, little crow, I know you're practicing the Cursed Way, but you should also have some vision. Haven't you seen that Red Cloud is overflowing with good fortune, almost bursting through the sky? And yet you still try to curse him, aren't you afraid of being counter-cursed? Just now when Red Cloud spared your life, you weren't even grateful, you're really lacking in insight."

  "How can I see it? I don't see anything!" The crow said with a grievance.

  "Dummy, it's the last spark of Pangu's axe and the friction with Chaos, which is said to be the first flame in the world. How can there be no air movement? Even an idiot can figure that out." The crow's head became even flatter.

  "Hmm." Hongyun proudly tossed her head.

  "Finally, it's you, Red Cloud. I've never quite understood you. You cultivate the laws of the soul, but there's also an illusionary effect to it. What exactly is the Great Dao that you're cultivating?" Shen Long looked at Red Cloud and asked.

  Dào zǐ, Dù Kāng and Wū Yā also looked at Hóng Yún in surprise.

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