Chapter 527

During this period, Tang Wulin had already recounted his story of traveling to the past many times, but the length varied each time, and he would adjust his narration according to his audience.

Facing Na'er, who might be the Silver Dragon King and also his own relative, Tang Wulin did not hide too much information, so this narration took a long time.

Until Ya Li finished her work and returned, he was still telling his story.

Ya Li returned to the Haishen Pavilion, saw several people still chatting, originally intending to leave, but upon discovering Tang Wulin narrating a story from ten thousand years ago, she felt an itch in her heart and stayed to listen to him recount his legendary life.

When Tang Wulin finished speaking, applause suddenly erupted inside the Haishen Pavilion.

Ya Li admiringly said, "As expected of someone the Spirit Ice Douluo took a liking to, your experience's legendary degree even makes Ming Ge feel inferior."

Although Yun Ming's talent is strong, compared to Tang Wulin he is truly a minor witch seeing a great witch; moreover, unlike the tumultuous era of frequent wars ten thousand years ago, today's society is very peaceful, so even if Yun Ming needs to act, it would likely just be hunting Evil Soul Masters; in terms of variety, Yun Ming truly cannot compare to Tang Wulin.

She stood up and asked, "It's so late now, are you all hungry?"

The time has now reached evening, it's time for dinner.

Na'er nodded vigorously first; unlike Tang Wulin and the others, she is not only a child but also a child with an exceptionally large appetite, having been hungry all afternoon, her stomach is now growling.

Tang Ziran and Lan Yue also nodded lightly; they are merely ordinary people, and at noon they hadn't eaten due to time constraints, so they are hungry now as well.

As for Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, it doesn't matter; given their cultivation, not eating is fine, but if they can eat, it's naturally better.

Seeing this, Ya Li couldn't help but laugh, she stood up and smiled, saying:

"Alright, then everyone follow me."

Everyone followed Ya Li out of the Haishen Pavilion in single file, traversing Haishen Dao, and soon arrived at a small house.

From within this small house came a rich aroma of food and the sound of stir-frying, obviously a chef lived there.

Ya Li came to the door, gently knocked, and softly said, "Chef Zhao, may I bring people over for a free meal?"

"Ya Li?"

A somewhat surprised voice came from inside the door, and soon the door opened, revealing an honest and simple face.

"What a rare guest, where is the Pavilion Master?"

According to Chef Zhao's knowledge, contrary to outward appearances, Yun Ming's cooking skills are actually quite good; usually when Ya Li wants to eat something, it's Yun Ming who makes it, and there are few occasions where Ya Li needs to cook herself.

Moreover, Ya Li's cooking skills are actually not bad either; normally, even if Yun Ming is busy and can't spare time, Ya Li wouldn't need to come find him.

Ya Li helplessly said, "This time the Academy has honored guests; you know I can only make ordinary home dishes, feeding so many people is really too much for me."

Upon hearing her say that, Chef Zhao shifted his gaze from her to Tang Wulin and the others.

Then his eyes suddenly widened.

"Oh oh, this isn't the Spirit Ice Douluo and her boyfriend? Now I see, no wonder!"

Huo Yutong frowned displeasedly and said, "His name is Tang Wulin."

She didn't like hearing others reduce Tang Wulin to just "her boyfriend" in those simple words.

Chef Zhao chuckled hehe and nodded.

"Mm-hm, I understand, alright everyone please come in; it looks like I'll get to show off my skills tonight."

Having said that, he turned sideways to make way, gesturing for everyone to enter the house.

Ya Li glanced at the people behind her, then led them into the small house.

Unlike its outward appearance, the interior of this small house is unexpectedly spacious, and within this space a very rich meal aroma wafts; Chef Zhao asked, "Could you all tell me roughly what your cultivation levels are?"

Ya Li looked at Tang Wulin, Tang Wulin nodded and said:

"I am a ninety-first rank Honored Douluo, Yutong is a ninety-fifth rank Super Douluo, Na'er is a thirteenth-rank soul master, and my parents are ordinary people."

Seeing Ya Li's appearance, she and Chef Zhao are quite familiar, so there's no need to report her level again.

"Got it, received."

