Chapter 962: Chapter 55: Astonishing Cuisine
Immortal Realm.
Zhongluan Domain, Chongshan City.
The next morning, the sun was shining brightly.
The first ray of light hit the streets of the marketplace, and various shops lifted their shutters, starting to shout for business.
"Breakfast, delicious and affordable mille-feuille," an old man shouted.
A beautiful stall owner, smiling broadly, called out:
"Soup dumplings as delicate and smooth as a maiden’s skin, so thin and translucent you can see the soup inside!"
...
It didn’t seem much different from the mortal world.
Ning Zheng walked down the street, looking at those soup dumplings, like a spring of clear water wrapped inside, giving a sense of beauty. Unconsciously, he sat down at the stall, "Boss, one steamer of soup dumplings, please."
"Sure." The smiling beautiful stall owner walked over.
Ning Zheng ate the dumplings, only feeling that the skin was thin, the filling was ample, and the soup was delicious, the best food he had ever eaten in his life.
"No wonder it’s the Immortal Realm."
"The culinary culture is so developed that compared to the food of immortals, what we had before was pig swill."
Ning Zheng sat at the street stall, observing the marketplace, feeling the thick earthy vibe, immediately getting a real sense of the Immortal Realm.
The Immortal Realm is not lofty, but also grounded, just like the blacksmiths said:
It’s like the streets of major cities, and the locals eat, drink, and sleep, and even build numerous city towers, renting them cheaply to miners from outside the city.
"The civilization is strong, so nations come to pay tribute, and there are foreign lands everywhere admiring and offering tributary states."
Ning Zheng sighed softly, and his gaze fell on a store not far away, [Taoism Golden Core].
Click!
Not far away, the door of that shop just opened.
Jiucai Rong opened a crack, then closed the door again, looking around, clearly out for breakfast before opening.
Ning Zheng almost forgot.
Now, Jiucai Rong, the painter who has awakened to become immortal, can’t just eat dirt anymore.
Perhaps great minds think alike.
Jiucai Rong heard the beautiful stall owner’s shout, went to the shop diagonally across the street, and asked, "Boss, how much for the soup dumplings?"
"Oh, isn’t this the golden core merchant from yesterday? For others, it’s one lower grade immortal stone per steamer. For you... no charge, it’s free."
The beautiful woman smiled broadly, "We’re all neighbors, so I’ll treat you."
Jiucai Rong smiled, "That’s great, the boss knows how to do business. We neighborhood businesses should support each other more."
Soon, steaming dumplings were brought out.
The beautiful stall owner couldn’t help but make small talk, laughing, "Do you need a Tao companion, customer? How about me?"
Jiucai Rong: "..."
When I was a miner, she wanted me as a live-in son-in-law, and now outside, she still wants me?
The beautiful stall owner seemed to see through his thoughts:
"Customer, you look like a hero who ascended from the lower realm. The great waves sift through the sands; those who come up are all gold, so many people like that."
Jiucai Rong suddenly understood.
No wonder those people in the miner district tried various ways to recruit miners as live-in sons-in-law.
Those who ascend are all tested in mind and means.
Even the lowest disaster-resistant ones are elder-level, backbone figures for the lowest sects.
The beautiful woman was still boldly selling herself, wiping her greasy hands on her apron:
"I’m a decent girl, looking for support... After all, cultivation is hard, and for a great hero like you, traveling as an itinerant merchant... alone, lacking a partner and support."
"The girls in our Zhongluan Domain are very sought after; many people come here to marry."
"Our physique is special, and being a Tao companion offers an extraordinary experience. Even many Immortal Venerates have consorts from Zhongluan Domain."
Jiucai Rong was speechless.
Telling me this nonsense?
Damn it.
There are so many chaotic methods in the Immortal Realm, gathering endless civilizations, there’s surely a way.
Sooner or later, I’ll find a way to restore a man’s dignity.
However, having been here for just two days, Jiucai Rong already felt the prosperity and strength of Zhongluan Domain.
Their confidence is evident in all fields!
First, they are the Immortal Realm’s recognized number one in forging materials.
Second, their women are the acknowledged best Tao companions in the Immortal Realm.
Some even proclaim: If one does not marry a Zhongluan, their claimed heroism is in vain.
These aspects are a treasure mountain, perfectly suitable as a "slave" with exploitable potential, yet even the neighboring friends’ system hasn’t set their eyes on them...
Sufficient to prove they have incredible self-preservation capabilities!
"Yours is truly a powerful civilization."
Jiucai Rong politely declined the sales pitch from the beautiful stall owner, "But sorry, I’m not lacking a Tao companion at the moment."
Chongshan Fang also showed a bit of regret. She had waited so long and finally met someone who seemed suitable, but he didn’t fancy her.
Her surname is Chongshan, but she has no connection to the main lineage of the Chongshan Family.
There must have been blood ties in the past.
But after countless ten thousand years of proliferation, only the surname remains connected; seventy percent of the city’s population shares the surname Chongshan.
Jiucai Rong asked, "By the way, what’s your profession? These dumplings taste good."
Chongshan Fang smiled, bright and radiant, "I’m not good at combat. I mastered an upper-grade Yin Series Illusionary Divine Power, mainly making gourmet food, earning some money through a shop."
Not everyone is combat-oriented; it costs too much to throw money into it.
Plus, it’s high risk and easy to die suddenly.
For ordinary families, investing resources to nurture a powerhouse stably is best.
Becoming a combat cultivator might soar, but more likely abruptly vanish, generations of family investments gone, who can accept it?
Small families’ resources can typically sustain only two descendants, with no room for gambling.
"A cultivator specializing in gourmet food?"
Jiucai Rong had a thoughtful look:
"Indeed, your food makes one feel like ascending, not just glowing like my golden core when the steamer opens."
"After eating the dumpling, I even had illusions."
"I seemed to see myself swimming under the sunny beach, shimmering, remembering my running under the sunset that year, and my lost youth."
Chongshan Fang laughed, "This isn’t an illusion. My soup dumplings, after eating, allow the body to experience beauty."
"The secret lies in the skin of the soup dumpling!"
"I’ve engraved food-type array patterns that uplift moods on my skin, used to make dumplings. One bite offers an unprecedented experience, something other civilizations can’t fathom."
"Perhaps you don’t know, we Zhongluan are the Immortal Realm’s number one culinary system; many Immortal Venerates have private chefs from Zhongluan."
Nearby, Ning Zheng was startled by what he heard.
Indeed, each giant in the Immortal Realm is not simple.
They have developed and extended various secondary professions to very distant places.
Jiucai Rong, at the stall, laughed and said, "I see. I have a bold idea, how about hiring you as my staff? I want to research Pill Medicine."
"Consuming a golden core, feeling as wonderful as eating your soup dumplings, like ascending, this would be hugely profitable!"
"Moreover, this golden core has sustainable time."
"Meaning, as the golden core spasms in the stomach, it can give a person a lasting dream, or a training experience, a life movie..."
"A golden core, a slice of life...not bad either."
He thought, he should employ a true Food God.
The magnificent Corpse-Colored Mushroom, grand debut!!
I’ll put drugs in it, let’s see who still thinks our golden core is toxic and tastes bad!
The potential of the golden core as a drug type is great; various similar products could be launched.
Jiucai is quite commercially insightful.
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