"There is some kind of fate between us. I happened to meet Lingzhu, and through her I found out that there was something wrong with the source of my true water, and then I came to this monster cave to save you. I hope you can help me solve the problem of my true water.
We are helping each other when it comes to troubles in Yuanzhong, so you don’t have to be too polite." Gu Zheng looked at the old woman and said.
"A benefactor is a benefactor. This is a life-saving grace. Every yard is worth a pound."
Even though Gu Zheng said you're welcome, the old woman was still very serious.
"Don't worry, benefactor, I will take care of all your problems with the source of true water. Now, benefactor, you should open the box and see what treasures are inside!"
This is the place where the great demon retreats. The box the old woman mentioned is placed in the corner. It is a box inlaid with jewels, and it looks very extraordinary.
Gu Zheng had always been interested in opening boxes. He immediately came to the box, broke the seal on the box, and then opened the box.
The moment the box was opened, light suddenly shone out, so much so that Gu Zheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.
The box is very large, and there is no problem in containing one person. It is divided into six grids, and the two grids contain all inner elixirs. These inner elixirs are almost all water-attribute inner elixirs, and the lowest level is also the sky demon level.
That is, the kind of monster that is equivalent to the Golden Immortal cultivator. The highest level is the Demon King level, which is the kind of monster that is equivalent to the Daluo Golden Immortal. There are even two inner elixirs that are the pinnacle of the Demon King.
In the other four grids, there are various cultivation resources, including some very good quality ingredients, such as more than 50 excellent-level ingredients and more than a dozen high-level ingredients! In addition,
There are also immortal weapons, ranging from medium to high grade.
"My benefactor, please put your things away first. Let's leave this den now."
The old woman had finished adjusting her breath and stood up. It was no longer suitable to stay here for a long time. Gu Zheng put the box away, and then left the big demon's body with the old woman.
After leaving the big demon's body with the old woman, Gu Zheng took the old woman to the cave where the spirit bead was located.
Although there were no monsters in the way on the way back, Gu Zheng and the others were not able to increase their speed. The old woman's internal injuries were only temporarily suppressed, and they really could not increase their speed.
Two days later, Gu Zheng finally brought the old woman to the previous cave. After lifting the restrictions outside the cave, Lingzhu immediately ran out from inside, hugged her grandma and cried bitterly.
After Lingzhu and the old woman had cried, they went to the cave together and solemnly thanked Gu Zheng again.
After the three of them chatted for a while, the old woman borrowed the stone room in the cave to heal her injuries. If she wanted to solve the problem of the source of his true water for Gu Zheng, the old woman's body would need to recover seven or eight points.
Gu Zheng was not in a hurry, since the old woman went to heal her injuries, he started practicing in a stone room.
The time of cultivation passes very quickly, and the seven days feel like a blink of an eye.
The old woman walked out of the stone room, and Gu Zheng immediately sensed it, and he also finished his practice and walked out.
After seven days of treatment, the old woman's condition was no better than before. On the contrary, she looked even worse. Her face was as white as paper.
"Grandma, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing the ugly face of the old woman coming out of seclusion, Lingzhu immediately panicked.
"Something went wrong while grandma was recovering from her injuries."
The old woman smiled bitterly, and then told Lingzhu and Gu Zheng what happened.
When she was in the demon cave, the old woman used her true blood several times, thus losing a lot of life span. Moreover, when using her true blood, she would suffer some backlash, which had to be resolved afterwards.
However, the old woman used more of her true blood this time, and the backlash was more serious than she imagined. So much so that she failed to suppress it while healing, and the backlash damaged her demon elixir. The consequences were not only...
Strength dropped, and a lot of lives were lost.
The old woman's previous cultivation was considered to be the peak of the Heavenly Demon, but now she has fallen to the early stage of the Heavenly Demon. Originally, after repeatedly using her true blood, she still had a hundred years of life left, but this backlash damaged her inner alchemy, leaving her with
She has less than a month left to live.
"What can we do?"
Hearing what the old woman said, Lingzhu burst into tears.
