In a flash, more than fifty years have passed since Taojun Xingluo became Emperor Gouchen.
There is no such thing as "one day in the sky and one year underground" in the mythical world of heaven. The flow rate of time in the three realms is basically the same.
Fifty years is not a long time, nor is it a short time. After this period of time, the news that Lord Xingluo became the Great Emperor Gouchen of Heaven has been spread and fermented, and has basically become known to all the forces in the Three Realms and Six Paths.
For those who don’t know about this, either their information is too limited or they are out of date.
The system has already given a prompt that main task 1 has been completed.
After Ren came to Heaven, he was neither low-key nor high-profile on weekdays. Sometimes he would talk to people about mysteries, sometimes he would go into seclusion, sometimes he would wander around, and sometimes he would fulfill his duties as Emperor Gouchen, inspecting heavenly soldiers and generals, and recruiting
Some manpower.
His approachable and humorous style gradually won the support of many star kings and immortal officials.
Heavenly Court, God of Cookery Palace, Imperial Kitchen Room.
"Emperor, great craftsmanship!"
"This 'Ten Thousand Dragons Roaring in the Sea' is really wonderful. Both the fire and the skill of the sword are unparalleled."
“Rich materials, unique ingenuity, all colors, flavors and fragrances...”
More than a dozen food gods and royal chefs gathered in front of the stove, their eyes shining with admiration as they looked at the dish that had just come out of the pot.
Renn put away the pure white Nanming Lihuo, took off his apron, picked up the food in the porcelain bowl, and placed it on the table.
Dishes - "Ten Thousand Dragons in the Sea".
This dish is very unique. It uses Tianma meat as the main ingredient. Each piece of meat is carved into the shape of a dragon. The knife skills are so exquisite that it can be called an art.
The soup shows a beautiful color, like a rainbow sea. It is cooked with dragon liver, phoenix marrow, leopard fetus, carp tail, orangutan lips, bear paws and other auxiliary ingredients. It is fragrant, filled with water and fire, and is completely pure.
Tiancheng.
At this time, the soup was boiling gently, the clouds were steaming and the clouds were glowing, and the dragons seemed to be swimming, lifelike.
Such cooking skills are far beyond the limits of ordinary people, and their skills are almost Taoist.
Renn took a few more bowls of Wanlong Naohai soup from the cauldron and said with a smile:
"Come on, let's all have a taste."
The God of Cookery and the royal chefs were not restrained. They picked up spoons or chopsticks and tasted them.
The four emperors have a noble status and are almost unattainable. However, after getting along with each other for these years, they all know that this emperor really knows how to cook.
Emperor Gouchen never put on airs and often discussed cooking techniques with them. He was a kindred spirit, especially when it came to food, so he didn't need to worry too much.
A fat and wealthy God of Cookery took a sip of the soup, showed an expression of enjoyment, and said:
"Absolutely amazing! I most admire the emperor's skill in preparing soup. So many different ingredients are put together, but they can be perfectly matched. It's amazing."
In fact, in terms of cooking skills alone, Renn does not surpass these gods of food by much.
After all, they are a group of immortal immortals. Although they are not strong or have a high status, they study delicious food every day and their skills have reached the pinnacle.
But Ren's cooking skills are unique and combine the essence of several worlds, making him a school of his own.
From the eight major Chinese cuisines, Japanese cuisine, French cuisine, to molecular gastronomy, the young master chef and dark cuisine... Along the way, his cooking skills have long been superb, even better than those of immortals who specialize in cooking.
And nothing less.
Compared with these heavenly gods of food, he is more knowledgeable, more creative and innovative, and his delicious food can often surprise everyone.
"It tastes great. This dish can be presented to the Great God. I believe he will like it."
An imperial chef said with a smile on his face.
"That's right, the Queen Mother was full of praise after tasting the Phoenix Yu Fei made by the emperor last time."
Someone thought of the famous dish cooked by Emperor Chen last time and nodded.
The Queen Mother was very satisfied with the dish "Phoenix in Flying", and planned to summon the chef to reward her, but she gave up after learning that it was actually cooked by Emperor Gouchen.
As a result, news about Emperor Gouchen's superb cooking skills also spread in the heavenly realm, becoming one of the popular gossips in the heavenly palace over the years.
Ren chatted with the food gods for a while and asked people to pack a few dishes and send them to Gouchen Palace for Xuannv to taste.
