Word of the scene in the Peach Blossom Hall even reached the Foundation Establishment guests in the Guest Pavilion.
His mother had overseen the preparation of the second-tier spirit cuisine served to the Foundation Establishment guests that day. Liu Changxu had also made three second-tier dishes: Five-Element Ascension Soup, Lotus Seed Flood Dragon Heart Soup, and Braised Flood Dragon Meatballs.
Liu Changxu had developed the Five-Element Ascension Soup from the Five Elements Spirit Bone Soup. Following the principles of balancing yin and yang within the five elements, he had carefully simmered eighty-one precious ingredients and spirit medicinal herbs for seven days and seven nights.
The Five-Element Ascension Soup took its name from the sensation it gave cultivators after they drank it, as though they were floating toward immortality. It greatly benefited their magic power, flesh, and souls.
The Lotus Seed Flood Dragon Heart Soup used second-tier top-grade Red-Heart Lotus seeds and an Icewind Flood Dragon's heart as its main ingredients, simmered for five days and five nights. Not only did it taste superb, but it also replenished Foundation Establishment cultivators' blood and vitality.
As for the Braised Flood Dragon Meatballs, they were made from Icewind Flood Dragon meat and could likewise strengthen Foundation Establishment cultivators' blood and vitality.
His mother Lin Yulian had also made great strides in the art of spirit cuisine. Although her cultivation limited her and kept her dishes from matching her son's in grade, they were still very good.
Moreover, Lin Yulian's mastery of spirit cuisine was far more comprehensive than that of her son Liu Changxu, who excelled at only a handful of dishes.
For Liu Changxu, beyond satisfying his appetite, the greater purpose of spirit cuisine was to improve his cultivation. That was what had motivated him to persistently refine the Five-Element Soup until