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Chapter 98, Requesting an Order to Slay the Heavenly Demon Prince

Yuqian Mountain, Lanxing Academy!
"Whoosh~" A streak of light flashed from the distant horizon, and Mu Yunsheng and Zhu Daochang appeared in front of the gate of Lanxing Academy.

"You will stay at Lanxing Academy for the next few days. Have you taken care of your personal matters?" Zhu Daochang opened the magic array barrier of Lanxing Academy, walked inside, and asked Mu Yunsheng.

"Replying to Senior Zhu, Yun Sheng had already arranged all her personal matters before arriving," Mu Yun Sheng replied, following behind Zhu Dao Chang into the Lanxing Courtyard.

"Hmm~" Zhu Daochang nodded slightly.

"Master." In the front courtyard of the Starry Sky Academy, where the starlight and moonlight gathered, the figure of the second-tier low-grade demon beast, Xiao Li, leaped onto Zhu Daochang's right shoulder and called out in human language.

It was only the size of an adult man's palm, the true form of a demon beast, which had not used any illusionary magic to transform into a small Taoist boy.

A smile appeared on Zhu Daochang's face. With Xiao Li on his right shoulder, he led Mu Yunsheng toward the courtyard where they would rest and reside in Lanxing Courtyard.

In no time, a room for cultivation and rest was arranged, and he said to Mu Yunsheng.

"From now on, you will live in this room in Lanxing Courtyard. If you have any questions, you can come upstairs to find me, or go to the front yard to find Xiaoli. Xiaoli just broke through to the second-tier low-grade demon beast realm not long ago."

"I spend a lot of time in the front courtyard of the Star-Gazing Academy, absorbing the spirits of the stars and moon drawn down by the magic array to cultivate."

"Yes, Yun Sheng will follow Elder Zhu's arrangements." Mu Yun Sheng bowed and replied, standing in the room, her mind sensing the rich spiritual energy gathered there.

It is no weaker than the front courtyard where the spirits of stars and moon gather at the Star-Gazing Courtyard.

The three first-class spiritual residences of Xiankeju—Lanxingyuan, Xiyueju, and Fengrige—are all built on the main vein of the second-tier low-grade spiritual vein of Yuqian Mountain, where the spiritual energy is rich enough for Foundation Establishment cultivators to cultivate.

For Mu Yunsheng, who was only at the third level of Qi Refining, even just occupying a corner of the land was a blessed place that would greatly help his cultivation.

"Alright, pack your things first, then come find me in the backyard," Zhu Daochang said, glancing at Mu Yunsheng who was carrying many bags and packages, before turning and leaving.

Little Fox perched on his right shoulder, its star-like eyes filled with curiosity and inquiry. After looking at Mu Yun Sheng for a moment, it left with Zhu Daochang.

"Yes, Senior Zhu." Mu Yunsheng bowed and saw them off. Only after Zhu Daochang and Xiao Li left did he stand up and then look around the room for a moment.

He packed up the items he had brought. He had brought quite a lot of things in his bundle, including various spiritual materials prepared for the Spiritual Cuisine Duel, as well as clothes that Shui Lin'er and the others had prepared for him to change into.

Mu Yun Sheng also prepared paper, pens, and books, intending to use them during his time following Zhu Dao Chang and practicing the Way of the Spirit Chef to answer the questions Zhu Dao Chang had given him and to learn the art of the Spirit Chef.

I'll write them down one by one so that I can easily understand them in the future.

After a short while, Mu Yunsheng tidied up the items he had brought and put them away in the room. Then, he picked up the Tai family's spiritual kitchen artifact, the Qiankun Spirit Transformation Jar, and headed towards the backyard of Lanxing Courtyard.

In the backyard, Zhu Daochang was already waiting, with a pile of spirit fruits, each the size of a chicken egg and with a bluish-purple peel, beside him.

I don't know what it's for.
"Senior Zhu." Mu Yunsheng walked up to Zhu Daochang, bowed, and presented the Qiankun Transformation Jar.

