In the sect's main hall, countless servant disciples filed in bearing exquisite dishes, while attendants darted between the banquet tables like interweaving shuttles.
Dish after dish and cup after cup of fine wine drew endless praise from the assembled guests.
The accompanying cultivators exchanged toasts, raising their cups in celebration.
The grand sect feast underway was called the "Hundred-Flavors Banquet." Taking its name from the sect itself, it followed a fixed ceremonial form, while its use of Hundred-Flavors Incense through the incense cuisine path was exquisite down to the finest detail.
The Hundred Flavors Gate disciples used one hundred and eight Heavenly Treasures of varying grades, along with incense essences refined from their corresponding elements, to create illusory incense forms. Each dish displayed wondrous scenes-golden lotuses blooming, ethereal spirits swirling, carp swimming, white clouds unfurling-and released pure spirit resonance that made the cultivators' mouths water.
These dishes were not served in bowls or tasted with the mouth. Instead, the diners sat quietly before them, using the incense cuisine methods unique to cultivators who dined on wind and drank dew to absorb their vital essences.
"Such rich spirit resonance, such a substantial texture! This is the essence of a mountain pine forest, combined with the fierce nature of fire-element spirit resonance. It's like wildfire sweeping across the plains. Ah, I feel as though my whole body is about to catch fire..."
"This is the sensation of wind. What wonderfully soothing wind spirit power! Why do I feel as though I've become a dandelion, drifting and drifting through the air? Such freedom-could this be the legendary northwest wind?"
"As expected of an immortal spirit seed, incense essence spirit dew! Such softness and tenderness... marvelous, marvelous!"
Every delicacy possessed its own vital essence, which was essentially spirit resonance. Some premium ingredients even contained