Volume 2: The Lake of Winter, Chapter 61: Cooking fresh food, finding the right path
(There were a lot of typos in the chapter the day before yesterday. Maybe you can feel my lethargy. I have made some changes, but I haven’t re-uploaded it yet. The discomfort I feel at the moment is called Qu Ni Madi.)
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Standing in front of the green valley, looking at the wild snow-capped mountains, Prince Longqing was speechless, knowing that he was once again faced with a choice. The result of the choice was not important, the key was the spirit shown when making the choice. With the experience of climbing in the academy,
So this time he didn't hesitate at all, turned around and walked towards the green valley.
The moment the soles of his boots left the residual snow, the wind and snow suddenly stopped on the snow cliff and on the peaks behind. He looked up and saw that the thick lead clouds disappeared without knowing when, revealing the Zhan Zhan behind.
Clear sky.
The blue and tranquil sky is an objective and real existence, but the sky reflected on his Taoist mind and in his sea of consciousness has a different look. Half of it is clear and quiet black, and the other half is filled with bright and dazzling stars.
Once again standing between light and darkness, he was silent for a while and then shook his head with a smile. He continued walking on the snowy cliff near the green valley. With every step he took, several green grasses would grow next to his boots.
The magical ones are getting more and more lush, and are gradually covering the entire snow cliff.
The fence at the end of the snow cliff that had trapped him for many days had long been scattered on the ground. On the top of one of the firewood, you could faintly see the star-like green. Although the green was weak, it was extremely pure. When he got closer,
Only then did he see clearly, it turned out to be a leaf about half the size of a fingernail, glowing with a faint green.
This firewood is completely lifeless, but now it is sprouting new shoots. Especially depending on the growth rate of these new shoots, it may not be long before more green leaves are born, and it may even bear a beautiful flower in the end.
Prince Longqing quietly looked at the tender green buds on the top of the firewood. Although there was no expression on his face, deep down in his heart he was already warm and moved. The so-called knowledge of destiny means understanding the origin of the world, mastering the laws of heaven and earth's vitality, and even...
According to the laws of life, only such a practitioner can be considered to have truly attained the Tao. At this time, he is only a hair away from the realm of knowing destiny, and there is no longer any obstacle in the Tao mind that can stop him.
Only when all the green leaves are in full bloom and all the petals are spat out will the realm be broken.
However, the expression on his face gradually became serious, because when he was breaking through, he was most afraid of being disturbed.
If he had crossed the threshold of knowing his fate in Taoshan, Xiling, the ruling priest would have personally protected him. However, deep in the wilderness and snow-capped mountains at this time, he had to overcome all dangers and possible obstacles by himself.
At this moment, the sound of clothes flapping in the wind sounded.
Ye Hongyu, a Taoist madman dressed in red, appeared on the snowy cliff. His black Taoist bun was a little messy, and his beautiful face looked a little tired. He must have consumed a lot of energy in the chase with Tang Xiaotang.
She glanced at Prince Longqing, her clear and cold eyes showing a hint of warmth and admiration, but she did not make any move. She sat down not far from him without saying a word, and stared at the surroundings indifferently.
Prince Longqing nodded to her to express his gratitude, then sat down next to the firewood with buds, slowly closed his eyes and silently waited for the moment when the flowers bloomed, and welcomed the arrival of the realm of destiny with peace and joy.
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Deep in the green valley, by the Daming Lake, Ning Que lowered his head slightly on a stone, seeming to have fallen asleep. The willow branch he held in his hand trembled in the lake water from time to time as his body rose and fell.
A fish swam from the depths of the lake. The swing of its tail was a bit strange, mainly because the rhythm of the fish was not as light as its companions. It seemed a little tired. Through the light shining into the water from the lake, it saw that
He swam over to the willow branch that was constantly trembling, and carefully and gently held it with his fish lips.
The fish knew that it was a willow branch, or an ugly willow branch that had been soaked in lake water and turned white and fat. There was no meat or insects on it, but it wanted to swim over and hold it in its mouth, because the fish always felt that it should be there and that it was born with it.
