Immortal Road.

Chapter 441 High-paying poaching, the victim comes

Although the Ezo Sea is located in the heart of the East China Sea, its appearance has changed dramatically after being developed by the righteous sects!

Lin Shan came to Ezo Island and found that there was a cultivation market here!
"Ezo Mirage".

He was a little surprised!
Mirages are usually found in busy transit areas of various seas, or on islands with rich spiritual energy.

He remembered that there was at most a tiny spiritual vein on Ezo Island. The fact that a sea market could be opened there might be due to its geographical location.

The location of Haishi happened to be centered on the cave where he preached. The area was neither big nor small, but it gathered nearly a thousand cultivators, most of whom were independent cultivators who came here to catch shrimps.

This is what happened:
After the Ezo Sea was developed by Qiufeng Valley, there was a shortage of manpower, so a notice was issued to the East China Sea and the inland, encouraging independent practitioners to come and catch seafood. Many people were tempted by the generous rewards.

They would form a group and go out to sea to fish for more than ten days. Once they opened the business and returned safely, the deep-sea shrimps they caught would be enough for them to make a lot of money, which was much better than working hard as a part-time worker. However, the cultivators in the Qi training stage were still relatively vulnerable in the sea.

If a big wave hits and the boat capsizes, it would be a disaster.

Coupled with unknown factors such as violent storms, attacks by sea monsters, etc., the mortality rate is not low, making it a relatively dangerous industry.

But independent cultivators are like weeds. We cut them again and again, and then recruit them again when they die. They are worthless.

A large number of new people flock here every year, so many businesses settle here permanently. After a long time, Qiufeng Valley took the lead and opened a sea market as a camp for going out to sea.

When Lin Shan walked in, a strong fishy smell hit his nose from the sea market. Many monks passing by had the smell on them, many of whom had just returned from the sea.

Most of the roadside stalls sell seafood, such as algae clams, muskellunge, red oysters, blue crabs, etc. There are also various kinds of mantis shrimps, red shrimps, white shrimps, king shrimps, blood shrimps and the like.

The large sect Qiufeng Valley also has a special recycling shop in Haishi, but the quality requirements are relatively high. The fish must be alive, intact, and large in size, which eliminates a lot of seafood.

Those that were dead or had some defects were taken to the sea market and sold at stalls.

Many independent cultivators who come here from other places to purchase goods or want to try something new also buy from the small stalls for the sake of cost-effectiveness.

Lin Shan ignored the hawking along the way and walked straight into the largest restaurant in Hai City. Since he was already there, he might as well satisfy his appetite.

Since he broke through the Jindan stage, he hasn't enjoyed a good meal for a long time except for various banquets.

The various delicacies in the world of cultivation are actually worth exploring. With his current wealth, he can travel around as a gourmet all day and still eat a lot.

Now when I revisit the old place, I can’t help but recall my youthful years, and my appetite is also aroused.

"Fishing Port Township".

The name of this restaurant sounds friendly, but the prices are not so affordable. The owner behind it is Qiu Feng Valley.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, a servant came to greet him.

"Hey, how many guests are there?"

"one person."

"Inside please!"

Although the decoration shows that it is not cheap, the floors are still packed with people, mostly three to five monks at a table, toasting each other and making the place very lively.

Lin Shan was led to a small table by the window on the third floor. The scenery here was beautiful and the view was wide. He could see a large number of ships docked in the port, some of which were preparing to go out to sea.

Although the magic boats in the world of cultivation can be enlarged or reduced in size and can be put into storage bags, they are relatively expensive, so casual cultivators naturally still use ordinary wooden sailboats.

Ordinary ships cannot change size, and they do not have a large space like storage magic weapons, so they can only stay in the port and pay additional berthing fees.

The waiter brought the menu and put it on the table for him to review.

Lin Shan was too lazy to look any further and just waved his hand!
"Serve me all the signature dishes of your restaurant!"

"Okay~"

The waiter turned around and went downstairs to convey the message. It was so refreshing. Judging from the gentleman's dress and temperament, he was obviously rich or noble. There was no need to worry about not being able to pay for the meal. He could just ask the chef to cook it!

In the past, Lin Shan's temperament was a bit cautious, especially when he was with Yi Chuan, others could tell at first glance that he was a poor boy.

His strength is now incomparable to what it was before, and with the power to establish a sect in his hands, his temperament has also been slowly cultivated.

Serving dishes according to the guests is a must in a restaurant, so the servant naturally knows how to do it.

After a short while, the kitchen gave him priority in serving the food.

One dish after another of rare delicacies was served, and in a blink of an eye the table was full, with someone specially introducing them to him.

