Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

Chapter 536: Chapter 13 Too Embarrassing_2

As soon as he entered the bamboo house, he found a group of attendants busy at their Spiritual Cook’s magic tools, dealing with spirit fruit and spirit rice.

This was the daily work of the Spirit Food Department. Once the assigned quotas for each month were met, they could arrange their time as they pleased.

Spirit fruit and spirit rice were the most common ingredients for spirit food. Even Qi Refining cultivators could make them if their grades were not high, albeit at a slower pace.

Wang Ba, being a deacon, naturally also had corresponding tasks.

“Eight hundred servings of Fruit Essence… It seems I need to speed up a bit.”

Wang Ba looked at the ingredients placed in front of him and murmured to himself.

Of course, the responsibilities of a deacon weren’t limited to this; they also had to guide other attendants in their refinement process.

If a newbie came, they also had to teach them.

However, for Wang Ba, who had abundant refinement experience and had gradually mastered the tips for refining spirit plants, this was not a difficult task.

Standing in front of the spiritual cook’s magic tool, he gently passed the yet-to-be-transformed mana through the entire tool bit by bit, then threw a full serving of spirit fruit and spirit rice into the large magic tool.

He added a bit of treatment liquid.

With a light rotation of mana.

A spirit fire surged up, covering the spiritual cook’s magic tool in an instant.

Quickly adjusting the flame of the spirit fire with practiced movements full of a special rhythm.

Soon, in just half a moment, a faint fragrance began to waft from the spiritual cook’s magic tool in front of Wang Ba.

At the side, Deacon Kong, who had previously taught Wang Ba how to refine spirit plant foods, quietly walked over, seeing that Wang Ba’s technique was much more proficient and seasoned than last time, and was immediately taken aback.

After smelling that aroma, he walked up in surprise.

He saluted and said:

“Deacon Wang, may I take a look?”

Wang Ba nodded.

Upon receiving permission, Deacon Kong immediately uncovered the magic tool.

The faint fragrance, which had been almost imperceptible before, now filled the room!

Deacon Kong couldn’t wait to take a step forward, his fingers probing lightly into the pot, where he sampled a bit with his mana, and then took a tentative taste.

His eyes instantly lit up.

“Purity, one hundred percent!”

A hundred percent meant that there were no impurities at all.

He couldn’t help but look at Wang Ba and exclaim:

“Deacon Wang, your progress is truly astonishing!”

Hearing Deacon Kong’s praise, Wang Ba just smiled faintly:

“I merely had some advantages to begin with.”

Deacon Kong nodded, not surprised. If such proficiency came without foundation, that would be strange. But achieving such a level in such a short span of time also couldn’t be achieved by just a foundation.

The bottom line was that Deacon Wang truly had ability. Plus, considering his background…

Thinking up to here, Deacon Kong became even more amicable.

At this moment, Wang Ba seemed to think of something and casually asked:

“By the way, Deacon Kong, why are there only spirit foods made from spirit rice and spirit fruit here, and none made from spirit beasts? Isn’t that also a type of spirit food?”

“Of course there is, but it’s done in turns. This month it’s Fruit Essence, next month it’s Spirit Fish Essence, the month after that it’s Immortal Tree Juice, and then Spirit Mantis’s True Juice… It’s quite diverse, all according to the requests from the Diwu Hall.”

Deacon Kong explained.

Wang Ba understood and curiously asked:

“So does that mean our sect has a large variety of spirit foods?”

Deacon Kong answered Wang Ba’s question with patience:

“Naturally, the Beast Department, Spirit Plant Department, and our Spirit Food Department cooperate to research materials suitable for spirit foods. After a year of work here, we produce a different kind every month… The Diwu Hall places great importance on spirit food. Although the value of spirit food to high-class cultivators is limited, it’s the Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core cultivators who are the future of the sect, so the Diwu Hall always supports and rewards advancements in spirit food research.”

“Our Minister Cui, whom you have met, developed a ‘Jade Gel’ made from ‘Class II Gray Capybara’ and ‘Class II Knife Wasp’ when he was in the Golden Core Realm. This food, despite using second-class spirit beasts as material, has benefits for Class III. This earned him the position of Deputy Head of the Spirit Food Department when he was at the Golden Core stage, and he made quite a name for himself.”

“Jade Gel… It’s amazing that Gray Capybara and Knife Wasp could be used to make spirit foods.”

Wang Ba could hardly hide his surprise when he heard Deacon Kong’s explanation.

He was familiar with these two kinds of beasts, two spirit beasts that were like chalk and cheese. However, what astounded him was the fact that the method he knew of for refining spirit food was to simply use a single spirit beast as raw material. He never thought that you can combine two spirit beasts.

This was very similar to the method of Alchemy, combining various spiritual medicines and spirit materials.

“In spirit food, the combination of spirit beasts is not simple. In most cases, mixing two kinds of spirit beasts will result in their qualities cancelling each other out, or it could even have a negative effect, so there are seldom spirit beasts that can be combined.”

Deacon Kong said, “To find suitable spirit beasts for combination from so many species is naturally not an easy task.”

“However, Deacon Wang has a great talent in spirit food. I believe you will be able to independently research this in the future.”

Hearing her words, Wang Ba shook his head wryly.

His advantage in the field of spiritual cookery came from extensive practice and some tricks he had learnt.

To let him refine a single spirit beast into spirit food was not a big challenge. However, something more complicated might be a bit too much for him.

Perhaps in the future when he has the resources, he will consider researching it, but certainly not now.