Chef Zhao laughed and acknowledged, turned and walked into the kitchen, and the sound of stir-frying soon rang out again.

Tang Ziran curiously asked:

"Your Holiness the Holy Spirit, why does he want to know our soul power cultivation?"

Ya Li smiled and said, "Because Chef Zhao's identity is actually our Academy's nutritionist; even for soul masters, eating is an indispensable activity, and through eating we can ingest large amounts of nutrition, while Chef Zhao's job is to provide us with sufficient but not excessive energy; if we treated you as Honored Douluo-level beings and cooked for you, the resulting food would truly cause you problems."

Having said that, she paused, then continued:

"Of course, there are also exceptions, such as Na'er; although she is only rank thirteen, in fact her ability to digest and absorb energy is not inferior to that of an ordinary Honored Douluo; the reason Ming Ge took a liking to her initially also includes this factor. Fortunately, Chef Zhao is already very familiar with Na'er and won't give her just a child's portion because she is young and low-ranked; if you are in a similar situation to Na'er, you must definitely speak up in time, don't go hungry."

Tang Ziran and Lan Yue suddenly understood; upon hearing Ya Li's final question, they both quickly shook their heads.

"No need, we have no blood relation with Na'er; we really are just ordinary people."

"Then that's good."

Looking at Ya Li's gentle smile, Huo Yutong suddenly said, "Ya Li, may I go help in the kitchen? I want to learn about energy pairing."

In the era ten thousand years ago, the Extreme Individual Soldier Project taught her only how to eat, that is, how to distinguish food and consume it correctly; as for cooking, they actually didn't teach much.

Huo Yutong actively sought out Lu Xiao Xiao for overtime work, and only then did she learn good cooking skills.

Even Lu Xiao Xiao didn't teach her nutrition pairing knowledge, after all Lu Xiao Xiao also understands that Huo Yutong studying these is purely to personally cook for Tang Wulin, so teaching her this isn't very meaningful.

But now the situation is different; after marriage, Huo Yutong is very likely to live together with Tang Ziran and the others, so learning some nutrition science is absolutely beneficial and harmless.

With such a ready-made teacher right in front of her, how could she possibly pass it up?

"Of course you can; Chef Zhao actually quite enjoys teaching people to cook."

Ya Li readily agreed, then she added somewhat hesitantly:

"But let me say this first: although Chef Zhao's temper seems fine just now, he is extremely strict about cooking; if your dishes don't taste good, he will indeed fly into a rage regardless of your status; are you sure there's no problem?"

"No problem."

Huo Yutong smiled confidently.

"I may indeed lose to him in nutrition pairing, but in terms of flavor I will absolutely not be inferior to him." Tang Ziran and his wife beside them nodded in deep agreement.

Over these two months, they felt their stomachs were about to be ruined by Huo Yutong, eating top-tier delicacies rarely seen in the world every day, and even the ordinary meals they used to enjoy now felt bland.

Judging by the aroma permeating this small house, Chef Zhao's cooking skills are indeed good, but there remains a considerable gap between him and Huo Yutong.

Seeing the confident looks of several people, Ya Li was stunned for a moment, then she let her heart settle.

"Hmm, looking at your appearance, there's no problem, that's right, then go ahead."

"Okay."

Huo Yutong rose from her seat and walked toward the room where the sound of stir-frying came from.

Looking at the closed kitchen door, Tang Ziran said emotionally to Tang Wulin: "Wulin, this girl Huo Yutong is truly excellent; I will absolutely not allow you to do anything that disappoints her, understand? If I find out you have disappointed her, I will not acknowledge you as my son."

As someone who has been through this, he immediately saw why Huo Yutong wanted to seek Zhao Shifu to learn about nutrition pairing knowledge; this girl's feelings for her son are truly deep.

Tang Wulin nodded heavily.

"Hmm, rest assured, I will definitely make her happy."

"Then that's good."

Looking at Tang Wulin's determined gaze, Tang Ziran let his heart settle.

He still feels reassured about his son; although he missed Tang Wulin's ten years of growth, he believes this child's nature is absolutely still that kind, good child.

After chatting for a while, the kitchen door suddenly opened, and Huo Yutong and Zhao Shifu pushed out a small cart.