"This dish is called Dragon Palace Treasures! It uses deep-sea lobster as the main ingredient, paired with tortoise jelly and crab paste, and stewed in broth. It has a delicious taste and is the specialty of our restaurant."

Lin Shan tasted it and found it was indeed tender, with rich soup, fragrant and delicious. If a cultivator in the Qi training stage tasted it, the spiritual energy contained in it would be too much to bear after just two bites. It was just right for the foundation building stage.

However, for a Jindan stage cultivator, it is just a taste. Spiritual energy is a drop in the bucket for him.

"Sir, look at this dish. It's called Dragon and Phoenix! It's also our signature dish!"

Lin Shan wiped his mouth and looked at the next dish. There was indeed a dragon and a phoenix suspended in the soup on the plate.

"Dragon and Phoenix? What are they made of?"

"The lucky star grouper is also known as the dragon mouth fish, and the water gull is also known as the white-headed phoenix!"

"Then why don't you just call it Fish and Bird Bring Good Luck? Why bother with dragon and phoenix?"

Lin Shan picked up his chopsticks speechlessly and took two bites. The food was not bad. He thought that this small restaurant didn't have the ability to make dragon and phoenix into dishes. The name was really bold and exaggerated.

If they were really dragons and phoenixes, they would probably not be worth a piece of other people's meat even if they sold themselves.

The guy was very thick-skinned and didn't take it seriously, and continued introducing things to him.

"Look at this dish, it's called Armor of the Golden Flower! How about it? This kind of style is worthy of your temperament, sir!"

Lin Shan looked down and saw a vast expanse of yellow. On a winding city wall, there were little men in golden armor, which looked very lifelike.

"Not bad, the workmanship is quite realistic."

He looked at them one by one. Each golden little man had a different face, but they had no legs and a curly tail below their waist.

There are hundreds of them on this wall, so the chef’s workload is more than a bit overwhelming!

"Haha, sir, you have misunderstood. These little people are from the East China Sea seahorse tribe. They are naturally the size of a finger. We caught them and burned them directly with spiritual fire, and then poured soup over them. They are so crunchy. Would you like to try it?"

It was the first time that Lin Shan heard of the seahorse tribe. Aren’t they the little people in the sea? They were also served on the human race’s menu, which was quite strange. He picked it up and tasted it. It was indeed very crispy.

Next, he tasted them one by one. The names of the dishes were fancy, but the taste was good, with color, aroma and taste. It was a seafood feast, at least he had never had it in Lu.

He suddenly had an idea: if he could poach the chefs here to his own Lin's Chamber of Commerce, wouldn't he be able to enter the catering industry in western Shandong?

There's nothing you can do about it, that's just how people are.

When you start a business, you always want to expand the scale and expand into more tracks, preferably complementary ones. Lin Shan is no exception. As the largest seafood wholesale leader in western Shandong, at the top of the upstream industry, if he also engages in the downstream catering industry, let alone whether he can compete with local giants, at least he can lower the price!
"Okay, I'll eat slowly. Go back and call your shopkeeper up to me. I have something to ask him."

The waiter agreed and went downstairs to call the shopkeeper.

Soon, the sound of heavy footsteps came from the stairs.

A fat man wearing a crown and a large flowered robe climbed up with great effort. The flesh in front of his belly was bouncing up and down, showing his wealth.

"Sir, I am the owner of this restaurant. I heard you were looking for me."

The shopkeeper had just sat down at the table opposite him and wanted to ask the young man what he wanted. After all, he was an important customer and seemed to have some background, so it would be nice if he could make friends with him.

Lin Shan showed off his Jindan stage cultivation without saying anything!
"Puff~"

The shopkeeper was so scared that he fell to his knees!

He was only in the foundation-building stage. How could he have the chance to get close to a Jindan Zhenren on weekdays? He was stunned for a moment.

"Stand up and sit down. I want to ask you something."

Lin Shan continued eating with chopsticks as if nothing had happened.

The shopkeeper began to tremble and sweat broke out on his forehead. He did not dare to sit down, but stood aside with his hands crossed in front of him, putting on a smile and waiting for inquiries.

"Don't be nervous. Why are you so restrained? Just treat yourself as if you are at home. Where are you from?"

Lin Shan asked while eating, as if he was the master here.

The shopkeeper kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, and his heart couldn't help but tremble in front of the person in a high position. This was the first time he had seen a young golden elixir!

"In reply to your question, my ancestral home is the Wei family of Hedong in the Great Song Dynasty. I am currently an outposted steward of the Autumn Maple Valley, specifically responsible for the restaurant business in the Ezo Sea area."

The shopkeeper was very honest and told everyone all his secrets right away.

The Hedong Wei family is very powerful in the local area. There are three different cultivation families alone, all with the surname Wei. There are also countless mortal families with the surname Wei.

