At that moment, the heads of several Yunping County households were also merrily drinking wine and eating meat at the banquet in the Guest Pavilion!
The spirit cuisine at this table was even more sumptuous. Since neither the Liu Lineage nor anywhere else in Yunping County had a second-tier Spirit Cuisine Master, most of the dishes were upper-grade first-tier. The only second-tier offerings were second-tier lower-grade braised beef, a second-tier lower-grade spirit fruit platter, second-tier lower-grade Blood Dragon spirit rice, and Icefire Wine, a second-tier lower-grade spirit wine purchased elsewhere.
After receiving the Spirit Cuisine Compendium from Liu Changxu, his mother, Lin Yulian, had worked hard and finally become an upper-grade first-tier Spirit Cuisine Master. She was the head chef for today's Foundation Establishment banquet.
To advance as a Spirit Cuisine Master, one needed not only a culinary inheritance and experience, but, most importantly, sufficient cultivation and proficiency!
While managing the Peach Blossom Pavilion in the Purple Forest Market, his mother, Lin Yulian, had gained ample opportunities to practice. She had soon reached the peak of a middle-grade first-tier Spirit Cuisine Master, greatly improving her culinary skills.
The Spirit Cuisine Compendium Liu Changxu had obtained recorded the preparation techniques for fifty lower-grade first-tier dishes, thirty-six middle-grade first-tier dishes, eighteen upper-grade first-tier dishes, twelve lower-grade second-tier dishes, eight Second-Tier Middle-Grade dishes, and three upper-grade second-tier dishes, along with illustrated descriptions of many spiritual ingredients needed to prepare spirit cuisine. With this Spirit Cuisine Compendium, his mother, Lin Yulian, had advanced as naturally as water flowing into a channel. Her path of cultivation would also grow brighter because of it.
Wu Changkun asked Liu Shihao, "How old is your son this year?"
Liu Shihao replied, "He's seventeen this year!"
Wu Changkun said, "He's already reached late Qi Refinement at such a young