Seeing that Gu Zheng still had no intention of giving up his love for twenty-five Huangxian coins, the old Taoist gritted his teeth and said: "What about thirty Huangxian coins!"
Gu Zheng smiled. Although Lao Dao didn't say the reason why he hadn't bought Qingyun Root before, he could already see from Lao Dao's gritted teeth that he wanted to buy it cheaply, but missed the opportunity and had to spend a lot of money to buy it.
The guy who bought it back.
Qingyungen is not a necessity for Gu Zheng. Seeing the old Taoist's remorseful look, Gu Zheng said: "I don't intend to sell it, but if there are good things from fellow Taoists, we can make an exchange."
The old man was stunned: "Good thing? What good thing?"
"There are three types of inner elixirs for spirit beasts above the spirit demon realm: wood, earth, and gold."
Gu Zheng said what he needed, and he felt that the old man might have it. After all, the function of the inner elixir was basically to refine elixirs, and the old man was an alchemist.
"Fellow Taoist, are you kidding me? These three kinds of inner elixirs you mentioned are not things that can be bought with just one Blue Immortal coin!" the old Taoist frowned.
"It's true, but if you have these three inner elixirs, I can exchange them with you for other resources!" Gu Zheng said.
"What resources do you have?" asked the old Taoist.
"First tell me how many inner elixirs you have!" Gu Zheng said.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The old Taoist smiled: "Since fellow Taoist don't want to talk first, how about we go to the small shop on the corner and order some fried cakes to eat and chat while we chat? The fried cakes in Lingcheng today are the best!"
"sure!"
Gu Zheng also laughed, since this veteran would drool when talking about fried cakes, then everything would be easy to handle.
Following the old path, Gu Zheng arrived at a small shop on the corner of the street. This shop mainly sells some breakfast snacks, among which fried cakes and seaweed egg drop soup are the most famous.
The old man had no intention of treating anyone, so he ordered four fried cakes for himself, plus a bowl of seaweed and egg drop soup, which he ate deliciously.
Although it is a famous snack bar in Tianling City, the snacks in it are not eye-catching, but since they are already sitting at other people's tables, it would not look good if they don't order some food, so he also ordered some fried food.
Cake and seaweed egg drop soup.
Gu Zheng didn't even taste it. Gu Zheng waited for the old Taoist to speak. Lingzhu and Yunqing tasted a little out of curiosity, but after eating the delicious food made by Gu Zheng, their mouths became very greedy, and they would soon taste it.
The fried cakes and seaweed soup were put down.
"Eh? Why don't you eat it? Isn't it delicious?" The oily-mouthed old man was confused.
"Is this also delicious?" Lingzhu said with some disdain.
"Young people are really ignorant. I have been to many cities and tasted many delicacies, but the fried cakes and seaweed egg drop soup in this store are really outstanding!"
After the old man finished speaking, he took another big bite of the fried cake, closed his eyes and chewed it intoxicatedly.
"It's a pity that you have never tasted the delicious food made by my husband. Only if you do, you will know what a real masterpiece is!" Lingzhu shook his head.
"gentlemen?"
The old Taoist was puzzled by this title at first, then looked at Gu Zheng and said, "What, my fellow Taoist is actually good at cooking?"
"I'm really good at cooking. If you have enough inner elixirs there, I can also make delicious food for you."
"Well!"
Gu Zheng's words made the old man who was drinking soup find it very difficult because he almost spit out the soup.
"Fellow Taoist, are you kidding me? We use silver to eat, but we use cultivation resources such as immortal coins for transactions!" the old Taoist said seriously.
"No kidding, the food I cook does require fairy coins or resources to pay for it!"
Gu Zheng spoke equally seriously. Looking at the seriousness in his eyes, the old Taoist frowned slowly: "Fellow Taoist, are you from Qingfeng City?"
"How do you know?" Gu Zheng also frowned.
"Are you the head chef of Jixiang Xiaozhu?" The old Taoist's eyes widened.
"That's right, it's you, fellow Taoist,"
"Ha ha!"
The old man suddenly laughed and looked at Gu Zheng up and down, as if he had seen a treasure.
"This is really a coincidence, it's fate, it's fate! Pindao has been to Qingfeng City before, and he knows how famous Jixiang Xiaozhu is there. He also heard from residents in the city that the dishes made by the chef there are considered to be gods.
