At the Su Family villa, it was almost noon.
"He really made a whole table of dishes?"
Su Ziming found it hard to believe. Chen Zheng really knew how to cook, and his culinary skills seemed far from ordinary.
"A Beast Banquet. Ordinary people can replenish their blood and vitality by eating it, while someone like Brother Wen can recover from injuries. But these ingredients are only average. Brother Wen is already a Grandmaster, so it won't increase his internal energy by much."
Chen Zheng smiled faintly and gestured for everyone to begin eating.
"Well... then this junior won't stand on ceremony."
Wen Tailai hesitated for a moment, feeling overwhelmed by the honor of Chen Zheng calling him Brother Wen. He picked up a piece of wolf meat and swallowed it. The instant he did, his face went blank!
"Nephew Wen..."
Seeing Wen Tailai's expression, Su Ziming thought Chen Zheng's dishes only looked and smelled good but had no flavor-that they tasted bad.
"Senior! This... this is far too delicious!"
The very next second, Wen Tailai exclaimed, staring at Chen Zheng in shock.
"Basic stuff. No need to be so surprised."
Chen Zheng smiled faintly.
"Chen Zheng's cooking should be quite a bit better than a five-star hotel chef's."
Su Cheng, who sat beside Chen Zheng, smiled slightly and began eating too.
Su Ziming said nothing. He also picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of meat. The moment it entered his mouth, he froze just as Wen Tailai had.
Because he simply couldn't believe it!
As a billionaire worth tens of billions, he had eaten at plenty of high-end hotels and Michelin restaurants, as well as tasted dishes personally prepared by internationally renowned chefs. Yet tasting Chen Zheng's cooking now gave him an experience unlike anything he had ever known!
The instant the meat entered his mouth, he felt as though a surge of vitality had been injected into his body, sending his fifty-something body straight back to its prime in his twenties!
Strength!
His whole body brimmed with strength!
The feeling was simply dreamlike!
"Unbelievable! Truly unbelievable! Chen Zheng, if you opened a restaurant, even if you didn't draw in the whole world, all the wealthy people in China would probably come! How can your cooking be so miraculous? I've only eaten one piece of meat, and I feel like I'm twenty again. This is just unbelievable!"
Su Ziming was incredibly excited and began wolfing down the food as he spoke.
"My injuries actually healed... this... this is far too fast... and I feel like my internal energy increased by ten percent in an instant... Senior, are you the God of Cooking reincarnated?"
After a few mouthfuls, Wen Tailai felt the changes in his body and couldn't help staring blankly at Chen Zheng.
He had been clawed by the giant eagle during their fight, and it should have taken at least a week for him to more or less recover. Yet after eating the Beast Banquet Chen Zheng had prepared, not only had his injuries healed instantly, but his internal energy had even increased by ten percent!
He was already a Grandmaster. Increasing one's cultivation at that level was no simple matter without heavenly treasures, earthly wonders, or something like a sudden enlightenment. Yet all he had just eaten was a few mouthfuls of Chen Zheng's cooking!
Only the Beast Banquet Chen Zheng had prepared!
Could Senior Chen's Beast Banquet actually be a miraculous elixir? Those few pieces of cooked meat felt comparable to Shaolin Temple's legendary Great Rejuvenation Pill. Or was Senior Chen the God of Cooking reincarnated, which was why his cooking had such effects?
"The Beast Banquet is primarily meant for cultivators. Uncle Su can replenish some blood and vitality, but the effects won't be pronounced. Brother Wen has tempered his body well, so absorb a little more this time."
With a faint smile on his face, Chen Zheng also began eating.
"Senior... this junior truly doesn't know how to thank you! Meeting you is the great fortune of my lifetime!"
Wen Tailai took a deep breath, suddenly stood up, cupped his fist, and bowed deeply to Chen Zheng.
"..."
The Su Family servants watching nearby couldn't help parting their lips slightly. Wasn't Young Master Wen's behavior a little too exaggerated? Young Master Chen's food certainly looked, smelled, and tasted wonderful, but was it really that miraculous?
"Eat."
Chen Zheng nodded.
"Yes!"
Wen Tailai hurriedly answered. Seeing Su Ziming and Su Cheng wolfing down the food with little regard for appearances, he also cast aside his reserve and dug in. At the same time, he thought to himself that it was a pity his master was in secluded cultivation and couldn't enjoy this Beast Banquet Senior Chen had prepared...
An hour later.
Chen Zheng and Su Cheng returned to Su Cheng's home. Much of the time, Su Cheng didn't stay at the Su Family villa, living elsewhere instead.
"Hmm? What smells so good? Which restaurant did you buy it from?"
Su Cheng woke An Jing and called her out to eat. When An Jing walked up to the dining table in loose pajamas, she smelled the food they had brought back especially for her before she even sat down. She paused, then involuntarily looked at Chen Zheng. "Wait! Chen Zheng, you didn't make this, did you? Last time, after I ate that Immortal Ascension Banquet or whatever you made, I got hot all over and passed out. I'm not going to get hot all over and faint again after eating this, am I? Last time, Su Cheng said she carried me into the bedroom and massaged me to clear my true qi, but why do I feel like something's off?"
"Sister An, Chen Zheng made a Beast Banquet today. It has plenty of benefits for people like us who practice ancient martial arts. Besides, with me here, Chen Zheng couldn't do anything to you."
Su Cheng hurriedly spoke up.
"Really? Su Cheng, what if you're wallowing in the same muck as this guy?"
An Jing's eyes swept back and forth between Chen Zheng's and Su Cheng's faces.
Actually, when she woke up the day after the Immortal Ascension Banquet incident, she had felt that someone had touched her back. Although Su Cheng said she had helped massage her to clear her true qi, An Jing didn't think it had been Su Cheng, because Su Cheng's realm wasn't even as high as hers. That meant the one who had helped clear it last time was very likely Chen Zheng!
Could this guy be deliberately coming up with things like the Immortal Ascension Banquet to satisfy some wicked fetish of his?
"Beauty An, if you don't like my cooking, don't eat it. I'll order you some takeout."
Chen Zheng spoke up.
"I'm eating it! Why wouldn't I? I'm not scared of you! Hmph!"
An Jing snorted, sat down, and began eating.
"What!"
"This flavor!"
"How can this be!"
"Chen Zheng! Why is your cooking so delicious!"
"So good!"
In less than three seconds, An Jing was wolfing down the food while exclaiming how good it was.
Five minutes later.
"Huh? Why do I feel like I'm getting hot all over again? Chen Zheng, you bastard, did you drug the food again? I can't take it! So hot! Why is it so hot? I can't take it! I'm taking my clothes off!"
An Jing shot to her feet. After shouting those few lines, she was just about to start removing her clothes when her whole body went limp.
"What..."
Su Cheng reacted swiftly and caught An Jing at once, looking at Chen Zheng with confusion on her pretty face.
"It's still her constitution. Her constitution is somewhat unusual. Her true qi overwhelmed her mind again."
Chen Zheng spoke calmly.
"Then what do we do?"
Su Cheng frowned.
"Clear it."
Chen Zheng spoke with complete seriousness.
"Clear it? Like last time?"
Su Cheng thought of how he had cleared it last time.
"The same."
Chen Zheng nodded.
"All right, then."
Su Cheng could only nod. Actually, she also had her suspicions about whether Chen Zheng was doing this deliberately. But with Chen Zheng's abilities, if he really wanted to do something to a woman, he didn't seem to need any of these tricks.
After helping An Jing into the bedroom, Su Cheng suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Zheng. "Um... I feel like my true qi is a little disordered too. You didn't clear mine last time, so help clear mine this time too."