Chapter 6

Ji Fuyao was moved and murmured.

"Completely without relying on the power of spirit herbs, just by mastering fire control, the strength of the fire dragon meat can be preserved!"

"It looks like cooking, but it's actually about controlling fire!"

She began to focus on her insights.

Fragments of memories from her previous life, like shadows in the mist, gradually came to light under the sunlight.

She grasped a thread of truth.

Soon, her fire control became increasingly proficient.

Without the power of spirit herbs, she could also maintain the strength of the fire dragon meat.

Ji Fuyao took a deep breath.

Her mastery of spirit fire had improved again!

She had gained enlightenment.

Lu Xuan's guidance just now was just right.

Although she was an emperor, she was still blinded by her own situation, and it would have taken her some time to discover this on her own.

Lu Xuan just casually pointed it out, and she immediately gained enlightenment.

Ji Fuyao felt that she needed to listen to Lu Xuan seriously.

His words seemed casual, but they were actually profound!

At this moment.

A voice from the system sounded in Lu Xuan's ear.

"Ding! Ji Fuyao has gained insight into the path of spirit fire, synchronization in progress!"

Lu Xuan was surprised.

No wonder she's my disciple!

She's gaining insights even while cooking!

Is this what it means to have a先天炒菜圣体 (innate cooking sage body)?

Not bad, not bad.

From now on, cooking will be your job, Fuyao.

Just as Lu Xuan was secretly pleased, Ji Fuyao suddenly said, "Master, thank you for your guidance."

"Huh?"

Lu Xuan was directly stunned.

Guidance?

What guidance?

Ji Fuyao said, "Master, I now understand that you had a deeper meaning when you asked me to cook."

"Oh?"

Lu Xuan touched his nose.

A deeper meaning?

He really just wanted Fuyao to cook!

Isn't that what disciples are for?

Ji Fuyao smiled, her eyes shining like stars, "Cooking requires the use of spirit fire. You wanted me to gain insight into the power of spirit fire, so I can master it!"

Lu Xuan: "???"

Really?

Was I really thinking that?

Seeing Lu Xuan's shocked face, Ji Fuyao found it amusing.

Still pretending!

She was puzzled.

Clearly capable, why is Lu Xuan so low-key?

Ji Fuyao continued, "To master the path of spirit fire, one needs to have very refined fire control, and cooking is exactly what is needed! Thank you, Master."

Lu Xuan was completely flabbergasted.

Why is Ji Fuyao starting to imagine things?

He couldn't help but find her a bit cute.

Ji Fuyao smiled, nodding meaningfully at Lu Xuan, her eyes twinkling, "Master, the food will be ready soon."

That look seemed to say, "Master, I know you have secrets, and you've been misunderstood for so many years!"

Lu Xuan nodded, "Alright."

Soon.

Ji Fuyao carried a wooden tray and placed two dishes of spirit beast meat on the stone table.

Lu Xuan took a bite and gave a thumbs up, "Much better than yesterday."

Ji Fuyao's face turned red, "Is it good?"

Lu Xuan said, "You still need to practice."

Ji Fuyao: "..."

After a moment of silence.

Ji Fuyao suddenly realized that this was Lu Xuan's way of making her continue to practice fire control.

She felt a warm feeling in her heart.

Lu Xuan's guidance was so simple and casual.

It seemed like he was talking about taste, but he was actually talking about fire control!

Ji Fuyao's star-like eyes sparkled, and she started eating.

Lu Xuan ate quickly and soon finished, then lay back in the recliner to bask in the sun.

Ji Fuyao ate slowly, pondering Lu Xuan's words.

"Boom!"

A surge of spirit fire suddenly erupted from her body, the power of the spirit fire rising and falling, sometimes wildly raging, sometimes weak like a flame.

"Ding! The host's disciple Ji Fuyao is gaining insight into the path of spirit fire, synchronization in progress!"

The system's voice sounded.

Lu Xuan was completely stunned.

Again, again, and again gaining insights?

Comparing people can really make one angry.

Lu Xuan remembered that when he was cultivating, let alone gaining insights, even reading cultivation techniques felt like doing reading comprehension.

It was like reading a book from heaven!

This is talent, a world apart!

But now... why bother gaining insights myself when I can let my disciple do it?

Lu Xuan felt very pleased!

After several hours, Ji Fuyao slowly opened her eyes, her face filled with joy.

The power of the spirit fire in her body gradually subsided, clearly making significant progress toward mastery.

But Lu Xuan's improvement was even greater!

Ji Fuyao smiled at Lu Xuan, her star-like eyes shining with gratitude.

Lu Xuan nodded.

Ji Fuyao started to clean up the dishes and entered the thatched cottage to wash them.

At this moment.

A divine rainbow suddenly shot from the distant void, its target being Qingxuan Peak!

The aura on the divine rainbow was terrifying, like a deep sea, stirring in the sky, causing the heavens and earth to rumble, with a surging momentum.

"Boom!"

A middle-aged man in a gray robe landed on Qingxuan Peak.

He was the patriarch of the Great Dao Sect!

The patriarch had a square face, with a hint of righteousness in his brows, and he walked slowly toward Lu Xuan, exuding an aura of a superior being with every step.

He had come to have a heart-to-heart talk with Lu Xuan.

He still didn't understand why Lu Xuan had taken Ji Fuyao as a disciple.

He had promised Lu Xuan that he could modify the Great Dao Sect's rules, allowing him to continue as the peak master without taking a disciple!

He didn't understand.

Elder Mu had also suggested that the patriarch talk to Lu Xuan, so he came.

But seeing Lu Xuan lying in the recliner, the patriarch couldn't help but shake his head.

Sigh.

Lu Xuan was still the same!

Still not cultivating, just lying around.

It's outrageous.

