After considering the Gourmet Guardian's question, Chen Lin chose not to conceal anything.
He briefly explained what had happened.
She must have had a reason for bringing it up, and he also wanted to learn more about the mysteries of the spirit infusion realm.
"You experienced sudden enlightenment while making food?"
When she heard that Chen Lin had mastered it while making Mother Steamed Bun, the Gourmet Guardian was rather surprised. The way she looked at him changed.
She pondered for a moment.
Then she advised him, "Being able to experience sudden enlightenment while making food means you have exceptional talent in the culinary dao. Don't waste it. Although the culinary dao merely supports cultivation, you can still reach the end of the path if you use it well."
"What is the end of the path?"
Chen Lin immediately seized on the crucial point.
The Gourmet Guardian poured herself a cup of tea. "It means cultivating your dao path to perfection and condensing a dao seal, reaching the point where you are the Dao, and the Dao is you."
"Isn't that being a dominator?"
Chen Lin pressed further.
"Yes and no."
The Gourmet Guardian took a light sip of tea.
She explained unhurriedly, "Dominators can continue cultivating, too. That process involves constantly perfecting their dao marks to form a dao seal. You can think of it as a dominator's great perfection."
Chen Lin asked no more about it.
He understood what she meant, but such matters were still far beyond him. There was no need to dwell on them for now.
Reaching for heights beyond one's grasp was the greatest taboo on the path of cultivation.
Sometimes, knowing secrets from too high a level was not a good thing. This opportunity was hard to come by; asking for the information