"My benefactor, I'm so sorry. After such an accident, I'm afraid I won't be able to expel the air current from your true water source." The old woman apologized.
"Help me expel the airflow from the source of my true water. Are there any conditions that need to be met?" Gu Zheng asked.
"My cultivation level needs to be at least in the middle stage of the Heavenly Demon, but I have less than a month left in my lifespan. It is impossible for me to raise my cultivation level to that level again." The old woman said helplessly.
"Let me explore your body first, maybe I can find a way." Gu Zheng said.
Although the old woman wondered what Gu Zheng could do, since Gu Zheng said so, the old woman still nodded and let his spiritual thoughts penetrate into her body.
After exploring the old woman's inner elixir, Gu Zheng found that the condition of her inner elixir was not as serious as imagined. Although the old woman's strength had been reduced to the early stage of the Heavenly Demon due to the damage to her inner elixir, if the early stage of the Heavenly Demon was divided into 100%
If so, then she is now 80% of the early stage of the Heavenly Demon, and is only 20% away from the middle stage of the Heavenly Demon. Although it is impossible for the old woman to reach 20% of the cultivation level in a month, Gu Zheng is an immortal chef after all.
It is a very good thing for people to improve their cultivation.
After finishing the exploration of the old woman's body, Gu Zheng said: "Don't be sad, the matter is not as serious as you thought. I can help you repair your inner elixir, improve your cultivation, and my longevity."
I’ll help you increase it, and all of this won’t be a problem!”
Gu Zheng's words made the old woman and Lingzhu widen their eyes. They looked at each other, feeling incredible.
If Gu Zheng only said that he would help the old woman repair her inner elixir, the old woman and Lingzhu would be able to believe this. However, what he said about improving cultivation and increasing longevity made the old woman and Lingzhu feel too unexpected.
"Does the benefactor have an elixir?"
The elixir that the old woman mentioned is a general term for those magical elixirs. These elixirs are all things that are difficult to buy even with immortal coins.
"No, I don't have that elixir."
Gu Zheng shook his head, and then said: "I will cook and practice food for you, and use food practice to complete what I said."
"Food repair?"
The old woman was curious again, this was something she had never heard of before.
"Yes, you may not understand, but as long as you know that it works, I will cook for you now, and you can have a good rest. Don't try to recover during the period before taking the food repair, otherwise
It may have bad effects." Gu Zheng said.
"Okay, listen to my benefactor!"
Although she still didn't understand why, looking at Gu Zheng's affirmative eyes, the old woman still felt it was very credible.
No longer caring about the old woman and the Lingzhu, Gu Zheng went to the stone room and immediately started cooking.
To fulfill what he said to the old woman, the first thing Gu Zheng had to do was to heal her injuries and cook a special recipe for her injuries.
Although Gu Zheng's current source of the Five Elements has not completely turned into the spirit of the Five Elements, and his Tao Eye has not yet been opened, so cooking and food cultivation will be more troublesome. However, the grass that helped the old woman heal the injury is still the food cultivation.
, it is still within the scope of cooking in Guzheng.
To cook the grass for the old woman, you need a total of fifteen kinds of ingredients, and the lowest grade ingredients are all medium. Two of them are particularly special, one is the high-grade ingredient starfish, and the other is the colorful jellyfish.
These two ingredients are obtained from the treasure chest of the big demon, and Gu Zheng himself does not have them. Without these two ingredients, Gu Zheng is not sure that he can cure the old woman's inner elixir damage.
Gu Zheng used six processing methods for the fifteen kinds of ingredients. Since he did not have the Eye of Tao, it took him more than half an hour to process the fifteen kinds of ingredients.
After preliminarily processing the fifteen kinds of ingredients, Gu Zheng put the pot on the fire, added water, and put in the four kinds of ingredients that required cold water. Then he controlled the temperature at the appropriate level with the fire control trick and started cooking.
stand up.
The smell of herbs quickly filled the pot. To be honest, the smell was not pleasant, on the contrary, it was a bit pungent.
Gu Zheng was cooking and practicing in the stone room. He did not impose any restrictions, so the smell was also smelled by Lingzhu and the old woman. They were curious and came together to stand at the door.
