Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 493

Chapter 491 Very Satisfied

“The competition is drawing to a close. Let’s see how the contestants are preparing.” The Spiritual Chef Sect’s leader walked around the stoves.

“Chef Ma, you’re a veteran Spiritual Chef. What are you preparing this time?”

“Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix.” Chef Ma, a Spiritual Chef at the Spiritual Transformation Stage, possesses exceptional culinary skills and is highly ranked in the Spiritual Chef community.

Chef Ma lifted the lid of his pot, and a thousand-foot golden light emanated.

In other places, this might have elicited exclamations of wonder: “A strange phenomenon in heaven and earth must reveal a treasure of heaven and earth.”

But in this competition, Chef Ma’s golden light was just one of several spectacular shimmers.

The golden light faded, revealing Chef Ma’s finished creation.

He used vast quantities of spiritual rice to form the dragon and phoenix bodies, and precious ingredients like Eight Treasure Chicken, Cotton Clams, and Tree Pigs as the dragon scales and phoenix feathers.

“With their incomes as mortals, they’ll never be able to enjoy these precious ingredients in their lifetimes. They’ll surely be satisfied after trying them,”

the Spiritual Chef Sect leader flattered, before moving on to the next person.

Chef Ma silently chanted the “Golden Light Mantra” and closed the lid. This way, when he opened it again, golden light would still emanate.

“Contestant, what are you making?”

“Dumplings.” Yu Yin lifted the steamer, revealing a massive dumpling. She wasn’t a good cook, and wrapping them individually was too much trouble. Given her success rate, she might not have finished wrapping them by the end of the competition.

So she simply wrapped one large dumpling; it saved her the trouble, and the mortals could still eat their fill.

Several pigs, cows, and sheep were nestled inside.

Yu Yin possessed a form of immortal fire, making it a masterful flame control, making it easy for her to cook the dumplings thoroughly, both inside and out.

These pure meat dumplings were not expensive for mortals. Take, for example, the fifth elder of the Dharmakaya Sect, the “Pig King.” He controlled 30% of the pig farming industry in Kyushu, building a systematic pig farming industry chain that reduced costs. As a powerful being in the Fusion Stage, he had no interest in profiting from the mortals.

This meant that even mortals could enjoy meat.

The same was true for cattle, sheep, and other livestock.

In Kyushu, cattle weren’t used for farming. After all, they were ordinary cattle, not as strong as mortals. Their sole purpose was to eat.

Of course, pigs, cows, and sheep were ordinary livestock imbued with a weak spiritual energy; mortals still couldn’t afford to eat such highly spiritual livestock.

“What did these two cook?”

“A big pot of food and steamed buns.”

The Spiritual Kitchen Sect’s leader took a sip of soup with an admiring look. He found the siblings’ dishes saltier than usual, but just right for mortals fresh from farm work.

During the ten years of the apocalypse, Luo Ying often cooked various ingredients together into a hodgepodge.

“These three… don’t seem to be on good terms. What have you prepared?” The Spiritual Kitchen Sect’s leader observed the hostility between Qin Luan and Qi Sha Daozi, as if they were engaged in a life-or-death feud.

Yuan Wuxing wasn’t surprised by the relationship between the two. “Nothing, they were just discussing whether sweet or salty zongzi were better.”

“We make zongzi, and since zongzi have a monotonous flavor, we’ve tried some innovations.”

“For example?”

“For example, this tray has zongzi with tomatoes and eggs, this one has zongzi with red pork and steamed dried beans, and this one has zongzi with deep-fried boneless chicken thighs…”

“We also make vegetable soup to quench thirst and relieve greasiness.”

“So, are your zongzi sweet or salty?”

Yuan Wuxing pointed to two plates nearby. “One with white sugar, the other with fermented black bean paste. People can choose whatever flavor they want.”

Qisha Daozi was in charge of chopping the vegetables and meat, Qin Luan was in charge of wrapping the zongzi, and Yuan Wuxing was responsible for everything else, from the creative ideas to the vegetable soup.

The Lingchu Sect leader nodded slightly. This was a good team.

The Lingchu Sect leader then came over to Xia Chao and Xiaoqing.

Xia Chao volunteered, “This is seafood clay pot rice. It’s made in the morning and stored in a wooden barrel, so it’s still warm at noon.”

“Contestant, what are you making?” The Spiritual Chu Sect leader noticed that Yu Youxian was making something he had never seen before.

“I add the right amount of salt and lye to the dough, then shape the noodles into long strips, steam them, and finally deep-fry them. In the world of bells, this is called instant noodles.”

Besides takeout, Yu Youxian’s most common meal was instant noodles.

Mortals use simple spells like water gathering and fire control, so boiling instant noodles isn’t too difficult.

The Spiritual Chu Sect leader was about to say something when he saw a soft, eye-catching golden light emanating from a distance. Those illuminated by the golden light gradually regained their strength.

The Spiritual Chu Sect leader was shocked. Even after practicing the Golden Light Mantra to the highest level, he couldn’t achieve this.

“Young Master, what are you doing…”

“Amitabha, this is a vegetarian meal.”

“Then what’s with the golden light?”

Wuzhi shook his head. “I was just silently reciting scriptures while cooking, and when I came to my senses, the meal began to emit uncontrollable golden light.”

The Lingchu Sect leader looked up at the golden Buddha image, wondering just how proficient in Buddhism this young monk was.

The Lingchu Sect leader felt the time was almost up. After consulting with everyone who was representative, he could declare the time over and call the mortals over.

“Why is there no one at this stove, and no food?” The Lingchu Sect leader looked at the positions of Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu, puzzled. He remembered that there were two people at this position at the beginning.

“To answer the Sect Master, these two prepared the meal and took it away in their storage rings.”

“Why didn’t you stop them?”

“I wanted to stop them at first, but they said the rules didn’t say they couldn’t leave, and they hadn’t violated any of the rules. I thought they had a point, so I didn’t try to stop them.”

“What were these two planning to do?”

The Spiritual Chu Sect’s Sect Master, with a hint of doubt, flew towards the farmland two miles away.

The Spiritual Chu Sect’s farmland was vast; per capita, one person was responsible for over a dozen acres.

Since the mortals were all at the third level of Qi training, cultivating a dozen acres of farmland was well within their capabilities.

When the Lingchu Sect leader flew over to the farmland, he found over a thousand mortals already nearly full.

Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu shouted, “Everyone, eat as much as you want. Plenty of food, no charge. This is a benefit provided by the Lingchu Sect.”

“What are you doing?” the Lingchu Sect leader asked, frowning.

They explained, “The mortals are hungry and tired after their farm work, and they have to rush to the venue to eat. We couldn’t bear it, so we brought the food here.”

“Look, the mortals are very satisfied with the food,” they said, pointing at the greasy faces of the mortals.

The Lingchu Sect leader’s mouth twitched. The mortals were already full. No matter how delicious the other contestants’ food was, they wouldn’t be satisfied.

What’s the comparison?

And it was indeed his inconsiderateness. The mortals were tired and hungry, and he kept them tantalized by bringing them over, ignoring the issue of their transportation.

(End of Chapter)