It should be there, because the confidant revealed on that willow branch is so close, like a part of his own body.
Ning Que opened the big black umbrella in his dream, and then he woke up and found that the willow branch he was holding tightly in his hand was still there. He rubbed his eyes with his left hand and realized that this branch had been without fish for a long time.
The willow branches that I was looking at started to move again, and I could still vaguely feel the drooping feeling from the branches with my fingers.
He lifted the willow branch and found a fish hanging on the branch. The fish kept swinging its tail and splashing water. However, the strange thing was that no matter how it bounced and struggled, the fish's lips were tightly biting the willow branch and refused.
Let it go.
Ning Que thought to himself, this fish is really stupid.
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The vast Beimin Mountain is the Tianqi Mountain. It is thousands of miles in radius and as vast as the starry sky at night. The green valley is just an inconspicuous small place in the Tianqi Mountain Range. There are many more strange snow-capped peaks.
and chaos cliff.
Two extremely straight and steep cliff peaks have been relatively silent for tens of millions of years. In the middle is a bottomless and terrifying canyon. Two people sit silently on the two cliff peaks, just like the cliff itself.
Relatively speechless.
There is a Taoist priest sitting on the cliff peak to the east. He has a quiet face and a thin figure. He is wearing a thin moon-white shirt without a collar. He is carrying a thin wooden sword without a scabbard on his back. His black hair is still combed into a Taoist bun.
, with a very ordinary ebony cross stuck in it, not as unshakable as a green pine, but more like a cloud attached to the beautiful sky background.
Sitting on the cliff peak to the west is a man with calm features and a strong figure. He is wrapped in a winter jacket made of animal skins and cotton skins. His hands are empty and have no weapons. The slightly bulging muscles under the clothes seem to contain infinite power.
The bare legs were casually covered with boots picked from nowhere, as if one foot could break the sky.
Tang Xiaotang, with childlike features, stood behind the man, holding the blood-red giant sword tightly with both hands. He looked warily at the sword-bearing Taoist priest sitting on the cliff opposite, feeling a little cold in his body.
She knew who the Taoist priest was across the way, and she knew even better that the deep canyon separated by two cliff peaks seemed insurmountable, but whether it was her brother or the Taoist priest between the cliff peaks opposite, they could meet at any time if they wanted to.
Because they are Zhi Shou Guan and Demon Sect walking in the world.
A cold wind blew in the canyon, and the Taoist priest on the cliff peak to the east moved his clothes slightly and slowly spoke. Even though he was dozens of feet away, his voice was so clear that it seemed to ring in everyone's ears.
"I haven't seen you for fourteen years, and you are still the same Tang who is as stone as a stone."
Tang said: "The proud Ye Su seems to be no longer so proud."
Ye Su calmly said: "You have guarded me for three days and three nights, do you plan to keep guarding me forever?"
"This is our place," Don said.
Ye Su shook his head and said, "But the Heavenly Book is our Heavenly Book."
Tang shook his head and said indifferently: "This book is our book."
Ye Su said: "The Demon Sect has withered, and the other tributaries have disappeared. Your teacher has not been seen in the world for a long time, and I am afraid it has been wiped out. Only your brother and sister are left, how can they stop the torrent of fate?"
Tang said: "There are pillars in the middle."
Ye Su looked at him quietly and suddenly said: "The reason why you don't take action is because you have a reason not to take action."
Tang Leng looked at him and said, "Of course you have your reasons for not taking action."
After Ye Su was silent for a moment, he said: "I have been waiting for fourteen years for an opportunity to ask him for advice. If I fight you before that, it would be too disrespectful to this opportunity, myself and him."
Tang Leng said: "The difference is beyond reason. You are not qualified to attack him at all."
Ye Su smiled slightly and said, "I have to give it a try. Are you interested?"
Tang shook his head and said directly: "I am not his opponent, and my reason does not lie with him."
Ye Su raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Have you seen him?"
Tang nodded.
Ye Su said: "Since there are reasons not to take action, do we really want to continue watching from the top of this cliff?"
Tang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, looking somewhere in the vast mountains, and said: "Which one of these two children do you think will break through first?"
