Volume Five: A Boundless World, Chapter Five: Wine and Meat Pass Through the Gut, but Buddha Sits in the Heart (Part Two)

Compiling recipes was work that took no skill, so Luo Qian turned around and dumped it on Chen. That was one advantage of being the boss: whenever he found a task dull, he could hand it to a subordinate. Instead, he set his mind on the Buddha Ancestor's last remark—something that could inspire the Saints in their cultivation.

He thought it over and over. One thing was such a classic that he was willing to make a trip to the Lower Realm for that little item alone.

Of course, he had no intention of giving that treasure to the Buddha Ancestor. He did select some of the most ordinary recipes to fulfill his end of the bargain, though. The Buddha Ancestor was delighted, but the child was wiser than most adults and refused, no matter what Luo Qian said, to take him to the Saint Realm to "broaden his horizons." He gave Luo Qian a Superior Saint Stone and sent him on his way.

Luo Qian had not expected the little Buddha Ancestor to do business on such a grand scale. A Superior Saint Stone, just like that! Wrapped in something resembling yellow silk, the stone rested in a Jade Casket and had been preserved with meticulous care. It was worth a full million Standard Saint Stones. Though Luo Qian knew its value, he had to play the clueless bumpkin. Only after the Buddha Ancestor had explained it until his mouth was dry did Luo Qian carry the precious stone home.

Luo Qian had barely emerged from the Buddha Ancestor's shrine when he sensed Tie E calling him. The Buddha Ancestor would not take him to the Saint Realm, but he had his own way of getting there.

The next time he saw Tie E, everything was different. Patches of