[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit-":3,"chapter-ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-4":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ten Thousand Laws of the Occult, I Am the Spirit Sovereign",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356187,4609,"Chapter 4: Private Kitchen of Spiritual Food","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>It was evident that the perfectly good account book had been turned into a diary by Sun Sanniang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This actually made things easier for Li Yu, as his understanding of \"Ten Thousand Blessings City\" was rapidly shifting from unfamiliar to familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression grew increasingly solemn as he pondered in his heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In Ten Thousand Blessings City, even transcendents must struggle and toil just to earn a bite to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Setting aside the various daily exorbitant taxes and levies, the housing prices and cost of living are extremely high. Furthermore, insane high-sequence powerhouses often cause wanton destruction; if one's luck is slightly off, they might suffer an unprovoked disaster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rules in the city are those of the jungle. If one cannot display strength, they are liable to be swallowed whole and have their entire household devoured... Not to mention anything else, just in the Old Street of Heavenly Mystery Workshop where the butcher shop is located, the surrounding neighbors hide quite a few evil-cultivator transcendents who would pounce the moment they spotted a flaw.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang die, I will inherit the butcher shop courtyard, but I must never engage in that meat-selling business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How should I make money? How should I support myself? How should I resolve the forbidden egg in my belly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ordinary person falling into Li Yu's situation would likely be panicked and at a loss for what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he adapted quickly; in this short time, he had already begun to devise the best path forward for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first glanced at his eye membrane, then touched his slightly protruding abdomen, thinking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the situation is dire, there is something to rely on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This cheat code that came with me through the transmigration, called [All Things Return to One], can be used once it finishes charging. It has the power to analyze all things; it can be called a cheat device.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Additionally, there is this forbidden egg. Although it wants to kill me and possess my body every single moment, it has also indirectly given me the power of a 'meat-person'... One must know that this is an extraordinary power that Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang dreamed of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From the account book, I know that evil cultivators of the Forbidden God path usually work in the catering industry... Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, Li Yu seemed to have gained an insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up abruptly, grabbed the electric eel lamp, and went into the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What met his eyes was a mysterious and profound scene: the wide courtyard was planted with two rows of purplish-black ghost bamboo on either side, enough to block all prying eyes, with two large trees growing in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The peach tree covered in human-faced burls was called the Human-Face Peach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the enchanting willow tree that swayed like a woman was called the Beauty Willow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were eerie plants capable of absorbing wandering spirits and yin Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple had spent a high price to buy them, solely to prevent the side effects of slaughtering too many two-legged sheep: the haunting of vengeful spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, however, they gave Li Yu an inspiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This courtyard looks extremely suitable for setting up an extraordinary private kitchen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 'Forbidden Recipes' in my mind are enough to support the appeal of the dishes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A secret private banquet that only practitioners can participate in, serving nothing but spiritual food with extraordinary effects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could even go a step further and deliberately guide it to develop into a mysterious gathering for exchanging information and conducting trade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this process, I can both eavesdrop on transcendent knowledge to charge the bubbles and also peek and analyze, obtaining those secrets and valuable secret medicine formulas almost for free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While saying this, Li Yu looked again at the storage room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was filthy inside, but if it could be cleaned up, wouldn't it be a perfect trading venue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the startup capital?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu walked straight toward the small dark room where the two corpses were still kept, slapped his forehead as if remembering something, and hurriedly set to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first returned to the master bedroom and dug out two pitch-black wooden boxes covered in yellow talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After stepping into the small dark room, he immediately gripped that filthy boning knife, hesitated for half a second, and then struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enduring the nausea, he directly hacked open Jiao Qing's skull, and the next moment he saw a large piece of purple-red, jelly-like brain matter inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It trembled slightly, emitting a sense of horror and eeriness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one look!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu, who could barely be considered a transcendent, felt a significant threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not daring to touch it, he lifted the back of Jiao Qing's head with one hand and held the wooden box with the other, tilting it slightly so that the mass of highly toxic brain matter fell into the box, which Li Yu then sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While letting out a long sigh of relief, the relevant account entries also surfaced in Li Yu's mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One box of human-bear brain matter, eighty taels of silver, used to sacrifice to the Forbidden God in exchange for a forbidden egg.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the brain matter of that monster called a human-bear is worth so much, I imagine this box of toxic brain matter from an ogre won't be worth much less.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Li Yu finished muttering this, he was already carrying the knife toward Sun Sanniang's corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the sounds of dissection and sharp hissing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was seen pulling out a bloody intestine with sharp teeth growing at both ends, and fiercely stuffing it into another yellow-talisman wooden box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another account entry also surfaced:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One ghost intestine, two hundred taels of silver, used to sacrifice to the Forbidden God in exchange for a forbidden egg.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss, so expensive? Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang really paid a heavy price to advance to 'meat-person'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having disposed of the loot, Li Yu didn't care about the blood on his hands and couldn't help but reveal a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filthy boning knife!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toxic brain matter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Animated blood intestine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fallen human-skin scroll!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four strange objects, if calculated based on similar market prices in the account book,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>selling just one of them would be enough to put together an extraordinary feast of spiritual food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to worry about the source of guests; with the original owner's memories and that account book, gathering a table of guests would be more than enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Select them carefully for the first time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it takes off, a strict invitation-only system must be adopted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Li Yu thought about it, the more excited he became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his plan succeeded, not only would he be able to gain a foothold in the city, but he would also find a shortcut to quickly charge his cheat code.