Unlike the four-entry master of the Life-Saving Medical Clinic, the chef before him had a chance to establish a cultivation system of his own.
Lin Feng looked at the golden entry among the six entries above his head:
[God of Cooking in the World (gold): Proficient in the dietary properties of all things. Whether ordinary birds and beasts, demonic beast spiritual meat, spiritual plants, or immortal fruits, he can identify their core essence. When processing ingredients, he can completely remove baleful energy, toxins, and impure hostile energy without damaging any of the ingredients' core essence. Spiritual meals and cooked demonic beast meat prepared by his own hands can extract more than the usual amount of latent spiritual potential from the ingredients, directly increasing the finished dishes' medicinal efficacy and qi and blood benefits by 120%; he can break the restrictions on ingredient combinations, allowing spiritual ingredients with originally conflicting medicinal properties to blend together through his cooking without causing backlash. When demonic beast spiritual meat is used in meals, the eater's efficiency in absorbing the spiritual energy in the flesh increases dramatically. For several hours after eating, cultivation speed increases substantially, while the body and meridians are nourished and hidden injuries and strain caused by cultivation are repaired. When cooking spiritual food, there is a chance of producing meal patterns. Dishes bearing meal patterns can briefly unlock a comprehension bonus after consumption, slightly increasing cultivation technique proficiency; there is a small chance of granting the eater temporary qi and blood and spiritual power buffs. Without needing earth fire or a pill furnace, he can cook high-tier spiritual ingredients over ordinary mortal flames. Cooking failures are extremely rare, and even if ingredients are damaged or incomplete, he can preserve their spiritual efficacy to the greatest extent possible. When he eats spiritual meals he has prepared himself, their beneficial effects increase by an additional fifty percent. Long-term consumption of meat-based spiritual meals prepared with this entry can slowly strengthen the body's foundation and reduce the resistance of bottlenecks when breaking through minor realms.
Although it was slightly inferior to the seven-colored entry Pill Ancestor Descends to the Mortal World he had just acquired, the worth of a golden entry needed no elaboration. This was an existence equivalent to a heavenly spiritual root!
Moreover, aside from this golden entry, the effects of the other purple and blue entries were also very enticing:
[Enter the Dao Through Cooking (purple)]: Treats preparing spiritual meals as cultivation and comprehension of the Dao. Cooking can accumulate cultivation insights and improve the retention of spiritual energy in spiritual meals. Eating the dishes can also grant the blessing of Dao resonance, using cooking to knock upon the door of the Great Dao. [Comprehend the Dao Through Eating Spiritual Food (purple)]: When tasting and refining spiritual meat, there is a chance of gaining realm advancement and cultivation insights, increasing cultivation technique proficiency to a certain degree. [Meals Draw Spiritual Breath (blue)]: Spiritual food prepared by his own hands accelerates the eater's spiritual power recovery. [Spiritual Freshness Locks in Essence (blue)]: When cooking spiritual ingredients, better preserves their inherent spiritual energy, improving the effects of spiritual meals.
Aside from the golden entry, the two blue entries he possessed could also take effect on the sect's other disciples, effectively adding another layer of sect buffs.
The more Lin Feng looked, the more satisfied he became. A talent like this had to belong to their Evergreen Sect.
The chef glanced at Lin Feng and his companion, then said angrily:
"The kitchen is a restricted area. Who allowed you to barge in?"
Lin Feng smiled slightly and raised his hand. Twelve tongues of flame surged from his palm toward the twelve large pots.
The sight instantly stunned the chef. He hurriedly put down his cooking utensils, bowed to Lin Feng, and apologized:
"Please forgive me, Immortal Master. I had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai, and didn't know you had graced us with your presence. If there's anything you'd like to eat, just tell me. I'll be sure to satisfy you."
Lin Feng smiled slightly at his words. This was the world of cultivation: before cultivators, mortals bowed in humble submission.
Lin Feng did not keep him guessing, instead saying directly:
"Would you be willing to come with me and join my Evergreen Sect?"
The chef hesitated at his words.
"Immortal Master, I'd naturally be willing to join an immortal sect. But unfortunately, I have no spiritual root. If joining an immortal sect only means preparing fine dishes for the immortal masters, I'd be better off enjoying my freedom here at the restaurant. Please show mercy and let me off."
Lin Feng shook his head and said:
"Although you have no spiritual root, I can see that you have astonishing talent in the culinary Dao. Perhaps one day you can enter the Dao through your cooking."
At his words, delight appeared on the chef's face:
"Is that true, Immortal Master? If I really can enter the Dao through cooking, then I'm willing to follow you."
Setting foot on the immortal path was every mortal's cherished dream. No matter how high their status or how wealthy they were in the secular world, they would willingly abandon everything if they could step onto the immortal path.
Lin Feng nodded slightly. Without waiting for the chef to finish cooking, he took him along on the wind and continued searching Cloud Cherry City for other mortals with four-entry talents or spiritual roots.
During the search, Lin Feng also learned the names of the Life-Saving Medical Clinic's master and the restaurant's chef.
The master of the Life-Saving Medical Clinic was a woman named Li Jishi.
The chef was named Lu Daxi.
In the future, these two would continue to shine and give their all in his Evergreen Sect, becoming indispensable members of it.
The three figures then kept descending from the skies above Cloud Cherry City. Each time they landed, a few more people would appear beside Lin Feng.
The mortals of Cloud Cherry City all witnessed this sight, and one after another, they began taking to the streets, hoping to glimpse an immortal's appearance.
Unfortunately, Lin Feng had already activated a thin spiritual energy barrier that enveloped everyone.
No matter how those commoners looked, they could not see their true faces. They could only pass news by word of mouth about whose child had been taken away by the immortal.
For a time, many hoped that they or their children would also have a chance to join an immortal sect.
The city lord of Cloud Cherry City had naturally noticed this extraordinary sight long ago, but the immortal riding the wind seemed to have no interest in him, the city lord.
Knowing his own place, Cloud Cherry City's lord did not disturb the other party either, afraid of displeasing the immortal and bringing punishment upon himself.
However, the city lord of Cloud Cherry City was somewhat puzzled at that moment. In the past, whenever immortal sects came to Cloud Cherry City in search of talented disciples, they would set up a device in the square to test mortals' spiritual roots and have youths of the appropriate age come for testing.
Yet this immortal master's approach today was different. Every time he landed, a few more people appeared behind him.
Three hours later, the people behind Lin Feng had grown from the initial pair, Li Jishi, master of the Life-Saving Medical Clinic, and the chef Lu Daxi, into a densely packed crowd of over a hundred.
In a large city with a population of five hundred thousand, Lin Feng, who was at late Foundation Establishment great perfection, had relied on his powerful divine sense and the Entry System to examine everyone's aptitude in just three hours.
He had successfully found over a hundred mortals who either possessed cultivation aptitude or had four or more entries.
Among the hundred people behind him, those with cultivation aptitude made up the majority, numbering over seventy.
Most of them had middle- or low-grade five-element mixed spiritual roots. Only two had high-grade spirit roots, and not a single one had a supreme-grade spirit root.
This once again confirmed the rarity of supreme-grade spirit roots. His encounter with Liu Yurou in East Forest City had also involved a measure of luck.
Once the search was complete, Lin Feng took the hundred or so people riding the wind in a grand procession.
After today, their Evergreen Sect had officially crossed the threshold of a hundred-member sect and could be considered a medium-sized sect of modest scale.