Seeing Gu Zheng concentrating on using his immortal power to activate the flames, neither the old woman nor Lingzhu said anything, but their brows furrowed.
The old woman is also an expert in refining elixirs, and she has been exposed to Lingzhu since she was a child. Therefore, she looked at the old woman with questioning eyes, because in her knowledge, the taste of medicinal materials may be very strange, but it will never taste like
If there is such a pungent smell now, then it is most likely poison.
Facing Lingzhu's questioning look, the old woman shook her head and smiled to indicate that she was overthinking it. Although she also wondered why the smell of the medicine was so pungent, she believed that Gu Zheng was definitely not refining any poison.
Although Gu Zheng did not look back, he also knew that the old woman and Lingzhu had been attracted by the smell of the medicine. They must be very curious when they were standing at the door.
"The smell of the medicine is very pungent. This is caused by the incompatibility of some medicinal materials. The medicine at this time is indeed poison."
Gu Zheng knew that the old woman was good at elixirs, so he took the initiative to talk about their doubts.
"ah?"
Lingzhu's eyes widened. Gu Zheng said it was poison, and her heart immediately clenched tightly.
"Although this is poison, it is only temporary."
When Gu Zheng finished speaking, he put another ingredient in, and then changed the intensity of the fire. In just a few breaths, the original pungent medicinal smell disappeared, and the medicinal smell that replaced it was very pure, and even had a fragrant smell.
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"It's amazing! If I read it correctly, the thing that the benefactor put into the pot just now should be sea banana, right? This sea banana itself is also highly toxic. This poisonous thing can actually make people's nose pungent.
The smell of the medicine has become clearer, which is really incredible!"
It is precisely because the old woman is also good at elixirs that she is very surprised. She can recognize poison through smell. The pungent smell just now is indeed poisonous, and sea banana fruit is indeed poison. Poison plus poison, unexpectedly
Make the smell non-toxic! If this thing was not made by Gu Zhan, then she would definitely suspect that the thing in the pot must be poison, and it was a very high-level poison, which was beyond her scope of identification.
"There is a fine line between poison and poison. If you use it correctly, it is medicine, and if you use it wrongly, it is poison. The reason why these things in the pot make you feel magical is because they are somewhat similar to alchemy, but different.
There is a way, it is called the way of eating.”
While Gu Zheng was talking, he put in several more ingredients, and the intensity of the fire also took on new changes.
"The Way of Eating."
The old woman murmured, and then said: "Although everything has a way, this is the first time I have heard of the way of eating."
"When you really taste the food cultivation I do, you will be impressed by the magic of food."
Gu Zheng smiled slightly, stirred in the pot with a spoon, and scooped out some foam and other things. Without the help of the Eye of Tao, it was really troublesome to do these things just by feeling. However, this time,
Gu Zheng is very familiar with the characteristics of the ingredients used in cooking. It only takes a little effort when cooking, but there is no chance of making mistakes.
“It smells so good!”
As the cooking process continued, and the ingredients were added one by one by Gu Zheng, there was finally a good smell that made Lingzhu couldn't help but sigh.
"It's very fragrant. It doesn't really smell like medicine, it really tastes like food!" the old woman said with bright eyes.
"Does this smell good?"
Gu Zheng frowned. He really didn't realize how fragrant the smell was at this time. Moreover, because it was grass-fed food, many of the ingredients added were toxic, even if it would change as the cooking process continued.
It will become more and more fragrant, but in the end it will not appear in its most fragrant form.
"It really smells good, doesn't my benefactor think so?"
Lingzhu widened his eyes and looked at Gu Zheng in disbelief.
"This smells really good, more tempting than any food I've ever smelled!"
The old woman's voice paused, and then she added in embarrassment: "I have been to the mortal world very rarely in my life, and even less to the Lingzhu. The rare and strange things make my benefactor laugh!"
"Well, actually, the current fragrance is similar to the fragrance of the chef's specialty dishes in a restaurant. It will be even more fragrant later."
