Time passed quickly during cultivation, and before he knew it, it was already lunchtime.
After the morning's cultivation, he had gained a preliminary grasp of his newly learned spells, but he still needed more practice before reaching basic proficiency and being able to use them against enemies.
Liu Changxu planned to see his father first and share his cultivation plans, hoping his father could offer him some advice.
Arriving at his father's training room and seeing that he had finished cultivating, Liu Changxu immediately paid his respects and said, "Father, I'm planning to practice body-tempering arts and sword techniques. Does the Lineage have any cultivation methods suitable for me?"
His father, Liu Shihao, smiled at his son and said, "I have two techniques here that would suit you quite well: the Sword-Controlling Art and the Wind and Rain Sword Technique. Take them and practice! As for body-tempering methods, I don't have any here. You can look in the Lineage's scripture pavilion. I remember it has a Primordial Unity Body-Tempering Art that cultivates both the internal and external aspects. It's very good."
"Wonderful! Thank you, Father!" Liu Changxu said. He hurriedly took the two technique manuals and put them into his storage bag.
"Go see your mother! She's been talking about you all day!" his father, Liu Shihao, said.
"Yes, Father!" Liu Changxu said.
After leaving his father, Liu Changxu went to the kitchen to find his mother.
He soon spotted his mother, Lin Yulian, busy in the kitchen. His father's two concubines were helping beside her.
A spirit fish was steaming in a magical-artifact steamer, while blue flames blazed from the peachwood charcoal beneath it. The faint scent of peachwood mingled with the aroma of fish and wafted toward him.
When his mother saw Liu Changxu, she scolded him with a smile. "You little rascal! You're just like your father, thinking of nothing but cultivation. You never think to come and talk to me!"
Liu Changxu hurriedly said, "Mother! It was my fault. I'll be sure to spend more time with you from now on!"
Hearing this, his mother, Lin Yulian, smiled and said, "I don't blame you! Cultivation still comes first."
Liu Changxu said, "Mother, I'd like to learn how to make talismans and spirit cuisine from you. Do you have time?"
Upon hearing this, his mother, Lin Yulian, quickly said, "Of course! More skills are never a burden! Whenever you want to learn, just come to me!"
"Thank you, Mother!" Liu Changxu said happily.
"I'll start learning to make spirit cuisine right now!"
Liu Changxu said.
"Of course!" his mother, Lin Yulian, said.
With that, his mother, Lin Yulian, began passing on her experience in preparing spirit cuisine.
The principles of cultivators preparing spirit cuisine were much the same as those of mortals cooking meals. However, many ingredients used in spirit cuisine, such as demonic beast meat, were difficult for mortals to handle. This was mainly because demonic beast meat was extremely tough; ordinary kitchen knives could not cut through it. Only magical artifacts could do so.
There were truly reasons behind the saying that immortals and mortals were worlds apart.
If mortals lived alongside cultivators for long enough, they would inevitably come to feel bitterly out of balance.
Ordinary mortals could eat only low-grade spirit rice and low-grade spirit fruit, and even then, they could not eat too much, or their lives would be in danger. How frustrated would a mortal feel, looking at immortal delicacies they could not eat?
Thus, in many cultivation Lineages, children of cultivators who were found to have no spiritual roots would be sent to mortal households for adoption.
Viewed in this light, the Liu Lineage's approach was still quite humane, though it could, of course, have some adverse consequences.
After Liu Changxu and his mother finished steaming the spirit fish, they placed it on a white jade platter. His mother's maid, Xiao Lan, carried it to the jade-green table in the center of the dining hall.
The meal that day was quite lavish. Aside from the ordinary dishes, the spirit cuisine included crystal spirit rice, steamed spirit fish, spirit snake soup, spirit date and spirit rice cakes, and venison with spirit mushrooms.
Once all the food was ready, his father and younger siblings arrived as well. His younger sister, Liu Changxue, and little sister Ling'er clung to Liu Changxu, asking to play with Xiao Qing!
Seeing that his father, mother, and his father's concubines had no objections, Liu Changxu released Xiao Qing from the Spirit Beast Bag.
Xiao Qing looked bewildered at first, but upon seeing Liu Changxue and Ling'er, the little fox immediately put on an adorable expression.
The little fox was truly intelligent and very good at winning everyone's affection.
With an irresistibly cute appearance and an air of understanding what everyone wanted, Xiao Qing soon won the entire family's love.
The family finished lunch amid cheerful laughter. Xiao Qing ate more spirit cuisine than anyone else, showing just how popular the little fox was with the family.
After lunch, Xiao Qing went off to play with the younger brothers and sisters.
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