Chapter 47: First Praise

"I'd like to see just what you, this arrogant brat, can cook up!"

Ren Li said this, and even gave a cold sneer.

As expected, this once again frightened Ning Caize and the others.

Du En glanced at these five quails, also sighing inwardly, and pointed toward the bathhouse, signaling that they could go wash up.

However, though they were usually submissive, they dared not obey immediately now.

Not until they glanced over and saw Ren Li didn't care did they act as if granted amnesty, huddling together as they ran over; once the door was shut, they all huddled inside, determined not to come out until Ren Li left.

In the courtyard, only the two of them remained.

"Hm?"

"I hope this Supervisor Ren doesn't achieve his goal too quickly..."

"First-grade mid-tier? Ah? This..."

Although his nose was still congested, just by looking at the steam rising from the pot, Ren Li could judge that its scent was lightening; it was the culinary principles of the medicinal herbs and ingredients merging.

Du En stopped adding herbs and continued to simmer it slowly.

But unfortunately, it was limited to just this!

"That's what I'm saying, that was a peak Qi Refining stage expert! This afternoon, he suddenly leaked a bit of his aura, and I almost pissed myself from fright. Tsk tsk, that is the peak of Qi Refining; it truly makes one yearn for it!"

Fed and watered, feeling refreshed, time to start grinding!

Regarding the strange and peculiar things hidden in the wasteland where corpses were buried, a breakthrough point had finally appeared, and he didn't want to let it go!

And as long as he grinds his cultivation technique higher, he should be able to follow the vine to find the melon and perceive the mysteries within!

When he was halfway to standing, he came to his senses, paused, coughed lightly, and slowly sat back down, "Cough, you, well, I have to admit, you still have a tiny bit of aptitude."

Watching Du En sit down, Ren Li felt that him standing didn't seem quite right, so he raised a hand and flicked out a bit of magic power; upon hitting the ground, fresh green vines sprouted and grew into a grandmaster chair.

The four of them spoke in a messy jumble, easing the emotions pent up in their hearts.

Ren Li didn't know what he had thought of, but he suddenly became a bit wistful and emotional.

Thus, the more Ren Li spoke, the more animated he became: "Both of these are arts that assist in cultivation through the method of ingestion and refinement; among them, medicinal pills take effect quickly, and their potency is short-lived yet significant, so sometimes it is easy for things to go too far."

The other corpse-buriers immediately scurried out.

At that time, they would still fantasize about the future, feeling that life was beautiful.

A first-grade low-tier spirit meal—this sort of thing, as long as one has some basic theory and can realize the synergistic combination of ingredients and herbs, and then chooses suitable ingredients to practice intentionally, one can always tinker it out after spending some time.

But a first-grade mid-tier is not the same thing; it proves that this person has already glimpsed the way and knows how to apply magic power to influence it, which can be called a true immortal cultivation art.

If it were elsewhere, there would be no need to be surprised, but this is outside the border city of the Southern Frontier, and the one who did this is a low-level, lowly laborer who looks quite young and has likely been cultivating for less than two years, so it is worth being surprised.

Especially since Ren Li had just pronounced a death sentence; thinking about it now, it was truly a bit embarrassing, and he was so awkward that as soon as his butt touched the chair, he immediately sprang back up.

Ren Li was a bit embarrassed, and also a bit impressed.

The border city, Nanmo City.

Finally managed to win one back!

However, Du En ignored him, only adjusting the firewood and opening the pot to add herbs from time to time.

In that place, the spiritual energy was incredibly abundant, and looking around, it was like a fairyland.

The difference between inside and outside the city is just that deeply rooted in people's hearts!

—Extinguish the fire, lower the temperature, add magic power.

"Shut your mouth, what if that person hasn't gone far?"

I have to say, as a poor, low-level person, being able to learn to cook the most basic spirit meal all on one's own, there is still a tiny bit of ability there.

Then, he saw Du En in front of him complete the final step with great proficiency and smoothness.

However, at this moment, he finally no longer held excessive awe and fear toward Ren Li.

"A city dweller?!"

Patting his butt and dispelling his spell, Ren Li left in a great hurry, not wanting to stay any longer.

Du En withdrew his gaze and ate the stewed owl, his expression unchanged.

Du En did not interrupt; after all, this knowledge was quite hard to come by on ordinary days.

"Wow! You scared me to death!"

"Fairly skillful," Ren Li evaluated.

By the time they fully came to their senses, Du En had already gone back to his own room on his own.

On the first day they arrived here, they had received an empowerment in the city to become immortal cultivators, and then lived in the city's fringe area for a few days to adapt to the change in status.

"Cough! I still have things to do, I need to go back to the city. That's it for today, and it'll be the same in the future. Hm, leaving, no need to see me off."

Perhaps it was caused by Du En's thoughts, or perhaps Ren Li's actions were inherently a bit whimsical, but in any case, for the next period of time, Ren Li's progress remained sluggish, and it was hard to gain anything.

"I have a sense of proportion," Du En replied, and seeing that he still hadn't let it go, he added, "Supervisor Ren is actually not bad, and he's someone who lives in the city; he's not on the same level as the other supervisors, and he has no designs on anything we have here."

Only Ning Caize quickly calmed down, looking a bit worried as he walked up to Du En: "Du En, your attitude in doing things still needs to be softened a bit; after all, a supervisor is not the same as a manager, they are in frequent contact with us, and if you are the slightest bit careless, the whole boat could capsize!"

He sat there, looking down at Du En.

The memories were interrupted in a rush; the beauty and bitterness intertwined, leaving them all in silence, ending finally with only a sigh.

And then, they were collectively arranged to go to the shed area outside the city to start working as lowly, hard laborers...

Ning Caize couldn't help but exclaim, and the others also widened their eyes.

That scene in the city was still engraved in their hearts to this day.

Ren Li couldn't help but widen his eyes, instantly stepping out of his wistfulness, staring straight at the person opposite who lifted the pot lid, and he couldn't help but stand up.

"And this pot of yours is lacking in the overall structure; the best result you can get is only a first-grade low-tier... That's right, you're only at the early stage of Qi Refining, and you've only been cultivating for a year or two, right? It's actually quite suitable; it can be used for a few years, and once your cultivation level starts to rise, it will probably only be useful for improving the flavor."

"And spirit meals emphasize nourishment, so the effect is relatively slow, and it's not easy for things to go too far; at the same time, even if the ingredients and herbs are not graded, as long as they can fit the culinary and medicinal principles, they can also be combined into a graded spirit meal."

"Lacking in the overall structure!" Ren Li shook his head, and seeing Du En look over, he couldn't help but gush incessantly, "Although it is said that spirit meals and medicinal pills are actually much the same, the so-called meal power and pill power can, in a certain sense, be said to be one thing with two different manifestations."

"This overseer, although appearing quite amiable, still makes one afraid to breathe too loudly, for fear that the hidden spirit..."

Speaking to this point, he glanced at the Stewed Owl, then shook his head and said: "This is a prominent characteristic of spirit cuisine, but precisely because the requirements for the ingredients have been lowered, it often lacks potency when compared to others of the same grade."

Conversely, Du En had accumulated progress day by day, and once again achieved a breakthrough as a matter of course!

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