My mouth watered when I smelled it! But it was a pity that I had urgent matters when I went to Qingfeng City, and the residents said that you, the chief chef, was not in Jixiang Xiaozhu, so I didn’t go. Later, I always thought
I have time to visit Jixiang Xiaozhu, but I have never had free time. I didn't expect to meet you here today!" The old Taoist looked very excited.
"Ha ha!"
Hearing what the veteran said, Gu Zheng also laughed. This was indeed a very coincidental thing.
"Since Taoist friends want to taste the food I cook, how about we exchange the delicious food for the inner elixir?" Gu Zheng said.
"Fellow Taoist, please stop joking. Although Pindao also thinks that Taoist Taoist's cooking must be unique, food is just food after all, so how can it be exchanged for resources?" Lao Dao shook his head.
"Fellow Taoists think this way because they have never seen food that can be exchanged for resources."
Gu Zheng's voice paused, and then he said: "When Taoist friend went to Jixiang Xiaozhu, I happened to go out on business. After I went back, I have made changes to Jixiang Xiaozhu. From now on, it will only be used for cultivating immortals."
The things I use in exchange for my business are fairy coins and various resources. In addition, fellow Taoists don’t know enough about the way of eating. The food I cook is not ordinary food. There is a way in it. Eat
In order to increase the immortal power, the ingredients used are not those commonly seen by fellow Taoists."
Looking at Gu Zheng with his head tilted, the old Taoist spoke again: "I still feel that food cannot be exchanged for inner elixirs!"
"Let's put it this way, just like the seaweed egg drop soup and fried cakes on the table, I can make the same portion for fellow Taoist. If you feel satisfied after eating, then you can give me three Spirit Demon Stage coins.
How good is the wood-type inner elixir?"
"you……"
Gu Zheng's words made the old man's eyes widen as big as an ox. He really wanted to scold Gu Zheng. Four fried cakes plus a bowl of seaweed and egg drop soup, Gu Zheng actually wanted to charge him the equivalent of five blue fairy coins.
The inner elixir, this is not an ordinary black heart!
"Dark, so dark!"
"Yes, it is indeed black!"
“I can’t imagine what kind of fried cakes and seaweed egg drop soup have such value!”
"Is it so profitable to be a cook these days? If that's the case, we might as well become cooks, and why are we cultivating immortals?"
Since there was no sound transmission between Gu Zheng and the others, other diners around him could also hear their conversation. The old Taoist was embarrassed to say that he was evil-hearted, but some diners who couldn't stand it couldn't help but sneer at him.
"Let's eat your fried cake, what else do you want to talk about?" Lingzhu said.
"What? Why hasn't Hei been told yet?"
"Just tell me what happened?"
Two of the diners who had been sarcastic before stood up.
The two people standing up were a middle-aged man and woman. They were not sitting at the same table. They were also wearing different sect clothes and belonged to two sects within Tianling City.
"you,"
Reaching out his hand to stop Lingzhu from saying something, Gu Zheng's smiling eyes swept over those who had ridiculed them.
"Don't talk nonsense when you haven't personally experienced some things, otherwise you will appear to be ignorant if you say the wrong thing! We are all cultivators, do you think it is interesting for me to talk big words? What I said is as long as this fellow Taoist is not satisfied.
Then he doesn’t need to pay me the inner elixir.”
Gu Zheng's words were irrefutable, and the two people who originally stood up felt even more shameless.
"Fellow Taoist, promise him!"
"Yes, look at the fried cakes he makes!"
The middle-aged man and woman who stood up said one sentence each.
"Fellow Taoist, are you sure that if what you do doesn't satisfy me, I don't need to pay you, right?"
Regarding Gu Zheng, Lao Dao's mentality has changed from his previous favorable impression to disgust. He has made up his mind that even if Gu Zheng's food is delicious, he will say it is not delicious.
"Yes, that's what it looks like." Gu Zheng smiled.
"Okay, Pindao agreed. Don't add any more rules. We will just follow what you said. If I'm not satisfied, I don't need to reward you with the inner elixir!" the old Taoist said seriously.
"How is that possible? You must at least swear an oath to prove that what you say is not against your will!" Master Yun Qing said.
Indeed, Master Yunqing's request was not excessive. If Lao Dao agreed, he would need to tell the truth. This made Lao Tao give Master Yun Qing a hard look.
"unnecessary!"
Gu Zheng stood up with a smile, took out a large handful of gold from his storage bracelet and gave it to the fried cake seller: "I'll lend you this treasure!"
"Excuse me, Immortal!"
