Chapter 6

Looking at Sun Wukong practicing chopping vegetables, Chen Nuo thought to himself: "It's time to teach some real skills, after all, the system's mission isn't just about taking disciples, cooking also needs to be taught, otherwise how can it be called a master-disciple relationship?"

"Wukong, do you want to learn cooking?"

Upon hearing this, the excited Sun Wukong, who was just raising his knife, immediately knelt down and bowed in gratitude.

"Disciple only relies on the master's teachings!"

A month has passed, and he can finally cook?!

"Come with me." Chen Nuo said softly, then walked into the back kitchen.

Sun Wukong followed him, hopping and jumping along.

"Egg fried rice is the foundation of cooking, and also the dish that most easily reveals a chef's skill. Today, I will teach you egg fried rice!" Chen Nuo said calmly.

His words are nonsense, mainly because aside from egg fried rice, there is nothing else worth showing off.

Sun Wukong followed him, and for now could only learn egg fried rice.

"Good, good, good, Master, hurry up and teach me!" Sun Wukong exclaimed delightedly.

Is it the master's miraculous egg fried rice technique right away?

"Look well, learn well!"

Chen Nuo directly took out the Divine Astonishment Three-Piece Set from the System Space.

How exquisite!

Sun Wukong's gaze was instantly drawn to the Divine Astonishment set above, so magnificent it defied description, and compared to his own plain kitchen knife, it was completely overwhelming in every aspect.

Could this be the legendary treasure?

The monkey marveled in his heart,

This was still his first time seeing the master's cooking utensils; in the past month, the master had refused to let him enter the back kitchen on the grounds of poor fundamentals.

From now on, he too must seek such a treasure!

Before Sun Wukong could think further, he was captivated by Chen Nuo's movements.

Heating the wok and oil, a faint aroma immediately spread out. Chen Nuo reached into the basket holding the eggs, and then egg after egg flew toward his right hand.

Yet without exception, each egg struck precisely the back of his raised right hand.

At the moment of impact, the eggshells shattered and the egg liquid flowed into the small basin placed on the side.

And after each strike, the eggshells were flicked into the trash bin by a slight downward shake of the wrist.

Six eggs in succession, the entire sequence flowed like clouds and water, utterly natural.

"Good, so impressive!"

Sun Wukong stared dumbfounded; his basic knife technique had nothing like this, and though he had now grasped some basics, he could naturally perceive the subtleties.

This requires extraordinary skill to achieve—no magical force invoked, yet strength, angle, and timing must reach perfection, none can be lacking.

It cannot be done by mere knife technique alone.

Looking again at that upright posture, the cooking fumes showed no vulgarity at all, but rather enhanced the master's dignified bearing.

Sun Wukong's face was filled with admiration and longing—truly worthy of being the master!

Adding the eggs to the wok, the hot oil made a sizzling sound.

A fragrance also drifted from the back kitchen; Sun Wukong took a deep breath, becoming intoxicated.

Afterwards, Chen Nuo quickly stir-fried, and when the eggs were slightly cooked, he placed the pre-prepared rice into the wok.

His right hand lifted the spatula and flipped it up and down, while his left hand continuously tossed the wok; the eggs and rice were thrown into the air, then precisely fell back into the wok.

Just like swinging on a swing, up and down.

Can one really play like this?

Sun Wukong stared, speechless.

The tender white rice and the golden egg liquid complemented each other beautifully—such beauty is rare in this world.

In Chen Nuo's almost divine technique, the originally clumped rice grains were separated and perfectly blended with the egg liquid—you in me, me in you.

Each grain of rice was coated with egg liquid, forming a near-golden hue, completing the elevation of the egg fried rice, and at this moment the aroma also underwent a transformation.

"This is the flavor!"

Sun Wukong leapt three feet high, unable to wait—this is the taste of egg fried rice!

At this point, the most important part of the egg fried rice is already complete, but Chen Nuo did not relax; while his left hand kept shaking the wok, his right hand, holding the spatula, instantly turned into the Divine Astonishment Ladle, his wrist trembling slightly as he flung spoonfuls of seasoning into the wok.

In an instant, the flavors and aromas of all the ingredients were released.

Egg fried rice, mission accomplished!

The iron pot and kitchen knife gained five hundred merit, the spatula then gained one thousand innate Qi.

These days of cooking have already given the Divine Astonishment set much merit and innate Qi; given time, it will surely transform into a formidable treasure.

Unfortunately, the Divine Astonishment Cooking Divine Astonishment Cooking Hongmeng Purple Qi and Chaos Qi have not appeared yet, after all, they are also rare.

"Did you see clearly?" Chen Nuo turned to look at Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong scratched his head, his face showing some hesitation as he said: "I saw clearly, it's just..."

"How?"

"Just feels too hard." Sun Wukong said with an embarrassed smile.

His current level still makes it difficult to understand these operations.

"Practice makes perfect; with enough practice, it will come naturally!"

"Disciple dare not disobey the master's teachings!" Sun Wukong nodded repeatedly; since awakening the Piercing Illusion Golden Eyes, even without activating them, his vision has greatly improved.

After just one look, he had memorized all the movements, even if actual execution might not turn out as expected.

"From now on, come to the back kitchen to practice cooking." Chen Nuo said while serving the egg fried rice into two plates.

Sun Wukong's eyes sparkled, eager to try: "Yes, Master!"

The monkey here is learning to cook step by step, while the Buddhist side is on the verge of exploding the pot—let alone the Three Great Bodhisattvas, from the Buddha and Bodhisattvas and Arhats above, down to the Prajna bhikkhunīs below.

The Buddhist Sect has nearly mobilized all its strength to search for Sun Wukong's traces, and the entire Honghuang almost got turned upside down.

Upon encountering an immortal cultivator's cave dwelling, the Buddhist Sect directly crushed it, openly ransacking homes; the Buddhist higher-ups were somewhat better, for the sake of image, merely conducting a simple search.

But some dark-handed individuals below are even more hateful—if the other side is easy to bully, they will forcibly take things along, leaving the cultivators suffering immensely.

Had it not been for too many scruples, perhaps they would have searched the cave dwellings of those ancient great ones as well.

Meanwhile, in the Lingxiao Baodian, Haotian glanced at the memorial in his hand, his mood extremely pleased.

"The westward journey hasn't even begun, yet the Buddhist Sect has already lost the monkey—truly laughable!"

The immortals in the great hall were even more gloating over the misfortune, regardless of which faction they belonged to; though they usually had their Two Courts, they are all Xuánmén disciples!

This eastern transmission of Buddhism brings them no benefit whatsoever.

"Impossible!" Haotian suddenly had an idea, slammed the table, and put on a look of anguish, saying: "The territory of the Earth Immortal Realm belongs to the Heavenly Court's jurisdiction—just flipping east and west like this, isn't it disturbing the order of all continents?"

"Where is Your Majesty's dignity? Where is the dignity of the Heavenly Court?"

"I have decided to establish the Geographical Boundary Protection Bureau to maintain peace in the boundary realms—what do you all think?"

"Holy and Wise Majesty!" Everyone said in unison.

Geographical Boundary Protection Bureau?

Protection is a pretense; causing trouble and disruption is the real goal!

"Which immortal dares to take on this great task?"

Upon these words, a thousand waves were stirred.

"Weichén is willing!"

"I am willing to go!"

For a moment, all immortals stepped forward to Qingyuan.

Since the Fèngshén Era, Yudi Haotian has never once had a decision receive such support; the contradictions between the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect, and between Yudi and them before, are indeed internal divisions within Xuánmén.

Facing this great emperor of the Buddhist Sect, they still see the situation clearly.