He himself saw that it was still early, so he headed for the ashram somewhere on the Thirty-Three Heavens.
………
Dachitian, Tushita Palace.
Renn rode an ancient chariot that was filled with the spirit of war and engraved with various patterns of weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds, and was pulled by two green-eyed white tigers to Laojun's dojo.
"I've met Emperor Yao!"
"Emperor, the master is inside, please."
At the entrance of Tushita Palace, two boys, Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao, welcomed the emperor with smiles. Judging from their familiarity with the road, it was obvious that Mr. Lei was a frequent visitor here.
Ren was not polite, parked the chariot aside, asked the two boys to take care of it, tidied up his clothes, and entered the Tusita Palace.
As Laojun's dojo, here there is light, glow, and precious energy flowing in ten colors, and the floor is paved with colored glaze, all the way to the top.
At this time, an old Taoist with a long white beard, a yellow Taoist robe, and an immortal Taoist spirit was sitting in front of a stove, refining weapons.
There are dozens of large crystal desks four feet high and several feet long and wide on both sides.
The crystal desks are bright and clear, glowing with precious light. There is a magic weapon placed on each desk. There are three desks on the left and right, a total of six desks. Two of them are empty, which means four magic weapons.
In the Bagua furnace, a fairy sword floats and sinks, the fire and cold light flicker, and there is a faint edge.
"I have met Taishang Daozu."
Ren bowed his hands and saluted.
Although the position of Sanqing in the Shinto Heavenly Court is fictitious and does not hold real power, at least not on the surface, its status is indeed higher than that of the Four Imperial Guards.
Taishang Laojun flicked Taiyi's whisk, returned a half salute, and said:
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite. I am not a Taiqing Saint."
Although he is the incarnation of the Moral God, he is relatively independent. Most of the time, his memories and emotions are not connected with the original body.
Therefore, Laojun is Laojun and Taiqing is Taiqing, and they must be calculated separately.
Ren smiled faintly, not too shy, and came to the Bagua furnace that was smoking.
The fairy sword being forged inside is about to take shape. It has a unique shape. The blade shows seven arcs, like seven stars, with precious light overflowing and its sharp edge clearly visible.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This should be the "Seven Star Sword".
In Journey to the West, one of the five magic weapons carried by the Golden Horn and the Silver Horn when he quietly descended to earth to occupy the mountains and become king.
Laojun's weapon refining skills are superb, and the sword is completely natural, but the material is mediocre, which drags down the quality. I'm afraid it will only be a mid-grade acquired treasure after it is released.
When Ren saw this, he bit his finger and touched it lightly.
Clang!
A drop of scarlet blood shot into the Seven-Star Sword, and in the next moment, phantoms made of various materials such as Taibai Yuanjing, Yimu Green Gold, Ten Thousand Years Thunder Tribulation Wood, etc. appeared, turning into streaks of golden light and piercing into the sword.
"Kakaka..."
As if it could not withstand such a tempering method, the sword body of the Seven-Star Sword almost broke. The Samadhi True Fire in the Bagua Furnace burned brightly, making the cracks on the sword body dazzling.
Seeing that the sword was about to be destroyed, Ren kept snapping his fingers and tapping the sword in the air.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
A crisp sound like striking iron echoed in the room, and the energy of war turned into substantial silver droplets, blending into the seven-star sword to repair the cracks.
The divine sword floated, clanked softly, and flew out. A dazzling immortal golden light flashed across its body, and its quality was sublimated.
Then, the divine sword's light was restrained and floated in the air, exuding the aura of Tao Yun only found in high-grade spiritual treasures.
Taishang Laojun picked up the seven-star sword that had been upgraded to one level of quality, waved it a few times, looked a little impressed, and said:
"The emperor's weapon refining skills are not inferior to those of the experienced, and his physique is special. Your blood can replace almost any sacred gold material. The avenue of mana can also nourish the spirituality of magic weapons and sublimate their essence. It is really rare."
"Lao Jun is so complimentary. It hasn't improved much. The power of this sword is only at the bottom among high-grade spiritual treasures."
Ren shook his head, not satisfied with the power of the sword.
High-grade spiritual treasures correspond to the range from quasi-emperor weapons to emperor weapons. The worst ones are low-level quasi-emperor weapons, and the best ones are comparable to imperial weapons.