The boss happily accepted the money and praised Gu Zhengkang in his heart! This is gold, not silver. Even if he sells fried cakes in Tianling City for several months, he may not be able to earn so much.
"Sir, do you really don't need the inner demon oath?"
Lingzhu couldn't help but speak. When Gu Zheng said that there was no need for the Heart Demon Oath, the people next to him booed. Everyone could tell that they were laughing at Gu Zheng's stupidity.
"Aren't you confident in your husband's cooking skills? If this Taoist friend really wants to speak against his will, then he will lose the chance of my cooking skills in the future. I think Taoist friend, he will naturally know clearly what is more important."
What Gu Zheng said to Lingzhu was met with a scornful reaction from the old Taoist. Since he didn't even need to swear an oath from the demons in his heart, he had to make Gu Zheng pay a price for his self-confidence.
The shop that originally had a small number of people is now packed with people because of the agreement between Gu Zheng and Lao Dao. There are even people on the street asking what happened in the shop.
"Look! Let's all enjoy the excitement. This can be regarded as a promotion for my extremely fragrant building."
Gu Zheng has already taken out the kitchen utensils and ingredients. He is going to make seaweed egg drop soup and fried cakes.
Traditional seaweed and egg drop soup requires a total of three ingredients, seaweed, eggs and dried shrimps.
Traditional fried cakes require a total of five ingredients, eggs, flour, pork, green onions and sesame seeds.
The seaweed egg drop soup and fried cakes that Gu Zheng makes are naturally different from the traditional ones. In terms of ingredients alone, the ingredients used by Gu Zheng are of average quality at the lowest. However, you get what you pay for, and the highest quality
The quality of ingredients is only average.
"Fellow Taoist, the ingredients you brought out are different from those used in the store to make fried cakes and seaweed egg drop soup!"
Even if the Taoist is not a chef, he can still tell that it is unusual, just like the incense and pork, they look much prettier than the ordinary ones, and there is an indescribable feeling inside.
"Isn't this nonsense? If I use the ingredients in the store to give you fried cakes and seaweed egg drop soup, how can I exchange them for resources?"
Gu Zheng rolled his eyes at Lao Dao. He understood that Lao Dao was blinded by his desire to win and actually said such childish words.
"To be able to exchange resources, in addition to good cooking skills, the ingredients must also be good! Of course, using the ingredients in the store, I can also make delicious fried cakes and seaweed egg drop soup, but the fried cakes and seaweed egg drop soup
Flower soup has not yet reached the level where fellow Taoists can speak without going against their will."
"No way! I always say whatever I want, so how can I say something against my will?"
Gu Zheng's words made the old Taoist become very serious, but his seriousness could not hide his slight blush.
Ignoring Lao Dao, Gu Zheng began to quickly process the ingredients.
"Lao Liu, how do you make your seaweed and egg drop soup?"
Seeing Gu Zheng's strange way of handling ingredients, he even grilled the seaweed over charcoal fire, which made the old Taoist couldn't help but ask the owner of the shop.
"First boil the chicken soup. After the chicken soup is boiled, put the seaweed and dried shrimps into the soup and cook for a while, then add the eggs." Old Liu said.
"It sounds simple, but why does it taste so good? Have your seaweed been roasted?" the old Taoist asked again.
"No, I have never made seaweed and egg drop soup with roasted seaweed. The secret to why my seaweed and egg drop soup tastes so good is the chicken soup."
When Lao Liu's voice fell, the entire store was filled with the sound of deep sniffing. An indescribable fragrance came from the roasted seaweed, and the seaweed that originally looked dry turned out to be as if it was roasted by Gu Zheng.
It's like they are full of water! What's even more exaggerated is that they actually stood up slightly, just like in the sea, swaying with the waves.
“It smells so good!”
"Is seaweed so fragrant when roasted? It seems that I will try roasting some seaweed sometime!"
"Don't expect your roasted seaweed to have such a fragrance. The seaweed used by others is not ordinary seaweed!"
"Yes! Moreover, when people roast seaweed, they also use fire magic and water magic."
"It's interesting. If you use magic in cooking, maybe the food he makes will be really delicious!"
As the aroma of roasted seaweed filled the air, discussions began to ring out around the place.
After the seaweed was roasted, Gu Zheng put water into the pot, and then used the fire control technique to stimulate the fire. After the water boiled, Gu Zheng first put the shrimp skin into the pot.