Zhao Shifu took dish after dish of delicacies from the cart, set them on the table, and said enthusiastically:

"Come, come, everyone please try; the flavor will definitely satisfy you."

Ya Li asked somewhat surprised: "Zhao Shifu, what happened? You're so happy?"

She had interacted with this Zhao Shifu for a while and understood his personality; although he is usually quite enthusiastic, such enthusiasm to this degree usually only appears when he is in a very good mood.

At least, before he just entered the kitchen, he wasn't this exuberant.

Zhao Shifu gave a hehe laugh.

"How could I not be happy? I finally found a qualified successor; I truly never imagined that the renowned Spirit Ice Douluo's cooking skills would be this good—to have such a student, I die with no regrets."

When Huo Yutong first entered, he actually hadn't taken her to heart, merely thinking she was on a whim, coming to try casually.

However, after just a couple of minutes of teaching, Zhao Shifu realized something was off; Huo Yutong's ability to absorb what he said was unimaginably strong—after hearing it once, she could extrapolate all the related content he wanted to teach; moreover, when he taught her a dish, she only needed to watch one demonstration, and the taste she produced could surpass his.

As a world‑top chef, there is nothing more pleasing than taking on such an apprentice.

Huo Yutong smiled behind him, somewhat helplessly.

Her talent in cooking is indeed not bad, but to say whether it has reached the level that would excite Zhao Shifu this much, frankly, it hasn't.

Huo Yutong can achieve this level solely because her current realm is extremely high.

Extremely strong spiritual power gives her exceptionally strong comprehension and micro‑control abilities, and the ability to infuse emotion ensures her finished product is destined to be better than Zhao Shifu's.

Simply put, after watching Zhao Shifu's actions once, she can rely on her powerful spiritual power to replicate his movements down to the millimeter; thus, no matter what, the taste of the dishes she makes will be on par with his.

Then, by infusing the food with emotion‑laden spiritual power, the taste of the dishes she makes far surpasses Zhao Shifu's.

A Soul Master of her level, no matter what she does, is simply too showy.

She placed a dish in front of Na'er and said softly:

"I heard Zhao Shifu say you like this dish; I made it myself for you—come, try it and tell me how it tastes."

Na'er silently nodded, but did not pick up her chopsticks.

She would wait until everyone was seated and the meal officially began before eating.

Since among those present were Na'er and Tang Wulin, such big eaters, the dishes prepared by Zhao Shifu and Huo Yutong were truly not few; they easily filled a large table.

Zhao Shifu said jovially:

"Come, everyone, don't be shy, all try a bite, guess which are mine and which are Huo Yutong's."

"Okay."

Everyone present couldn't help but laugh, picked up their chopsticks, and began tasting.

"Mmm!"

First to involuntarily widen her eyes was Na'er.

She listened to Huo Yutong's words and first ate the dish Huo Yutong had placed in front of her.

The result far exceeded her expectations.

As soon as the food entered her mouth, the wonderful flavor filled her entire palate, exploding like a blast, leaving her dazed and unable to pull away.

Moreover, this is not the most important; besides the physical deliciousness, the spiritual satisfaction is far more crucial. As the food entered her mouth, her originally somewhat chaotic heart instantly calmed, a warm feeling gradually spread deep in her soul, soothing her painful inner self, making her feel an indescribable comfort.

Na'er had expected Huo Yutong's cooking to be good, but she never imagined that Huo Yutong's dishes had reached a level capable of affecting spirit and soul.

The excessive deliciousness even made her unable to hold back tears; she pulled the dish Huo Yutong prepared for her close and began devouring it in big bites, heedless of anyone else.

Tang Ziran was about to say something when he saw Huo Yutong shake her head at him, and a gentle voice sounded in his mind.

"It's fine; just let her vent."

Since she knew this dish was what Na'er liked to eat, the emotion she infused into it was naturally specially made.

Not only was the amount infused very large, but she also infused her feelings for Na'er; believing that after Na'er finishes eating, she will fully understand her.

After Huo Yutong had spoken, Tang Ziran, though a little doubtful, said nothing more and began chatting and laughing with the others.

This was the first shared dinner after the Tang family's reunion; with two extra people, the atmosphere remained warm.

(End of chapter)