Fairy Bie Xue in the Fish Head Restaurant (two-in-one)

[6000 words, 2 chapters combined into one.]

The nickname "Transmission Maniac" Horizon reveals that this is not the first time Daoist Horizon has transmitted skills to others.

Passing on his skills to others has become his hobby, which is why he is known as the 'Transmission Maniac'.

Judging from Yu Jiaojiao's reaction... this white-haired old man passing on his skills, a 'protagonist's standard adventure' in martial arts novels, is not a good thing. Otherwise, Yu Jiaojiao wouldn't have told him to run away quickly.

"No, fellow Daoists, you've misunderstood! Let me explain!" Horizon said urgently.

However, before Horizon could finish speaking, his friend Song Shuhang had already run off at top speed.

--When Yu Jiaojiao said, "Let's go quickly," Song Shuhang immediately activated the "Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles" movement technique and ran away as fast as he could.

Horizon stiffly stretched out his hand, on the verge of tears.

It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding.

What's with the nickname "Transmission Maniac"? He did transfer his skills to others frequently, but it was always a mutually agreeable transaction. Why would he run away?

Meanwhile, as Shuhang ran wildly, Yu Jiaojiao began to explain to him the deeds of the "Transmission Maniac," Daoist Horizon.

Daoist Horizon does indeed have a peculiar "hobby" of "passing on his skills" to others, but this hobby is not innate, but rather forced by circumstances. If there weren't specific reasons, which cultivator would be willing to pass on their painstakingly cultivated "Origin True Qi" or "Origin Spiritual Power" to others, essentially doing all the work for someone else?

Ultimately, the main reason is still the 'Heavenly Tribulation'.

Daoist Horizon has been stuck at the Peak Fifth-Grade Spirit Emperor for nearly three hundred years. However, he dares not attempt to advance from the Fifth-Grade to the Sixth-Grade!

Horizon was self-aware. He estimated that if he directly attempted to break through to the Sixth-Grade True Lord realm, he would only have a 20% chance of success, while the probability of failure was as high as 80%.

This is a situation where eight out of ten people die and only two survive. Daoist Horizon is Golden Core cultivator with a long lifespan. Why would he joke about his own life?

Therefore, Daoist Horizon painstakingly suppressed his cultivation level while searching for ways to increase his chances of Tribulation Transcendence.

However, suppressing one's cultivation level is not a long-term solution... Even if Daoist Horizon, who is at the Peak Fifth-Grade, does not cultivate diligently, his Golden Core spiritual power will reach its limit in ten years at most.

At that time, the Golden Core will automatically open up the Spirit Lake, allowing him to forcefully break through to the Sixth-Grade True Lord realm.

To avoid this situation, Daoist Horizon came up with a good idea.

The good idea was to transfer his own 'power' to other cultivators through the method of skill transfer, or to consume his own Origin Spiritual Power to 'cleanse the marrow' for cultivators—in this way, he wouldn't have to worry about the Heavenly Tribulation.

When he first came up with the idea of 'transferring skills', Daoist Horizon felt incredibly clever.

Through the method of 'transferring power', he could not only pass on his 'Origin True Qi' to other cultivators, but sometimes he could also exchange it for valuable items.

For three hundred years, Daoist Horizon has been enjoying this, and every few years or decades, he would find an opportunity to 'pass on his skills' once.

And so, the name "Transmission Maniac" Horizon quickly spread.

If it were just the reputation of the "Transmission Maniac" that spread, that would be one thing... After gaining fame, Daoist Horizon could even take the opportunity to open his doors and do business! After all, many people in the Cultivator World are eager to obtain a powerful set of internal energy.

Especially for cultivators below the Fifth-Grade, if they can receive Empowered Transmission from a Fifth-Grade Spirit Emperor, their physical body can be nourished by spiritual power before reaching the Fifth-Grade. While enhancing their power, they can also receive the effect of Yi Jing cleansing and marrow washing, which is simply amazing.

However, why did the reputation of the "Transmission Maniac" Daoist Horizon become so fearsome that people would flee at the mere mention of his Daoist Horizon to impart his skills?

Could it be that Horizon secretly tampered with the power he was transferring, causing harm to the recipient?

That's not the case!

Horizon is very serious about passing on his skills. Every time he passes on his skills, the power is great and the quality is high. He has a good reputation for this!

This is a very strange story.

Whenever Horizon saw someone he wanted to pass on his skills to, he would happily step forward and call out to that fellow Daoist.

For example. "Fellow Daoist, please wait!"

Or: "Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment, may I speak with you in private?"

"I see you have extraordinary talent. I have five years of internal energy here, and I will pass it on to you. Would you like it? You can get it for a small price."

Daoist Horizon has excellent 'trading' skills. He succeeds nine times out of ten when he tries to sell his 'transmission of skills' to others.

