Early the next morning, the sky was still gloomy but there was no rain anymore. The door of Xiao Mansion was already wide open. A dozen neatly dressed servants were busy scrubbing and cleaning everywhere, trembling with fear.
Suddenly, the servants who were cleaning stopped what they were doing, stepped back one by one and stood at the wall, bowing their heads without even daring to breathe.
A young man in rich clothes walked out of it with long strides. The strange thing is that if there are people around him who happen to look at him, they will find that they can't see his face at all, as if he is suppressed by a natural power.
Forced.
The young man did not stop at the gate, but walked straight into the extremely luxurious and exquisite agarwood sedan, and then the bearer quickly lifted it up and walked as fast as flying.
About half an hour later, the sedan arrived directly in front of the inn where Sun Huo was staying without stopping. As soon as the curtain of the sedan was lifted, the young man walked out and looked up at the closed door that had not yet been opened to welcome guests, as if
After hesitating for a while, I finally made the decision to step forward and walk forward.
After just two or three steps, the door in front suddenly opened strangely, and the scene inside was immediately clear, which surprised the young man even more.
In the empty lobby, Sun Huozheng was sitting alone at one of the square tables. There were three or five side dishes and a bowl of white porridge in front of him, and he was having breakfast like a mortal.
"Brother Xiao, you're here really early. Do you want to come and have some breakfast? I think the pickles here taste quite refreshing and delicious." Sun Huo stood up and greeted him casually, as if he was the owner of this place.
See nothing outside.
The young man called "Brother Xiao" is naturally Xiao Zhuang. The small magic that used to hide his true appearance in front of mortals naturally cannot affect immortal cultivators like Sun Huo, and at the same time, his face unconsciously revealed
A hint of surprise and surprise.
After just one night, Xiao Zhuang intuitively told him that the person in front of him seemed to have changed, but he couldn't tell exactly where he had changed, and now was not the time to think about this issue in detail.
His forehead twitched, Xiao Zhuang smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Fellow Daoist Sun, you are a distinguished guest of Xianlai City. The people here are so courageous, they dare to take these vulgar things privately without informing them first.
I'm really ashamed of myself. I will definitely order someone to punish them for their rude behavior. Now, if you don't mind it, fellow Taoist, can you follow me to the Xiao Mansion to enjoy a real breakfast?
Make amends."
After hearing these words, Sun Huo frowned slightly subconsciously, feeling that Xiao Zhuang's reaction to him using breakfast here seemed to be too big.
"I'm serious, Brother Xiao. I ordered them to prepare these on a whim. You don't know this, and I specifically told not to spread the news. After all, it's just a breakfast, and it's not worthy of the attention of Brother Xiao."
Yes. In the past, I often went to get meals like this in the sect, and there were such simple and casual dishes."
"It seems that Fellow Daoist Sun was very diligent in personal cultivation in the past, and he didn't pay much attention to some things." Xiao Zhuang shrugged and walked forward, looking helpless as he looked at the food on the table.
"My Taoist friends have been cultivating in the sect for a long time. You should have heard more or less that we cultivators should be pure in heart and have few desires, and we should not ruin our Taoist character for mere desires. But why is the sect
There will also be additional restaurants and restaurants set up inside the gate, which distribute daily food to the many Qi-training monks every day and can exchange money for more exquisite and delicious dishes. Is it just because they are not able to practice fasting because they are not strong enough?"
This is indeed a small detail of the daily life of the immortal cultivators in Luoyun Sect. Sun Huo immediately realized that he had lived in the sect for several years, but he had never thought about the abnormality. If he followed the thinking of the secret guard, this was a
Undue negligence.
"Here, there is a saying among the common people, 'You never get tired of eating.' Have you ever heard of Fellow Taoist Sun?" Seeing Sun Huo's thoughtful expression, Xiao Zhuang quickly added another sentence. "I would like to hear the details. I also ask for Brother Xiao's advice." Sun Huo came back to his senses and looked like he was sincerely asking for advice.
"I'm sorry, Brother Sun. This is not something that needs to be kept secret. It's just that many people don't have time to take it into consideration even if they are aware of it. Only when the food is of high quality and exquisite, and cooked with the skill of a master chef, can the nutrients be released and nourished.
, making the physical body strong and everlasting, and the most famous one among them is naturally medicated diet. Although this is just a way for mortals to maintain health and longevity, and cannot be compared with the way of elixirs used by immortal cultivators, the spiritual roots are still in the physical body after all.
, daily nourishment with food is a practice that is better than nothing." After quickly looking at the polite man in front of him, Xiao Zhuang's eyes flashed with suspicion, but he immediately explained it concisely. p>
"So?" Sun Huo asked curiously, feeling as if Xiao Zhuang only said half of what he said.