He thought that after taking a disciple, Lu Xuan would have changed!

Wait!

The patriarch suddenly froze.

His gaze turned to the thatched cottage, what did he see?

Ji Fuyao was washing dishes!?

No.

The patriarch was completely stunned.

Why?

The patriarch was very angry!

His heart was filled with rage, his eyes blazing with fire, and he charged directly at Lu Xuan.

Ji Fuyao's cultivation talent was a once-in-a-thousand-years occurrence for the Great Dao Sect, and she had even triggered the resonance of the Great Dao Sect's treasure, the Great Dao Bell!

Now, instead of making Ji Fuyao focus on cultivation, Lu Xuan had her washing dishes?

Isn't this nonsense?

"Lu! Xuan! Explain yourself!"

The patriarch rolled up his sleeves, thundering, each word a bite.

Lu Xuan was stunned, looking calmly at the patriarch, "Patriarch, what needs explaining?"

The patriarch pointed at Ji Fuyao in the thatched cottage, almost in despair, "You, you, how can you make Fuyao do such menial tasks? You're wasting her talent!"

"I thought you would guide Fuyao, or at least give her the cultivation resources of your master, but you have her doing these trivial things?"

Lu Xuan was thinking about how to explain.

Ji Fuyao suddenly said, "Patriarch, please don't blame Master, I did it voluntarily."

Voluntarily!

The patriarch was directly stunned.

He looked at Lu Xuan, then at Ji Fuyao, completely dumbfounded.

Ji Fuyao was actually defending Lu Xuan?

Why?

He was dumbfounded.

Many questions flashed through the patriarch's mind, but he couldn't understand this at all.

"Fuyao, you mean you did these things voluntarily?"

"Don't tell me you're also eating with Lu Xuan now."

The patriarch looked at Ji Fuyao, hoping to catch the last straw.

Ji Fuyao said seriously, "Yes."

The patriarch's face turned red, and he stomped on Qingxuan Peak in anger, roaring, "Ah!"

Qingxuan Peak trembled, as if sinking hundreds of feet!

He was on the verge of a breakdown!

He really wanted to beat up Lu Xuan!

In the entire Great Dao Sect, only Lu Xuan hadn't abstained from food, and now he had corrupted Ji Fuyao.

Wasn't this just misleading people?

At this moment, Ji Fuyao said, "Patriarch, this is also a form of cultivation."

"Huh?"

This is also cultivation?

What did Lu Xuan do to make Ji Fuyao believe this?

The patriarch's brows furrowed, his eyes blazing with fire as he looked at Lu Xuan.

He dragged Lu Xuan into the cave dwelling.

"I need an explanation."

The two sat around a wooden table.

The patriarch looked at the table, seeing some calligraphy and paintings, which made him even angrier.

These were the works of Lu Xuan over the years, writing doggerel and painting landscapes.

The patriarch quickly shifted his gaze, not wanting to look at them a second time!

These were the results of Lu Xuan's idleness over the years!

After all, Lu Xuan was just idle...

At this moment, Lu Xuan slowly spoke, "Patriarch, rest assured, Fuyao knows what she's doing."

The patriarch frowned.

He thought of a question.

From the look of it, Ji Fuyao wasn't being coerced!

Could cooking and washing dishes really be a form of cultivation?

He didn't believe it!

But what was the problem?

Ji Fuyao clearly respected Lu Xuan a lot.

Could there be a deeper connection between them?

"Wait. Lu Xuan, what about your cultivation?"

The patriarch glanced at Lu Xuan, suddenly asking, as he realized he couldn't see Lu Xuan's cultivation level.

Lu Xuan said, "I've hidden it."

The patriarch couldn't help but laugh, "You're at the Qi Condensation stage, and you're hiding your cultivation?"

Lu Xuan: "..."

The patriarch said, "Is it the concealment technique taught to you by Fuyao? It seems to be of a high rank, able to evade my detection."

Lu Xuan fell silent.

???

Why does the patriarch also like to imagine things?

He didn't know how to explain.

Say he was at the Xuan Emperor stage?

But even at the Xuan Emperor stage, it wouldn't be enough in front of the patriarch, a Holy King.

Let it develop for a while longer.

Lu Xuan poured a cup of tea for the patriarch, and the patriarch's mood slightly calmed down.

He thought for a moment and decided to be patient.

Let Lu Xuan mess around for a month.

Lu Xuan curiously asked, "Patriarch, is there something you need?"

After all, the patriarch hadn't come to Qingxuan Peak since his master's death!

There must be a reason for his visit!

The patriarch looked intently at Lu Xuan, "Lu Xuan, your master, the Holy Man Qingxuan, made many contributions to the Great Dao Sect. After his death, we wouldn't let his disciple feel disheartened."

"And you are the only disciple of the Holy Man Qingxuan. Your cultivation talent is limited, and you've suffered from cold words and cold looks over the years, which must have been hard on you."

"Sigh... I've also been negligent in taking care of you over the years."

Lu Xuan took a sip of tea and didn't speak.

The patriarch continued, "Lu Xuan, do you know that if you hadn't taken a disciple this time, I had already arranged a future for you?"

Lu Xuan was slightly surprised, "Really?"

The patriarch took out a jade seal and placed it in front of Lu Xuan.

"What is this?"

Lu Xuan slowly picked up the jade seal and examined it. It was a low-rank spirit artifact, extremely heavy, with four large characters carved in spirit patterns, "Great Xuan Dynasty!"

The patriarch smiled faintly, "Originally, after you were expelled from the Great Dao Sect, I would have the elders arrange for you to go to the mortal Great Xuan Dynasty to be a secular emperor."

"You would enjoy a life of wealth and glory, with a harem of three thousand beauties, and live a life of secular pleasure."

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