"You can keep this Qiankun Spirit Transformation Jar for yourself, but remember, although the magic tool can help the chef to make better spiritual dishes."

"However, the preparation of spiritual cuisine ultimately depends on the chef's own culinary skills; magical cooking tools can only play a supporting role, understand?"

Zhu Daochang glanced at the Qiankun Spirit Transformation Jar, showing no interest whatsoever, and then gave Mu Yunsheng his instructions.

"Yun Sheng understands, thank you, Senior." Mu Yun Sheng replied.

"This is a storage artifact I obtained by chance, called the Seven Star Jade Entanglement. It has seven storage spaces, each capable of holding twenty-inch items. You can take it and use it."

Zhu Daochang took out a jade belt and handed it to Mu Yunsheng.

“This…” Mu Yunsheng looked at the Seven Star Jade Entwined Storage Artifact handed over by Zhu Daochang, and hesitated, not reaching out to take it.

Storage artifacts are incredibly valuable. Once refined with true essence, even if other cultivators obtain them, they won't be able to open them and retrieve the spiritual items stored inside in a short time.

Moreover, if the true essence stored in the storage artifact is refined by other cultivators, they can immediately sense it and know its approximate location.

Therefore, storage artifacts are far more valuable than storage bags.

"Take it, it's nothing valuable to me," Zhu Daochang said, tossing the Seven-Star Jade Entwined Storage Magic Item into Mu Yunsheng's hands.

"Yes, Yun Sheng thanks Senior Zhu." Mu Yun Sheng bowed and said, keeping Zhu Daochang's kindness in mind.

"Alright, now begin your spiritual cooking training," Zhu Daochang said, then took out a purple spiritual fruit from the pile beside him and said to Mu Yunsheng.

"This is a first-grade low-level spiritual fruit, the Purple Green Yuan Fruit, from the Poisonous Mist Wanze Ridge in your Qian Yuan Prefecture. Its peel contains a deadly poison. If the peel is damaged while removing the peel, the flesh inside will also be contaminated with the poison and cannot be eaten."

"In addition, the peeling time should not exceed three seconds, otherwise the skin covering the fruit will also change as the peel is removed, producing a highly toxic substance that will infect the fruit flesh."

"Only by completely peeling off the fruit within three short moments can the peel remain unchanged, preserving and sealing the spiritual energy and essence contained within the fruit flesh."

"Your training today is to carefully extract the pulp from this pile of Purple Jade Fruits. A spiritual chef's training is not just about making spiritual dishes."

"The handling of various spiritual materials is also crucial; if some spiritual materials are handled incorrectly, they will be completely destroyed."

After Zhu Daochang finished speaking, the peel of the Purple Green Yuan Fruit in his hand instantly turned into powder, leaving only a thin, cicada-wing-like white skin covering the tender white flesh.

The fruit peel was completely undamaged and hadn't even realized what had happened.

"Yes, thank you, senior."

Mu Yunsheng nodded, then put the Qiankun Transformation Jar and the Seven Star Jade Entwined Storage Magic Artifact aside, picked up the Purple Luo Qingyuan Fruit piled up next to Zhu Daochang, and began to cultivate the peeling of the fruit skin.

This refers to the cultivation of a cultivator's control over their true essence and their mental perception.

These two things are also very important for a spiritual chef to cultivate the art of spiritual cooking.

"Scatter!" "Pfft!"

Mu Yunsheng picked up one Purple Green Yuan Fruit after another, circulating his true essence, wanting to pulverize and disperse the fruit peels like Zhu Daochang.

One after another, the Purple Green Yuan Fruits failed to have their skins removed in his hands, the flesh becoming contaminated with deadly poison and spraying out highly toxic juice.

Therefore, Mu Yunsheng had no choice but to circulate his true energy to protect his entire body.

Time passed quickly as they continued to cultivate and peel away the outer skin of the Purple Jade Fruit, and before they knew it, it was late at night.