Ye Su followed his gaze and said calmly: "I belong to the Taoist sect, so I naturally believe in that prince."
Tang said: "I trust Ning Que because he is Master's disciple."
Ye Su stopped talking.
Tang also stopped talking.
The two of them were silent on their respective cliff peaks, the bet was concluded.
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Ning Que didn't know whether he had broken through or not. It was no longer just a bet between him and Prince Long Qing, but a more important external bet, which indirectly affected the two truly powerful people walking around the world.
There wasn't even any anxiety or nervousness in his demeanor and behavior, as if he wasn't affected by this broken promise at all. He took the stupid fish from the lakeside, then waved to Shanshan to get out of the way, and looked for whatever he could find in his luggage.
All the seasonings and animal fat are ready to cut the fish raw and eat it.
The fish in Daming Lake were delicate, tender and scale-free, especially the belly seemed to be transparent. When he put it into the frying pan, a strange fragrance appeared along with a sizzling sound.
Ning Que held a branch and stood by the fire, looking at the color of the fish skin in the pot very seriously. He frowned and concentrated. He looked more serious than when he was practicing enlightenment. He only turned it over after a long period of time.
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Instead of using firewood, he chose talisman fire extremely extravagantly, and controlled the temperature extremely accurately. While frying the fish carefully, he explained to Mo Shanshan: "For frying fish, the heat is the most important, and it must not be random.
If you flip through it casually, this thing is just like governing a country and practicing cultivation. Strategically, we can despise it and tell ourselves that frying fish is nothing. Tactically, we must pay attention to it and be cautious."
The bookworm was begged by him to give up two fire talismans and thought about using the talismans for cooking. He couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable and distressed. But when he listened to his explanation, he felt that this was indeed what happened.
The translucent fish belly gradually swelled in the warm oil, gradually revealing the cold-gleaming fishhook inside.
Ning Que was stunned, and after looking at it for a long time, he finally figured out that this fish was the first fish that took the bait when fishing by the lake, and then took away all the fishhook and the shredded meat.
Those who are willing to take the bait, but you obviously didn’t want to at the time, why did you come back when there was no hook?
He looked at the lake fish that was getting yellower and fragrant in the pot, his eyebrows slowly raised, and a smile appeared on his face.
He handed the branch in his hand to Mo Shanshan, turned and walked to the lakeside, looking at the snow-capped peaks reflected in the lake. The thought power in the sea of consciousness was released from the body according to his heart, but he did not sense the vitality of the world around him...
Because the power of thought has become one with the vitality of heaven and earth beside Daming Lake.
He slowly closed his eyes and followed the thoughts that merged with the heaven and earth. He saw the bluestones on the lakeside, the fish swimming in the lake, the gravel under the fallen leaves, and everything.
It's not ordinary seeing, it's not seeing through light, it's not using mind power to control the vitality of heaven and earth, touching the surroundings and then sensing from the feedback, but directly perceiving the subtlest of heaven and earth.
Then Ning Que opened his eyes and looked up at the sky. He saw white clouds floating in the blue sky. Those clouds turned into various shapes, some looked like horse thieves, some looked like horses, and some looked like Subi Lake.
, some are like the trees in Minshan Mountain, some are like the eaves of the Spring Breeze Pavilion, and some are like the old ones, full of shadows of the past.
He stretched out his trembling fingers and moved them gently in the wind by the lakeside, and murmured: "It turns out that this world is full of talismans."
Mo Shanshan held the branch in her hand and looked at the fish frying in the pot. Her beautiful little face was full of nervousness. She didn't know when she could move. As the smell of paste grew, the fish in the pot became translucent.
His belly suddenly exploded, and the fishhook flew out with a clang, falling into the lake and disappearing instantly.
Listening to Ning Que's foolish words, she looked at the messy fish in the pot and said in a low voice with shame: "The fish is broken."
Ning Que turned around, looked at her and said seriously: "I'm broken too."
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(After designing for a long time, I finally found my favorite breakthrough design. I like this chapter. The life of a foodie is always happier than the life of a hard-working ascetic.)