Reunion with an Old Friend, Thoughts That Lingered

The forging turmoil in Gengxin City ended with Tie Ao, master of Blazing Fire Hall, personally coming to Jiang Tieyi's door and respectfully asking to become his disciple—only to be bluntly turned down with a single sentence: "I still have to cook for my lord. I don't have time."

From then on, a legend began circulating through Gengxin City.

A mysterious "God of Cooking" had arrived in the city, using a kitchen knife he had forged himself to defeat the most talented blacksmith in the entire city.

As a result, the status of "cooks" inexplicably rose considerably in Gengxin City.

After leaving Gengxin City, Su Chen and the others traveled even more casually.

They no longer insisted on heading for any particular city. Wherever they ended up was where they went.

In spring, they flew kites on the grasslands outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

Jiang Tieyi's kite string was specially made, and his kite was shaped like a whole roasted lamb.

Halfway through flying it, he could not resist reeling it back in and eating it.

In summer, they went to the edge of the Far North to see ice sculptures.

Yan Wuji sneezed and created an enormous castle of ice and snow.

Countless merchants and travelers came to worship it, believing a miracle had descended.

In autumn, they helped harvest a golden field of wheat.

Ling Shuang's vines harvested in one day what the entire village would have needed a month to finish.

The villagers insisted on marrying off the prettiest girl in the village to Jiang Tieyi, who looked the strongest.

He was so frightened that he carried several thousand jin of wheat and fled overnight.

In winter, they sat around a bonfire and listened to Su Chen tell stories that did not belong to this world.