"The craft of a Spirit Chef differs from that of a mortal cook."
In the kitchen.
Bao Chao stood before a chopping board, seemingly a different person.
He spoke earnestly to Wang Ba.
Wang Ba no longer put on the airs of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. In truth, he had never had much of an attitude to begin with; he had only deliberately acted that way to get the man to teach him his skills as a Spirit Chef.
He immediately pricked up his ears and listened attentively.
Bao Chao continued:
"Mortal cooks seek to satisfy the appetite and the sense of taste. We Spirit Chefs, however, seek to preserve and bring out the greatest possible effects of Spirit Cuisine while removing anything useless or harmful to cultivators, reducing the time and effort cultivators need to spend consuming it. It counts as a means of assisting cultivation."
"This differs from alchemy as well. Alchemy harmonizes the Qi of plants, metals, and stones to produce all manner of effects. Though alchemists also consider toxicity, effects remain their highest pursuit."
"That is also why taking pills almost always involves pill toxins. It isn't just because they contain foreign Spiritual Qi. Many Pill Formulas were created with only their effects in mind. Senior, if you have had any contact with the Dao of Alchemy, you should have seen that many Pill Formulas include metals, stones, and minerals that we cannot absorb."
Understanding immediately dawned on Wang Ba.
He had always thought those pills contained only spirit herbs and spirit medicines. He had never expected them to contain things like metals and stones as well.
No wonder there were such things as pill toxins.
At that moment, something suddenly occurred to him, and he could not help asking, "Then, Master Bao, I took Blood