Chapter 119: Rice Porridge
After talking with Wang Xue’er for a while, Yu Nianzhen collected the letter and small bottle into his storage ring.
He then left the tent and returned to his own.
"You are finally back." Jiang Yue called as soon as Yu Nianzhen entered the tent.
"How was your cultivation?"
"Good." Jiang Yue smiled as he said this.
This time, he made a lot of progress on lullaby.
If not because he expected the task to start soon, he would have liked to cultivate for a while longer.
However, everything had its own time.
When they left the thousand herbs garden, Jiang Yue planned to seclude himself and practice for a while.
"Where were you?"
Yu Nianzhen didn’t hide anything and immediately told him everything he heard from Wang Xue’er.
"Was there such a relationship?" Jiang Yue muttered.
At first, they thought Wang Xue’er was looking for Yu Nianzhen due to something related to the sect or swordsmanship.
They didn’t expect Wang Xue’er was the disciple of master Yang’s fiancée.
However, they didn’t dwell on the relationship.
What mattered was the information she brought.
"What’s your plan?" Jiang Yue asked.
Like Yu Nianzhen, he knew ten years was barely enough to break through to the origin tempering realm.
That said, the first level could not compete with the mid, late, or peak levels of the origin tempering realm.
However, without a hundred or more years, it was difficult to reach the peak of the origin tempering realm.
"I have a thought. I will tell you about it when it’s fully formed."
"Alright, but don’t force yourself."
"Don’t worry."
"I am hungry."
"I will make something."
Yu Nianzhen smiled, rubbed Jiang Yue’s head, and then got busy.
When preparing for the secret realm, the two had made plans for cooking.
These plans included a firestone that could be used in place of fire, utensils, ingredients, and some spices.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen removed the firestone and several items from the storage ring.
Although it was called a stone, the firestone was a rectangular block.
It was half a metre long, thirty centimetres wide, and an inch thick.
Yu Nianzhen placed it on the ground and injected some qi into it.
Within moments, the grey firestone turned red, and waves of heat emanated from it.
"What do you want to eat?" He asked the other while placing a pot of water on the firestone.
"Rice porridge with meat."
"Rice porridge?"
Yu Nianzhen was surprised to hear this request.
More often than not, Jiang Yue preferred roasted meats and vegetables.
It was rare to want rice porridge.
"I am feeling a little nostalgic."
When he heard that, Yu Nianzhen did not continue asking.
On earth, Jiang Yue enjoyed eating rice porridge prepared by mother Jiang.
Although mother Jiang did not cook a lot, she was always ready to do it when Jiang Yue was sick or tired.
Now that Jiang Yue wanted rice porridge, Yu Nianzhen immediately understood the other was missing his mother.
Without a word, he rubbed his hair again and then began to prepare the rice porridge.
He adjusted the amount of water in the pot and added three cups of rice.
This rice looked like ordinary rice, but it was anything but.
After they began to cultivate, cultivators could eat mortal food, but such food contained a lot of impurities.
If they wanted to avoid the impurities, they could only purchase the spiritual ingredients planted by wood-type cultivators.
This spirit rice was one such food.
Although it was only the most common type of spirit rice, the grains were more than a hundred times purer than mortal rice.
"Which meat do you prefer?" Yu Nianzhen asked after he closed the pot lid to let the rice cook.
"We still have a lot of sea beast meat; we can use that."
"Good."
Yu Nianzhen removed a large shrimp from one of the storage bags and began to prepare the meat.
After that, he prepared a few vegetables and seasonings, which went into the pot as time passed.
When the food was ready, he served two huge bowls and placed them between them.
"Eat slowly, don’t burn yourself."
"Yes, mum."
Jiang Yue rolled his eyes, but his heart was warm.
Soon after, all the rice porridge was eaten, and Jiang Yue lay on the ground happily.
"Your craftsmanship has gotten better again."
"It’s my honour that my young master likes it."
Jiang Yue chuckled, and a smile curved his lips for the next short while.
"Do you plan to continue cultivating?" He asked.
"En." Yu Nianzhen answered.
After listening to Wang Xue’er, he always had a sense of urgency.
He felt like he shouldn’t waste a moment because every moment of the next ten years was precious.
"Have you checked the space?"
Now that he heard the question, Yu Nianzhen realised he hadn’t.
He removed the jade box and did a quick scan.
A moment later, he threw one hundred thousand spirit stones into the box and frowned.
He then passed the jade box to Jiang Yue, who also frowned when he saw the situation.
"We need to earn spirit stones." Jiang Yue said and returned the box.
"En."
Since the brown stone was planted in the jade box, the spirit stone consumption became massive.
Although the two still had some spirit stones, they wouldn’t last long with the current consumption rate.
"We should find an alchemist." Yu Nianzhen suggested.
If some of the herbs could be refined into pills, they would not only have a way to earn spirit stones, but also reduce the burden on the jade box.
With fewer herbs, the jade box wouldn’t consume as many spirit stones.
"We should only leave one or two copies of each herb." Jiang Yue continued.
He had noticed that some herb types in the jade box were too many.
While this was acceptable when they started a business, it could not be maintained with their current ability.
In this case, they needed to get rid of the extras to reduce spirit stone consumption.
"We can speak to fellow Daoist Li and see if he knows any alchemists."
"Good."
After making that decision, the two first made a catalogue of all the herbs in the jade box.
"Do you plan to refine the golden bones grass?" Jiang Yue inquired.
Yu Nianzhen frowned.
The golden bones grass was the first herb he found after entering the thousand herbs garden.
He wasn’t sentimental, but the herb had five stalks, which meant it was at least five thousand years old.
For such a herb, he was a little careful.
Without knowing an alchemist’s skill, he didn’t dare to randomly take it out.
He would take it out if they found a powerful alchemist.
If they couldn’t, he would wait until they were outside to find a good alchemist to refine it.
"You are right." Jiang Yue agreed when he heard the other’s reasoning.
"For now, let’s not take out the spirit rank herbs."
"We should also be careful with the peak grade silver rank herbs." Jiang Yue recalled they had blue-silver berries, blue dawn bamboo, and many other rare peak grade silver rank herbs.
"En."
After making a list of all the herbs in the jade box, the two went to find Li Futian.
As expected, the disciple from the Celestial Sky sect was well informed.
When he heard their request, he immediately recommended three alchemists he had come across.
"I suggest you find Zhao Sha first." Li Futian said.
Zhao Sha was one of the three alchemists he recommended.
The other two belonged to the Divine Pill sect, and the BlueStar Treasure pavilion, but Zhao Sha was from a small sect in the beast region.
Although he didn’t come from a large force, his skills were comparable to the other two.
Most importantly, it was easier to invite the person than the other two.
"Where can we find him?"
"He has a small stall in the exchange market, you can find him there."
"Exchange market?"
"The exchange market is a smaller version of the trade valley. It’s at the northeast corner of the base."
Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were delighted to hear that.
When they arrived at the trade valley, most of the stalls were closed because the owners had left to escape the Death Flower Ascension Front.
Although Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were disappointed by this, they didn’t dwell on it since they had managed to find a few good things in the open stalls.
However, no one could say no to treasures.
If there was an exchange market in the base, there was a chance of finding more treasures.
"Thank you for the information Fellow Daoist Li." Jiang Yue said and cupped his hands.
"It’s nothing. If you don’t mind, let’s go to the exchange market together."
"Alright, let’s go now."
Jiang Yue immediately stood up after saying that.
The three were about to exit the tent when they heard running feet stop outside the tent entrance.