Then, the money was exchanged for the goods.

Both parties were satisfied with the transaction.

To date, over the past three hundred years, Daoist Horizon has transmitted his skills to 72 cultivators.

So, here's the question!

Of these seventy-two cultivators, twenty-nine Heavenly Tribulation shortly after receiving the "transfer of power," their bodies and souls extinguished. Some speculate that these twenty-nine cultivators were too greedy, receiving far too much power from Daoist Horizon in one go. Before they could even boast about their increased power, they were forced to Tribulation Transcendence due to their sudden surge in strength. Lacking preparation, they were reduced to ashes in the Heavenly Tribulation.

Then, shortly after the 'transaction' was completed, 23 other cultivators encountered the calamity of their physical bodies being destroyed. They were forced to change their physical forms, such as becoming puppets, to barely survive.

Two other cultivators offended powerful figures from the Demon Sect and were turned into corpse servants.

In addition, eleven cultivators have gone missing, their fate unknown.

To date, only 7 of them are still alive and well.

This is a truly 'nine out of ten chances of survival'!

Of these seven who are still alive and well, one of them received the power of Daoist Horizon twelve years ago.

At the time, that cultivator was unaware of the Transmission Maniac "Daoist Horizon. After receiving the transmission of power from the "white-haired old man," he happily returned to his sect and boasted to his fellow disciples.

As a result, when he learned from his fellow disciples how terrifying the "Transmission Maniac" Daoist Horizon was, the young cultivator was almost scared to death.

He wrote his will that very night, and from then on, he lived in constant fear and practiced his martial arts diligently every day... Fortunately, he has survived to this day.

Of the seventy-two cultivators who received the power transfer, only a handful survived unharmed.

Therefore, many years ago, those in the know in the Cultivator World had already avoided Master Horizon's Power-Transference Great Art.

Most cultivators believe in the concept of 'Fortune'.

In terms of passing on his skills, Daoist Horizon was not wrong, and the skills he passed on were absolutely genuine, of high quality and sufficient quantity.

However, this matter Fortune bad luck.

Some speculate that perhaps when Horizon transmitted his Origin Spiritual Power, he also unknowingly transmitted the Heavenly Tribulation he was about to face.

That's why those who receive the power are so likely to die.

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"In short, Daoist Horizon's transmission of power is incredibly powerful." Song Shuhang nodded and said—moreover, he himself was not lacking in power.

He still has a lot of 'Spirit Beast Crystal' in his Inch-Shrinking Bag that he hasn't devoured yet, because his physique can't keep up. If his power increases too much, it will kill him!

So, Song Shuhang continued to activate the "Gentleman's Journey of Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles" movement technique. When he used the technique, Shuhang's movements were graceful, and he looked no different from an ordinary person walking. But in fact, his speed was astonishing.

Behind them, Daoist Horizon didn't seem to be chasing after them anymore—otherwise, with his strength as Peak Fifth-Grade cultivator, catching up with Song Shuhang would have been a piece of cake.

Song Shuhang breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Let's take a taxi back."

But thinking back on it, I didn't actually need to run!

Daoist Horizon only proposed using 'transfer of skills' as the price, but it doesn't necessarily have to be done through 'transfer of skills'; Spirit Stone can also be used for the transaction.

If I encounter Daoist Horizon again next time, I won't waste any more words and will directly ask the Daoist to trade Spirit Stone with me.

Spirit Stone are exactly what he needs right now.

Under the blazing sun, the temperature remains high today.

However, Paradise Road in the Jiangnan Region remains bustling with people.

Gurgle Song Shuhang rubbed his stomach. Because of the stomach pumping earlier, his stomach was empty. Although the thought of 'eating' still immediately brought up dirt, he was really hungry right now.

"How about we eat something first before going back?" Shuhang.

"Alright, anyway, that Daoist Horizon didn't chase after us," Yu Jiaojiao replied. However, just to be on the safe side, Yu Jiaojiao still activated a small magical artifact on her body.

It was a magical artifact used to conceal one's aura, crafted by her father True Lord Flood Dragon Overlord Ba. Once activated, it could hide the auras of both her and Song Shuhang.

In this way, there's no need to worry about that Daoist Horizon following the scent and coming after us.

Next, Shuhang looked at a row of restaurants near Paradise Road.

It offers a wide variety of food, and in terms of scale, it's almost comparable to the Food Street outside Jiangnan University.

Then... Shuhang saw a very unique fish head restaurant.

Despite the sweltering heat, a long queue had formed outside this fish head restaurant, stretching dozens of meters from the entrance.

What an amazing crowd! Even the scorching heat couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of these foodies.

But is this fish head restaurant really that famous? Why haven't I heard of it before?

So, out of curiosity, Song Shuhang joined the end of the line.

In front of him stood a boy dressed as a student, sweat beading on his nose from the sweltering heat.

