Collapse of Iron: The Immortal Boat Life of the Envoy of the Order of Fertility

“The taste is unparalleled, but I don’t like the ingredients themselves.”

"Don't you like fish?"

"When I was young, my family loved to grill fish, but I wasn't good at removing the earthy smell, so I couldn't eat it. Over time, I became wary of fish."

"What do you think?" Lu Qing asked Fu Xuan, "It's pretty good. It would be nice if it had some sweetness."

"absurd!"

Lu Qing and Fu Xuan looked at the person who came. It seemed to be the head chef of [Zhiwei Shengwan]. Lu Qing remembered that this was an NPC from Luofu Xingchahai.

I think his name was Gao Tang, a person who was very obsessed with food.

Ever since becoming the Envoy of the Order of Fertility, his memory has become extremely clear, and he can be said to have the ability to remember everything he sees.

"We're customers, we've spent money, so we naturally have the right to comment. Besides, we're not disparaging your dishes; we're just rationally explaining our preferences. Isn't it rude of you to interrupt our meal like this?"

Lu Qing's demeanor changed, becoming sharper and his tone became a bit unfriendly.

A normal person would feel uncomfortable if he was yelled at like this while eating.

"Oh?" Fu Xuan hadn't expected that this seemingly gentle and refined Envoy of the Fertility Order would be so easily angered. However, he hadn't noticed and had assumed he was a good-natured gentleman.

Gao Tang is no exception. He has a deep obsession with the pursuit of delicious food.

"This fish is a Soaring Sturgeon, leaping once every fifty years. It is one of the important raw materials for the [Five Lords of Anhe]."

"I only take the three most fragile bones from the tail, simmer them in a rich herbal broth, then use fresh lamb fat to thicken it into a paste, and fry them slowly until the bones are crispy."

"The proportions of all the seasonings are close to perfect, yet some layman who doesn't understand is still finding fault with it."

Lu Qing did not argue with the crazy person. Most of the time, he did not have any bad intentions, he just had a problem with his brain.

"Gao Tang, do you mean by 50 years of leaping once every 50 years that you can eat it? Or does it mean that it needs to be cultivated for 50 years before it can be eaten?"

Hearing Lu Qing's question, Gao Tang immediately put away his aggressive attitude and explained, "It only appears to the world once every fifty years. It is truly a delicacy that requires a fifty-year wait before it can be enjoyed."

"We fox people can't even eat this a few times in our lifetime..."

So, it can only be eaten once every fifty years? The main storyline begins in the year 8100, and now it's the year 8072. That's only twenty-eight years?

People who have a pure pursuit of food may not resort to any tricks...

"Chef Gao, as far as I know, it's only been twenty years since Mr. Xiangxun last appeared?"

"You know so much. If what you say is true, then our store is definitely at fault. I've only been in this position for a short time and haven't specifically learned about the appearance cycle of this fish..."

Gao Tang seemed to have suddenly realized something: "I was wondering, how could there be any problem with my cooking skills? It turns out it's the ingredients that are wrong? Those who purchased the ingredients are damned..."

"Sir, this is our fault. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience caused to your dining experience. As an apology, all charges will be waived this time."

……

Fu Xuan and Lu Qing left [Zhiwei Shengwan] in a daze.

"Renqing, you actually know how to use your status to pressure others?"

"This isn't about using your power to pressure someone. The real pressure is after he said that, I'll use the accusation of disturbing the meal between the Envoy of Plenty and the Grand Master, Si Taibu, and make him peel off a layer of skin."

"When I brought up the issue of the fish, he naturally tried to cover it up with all sorts of explanations. But he wasn't a fool. Although he had a strong obsession with food, he could still distinguish between the two."

"Openly admitting the problem with the ingredients gives the irrational offender a way out..."

"If I continue to pursue this and something terrible happens, they will always be the ones who suffer..."

"Some things can be big or small, and we are the ones who control them..."

Fu Xuan was a little surprised. This was something she had not expected in her divination: "You actually know all this?"

"After twelve years of education, I naturally understand something."

"So short?"

"Is it a bit short for Xianzhou? But it's quite a bit for me. I'll tell you something that might surprise you—I'm only 19 years old this year. I remember that Xianzhou people reach adulthood at 200 years old. So, I'm still a baby."

Lu Qing smiled, but felt helpless as he smiled. He didn't know if he could go back to see his parents. It wasn't like both his parents were deceased. His grandparents, parents, and younger brother were all still alive.

How sad would they be if I disappeared?

Looking at the bright moon hanging high in the sky above Changletian, he actually felt homesick even though he had been away from home for only a few days.

"Are you in a bad mood?"

"A little bit, but I feel like I may never be able to go back, and I feel a little melancholy."

"……Feel sorry."

"No need to apologize, everything will fall into place naturally."

The atmosphere was silent for a moment. Fu Xuan and the Envoy of Plenty beside her admired the bright moon together. Perhaps because of what Lu Qing mentioned, she thought of Yuque and her master.

"Um, Rangqing, may I ask you, do you believe in fatalism?"

Why ask this? After a moment's thought, Qing recalled Fu Xuan's background story. It was Fu Xuan who had come up with the battle plan for the Kanyun Mirror, but the only qualified person to carry it out was Jingtian, the Grand Astrologer of Yuque.

Fu Xuan's divination eventually killed his own master in disguise, fulfilling Jingtian's divination that year.

His fate will end in Fu Xuan's hands.

Fu Xuan didn't believe in fatalism back then. She felt that she could never be the despicable person who would kill her master for status.

In order to break his fate, Fu Xuan came to Luofu alone despite the opposition of his entire family.

But in the end, he couldn't escape his fate.

But now it’s different. The variable of Qingqing has appeared, a variable that cannot be observed by the Qiongguan Formation has appeared.

"Are you asking about your master Jingtian?"

“That’s not all that’s relevant.”

"If you ask me about true fate, then I might believe in it, just as death is something that every mortal must experience."

"No matter the means, no matter the process, death is an inevitable fate. The people of the Immortal Boat prayed to the Medicine Master to grant them immortality, and although they were granted a lifespan of nearly a thousand years, they still could not escape the fate of death."

"The devil's yin may be a form of death."

"So, nothing can be changed..." Fu Xuan's mood became visibly depressed.

Lu Qing smiled and rubbed the head of the pink-haired girl in front of him with a bit of offense: "Don't be sad, I haven't finished yet...Will your master not save you this time?"

"Believe me, if you ask your master to divine your fate again, the result will definitely change."

"I remember that all the fortune tellers in the Taibushi Division know one truth."

"Things that cannot be divined are those of Heaven and God."