He entered Qiufeng Valley when he was young, and worked his way up from a cooking disciple to a deacon. Later, he was sent to the East China Sea and was considered a professional chef.

Lin Shan nodded and chatted with him about family matters, but he didn't tell him about his situation, and the other party didn't dare to ask.

"I'm very optimistic about you. Do you have any thoughts on going abroad?"

"What?"

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded. They were having a nice chat, so why did he suddenly mention going abroad?

"Ahem, I have some business in the cultivation world of another country, and I want to hire you with a high salary. What do you think? Consider it. Money is not a problem."

Lin Shan hinted that his business was of a decent scale and as long as he went there, he would be at the supervisor level!
The fat shopkeeper simply waved his hand to decline, saying that he was not cut out for this and had no ambition, and was not suitable for running a business. If the senior wanted to find someone else, he should ask for someone else.

"Ok?"

Lin Shan released and then retracted his aura, without giving any face at all?
"Pfft!"

The shopkeeper shuddered again and fell to his knees. It was obvious that he was really timid and was almost crying with fear.

"Senior, I am used to living in Qiufeng Valley for my retirement and I really don't want to change my family. I have never been abroad in my life. I have been suffering from leaving my hometown. Please let me go!"

Seeing that he couldn't scare him, Lin Shan had to give up.

A forced melon is not sweet. He was just asking tentatively, but he didn't expect the other party to react so strongly.

"Then ask the chefs in your kitchen if there are any willing to switch jobs. I will pay double, no, triple the price!"

The guests on the third floor all looked at each other sideways. It was the first time they had seen such a scene. How could you poach someone in front of them like this?
If it were someone else, they might have gotten angry, but with Jindan Zhenren here, the shopkeeper was so upset that he didn't dare to lose his temper and answered honestly.

"Replying to Senior, I think there shouldn't be any."

"You haven't asked yet, how do you know there is none?"

Lin Shan put down his chopsticks with an unhappy look on his face. Now that he has become a capitalist, he feels that there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved with money. Anything that affects his money-making career is a stumbling block! You don’t know how to appreciate a favor, do you?
The fat shopkeeper had a sad face:
"Because I am the only chef in this restaurant, I usually cook the dishes myself. The dishes with auspicious dragons and phoenixes and golden armor all over the city are impossible for Qi training cultivators to cook, so I have to cook them myself!"

Those seafood spirits have their own cultivation power, and ordinary Qi training cultivators cannot subdue them. Cooking them also tests the depth of their spiritual power and the control of the heat. If the spiritual power is used up before the meat is cooked, who will take over when the dish is halfway through?
Have you ever seen a chef in the world of cultivation cooking while holding a spirit stone in his hand to recover?
The key point is that this small broken place, Ezo Island, has no spiritual veins and no earth fire, so only cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage can cook.

In some places, spiritual chefs and alchemists are equally rare professions.

Lin Shan looked confused and said, "There is only one chef in the restaurant. If you talk to me now, what about the other guests?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said it. As soon as he said it, he realized that half of the guests on the third floor were looking at him resentfully. The tables were empty and they were waiting for the food to be served!
It’s just because he is a Jindan Zhenren, no one dares to force him, so they can only sit and wait, and they are almost tired of waiting.

However, Lin Shan has profound Qi cultivation skills and doesn't care about these people at all. Just wait for them there.

He finally asked again without giving up.

"Then do you sell your recipes and formulas?"

Unexpectedly, this time the shopkeeper's answer was very straightforward.

"Sell!"

Recipes are worthless these days. The real talent is in the cooking. There is nothing to keep to oneself.

The two secretly communicated about the price and directly bought a bunch of recipes, all of which were seafood dishes with a complete range of categories.

It can be seen that although Qiufeng Valley is a giant in medicinal materials, it also has in-depth research on the catering industry. Medicine and food have been inseparable since ancient times, and some aspects are also common. Regulating the body can be solved through eating.

"Okay, go do your work first, I'll eat here by myself."

The shopkeeper felt relieved and went downstairs to cook.

Lin Shan continued to pick up the chopsticks and eat, while looking at the recipe in his hand. He found that with his Jindan stage spiritual awareness and cultivation, it didn't seem difficult to make it.

Controlling fire is a piece of cake for him.

But I have never heard of anyone in the world of cultivation who is at the Jindan stage and still works as a cook. That would be too degrading.

While he was eating and studying the menu, a strange voice kept coming from downstairs, coming from far away and getting closer, as if someone was asking the guests at each table.

"Do you see where my head is?"

“I lost my head”

"I'm looking for my head, and it seems to be right here."

"Ding, Ding, Ding"

After a while, a headless man came up the stairs from the second floor.

(End of this chapter)