The seven-star sword refined by Lao Jun was originally a great holy weapon, but after absorbing a drop of his blood essence and martial spirit, it became a quasi-imperial weapon.
The effect of his essence, blood and vitality has its limits. Even if he were thrown into the Bagua furnace, he still wouldn't be able to forge an innate treasure-level fairy sword.
"No wonder the emperor allowed Gouchen Difu to take the initiative to recognize his master."
Taishang Laojun is still a little emotional.
In his opinion, Emperor Gouchen was indeed a born warrior. His flesh and blood, soul, and origin of Taoism were all like the incarnation of the art of war.
He is like a collection of countless magical weapons and magic weapons.
He has never heard of such a physique and origin.
The way of war is not the innate way of time, space, yin and yang, five elements, etc. Logically speaking, such a special holy body, a fairy fetus, should not be born.
And this Gouchen is also the Lord of the Stars...
Thinking of this, Taishang Laojun took a deep look at Ren.
There is no doubt that this emperor has great potential, and even has a hint of the Hunyuan Saint. He is an eternal genius no less than the Jade Emperor and Sakyamuni.
Such an outstanding person would not be underestimated even if Taiqing himself were here.
"Emperor, please follow me."
It was a little different from before. After Taishang Laojun and Ren exchanged the art of refining weapons for a while, they got up and entered the alchemy room on the other side.
The alchemy room is larger, with five furnaces, and different sacred fires are burning in each furnace.
Laojun walked to the nanmu counter aside, took out the fairy Ganoderma lucidum, true dragon horn powder, phoenix feathers and other materials in order, and began to refine the Nine Turns Golden Pill.
Ren watched silently from the side, looking at it very seriously, with a silvery glow in his eyes.
If we say that because of the characteristics of the War Master, his weapon refining level is not inferior to Lao Jun, and can even be compared with Taiqing Saint, but when it comes to alchemy, he is second-rate.
He once refined a calculus of ginseng pill for Lu Dao people, but the technical content of that pill was not high.
The reason why the effect of the elixir is outstanding is that ginseng fruit is not bad at all as the best innate spirit.
He came to Laojun to discuss Taoism, mainly because he wanted to learn alchemy.
This time, Renn's feelings were different.
Taishang Laojun is obviously much more serious than before, and seems to have shown his true skills.
He skillfully threw fairy Ganoderma lucidum, phoenix feathers, unicorn hooves and even purple-striped flat peach cores into the stove, letting the green flames roast the center of the earth. From time to time, he flicked the fly whisk and introduced various Tao principles.
From time to time, he would exhale a breath of fresh air, turn it into various auxiliary materials, and add them to the stove.
He would also stretch out his hand and grasp it, condensing out the aura of various great principles and throwing them into the Chu Dan.
Various skills opened Ren's eyes.
Learned, learned.
This time the elixir refining lasted a bit long, it lasted three years.
During this period, Taishang Laojun repeatedly threw some precious materials into the elixir furnace, such as the essence and blood of ancestral witches, innate Hongmeng spiritual energy, nine-thousand-year-old flat peaches, etc., and also used various techniques to refine them.
"Laojun, what kind of elixir are you trying to make?" Ren asked curiously.
"Nine-turn golden elixir." Taishang Laojun said calmly.
Ren was confused.
He had seen Laojun refining the "Nine-turn Golden Pill" that claimed that eating one pill would allow the immortals to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal. But the process didn't have to be so troublesome and could be completed in a month.
This furnace has been refined for three years, and the materials used far exceed the previous Nine Turns Golden Pill.
Taishang Laojun saw his doubts and explained:
"The nine-turn golden elixirs that the old Taoist usually refines can only be said to be nine-turn small golden elixirs. They are not precious at all. They have almost no effect on monks above Da Luo. The real nine-turn golden elixirs have more than this effect.
"
The real nine-turn golden elixir is useful for the Holy City and is very precious.
However, it is very troublesome to refine the Nine-turn Great Golden Pill, and the materials required are too many and too precious. There are so many gods in heaven that they cannot supply them.
"I see."
Ren suddenly realized it and had a little bit of imagination.
Laojun, does this count as selling fake medicine?
He has also received some gifts in the past few decades. As the new Emperor Gouchen ascends the throne, there will naturally be some expressions within Heaven.
The Jade Emperor rewarded him with royal wine, golden flowers, and chariots. The Queen Mother gave him baskets of nine-thousand-year-old flat peaches, the Emperor of Immortality gave him some immortal dates, and Laojun also gave him a gourd of nine-turn golden elixir...