The water control trick acts on the shrimp skin, and the shrimp skin quickly becomes plump, swimming like a living thing in boiling water, and at the same time, a fresh fragrance also rises.
After boiling the shrimp skin for a while, Gu Zheng added the roasted seaweed, took out a bottle, and poured the white paste like grease into the pot.
"Fellow Taoist, what did you pour into the pot? Lao Liu doesn't use such weird stuff when making seaweed and egg drop soup!" Lao Tao spoke again.
"First of all, this is not something weird, this is my husband's homemade 'soup paste'. Secondly, this is my husband making seaweed and egg drop soup, not Lao Liu!" Lingzhu gave Lao Tao a roll of his eyes.
"The seaweed and egg drop soup made by Lao Liu contains honey chicken soup, and the seaweed and egg drop soup I made uses a secret soup paste. Is this a strange thing?" With the same expression as Lingzhu, Gu Zhengye also
He gave the old man a roll of his eyes.
"hey-hey!"
The old Taoist smiled. In fact, when Gu Zheng took out the kitchen utensils and ingredients, he was already worried that the food Gu Zheng cooked would be delicious. If that was the case, he would be very embarrassed in front of everyone.
He was said to be ignorant, and he didn't know how to face the ridicule of the Gu Zheng group.
"this,"
The old Taoist, who had a sneer on his face just now, opened his eyes wide the next moment, because an indescribable aroma rose from the pot. The old Taoist had never smelled such a fragrant smell in his life.
“It smells so good!”
"Oh my God, I feel like I want to drool!"
"What is the soup paste he added to the pot? How come it is so delicious after being stimulated by water magic?"
“I feel like I’m going to learn a lot this time!”
"It smells so good, I really want to taste what this soup tastes like!"
The discussion among the people became more intense, including the middle-aged man and woman who had expressed dissatisfaction before.
However, these people are okay. After all, they are immortal cultivators and have good self-control. However, the shop owner, Lao Liu, could not help but swallowed loudly.
"Old Liu, can you still be promising? Thank you for being able to make delicious seaweed and egg drop soup!"
With the help of talking about Lao Liu, Lao Dao swallowed his saliva without any trace. He was already fond of delicious food, and among this group of immortal cultivators, he should be considered the one with the weakest resistance to delicious food.
"Gudong!"
Since he was found to have swallowed his saliva, Lao Liu simply broke the jar and swallowed loudly again. In fact, the sound of Lao Liu's swallowing saliva was not very loud, but the hearing of immortal cultivators is too keen.
"Xianchang, I don't want to swallow my saliva like this, but I really can't help it! You said I can make delicious seaweed and egg drop soup, but I think the seaweed and egg drop soup I make is different from what Xianchang makes.
Comparing it, it’s almost like I can’t even carry shoes!”
After all, Lao Liu is a chef. By smelling it, he can already imagine how delicious this pot of seaweed and egg drop soup is.
Ignoring what everyone was talking about, I put aside the ancient debate between the Water Control Technique and the Fire Control Technique, and started preparing to make fried cakes.
The noodles used for fried cakes are hot noodles. Gu Zheng had already blanched the noodles before, and the fillings had been chopped and marinated. What he had to do now was to turn these processed ingredients into golden fried cakes.
Putting oil in the pot and burning it, Gu Zheng took out a jade bottle, poured some sauce-red paste into the Xianggu meat filling, and then wrapped the fried cakes with smooth movements.
"Fellow Taoist, what did you put in the stuffing again?"
Lao Dao is now a little worried about Gu Zheng's adding of materials. He feels that his chances of winning, which were originally low, are getting smaller and smaller with Gu Zheng's adding of materials.
"This is my homemade sauce, is there anything wrong with it?" Gu Zheng asked.
Sauce paste is different from soup paste. It has a strong fragrance as soon as it is poured out, causing the sound of deep sniffing to start again.
"Where are the fellow Taoists who were originally on my side?"
The old man looked at the people watching with a sad face. He really hoped that someone could stand up and speak to him.
"Hey, you, don't you want all this now? Are you inviting fellow Taoists here openly?"
Lingzhu shaved his face with his hands, teasing the old man who no longer had an old face.
The old Taoist didn't care at all about Lingzhu's teasing. He felt that he was about to go crazy because of the aroma in the store. He obviously yearned for delicious food, but for some reason, he had to do something against his will. This was really a strange situation.
What a torture!
The old Taoist's eyes, almost looking for a savior, finally landed on the middle-aged man and woman from before.
