After the others tasted the dishes that Qing Mo had instructed Xia Qiyue and Qu Ziyun to make, they finally understood that these were actually dishes, and that such simple things could be made so delicious!
"Wow, this shrimp is so delicious! It's salty, savory, sweet, crisp, and bouncy! My spiritual energy is starting to surge, as if it's becoming purer!"
"Me too! This fish is not only tender and sweet, but I also feel that my body has been strengthened and my blood and energy are more active!"
"This dish is not only delicious, but it also greatly helps in improving cultivation. I feel that if I eat it for two more meals, I should be able to break through!"
The few people selected by Qing Mo to taste the food were now fighting like starving ghosts, scrambling for the dishes and almost coming to blows!
Fan Weishi slowly put down his chopsticks, looked at Qing Mo, and said, "You're right, my cooking really isn't good! I never expected you to make such delicious dishes with such simple seasonings and methods I'd never even seen before! I'm impressed!"
Qing Mo said, "Did you learn it? I'll teach you two dishes for free today! Wasn't I right?"
Fan Weishi bowed respectfully to Qing Mo, a gesture that shocked everyone who had come to dine at Spring Breeze Tower, after all, he was the only fourth-grade spirit chef in Nanyong City!
Qing Mo waved his hand and put away all the kitchen utensils and equipment. He planned to leave with Jing Yubai and the others because he had previously deduced in the Private Room that the earth veins would not come to Nanyong City but would go to another place. Therefore, he wanted to take people there first to make preparations!
When Fan Weishi saw that Qing Mo and the others were about to leave, he immediately rushed to Qing Mo's side, knelt down, and said, "Young master, I would like to become your apprentice and learn cooking from you!"
I thought that after so many years of study, I had become a fourth-grade spirit chef and considered myself a master chef! But seeing you teaching these two young ladies today, I realize I'm not even an apprentice in your eyes! Please, take me on as your apprentice!"
Before Qing Mo could speak, the Shopkeeper of Spring Breeze Tower hurriedly said, "Master Fan, are you leaving Spring Breeze Tower? What will happen to Spring Breeze Tower then?"
Fan Weishi looked at the Shopkeeper of Spring Breeze Tower and said, " Shopkeeper, I really want to learn culinary skills from this young master! Don't worry, once I've mastered my skills, as long as Spring Breeze Tower doesn't mind, I'll come back!"
Qing Mo then spoke up, "You can come with us, even as a handyman, but I don't take apprentices. As for whether I'll teach you cooking, that's uncertain!"
Are you sure you still want to come with us? You might end up with nothing!
Fan Weishi said that he was happy as long as he could follow Qing Mo and the others. The Shopkeeper of Spring Breeze Tower shook his head helplessly when he saw Fan Weishi's determination.
He then said, "Since Master Fan is so determined, I suppose even if I forced you to stay, your heart wouldn't remain at Spring Breeze Tower. So be it!"
Master Fan, you should go with this young master and his group! If you ever wish to return in the future, the position of head chef at Spring Breeze Tower Restaurant will definitely be yours; I've reserved it for you!"
Fan Weishi nodded emphatically to the Shopkeeper of Spring Breeze Tower, then said, "Don't worry, Shopkeeper! I will definitely come back in the future, as long as you don't mind!"
After saying that, Fan Weishi walked out of the Spring Breeze Tower. Qing Mo and the others' carriage was also brought over by the waiter. However, this time, instead of Jing Yubai, Fan Weishi was driving the carriage. The group headed towards another city!
"Ugh... why isn't the door open yet? I've been waiting for two hours!"
"You've only waited two hours! I've been guarding the shop entrance since before dawn!"
"The food and wine at this restaurant are delicious, but he only opens the menu around noon each day, and the food and wine are limited daily. If you come late, they'll be sold out, and you'll have to wait until tomorrow to eat!"
Qing Mo and his group have been in Breakfast City for over a month and have opened a small restaurant called Come Back Often. With the dishes from Qing Mo's hometown and some of his own brewed wine, it quickly became a hit in Breakfast City!