When Song Shuhang reached the back of the line, he immediately felt a cool sensation, as if he had suddenly entered an air-conditioned room. He couldn't help but look up and glance back, and saw Song Shuhang, who was now quite tall.

Song Shuhang smiled slightly at him, revealing his teeth.

The boy returned the smile with a clean one.

Seeing that the queue looked like it would be a long wait, Song Shuhang asked curiously, "Young man, is this restaurant famous for its fish head dishes?"

"Fish head? No, the fish head at this restaurant is actually just so-so," the boy said with a smile.

Song Shuhang: "?"

A shop called "Fish Head Shop," yet its fish heads aren't particularly famous? So what are all these people queuing up for?

Just then, a girl's soft voice came from behind Shuhang: "Brother, you joined the queue because you saw there were so many people, right? We're not queuing up for fish heads, but for roujiamo (Chinese hamburger)."

Song Shuhang: "..."

Roujiamo (Chinese hamburger)?

If people line up at a fish head restaurant to buy roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), the restaurant owner must be crying, right?

The manager of the fish head restaurant really wanted to cry.

His gaze fell on the kitchen of his fish head shop, where a new set of tools for making roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) had been added.

Then, a tall, veiled woman with long, slender hands moved swiftly, operating a set of tools the shop manager had never seen before, cutting various kinds of meat.

The masked woman moved with practiced skill; even a simple act of cutting meat was performed by her with the grace of an artistic dance.

As for why this strange, masked woman was selling roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) in his fish head shop, the shop owner began to recall.

The incident occurred this morning when the masked woman and a white-haired Daoist priest went to his fish head restaurant for a meal.

Although the combination seemed a bit odd, guests are guests, and businesses open for business naturally won't refuse them.

The masked woman and the old man casually ordered the restaurant's signature dishes.

After the dishes were served, the white-haired Old Daoist ate with great relish, but the veiled woman only lifted her veil to take a small bite before putting down her chopsticks.

That's alright. The manager doesn't believe his fish head dishes will be universally praised. It's perfectly normal for some customers' tastes not to their liking.

However, what happened next left the store manager dumbfounded.

The masked woman stood up, went straight to the kitchen, and said to the chef, "The fish head you made is awful; I can't swallow a single bite. I simply can't stand it. Come, let me teach you how to cook fish!"

The chef was completely dumbfounded.

Then, without any hesitation, the woman took the cooking utensils from the chef and began to prepare the fish head step by step, explaining the steps to the chef in detail as she did so.

This is how you cut fish so it absorbs the flavors better.

[The seasonings should be prepared this way.]

[The timing and heat are also very important; you must get it just right.]

The woman spoke in a tone as if a teacher were reprimanding a student, without any politeness.

The store manager witnessed the scene and was furious. What was this woman doing? Was she trying to ruin his business?

Besides, his chef is Old Daoist cook. If this woman were to lecture him like a grandson, wouldn't he explode?

However... his chef didn't lose his temper. Instead, he humbly learned like a grandson. Moreover, he even pulled out a small notebook from somewhere and carefully wrote down every step of the masked woman's instruction.

The manager's gone mad again. Has his head chef taken the wrong medicine today? Why is he acting so goofy?

After the masked woman finished teaching him once, the chef was overjoyed and excitedly thanked her. Then, he took the notebook... and ran away.

They ran away, just like that. They didn't even say goodbye to the boss.

The store manager even called the head chef five times in a row, but no one answered.

The store manager was furious.

Are you kidding me? This masked woman and the chef are teaming up to mess with him, aren't they?

The shop manager wanted nothing more than to grab the masked woman by the collar and let her experience the 'Shopkeeper's Furious Roar' skill.

Oh no, the shopkeeper remembered that he did rush forward and try to grab the masked woman by the collar. But... what happened next? He remembered that everything suddenly went black and he just passed out.

When he woke up, he saw that the masked woman had taken over his fish head shop and started making roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).

What's even more alarming is that this masked woman's business is booming. There's already a long queue outside; so many people are buying that you can't see the end of the line.

The store manager's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

At this moment, the masked woman glanced at the shop manager and said indifferently, "Don't look at me like that. Don't worry, the money you earn is yours. I don't even care about this little bit of money."

While she was preparing the fish head, a sudden inspiration struck her, as if she had an epiphany, and several combinations of meats came to mind.

The masked woman felt that these different combinations would be quite interesting, and if successful, they might elevate the 'banquet' to a whole new level.

So she immediately started trying it out.

She tried many different combinations... While she was experimenting, the delicious food she made was already attracting many food-loving customers with its aroma.

Before she knew it, a long queue of customers had formed, their eyes fixed on her with longing.