"So, in the past, the daily food and clothing that fellow Taoists received in the sect were actually provided by the secular forces controlled by the sect and major families on a regular basis. Even if it was a steamed bun or a bowl of clear soup, the food and clothing used in it were
Ingredients are not comparable to the simple things in front of us. If you eat these meals for a long time without the skill of the chef and the exquisite heat, then not only will you not get nourishment, but it will be harmful. Of course, you can't see it at ordinary times.
, but over time there will eventually be some minor drawbacks."
"In addition, there are some rumors that some monks in ancient times even imitated ordinary chefs and created some delicacies based on the use of spiritual materials and rare treasures, so that people can enjoy the delicious food and improve their cultivation at the same time, not just swallowing
There are only medicinal pills. But, how could such a good thing happen? It's just a daydream of some immortal cultivators." At the end of the sentence, Xiao Zhuang shrugged with both hands, somewhat self-deprecating and not taking it seriously.
"So that's it, Sun has been taught a lesson." Sun Huo nodded towards Xiao Zhuang and expressed his gratitude. In fact, his heart was shocked by the explanation just now. He had never thought that among the aristocratic families,
Even a drink and a meal will be so particular, extending from the ordinary to the immortal cultivator. This kind of insight and understanding is not a level that I, a newly advanced foundation-building monk, can achieve in a short time. And the connection between the two
It is so close, and it is not just as simple as the protection of the upper and lower classes of immortals. It seems that yesterday's threat to make the Li family pay the price of a promise seemed too impulsive.
He didn't know that his explanation made Sun Huo think of so many things, but he mistakenly thought that these words made him feel ignorant and made him feel embarrassed and silent. Xiao Zhuang couldn't help but become a little nervous. Such a start was really not conducive to what he would talk about next.
Why did you come to visit so early?
"If you don't mind, Fellow Daoist Sun, I can order someone to deliver some breakfast now and comment on the cooking skills of the cook in my Xiao Mansion. How about this? You should think of it as an apology for spoiling your mood by being so abrupt." He hesitated for a moment.
, Xiao Zhuang asked tentatively.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao said he wanted to apologize, but this method is really rude." Just when Sun Huo opened his mouth and was about to respond, a familiar voice sounded out of thin air. The smile on Xiao Zhuang's face faltered, and he immediately became stiff.
Ji Hui turned around and saw a luxuriously decorated carriage stopping outside the inn door, and at the same time Bai Zifeng was walking down from it.
The fierce light in his eyes flashed away, but Xiao Zhuang did not open his mouth to refute anything. He knew that there must be something wrong with what he just said, but arguing in front of Sun Huo would definitely make his impression worse.
"This place is not very close to the Xiao Mansion. If we were summoned from there to come here earlier, not to mention the things that would be knocked over or spilled on the way, we would lose the fresh delicacies even during the rush time. How could we allow Fellow Daoist Sun to enjoy it?
I had a lot of fun." After unceremoniously exposing the flaw in Xiao Zhuang's words, Bai Zifeng turned to Sun Huo and invited with a smile.
"It's better to come early than to come by chance. It's rare to come to this city. I was just wondering if I could invite fellow Taoist Sun to have morning tea. I didn't expect that fellow Taoist Sun would have the same interest. I made a reservation at Baiyu Tower and invited fellow Taoist
How about a favor?"
Xiaozhuang, who was about to get angry because of this sarcastic and face-to-face act, suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face after hearing the name "Baiyulou", and then restrained himself and endured it.
"What Fellow Daoist Bai said is absolutely true, but I didn't think it through properly. I heard that the top floor of Baiyu Tower has a wide view, and you can enjoy the scenery of Xianlai City. Going to have morning tea at this time, I think it will be very elegant. If you don't mind, I can do it too.
Let’s go together with this thing?”
Seeing this situation, Sun Huo couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. He was neither blind nor deaf. Although he didn't know why, the two people in front of him were obviously more hostile to each other than yesterday, so much so that they couldn't even speak.
They didn't shy away from themselves. But the amazing thing was that the two of them actually reached an agreement on the final result. This really left no room for rejection.
After a few polite refusals, Sun Huo still did not reject the "enthusiasm" of the two people in front of him, and the three of them boarded Bai Zifeng's carriage and sped away.
Half an hour later, when Sun Huo was sitting in the distinguished guest's seat, facing a large table of morning tea prepared for immortal cultivators, he couldn't help but regret it.
In addition to dozens of dishes of exquisite snacks and fruits, there are also white fungus porridge, bird's nest porridge, honey porridge and other healthy porridge snacks. In addition, there are fist-sized soups, such as ginseng, pigeon soup, and five-flavor beef soup.