After hearing what Gu Zheng said, Lingzhu and the old woman were mentally prepared. When the fragrance became more and more intense, the two of them just took deep breaths and swallowed saliva, but they did not express any incredible emotions.
Finally, after half an hour of cooking, Gu Zheng's Cao Huan Shi Xiu finally came out of the pot. All the ingredients had been boiled, and the food in the pot was light red and translucent. It was stirred with a spoon.
Sometimes, it feels like maltose.
Gu Zheng handed the filled food repair to the old woman, and then said: "After taking the food repair, the medicinal effect will repair your damaged inner alchemy. The process may be a bit strange, so just don't resist."
"no problem."
The old woman responded hurriedly, picked up the food and started eating. While waiting, she couldn't remember how many times she swallowed.
"Um?"
As soon as the food was eaten, the old woman's eyes lit up. She had imagined the various flavors of food, but she never expected that it would be as sweet as nectar.
"Grandma, is it delicious?"
Lingzhu looked at the old woman eagerly. If this was not medicine, she must have asked the old woman to let her have a taste.
"It's delicious. It's actually sweeter than the nectar of anemone flowers. It melts in your mouth!"
The old woman no longer cared about saying anything more to Lingzhu. She quickly sucked the food in the bowl into her mouth. The look on her face was very intoxicating, and one could see how much she enjoyed it.
The bowl of food was quickly finished by the old woman. She licked her lips and smiled sheepishly at Gu Zheng and Lingzhu.
The old woman who had smiled was about to say something, but the effect of the food repair medicine had turned into a cold current, heading towards her inner elixir like a living thing.
The old woman was shocked. If Gu Zheng hadn't reminded her before, she would have resisted in the face of this sudden cold wave.
"Don't panic, let go of your guard."
After hearing Gu Zheng's reminder again, the old woman quickly sat down cross-legged, letting go of her guard and letting the medicine take effect easily.
Seeing that the effect of Shixiu had begun to repair the old woman's inner elixir, Gu Zheng also sat down cross-legged to rest.
The spirit bead can look inside other people's bodies, so she can see the situation inside the old woman's body directly with her eyes. She saw something like an air current surrounding the old woman's inner alchemy and was repairing it. She couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
magic.
As the medicine repaired the old woman's inner elixir, black energy began to emerge from the old woman's body. This was not a bad situation, but the old woman's inner elixir was originally black, and the black energy that emerged was not the inner elixir.
Instead of the energy spilling out, it becomes like a scab forming when a wound heals.
The medicine's effect on repairing the inner elixir continued. When the black air no longer appeared on the old woman's body, beads of sweat began to roll down her face. This process was considered the most painful step in repairing the inner elixir. Because
, the old woman's inner alchemy was actually quite seriously injured, and she was already helpless about it. Although the food cultivator could repair her inner alchemy, some pain was inevitable in the reconstruction of the damage.
After about a cup of tea, the painful expression on the old woman's face disappeared and was replaced by a feeling of comfort similar to that after a drunken meal.
Lingzhu, who was watching from the sidelines, was truly relieved at this time. During the most painful step for the old woman, she was really worried about whether the old woman's already damaged inner elixir could withstand the effects of the medicine.
The fierce reconstruction. If it cannot withstand it, destruction will be waiting for it. Once the inner alchemy is destroyed, if she wants to follow the old lady again, it can only be in a dream.
The comfortable feeling disappeared from the old woman's face. The repair process of the inner elixir has been completed. At this time, the flaws caused by the damage to her inner elixir can no longer be seen in the internal vision. It is as smooth as ever, shining brighter than pearls.
Want a radiant luster.
"Thank you benefactor!"
The old woman stood up and bowed to Gu Zheng to thank her.
Knowing that the old woman was quite polite, Gu Zheng accepted her courtesy.
"This is the first step. Let your inner alchemy return to normal first, and then I will raise your cultivation level. Make a note of it and stabilize your current state first. I will cook the second food for you in two days.
Repair." Gu Zheng said.
"Everything depends on the benefactor!"
After seeing the magic of the first food practice, the old woman also began to look forward to the second food practice.