Moreover, Qing Mo and the others are now doing business and experiencing ordinary life just like ordinary people. The two little girls and Mo Wangshu are learning cooking from Qing Mo, Ren Tianye has become the restaurant Shopkeeper, and the rest have become the restaurant's servants or waiters!
Inside the kitchen, Qing Mo was teaching two little girls and Mo Wangshu how to cook new dishes. Spicy chicken and stir-fried mutton with scallions were the lessons they would be learning this morning!
Because of the rules set by Qing Mo, the restaurant only operates for lunch and dinner, so the opening time is close to noon. Moreover, only these two young girls and Mo Wangshu are responsible for cooking, so the food and drinks are only available in limited quantities each day!
This results in many people waiting outside the restaurant every day, just to taste the limited-edition dishes and drinks. After all, every dish here is exceptionally delicious, and the wine is brewed by Qing Mo using various grains and spiritual fruits from the small world!
Compared to the wines in the Immortal Cultivation World, these wines are much more fragrant and smooth, leaving a pleasant aftertaste. Moreover, each type of wine is quite beneficial to both mortals and cultivators!
At this moment, the restaurant door opened a crack, and Liu Minghua came out carrying a wooden board. On it were listed the types, names, and quantities of dishes and drinks that the restaurant would be serving that day, and the effects of each dish and drink were different!
When the diners outside saw Liu Minghua leaning the wooden plank against the restaurant's entrance, they all crowded around him. One of them said, "Brother Liu, isn't the restaurant open yet? I can't wait any longer!"
"Yes, yes! I've been waiting here since before dawn!"
Liu Minghua replied, "Soon, soon! Take a look at the menu first, quantities are limited, first come, first served!"
The crowd didn't take Liu Minghua's casual attitude seriously. After all, they all knew that this restaurant was protected by the Morning Cloud Sect Morning Cloud Sect, which was the strongest sect in the area. Moreover, today, people from the Morning Cloud Sect would come to take over the owner of Come Back Often Restaurant, Qing Mo, to cook for the sect!
As for why Qing Mo and his group were protected by the Morning Cloud Sect, it all started with the reputation of this restaurant. Naturally, many people were envious of the delicious food and drinks that Qing Mo and his group made, which were also helpful for cultivation!
As a result, people would come to the restaurant to cause trouble from time to time. However, in order to help the four little ones develop their mental fortitude, Qing Mo could only endure it like an ordinary person. After all, there are always too many helpless situations in the lives of ordinary people, and this is an indispensable part of the four little ones' growth!
In fact, it wasn't just the four kids who grew in mindset; even Ren Tianye and Jing Yubai's mindset improved a lot without them realizing it. Now they completely see themselves as ordinary people and wholeheartedly experience the joys and sorrows of life!
It wasn't until Wen Wan, the peak master of Purple Cloud Peak of the Morning Cloud Sect, came to Breakfast City on business and followed the aroma of food and wine to this restaurant!
After tasting the food and drinks, she immediately expressed her desire to invite Qing Mo back to Purple Cloud Peak of the Morning Cloud Sect to cook. Since Qing Mo had calculated that the earth vein would pass through the Morning Cloud Sect, he readily agreed!
However, he still needed to explain some things, Wen Wan readily agreed, saying that she would send a disciple to pick him up and bring him into the sect in three days, so today is exactly the third day!
Although resources are scarce in the southernmost part of the Linhai Continent, the Morning Cloud Sect controls one of the few mid-grade spirit stone mines in the area, and their Supreme Elder is also at the mid-stage of the Life Wheel Realm, so no one dares to cause trouble at the restaurant anymore!
At this moment, everyone outside the restaurant looked at the names of the dishes and drinks written on the wooden board that Liu Minghua had brought out!
The dishes include: braised prawns, braised pork belly, steamed sea bass, cumin lamb, and poached chicken.
Among them, braised prawns and braised pork can purify the spiritual energy in the body.
Steamed sea bass and poached chicken can invigorate the body's blood and energy, and slightly increase lifespan.
Cumin lamb can expand the body's meridians, allowing it to absorb more spiritual energy!
The beverages include: Comprehend True Self, Ten Years of Great Dreams, Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon, Thing in the Cup, and Flower in the Mirror. Among them, except for Ten Years of Great Dreams and Comprehend True Self, the other three beverages have the effect of invigorating blood and expanding meridians!
