I Have An Infinite Cultivation Resource
Chapter 68: Something Sweet
"If you want something sweet, fine. Today I'll make you a Guo Bao Rou."
Lu You rolled up his sleeves and pushed open Lu Xiao'e's door.
He couldn't help it, he had been eating spirit rice all this time and hadn't bought any ingredients, while Lu Xiao'e had stocked plenty of food at home.
"Guo Bao Rou? What kind of dish is that? You're not just making up a name to fool me, are you?" Seeing that Lu You was treating her to a meal using her own ingredients, Lu Xiao'e's nose nearly twisted in anger. "Ha! Looks to me like you just want to eat something good but can't bear to spend money on groceries."
Lu You didn't bother arguing. He selected a fresh, tender piece of lean meat from her kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife—and in an instant, the room filled with flashing blade shadows.
"Sea-Returning Hundred River? You really did learn my Sea-Returning Hundred River!" Lu Xiao'e gritted her teeth. But seeing the slices of meat neatly cut into fine strips, she still waited with anticipation.
Without stopping, Lu You mixed sugar, vinegar, and other seasonings, lit the fire, and began cooking. His wrist trembled slightly, and under the influence of spiritual energy, the ingredients in the pan were stirred and perfectly blended into a sauce.
Boom!
At the moment when sugar and vinegar fused perfectly, a rich, sweet fragrance filled the room.
"Ninth-Heaven Fall Technique! Great, you even stole this move too!" Lu Xiao'e sounded displeased, but her gaze was no longer on Lu You. With spiritual energy assisting him, Lu You multitasked effortlessly—his left hand coated the meat in flour and fried it until crispy and tender, while his right hand prepared the sauce. Then the two were combined.
Ninth-Heaven Fall Technique plus Sea-Returning Hundred River!
Lu Xiao'e's sword techniques were executed by Lu You with complete mastery. The meat and sauce were stirred continuously under a mysterious force, finally merging into perfect harmony.
"Try it—how is it?" Lu You handed her a plate.
Lu Xiao'e rolled her eyes. "It looks awful at first glance."
As she spoke, she picked up her chopsticks, grabbed a golden slice of meat, and took a bite.
"Ptoo, ptoo, ptoo! It's terrible! Stop messing around in my kitchen and get out!" After just one bite, she turned fierce, forcefully pushing Lu You out of the house and slamming the door shut with a bang.
That's impossible. With spiritual energy, my control over heat and technique is already flawless—how could it taste bad?
Before Lu You could figure it out, muffled sounds came from inside Lu Xiao'e's house.
"Mmm… it's so delicious…"
That sly girl!
Standing outside, Lu You couldn't help but smile before turning and heading back to his own room.
Using a Hard Metal Talisman, he sealed his doors and windows tightly. After devouring several large bowls of spirit rice, Lu You took out spirit stones and Qi-Nourishing Pills, cultivating through the night with both internal and external methods. His cultivation at the seventh level of Qi Refining surged forward, rapidly approaching the peak of the level once again and nearing a bottleneck.
"The Deep Literary Pavilion already considers Lu Xiao'e to be Dongfang Bubai. Once they discover she isn't, they might start suspecting me. I must improve my cultivation as soon as possible!" Lu You frowned, filled with concern. Cooking for Lu Xiao'e had been both gratitude and a test. Thinking of how she had helped him stir up trouble—and how she didn't mind him secretly learning her sword techniques—Lu You found himself unwilling to push the blame of Dongfang Bubai onto her.
"If Lu Xiao'e were an evil person, that would be one thing. But she's clearly straightforward and someone worth befriending. If I harm her, how would I be any different from those rogue cultivators? Selfish survival isn't the path to immortality. I need to find a way to warn her and get her out of this."
With pressure mounting, Lu You had no mind for sleep. After finishing his cultivation of the Five Elements Qi-Nourishing Technique, he took out the Light Talisman he had tricked out of Wu Tong.
"This talisman is more like a signal flare, but used properly, it can still have considerable combat value."