"Out!" "In!" Mu Yunsheng sat cross-legged in his resting room, having already refined the Seven Star Jade Entwined Storage Magic Artifact. He was now happily putting the Qiankun Spirit Transformation Jar in and out of the Seven Star Jade Entwined Storage Space.

I tried using all seven storage spaces several times.

This was the first time he had obtained a storage artifact after so many years of cultivation, and he felt quite curious about it.

"Collect!" After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Mu Yunsheng sorted and stored all the clothes he had brought, as well as the spiritual ingredients for making spiritual meals, into the seven storage spaces of the Seven Star Jade Entwined.

Having finally dispelled the initial curiosity, he stepped into the quiet room used for cultivation and began his practice for the day.

"The mind sinks into the empty valley, observing the great harmony of the universe. Seeing wood gives rise to fire, and observing fire gives rise to earth. ..."

The Taixu Five Elements Qi-Eating Scripture circulated within Mu Yunsheng's body, causing the dense spiritual energy in the quiet room to surge towards him and then be absorbed and refined by his spiritual root.

Mu Yunsheng's mind guided his true essence, circulating it through the spiritual meridians in his body, absorbing the spiritual energy from his spiritual root and refining it into his own unique true essence.

In this back-and-forth refining of true essence, Mu Yunsheng couldn't keep up with the speed at which his spiritual root absorbed and adopted spiritual energy; he felt that he had only refined a wisp of spiritual energy.

The spiritual root had already absorbed about ten strands of spiritual energy from the quiet room rich in spiritual energy and entered the spiritual meridians in its body.

This is because Mu Yunsheng's cultivation level, as well as the Taixu Five Elements Qi Absorption Scripture he practiced, were no longer sufficient to refine the rich spiritual energy in the meditation room, which was enough for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to cultivate.

This is why the spiritual root absorbs and adopts spiritual energy far exceeding the speed at which the cultivation techniques within the body refine spiritual energy.

At this time, one should consume Azure Cloud Spirit Rice to aid cultivation, wear Azure Spirit Fish Stone Bracelet to enhance the surrounding spiritual energy, and consume Jade Heart Lotus Spirit Soup to clear the mind and enhance perception of the surrounding spiritual energy.

It's all fake now. Only this pure and rich spiritual energy remains, spiritual energy that even refining cannot fully extract.

Guided by his mind, Mu Yunsheng tried his best to circulate his true essence within his spiritual veins, attempting to accelerate the refining of spiritual energy. However, this was insufficient compared to the amount of spiritual energy his spiritual root absorbed from the tranquil room rich in spiritual energy.

It's just a drop in the ocean.

For the first time, Mu Yunsheng experienced such "painful" cultivation. He cultivated in such a spiritually rich environment, and more than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

"Whoosh~" A stream of turbid air produced by cultivation was exhaled continuously, like a mirage dragon spitting mist, and disappeared into the air.

Mu Yunsheng opened his eyes, which had been closed during cultivation. A faint spiritual light flashed in his eyes as he focused his mind on the increase in cultivation in his dantian, becoming somewhat lost in thought.

This time, his cultivation was almost ten days longer than before, not even longer, without consuming Azure Cloud Spirit Rice or refining the spiritual energy in the spirit field.

Rather, it is the result of Mu Yun Sheng's ten days of arduous cultivation, which includes a daily supply of Qingyun Spirit Rice and the absorption and refinement of spiritual energy from the spirit fields.

"If only I could cultivate here in such a spiritually rich place for a long time," Mu Yunsheng thought with a light laugh, but he also knew clearly that this was not realistic.

Lanxing Academy is a celestial abode, a first-class spiritual residence for Foundation Establishment cultivators. It is built on a second-tier low-grade spiritual vein, and the daily cost of living there is unknown.

Even the core disciples of the Seven Families find it difficult to cultivate within the main vein of a second-tier low-grade spiritual vein. Although the Seven Families are the top cultivation forces in Qian Yuan Prefecture.

However, there are many disciples of cultivators, and they also have to support the cultivation of foundation-building cultivators from various families.