Comprehend True Self allows one to reflect on the past, confront one's inner self, and achieve a clearer state of mind. For cultivators, clear thoughts are essential for better cultivation!
The effects of the Ten Years of Great Dreams " are even more exaggerated. Just one or two cups of this wine will make one drunk, and one can gain insights in the dream. At the same time, there is a chance to break through one's inner demons. If one is lucky, when one wakes up, it can be better than a hundred years of hard cultivation!
As the saying goes, a great dream can feel like ten years have passed!
Apart from the Ten Years of Great Dreams" and "Comprehend True Self" drinks, which are only available in ten jugs each, all other drinks and dishes are only available in fifty portions each. If they sell out at noon and you still want to eat and drink, you'll have to wait until evening!
Moreover, each dish requires twenty mid-grade spirit stones, and the drinks are even more expensive, ranging from fifty to five hundred mid-grade spirit stones. The most expensive, the Ten Years of Great Dreams, costs a full five hundred mid-grade spirit stones. However, even with such prices, countless people still line up to eat!
After all, the effects of the "Seeing One's True Self" and " Ten Years of Great Dreams" wines are enough to drive countless cultivators mad. In addition, the other wines and dishes also greatly help cultivation. So even if it hurts to eat them, one still has to eat them!
"Mmm~, delicious, so delicious! Xia and Qu are cooking better and better these days!"
"Yes! It's really delicious. Yinzi, put down the chicken nuggets in your hand. How many have you eaten? I've only had three!"
Little Tail munched on a spirit fruit, staring blankly as Da Bai and Yinzi devoured spicy chicken and stir-fried mutton with scallions. The way they ate was more unsightly than the other. However, seeing how much they enjoyed the food they had made, Xia Qiyue and the other two were genuinely happy!
Yinzi quickly stuffed the spicy chicken pieces in her mouth and mumbled, "How dare you say that to me? Look how much mutton you've eaten! You ate half of this huge plate of mutton, and I haven't even tasted it yet—it's almost gone!"
Da Bai, with a mouthful of stir-fried mutton with scallions, hadn't even swallowed his food when he retorted to Yinzi, "You, what's it to you? I love mutton, and besides, you've eaten so much chili and Sichuan peppercorns, you'll regret it later!"
Da Bai kept stuffing mutton into its mouth, and every now and then it would snatch spicy chicken pieces from Yinzi's paws. Ever since Xia Qiyue and Qu Ziyun started learning cooking from Qing Mo, the two of them have been squatting in the kitchen every day!
Ren Tianye and his companions smelled the aroma of the food and rushed into the kitchen with chopsticks in hand. The four grown men, a cat, and a dragon fought fiercely over it, and the fragrance also wafted outside the restaurant!
This was tough on the diners waiting outside for the restaurant to open. Qing Mo shook her head at the group of foodies in front of her, then led Mo Wangshu out of the kitchen. The two little girls ignored the foodies and started preparing the ingredients for the stir-fry later!
As for Fan Weishi, he was helping out with the two little girls. He did everything from buying and washing vegetables to chopping wood and starting a fire, to carrying water and taking care of the vegetable garden. At this moment, he was no longer a fourth-grade spirit chef, but had completely become the two girls' apprentice!
Mo Wangshu and Qing Mo arrived at the backyard, and she asked somewhat aggrievedly, "Master, how long will you be gone this time?"
"It won't be long. I'll go over and have some fun first, and while I'm at it, I'll find an opportunity to practice the formation a bit more. Once we get what we need, we can leave pretty soon. After all, those four little ones also need time to improve their mental state, don't they?"
Mo Wangshu pouted and didn't say anything. She just shook Qing Mo's arm because Qing Mo planned to go alone this time without taking anyone with her, so Mo Wangshu wanted to go with him!
Qing Mo smiled and shook her head, then said, "Alright, don't feel wronged! You should stay and improve your mental state. Besides, won't I come back for meat if I get hungry? You know what I'm capable of!"
Qing Mo pinched Mo Wangshu's slightly aggrieved face and patted her pert buttocks. These two casual gestures made Mo Wangshu's legs and buttocks tighten unnaturally, and the latter's face slowly turned a little red!
