Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: Dr.Lock
Proofreader:? Arya
This was the mountain behind Bai Hua sect.
A spring of spirit water came from above the mountain, forming a small stream that flowed across the sectâs kitchen.
This is the fresh spring water that was naturally created from the spirit veins deep inside the mountain, the water cold to the touch, containing ample natural energy.
Only a sect of Bai Hua sectâs caliber was able to monopolize such a high-quality spirit vein.
Gu Qing Shan carried a bunch of pots over, currently washing them by the stream.
A few lines of glowing text appeared from the War God UI.
[Doomsday Chronicles: All kitchen utensils here do not contain any historical events]
[This is the final kitchen utensil that contains spirit cooking techniques, would you like to comprehend the cooking techniques on this utensil?]
[To comprehend the cooking technique, Soul Points required: 100]
Gu Qing Shan sighed and silently paid the 100 Soul Points.
When he came into the kitchen, he discovered that many of the utensils here contained a lot of Qin Xiao Louâs cooking skills.
âââGu Qing Shan himself cooked for a living, so his skills were also first-rate, because of it he was forced to cook for everyone when Qin Xiao Lou was still in seclusion.
He didnât expect to be able to learn Qin Xiao Louâs skills in the process.
So he learnt all of them.
This gave him a new perspective of someone else with similar skills on his expertise, once again renewing his understanding of the art of Cooking.
Through this, Gu Qing Shan managed to compare both his own skills and Qin Xiao Louâs, confirming, referring and improving them. Without knowing it, his cooking skills silently broke through a bottleneck and jumped to a new height.
Of course, Gu Qing Shan didnât feel any of this happening.
All he felt that he could grasp the taste of the dishes more accurately.
ââin the first place, the improvement of his cooking skills didnât call upon any Tribulation so it was hard to tell.
The sky was growing dimmer.
The time until dinner was quickly decreasing.
Gu Qing Shan put the metal pot down on the ground, pulled up his sleeves and began to seriously think about the menu.
âAlright, everything is cleaned now, what should I make for dinner tonight?â
âShifuâs seasoning preference is on the heavy side, but Xiuxiu canât eat anything too spicy, Qing Rou and Wan Er have lived through tough times before, but they originally came from the ruling class of their worlds, so their taste buds are quite hard to satisfy, one likes seafood and the other likes savoury foodsââ- there really is no way to satisfy all of them at onceâ
After thinking for a bit, Gu Qing Shan decided that there was no single solution, so he stopped thinking and just prepared several dishes each for everyone.
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He lit a fire by the stream, put a metal plate over it and began to make grilled meat and fish.
Then he turned the oven on, placing several braising pots on the fire, each with its own prepared food: crystal shrimp dumplings, crispy chicken feet, glutinous rice sweet cakes, rice noodle with meat, minced meat and gravy-filled steamed buns, fried meat wrapped in lotus leaves, and crab cakes braised in eggs.
After he was done with that, he put another pot of spring water on to boil, added in some rare mushrooms to simmer, followed by an entire Snow-ginseng White Chicken that had been properly de-feathered; and then closed the pot, cooking it on low heat.
At this time, the grilled meat and fish on the metal plate were already mostly done cooking as the deep fragrance of meat filled the air, notifying Gu Qing Shan.
He then sprinkled in a handful of finely chopped tender Water Spirit Sky Pepper.
The tender spirit pepper was immediately cooked on the sizzling oil, extracting all of its mouth-watering heat and soaking them into the meat.
About 12 breaths later, this dish would be done.
There was still some time but the braised dishes werenât done yet, so Gu Qing Shan silently waited to plate up the grilled meat and fish.
He was also thinking about what kind of stir-fry dish he could make.
Suddenly, he felt something amiss.
With a grab of his hand, Gu Qing Shan took out the Six Paths Great Mountain sword from the void of space and grunted: âWho?â
Silence.
Only the tiny sound of boiling and cooking came from the oven and pot.
There was no one else here.
Gu Qing Shan squinted his eyes as his killing intent quickly rose.
âI donât care who you are, if you donât step out, I wonât be so polite anymoreâ he emphasized.
Perhaps sensing his killing intent, a voice came.
âJunior brother, donât attack, itâs me! Itâs Qin Xiao Lou!â
Gu Qing Shan froze.
True, this was the mountain behind Bai Hua sect, a place surrounded by countless other mountains.
Unless they were a Lord-class Combatant like Chen Wang, who would be able to appear at this place without anyone knowing?
But thenââ
Wasnât second brother currently in seclusion?
He looked around in surprise but saw nothing.
âHah, junior brother, Iâm hereâ
Qin Xiao Louâs voice came again.
Gu Qing Shan could only release his inner sight to follow the voice.
From the stream, a black turtle was crawling onto the shore.
The turtle spoke as he crawled: âYour grilled meat is almost ready, take them down firstâ
Gu Qing Shan took them down first.