"But Master Zhu really has spirit stones. He stays in the first-class spirit mansion, the Star-Gazing Academy, for a long time. I wonder if he has reached any agreement with the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the seven families."

Mu Yunsheng thought about the spirit stones that might be needed to live in Lanxing Academy, and then about Zhu Daochang's long-term stay, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

However, despite feeling heartbroken, it also strengthened my resolve to cultivate the art of spiritual cooking.

"I wonder what kind of spiritual culinary arts Master Zhu will teach me tomorrow?"

Anticipation rose in Mu Yunsheng's eyes. He got up and left the meditation room, went to the rest room, sat down at the desk, took out paper and pen, and wrote down the spiritual chef skills that Zhu Daochang had taught him that day. Then he reviewed them one by one and began to study them in detail.

The soft, bright light emitted by the lighting artifacts inside the house had a calming effect on the mind. The mysterious yin light emitted by the stars and moon in the night sky outside the house was drawn by the magic array and fell into the front yard of Lanxing Courtyard.

It formed a soft, silvery-white band of light, like a fairy's veil.

Mu Yunsheng spent his days at Lanxing Academy, practicing his spiritual culinary arts under Zhu Daochang's guidance during the day.

Returning to his room at night, he would cultivate his own abilities and then review and contemplate the various spiritual culinary knowledge that Zhu Daochang had taught him during the day.

Before they knew it, June 15th had arrived. According to the date set by Zhu Daochang, Mu Yunsheng would leave Lanxing Academy after completing his training in the art of spiritual cooking with him today.

In the past few days, Zhu Daochang has not taught Mu Yunsheng any new secret methods for making spiritual dishes. Instead, he has instructed Mu Yunsheng to cultivate and process various spiritual materials.

From the Purple Jade Fruit, whose peel contained deadly poison, to the Five-Colored Flower, which contained five kinds of spiritual essence and whose spiritual essence and energy would be destroyed if handled even slightly improperly.

All kinds of complex and difficult-to-handle spiritual materials are available.

Through these days of continuous cultivation using various spiritual materials, Mu Yunsheng has greatly improved his control over his true essence and his subtle perception of the mind.

Now, if he were to make Bitter Spirit Rejuvenation Noodles again, he could even grind them with True Essence Powder without needing a stone mill with water and earth attributes, thus removing the bitterness from the Bitter Spirit Wheat Flour.

"Congratulations, senior!"

In the backyard of Lanxing Academy, Mu Yunsheng took out a five-colored flower with five different spiritual essences perfectly separated and showed it to Zhu Daochang for examination.

"Not bad!" Zhu Daochang watched for a moment, nodded slightly, and then said to Mu Yunsheng, "After you finish your cultivation today, you should go down the mountain first. Come back to Lanxing Academy on the tenth of next month."

"Yes," Mu Yunsheng replied with a bow, then pondered for a moment before speaking to Zhu Daochang.

"Senior Zhu, Yun Sheng once had a good friend who has now become a cultivator in Qiandao Lake Prefecture, Tian Yaozi's flower servant, and follows Tian Yaozi by his side."

"Yun Sheng received news that Tian Yaozi is still lurking in Qian Yuan Prefecture and has not fled to Huang Yuan Prefecture. He intends to slaughter a city of the Lingdan Liu family's mortal dynasty to vent his anger at being hunted down by the Lingdan Liu family cultivators."

"Yun Sheng wants to use Tian Yaozi's head to secure a spiritual land for his family to cultivate, so he seeks Master Zhu's help."

After speaking, Mu Yunsheng bowed and waited for Zhu Daochang's reply.

Aside from Tian Yaozi's source of information, Mu Yunsheng did not attempt to deceive Zhu Daochang with any words, which was the reason he wanted to kill Tian Yaozi.

He also told Zhu Daochang the truth: he wanted to seize the spiritual land offered by the seven families, and did not use the righteousness of the Heavenly Demon Child's massacre of a city of mortal dynasties to glorify himself.

(End of this chapter)