Closing his eyes, Lu You activated the Light Talisman and began sensing the spiritual energy patterns within it. Even through his eyelids, he could feel the blinding white light. When he opened his eyes again, his vision blurred—he had to use a healing talisman before recovering.
"It's not just a signal flare—it's a combination of a signal flare and a flashbang. The power is a bit weaker, but if I switch the paper to the ancient skin and stack the quantity, this talisman has huge potential!" Lu You was overjoyed, then asked the Evil Eye, "Did you record it?"
Evil Eye: So you close your eyes and let me do the looking, huh? Yeah, I recorded it—I almost blinded myself doing it.
With the Evil Eye, Lu You no longer needed to repeatedly activate and study the talisman's patterns. He only had to sense it once in his hand, and the rest could be recorded by the Evil Eye.
He quickly entered the Blood Shadow space and began analyzing the Light Talisman frame by frame.
The hardest part of talisman crafting is the spiritual energy patterns. Normally, these are passed down through hands-on teaching by talisman masters. But the Evil Eye's ultra-high resolution, playback, and frame-by-frame analysis were more precise than any master. Aside from lacking creativity, it was the perfect assistant for a talisman maker.
After imitating it hundreds of times in the Blood Shadow space, Lu You opened his eyes and took out the ancient skin from the small cauldron.
Keeping the map side intact, he began drawing over the section where the Jade Toad Swallows the Moon Technique was recorded.
His brush moved like a dragon and snake, swift and fluid. After leaving the Blood Shadow space, he only needed a single attempt to perfectly replicate the Light Talisman onto the ancient skin.
Placing it into the small cauldron for duplication, Lu You closed his eyes again and took out a newly created Light Talisman.
This time, his room burst with light ten times brighter than before.
"It hurts!" Even with his eyes closed, Lu You felt as if his eyeballs had been burned by fire. Even after the light faded, his vision was filled with stars. Only after using more than a dozen healing talismans did his sight recover.
"The upgraded Light Talisman can even damage spiritual sense!" This result delighted Lu You immensely. A single Light Talisman could pierce through his spiritual defenses and blind him for three to five seconds. If he used tens or even hundreds of thousands of them, even a Golden Core cultivator might not be able to withstand it. Especially since it could damage spiritual sense—if a Golden Core cultivator happened to be using divine sense at the time, it might even blind their perception entirely.
"This Wu Tong is really my lucky star!" The first time they met, Lu You obtained a teleportation talisman. This time, he got both a soundproof talisman and a Light Talisman. As long as he brought information about Lu Xiao'e, he could obtain even more new talismans. By copying them onto the ancient skin and duplicating them infinitely, his combat strength would grow faster than his cultivation!
After rummaging through the small cauldron, Lu You cleared out the ordinary Light Talismans. Then he glanced at the seasonings and fresh meat inside. When he had entered Lu Xiao'e's kitchen earlier, he noticed her ingredients were rare and of excellent quality—he couldn't resist copying them as well.
"I wonder how Senior Sister is doing. There's probably no Guo Bao Rou in the Sword Tomb."
"Since Deep Literary Pavilion suspects Lu Xiao'e is Dongfang Bubai, the outer sect is probably already under surveillance."
Sneaking from the outer sect to the Sword Tomb was no longer possible. Lu You took out the teleportation talisman, calculated the distance, and activated over a thousand of them in one go.
When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in the lower city district.
"It's a bit of a detour, but much safer."
This time, he simultaneously activated a movement talisman, a light-body talisman, and Lu Xiao'e's movement technique, turning into a fleeting shadow. Circling around the Deep Literary Pavilion, he quietly climbed into the Sword Tomb.
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Note:
Guo Bao Rou: It's a classic Northeastern Chinese (Dongbei) dish consisting of thinly sliced pork that is double-fried in a potato starch batter and tossed in a light, tangy sweet and sour sauce. Originating from the city of Harbin, it is prized for its "glassy" and shatteringly crispy exterior and tender interior.
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