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But he didnât move his eyes from the black turtle.
â-what is second brother doing?
The black turtle was wearing a small green chain armor as it slowly climbed towards Gu Qing Shanâs feet.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: âSecond brother, when did you learn a technique to turn into other creatures?â
The black turtle opened its mouth: âWhat? You think Iâm this black turtle? No, no, no, Iâm not the turtleâ
âThen where are you?â
âIn seclusionâ the black turtle proudly answered.
âThen whatâs this?â
âTake a look at the chain armor the turtle is wearing, I attached a string of my Thaumaturgic power on it, allowing me to control this newly-dead turtleâ
âSo you can possess corpses? When did you learn that?â Gu Qing Shan was truly surprised this time.
The black turtle shook its head, but still spoke proudly: âA Thaumaturgy I learnt when I advanced to Rejuvenation realmâââ itâs strange but it is quite usefulâ
âWhat are you doing at the back mountain?â
âHah, staying in seclusion is too boring, so I came out to relax a bitâ the black turtle complained.
Gu Qing Shan then told him: âYou have had better spend a bit more effort in seclusion, if your cultivation is higher, itâll at least be safer for you to go outsideâ
The turtle scoffed: âLast time during the consecutive world fusion, I already used up everything I accumulated. Otherwise, how could I advance to Rejuvenation realm so soon?â
âThen does Shifu know about you coming out like this?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
The turtle pulled its head back: âDonât tell Shifu, I was only going to come out for some fresh air, but then I smelled your cooking hereâ
It praised: âI really must say, third brother, your cooking skills have really improved, I could already smell it half-way down the mountainâ
Gu Qing Shan understood.
Not only did this guy not really want to go into seclusion, but he also frequently sneaked out for walks and now even wants to eat for free?
Gu Qing Shan sternly asked him: âSenior brother, I remember there was food in the seclusion room, wasnât there?â
âThose fasting pills have no taste at all, they donât suit my well-trained palate, even if I have to starve I wonât eat themâ
The turtle shook its head over and over, then spoke: âJunior brother, you have to empathize with senior brother here, itâs such a pain to go into seclusion, please make your brother some food as wellâ
ââŠWhat do you want to eat?â
âI want a big chunk of Chinese braised pork! And a bottle of chilled liquor as well!â
Gu Qing Shan looked at how big the turtle corpse was and couldnât help but asked: âCan you actually carry that?â
âThis stream here is connected to where Iâm in seclusion, so I can come and go, itâll just take two tripsâ
âHah, fine thenâ
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit of a headache, but he was still his senior brother, what else could he do?
He then cleaned the pot and proceeded to make a huge portion of Chinese braised pork.
A few moments later, a large bowl of steaming Chinese braised pork was put on the turtleâs shoulder as it slowly but steadily crawled into the stream and swam across.
As he observed the turtle, Gu Qing Shan suddenly felt something.
He abruptly turned around.
The white goose was standing on the branch of a tree, coldly looking at the black turtle.
No one knew when exactly she got there.
Gu Qing Shan couldnât even tell from the start, only after she no longer tried to hide her displeased attitude did he slowly notice.
Which means, she heard everything we said just now?
Gu Qing Shan forced an awkward smile: âFirst brotherâ
The white goose nodded and slowly spoke: âOriginally, I only came here to check todayâs dinner, who knew Iâd find such a big harvestâ
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âââ-her anger felt like it almost solidified.
She didnât bother to conceal her presence.
Jungle birds were always the most sensitive to danger, so they quickly flew away in flocks.
Soon enough, even the fishes in the stream hurriedly swam away.
Half-way across the stream, the turtle also noticed something wasnât right.
It turned around to look.
âFirst brother!â
The turtle exclaimed in shock.
It didnât bother to be careful with the braised pork on its back anymore and hurriedly flapped all four of its stubby legs as it tried to swim away.
âRunning?â
A cold voice came.
All of a sudden, the white goose disappeared.
A white figure dashed through the sky.
Immediately after that, the turtle was swept away by a huge force as it spun in the ground before landing right beneath Gu Qing Shanâs feet.
The white goose walked back to shore step by step, shaking off all the water on its body as it casually spoke: âAnd here I thought you really were actually doing your best to cultivate, turns out you just turned into a turtle to mess around, having fun?â
The turtle tried to smile flatteringly and sighed as it clasped its front legs to apologize: âFirst brother, please forgive me this time, please donât tell Shifu!â
âSo you still know to fear Shifu huh?â the white goose coldly asked.
âOf course I am! If you tell her, Iâm as good as deadâ the turtle continued to beg.
Remembering something, the turtle turned to Gu Qing Shan.
âJunior brother Gu! Please help me convince first brother, donât let first brother tell Shifuâ
ââŠâ Gu Qing Shan
He looked at the turtle, then back at the white goose, feeling even more exhausted than when he had to face the 2 million demonized.