Who Let Him Cultivate?!

"Who is that person? He's so powerful!"

"I remember someone just said he is the successor of the Immortal Cook?"

"Right, the Immortal Cook's successor, Lu Yunyang!"

"I recall now, earlier Lu Yunyang was standing with Ma Bin. At first, Ma Bin wasn't too friendly towards him, but then, as if he learned Lu Yunyang's identity, Ma Bin became quite courteous!" an audience member suddenly remembered the episode before the competition.

Ma Bin, seated in the audience stands, twitched at the corner of his eyes. What do you mean I wasn't too friendly to him at first? Don't spread rumors, I genuinely admire Fellow Daoist Lu Yang!

Ma Bin slightly narrowed his eyes, looking at the tall figure below, he muttered to himself, "So, he really is the Immortal Cook's successor..."

"Fellow Daoist Ma Bin, do you know his identity?" a foodie eagerly leaned over to ask.

Ma Bin revealed a profoundly meaningful smile, "Whether he is or isn't, it's not for me to say."

Ma Bin's ambiguous response, as though in possession of a certain secret, made everyone else more inclined to believe in Lu Yunyang's identity.

Intentionally boosting Lu Yunyang's reputation, Ma Bin expected that Lu Yunyang would add an extra line or two about him in the newspapers.

"It seems that what the little girl said was right; it could really be the Immortal Cook's successor."

"I feel the same."

Seeing more and more people acknowledging that Second-in-command was a quite remarkable person, Yun Mengmeng felt a sense of pride.

With Second-in-command working so hard in the competition below, she couldn't just sit around!

She stood up and moved to another location to continue promoting Second-in-command.

...

"This Lu Yunyang is one of my own, but how come I have no recollection at all when his knife skills are so exquisite?" Jin Tan, the Clan Leader of the Taotie Clan, noticed Lu Yang's actions and was very surprised.

Facing the Kui Ox, at the Spirit Transformation Late Stage just like himself, Lu Yang did not use his full strength, yet he effortlessly stripped a piece of meat from it without its awareness.

"If he wished, all the Demon Beasts here would be but a matter of a single cut for him."

This was the type of man their Taotie Clan should cultivate vigorously.

"No matter, as long as he is one of my own." Jin Tan revealed a smile of scheming success; his Spirit Chefs had performed conspicuously well in the first round, and they would soon shine in the second and third rounds, aiding him in obtaining the legendary ingredients.

"Old Meng, how does it matter that you've tried so hard to stop me for three hundred years? In the end, the seat of the Alliance Hierarch is mine!"

The knife-craft round ended quickly. The participants were all top-notch, and those who got eliminated were the Spirit Chefs who couldn't overcome the Demon Beasts.

Liu Xing continued to host the Five Star Spirit Chef Team challenges, and unlike the first round, this time significantly more Spirit Chefs set their sights on Lu Yunyang, marking him as a favorite to win the championship.

"This round tests your ability to discern ingredients."

Liu Xing set out five display cabinets, all covered by a red cloth. The red cloth was woven from some material that could block the investigation of Spiritual Sense.

"Inside these five display cabinets are five different ingredients. You need to identify the name of the ingredient. Only the first person to answer correctly will pass this round."

"However, if you answer incorrectly, you will be disqualified from the competition. Think carefully before you answer."

In other words, only five people would pass this round!

Realizing this, the whole place fell dead silent, with all the Spirit Chefs becoming nervous, uneasy, and even those who were somewhat confident in their knowledge began to doubt whether their skills were truly up to par.

Only Lu Yang yawned, indifferent to winning or losing, thinking about how to draft his article once he got back.

It's such a bother. If only he had brought Old Meng along, then he could concentrate on having fun and let him fret over this problem.

Before setting out, Lu Yang sought out Meng Jingzhou, who was deeply engrossed in pondering the profound meanings in the "Immortal's Quotations." Seeing Old Meng studying so intently, Lu Yang did not disturb him further.

Lu Yang's relaxed demeanor was seen by others as being brimming with confidence.

Liu Xing unveiled the first red cloth, revealing a leaf lying quietly within the display. The leaf was adorned with golden runes that flickered, primitive and rustic, a natural inscription.

"It looks familiar," Lu Yang muttered under his breath, feeling as if he had seen it somewhere before, and quite frequently at that.

Golden Blade Master sent a beam of Spiritual Energy into the sky, signaling his readiness to answer the question.

"It's the leaf of the great ginkgo tree!"

"Incorrect answer."

The first Spirit Chef was quickly eliminated, and it was none other than Golden Blade Master, who had performed so well in the knife skills challenge.

Seeing this scene, the Spirit Chefs who had been eager to try were like they had been doused with cold water, no one daring to buzz in.

However, as Golden Blade Master was eliminated, a beam of Spiritual Energy shot up immediately after.

[Immortal Tongue]Xie Bin.

"It's an Enlightenment Tree leaf, and furthermore, it's from an Enlightenment Tree that's five thousand years old."

"Correct answer."

The Spirit Chefs looked on with envy. It was indeed Xie Bin—he not only recognized it as an Enlightenment Tree leaf but knew it was five millenniums old.

"It's nothing more than us having a five-thousand-year-old Enlightenment Tree in our family," Xie Bin humbly stated, but whether that humility was genuine or just a boast remained uncertain.

"So it's an Enlightenment Tree leaf," Lu Yang realized, no wonder it looked so familiar. The Eldest Senior Sister often used Enlightenment Tree leaves to brew tea, only hers always came from an Enlightenment Tree King that had lived for a hundred thousand years.

It was the first time he saw such a young Enlightenment Tree leaf, so he didn't recognize it immediately.

"Now, for the second ingredient."

Liu Xing lifted the second red cloth to reveal a palm-sized, lush and juicy vine, whose radiating heat warped the space around it, which was very frightening.

Behind the vine, an Illusory Shadow flickered, seeming like a tiger, yet like a dragon.

The Spirit Chefs furrowed their brows, no immediate answer coming forth, as none of them had seen such a Spiritual Plant.

Lu Yang sent out a beam of spiritual essence with a smile. "This is Kirin Immortality Medicine. But it's not the mother plant, rather a sprout that separated from the ancient mother plant."

He was very familiar with this as the Seek Dao Sect's herb garden hosted a Kirin Immortality Medicine that had originated from Ancient Times.

On the day of the Qilin Immortal's grand wedding, Fairy Eternity accidentally interfered, leading to Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi competing in a culinary showdown, prompting the Yingtian Immortal to taste. The three immortals, unaware of the truth, blamed the Qilin Immortal for the chaos and gave him a beating. During that battle, a few drops of blood from the Qilin Immortal, which contained his life-creating powers, birthed the later generations' Kirin Immortality Medicine.

"Kirin Immortality Medicine?" Many Spirit Chefs looked at each other, many of them never having heard of this Immortal Elixir.

[Immortal Tongue]Xie Qi, [Invincible]An Tong, [Poisonous Granny], and others had heard of the Immortal Elixir but only by name and were unaware of its origins.

Lu Yang, hands clasped behind his back, strolled around, then slowly began to relay an ancient secret tale.

"In the ancient past, a dark force schemed, leading to a clash between the Dragon and Phoenix ancestors, where the Four Ancient Immortals debated the Dao. The Qilin Immortal stood alone against three and did not falter. In that battle, the Dao crumbled, stars extinguished, and a few drops of blood, infused with the Qilin Immortal's life-creating power spilled out, tearing through the void, piercing the sky, and a few fortunate Spiritual Plants blessed with the Immortal Blood transformed into Kirin Immortality Medicine!"