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resolving the forbidden egg, even finding a God path suitable for himself, and becoming a practitioner, etc., would no longer be mere wishful thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an initial plan, the anxiety in Li Yu's heart was swept away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He washed his hands, returned to the master bedroom with the four strange objects, then took paper and pen to begin selecting the first batch of invited guests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incidentally, he also wrote a \"Notice of Permanent Closure of Jiao's Butcher Shop,\" preparing to post it early tomorrow morning. Although it hadn't happened yet, Li Yu could almost foresee how much dissatisfaction the closing of the butcher shop would cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, in this Ten Thousand Blessings City, it seems there aren't many normal civilians?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The so-called 'simple folk customs' actually have another meaning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made Li Yu sigh like this were some images in the original body's memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were faces that were sallow and thin but had green-glinting eyes; they were all civilians from the Southern District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not possess transcendent power, yet they often came to patronize the business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know that what those two crazy parents sold was all two-legged sheep meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was meat they had either bought wholesale or hunted themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those people would come to buy some every few days or half a month, and even demand the two provide recipes, calling it: \"tasting something fresh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, the butcher shop business was booming and profitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=9+Shu_Ba\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he truly inherited it completely, plus the advantage of being a child of the Forbidden God, not only could he support himself, but he could easily advance to \"meat-person,\" and even go on to challenge the more powerful Sequence Seven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, even if he were to drop dead on the spot, Li Yu would never do such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this world, there are many paths to godhood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If there is a chance, I must find a righteous god sequence to follow, such as the [Sword Hero] that the beast Jiao Qing was obsessed with. It is rumored that this sequence belongs to the Demon-Slaying Sect and possesses great powers like flying with a sword, traveling through the heavens and earth, and subduing demons and slaying evil. It's just that I don't know what path it is, or what sequence it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient. What I must do now is still to settle down and save my own life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu soothed the restlessness in his heart, then continued to select the list and read the account book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abruptly, accompanied by the sound of gears turning and mechanical wings unfolding, Li Yu seemed to sense something and snapped out of his immersion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could check if the second \"truth bubble\" was fully lit, he turned his head and saw a mechanical rooster the size of a calf, made primarily of bronze, flapping its wings and pouncing toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, a mechanical voice sounded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up and sell meat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it finished speaking, steam rose from behind the bronze chicken, red light surged from its abdomen, and a burst of fire with a thick, smoky scent was immediately sprayed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the fire was extremely weak, it still made Li Yu cough violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a look of shock, he stumbled out of the main room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, he quite agreed with Sun Sanniang's words in the account book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The salespeople of the Heavenly Craft Sect are all dead liars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can this kind of frustrating thing actually be sold?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu complained while glancing at his eye membrane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image that delighted him appeared immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was the second truth bubble lit, but the third, larger bubble was also one-tenth charged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that he now possessed another opportunity to transform into a \"bubble body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the time limit and range should be longer and larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not waste the opportunity easily unless it is a critical moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ability to analyze all things, as long as it is used well, whether it is for saving one's life or peeking at secrets to improve oneself, is not a problem at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coo coo coo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Li Yu was feeling happy, a familiar sense of hunger washed over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression immediately turned sour; he didn't need to touch his abdomen to know it must be covered in blood spots again, with egg filaments wriggling inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cursed under his breath and lifted his feet, intending to head to the kitchen, where there was still some cured meat, worm-infested rice, and aged pickles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this very moment, a series of \"thump, thump, thump\" pounding sounds erupted from the butcher shop outside the courtyard, accompanied by a chorus of urging and cursing from men, women, and children alike:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on today? The butcher shop isn't open yet; don't they want to do business?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly, exactly! My spouse is craving it so much that they chased me out to buy meat early this morning. If I’m delayed any longer, I’m afraid I’ll be beaten until my skin is torn and flesh is mangled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quiet now, I think I just heard the bronze chicken at Jiao Qing’s place crowing. Even if they weren't awake, they should be by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bronze chicken? A trinket from the Heavenly Crafts Sect? Is there really some sucker who bought that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s already the hour of the dragon (7-9 AM), and Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang still haven't gotten up. Could it be they were battling in bed all night? I heard the couple has been wanting a second child; they certainly are quite diligent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shh, what second child? Both of them have eaten forbidden meat; their bodies are full of poison. Never mind having children, even just entangling on the bed would leave them both half-dead from each other's toxins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these voices reached his ears, Li Yu’s footsteps faltered, his expression turning solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had long known that the Jiao Family Butcher Shop was extremely popular in the old street area of Tianji Ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just hadn't expected that he had still underestimated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those capable of shouting and cursing were almost all transcendent beings, just like Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they were all low-tier ones who possessed some minor strange powers but had not reached the level of Sequence Eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those sallow and emaciated commoners who also craved this meat, they didn't dare utter a word, only standing silently in the corner, waiting for these powerful people to finish buying before they could step forward to purchase some scraps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should he deal with these people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu had already thought of a plan last night, but now that the moment had arrived, he couldn't help but feel nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Open that door!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't just mean facing that group of starving ghosts and low-tier evil cultivators; it meant that Li Yu would, for the first time, have to face this terrifying and bizarre world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After calming his breathing for a few moments, he took a deep breath, returned to the main room to retrieve the shop-closing notice, touched his abdomen, and muttered to himself, \"Hungry at just the right time,\" before Li Yu walked toward the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, his eyelids drooped, his whites rolled up, his expression turned icy, and the two rows of evil eyes on his forehead rolled around as if ready to open at any moment, a sense of fierce, malevolent, and sinister energy that warned others to keep their distance surging forth instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2415,"2026-06-21T04:11:00.205Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","9f4970f2855da684c5715de5a1725df9d1be08e72212dc9436b387bd368c906d","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-5","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-3",427,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ften-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--cover.jpg"]