But these "fairy treasures", to be honest, are pretty useless.
It is tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.
For Renn, it has basically no effect. It is not as helpful as the library in heaven.
Flat peach, fairy jujube, royal wine...that's all, they are all fairy treasures that can be mass-produced. It is normal that they have no effect on the holy boss.
But the famous "Nine Turns Golden Pill", Taishang Daozu's proud work in the field of pills, has so little effect, which really makes Renn a little disappointed.
At that time, he thought that the Nine Transformations Golden Pill had an unfounded reputation.
Only now do I realize that the medicines I took before were all fake...
Another week passed and the elixir was finally released.
"boom!"
The moment Taishang Laojun opened the lid of the boiler, a golden light shot out, like the sun rising, and then nine-colored auspicious clouds flew, wind and thunder roared, and an elixir flew out surrounding it.
The elixir is about the size of a thumb, and its whole body is covered with golden light. There is no medicinal fragrance spilling out, but the Tao aggregate is permeated, manifesting the aura of three thousand avenues, attracting attention.
The golden elixir floats and sinks, and there are green dragons, white tigers, golden crows, unicorns and other mythical beasts running around. There are thousands of visions and endless creations.
Ren stared at Jin Dan, took a slight breath, and his eyes were a little hot.
He could feel the extraordinary power of this elixir. Once a golden elixir is swallowed, my fate is determined by God. It is definitely not an exaggeration. Even if a mortal eats this golden elixir, he can directly become a Da Luo Jinxian.
Of course, if a mortal takes this kind of golden elixir to achieve a breakthrough, his foundation will inevitably be unstable and he will become a disgrace to Da Luo.
But if a Taiyi Golden Immortal takes this golden elixir, he can successfully break through and his foundation will not be unstable. It can be called the supreme elixir.
Aiming at the Saint also has some effects.
Taishang Laojun put the golden elixir into a purple gold gourd and threw it away.
"Give me?"
Ren was stunned for a moment and subconsciously took the gourd, a little confused.
If you are not a relative or an acquaintance, why would you give such a big gift?
When it comes to congratulating Gouchen on his accession to the throne, gifts have already been given, so there is no need to do it again.
Taishang Laojun touched the beard on his chin, looked calm, and said:
"This is a little help for you and a good relationship."
When Ren heard this, he put away the purple gourd, asked for some knowledge and skills on alchemy, and left.
Just when he was about to walk out of Tushita Palace, a vague voice came from behind him.
"Young man, you'd better be careful. The death of Gou Chen back then was very strange and the inside story is deep. You may not be in danger."
Ren was excited.
This was not said by Taishang Laojun, but by Taiqing...
He originally planned to leave for Beiju Luzhou in the near future to investigate the situation, but now, it is better to take it slow, there is no rush anyway.
………
Gouchen Imperial Palace.
When Ren returned, he was still holding two food boxes in his hands and humming a tune.
"Additional meal."
He opened the food box and placed the two freshly made dishes "Tongquetai" and "Golden House" on the dining table.
Jiutian Xuannv was wearing a long white satin dress, her black hair was combed into a flowing bun, she was beautiful and noble, with a jade belt tied around her waist, and her supple waist was full, and she walked out of the study like a fairy in a painting.
.
After seeing the two dishes on the table, her eyes lit up.
"Sister Fairy, please sit down."
With a lazy and nonchalant tone, Ren sat down at the main seat and picked up his chopsticks.
Jiutian Xuannv sat across from her, but did not move. She stared at him with her bright black eyes, folding her arms and saying nothing.
"Why don't you move the chopsticks?" Ren was a little surprised.
Isn’t this woman still a bit of a foodie? She was a little reserved the first time, but later she complained when he didn’t call her when we added food.
"I said, you are too free-spirited. I haven't seen you do anything serious in more than 50 years. I do most of the work for you."
Jiutian Xuannv said with full of resentment.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I have been studying alchemy with Taishang Laojun for the past three years, and I have not neglected my duties."
"Yeah?"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Laojun and his boy." Ren said confidently.
Jiutian Xuannv looked at him suspiciously, and found that he didn't seem to be lying. She exposed the problem and said again:
"Since you are back, let's go to Tianhe tomorrow."
"Tianhe?"
"Well, Marshal Tianpeng wants to see you for something."