The Wen Wan disciples successfully brought Qing Mo to Purple Cloud Peak of the Morning Cloud Sect. After Wen Wan, apart from telling her own disciples, Wenwan did not expose Qing Mo to the peak masters of the other four peaks. After all, at this time, it was better to enjoy the fun alone than to share it with others!
Originally, some of Wen Wan Wan's disciples looked down on Qing Mo, a mere mortal, for what kind of spiritual food he could make. Wen Wan, when Wen Wan brought back some food and drinks from a restaurant for them to try, they were instantly won over by the delicious food and wine!
As a result, Qing Mo arrived at Purple Cloud Peak of the Morning Cloud Sect close to afternoon that day. Not long after she arrived at the kitchen they had prepared for Qing Mo, hundreds of disciples, including Peak Master Wen Wan, rushed over to say that they wanted to have dinner!
Seeing that there was a lot of flour in the kitchen, Qingmo rolled up his sleeves and started kneading the dough. While the dough was resting, Qingmo took the pork and chicken bones to make soup. He planned to make plain noodles for them tonight!
After more than an hour, Mo Rang come in and bring out the prepared noodles and a large pot of soup. Everyone smelled the aroma of the broth and rushed over. In the end, it was only Wen Wan Wenwan asked everyone to line up that order was maintained!
Just as everyone was marveling at how delicious the noodles were, a gentle female voice drifted from the sky. "Great! No wonder we didn't see a single person when we came to Purple Cloud Peak; they've all come here to eat noodles!"
Wen Wan merely glanced at the peak master of Azure Cloud Peak, Feng Caiting, before asking, "What are you doing here? Don't you have time to teach your disciples? Why are you running around to my Purple Cloud Peak?"
Feng Cai'er said with a grin, "Oh! I just need to borrow something from you. I'll return it to you when I'm done!"
Before Feng Cai'er could even ask what she wanted to borrow, Wen Wan immediately interjected, "No way! Everyone knows you, right? If I borrow something from you, it won't be so easy to get it back!"
"Hey~, do you think I'm that kind of person? We've known each other for centuries, don't you know what kind of person I am? By the way, what are you eating? It smells so good!"
Wen Wan scoffed at Feng Cai'er's words; she didn't believe this deadbeat. She immediately said, "Nothing, are you alright? If not, then hurry up and leave!"
Seeing Wen Wan hurriedly shoo her away, Feng Cai'er was certain something was amiss. She then approached Qing Mo and said, "I've never seen you before. You must be her new cook, right? Could I have a bowl of the noodles they eat here too?"
Qing Mo nodded, then made a bowl of plain noodles for Feng Cai'er as well. When she saw it, she thought it was just an ordinary bowl of noodles. But after she took a bite, her eyes widened and she started eating like Wen Wan and the others!
Feng Cai'er finished her noodles and even drank the soup clean. When she felt that her blood and energy had increased by at least 20%, she looked at Qing Mo with the eyes of a bandit!
She then pointed at Wen Wan and said, "You, Wen Wan, you found such a good chef and you want to keep it to yourself? You wait, I'll go tell the sect leader!"
Feng Cai'er staggered out of the courtyard, but Wen Wan immediately hugged her from behind, covered her mouth with one hand, and dragged her outside to discuss the matter with her!
Just then, a female disciple looked at Qing Mo and asked, " Qing Mo, what are we eating tomorrow?"
Qing Mo casually replied, "Spicy braised pig's trotters, perhaps?"
"Ew! That's disgusting! You can eat pig's trotters?"
"Yeah! Pig's trotters are all bones, what's so good about them? I've seen many people throw away the pig's trotters after slaughtering them!"
"Yeah! It might not even taste as good as this bowl of noodles."
Hearing the chorus of boos from the crowd, Qing Mo smiled and said, "Don't you know? Pig's trotters are full of collagen. Women who eat them can improve their complexion, making their skin better and better! It will become moisturized and radiant!"
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Wen Wan, Feng Cai'er, and the other female disciples all changed their gazes towards Qing Mo. Originally, only Feng Cai'er's eyes resembled those of a bandit, but now almost everyone looked like a bandit!