The masked woman pondered for a moment, then, thinking, 'Since I'm going to experiment with meat combinations anyway, the experimental products can be sold, so nothing goes to waste,' she started making roujiamo (Chinese meat sandwiches).

Of course, to prevent the spiritual energy in the ingredients from harming the guests, she extracted all the spiritual energy from the ingredients.

That's how it happened.

The foodies outside were clearly lucky. Even though the spiritual energy in the ingredients was extracted, the ingredients themselves were precious cultivation items, and eating them would be very beneficial to their health.

Sometimes, being a happy foodie is great.

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The masked woman continued her fashion experiment.

Just then, the back door of the kitchen was pushed open. An old Daoist priest with white Old Daoist stepped in, looking somewhat embarrassed. In addition, to avoid affecting the ordinary shop manager with his aura, the white-haired Daoist Old Daoist concealed his aura as much as possible, and even used a magic artifact to hide his aura.

This white-haired Horizon, the "Transmission Maniac," who had come to eat fish head with the masked woman that morning.

"Miss Bie Xue, I'm back. What's good to eat?" Horizon smelled the delicious aroma as soon as he entered the door, his mouth watering.

"Have you taken care of your own affairs?" the masked woman Bie Xue, asked with a smile.

Horizon nodded and Secret Voice Transmission, saying, "The package has already been sent out. I also inquired with my sect to see if they had the <Black-Gold Cicada Rearing Method> in their possession, but the chances are slim, since the Black-Gold Cicada is too obscure."

"Thank you, Horizon, I appreciate your kind gesture." Bie Xue nodded slightly. She had recently acquired several precious Black-Gold Cicada and wanted to see if she could cultivate them. This was a delicacy recorded in ancient texts, and she wanted to find an opportunity to recreate it.

"In addition, I have also gathered information about Venerable White. Senior White did indeed live in the Jiangnan Region for a period of time. I also have some information here, it is said that Senior White once drove... a hand tractor on a street in the Jiangnan Region." Horizon's expression was strange, he took out his phone and started swiping.

A friend of his said that he happened to have a photo of "the Venerable White driving a hand tractor on the road," which was obtained through a surveillance camera and is therefore rather blurry.

His friend is sending this photo over...

"Hmm." Miss Bie Xue nodded. Not long ago, Venerable White held a Hand Tractor Race, which caused a sensation throughout the Cultivator World and was even broadcast live. Unfortunately, she had something to do at the time and couldn't catch it.

"Here it is, my friend sent the photos." Horizon took out his phone and zoomed in on the photos.

In the photo.

A brand-new hand-operated tractor, belching black smoke, was driving along the main road.

The driver of the hand tractor was an incredibly handsome man, like a celestial being straight out of a painting. You wanted to shower him with every word imaginable—handsome, dashing, beautiful!

But this handsome immortal was all excited, gripping the tractor handles with both hands, his body swaying rhythmically with the tractor, looking completely ecstatic.

Beside the immortal, squeezed a handsome college student, his face still bearing the innocence of a student. Because there was only one seat on the hand-operated tractor, the student could only huddle in a small space, looking quite Chu Chu.

"Before Senior White's incident with the hand tractor, it's said that a sinkhole suddenly appeared somewhere in the Jiangnan Region, a deep, semi-circular one. The time difference between the two events was about a month. Based on this, Senior White lived in the Jiangnan Region for at least a month after he came out of seclusion. And now, the clue to finding Senior White is the boy who was driving the hand tractor with him... Eh! Eh! Eh!" Daoist Horizon suddenly widened his eyes.

He reached out and zoomed in on the photo, examining it closely.

Although the boy in the photo looks younger, there's no mistake—this boy is the same one he saw earlier who wanted to 'pass on his skills'!

He absolutely did not admit his mistake!

Miss Bie Xue looked at Horizon with her beautiful eyes and asked, "Fellow Daoist Horizon Zi, do you know this young man?"

"What a coincidence, I just met this young man today. He is a Second-Grade cultivator and looks very young. It turns out he has a connection with Venerable White. No wonder he is so incredibly strong at such a young age, with such abundant internal energy and even his spiritual power has reached the level of Third-Grade Cultivator." Daoist Horizon nodded repeatedly.

Bie Xue's eyes lit up immediately. "Where is this young man now?"

Four hundred years ago, she wanted to become a cultivation partner with Fellow Daoist Bai and even confessed her love to him in person.

As a result, Fellow Daoist Bai refused without hesitation.

In a fit of pique, she never sent him another "Immortal Chef Banquet" invitation in the past four hundred years.

Then this year, after much thought, she decided to give him another chance and send him a message—but a problem arose: she couldn't find Fellow Daoist Bai.

I wonder where he's gone again. Could he suddenly decide to go into seclusion again, and stay there for over a hundred years?

Daoist Horizon smiled wryly, "I was just about to make a deal with this young man when he suddenly ran away..."