, red date, sand bone soup, etc. Although no one specifically introduced it to Sun Huo in detail, Sun Huo could smell more than a dozen familiar or unfamiliar smells when each item was brought through the door.
The mixture appeared. From this, he could also guess that just this small cup was a top-quality soup that could replenish energy, refresh the mind, and nourish the internal organs, which ordinary mortals could not afford.
There are even pastries and wheat flour steamed buns served on jade plates, which are even decorated with clean flower petals. Even before they are eaten, they look pleasing to the eye and increase appetite. But what Sun Huo can't figure out is what's going on.
How could we still find so many flowers after the heavy rain last night?
Such a large table of morning tea with various styles, and accompanied by two immortal cultivators with unknown intentions, one on the left and one on the right, made Sun Huo feel extremely constrained and unable to eat these rare things as usual.
It's delicious. But if you don't use anything here, it can't be justified. Looking around, Sun Huo finally saw something that didn't seem to be inconspicuous, and stretched out his hand to point to it.
Afterwards, a maid who was waiting at the side immediately came forward, carefully picked up a plain jade gold silk bowl, filled a small half of the bowl, and brought it to Sun Huo respectfully.
"Sir, please use it slowly."
Looking at the slightly nervous and timid face of the maid, Sun Huo suppressed the "Thank you" that was about to blurt out, and instead raised his hand indifferently to indicate to retreat. At this moment, he caught sight of it out of the corner of his eye.
The maid seemed relieved, but also seemed a little disappointed.
After hesitating for a moment, Sun Huo picked up the silver chopsticks he had prepared and picked up a chopstick of the white noodles he had just chosen.
As soon as he entered his mouth, he felt that the noodles were very chewy and smooth. After entering his stomach, his stomach felt warm, as if there was a surge of heat. It was far better than other noodles he had eaten in the sect before.
"Good noodles!" Sun Huo praised unconsciously.
"Brother Xiao really has a good eye. This is Baiyulou's unique signature 'Yujin Noodles'. It's not easy to make a reservation. Not only does the surface of this noodle look warm and white like jade, it tastes great, but more importantly, it's made
Dozens of kinds of medicinal materials are used in the noodles, and the essence is beaten and beaten carefully. The price of a noodle is as much as a gold thread of equal weight."
Bai Zifeng, who was holding a bowl of eight-bone soup and sipping it carefully, after listening to Sun Huo's praise, glanced at the contents of the bowl, immediately swallowed the soup in his mouth, and gave it to Sun with a smile.
Huo explained.
Xiao Zhuang frowned slightly, then acted as if he hadn't heard anything, and continued to take a sip of anemone and bird's nest porridge with a normal expression. As if he had been provoked before, he felt that Bai Zifeng was talking a bit too much at this moment, and he just wanted to wait and see the embarrassment.
Appear.
In fact, Xiao Zhuang's guess was correct. Bai Zifeng's words were like a shower of ice water, which dampened Sun Huo's newly aroused appetite. He had never eaten such extravagant food, and he really didn't know what kind of mood he should feel.
Come and enjoy it, especially since you have realized that the value of this morning tea can actually be said to be no less than the elixir used by Qi-training monks, and it is not something that an ordinary monk can afford to enjoy every day.
But it didn't take long for Sun Huo to figure it out and let go of his worries. He believed that the Xiao and Bai families would not come to cater to him for no reason. Instead of refusing people thousands of miles away without any reason, it would be better to accept it once.
"Good intentions" understand their true intentions, and you can't spit out the food you eat anyway.
With this thought, Sun Huo tasted several more interesting breakfast items without any courtesy, and also praised them again and again. This scene made Xiao Zhuang very depressed, but he could only chat with his smiling face. For a while, the table
The three people above seemed so friendly and kind, just like a gathering of young men from aristocratic families.
After half an hour, it was finally time for the morning tea to end. Several maids quickly cleared away all the delicacies on the table. Then a gentle middle-aged man came with a rosewood tray holding four teacups.
The attendant quickly stepped forward and personally served three cups of fragrant tea to Sun Huo and others.
"Sir, does the morning tea in this building taste good? If there is anything wrong, please point it out and I will order someone to make it again immediately."
Although this question was directed at the three distinguished guests at the table, Sun Huo noticed that the middle-aged people's somewhat eager but more nervous eyes were on him. At the same time, from the corner of his eye, he also glanced at the two people beside him.
Each of them reached out to pick up the tea cup and began to drink, as if ignoring the existence of the middle-aged man. This is not normal, but it also sends a signal that you need to deal with it yourself.